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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IBM Cloudability

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AIBM Cloudability is a cloud cost management and optimization (FinOps) tool that enables IT, finance, and business teams to optimize their cloud spend across all cost sources, all maturity levels, and for all stakeholders.N/A

    Oracle E-Business Suite

    Score6.3 out of 10
    N/AOracle E-Business Suite is a comprehensive suite of integrated, global business applications. The suite includes cross-industry capabilities spanning ERP, CRM and supply chain planning.N/A
    Pricing
    IBM CloudabilityOracle E-Business Suite
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM CloudabilityOracle E-Business Suite
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    IBM CloudabilityOracle E-Business Suite
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    94%
    Would buy again
    145 Answers
    86%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    107 Answers
    86%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    90%
    Happy with the feature set
    139 Answers
    86%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    88%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    87 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    98 Answers
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    Features
    IBM CloudabilityOracle E-Business Suite
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of IBM Cloudability and Oracle E-Business Suite
    Feature
    IBM Cloudability
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle E-Business Suite
    6.6
    31 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Pay calculation00 Ratings3.029 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration00 Ratings5.024 Ratings
    Direct deposit files00 Ratings8.024 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of IBM Cloudability and Oracle E-Business Suite
    Feature
    IBM Cloudability
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle E-Business Suite
    5.6
    70 Ratings
    30% below category average
    API for custom integration00 Ratings3.070 Ratings
    Plug-ins00 Ratings2.053 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of IBM Cloudability and Oracle E-Business Suite
    Feature
    IBM Cloudability
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle E-Business Suite
    3.0
    73 Ratings
    95% below category average
    Single sign-on capability00 Ratings3.067 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings3.072 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of IBM Cloudability and Oracle E-Business Suite
    Feature
    IBM Cloudability
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle E-Business Suite
    4.0
    66 Ratings
    61% below category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings5.043 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings4.064 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings3.064 Ratings
    General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
    Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of IBM Cloudability and Oracle E-Business Suite
    Feature
    IBM Cloudability
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle E-Business Suite
    7.1
    81 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Accounts payable00 Ratings6.777 Ratings
    Accounts receivable00 Ratings7.175 Ratings
    Global Financial Support00 Ratings8.951 Ratings
    Primary and Secondary Ledgers00 Ratings9.063 Ratings
    Journals and Reconciliations00 Ratings7.265 Ratings
    Configurable Accounting00 Ratings6.156 Ratings
    Standardized Processes00 Ratings6.158 Ratings
    Inventory Management
    Comparison of Inventory Management features of IBM Cloudability and Oracle E-Business Suite
    Feature
    IBM Cloudability
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle E-Business Suite
    4.7
    54 Ratings
    52% below category average
    Inventory tracking00 Ratings6.753 Ratings
    Automatic reordering00 Ratings2.037 Ratings
    Location management00 Ratings2.042 Ratings
    Order Management
    Comparison of Order Management features of IBM Cloudability and Oracle E-Business Suite
    Feature
    IBM Cloudability
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle E-Business Suite
    7.5
    56 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Pricing00 Ratings4.050 Ratings
    Order entry00 Ratings7.052 Ratings
    Credit card processing00 Ratings8.040 Ratings
    Cost of goods sold00 Ratings7.050 Ratings
    Order Orchestration00 Ratings8.936 Ratings
    Subledger and Financial Process
    Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of IBM Cloudability and Oracle E-Business Suite
    Feature
    IBM Cloudability
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle E-Business Suite
    8.0
    67 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Billing Management00 Ratings6.547 Ratings
    Cash and Asset Management00 Ratings6.156 Ratings
    Travel & Expense Management00 Ratings6.049 Ratings
    Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting00 Ratings3.040 Ratings
    Period Close00 Ratings7.160 Ratings
    Project Financial Management
    Comparison of Project Financial Management features of IBM Cloudability and Oracle E-Business Suite
    Feature
    IBM Cloudability
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle E-Business Suite
    7.8
    41 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Budgeting and Forecasting00 Ratings8.032 Ratings
    Project Costing00 Ratings8.041 Ratings
    Cost Capture00 Ratings8.034 Ratings
    Capital Project Management00 Ratings8.132 Ratings
