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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)

    Score5.3 out of 10
    N/AOracle'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

    Yellowfin

    Score8 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Yellowfin is a cloud-based business intelligence and dashboarding platform.

    $250

    per month

    Pricing
    Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)Yellowfin
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)Yellowfin
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Community Pulse
    Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)Yellowfin
    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
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    Yellowfin
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    67%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    63%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    67%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    67%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    4 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    71%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    Features
    Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)Yellowfin
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Oracle Discoverer (discontinued) and Yellowfin
    Feature
    Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    7.9
    20 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Yellowfin
    6.1
    12 Ratings
    29% below category average
    Pixel Perfect reports8.017 Ratings5.85 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards7.717 Ratings6.212 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates8.020 Ratings6.411 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Oracle Discoverer (discontinued) and Yellowfin
    Feature
    Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    7.9
    22 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Yellowfin
    6.6
    12 Ratings
    20% below category average
    Drill-down analysis7.021 Ratings6.611 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities8.022 Ratings7.112 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages7.514 Ratings6.38 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration9.020 Ratings6.511 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Oracle Discoverer (discontinued) and Yellowfin
    Feature
    Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    8.3
    22 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Yellowfin
    5.9
    11 Ratings
    34% below category average
    Publish to Web8.021 Ratings6.311 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.020 Ratings6.211 Ratings
    Report Versioning9.018 Ratings5.89 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling8.022 Ratings5.611 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers7.716 Ratings5.55 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Oracle Discoverer (discontinued) and Yellowfin
    Feature
    Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    8.0
    16 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Yellowfin
    5.8
    12 Ratings
    32% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.416 Ratings5.912 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.815 Ratings5.712 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics7.815 Ratings5.810 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Oracle Discoverer (discontinued) and Yellowfin
    Feature
    Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    9.7
    22 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Yellowfin
    6.2
    11 Ratings
    31% below category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)10.022 Ratings6.311 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model10.020 Ratings6.510 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.021 Ratings6.310 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)10.017 Ratings5.94 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Oracle Discoverer (discontinued) and Yellowfin
    Feature
    Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    8.0
    16 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Yellowfin
    6.7
    8 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access7.915 Ratings6.25 Ratings
    Mobile Application7.811 Ratings6.38 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile7.811 Ratings6.28 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Oracle Discoverer (discontinued) and Yellowfin
    Feature
    Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    7.5
    9 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Yellowfin
    6.1
    5 Ratings
    24% below category average
    REST API8.08 Ratings6.15 Ratings
    Javascript API8.09 Ratings5.45 Ratings
    iFrames8.08 Ratings6.05 Ratings
    Java API7.08 Ratings6.35 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)8.07 Ratings6.55 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)6.08 Ratings6.55 Ratings
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    Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)Yellowfin
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    Cyfe
    Score8.8 out of 10
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    Score8.8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Zendesk Explore
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Zendesk Explore
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    Score9.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)Yellowfin
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (22 ratings)
    6.2
    (12 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.3
    (7 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.6
    (7 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.0
    (21 ratings)
    8.1
    (6 ratings)
    Data Sources
    9.0
    (21 ratings)
    8.1
    (6 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)Yellowfin
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    Discoverer is well suited as a reporting tool where data integration doesn't play a major role. Discoverer suits very well situations where a user has to run a query every day. Discoverer reports can be scheduled and the user can just view the data instead of running the query manually. Also, Discoverer takes away the pain of managing the database credentials. Discoverer is not well suited to situations where the whole enterprise wants to view the same dashboard. Discoverer is more of a departmental BI tool. Discoverer doesn't offer many options to integrate data unless one has to create and handle integration using PL/SQL.
    Incentivized
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    Yellowfin
    We can recommend this software without hesitation, as it has the ability to generate reports and data analysis, as well as process the data automatically, which saves time. It is ideal for small and medium-sized companies that wish to improve their services in the business world
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • SQL friendly which allows for fast adoption for those users who know how to write in SQL. This makes integration with other programs much easier.
    • Accessing data is very fast even with larger data sets.
    • The layout is clean and organized similar to a spreadsheet which allows for easier viewing and analyzing of the data.
    Incentivized
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    Yellowfin
    • Yellowfin’s Storyboard, Timeline and Collaborative tools make it easy to share data and insights across an organisation.
    • Strong Operational and Executive Dashboards that reflect the business KPIs and can send out prompts to people within the business based on rules.
    • Yellowfin makes it incredibly easy to create dynamic reports and dashboards which incorporate maps through locational intelligence functionality.
    • Yellowfin is a single license and all access is via a web browser making it perfect for both on-premise and cloud deployment. Mobile apps are also available.
    • User roles and source filtering allows Admin/IT to offer different functions/views by user group/role.
    • Mobile BI applications to support any device ..
    • API connectors ( YF 7.2 on the way in Mar16 ) for a range of third-party Web-based applications, data sources, Enterprises CRM/ERP apps & open data platform apps, including Salesforce, Google Analytics, Twitter, Youtube , Zoho CRM, XE.com & more coming to make endusers to integrate their applications for better benefits
    • Yellowfin Integration with Predictive analytical and Big Data processing tools like R, UDF, Spark to build rich applications for end users
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    Cons
    Discontinued Products
    • There is always room for more scalability and optimization of performance.
    • Oracle BI changes a lot from version to version. A smoother transition into a new version would be very helpful.
    • Oracle BI's reporting tool is a little hard to use at first. The UI/UX of the tool can use improvement.
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    Yellowfin
    • The ability to predefine a colour for a specific graph as a selection option dynamically.
    • The ability to customise the label of a chart, especially with respect to performance related reporting graphs we need an increase in dynamic charting options to meet our more specialised requirements.
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    Usability
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Yellowfin
    As mentioned previously, if a newer company is looking for a strong, polished BI tool, Yellowfin would be a great software vendor to consider. Unfortunately, the high cost might be a barrier to these newer companies who dont have any legacy software/agreements such as an EA agreement with Microsoft.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Yellowfin
    99.9% availability
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    Support Rating
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Yellowfin
    They have good support in what they provide. But what they provide is not what is promised. I would stay with them if I can. Be very careful before signing up with them. They are not what they seem in the sales pitches. Be very careful and make sure you test and test before you sign up.
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    In-Person Training
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Yellowfin
    Yellowfin provides 3 levels of training to support consumers, business analytics, developers and Administrations :
    1. Yellowfin BI Training - Level 1 (Exploration)
    2. Yellowfin BI Training - Level 2 (Advanced)
    3. Yellowfin BI Training - Level 3(Expert)
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    Online Training
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Yellowfin
    Web-based training for large audiences for Level 1 and Level 2 I would suggest
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    Implementation Rating
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Yellowfin
    Design the data model and views for each dashboard is very important and it is the success factor Configuration of cluster for large implementation
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    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    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 always came out on top. Changing to another tool never provided enough additional functionality to overcome the cost of conversion and ongoing maintenance.
    Incentivized
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    Yellowfin
    Yellow Fin platform is browser agnostic and is accessible from desktops as well as mobile devices. It is very simple and fast, it is integrated with Big Data, clients do not require a great training. It just works. But it’s easier to have things on the cloud, especially if you need to use different computers. Yellow Fin lacks the cloud feature.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Yellowfin
    - Tested 500 con-current users in Linux platform with 4 cores systems - Tested with cloud based VM - Tested with 1000 reads per minutes
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    Return on Investment
    Discontinued Products
    • 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.
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    Yellowfin
    • made our org more data centric
    • Decisions are made based on data vs opinion
    • has created a single source of truth for the bulk of the organization
    Incentivized
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