Oracle Hyperion vs. SAP Analytics Cloud

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Oracle Hyperion
Score 7.0 out of 10
N/A
Oracle's Corporate Performance Management suite was acquired from Hyperion in 2007. Hyperion customers are encouraged to migrate to Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM.N/A
SAP Analytics Cloud
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
The SAP Analytics Cloud solution brings together analytics and planning with integration to SAP applications and access to heterogenous data sources. As the analytics and planning solution within SAP Business Technology Platform, SAP Analytics Cloud supports trusted insights and integrated planning processes enterprise-wide to help make decisions without doubt.
$36
per month per user
Pricing
Oracle HyperionSAP Analytics Cloud
Editions & Modules
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SAP Analytics Cloud for Business Intelligence
$36.00
per month per user
SAP Analytics Cloud for Planning
Price upon request
per month per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Oracle HyperionSAP Analytics Cloud
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsGet started on your 30-day trial with SAP Analytics Cloud, supporting analytics enterprise-wide. Extend it up to 90 days if you want to.
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Community Pulse
Oracle HyperionSAP Analytics Cloud
Considered Both Products
Oracle Hyperion
Chose Oracle Hyperion
Oracle has led the charge on the development of true EPM reporting. The development of rudimentary KPIs to much more complex models all can be housed and managed by Hyperion. Integrates with Office through Smartview, which provides flexibility in creating Word documents, board …
SAP Analytics Cloud
Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
SAP Analytics Cloud is the only tool with all of these features: solid visualizations, ability to perform planning, predictive AI/ML, and mobile capability.
Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
When we talk about SAP, what you are looking for is not the best price but a complete integration with the other products of the brand. But even in the same brand, their updates are more frequent and allow the addition of several improvements that are not yet found in other …
Top Pros
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Features
Oracle HyperionSAP Analytics Cloud
Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting
Comparison of Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting features of Product A and Product B
Oracle Hyperion
10.0
22 Ratings
7% above category average
SAP Analytics Cloud
7.8
274 Ratings
6% below category average
Long-term financial planning10.017 Ratings7.6233 Ratings
Financial budgeting10.020 Ratings7.8239 Ratings
Forecasting10.021 Ratings7.9246 Ratings
Scenario modeling10.016 Ratings7.5237 Ratings
Management reporting10.021 Ratings8.3265 Ratings
Analytics and Reporting
Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Oracle Hyperion
8.2
20 Ratings
0% above category average
SAP Analytics Cloud
8.1
277 Ratings
1% above category average
Personalized dashboards8.018 Ratings8.2270 Ratings
Color-coded scorecards7.115 Ratings8.1255 Ratings
KPIs9.917 Ratings8.3261 Ratings
Cost and profitability analysis9.917 Ratings8.3243 Ratings
Key Performance Indicator setting8.015 Ratings8.3246 Ratings
Benchmarking with external data6.013 Ratings7.6206 Ratings
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Oracle Hyperion
-
Ratings
SAP Analytics Cloud
7.9
247 Ratings
1% below category average
Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings7.8204 Ratings
Customizable dashboards00 Ratings8.1242 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings7.9220 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Oracle Hyperion
-
Ratings
SAP Analytics Cloud
7.9
257 Ratings
5% below category average
Drill-down analysis00 Ratings8.0248 Ratings
Formatting capabilities00 Ratings7.9245 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings7.8190 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings7.9235 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Oracle Hyperion
-
Ratings
SAP Analytics Cloud
8.0
242 Ratings
2% below category average
Publish to Web00 Ratings8.1208 Ratings
Publish to PDF00 Ratings8.2233 Ratings
Report Versioning00 Ratings8.1202 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings7.9194 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Oracle Hyperion
-
Ratings
SAP Analytics Cloud
7.8
250 Ratings
3% above category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings7.8239 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings7.8232 Ratings
Predictive Analytics00 Ratings7.9236 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings7.834 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Oracle Hyperion
-
Ratings
SAP Analytics Cloud
8.2
256 Ratings
6% below category average
Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings8.1235 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings8.1242 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings8.0233 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings8.145 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings8.6236 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Oracle Hyperion
-
Ratings
SAP Analytics Cloud
8.0
219 Ratings
0% above category average
Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings7.9208 Ratings
Mobile Application00 Ratings7.8180 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings8.0203 Ratings
