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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    M1

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/AM1, from ECI Software Solutions headquartered in Ft. Worth, is an all-in-one manufacturing ERP software solution, built for small and medium-sized discrete manufacturers.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
    M1Oracle E-Business Suite
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    M1Oracle E-Business Suite
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    M1Oracle E-Business Suite
    Considered Both Products
    ECI Software Solutions
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    Oracle
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    80%
    Would buy again
    24 Answers
    86%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    24 Answers
    86%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    87%
    Happy with the feature set
    26 Answers
    86%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    62%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    13 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    50%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    M1Oracle E-Business Suite
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of M1 and Oracle E-Business Suite
    Feature
    M1
    6.3
    8 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Oracle E-Business Suite
    6.6
    31 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Pay calculation6.58 Ratings3.029 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration4.83 Ratings5.024 Ratings
    Direct deposit files7.55 Ratings8.024 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of M1 and Oracle E-Business Suite
    Feature
    M1
    7.3
    18 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Oracle E-Business Suite
    5.6
    70 Ratings
    30% below category average
    API for custom integration7.415 Ratings3.070 Ratings
    Plug-ins7.111 Ratings2.053 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of M1 and Oracle E-Business Suite
    Feature
    M1
    8.1
    27 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Oracle E-Business Suite
    3.0
    73 Ratings
    95% below category average
    Single sign-on capability8.615 Ratings3.067 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions7.727 Ratings3.072 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of M1 and Oracle E-Business Suite
    Feature
    M1
    7.2
    28 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Oracle E-Business Suite
    4.0
    66 Ratings
    61% below category average
    Dashboards7.326 Ratings5.043 Ratings
    Standard reports7.228 Ratings4.064 Ratings
    Custom reports7.127 Ratings3.064 Ratings
    General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
    Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of M1 and Oracle E-Business Suite
    Feature
    M1
    7.5
    26 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Oracle E-Business Suite
    7.1
    81 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Accounts payable7.825 Ratings6.777 Ratings
    Accounts receivable7.526 Ratings7.175 Ratings
    Global Financial Support7.59 Ratings8.951 Ratings
    Primary and Secondary Ledgers7.716 Ratings9.063 Ratings
    Journals and Reconciliations6.821 Ratings7.265 Ratings
    Configurable Accounting7.618 Ratings6.156 Ratings
    Standardized Processes7.819 Ratings6.158 Ratings
    Inventory Management
    Comparison of Inventory Management features of M1 and Oracle E-Business Suite
    Feature
    M1
    8.2
    26 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Oracle E-Business Suite
    4.7
    54 Ratings
    52% below category average
    Inventory tracking8.326 Ratings6.753 Ratings
    Automatic reordering8.715 Ratings2.037 Ratings
    Location management7.521 Ratings2.042 Ratings
    Order Management
    Comparison of Order Management features of M1 and Oracle E-Business Suite
    Feature
    M1
    7.8
    26 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Oracle E-Business Suite
    7.5
    56 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Pricing7.726 Ratings4.050 Ratings
    Order entry8.326 Ratings7.052 Ratings
    Credit card processing7.310 Ratings8.040 Ratings
    Cost of goods sold7.917 Ratings7.050 Ratings
    Order Orchestration7.913 Ratings8.936 Ratings
    Subledger and Financial Process
    Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of M1 and Oracle E-Business Suite
    Feature
    M1
    7.4
    21 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Oracle E-Business Suite
    8.0
    67 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Billing Management8.420 Ratings6.547 Ratings
    Cash and Asset Management8.217 Ratings6.156 Ratings
    Travel & Expense Management5.09 Ratings6.049 Ratings
    Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting7.213 Ratings3.040 Ratings
    Period Close7.921 Ratings7.160 Ratings
    Project Execution Management
    Comparison of Project Execution Management features of M1 and Oracle E-Business Suite
    Feature
    M1
    6.3
    16 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Oracle E-Business Suite
    6.4
    21 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Project Planning and Scheduling7.916 Ratings2.019 Ratings
    Task Insight for Project Managers7.810 Ratings2.019 Ratings
    Project Mobile Functionality4.67 Ratings3.017 Ratings
    Definable Resource Pools4.89 Ratings6.016 Ratings
    Grants Management
    Comparison of Grants Management features of M1 and Oracle E-Business Suite
    Feature
    M1
    2.7
    2 Ratings
    94% below category average
    Oracle E-Business Suite
    7.4
    25 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Award Lifecycle Management2.72 Ratings3.021 Ratings
    Procurement
    Comparison of Procurement features of M1 and Oracle E-Business Suite
    Feature
    M1
    7.1
    18 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Oracle E-Business Suite
    6.8
    51 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Bids Analyzed and Compared6.27 Ratings2.028 Ratings
    Contract Authoring7.64 Ratings2.027 Ratings
    Contract Repository6.46 Ratings4.020 Ratings
    Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated7.710 Ratings2.037 Ratings
    Supplier Management7.518 Ratings3.033 Ratings
    Risk Management
    Comparison of Risk Management features of M1 and Oracle E-Business Suite
    Feature
    M1
    5.2
    4 Ratings
    26% below category average
    Oracle E-Business Suite
    6.6
    13 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Risk Repository6.52 Ratings6.011 Ratings
    Control Management6.14 Ratings8.011 Ratings
    Control Efficiency Assessments4.94 Ratings4.011 Ratings
    Issue Detection4.13 Ratings5.012 Ratings
