Microsoft Dynamics GP vs Oracle eBusiness Suite

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Score 7.2 out of 10

Based on 168 reviews and ratings

Score 8.3 out of 10

Based on 507 reviews and ratings

Feature Rating Comparison

Microsoft Dynamics GP

Oracle eBusiness Suite

Pay calculation

Benefit plan administration

Direct deposit files

Salary revision and increment management

Reimbursement management

Microsoft Dynamics GP

Oracle eBusiness Suite

API for custom integration

Plug-ins

Microsoft Dynamics GP

Oracle eBusiness Suite

Single sign-on capability

Role-based user permissions

Microsoft Dynamics GP

Oracle eBusiness Suite

Dashboards

Standard reports

Custom reports

Microsoft Dynamics GP

Oracle eBusiness Suite

Accounts payable

Accounts receivable

Cash management

Bank reconciliation

Expense management

Time tracking

Fixed asset management

Multi-currency support

Multi-division support

Regulations compliance

Electronic tax filing

Self-service portal

Global Financial Support

Primary and Secondary Ledgers

Intercompany Accounting

Localizations

Journals and Reconciliations

Enterprise Accounting

Configurable Accounting

Centralized Rules Framework

Standardized Processes

Microsoft Dynamics GP

Oracle eBusiness Suite

Inventory tracking

Automatic reordering

Location management

Manufacturing module

Microsoft Dynamics GP

Oracle eBusiness Suite

Pricing

Order entry

Credit card processing

Cost of goods sold

Order Orchestration

End-to-end order visibility

Order exception Resolution

Microsoft Dynamics GP

Oracle eBusiness Suite

Automated Invoice Processing

Shared Services Payments

Billings Management

Customer Receipt Applications

Customer Collections

Revenue Recognition

Cash Management

Asset Management

Travel & Expense Management

Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting

Period Close

Transactions Tax

Subledger Reconciliations

3rd Party Accounting Systems

Microsoft Dynamics GP

Oracle eBusiness Suite

Budgeting and Forecasting

Project Costing

Cost Capture

Capital Project Management

Customer Invoicing

Customer Contract Compliance

Project Revenue Recognition

Project Financial Performance Analysis

Project Financials Dashboard

Real-time Financial Reporting

Embedded Business Intelligence

Project Planning Collaboration

Microsoft Dynamics GP

Oracle eBusiness Suite

Project Planning and Scheduling

Project Manager Dashboard

Resource Manager Dashboard

Task Insight for Project Managers

Project Manager Mobile Functionality

Team Member Task Collaboration

Team Member Mobile Functionality

Project Candidate Search

Project Candidate Comparison and Analysis

Defineable Resource Pools

Talent Profiles

Real-Time Project Reporting

Absence Management

Product Lifecycle Management

Microsoft Dynamics GP

Oracle eBusiness Suite

Award Lifecycle Management

Spending Control

Indirect Cost Management

Billing

Microsoft Dynamics GP

Oracle eBusiness Suite

Sourcing Team Collaboration

Sourcing Analysis

Bids Analyzed and Compared

Catalog Shopping E-Commerce for Employees

Contract Authoring

Contract Compliance Management

Contract History

Contract Renewal Automation

Contract Repository

Contract Standardization and Enforcement

Electronic Signatures

Invoice Automated Matching

Purchasing Risk and Compliance Management

Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated

Spend Compliance Management

Supplier Assessment

Supplier Communication and Collaboration

Supplier Management

Supplier Portal

Microsoft Dynamics GP

Oracle eBusiness Suite

Risk Repository

Control Management

Control Mapping

Control Efficiency Assessments

Automated Control Assessments

Assessment Capture

Issue Detection

Automatic Notification

Remediation and Certification

Microsoft Dynamics GP

Oracle eBusiness Suite

Transportation Planning and Optimization

Transportation Sourcing Management

Transportation Process Integration

Transportation Execution Management

Freight Payment Automation

Trade Management

Trade Regulatory Compliance Management

Customs Entry Management

Customs Document Management

Customs Document Collaboration

Fulfillment Management

Inventory Visibility

Warehouse Workforce Management

Microsoft Dynamics GP

Oracle eBusiness Suite

Production Process Design

Supply Chain Business Flows

Production Management

Contracted Manufacturing Management

Configuration Management

Work Definition

Work Execution

Advanced Fulfillment

Manufacturing Costs

Microsoft Dynamics GP

Oracle eBusiness Suite

Forecasting

Inventory Planning

Multi-tier Supply Chain Planning

Performance Monitoring

Microsoft Dynamics GP

Oracle eBusiness Suite

Ideation Management

Requirements Management

Proposal Management

Innovation Portfolio Management

Product Master Data Management

Vendor Portal

Project Portfolio Management

Pros

User friendly interface
Able to be extended into multiple areas of your business
One feature we have been using for a few years is EFT for payables - it has significantly reduced the time spent paying vendors and reduced our check printing and mailing costs. It is very easy to setup and use.

