We performed a comparison between Microsoft Power BI and Oracle HFM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Tableau, Oracle and others in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools."It's pretty easy to set up the product."
"I like Microsoft BI's drill-down feature and its overall ease of use."
"The dashboard features are really valuable, you can connect to multiple data points."
"SSRS and the Tabular server/Vertipaq engine/DAX are probably the two most valuable components."
"Power BI stands out because it provides considerable flexibility in creating reports, dashboards, and various types of analytics to meet those dynamic requirements. It is lightweight and easy to use with good support."
"It is easy to work with and very chic."
"The stability is good."
"The tool is very flexible so it allows creativity."
"The most valuable feature is the flexibility and ease of configuration in terms of testing and formula creation."
"It is a very user-friendly software."
"The tool is stable."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"Financial consolidation and reporting tool with good built-in features such as currency exchange and elimination."
"The most valuable features are around consolidations, eliminations, conversions."
"You can bring in data from any source and from multiple sources, and you can consolidate that data in HFM."
"Some kind of expression wizard, where the user can build a complex expression without any knowledge of DAX, can be a good addition to the product."
"The solution struggles with large amounts of data."
"When it comes to improvement, I would say there could be more tutorials for students in universities who are just learning it. And it wouldn't have to be just for students in universities. It might also be for the people who use it in the real world."
"There needs to be improved guidance and documentation for the initial setup of Power BI as it currently remains complex."
"The admin view could be improved by making it more simplified to manage a users' activity and other things."
"Areas of Power BI that could be improved are the learning curve for developers who come from non-technical backgrounds."
"I feel the modeling page should be simplified."
"here are still better UI designs they can go through. I'm assuming they are focusing more on capabilities rather than look-and-feel designs."
"If there could be data integration between HFM and the accounting software that would be ideal."
"The complexity is okay. I don't see it as super complex. The solution could have more functionality to make it a little bit more flexible."
"The solution has integration challenges. We need a simple tool that is fool-proof for the data that is submitted not only for consolidation purposes but also for performance management and reporting purposes."
"It's a difficult process to try to edit, configure, or change the business rules that exist and work within HFM."
"In terms of improvement, one challenge with Oracle HFM is the need for technical knowledge in writing SQL syntax for custom extensions."
"The intercompany reporting function in this tool needs improvement, particularly being able to run reports in batches, rather than one at a time."
"Integration is an area where it lacks and can be improved."
Microsoft Power BI is ranked 1st in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 297 reviews while Oracle HFM is ranked 7th in Business Performance Management with 14 reviews. Microsoft Power BI is rated 8.0, while Oracle HFM is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Microsoft Power BI writes "A complete ecosystem with an builtin ETL tool, good integrations with python and R, and support of DAX and Power Query (M languages)". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle HFM writes "Offers flexibility and ease of configuration". Microsoft Power BI is most compared with Tableau, Amazon QuickSight, KNIME, Domo and Oracle OBIEE, whereas Oracle HFM is most compared with Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud, Oracle Hyperion, OneStream XF, CCH Tagetik and Anaplan.
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