    Remediation and Certification4.33 Ratings8.013 Ratings
    Logistics
    Comparison of Logistics features of M1 and Oracle E-Business Suite
    Feature
    M1
    4.0
    10 Ratings
    55% below category average
    Oracle E-Business Suite
    5.6
    21 Ratings
    22% below category average
    Transportation Planning and Optimization2.24 Ratings3.018 Ratings
    Transportation Execution Management2.54 Ratings2.017 Ratings
    Trade and Customs Management4.73 Ratings4.017 Ratings
    Fulfillment Management4.98 Ratings4.017 Ratings
    Warehouse Workforce Management5.58 Ratings2.017 Ratings
    Manufacturing
    Comparison of Manufacturing features of M1 and Oracle E-Business Suite
    Feature
    M1
    7.1
    27 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Oracle E-Business Suite
    6.0
    27 Ratings
    22% below category average
    Production Process Design5.519 Ratings4.022 Ratings
    Production Management7.422 Ratings3.025 Ratings
    Configuration Management7.119 Ratings4.023 Ratings
    Work Execution7.720 Ratings7.024 Ratings
    Manufacturing Costs7.626 Ratings4.025 Ratings
    Supply Chain
    Comparison of Supply Chain features of M1 and Oracle E-Business Suite
    Feature
    M1
    8.1
    20 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Oracle E-Business Suite
    5.7
    33 Ratings
    25% below category average
    Forecasting7.814 Ratings4.030 Ratings
    Inventory Planning7.720 Ratings4.033 Ratings
    Performance Monitoring8.715 Ratings6.026 Ratings
    Product Lifecycle Management
    Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of M1 and Oracle E-Business Suite
    Feature
    M1
    5.9
    9 Ratings
    22% below category average
    Oracle E-Business Suite
    6.7
    16 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Proposal Management4.96 Ratings2.013 Ratings
    Product Master Data Management7.09 Ratings3.012 Ratings
    Project Financial Management
    Comparison of Project Financial Management features of M1 and Oracle E-Business Suite
    Feature
    M1
    -
    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
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    User Ratings
    M1Oracle E-Business Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.7
    (30 ratings)
    7.1
    (99 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (10 ratings)
    Usability
    6.0
    (30 ratings)
    6.2
    (4 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    3.0
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.0
    (3 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.7
    (4 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.8
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    M1Oracle E-Business Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    ECI Software Solutions
    The M1 ERP is tailored for small to medium organizations, offering good features at least in the components utilized by my organization such as customizable workflows, user-friendly dashboards, ability to process orders, and track the entire orders lifecycle. It also has good customer interaction features in the CRM part. It provides robust data security, and offers scalable modules to grow with your business. Implementation is not challenging if you don't have so many customizations in the software.
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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
    ECI Software Solutions
    • Allows for component parts to be scheduled independently through the plant
    • Once parts are built, it is easy to duplicate/reuse parts across they quoting and ordering modules and customers
    • If used properly and consistently, M1 will provide accurate job cost analysis to determine estimating, training, efficiency and other issues.
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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
    ECI Software Solutions
    • Some of the functions are pretty detailed - and so they take a while to generate screens and pages in reports.
    • We actually use it for 2 companies we own - and it would be nice if the inter company communication was a little smoother. It's hard to share some data, and not everything is possible to be shared.
    • Customized reports need to backed up before any updates to M1 or they're lost. It seems M1 overwrites the report folders everytime you run an update - so you have to keep track of what you've changed in Crystal Reports and restore it.
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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
    ECI Software Solutions
    No answers on this topic
    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
    ECI Software Solutions
    Because it would be helpful if ECI would provide better documentation, communication and workflows to understand how each field interacts within the system and how each of those touch other areas within M1. It would also be useful if ECI would provide prescheduled training for how to customize things with M1 through Design Studio
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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
    ECI Software Solutions
    No answers on this topic
    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
    ECI Software Solutions
    No answers on this topic
    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
    ECI Software Solutions
    Support has been great and timely
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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
    ECI Software Solutions
    No answers on this topic
    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
    ECI Software Solutions
    No answers on this topic
    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
    ECI Software Solutions
    M1 is light years ahead in overall cost and proficiency. It allows so much more control and flexibility as compared to its competitors. When choosing M1 we went through many demos and M1 was the only ERP that met our needs and still does. We also control our own data which is a big plus for us.
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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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    Scalability
    ECI Software Solutions
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    As I mentioned, it's a good tool but not the best
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    Return on Investment
    ECI Software Solutions
    • Time savings having to only enter certain information once and have it follow through the entire order process from quote to cash
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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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