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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 Siebel CRM

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AAn enterprise grade CRM solution featuring customization and integration capabilities, and an open architecture for a personalized user experience. It can be deployed either on-premises or in the cloud.N/A
    Pricing
    Microsoft AccessOracle Siebel CRM
    Editions & Modules
    Microsoft Access
    $139.99
    per PC
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft AccessOracle Siebel CRM
    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
    Microsoft AccessOracle Siebel CRM
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
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    Oracle
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    97%
    Would buy again
    29 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    29 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    28 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    86%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    19 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    91%
    Implementation went as expected
    21 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Microsoft AccessOracle Siebel CRM
    Relational Databases
    Comparison of Relational Databases features of Microsoft Access and Oracle Siebel CRM
    Feature
    Microsoft Access
    7.7
    3 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Oracle Siebel CRM
    -
    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
    Sales Force Automation
    Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Microsoft Access and Oracle Siebel CRM
    Feature
    Microsoft Access
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle Siebel CRM
    9.3
    20 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Customer data management / contact management00 Ratings9.419 Ratings
    Workflow management00 Ratings10.019 Ratings
    Territory management00 Ratings9.015 Ratings
    Opportunity management00 Ratings9.418 Ratings
    Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)00 Ratings9.014 Ratings
    Contract management00 Ratings9.414 Ratings
    Quote & order management00 Ratings9.413 Ratings
    Interaction tracking00 Ratings9.015 Ratings
    Channel / partner relationship management00 Ratings9.411 Ratings
    Customer Service & Support
    Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Microsoft Access and Oracle Siebel CRM
    Feature
    Microsoft Access
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle Siebel CRM
    9.5
    19 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Case management00 Ratings9.417 Ratings
    Call center management00 Ratings10.014 Ratings
    Help desk management00 Ratings9.012 Ratings
    Marketing Automation
    Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Microsoft Access and Oracle Siebel CRM
    Feature
    Microsoft Access
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle Siebel CRM
    9.4
    14 Ratings
    19% above category average
    Lead management00 Ratings9.412 Ratings
    Email marketing00 Ratings9.414 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Microsoft Access and Oracle Siebel CRM
    Feature
    Microsoft Access
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle Siebel CRM
    9.1
    15 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Task management00 Ratings9.414 Ratings
    Billing and invoicing management00 Ratings9.09 Ratings
    Reporting00 Ratings9.014 Ratings
    CRM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Microsoft Access and Oracle Siebel CRM
    Feature
    Microsoft Access
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle Siebel CRM
    8.7
    17 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Forecasting00 Ratings8.413 Ratings
    Pipeline visualization00 Ratings9.014 Ratings
    Customizable reports00 Ratings8.816 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Microsoft Access and Oracle Siebel CRM
    Feature
    Microsoft Access
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle Siebel CRM
    9.4
    18 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Custom fields00 Ratings9.418 Ratings
    Custom objects00 Ratings9.418 Ratings
    Scripting environment00 Ratings8.815 Ratings
    API for custom integration00 Ratings10.016 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Microsoft Access and Oracle Siebel CRM
    Feature
    Microsoft Access
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle Siebel CRM
    9.2
    17 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Single sign-on capability00 Ratings9.416 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings9.016 Ratings
    Social CRM
    Comparison of Social CRM features of Microsoft Access and Oracle Siebel CRM
    Feature
    Microsoft Access
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle Siebel CRM
    9.3
    10 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Social data00 Ratings9.010 Ratings
    Social engagement00 Ratings9.610 Ratings
    Integrations with 3rd-party Software
    Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Microsoft Access and Oracle Siebel CRM
    Feature
    Microsoft Access
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle Siebel CRM
    9.5
    13 Ratings
    23% above category average
    Marketing automation00 Ratings9.413 Ratings
    Compensation management00 Ratings9.69 Ratings
    Platform
    Comparison of Platform features of Microsoft Access and Oracle Siebel CRM
    Feature
    Microsoft Access
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle Siebel CRM
    9.6
    12 Ratings
    23% above category average
    Mobile access00 Ratings9.612 Ratings
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    Score8.1 out of 10
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    Score10 out of 10
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    Score8.2 out of 10
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    Score9.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    SAP IQ
    Score5.4 out of 10
    Oracle Sales
    Score8.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Microsoft AccessOracle Siebel CRM
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.4
    (102 ratings)
    8.0
    (22 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (15 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.6
    (8 ratings)
    9.4
    (4 ratings)
    Availability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.4
    (5 ratings)
    3.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Microsoft AccessOracle Siebel CRM
    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
    As an end user, I would not recommend this solution for enterprise deployment. Lack of support for modern browsers, slow performance, and poor searchability - these things set Siebel CRM in the rear of the pack. There was no great mobile solution either, so that can be bothersome especially for road warriors like myself.
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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
    • Great data model: the out of the box version comes with standard objects that support most of the industries business models: Finance, Communications, Utilities, Public Sector, Life Sciences to name a few.
    • Ease of implementation: implementation is done by configuring standard objects or creating new objects; additional level of customization via script is also possible.
    • Lots of resources available on the product
    • Supported by Oracle one of the world leader in IT
    • Multiple developers can configure and test concurrently in their own workspace and then merge the result in the main application.
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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
    • Migrations between environments is one area that could be improved, with tools to compare and move data elements (source vs target).
    • Easier ways to identify, through email or a web page, the health of the overall system (components, marketing campaigns, tasks, servers, etc).
    • The UI seems to be improved with the newer versions of Siebel, but I believe it requires a lot of new features. It seems that other CRM solutions that are cloud-based are putting a lot of emphasis on the Usability and presentation, things where Siebel may need to catch up...
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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
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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
    Oracle Siebel CRM is an older Sales CRM, so many of it's features aren't as current as ones used today. However, it has a smoother and easy-to-use UI. We're glad that we can still access Oracle Siebel CRM because it's easier to find older information that we can't easily find in our Salesforce Lightning CRM tool.
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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
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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
    We no longer have support for our Oracle Siebel CRM. When we did, the support was slow to get some things fixed, therefore, there was a lot of downtime. Of course, this slowed down our overall productivity and increased our overall frustration with the tool. However, it would be nice if we still had some support with it since we still do access it from time to time.
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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
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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
    We also connect to Oracle Business Intelligence, which is not even an option of the list of products above (that's always encouraging when products are missing from lists!) This connects to campaigns in Siebel along with users writing reports based on data from Siebel. I don't think OBIEE stacks up that great with other systems because it seems to be lacking in reports, and those who can make them have to be quite technical. Oracle Database I think stacks up because of how robust and speedy (at times) it can be
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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
    • This has all my company needs for sales analytic. It has helped our call center and the sales portal become more lean and require less resources for their day-to-day.
    • We use its research and direct email capabilities and use it to target specific groups of potential clients. We have seen an improvement of nearly 20%.
    • We have clients who have used a few modules like bill summary, campaign management and customer information. Oracle Siebel CRM has helped them reap ROI within a year from going live.
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