Oracle Analytics Server vs. Tableau Public

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Oracle Analytics Server
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
Oracle Analytics Server, replacing the former Oracle BI Foundation Suite is a business intelligence reporting and analytics platform. It provides users with a series of integrated tools for ad-hoc query and analysis, dashboard and scorecard creation, enterprise reporting, mobile analytics, multidimensional OLAP, and predictive analytics.N/A
Tableau Public
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
Tableau Public is a free edition of the Desktop product. With this edition, data can only be published to the Tableau public website and does not allow work to be saved or exported locally.
$0
per month
Pricing
Oracle Analytics ServerTableau Public
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Oracle Analytics ServerTableau Public
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsMust contact sales team for pricing.
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Community Pulse
Oracle Analytics ServerTableau Public
Considered Both Products
Oracle Analytics Server
Chose Oracle Analytics Server
SAP Business Object license is not cheap and was a bigger pain for the client to implement and adapt a new tool. QlikView is mainly used for dashboards and is not the best fit for reporting and ad-hoc reports. Since the client was using an Oracle tool set for their application …
Tableau Public

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Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Oracle Analytics ServerTableau Public
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Oracle Analytics Server
8.4
38 Ratings
2% above category average
Tableau Public
9.8
12 Ratings
15% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports8.934 Ratings9.710 Ratings
Customizable dashboards9.237 Ratings10.012 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates7.138 Ratings9.712 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Oracle Analytics Server
8.2
38 Ratings
1% above category average
Tableau Public
9.7
12 Ratings
19% above category average
Drill-down analysis8.437 Ratings9.812 Ratings
Formatting capabilities8.138 Ratings9.712 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages7.124 Ratings9.49 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration9.237 Ratings9.811 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Oracle Analytics Server
9.1
38 Ratings
9% above category average
Tableau Public
9.5
11 Ratings
13% above category average
Publish to Web8.732 Ratings10.011 Ratings
Publish to PDF9.238 Ratings10.09 Ratings
Report Versioning9.030 Ratings9.89 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling9.836 Ratings9.59 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers8.618 Ratings8.17 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Oracle Analytics Server
8.5
37 Ratings
5% above category average
Tableau Public
9.7
11 Ratings
17% above category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)9.036 Ratings9.811 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.532 Ratings9.811 Ratings
Predictive Analytics8.127 Ratings9.79 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Oracle Analytics Server
8.8
38 Ratings
2% above category average
Tableau Public
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Ratings
Multi-User Support (named login)9.238 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model8.238 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.537 Ratings00 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)9.321 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Oracle Analytics Server
7.3
30 Ratings
9% below category average
Tableau Public
-
Ratings
Responsive Design for Web Access6.730 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Application7.326 Ratings00 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile7.528 Ratings00 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Oracle Analytics Server
7.7
18 Ratings
3% below category average
Tableau Public
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Ratings
REST API7.915 Ratings00 Ratings
Javascript API9.016 Ratings00 Ratings
iFrames6.614 Ratings00 Ratings
Java API9.715 Ratings00 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)7.114 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)5.913 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Oracle Analytics ServerTableau Public
Likelihood to Recommend
9.2
(45 ratings)
8.5
(14 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.1
(8 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Usability
9.1
(2 ratings)
10.0
(5 ratings)
Availability
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.1
(3 ratings)
9.5
(6 ratings)
In-Person Training
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
9.1
(1 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.1
(3 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Configurability
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
8.2
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Oracle Analytics ServerTableau Public
Likelihood to Recommend
Oracle
The entire deployment and configuration stage was easy and it was accessible across the organization in a matter of days. Oracle Analytics Server being a cloud-based solution helped right from Input of Bulk Data to Info preparation, Data cleaning, and finally Data Modeling. Everything was visual and the Help Wizard was very intuitive.
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Tableau
Tableau public is the best platform to build dashboards for your personal profile and share with recruiters. It's always good to keep ourselves updated on the latest features, create sample dashboards and save them to a personal profile. Tableau public is free and doesn't need any subscription. anyone can create an account and start building reports.
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Pros
Oracle
  • Oracle helps with easy customization of reports.
  • It helps with the creation of dashboards and the integration of different data sources.
  • Oracle BI was a package used for multiple users across our organization - publishing and distributing reports was a breeze.
