Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management vs. Tableau Desktop

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
Score 7.2 out of 10
N/A
Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) is a solution that helps users model and plan across finance, HR, supply chain, and sales, streamline the financial close process. Oracle Cloud Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) Platform is a framework of the technical and functional components shared among Cloud EPM processes.
$250
per user/per month
Tableau Desktop
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
Tableau Desktop is a data visualization product from Tableau. It connects to a variety of data sources for combining disparate data sources without coding. It provides tools for discovering patterns and insights, data calculations, forecasts, and statistical summaries and visual storytelling.
$70
per month
Pricing
Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance ManagementTableau Desktop
Editions & Modules
EPM Standard
$250
per user/per month
EPM Enterprise
$500
per user/per month
Tableau Creator
$70.00
Per User / Per Month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance ManagementTableau Desktop
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsPricing per user varies by component within the Oracle EPM Cloud solution. Please see pricing information for the EPM Cloud components on cloud.oracle.com or contact Oracle Sales at +1.800.633.0738.All pricing plans are billed annually.
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Community Pulse
Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance ManagementTableau Desktop
Considered Both Products
Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
Chose Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
It is a great product for Dashboarding and story telling. It is adding value to the Corporate Finance and Data Governance Teams when used together with EPM Cloud.
Tableau Desktop

No answer on this topic

Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance ManagementTableau Desktop
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
5.6
3 Ratings
36% below category average
Tableau Desktop
8.5
166 Ratings
4% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports8.12 Ratings8.3138 Ratings
Customizable dashboards4.43 Ratings9.0165 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates4.43 Ratings8.3144 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
9.2
23 Ratings
10% above category average
Tableau Desktop
8.9
163 Ratings
9% above category average
Drill-down analysis9.722 Ratings9.2158 Ratings
Formatting capabilities9.521 Ratings8.9161 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration8.419 Ratings9.3156 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings8.3121 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
9.0
19 Ratings
10% above category average
Tableau Desktop
8.8
157 Ratings
5% above category average
Publish to Web9.016 Ratings9.2148 Ratings
Publish to PDF8.919 Ratings8.4148 Ratings
Report Versioning9.017 Ratings8.6115 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling9.015 Ratings9.1122 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings8.572 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
5.9
3 Ratings
26% below category average
Tableau Desktop
8.6
155 Ratings
6% above category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)6.03 Ratings8.9153 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization6.83 Ratings8.8148 Ratings
Predictive Analytics5.13 Ratings8.7125 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
9.2
24 Ratings
5% above category average
Tableau Desktop
8.7
141 Ratings
1% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)9.020 Ratings8.8138 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model9.323 Ratings8.4118 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.920 Ratings8.7128 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)9.321 Ratings8.976 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
7.2
2 Ratings
11% below category average
Tableau Desktop
8.4
134 Ratings
6% above category average
Responsive Design for Web Access6.22 Ratings8.6123 Ratings
Mobile Application00 Ratings8.396 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings8.7116 Ratings
Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting
Comparison of Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting features of Product A and Product B
Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
8.8
38 Ratings
6% above category average
Tableau Desktop
-
Ratings
Long-term financial planning9.230 Ratings00 Ratings
Financial budgeting9.738 Ratings00 Ratings
Forecasting8.937 Ratings00 Ratings
Scenario modeling8.635 Ratings00 Ratings
Management reporting7.833 Ratings00 Ratings
Consolidation and Close
Comparison of Consolidation and Close features of Product A and Product B
Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
9.1
20 Ratings
12% above category average
Tableau Desktop
-
Ratings
Financial data consolidation9.817 Ratings00 Ratings
Journal entries and reports9.714 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-currency management8.913 Ratings00 Ratings
Intercompany Eliminations8.914 Ratings00 Ratings
Minority Ownership8.612 Ratings00 Ratings
Local and consolidated reporting9.716 Ratings00 Ratings
Detailed Audit Trails8.216 Ratings00 Ratings
Financial Reporting and Compliance
Comparison of Financial Reporting and Compliance features of Product A and Product B
Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
8.4
34 Ratings
2% above category average
Tableau Desktop
-
Ratings
Financial Statement Reporting9.629 Ratings00 Ratings
Management Reporting7.932 Ratings00 Ratings
Excel-based Reporting8.430 Ratings00 Ratings
Automated board and financial reporting7.828 Ratings00 Ratings
XBRL support for regulatory filing8.519 Ratings00 Ratings
Analytics and Reporting
Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
7.7
25 Ratings
4% below category average
Tableau Desktop
-
Ratings
Personalized dashboards8.225 Ratings00 Ratings
Color-coded scorecards7.73 Ratings00 Ratings
KPIs7.44 Ratings00 Ratings
Cost and profitability analysis6.74 Ratings00 Ratings
Key Performance Indicator setting8.124 Ratings00 Ratings