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Tricia Wolfe Jarvis

CFO

SociusInformation Technology and Services, 51-200 employees

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Easy to use, with minimal training needed.
Biggest strength is that each team can manage their own requirements because it is a self-service model.
Consequently, this improves the bottom line and cuts down the need to have a comprehensive team for ERP.

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Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology

Information Technology and Services Company, 10,001+ employees

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Cons

With respect to the allocations, once the expense is entered into the allocation account, you lose the ability to run any detail on just the total of the expense. It would be nice if you could run a trial balance on the allocation accounts the same way you can with regular accounts.
I've always thought security set up could be a bit simpler. It actually has gotten better through the years. Specifically, with eight separate entities, it would be nice to have a "master" setup where you could call up one group entity, assign the users rights, and then be finished. Currently, whenever I have a new user, I have to call up each individual entity and select all of the features I want the user to have. That means I have to do eight steps for each user.

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Candi Southall

Director of Finance

Associated Audiologists, Inc.Hospital & Health Care, 201-500 employees

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Because the application is working globally, it sometimes hangs and the connection is dropped.
It should have more shortcuts to make it easier to develop macros. I create many macros and use the "sendkeys" command in VBA, due to the lack of these shortcuts, it is not possible to automate the process.
For now I can not think of other areas that require improvement.

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Denis Pereira

Programmer Analyst

Alcoa Aluminiun S/AMining & Metals, 10,001+ employees

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Likelihood to Renew

Microsoft Dynamics GP 9.9

Based on 7 answers

Due the economic challenges that Puerto Rico is having, the company has had to merge some companies in order to be more efficient. It has been easy in GP to process those merges, even thought we had to spend days to accomplish that the process was smooth and accurate. In addition we were able to streamline the purchasing and sales process and the organization is confident to keep renewing GP for the future versions.

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Verified User

Manager in Information Technology

Mechanical or Industrial Engineering Company, 51-200 employees

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Oracle eBusiness Suite 7.7

Based on 9 answers

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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Alessandro Mascelloni, ICP

Financial System Manager (ICP)

SafeNet, Inc.Computer & Network Security, 1001-5000 employees

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Usability

Microsoft Dynamics GP 6.9

Based on 4 answers

Though it is a basic accounting package, I believe some users do not find the old style menus and navigation options intuitive. There is also a great lack of training resources in the market, so users have to learn the product without guidance a lot, resulting in inefficient workflows and misuse or misunderstanding of many features.

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Constance Quigley

Owner

Q Factor Consulting, LLCComputer Software, 1-10 employees

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Oracle eBusiness Suite 6.2

Based on 4 answers

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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Verified User

Analyst in Information Technology

Biotechnology Company, 501-1000 employees

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Reliability and Availability

Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0

Based on 2 answers

No answer on this topic is available.

Oracle eBusiness Suite 3.0

Based on 2 answers

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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Verified User

Analyst in Information Technology

Biotechnology Company, 501-1000 employees

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Performance

Microsoft Dynamics GP 7.0

Based on 1 answer

No answer on this topic is available.

Oracle eBusiness Suite 6.0

Based on 2 answers

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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Verified User

Analyst in Information Technology

Biotechnology Company, 501-1000 employees

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Support

Microsoft Dynamics GP 8.9

Based on 3 answers

The rating is directed to the thrid party serive provider that we use. I do not now how good the Microsoft direct support is.