    Customer Contract Compliance00 Ratings8.124 Ratings
    Project Revenue Recognition00 Ratings8.031 Ratings
    Project Execution Management
    Comparison of Project Execution Management features of IBM Cloudability and Oracle E-Business Suite
    Feature
    IBM Cloudability
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle E-Business Suite
    6.4
    21 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Project Planning and Scheduling00 Ratings2.019 Ratings
    Task Insight for Project Managers00 Ratings2.019 Ratings
    Project Mobile Functionality00 Ratings3.017 Ratings
    Definable Resource Pools00 Ratings6.016 Ratings
    Grants Management
    Comparison of Grants Management features of IBM Cloudability and Oracle E-Business Suite
    Feature
    IBM Cloudability
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle E-Business Suite
    7.4
    25 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Award Lifecycle Management00 Ratings3.021 Ratings
    Procurement
    Comparison of Procurement features of IBM Cloudability and Oracle E-Business Suite
    Feature
    IBM Cloudability
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle E-Business Suite
    6.8
    51 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Bids Analyzed and Compared00 Ratings2.028 Ratings
    Contract Authoring00 Ratings2.027 Ratings
    Contract Repository00 Ratings4.020 Ratings
    Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated00 Ratings2.037 Ratings
    Supplier Management00 Ratings3.033 Ratings
    Risk Management
    Comparison of Risk Management features of IBM Cloudability and Oracle E-Business Suite
    Feature
    IBM Cloudability
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle E-Business Suite
    6.6
    13 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Risk Repository00 Ratings6.011 Ratings
    Control Management00 Ratings8.011 Ratings
    Control Efficiency Assessments00 Ratings4.011 Ratings
    Issue Detection00 Ratings5.012 Ratings
    Remediation and Certification00 Ratings8.013 Ratings
    Logistics
    Comparison of Logistics features of IBM Cloudability and Oracle E-Business Suite
    Feature
    IBM Cloudability
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle E-Business Suite
    5.6
    21 Ratings
    22% below category average
    Transportation Planning and Optimization00 Ratings3.018 Ratings
    Transportation Execution Management00 Ratings2.017 Ratings
    Trade and Customs Management00 Ratings4.017 Ratings
    Fulfillment Management00 Ratings4.017 Ratings
    Warehouse Workforce Management00 Ratings2.017 Ratings
    Manufacturing
    Comparison of Manufacturing features of IBM Cloudability and Oracle E-Business Suite
    Feature
    IBM Cloudability
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle E-Business Suite
    6.0
    27 Ratings
    22% below category average
    Production Process Design00 Ratings4.022 Ratings
    Production Management00 Ratings3.025 Ratings
    Configuration Management00 Ratings4.023 Ratings
    Work Execution00 Ratings7.024 Ratings
    Manufacturing Costs00 Ratings4.025 Ratings
    Supply Chain
    Comparison of Supply Chain features of IBM Cloudability and Oracle E-Business Suite
    Feature
    IBM Cloudability
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle E-Business Suite
    5.7
    33 Ratings
    25% below category average
    Forecasting00 Ratings4.030 Ratings
    Inventory Planning00 Ratings4.033 Ratings
    Performance Monitoring00 Ratings6.026 Ratings
    Product Lifecycle Management
    Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of IBM Cloudability and Oracle E-Business Suite
    Feature
    IBM Cloudability
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle E-Business Suite
    6.7
    16 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Proposal Management00 Ratings2.013 Ratings
    Product Master Data Management00 Ratings3.012 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    IBM CloudabilityOracle E-Business Suite
    Small Businesses
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    Zoho One
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
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    Zoho One
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft Dynamics AX (discontinued)
    Score4.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    IBM CloudabilityOracle E-Business Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.8
    (147 ratings)
    7.1
    (99 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    6.4
    (6 ratings)
    8.0
    (10 ratings)
    Usability
    7.8
    (147 ratings)
    6.2
    (4 ratings)
    Availability
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    3.0
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    5.5
    (1 ratings)
    6.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    2.3
    (3 ratings)
    6.0
    (3 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    4.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.7
    (4 ratings)
    Configurability
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    7.8
    (2 ratings)
    Professional Services
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    4.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM CloudabilityOracle E-Business Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Apptio an IBM Company
    I don't have much exposure to the tool. I mean, I'm relatively new to using it as a platform, but I haven't really seen the benefit, especially with the actual renewal talks at the company. I'm not seeing what AWS native solutions are, how probability improves on that as opposed to just using AWS and just, I don't know. I'm not seeing the benefit, at least in my eyes.
