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MicroStrategy Mobile vs. Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
MicroStrategy Mobile
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
MicroStrategy Mobile enables users to bring analytics, transactions, mapping, multimedia, and business workflows to life in custom mobile apps, personalized for any industry or any role. Users can convert any information system or web application into a user-friendly, highly-performant native mobile app—optimized for both iOS and Android. Users can scale to the most demanding enterprise needs in terms of user numbers and data volume. With multi-factor and biometric…N/A
Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
Score 5.4 out of 10
N/A
Oracle's Business Intelligence Discoverer is an ad- hoc query and analysis reporting tool oriented for end users to have easy access to relational and multi-dimensional data. The product is now end of life. The vendor has stated that Discoverer 11g release 11.1.1.7.0 is the terminal release of Discoverer.N/A
Pricing
MicroStrategy MobileOracle Discoverer (discontinued)
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
MicroStrategy MobileOracle Discoverer (discontinued)
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
MicroStrategy MobileOracle Discoverer (discontinued)
Considered Both Products
MicroStrategy Mobile
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose MicroStrategy Mobile
Better graphics.
Friendly interface for the end user.
Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
AT
Akin Tunc
Principal Analyst
Chose Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
We prefer Oracle BI because it continues to support and is more user-friendly.
Shashank Pathak | TrustRadius Reviewer
Shashank Pathak
Internet Marketing Analyst
Chose Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
We have chosen for particular tasks or according to requirements of clients, we are also use this because we are well familiar about this tactics and features too.
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
Oracle BI publisher
Oracle analytics cloud
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
Very easy to use and understanding the technology could work well for your organization. Sometimes the majority of the business unit's key stakeholders don't utilize the data for the needs of the business.
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
BI Discoverer is simpler and lighter. It offers a much lighter option for data access when compared to most other business intelligence tools. However, the features on BI Discoverer are limited and cannot solve deeper analytics requirements. For such use cases, it might be …
Jatel Desai | TrustRadius Reviewer
Jatel Desai
Programmer Analyst
Chose Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
Oracle BID was a better alternative than AER for our department. Since we are an Oracle-heavy department, using Oracle software for all tasks, from data storage to reporting was the way to go. BID has proven to be a cheaper, more efficient alternative to AER. It has served its …
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
Power BI is mostly for visualization and dashboards whereas Discoverer is for lifting heavy reports outputs. Oracle Apex can be used for building reports but not very complex ones. Pivot functionality in apex reports is not all good when it involves multiple nested groupings …
Eduin Zuloaga | TrustRadius Reviewer
Eduin Zuloaga
IT Architecture Manager
Chose Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
Regarding to Power BI and Business Intelligence Discovery I think the principal difference is Business Intelligence Discovery allow discoverer data from web services and there are a lot of tools for only one purpose, manage data! Regarding to SAP BusinessObjects and Business …
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
Both produce the same end results for creating reports used by higher management for decision making. The way they are designed and featured, the process is what makes them different.
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
Microsoft Power BI and Tableau Desktop
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
We selected this tool because it is easy to create an end-user layer which is the repository in the database. The data that is being used is from the datamart which we have built on a daily basis. This tool was selected because it is a web-based and available 24/7.
Sherif Said | TrustRadius Reviewer
Sherif Said
Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder
Chose Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
They offer completely different functions. OBIEE is better for detailed data and Tableau is for visualization and summary of data.
Rob Bates | TrustRadius Reviewer
Rob Bates
Public & Private Cloud Senior Engineer
Chose Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
We have used several products over the years, including Sisense and Tableau. They both stack up well against Business Intelligence Discoverer, however, the costs for us are what split them apart. Feature-wise, there isn't much to separate the products.
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
Discoverer is more of a departmental BI tool. OBIEE is much more expensive compared to Discoverer. OBIEE needs an ETL and Reporting team to develop reports. OBIEE involves complex modelling of RPD whereas it is much simpler with Discoverer. With Discoverer, it is as simple as …
David Lisauskas | TrustRadius Reviewer
David Lisauskas
Service Engineer
Chose Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
I did not select Discoverer.....however, I do prefer it to the other tools that I have used for report creation. I do like the mix of GUI and SQL direct code avail. I have mostly used the desktop version, but migrating over to the web based version and starting to build reports …
yixiang Shan | TrustRadius Reviewer
yixiang Shan
Strategic Planning And Engineering Advisor
Chose Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
Tibco Spotfire or SaaS BI are much more flexible and comprehensive, being compared with Business Intelligence Discoverer, they support many ways of scripting and has rich data visualization options, and furthermore, they can be linked with recent popular ML/DL frameworks.
Joseph R. Sweeney | TrustRadius Reviewer
Joseph R. Sweeney
Senior Analyst
Chose Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
Before our team grew to incorporate more database savvy members, Discoverer was an easy and efficient tool for reporting and analyzing data. As our team added more database members, though, we quickly outgrew the need for a simpler program and expanded into one where we could …
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
Both Tableau and Argos are newer products and have much improved features. Argos in operation is closer to how Discoverer is. Tableau is a top rated analytics product.
