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Michael D.

Reservoir Engineer

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

7/24/2020

"Crystal Ball for Decision Making"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Crystal Ball?

Crystal Ball interfaces easily with MS Excel. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Crystal Ball?

Could improve user friendliness for beginners. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

UM

Verified User in Marketing and Advertising

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

7/18/2020

"an efficient tool for scenario analysis and profit forecast in various industries"

4/5

What do you like best about Crystal Ball?

Beginner Friendly and easy to use mostly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Crystal Ball?

Sometimes might lead to excel breaking down Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Krishna G.

Database Administrator

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4/20/2020

"Analysis, Prediction & Forecasting"

5/5

What do you like best about Crystal Ball?

Ability to create predictive models and forecasting facility Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Crystal Ball?

It cannot be used with IOS pr Android only for Desktop Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

UH

Verified User in Higher Education

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

7/23/2020

"Used Crystal Ball for project management course. it's very useful tool for analysis and modelling."

4.5/5

What do you like best about Crystal Ball?

The UI is very simple and can be easily used for complex simulations and analysis. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Crystal Ball?

The manual when I was using it was not very intuitive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Joy P.

Project Manager

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

2/26/2019

"Extraordinary for sensitivity analysis of sales estimates and financial projections"

5/5

What do you like best about Crystal Ball?

Straight-forward, simple to utilize, and delivers important designs and insights to delineate outcomes. Yasai performs similar essential simulation functions, however, it does not generate graphical results. The ability to connect assumptions of the outcome of your simulation, which is incredibly important. Yasai does not allow for relationship matrices. The tornado chart feature allows you to identify the most critical drivers of your business. No more 'guessing' what the key driver of revenue/profit will be. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Crystal Ball?

Finally, the main genuine capability missing is to integrate this feature into non-Microsoft spreadsheet tools - for example, Google Sheets. Most of the limitations on compatibility for middleware of this kind are essentially derived from the requirements of the platform it needs to operate on, in this case, Excel. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Crystal Ball:

The astute activity is to adjust the answer for your extraordinary requirements, worker skill levels, funds, and different components, and Crystal Ball offers them all. Great product and well-established company. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Crystal Ball solving and how is that benefiting you?

The association and fitting devices of the Precious Stone Ball allow you to use current and reliable data to create accurate, predictive models. Alternatively, the OptQuest tool is a flexible feature that simplifies dealing with problems where variability and uncertainty have typically confounded predictions. It enables you to subsequently search for an optimal solution while considering requirements, constraints, and uncertainty. Even better, Oracle Crystal Ball allows you to use simulations to predict and demonstrate various uncertain scenarios, thus saving your time and enhancing productivity. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Gary H.

Senior Software Engineer

Design

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

2/9/2019

"Powerful Predictive Analytics Software"

5/5

What do you like best about Crystal Ball?

The capacity to perform incredible examination and natural Monte carlo reenactments utilizing the current Excel foundation is uncommon.

A strong GUI that takes into account quick changes and alterations, that once learned takes into consideration close constant modifications and fast investigation of various informational indexes, with brilliant representation of totaled yields.

It is stunningly simple to learn and is fit for cutting edge account/anticipating strategies. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Crystal Ball?

Expectation to absorb information is steep at the extremely introductory point, however there is magnificent documentation from both Oracle and outsider sources.

At last, the main genuine ability missing is fuse this capacity into non-Microsoft spreadsheet instruments - for example GoogleSheets. Most of the impediments on convenience for middleware of this sort are truly acquired imperatives originating from the stage it needs to keep running on, for this situation Excel. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Crystal Ball:

It is impressively easy to learn and is capable of advanced finance/forecasting techniques.

The wise thing to do would be to adapt the solution for your unique requirements, employee skill levels, finances, and other elements and crystal ball offers them all. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Crystal Ball solving and how is that benefiting you?

On the off chance that you need something that falls under this application set, this is ostensibly the best instrument on offer.

Crystal Ball's connection and fitting devices enable you to use present and verifiable information to make exact, prescient models. Then again, the OptQuest instrument is an adaptable element that makes it simple to take care of issues in which changeability and vulnerability have generally frustrated conjecture. It enables you to consequently scan for an ideal arrangement while representing necessities, requirements, and vulnerability. Even better, Oracle Crystal Ball grants you to utilize reproductions to consequently imagine and show various dubious situation, in this manner sparing your time and enhancing profitability. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

UI

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

7/6/2019

"Optimizing your business with crystal ball."

5/5

What do you like best about Crystal Ball?

Oracle Crystal Ball is a desktop solution for modeling uncertainty and measuring & reporting on the risk inherent in key business metrics.Crystal ball can use the same historical data that oracle application use but to answer a different set of question.Crystal Ball helps to move us from data analysis to decision. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Crystal Ball?

There is nothing to dislike about Crystal Ball. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Crystal Ball:

Crystal ball is very useful for business forecasting, simulation and optimization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Crystal Ball solving and how is that benefiting you?

Crystal Ball analyze current and historical facts to make predictions about future events. It measures and quantify the risk in each of the scenarios under consideration. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Zoe M.

Environmental Engineer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

2/3/2019

"Crystal Ball vs. Yasai "

3/5

What do you like best about Crystal Ball?

Straight-forward, easy to use, and produces relevant graphics and statistics to illustrate results. Yasai performs the same basic simulation functions, however does not produce graphical results. Ability to correlate assumptions of the outcome of your simulation, which is incredibly valuable. Yasai does not allow for correlation matrices. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Crystal Ball?

Can be a bit of a learning curve to understand the interface and how to set up your simulation, but tutorials are helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

EF

Verified User in Food & Beverages

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

1/15/2019

"Crystal Ball is a great predictive analysis / forecasting tool"

5/5

What do you like best about Crystal Ball?

easy to use, fast and very accurate tool. provided excellent forecast models Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Crystal Ball?

price mostly, the software maintenance costs in our estimate were higher than expected Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

CH

Verified User in Higher Education

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

1/31/2018

"Great for sensitivity analysis of sales forecasts and financial projections"

4/5

What do you like best about Crystal Ball?

The tornado chat feature let's you identify the most important drivers of you business. No more 'guessing' what the key driver of revenue/profit will be. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Crystal Ball?

The copy function doesn't work well. 'Drag and fill formulas into cells' doesn't work as expected. It can be frustrating to enter each assumption manually Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.