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[Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/resources/how-we-ensure-transparency/) [Description](#description)[Use cases](#use-cases)[Alternatives](#alternatives)[Features](#features)[Pricing](#pricing)[Support](#support)[Reviews](#reviews) Oracle Crystal Ball ## What is Oracle Crystal Ball? Oracle Crystal Ball is the leading spreadsheet-based application for predictive modeling, forecasting, simulation, and optimization, giving you unparalleled insight into the critical factors affecting risk. With Crystal Ball, you can make the right tactical decisions to reach your objectives and gain a competitive edge—even in an uncertain market. ## What is Oracle Crystal Ball used for? [Financial Risk Management](https://www.capterra.com/financial-risk-management-software/) Top alternative Featured Overall rating Based on 8 user reviews Reviews sentiment Positive \- Neutral \- Negative \- Contact vendor for pricing Free trial not available Capterra Shortlist charts the highest-rated and most popular products... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... Do you work for Oracle Crystal Ball?[Manage this product listing](https://digitalmarkets.gartner.com/get-listed/claim-bx?url=https://www.oracle.com/&name=Oracle Crystal Ball) ## Compare with a popular alternative Capterra selects software alternatives based on relevant features, verified user reviews and user interactions. Placement may be influenced by client status. ### Oracle Crystal Ball 4.9 (8) VS. [4.2 (2,020)](https://www.capterra.com/p/135757/NetSuite/reviews/) Starting Price Contact vendor Starting Price Contact vendor Free Trial Free Version Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version Ease Of Use 4.1 (8) Ease Of Use 4.0 (1,976) Value For Money 4.4 (5) Value For Money 3.8 (1,566) Customer Service 3.8 (5) Customer Service 3.8 (1,670) ## Oracle Crystal Ball alternatives [4.9 (14)](https://www.capterra.com/p/10021163/Flagright/#reviews) Starting price Contact vendor for pricing Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 100% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [4.4 (79)](https://www.capterra.com/p/147599/Resolver/reviews/) Starting price $10000.00 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 92% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars Highest Rated [4.9 (121)](https://www.capterra.com/p/245922/Eleven/reviews/) Starting price $35.00 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 100% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [D&B Finance Analytics](https://www.capterra.com/p/202723/D-B-Finance-Analytics/) [4.5 (137)](https://www.capterra.com/p/202723/D-B-Finance-Analytics/reviews/) Starting price $1200.00 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 91% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/202723/D-B-Finance-Analytics/) [View all alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/124658/Oracle-Crystal-Ball/alternatives/) ## Features Features with the highest number of reviews are displayed first. 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Data Management 5.0 (1) 100.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Ability to handle large datasets Financial Risk Reporting 5.0 (1) 100.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Qualitative or quantitative risk methodology to evaluate the risk for an individual account or portfolio, and identify problems Reporting/Analytics 5.0 (1) 100.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important View and track pertinent metrics to find patterns and gain insights from data Risk Analysis 4.0 (1) 100.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Analyze potential risks across the organization API Application programming interface that allows for integration with other systems/databases Audit Trail A record of all activities within the system, including user access, changes made, etc. Oracle Crystal Ball 10 features Application programming interface that allows for integration with other systems/databases A record of all activities within the system, including user access, changes made, etc. Track and manage adherence to policies for any service, product, process, or supplier Ability to handle large datasets Qualitative or quantitative risk methodology to evaluate the risk for an individual account or portfolio, and identify problems Designed for Hedge Funds Assess and control risks associated with the credit process of each loan portfolio/account Measure and assess the performance of investments View and track pertinent metrics to find patterns and gain insights from data Analyze potential risks across the organization Get Advice We can help you find the software with the features you need. Features 4.6 (8) 4.6 Based on 8 reviews ## Pricing Value for money 4.4 (5) ### Starting price Contact vendor for pricing Free trial not available Value for money 4.4 (5) 4.4 Based on 5 reviews Connect with a Capterra advisor for a free 15-minute consultation Get a personalized software list aligned to your business needs with guidance from our expert advisors. Our team has helped 1 million+ businesses like yours find options that fit their needs. ## Support, customer service and training options Customer Service 3.8 (5) Support - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat Training - In Person - Live Online - Webinars - Documentation - Videos Deployment - Web - Android - iPhone/iPad Typical users - Freelancers - Small businesses - Mid size businesses - Enterprises Customer Service 3.8 (5) 3.8 Based on 5 reviews ## User reviews Overall rating 4.9 Based on 8 reviews Filter by rating 5(7) 4(1) 3(0) 2(0) 1(0) Mentioned topic Sorted by most recent LA Luis A. Asesor Telecommunications ### "Un software bastante amigable para nuevos usuarios" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 3.0 3.0 Customer Service 4.0 4.0 Likelihood to Recommend 9/10 September 25, 2025 22 años trabajando como asesor, instructor, facilitador cursos del software Crystal Ball para diferentes industrias grandes, medianas y pequeñas. Pros Muy versátil, intuitivo para el novato, buena documentación, larga trayectoria, amigable al usuario, y tiene un gran cantidad de alternativas para cuando no se tiene muchos conocimientos avanzados de estadística. Y mientras más datos históricos tengas sobre cada variable, mayor facilidad para ubicar la distribución de probabilidad que se adecue a cada factor o supuesto Cons No han sacado nuevas versiones más actualizada, ni han incrementado una mayor variedad de reportes, gráficos. Falta una mayor compatibilidad con otras plataformas. