We performed a comparison between Oracle OBIEE and Tableau based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Reporting solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The security is good. For example, we can implement column-level security."
"The most valuable feature of Oracle OBIEE, for me, would be the Web Catalog. From a development perspective, I do not need any client or any software to be installed on my laptop or desktop. Everything is browser-based, so I just open the browser and start development."
"It has a lot workaround in order to do the report. data blending, and getting information from big data sources."
"It mostly supports enterprise level data. We have millions of records on a daily basis."
"Ability to create our own reports."
"Inter Process Communication."
"The most valuable feature is the openness of the solution. It helps us integrate some of our clients."
"The most valuable feature of Oracle OBIEE is it's designed for Oracle. It works well in the Oracle environment and can sit on top of any application."
"The ease of presenting findings is very helpful."
"Data handling, visualizations, and aesthetics of it are the most valuable features."
"Good data flow and management."
"Very user friendly."
"The solution helps users create dashboards and analyze data without relying on IT or product teams."
"Tableau's most valuable features are user-friendliness and have a connection between multiple source systems. You can publish a report by using Tableau Public and there you can make your data online, not only batches of data, you can use it as an online analytical tool."
"Tableau is easy to use. That's the first and most important thing. I not only provide consulting but I also train people to use it, so with its ease-of-use it's not as difficult for me to train executives and management staff, because they don't have the IT background, unlike when I'm using Python."
"It has been the best tool to work with from a self-service point of view."
"It is not a good product for data visualization."
"The performance and the complex setup are the main reason for switching to Qlik Sense."
"Oracle OBIEE could improve by having better integration and compatibility with other vendors."
"I would like to see enhancements in tracking, debugging, and flexibility."
"Retail, Finance, Wholesale"
"When a large number of queries are running at the same time, the report fails."
"Its overall organization as an analytical tool, the layout of OBIEE, is not very good."
"I would like to see Machine Learning included in this solution."
"The pricing is high. I'm using a student license, however, I know that even this license is very expensive. I've tried to have this product in our organization, however, it's quite expensive. We don't have the internal budget."
"The data preparation could integrate better with Tableau."
"An advanced type of visualization is a bit tricky to create. It has something called a Calculated field, and that sometimes gets a bit difficult to use when you want to create an advanced type of visualization."
"The development part should be better. We are putting a lot of effort in during development, so if we face any struggles, we have to find workaround solutions on the internet."
"To be the best in the market, Tableau has to improve its user interface and also look into developing implementing the best machine learning algorithms."
"If I have to develop any, for example, pie charts, I can develop them just fine. However, if I have to develop a donut chart, that I cannot do it in a simple way. There are tricks that I need to use if I have to design a donut chart. It should be more flexible and provide more visualization options."
"I would like the solution to have certain features allowing the delivery of reports to the email."
"Firstly, the high cost of Tableau licenses makes it inaccessible for many mid-scale clients. Secondly, the server requires at least 128GB of RAM, which can be impractical for some systems. We need a dedicated system to use Tableau."
Oracle OBIEE is ranked 3rd in Reporting with 154 reviews while Tableau is ranked 2nd in Reporting with 292 reviews. Oracle OBIEE is rated 7.8, while Tableau is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Oracle OBIEE writes "A solution that is easily accessible, scalable and requires a straightforward initial setup process to get started". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Tableau writes "Provides fast data access with in-memory extracts, makes it easy to create visualizations, and saves time". Oracle OBIEE is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform, IBM Cognos, Oracle Analytics Cloud and Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services, whereas Tableau is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, Amazon QuickSight, Domo, SAS Visual Analytics and Google Data Studio. See our Oracle OBIEE vs. Tableau report.
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