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Tableau
  • Data visualization: lots of different options, including bar, scatter, pie, waterfall charts to explore relationships between variables, and to present findings/trends to different teams
  • Integrates readily with limited, though different data sources: TXT, CSV, TDE, Access
  • Exports reports for review of different dashboards: client-ready/team-ready, with a clean and tidy presentation in PDF format (or hardcopy)
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Cons
Oracle
  • More AI but with human back up.
  • Less mumbo jumbo so even IT guys/gals can more easily work.
  • More statistics (math) and orientation for those not familiar with it.
  • More live as well as virtual (live) show casing of real situations in business.
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Tableau
  • Tableau Public (both Desktop and Server) like their "for a fee" counterparts offer very easy to learn and use tools to transform data into pictures and gain insights into your data. Most organizations report a reduction in development time of 10x vs. other similar tools, due to the intuitive user interface. That said, with Tableau Public, published workbooks are "disconnected" from the underlying data sources and require periodic updates when the data changes. Users are limited to 1 Gb of storage space per user ID and password as well.
  • I would like to see better options for public sharing of visualizations and data from within the "for a fee" products as more and more organizations are moving in the direction of data sharing with partners and their communities.
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Likelihood to Renew
Oracle
Scalability and rich integration capabilities. In the future, if we go with Hyperion for the Financial Consolidation and planning purposes -BI integration with Hyperion is going to be much simpler as it has native interface connectivity and even integration capabilities with well known CRM products (Siebel) and ERP Products (Oracle EBS, Peoplesoft, SAP) is going to be easy and straight forward.
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Tableau
It's free, right? I'll keep using the free version. So the real question to ask is this? Will I pay $999 for the Personal version or $1,999 for the Professional? Yikes! That is a big stretch. I'm not sure about that. The product comparison chart is at: http://www.tableausoftware.com/public/comparison
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Usability
Oracle
For me or a staff memeber that uses it frequently, its usability is sufficient. However newbies could have a few issues but find their workflow
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Tableau
Tableau public is a great training tool to understand the basics of Tableau before buying it. A great tool to extend Excel's visualization and to publish data for others. Not useful for anything you need secure. No ability to access databases. Static information only.
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Reliability and Availability
Oracle
No problems, it's that simple.
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Tableau
No answers on this topic
Performance
Oracle
Other than anomalies or expected quirks, there were never any earth-shattering delays.
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Tableau
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Oracle
It's fast, efficient and easy to work with. Scheduling could help when planning out a day however overall it's a big plus when rolling out and supporting Oracle.
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Tableau
I have not yet required to contact support as the documentation and help i found online has always worked so far
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In-Person Training
Oracle
Oracle University offers very in-depth training.
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Tableau
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Online Training
Oracle
It was a private training site.
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Tableau
I found it sufficient, and fast. I could easily "kick the tires" with Tableau on my data so I got up and running fast.
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Implementation Rating
Oracle
A properly implemented Endeca solution performs extremely well on the largest of datasets and it positions your organization to immediately achieve your ROI.
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Tableau
Start at the end and work backward. Identify the business case / issue and questions the end users have, then identify the data needed, and where to get it.
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Alternatives Considered
Oracle
Oracle BI works pretty well and has been well acknowledged and appreciated by the business users and power users who develop reports and dashboards. Compared to other tools, Oracle BI object development is easier and has a quick turnout. Using Oracle BI with Essbase and Oracle Exadata db, we believe the performance rendering data is quite good. We are using MicroStrategy as well almost equally, but for critical reporting needs considering the back end is Oracle and Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications (OFSAA) we have chosen OBIEE.
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Tableau
Google Charts/Drive is sufficient for simpler data sets, but it does not integrate with other web platforms and the visualization does not look as professional. I'm not aware of any other competitors that offer the same package as Microsoft.
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Scalability
Oracle
We have seen the results of this in our initial research and are not surprised that Oracle does this like it does soo many other things in this area, so well.
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Tableau
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
Oracle
  • We've used OBIEE (or it's previous named product) for over 13 years and it's still the most used tool for BI by the business.
  • We moved our largest business system off of Business Object into OBI so we could gain improved performance, reliability, and easier management of metadata.
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Tableau
  • Tableau Public visualizations have helped drive traffic to our content and sites
  • The lack of cost means it's easy to demonstrate our experience to attract paying clients
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