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. AU Anonymous User Product Development Engineer Pharmaceuticals ### "Monte Carlo Simulation Right at Your Fingertips with Excel " 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 3.0 3.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 0.0 0.0 Likelihood to Recommend 8/10 June 29, 2020 Once a model is created (generally the hard part), Crystal Ball enhances the strength and predictive power of the model by incorporating variation and statistics to give a more realistic and probably result. Crystal ball is easy to use and incorporate into your model Pros Oracle Crystal Ball is a simple software application, used with Microsoft Excel to simulate monte carlo runs with your predictive models. It is simple to use as a macro add-on to your model created on Microsoft Excel. One would need to define the inputs, outputs and the distributions. Once those are defined, the software will run the statistics and provide bar charts of the resulting outputs, taking into account the variations in the model. Cons There are some quirks with the software such as: 1. If you have multiple models open, the run button will run all models opened, which could add significant amount of time if complex models are opened. 2. If Microsoft Excel is already opened, it will need to be closed to open Excel with Crystal Ball application. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. GA Garima A. Clinical Research Coordinator Hospital & Health Care ### "Tool which helps you to quickly run simulations" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 4.0 4.0 Likelihood to Recommend 9/10 April 30, 2020 It has helped to deal with big data and run simulations on them which are not painful. Pros In my job I deal with big data which has data from different communities. I use Oracle crystal ball to run simulations to understand correlations, probabilities and deviations. I have found the tool easy to use and quick to run with minimal effort and training. I would recommend this to anyone. Cons The different number of distributions are lacking and its probably not suitable to run some of the complex simulations. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. AG ABHINAV G. Commodity Manager Semiconductors ### "Awesome tool for running simulations!!!" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 4.0 4.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 April 21, 2020 Its been great experience and I would recommend this to anyone running simulation models. Pros I have been using for the past 6 months to run simulations with the add-in in excel. I have found it easy to use and very informative in terms of the quality of the output and the number of uses I can put it to. Cons I think it probably can be made more user friendly so that somebody who is not proficient in it can also work on it. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. AU Anonymous User Vice President of Procurement Environmental Services ### "Brilliant Excel add-on for understanding the impact of risk and uncertainty" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 3.0 3.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 May 23, 2019 I found Crystal Ball during an executive course at Wharton over 8 years ago. I have continued to use the tool ever since. Pros The tool allows the user to work on their projects within Excel (the gold standard) and utilize the Oracle Crystal Ball tools without changing the platform. Although the UI is pretty basic, it delivers exactly what is needed to perform quick Monte Carlo simulations and sensitivity analysis. Cons The Excel add-on can be a little problematic from time to time but you can easily find answers on the web to back on track. The user interface is dated and the charts are basic. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Kyle H. Cost Engineer Civil Engineering ### "Oracle Crystal Ball Review" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 4.0 4.0 Likelihood to Recommend 9/10 March 1, 2019 Very solid software that provides good input for project teams. Pros It provides a means to do cost & schedule risk analysis for projects. It has a wide range of inputs/functionality that make it adaptable. Cons The more advanced parts of the software required a good deal of learning. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. ZJ Zachary J. Finance Consultant Management Consulting ### "Easy to use, Extremely Useful" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 0.0 0.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 September 23, 2018 Pros Crystal Ball makes Monte Carlo Simulation very easy. It is impressively easy to learn and is capable of advanced finance/forecasting techniques. Cons The biggest challenge with Crystal Ball is understanding its inner workings before applying it to problem sets. It is crucial to understand the implications of how the software performs its calculations before use. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. DA Daniel A. Space Systems Analyst Defense & Space ### "Remarkably powerful analysis tool set, many Monte carlo applications" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 0.0 0.0 Likelihood to Recommend 9/10 August 29, 2018 If you need something that falls under this application set, this is arguably the best tool on offer. Pros The ability to perform powerful analysis and intuitive Monte carlo simulations using the existing Excel infrastructure is exceptional. A solid GUI that allows for rapid changes and adjustments, that once learned allows for near-real time adjustments and rapid analysis of numerous data sets, with excellent visualization of aggregated outputs. Cons Learning curve is steep at the very initial point, but there is excellent documentation from both Oracle and third party sources. Ultimately, the only real capability missing would be to incorporate this capability into non-Microsoft spreadsheet tools - i.e. GoogleSheets. The majority of the limitations on ease of use for middleware of this type are really inherited constraints coming from the platform it has to run on, in this case Excel. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. [View all Reviews](https://www.capterra.com/p/124658/Oracle-Crystal-Ball/reviews/) ## Top-rated software of 2026 ### Fill out the form and we'll send a list of the top-rated software based on real user reviews directly to your inbox. Independent research methodology Capterra's researchers use a mix of verified reviews, independent research and objective methodologies to bring you selection and ranking information you can trust. While we may earn a referral fee when you visit a provider through our links or speak to an advisor, this has no influence on our research or methodology. 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