Compare Salient and Exadata - May 2022

Shlomi Lavi

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Salient or Exadata?

Salient is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Exadata, and Salient is rated higher (90/100) than Exadata (70/100). Both tools offer the same amount of features.

Looking for the right Business Intelligence solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:

Salient Software, Inc Vs. Oracle Corporation

Salient Software, Inc: Salient provides IT solutions that empower businesses to measure and manage their performance. With our software, you can collect, organize and analyze data to drive performance improvements by better aligning goals with metrics, increasing your operational efficiency and becoming more comfortable with the integrity of your numbers. Founded in 1...

Oracle Corporation: Oracle Corporation is a computer technology corporation that specializes in developing and marketing computer hardware systems and enterprise software products – particularly database management systems. Employing approximately 113,644 people worldwide as of 30 June 2012,it has enlarged its share of the software market through organic growth and th...

Who is more expensive? Salient or Exadata?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Business Intelligence software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for Salient and Exadata.

Salient price starts at $60 per license , On a scale between 1 to 10 Salient is rated 2, which is much lower than the average cost of Business Intelligence software. Exadata price starts at $220,000 per license , When comparing Exadata to its competitors, the software is rated 2 - much lower than the average Business Intelligence software cost.

Bottom line: Salient cost is around the same cost of Exadata.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Salient Vs. Exadata based on some of the most important and required Business Intelligence features.

Salient: Data Import/Export, Basic Reports, Online Customer Support.

Exadata: Data Import/Export, Basic Reports, Online Customer Support.

Target customer size

Salient's typical customers include: Small, medium and large size businesses, Customers of the appliance mainly include large business enterprises, although some medium businesses have also found it useful.