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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Microsoft Access

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Access is a database management system from Microsoft that combines the relational Microsoft Jet Database Engine with a graphical user interface and software-development tools.

    $139.99

    per PC

    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
    Microsoft AccessOracle E-Business Suite
    Editions & Modules
    Microsoft Access
    $139.99
    per PC
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft AccessOracle 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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    Microsoft AccessOracle E-Business Suite
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
    No answer on this topic
    Oracle
    Chose Oracle E-Business Suite
    Oracle eBusiness Suite has so many tools and features that make it a particular value when comparing it with competitor products. The mainstream interface is used across all the features, so it can be less cost in terms of providing training and sometimes support. Its …
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    Would buy again
    97%
    Would buy again
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    86%
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    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    86%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
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    86%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    86%
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    19 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    91%
    Implementation went as expected
    21 Answers
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    Features
    Microsoft AccessOracle E-Business Suite
    Relational Databases
    Comparison of Relational Databases features of Microsoft Access and Oracle E-Business Suite
    Feature
    Microsoft Access
    7.7
    3 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Oracle E-Business Suite
    -
    Ratings
    ACID compliance7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Database monitoring8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Database locking8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Encryption7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Disaster recovery7.73 Ratings00 Ratings
    Flexible deployment8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple datatypes8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Microsoft Access and Oracle E-Business Suite
    Feature
    Microsoft Access
    -
    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 Microsoft Access and Oracle E-Business Suite
    Feature
    Microsoft Access
    -
    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 Microsoft Access and Oracle E-Business Suite
    Feature
    Microsoft Access
    -
    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 Microsoft Access and Oracle E-Business Suite
    Feature
    Microsoft Access
    -
    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 Microsoft Access and Oracle E-Business Suite
    Feature
    Microsoft Access
    -
    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 Microsoft Access and Oracle E-Business Suite
    Feature
    Microsoft Access
    -
    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 Microsoft Access and Oracle E-Business Suite
    Feature
    Microsoft Access
    -
    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 Microsoft Access and Oracle E-Business Suite
    Feature
    Microsoft Access
    -
    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 Microsoft Access and Oracle E-Business Suite
    Feature
    Microsoft Access
    -
    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 Microsoft Access and Oracle E-Business Suite
    Feature
    Microsoft Access
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle E-Business Suite
    6.4
    21 Ratings
    10% 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 Microsoft Access and Oracle E-Business Suite
    Feature
    Microsoft Access
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle E-Business Suite
    7.4
    25 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Award Lifecycle Management00 Ratings3.021 Ratings
    Procurement
    Comparison of Procurement features of Microsoft Access and Oracle E-Business Suite
    Feature
    Microsoft Access
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle E-Business Suite
    6.8
    51 Ratings
    5% 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 Microsoft Access and Oracle E-Business Suite
    Feature
    Microsoft Access
    -
    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 Microsoft Access and Oracle E-Business Suite
    Feature
    Microsoft Access
    -
    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 Microsoft Access and Oracle E-Business Suite
    Feature
    Microsoft Access
    -
    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 Microsoft Access and Oracle E-Business Suite
    Feature
    Microsoft Access
    -
    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 Microsoft Access and Oracle E-Business Suite
    Feature
    Microsoft Access
    -
    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
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    User Ratings
    Microsoft AccessOracle E-Business Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.4
    (102 ratings)
    7.1
    (99 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (15 ratings)
    8.0
    (10 ratings)
    Usability
    7.6
    (8 ratings)
    6.2
    (4 ratings)
    Availability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    3.0
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.4
    (5 ratings)
    6.0
    (3 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.7
    (4 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    5.0
    (1 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
    Microsoft AccessOracle E-Business Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    As a Material Purchasing/Planning/inventory tracking application, Microsoft Access serves its purpose well. It's presentation is clean, data entry is simple and the ability to customize search fields is welcome. It does, however, come with some caveats; namely, when setting search filters and the need arises to back up a step or two, with Microsoft Access you have to reset, or "clear all", adding extra steps/time to a query.
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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
    Microsoft
    • Very easy to create entity-relationship diagrams for various tables and designing mock layouts.
    • Really easy to navigate as it hold[s] the classic Microsoft UI. Another good thing is that it comes with the complete MS Office Suite.
    • It is really fast when joining multiple tables no matter what type of join.
    • Works on pretty much same SQL scripts so no need to learn a new language!
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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
    Microsoft
    • Microsoft Access has not really changed at all for several years. It might be nice to see some upgrades and changes.
    • The help info is often not helpful. Need more tutorials for Microsoft Access to show how to do specific things.
    • Be careful naming objects such as tables, forms, etc. Names that are too long can get cut off in dialog boxes to choose a table, form, report, etc. So, I wish they would have resizable dialog boxes to allow you to see objects with long names.
    • I wish it could show me objects that are not in use in the database for current queries, tables, reports, forms, and macros. That way unused objects can be deleted without worrying about losing a report or query because you deleted the underlying object.
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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
    Microsoft
    I and the rest of my team will renew our Microsoft Access in the future because we use and maintain many different applications and databases created using Microsoft Access so we will need to maintain them in the future. Additionally, it is a standard at our place of work so it is at $0 cost to us to use. Another reason for renewing Microsoft Access is that we just don' t have the resources needed to extend into a network of users so we need to remain a single-desktop application at this time.
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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
    Microsoft
    Microsoft Access is easy to use. It is compatible with spreadsheets. It is a very good data management tool. There is scope to save a large amount of data in one place. For using this database, one does not need much training, can be shared among multiple users. This database has to sort and filtering features which seem to be very useful.
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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
    Microsoft
    I don't think the program has ever failed me. It is one of those programs where there is always a solution if you know where to look.
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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
    Microsoft
    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
    Microsoft
    While I have never contacted Microsoft directly for product support, for some reason there's a real prejudice against MS Access among most IT support professionals. They are usually discouraging when it comes to using MS Access. Most of this is due to their lack of understanding of MS Access and how it can improve one's productivity. If Microsoft invested more resources towards enhancing and promoting the use of MS Access then maybe things would be different.
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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
    Microsoft
    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
    Microsoft
    there is no key idea, since it is easy to implement Microsoft Access
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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
    Microsoft
    Excel is a fantastic - robust application that can do so much so easily. Its easy to train and understand. However - excel does not provide a reporting function and that is typically where we will suggest a move to [Microsoft] Access. [Microsoft] Access requires a little more knowledge of data manipulation.
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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
    Microsoft
    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
    Microsoft
    • Not having to recreate queries or reports every time you want to use them.
    • Once an item is created and saved as part of the database, you save manpower by not having to recreate them.
    • ROI from a usability standpoint is great. Solid product with great functionality that requires low maintenance usually.
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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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