Consolidation and Close
Comparison of Consolidation and Close features of Product A and Product B
Oracle Hyperion
-
Ratings
SAP Analytics Cloud
7.6
229 Ratings
5% below category average
Financial data consolidation00 Ratings7.4183 Ratings
Journal entries and reports00 Ratings7.7173 Ratings
Multi-currency management00 Ratings7.5188 Ratings
Intercompany Eliminations00 Ratings7.4143 Ratings
Minority Ownership00 Ratings7.5129 Ratings
Local and consolidated reporting00 Ratings8.0180 Ratings
Detailed Audit Trails00 Ratings7.6170 Ratings
Financial Reporting and Compliance
Comparison of Financial Reporting and Compliance features of Product A and Product B
Oracle Hyperion
-
Ratings
SAP Analytics Cloud
8.0
254 Ratings
3% below category average
Financial Statement Reporting00 Ratings7.9213 Ratings
Management Reporting00 Ratings8.3244 Ratings
Excel-based Reporting00 Ratings8.0225 Ratings
Automated board and financial reporting00 Ratings8.1203 Ratings
XBRL support for regulatory filing00 Ratings7.6114 Ratings
Integration
Comparison of Integration features of Product A and Product B
Oracle Hyperion
-
Ratings
SAP Analytics Cloud
7.6
258 Ratings
9% below category average
Flat file integration00 Ratings7.7244 Ratings
Excel data integration00 Ratings7.9247 Ratings
Direct links to 3rd-party data sources00 Ratings7.1226 Ratings
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Score 9.6 out of 10
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User Ratings
Oracle HyperionSAP Analytics Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(23 ratings)
8.2
(298 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
5.0
(1 ratings)
7.5
(7 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(219 ratings)
Support Rating
8.0
(1 ratings)
6.3
(75 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
4.9
(6 ratings)
User Testimonials
Oracle HyperionSAP Analytics Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
Discontinued Products
Well suited: For use in multiple offices around the world. I was able to obtain financial reporting data from 5 foreign offices and then consolidate their data with 3 domestic USA offices to prepare a consolidated financial statement. Less Appropriate: Translating the financial value for consulting services could be a bit challenging because that required human interaction and judgement. It would have been great to be able to set up some software to be able to interpret this and let it run for all future project work revenue projection.
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SAP
SAP Analytics Cloud is great for big companies that want advanced data analysis and planning, especially when they need to work together in real-time or when people need to access data on their phones. It's like a super tool for predicting future trends in industries like retail or finance. SAC also works well for companies that use different types of computer systems because it can easily connect them. But, for small businesses that only need basic reports or don't have a lot of technical resources, a simpler tool might be better. If a company doesn't always have a good internet connection or if they're just starting with analytics, there might be other tools that work better.
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Pros
Discontinued Products
  • This product handles budgeting by Employee and/or Position very well. It is highly flexible and allows Hyperion administrators the ability to develop a planning application that fits a variety of different business needs.
  • It is great at calculating benefits using business rules to automate the population of these fringe costs in the overall budget planning process. This greatly reduces user error.
  • It allows you to seed the operating budget based on changes to key drivers, such as percentage increases, flat dollar increases and more detailed changes using business rules.
  • Allows visibility into the plans for each unit across the organization, rolled up into an overall budget for the campus.
  • It handles the creation of budgets with multiple chartfield segments or dimensions, which most other budgeting systems cannot handle well. It can aggregate these very quickly.
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SAP
  • It makes it easier yo analyse order and related records easily.
  • We can easily maintain and track the performance of employees in organisation.
  • Can easily track various aspects for the growth of an organisation thus allowing real time analysis and tracking of organisation's growth and performance.
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Cons
Discontinued Products
  • One pain point for us is the consolidation and translation process. Needing to translate the data over and over again is frustrating and there is no visibility into how many users are running a translation. If multiple users attempt to translate the same data set, say goodbye to your performance but you have no way of knowing! (Unless you want to pull up a task audit which is not a very realistic expectation). It has the been the quickest way for us to bring the system to it's knees. The consolidation process performs in direct correlation to the complexity of the calculation/consolidation rules. So, while the product is extremely flexible, you still have to be careful how you design your rules and calculations to make sure that you do it on the smallest subset of data as possible to avoid large processing times. This makes sense, but requires some significant expertise that most organizations do not have in-house.
