Как видно Hyperion все меньшее может конкурировать с Essbase против MS AS, но построение готовых решений позволят уйти от лобовой конкуренции.

http://www.olapreport.com/Comment_Hyperion.htm

Microsoft OLAP is clearly hurting Essbase sales and prices, so this was an extremely bad time for Hyperion to have such severe self-imposed organizational and product development problems that distract it from combating the dangerous external threats. The 36 percent decline in Essbase licenses in the last quarter of 2001, and an unbroken period of seven quarters of decline are real indicators of the pressure that it is under (though there was a good quarter at the end of 2002).

Hyperion still offers a much more complete range of financially-oriented OLAP tools, applications and skills than any of its competitors. Oracle’s offerings were never as complete, and have retreated as part of its bungled technology upgrade, while Microsoft does not itself offer analytical applications like Hyperion’s.