Benchmarking with external data8.024 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration
Comparison of Integration features of Product A and Product B
Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
9.1
36 Ratings
9% above category average
Tableau Desktop
-
Ratings
Flat file integration9.634 Ratings00 Ratings
Excel data integration9.632 Ratings00 Ratings
Direct links to 3rd-party data sources8.228 Ratings00 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
-
Ratings
Tableau Desktop
8.6
63 Ratings
8% above category average
REST API00 Ratings8.555 Ratings
Javascript API00 Ratings8.350 Ratings
iFrames00 Ratings8.848 Ratings
Java API00 Ratings8.745 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings8.452 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings8.845 Ratings
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User Ratings
Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance ManagementTableau Desktop
Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
(46 ratings)
8.8
(193 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.0
(3 ratings)
8.9
(39 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(1 ratings)
8.6
(63 ratings)
Availability
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.0
(10 ratings)
Performance
9.0
(1 ratings)
6.1
(9 ratings)
Support Rating
6.8
(3 ratings)
6.9
(56 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.4
(4 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(4 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.2
(16 ratings)
8.0
(34 ratings)
Configurability
5.0
(1 ratings)
8.1
(2 ratings)
Ease of integration
8.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.0
(1 ratings)
7.0
(3 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
7.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
9.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance ManagementTableau Desktop
Likelihood to Recommend
Oracle
It is well suited in a geographically distributed environment where you have various key participants in multiple time zones providing input and necessary explanations on performance and measured success It is less appropriate where you have a single office environment with a single finance department working together. It is also less suited when the GL is NOT an Oracle product and the interface between the GL and the reporting software needs to be implemented with utmost care and handling.
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Tableau
Tableau Desktop is one the finest tool available in the market with such a wide range of capabilities in its suite that makes it easy to generate insights. Further, if optimally designed, then its reports are fairly simple to understand, yet capable enough to make changes at the required levels. One can create a variety of visualizations as required by the business or the clients. The data pipelines in the backend are very robust. The tableau desktop also provides options to develop the reports in developer mode, which is one of the finest features to embed and execute even the most complex possible logic. It's easier to operate, simple to navigate, and fluent to understand by the users.
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Pros
Oracle
  • Account Reconciliation CLoud Services provides tight integration with Oracle R12 and 11i . Provides drillback capability. It is flexible and provides rich functionality to users.
  • We have implemented ARCS on cloud and migrated planning and budgeting from On premise to PBCS and EPBCS. Functionality is onpar with onpremise. Provides regular updates monthly
  • We don't need to upgrades every year and saved a lot on Hardware.
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Tableau
  • An excellent tool for data visualization, it presents information in an appealing visual format—an exceptional platform for storing and analyzing data in any size organization.
  • Through interactive parameters, it enables real-time interaction with the user and is easy to learn and get support from the community.
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Cons
Oracle
  • The limitation of constrained out of the box dimensions that requires ripping the initial implementation to add the new dimensions is a major drawback.
  • Smartview interface is cumbersome for many.
  • The only financial adapter is available for integration for other modules we have to go with file-based uploads which is cumbersome and not real-time.
  • It is very costly in terms of licensing unlike other Oracle products.
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Tableau
  • Formatting the data to work correctly in graphical presentations can be time consuming
  • Daily data extracts can run slowly depending on how much data is required and the source of the data
  • The desktop version is required for advanced functionality, editing on [the] Tableau server allows only limited features
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Likelihood to Renew
Oracle
We have a pretty good userbase who are at the high level who gained value from this tool. Discontinuing this tool is prone to impact their day to day operations. Also the data in this tool cannot alter the source, which maintains the integrity of this tool. Smartview is a cool addition that gained lot of traction as well.
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Tableau
Our use of Tableau Desktop is still fairly low, and will continue over time. The only real concern is around cost of the licenses, and I have mentioned this to Tableau and fully expect the development of more sensible models for our industry. This will remove any impediment to expansion of our use.
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Usability
Oracle
EPM usability is good in some modules but needs some improvement in others
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Tableau
Tableau Desktop has proven to be a lifesaver in many situations. Once we've completed the initial setup, it's simple to use. It has all of the features we need to quickly and efficiently synthesize our data. Tableau Desktop has advanced capabilities to improve our company's data structure and enable self-service for our employees.