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Brad Price

Corporate Controller

AgaMatrixMedical Devices, 501-1000 employees

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Oracle eBusiness Suite 6.0

Based on 3 answers

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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Verified User

Analyst in Information Technology

Biotechnology Company, 501-1000 employees

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Online Training

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Oracle eBusiness Suite 4.0

Based on 2 answers

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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Analyst in Information Technology

Biotechnology Company, 501-1000 employees

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Implementation

Microsoft Dynamics GP 8.2

Based on 3 answers

Basically the challenge with this implementation was the Business Portal, too many errors and even the aplication is up and running the users are still having issues. We will start planning the migraton to GP 2015 soon.

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Verified User

Manager in Information Technology

Mechanical or Industrial Engineering Company, 51-200 employees

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Oracle eBusiness Suite 6.7

Based on 4 answers

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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Verified User

Analyst in Information Technology

Biotechnology Company, 501-1000 employees

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Alternatives Considered

I come from a strong background of using SAP. SAP doesn't have the flexibility of GP, an example would be SAP doesn't allow core mods, if they catch you, you lose support. Microsoft doesn't really care about mods, but they will be quick to have the vendor you used support your issue if it is caused by those mods. With SAP your company adapts to the software, where with GP you adapt the software to you.

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Eric Mereen

Application Systems Analyst

Cardinal LogisticsLogistics and Supply Chain, 5001-10,000 employees

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We explored Coupa, SAP, PeopleSoft, Salesforce. We chose Oracle based on value for money, features it offers and the easy availability of vast talent pool in the market. There are many trained Oracle product specialists readily available in the market. This helps us to tap experts when needed easily.
Coupa does not have a Project Accounting module. SAP was too expensive. PeopleSoft is more catered towards to human resources software, while Salesforce is for CRM.
Oracle has better financials and project portfolio management suite when compared to the competition and this what we needed.

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Shiva Krishna

Oracle Applications Functional Consultant

BGISReal Estate, 5001-10,000 employees

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Scalability

Microsoft Dynamics GP 9.1

Based on 1 answer

The functionality that GP and related ISV solutions offer and the ease of integration of GP to other systems makes it an extremely scalable solution

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Tricia Wolfe Jarvis

CFO

SociusInformation Technology and Services, 51-200 employees

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Oracle eBusiness Suite 7.8

Based on 2 answers

As I mentioned, it's a good tool but not the best

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Aashca Joshi, MBA

Systems Analyst - HR

StrykerMedical Devices, 10,001+ employees

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Return on Investment

Microsoft Dynamics GP allows my clients to move from a paper or spreadsheet based company to an integrated, electronic, streamlined business. I love being able to help clients gain efficiencies through the use of Microsoft Dynamics GP.
Microsoft Dynamics GP allows for better customer service because everything is at our fingertips. If someone calls questioning an invoice, we can easily look it up. If someone calls stating they paid an invoice with a certain check number, we can quickly run a query to find that particular check number to see where it was applied.
Having everything on a single platform provides ease of use for upgrades, backups and end user training. There is only one software to learn!

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Melissa Brown

Consultant

Equity Business Solutions, LLCComputer Software, 1-10 employees

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The tremendous amount of testing and time by the technical folks has a negative impact.
We find we need a tremendous amount of customization within the standard functionality having a negative impact.
Oracle certifications of related products such as the database, Demantra, JRE cause disruption having a negative impact

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Verified User

Professional in Information Technology

Consumer Goods Company, 10,001+ employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

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Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

Rating Summary

Microsoft Dynamics GP

Oracle eBusiness Suite

Microsoft Dynamics GP

Oracle eBusiness Suite

Microsoft Dynamics GP

Oracle eBusiness Suite

Microsoft Dynamics GP

Oracle eBusiness Suite

Microsoft Dynamics GP

Oracle eBusiness Suite

Microsoft Dynamics GP

Oracle eBusiness Suite

Microsoft Dynamics GP

Oracle eBusiness Suite

Microsoft Dynamics GP

Oracle eBusiness Suite

Microsoft Dynamics GP

Oracle eBusiness Suite

Microsoft Dynamics GP

Oracle eBusiness Suite

Likelihood to Recommend