Glen Norman | TrustRadius Reviewer
Glen Norman
Lead Analyst - Accounting Systems
Chose Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
Discoverer was already in place when I joined the company so I was not involved in the selection process. However, I have been involved in the review of Discoverer as compared to alternatives including Business Objects, OBIEE, and SSRS. On a cost benefit analysis Discoverer …
Features
MicroStrategy MobileOracle Discoverer (discontinued)
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
MicroStrategy Mobile
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Ratings
Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
7.9
Ratings
3% below category average
Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Customizable dashboards00 Ratings7.70 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
MicroStrategy Mobile
-
Ratings
Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
7.9
Ratings
2% below category average
Drill-down analysis00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Formatting capabilities00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings7.50 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
MicroStrategy Mobile
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Ratings
Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
8.3
Ratings
0% below category average
Publish to Web00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Publish to PDF00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Report Versioning00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings7.70 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
MicroStrategy Mobile
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Ratings
Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
8.0
Ratings
0% above category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings7.80 Ratings
Predictive Analytics00 Ratings7.80 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
MicroStrategy Mobile
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Ratings
Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
9.7
Ratings
13% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
MicroStrategy Mobile
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Ratings
Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
8.0
Ratings
2% above category average
Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Mobile Application00 Ratings7.80 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings7.80 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
MicroStrategy Mobile
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Ratings
Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
7.5
Ratings
4% below category average
REST API00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Javascript API00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
iFrames00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Java API00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings6.00 Ratings
Best Alternatives
MicroStrategy MobileOracle Discoverer (discontinued)
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Score 9.0 out of 10
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Score 9.1 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Swiftify
Swiftify
Score 9.0 out of 10
Reveal
Reveal
Score 10.0 out of 10
Enterprises
Swiftify
Swiftify
Score 9.0 out of 10
Kyvos Semantic Intelligence Layer
Kyvos Semantic Intelligence Layer
Score 9.9 out of 10
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User Ratings
MicroStrategy MobileOracle Discoverer (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
8.4
(0 ratings)
8.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
MicroStrategy MobileOracle Discoverer (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
One of best business intelligence enterprise reporting tools, it has loads of rich features available to the business user with ease of use and advanced analysis in a single end-to-end solution. I like MicroStrategy's simplicity in creating complex multi-pass SQL reports, visualizations over varied data sets, and the breath of areas in which the product can be used. I like mostly everything. I think there are some remaining improvements that could be done in the area of data visualization.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Discoverer is definitely well suited for a company that is working with a lot of data but does not have a large database knowledgeable team. It allows for basic database management while permitting users to access the data in a simple and efficient way. Reporting is easy to do and, again, does not require a lot of database know-how. If you are looking for more in-depth customization and multiple data sources from various vendors, though, you may want to look into a more robust platform.
Joseph R. Sweeney | TrustRadius Reviewer
Joseph R. Sweeney
Senior Analyst
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Pros
  • Flexibility.
  • Excellent visualization.
  • High definition graphics which are readable for any user.
Verified User
Anonymous
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  • Business Intelligence Discoverer helps with our Reporting team. We are able to run reports needed immediately using this tool.
  • Business Intelligence Discoverer helps with getting analysis of monthly and yearly medical data from across the state.
  • Business Intelligence Discoverer helps with web publishing and sending information to the trading partners.
Jatel Desai | TrustRadius Reviewer
Jatel Desai
Programmer Analyst
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Cons
  • More documentation of communication between the layers of the infrastructure so security discussions can better be facilitated.
  • Reloading the data when you reboot the server takes time depending on the infrastructure.
  • It can also be a bit slow due to the amount of data we have, but that's more of a data problem.
  • I have not been able to figure out how I can control table joins within reports, so I have to create free form SQL reports, which is messy to upkeep.
Verified User
Anonymous
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  • It would be useful if users could be allowed to write subqueries.
  • It would be helpful if there was a way for users to download the reports on their PC.
  • Most of the functionality is awesome and I would like to see more graphics in the reports.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Alternatives Considered
MicroStrategy is much better.
Alex Andekian | TrustRadius Reviewer
Alex Andekian
Sr. BI Architect
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Discoverer is more of a departmental BI tool. OBIEE is much more expensive compared to Discoverer. OBIEE needs an ETL and Reporting team to develop reports. OBIEE involves complex modelling of RPD whereas it is much simpler with Discoverer. With Discoverer, it is as simple as importing database tables, defining joins and running the queries. Discoverer stacks very well on top of ERP systems directly. Users can run reports on ERP tables using Discoverer. To perform similar jobs through OBIEE, one has to either use Noetix or another transactional model.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Return on Investment
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  • We have used Discoverer to respond to state sales and use tax audits and saved the company more than the cost of the product. Discoverer has thus assisted in our objective of managing costs.
  • Discoverer is used to provide reports for EEOC reporting assisting our goal of complying with all government requirements.
Glen Norman | TrustRadius Reviewer
Glen Norman
Lead Analyst - Accounting Systems
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