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Reliability and Availability
Oracle
EPM has been so far available all the time
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Tableau
When used as a stand-alone tool, Tableau Desktop has unlimited uptime, which is always nice. When used in conjunction with Tableau Server, this tool has as much uptime as your server admins are willing to give it. All in all, I've never had an issue with Tableau's availability.
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Performance
Oracle
The product performance is so far very good
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Tableau
Tableau Desktop's performance is solid. You can really dig into a large dataset in the form of a spreadsheet, and it exhibits similarly good performance when accessing a moderately sized Oracle database. I noticed that with Tableau Desktop 9.3, the performance using a spreadsheet started to slow around 75K rows by about 60 columns. This was easily remedied by creating an extract and pushing it to Tableau Server, where performance went to lightning fast
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Support Rating
Oracle
Support from our implementation partner is a 10/10, but support from Oracle is awful. Case in point: recently over a 2-day period, there were a series of intermittent outages. Oracle actually asked US for the outage time-stamps. I would have thought that, since we were paying them, they should probably be able to tell us!
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Tableau
I have never really used support much, to be honest. I think the support is not as user-friendly to search and use it. I did have an encounter with them once and it required a bit of going back and forth for licensing before reaching a resolution. They did solve my issue though
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In-Person Training
Oracle
No answers on this topic
Tableau
It is admittedly hard to train a group of people with disparate levels of ability coming in, but the software is so easy to use that this is not a huge problem; anyone who can follow simple instructions can catch up pretty quickly.
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Online Training
Oracle
No answers on this topic
Tableau
The training for new users are quite good because it covers topic wise training and the best part was that it also had video tutorials which are very helpful
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Implementation Rating
Oracle
I suggest doubling the time to implement from the initial quote you get from the Sales team. That's always been the case for me for multiple EPMs now. The out-of-the-box functionality of Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud is pretty robust so I appreciate that and it really helped us get the ball rolling quickly.
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Tableau
Again, training is the key and the company provides a lot of example videos that will help users discover use cases that will greatly assist their creation of original visualizations. As with any new software tool, productivity will decline for a period. In the case of Tableau, the decline period is short and the later gains are well worth it.
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Alternatives Considered
Oracle
Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud fared very well against Adaptive, Anaplan, and Host Analytics. We ultimately decided on Oracle due to its reputation and strength of existing customers. We are happy with our decision.
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Tableau
If we do not have legacy tools which have already been set up, I would switch the visualization method to open source software via PyCharm, Atom, and Visual Studio IDE. These IDEs cannot directly help you to visualize the data but you can use many python packages to do so through these IDEs.
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Scalability
Oracle
The product is scalable
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Tableau
Tableau Desktop's scaleability is really limited to the scale of your back-end data systems. If you want to pull down an extract and work quickly in-memory, in my application it scaled to a few tens of millions of rows using the in-memory engine. But it's really only limited by your back-end data store if you have or are willing to invest in an optimized SQL store or purpose-built query engine like Veritca or Netezza or something similar.
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Return on Investment
Oracle
  • Significantly reduced the amount of money we spent for the maintenance of in-house hardware.
  • We now need less employees to manage the configurations of Oracle EPM Cloud.
  • There have been many time savings as a whole to apply to more productive causes.
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Tableau
  • Tableau was acquired years ago, and has provided good value with the content created.
  • Ongoing maintenance costs for the platform, both to maintain desktop and server licensing has made the continuing value questionable when compared to other offerings in the marketplace.
  • Users have largely been satisfied with the content, but not with the overall performance. This is due to a combination of factors including the performance of the Tableau engines as well as development deficiencies.
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ScreenShots

Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management Screenshots

Screenshot of Process and Workflow - Flexible Workflow and Process Management - Annotations - Concurrency in UsageScreenshot of Integration - External Integration - Oracle ERP Systems and Hybrid On-Premise DeploymentScreenshot of Planning and Forecasting - Decision-Oriented Plans with Instant Feedback Loop - What-If Modeling and SandboxScreenshot of Process and Workflow - Flexible Workflow and Process Management - Annotations - Concurrency in UsageScreenshot of User Interface - Role-Based, Intuitive User Interface - Role-Based Navigation Flows - Microsoft Office InterfaceScreenshot of Integration - External Integration - Oracle ERP Systems and Hybrid On-Premise Deployment