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    Oracle
    Oracle Cash and Treasury Management fill the gaps in treasury management with features that are very helpful in building the modern financial system that we so desperately need. It may not be the most intuitive tool on the treasury market, but with a little more practice time, important expense analysis can be achieved. I am confident in this treasury tool for this year 2022 and I would like to recommend it to other companies so that they can also have a better administration.
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    Pros
    Apptio an IBM Company
    • We are able to integrate multiple sources of data to have a comprehensive view of our spend.
    • We are able to get more detailed insights via container dashboard for kubernetes spend
    • A unified platform to manage overall cloud spend along with related FinOps spend
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    Oracle
    • The EBS Oracle Order Management and Shipping Execution solution allows the creation of an integrated, seamless order-to-cash process and accurately capture of customer orders across multiple channels.
    • Orchestration of order details for seamless fulfillment execution.
    • Efficient shipment planning and confirmation.
    • Communication of order status information to customers throughout the order lifecycle.
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    Cons
    Apptio an IBM Company
    • For me, it is a lot of anomaly detection and I think there's a lot of improvement that can be made to show anomalies that happen over time because if it's just day to day or week to week, you may not see the change. But if you see the trend over a period of time, show me something that has grown 40%, 50% over the past three months and maybe you can do those things and we just haven't figured them out yet. So we are very new to the product, but I think anomaly detection for me is one of the bigger things.
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    Oracle
    • Learning cure is a bit high for this product if you aren't already using a tool set like it.
    • finding where documents are stored can be tricky but once you find it you are golden.
    • Since I need a third one some of the API's need to be improved.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Apptio an IBM Company
    Cloudability has been one solution for almost all of our FinOps needs. Except for Data transfer costs, we have covered all use cases and have made significant savings across our cloud infrastructure. Reporting has provided management a deeper analysis into their spending and helped them forecast their budgets for next year
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    Oracle
    After almost 5 years, we have a full control of this ERP System. We are able to implement new functionalities and modules without any major "consulting" expenses. As of today we are making almost 90% of the personalization/customization and implementation all in house. Once [it] is tuned, [it] keeps running very well with no major issues.
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    Usability
    Apptio an IBM Company
    I gave the IBM Cloudability a 7/10 because it is good, but it could improve in some places. It is easy to get data uploaded and ready to view, but it is only up to a certain point in time, and not live data. As for how it looks, the interface is good for viewing, however navigation could be a little better, maybe supported with a roadmap.
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    Oracle
    The various forms - like order entry forms that allow the uses to enter sales orders and the ability to personalize the views based on end user needs - are easy to use and follow standard business processes. The new release has a big focus on usability and forms now have a familiar web look and feel which has increased usability considerably.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Apptio an IBM Company
    Only been 1 or 2 occaisions when not available, in 3 years
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    Oracle
    Because of the transactional nature of the system this software is available 24 X 7, and IT is responsible for making sure the system is available during normal business hours.
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    Performance
    Apptio an IBM Company
    Afternoons tend to be a little slower, due to US traffic I assume
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    Oracle
    The performance of the product is very good. Given the transactional nature of the system one of the key focus areas for IT is to make sure performance is not affected for internal reasons. This can also depend on the server configuration and setup. For example, performance on Exadata machine is far superior to other Linux custom systems that companies choose to deploy. In general though, as already pointed out, the platform is now very stable and has few bugs. Whenever there are any issues, the cause is usually customizations that we have made to the platform, rather than out-of-the-box standard functionality.
