Oracle Analytics Server vs. Phocas Business Intelligence

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Oracle Analytics Server
Score 8.4 out of 10
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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
Phocas Business Intelligence
Score 8.2 out of 10
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Phocas helps users discover data and provides results in real time.  It is designed for non-technical users and delivers a simple yet powerful analytical capability that quickly turns data into a chart, graph or map.  It brings up data on local, regional or global sales, inventory, forecasts, prices, profit margins, budgets and more. Phocas, based in the United Kingdom, is a business intelligence firm with offices in…N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsMust contact sales team for pricing.Phocas has built its business model on exceeding customer expectations. We’ve operated on a subscription basis from the start and in the words of Phocas Group chairman and co-founder Paul Magee: ‘That puts the onus on us to perform’. And we like that. In fact, our whole company ecosystem is built around that ‘light bulb moment’ when customers achieve a breakthrough by seeing their business through fresh eyes.
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Features
Oracle Analytics ServerPhocas Business Intelligence
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
Phocas Business Intelligence
9.0
4 Ratings
9% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports8.934 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizable dashboards9.237 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates7.138 Ratings9.04 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
Phocas Business Intelligence
9.6
4 Ratings
17% above category average
Drill-down analysis8.437 Ratings10.04 Ratings
Formatting capabilities8.138 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages7.124 Ratings00 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration9.237 Ratings10.04 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
Phocas Business Intelligence
9.3
4 Ratings
11% above category average
Publish to Web8.732 Ratings00 Ratings
Publish to PDF9.238 Ratings10.04 Ratings
Report Versioning9.030 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling9.836 Ratings9.94 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers8.618 Ratings00 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
Phocas Business Intelligence
8.3
4 Ratings
3% above category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)9.036 Ratings8.04 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.532 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Predictive Analytics8.127 Ratings8.04 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
Phocas Business Intelligence
9.9
4 Ratings
14% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)9.238 Ratings9.94 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model8.238 Ratings9.94 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.537 Ratings9.93 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
8% below category average
Phocas Business Intelligence
9.5
3 Ratings
18% above category average
Responsive Design for Web Access6.730 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Mobile Application7.326 Ratings00 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile7.528 Ratings10.03 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
Phocas Business Intelligence
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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 ServerPhocas Business Intelligence
Likelihood to Recommend
9.2
(45 ratings)
8.1
(4 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.1
(8 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.1
(2 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Availability
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.1
(3 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
In-Person Training
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.1
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
8.2
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.1
(1 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Oracle Analytics ServerPhocas Business Intelligence
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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Phocas
If you would like your data in one place with easy access, this is the software for you. You can have data from multiple systems and bring it into one view so that you have a quick and easily visible dashboard for the data you wish to see.
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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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Phocas
  • Custom reports are simple to create.
  • The ability to manage users and their dashboards is solid.
  • Easy to navigate web interface makes the software accessible from anywhere.
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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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Phocas
  • Phocas needs to make it easier to connect to different types of databases.
  • The data in Phocas needs to be updated faster in some cases.
  • It needs to provide functions to create better charts and graphs.
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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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Phocas
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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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Phocas
It is a very user-friendly product and is easy to understand. You can get your data from just a quick click and the dashboard loads. You can take the data and drill down easy to find what you are looking for.
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Reliability and Availability
Oracle
No problems, it's that simple.
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Phocas
No answers on this topic
Performance
Oracle
Other than anomalies or expected quirks, there were never any earth-shattering delays.
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Phocas
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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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Phocas
Support is responsive. You log a call and they will respond quickly and resolve your issues. We have only had great experiences with the support team.
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In-Person Training
Oracle
Oracle University offers very in-depth training.
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Phocas
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Online Training
Oracle
It was a private training site.
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Phocas
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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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Phocas
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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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Phocas
Phocas is easy to use for end users and can be used on desktops, laptops, and phones.
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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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Phocas
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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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Phocas
  • It has given our business a view on data
  • We can access it from anywhere
  • You can have multiple dashboards for different information
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