  • The Hyperion Financial Reporting product is ridiculously outdated and clunky to use. The interface for designing reports is not intuitive, and not easy to modify once a report is built. I think there must be a strategic decision to move away from it and go to something more like Oracle BI because I just can't understand why in the world they don't update the reporting product. It also requires a significant level of expertise to be able to use. Not a great solution at all if you want multiple end-users to create reports in something other than Excel. Nobody except the HFM admin (which I used to be) in our company even touches this module.
  • Another pain point is the amount of IT support that is required to run this thing, and again, specialized knowledge of Hyperion products and how they work is required for IT to adequately support it. This goes for application servers and the Oracle database that the applications are running on.
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SAP
  • Complexity in Data Modeling
  • SAC supports various data sources, but improvements in the ease of connecting to and integrating with certain data repositories, especially non-SAP databases, would enhance the platform's versatility and integration capabilities.
  • An offline mode for SAC could be valuable for users who need to access and analyze data without an internet connection. Additionally, optimizing performance for large datasets and complex visualizations would contribute to a smoother user experience.
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Likelihood to Renew
Discontinued Products
We're in the middle of the road because we are not sure that other products on the market fit the bill for what we need yet. Hyperion is expensive and burdensome from an administrator and maintenance standpoint, but it still seems to be the best solution for what we need. Show us an equally capable SaaS consolidation product and we'll talk again.
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SAP
There’s no doubt I will renew SAP Analytics Cloud. It is the most vital tool in our organization that makes it seamless to make rapid business decisions by collecting, modeling and visualizing data in real-time.
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Usability
Discontinued Products
No answers on this topic
SAP
Considering the feedback and improvements made over time, users often rate SAP Analytics Cloud's usability in the range of 7 to 9 out of 10. Positive aspects include its integration capabilities, collaborative features, and the ability to create visually appealing dashboards. Some users, however, may note a learning curve or desire additional customization options.
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Support Rating
Discontinued Products
The premium support team provides much needed dedicated customer service which we are after for what we have paid for this service. We are satisfied with the service and support and do not have any instance where there was an issue that requires escalation to get the right support team. Though the incidence of major issues that requires the premium support are less, we prefer to keep this as a safety net.
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SAP
Since the implementation stage, the support team has been very helpful and assisting. Even in the later stages, the tech team had quite a rapid response. In general, SAP has provided us with great customer support, let it be for a specific product of SAP or for integration of different modules.
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In-Person Training
Discontinued Products
No answers on this topic
SAP
Good videos and reference material available in SAP Portal.
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Implementation Rating
Discontinued Products
No answers on this topic
SAP
SAC is a simple solution ad it works fine when connecting it to other SAP tools. On the other hand, connecting it to third party solutions brings difficulties when there's no previous design and the objetives are not clear. It is really important to integrate Business users from the start to provide with valuable business insights
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Alternatives Considered
Discontinued Products
I use Oracle Hyperion Enterprise Performance Mangement because the company I work at requires me to use it in the Financial Planning sector as most of their data is stored in it. I am open minded and ready to use other performance management tools created by Oracle if my work permits.
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SAP
SAP is a product/solution that contains extra capabilities that might be considered an enhancement; SAP Analytics Cloud models are based on a huge data collection, and numerous models can be integrated. When coupled with different SAP systems, Analytics Cloud has a common dataset architecture; this software also includes improved analytics capabilities.
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Return on Investment
Discontinued Products
  • Oracle Hyperion allows us to automate and consolidate financial data that used to be performed manually in spreadsheets. From that perspective the ROI is huge.
  • Oracle Hyperion functionality is extensive and allows us to perform most functions for planning, consolidating and reporting on our financial data.
  • One negative with Oracle Hyperion is that it is complicated to implement and maintain. It takes expertise at all levels (infrastructure and management) to realize the benefits from it.
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SAP
  • In general, SAC is a comprehensive analytics platform that offers a range of capabilities for data visualization, reporting, planning, and predictive analytics. It is particularly well-suited for businesses that use SAP systems and are looking to gain insight into their data in a single, integrated platform.
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