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    Support Rating
    Apptio an IBM Company
    While there have been few support cases where the experience was good. But in multiple support cases it's firstly delayed and even after weeks or months of time, team is not able to provide us with the RCA of the issue. All they are claiming is the issue is now fixed which I still see coming back after few days or weeks as we've never identified and addressed the root cause.
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    Oracle
    In general, support has not been great - particularly standard (non premium) support . The main issue is that our IT staff has been using this platform for years and is very knowledgeable Whenever something goes wrong, we usually have a very precise idea of what the problem is. We are skilled at problem diagnosis. But the Oracle support process is very rigid and slow. Typically, we are required to go through a lengthy diagnosis process where they ask us multiple questions sometimes over several days and we are obliged to talk to different people with differing levels of knowledge. Since we already know what the problem is, we really just want a patch or a bug fix, but it takes days to get there instead of minutes. This can be very frustrating. This is a big part of the reason why we pay for premium support. But it's still a bit disappointing.
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    Online Training
    Apptio an IBM Company
    Training was adequate, but the real learning begins when you start using the product, like most things. All major functions were covered so as an entry point, was a good introduction to the product. The training pace was good as well, the areas were covered in decent depth, without being too much of an information overload.
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    Oracle
    The instructors are usually precise and knowledgable, and it's convenient to take online classes whenever available any day of the year.
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    Implementation Rating
    Apptio an IBM Company
    Within months
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    Oracle
    The key success factors for the implementation was project management, in-house expertise in IT and time. The implementation process started with the initial evaluation with the initial upgrade on a test system and mapping out the gaps and requirements. We did work with Oracle to understand the new functionality R12 had to offer and did another upgrade and researched solutions. With the use of software development cycle procedures there were conference room pilots with IT, business users. We then refined the project plan to the core key details, performed mock go-live implementations and finally upgraded the software. Overall, this was a very successful process.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Apptio an IBM Company
    Before Apptio we extensively used the cloud native and in house automated and developed cost optimization tool using python , powershell and leveraging the various cloud native services like AWS systems manager , Azure Functions and Azure automation run books.
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    Oracle
    Oracle e-business suite is better than any other ERP because it is more user-friendly and can be operated by anyone even those who don't know how to run it. Also it has better APS, allowing you to better track costs and allocate resources more efficiently. Also, it has better event management, tracking, and Reporting.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Apptio an IBM Company
    I wasn't personally involved, but all dealings with Apptio have been easy
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    Oracle
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    Scalability
    Apptio an IBM Company
    Works as designed
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    Oracle
    As I mentioned, it's a good tool but not the best
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    Return on Investment
    Apptio an IBM Company
    • Apptio Cloudability has enabled us to charge back 100% of our cloud spend to our business users and on an automated basis through the use of ApptioOne
    • Apptio Cloudability's transparency and metrics have enabled us to save millions of dollars in cloud spend across our user base.
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    Oracle
    • We recently implemented Supplier Portal and Invoice Imaging Solution. This has reduced manual effort and increased speed and accuracy. There is no need for people to key in invoices manually now. Suppliers can flip a purchase order into invoice and Oracle will do all the validations and put the invoice on hold in case of any discrepancy.
    • Suppliers are very happy with the supplier portal as they can track the entire lifecycle of the invoice online.
    • With automation, we could bill all our customers on time. Oracle collects all the possible costs like payroll and expenses, adds markup, and bills our customers. We could track profitability and margins by project.
    • The period close and reporting has become easier and faster with this software. 3 people can close the periods now as opposed to 10 before.
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    ScreenShots

    IBM Cloudability Screenshots

    Screenshot of ML backed rightsizing recommendations surfacing multiple scenarios with tools to help sort those that can me realistically actioned on, with Jira and ServiceNowScreenshot of an allocation of cloud viewed through the enterprise grade tools to tailor data for chargeback/showback across an organizationScreenshot of intelligent forecasting including seasonality, cost drivers and net new spendScreenshot of anomaly detection capabilities to stop issues in their tracks via the right people for the job