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Exact Macola ES vs Oracle E-Business Suite comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Exact Macola ES
Ranking in ERP
40th
Average Rating
6.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Oracle E-Business Suite
Ranking in ERP
3rd
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
157
Ranking in other categories
Field Service Management (1st), Activity Based Costing Software (1st), Benefits Administration (2nd), Enterprise Resource Planning for Manufacturing (1st), Product Configuration and Quoting (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the ERP category, the mindshare of Exact Macola ES is 0.7%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle E-Business Suite is 4.0%, down from 5.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
ERP Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Oracle E-Business Suite4.0%
Exact Macola ES0.7%
Other95.3%
ERP
 

Featured Reviews

it_user650007 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
it was (previously) not aesthetically pleasing. It's more user friendly, now. They changed the interface, so there's not so many duplicate screens.
The number one way they improved this product was something called workspaces. This is like a dashboard meant for, depending on your role with a specific organization, so maybe if you're in accounting and financials, you need to see accounts receivable, accounts payable, your general ledger, so you could set up a dashboard for when you first login -- to drill down into the most important parts of your job and requirements with the company that you need visibility into -- rather than having to start from scratch, so you could set up your own dashboard. Macola is user based, so say you have seven primary users in your company, say you have your president, your CFO, your controller, your accounting manager, your IT person, your operations person, and your warehouse manager, you can customize as many as you want, depending on how many users you buy and have each individual dashboard be tailored towards that individual and their job/role with the company.
Md. Mazharul Islam - PeerSpot reviewer
Incharge Corporate Accounts & ERP System at General Pharmaceuticals Limited.
Has connected financial data across departments and improved future cash flow planning
I would like to improve the integration with other solutions, as I need everything integrated, like the HR module, purchase module, SCM, production, and engineering. Each and every module should be connected to the finance module, and I think Oracle provides the right solution. Also, SAP, IFS, or Microsoft Dynamics 365 offer some solutions, but I am not as happy with them as I am with Oracle. I believe that Oracle E-Business Suite could improve by transitioning from Java-based scripts in our system to a web-based environment. While Oracle already has JD Edwards available in web-based format, I think it needs to be smoother for optimization and presentation in the future. In comparison, IFS is fully web-based, and all applications are sufficiently good and user-friendly. We are developing and trying to improve to a web-based setup, but it is currently too costly.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Whether it's light or heavy manufacturing with bill of materials, traceability, order entry, stuff like that, I mean, that's probably the number one strength of Macola ES, I would say, for light and heavy manufacturing organizations."
"What we like about Oracle E-Business Suite is that we didn't find any issues with it."
"It essentially runs our business, from our financials to manufacturing to supply-chain to planning instances."
"Due to the integration, we can just access just one software for AP, GL, PO, AR, and everything just integrates together."
"The customization and integration features are also great, it's the main thing you look for in a suite."
"Removed paper/spreadsheet time-cards and replaced the paper process with an electronic online process for annual benefits enrollment, view pay slip online, view W-2 online, etc., and we are able to submit government reports electronically."
"We've run our business on it for 15 years now."
"The most valuable features for us are the abilities it provides for us to generate our financial statements and to develop our own customized reports exactly how we want."
"Payroll and online benefits enrollment"
 

Cons

"If you have to call Exact Macola directly as a developer, it's like calling Verizon; you don't know if you're speaking with someone from India, or knows anything about your account, or they're seeing it for the first time."
"The biggest frustration I have with Oracle is that they have taken an acquisition approach. Because of this, the modules don't talk to each other."
"One issue with the product is because it build on a lot of older technologies, there is a substantial technical debt in the system."
"It took about a year and was a painful process."
"The initial setup is complex."
"Current challenges with Oracle E-Business Suite include certain modules such as Property Manager, which has faced difficulties especially after IFRS 16 was introduced in 2021."
"There are always some bugs and missing patches."
"With the growing use of mobile phones, we would appreciate sending notifications through SMS."
"There are some enhancements in the process itself that is needed in the application. In the cloud version, they covered some of these areas and requirements but the on-premise version has to catch up."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"I have found the solution overall to be expensive. There are additional fees on top of the standard license."
"Oracle scales the pricing, but E-Business Suite is still very expensive for small to mid-sized businesses."
"Oracle's pricing is on the higher end."
"At the time of purchasing the license the price was reasonable."
"Fees for support and licensing should be reduced."
"In order to minimize the implementation and consultancy costs, business lines should have proper definitions. They need to have a proper way of retrieving their data, which should be structured well."
"The price of the solution is extremely high."
"This is a highly-priced application and would not be affordable for small or medium business domains."
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Top Industries

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Construction Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
8%
 

Company Size

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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business42
Midsize Enterprise34
Large Enterprise114
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle E-Business Suite?
The pricing for Oracle E-Business Suite is varying high, depending on the country. For small businesses or those generating low revenue, it is often expensive. However, for governments or multinati...
What needs improvement with Oracle E-Business Suite?
Oracle E-Business Suite has already provided many solutions and continues to do so for implementers and consultancy firms. They offer many benefits through easy steps, support forums, and communiti...
What is your primary use case for Oracle E-Business Suite?
I am working on an ERP solution that Oracle provides, which is Oracle E-Business Suite. Oracle E-Business Suite contains many modules that cover tax, finance, HR, projects, and many solutions they ...
 

Also Known As

Macola ES
Oracle EBS, OEBS
 

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Colab, Portobello, Saudi Telecom Company, DG Khan Cement, Dubai Holding
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