We performed a comparison between Oracle E-Business Suite and SAP Business ByDesign based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about SAP, Microsoft, Oracle and others in ERP."Oracle EBS adapts to our business rules, so we don't have to change them, whereas SAP is rigid. We need to change our business rules to implement SAP. Oracle's reporting is also excellent and it's easier for our technical team to customize the solution compared to SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, and other products."
"The procure-to-pay is core to our business and relevant to us."
"Oracle EBS provides the customer with faster financial closing because of its accurate calculations."
"The implementation of Oracle E-Business Suite is easy."
"If I want to manage many parts of my organization, such as finances, proceedings, or supply chain I would typically need to buy many different solutions. However, with Oracle E-Business Suite, it is all that is needed. This ERP system has many modules."
"It's a scalable product."
"Financial reconciliation and reporting."
"The integration of the various modules is definitely the most valuable feature for us. Our clients being business-minded, which involves customers and suppliers."
"The most valuable features of SAP Business ByDesign are customer invoicing and cost and revenue, from which I get the data for my project reports."
"When comparing SAP Business ByDesign to much larger ERP solutions, such as SAP ECC 6.0 or SAP S/4HANA, SAP Business ByDesign is more user-friendly and easier to implement."
"When we were using it, we did see an immediate benefit, especially in the inventory on consignment issue. We were a biotech pre-revenue company and most of our manufacturing was outsourced. So being able to track inventory within the system without creating a financial impact was very key for us."
"I have found the consolidation of the business and group reports very useful. There is plenty of features and the manufacturing and finance aspect of the solution are strong."
"The standard system is stable."
"The most valuable feature is the feature called Financial Closing Cockpit. This feature allows us to monitor our accounting and processing closely."
"ByDesign's best features are its speed, real-time data, and reporting."
"The most valuable features of Business ByDesign are the integration of its modules, analytics, and dashboards."
"The implementation can take quite a bit of time."
"Improvements could be made in mobility for mobile applications or tablets."
"I would rate the support for Oracle E-Business Suite a four out of five."
"The system has bugs, is not user friendly, and requires too much customization."
"More flexibility in configuration related to the Payroll module, in order to easily implement the local legislation."
"Some of my clients report that the overall ease of use could be simplified."
"They should include database functionality."
"We expect Oracle to go into continuous innovation mode and provide simplified integration solutions."
"ByDesign could be improved by making screen modifications easier."
"The payroll module of the solution could improve."
"SAP Business ByDesign can improve the flexibility and user-friendliness of the reporting during the implementations. Customizing the reports inside the device requires a lot of knowledge and most of the time a developer level is needed. For example, if you want to have a more specific reporting layout."
"SAP Business ByDesign is a very vast product, but it has to be a bit more centralized. All the models need to be more centralized for a better experience."
"There is room for improvement in the reporting capability. To use it properly, you need intensive IT support. You cannot write your own reports."
"With SAP S/4HANA, you can design your release strategy and modify it to include as many people as possible, which is missing in SAP Business ByDesign."
"I would say budget controlling needs improvement. I mention this because it does not have all the functionalities that we need in terms of managing the budget."
"The database needs to be more customizable."
Oracle E-Business Suite is ranked 5th in ERP with 141 reviews while SAP Business ByDesign is ranked 4th in Cloud ERP with 14 reviews. Oracle E-Business Suite is rated 7.8, while SAP Business ByDesign is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Oracle E-Business Suite writes "Offers valuable finance tools". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP Business ByDesign writes "Helps with financial accounting, project management, sales and invoicing, and accounting inventory management". Oracle E-Business Suite is most compared with Oracle HCM Cloud, SAP S/4HANA, SAP ERP, NetSuite ERP and Salesforce Sales Cloud, whereas SAP Business ByDesign is most compared with SAP S/4HANA Cloud, SAP S/4HANA, NetSuite ERP, SAP Business One on AWS and Acumatica.
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