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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    NetSuite ERP

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/ANetSuite is a suite of ERP and accounting modules which is sold in various editions aimed at different size customers. The multi-country, multi-currency version is an additional module called OneWorld. Netsuite is a SaaS system and is not offered in an on-premise edition.N/A

    Microsoft SQL Server

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft SQL Server is a relational database.

    $1,418

    Per License

    Pricing
    NetSuite ERPMicrosoft SQL Server
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Subscription
    $1,418.00
    Per License
    Enterprise
    $13,748.00
    Per License
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    NetSuite ERPMicrosoft SQL Server
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsUsers subscribe to NetSuite for an annual license fee. The license is made up of three main components: core platform, optional modules and the number of users. There is also a one-time implementation fee for initial setup. New modules and users and can be added as a business grows.—
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    Community Pulse
    NetSuite ERPMicrosoft SQL Server
    Considered Both Products
    NetSuite
    No answer on this topic
    Microsoft
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    94%
    Would buy again
    280 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    53 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    92%
    Delivers good value for the price
    240 Answers
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    45 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    282 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    53 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    79%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    151 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    39 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    70%
    Implementation went as expected
    154 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    45 Answers
    Features
    NetSuite ERPMicrosoft SQL Server
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of NetSuite ERP and Microsoft SQL Server
    Feature
    NetSuite ERP
    1.1
    15 Ratings
    149% below category average
    Microsoft SQL Server
    -
    Ratings
    Pay calculation1.013 Ratings00 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration1.010 Ratings00 Ratings
    Direct deposit files1.39 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of NetSuite ERP and Microsoft SQL Server
    Feature
    NetSuite ERP
    9.2
    74 Ratings
    19% above category average
    Microsoft SQL Server
    -
    Ratings
    API for custom integration9.264 Ratings00 Ratings
    Plug-ins9.947 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of NetSuite ERP and Microsoft SQL Server
    Feature
    NetSuite ERP
    9.7
    81 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Microsoft SQL Server
    -
    Ratings
    Single sign-on capability9.762 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions9.880 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of NetSuite ERP and Microsoft SQL Server
    Feature
    NetSuite ERP
    9.9
    72 Ratings
    27% above category average
    Microsoft SQL Server
    -
    Ratings
    Dashboards9.971 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports9.970 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports9.970 Ratings00 Ratings
    General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
    Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of NetSuite ERP and Microsoft SQL Server
    Feature
    NetSuite ERP
    7.9
    323 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Microsoft SQL Server
    -
    Ratings
    Accounts payable8.4317 Ratings00 Ratings
    Accounts receivable8.4293 Ratings00 Ratings
    Global Financial Support9.926 Ratings00 Ratings
    Primary and Secondary Ledgers9.928 Ratings00 Ratings
    Journals and Reconciliations9.341 Ratings00 Ratings
    Configurable Accounting9.935 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standardized Processes9.937 Ratings00 Ratings
    Inventory Management
    Comparison of Inventory Management features of NetSuite ERP and Microsoft SQL Server
    Feature
    NetSuite ERP
    9.1
    48 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Microsoft SQL Server
    -
    Ratings
    Inventory tracking10.047 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automatic reordering8.928 Ratings00 Ratings
    Location management9.635 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order Management
    Comparison of Order Management features of NetSuite ERP and Microsoft SQL Server
    Feature
    NetSuite ERP
    9.4
    261 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Microsoft SQL Server
    -
    Ratings
    Pricing9.953 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order entry8.1257 Ratings00 Ratings
    Credit card processing8.937 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cost of goods sold9.548 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order Orchestration9.921 Ratings00 Ratings
    Subledger and Financial Process
    Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of NetSuite ERP and Microsoft SQL Server
    Feature
    NetSuite ERP
    7.9
    259 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Microsoft SQL Server
    -
    Ratings
    Billing Management8.5248 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cash and Asset Management9.927 Ratings00 Ratings
    Travel & Expense Management9.831 Ratings00 Ratings
    Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting8.927 Ratings00 Ratings
    Period Close9.935 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Financial Management
    Comparison of Project Financial Management features of NetSuite ERP and Microsoft SQL Server
    Feature
    NetSuite ERP
    6.6
    32 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Microsoft SQL Server
    -
    Ratings
    Budgeting and Forecasting6.026 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Costing6.023 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cost Capture6.022 Ratings00 Ratings
    Capital Project Management4.014 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer Contract Compliance9.913 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Revenue Recognition6.922 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Execution Management
    Comparison of Project Execution Management features of NetSuite ERP and Microsoft SQL Server
    Feature
    NetSuite ERP
    4.1
    17 Ratings
    53% below category average
    Microsoft SQL Server
    -
    Ratings
    Project Planning and Scheduling8.914 Ratings00 Ratings
    Task Insight for Project Managers3.311 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Mobile Functionality3.010 Ratings00 Ratings
    Definable Resource Pools3.68 Ratings00 Ratings
    Grants Management
    Comparison of Grants Management features of NetSuite ERP and Microsoft SQL Server
    Feature
    NetSuite ERP
    3.1
    12 Ratings
    83% below category average
    Microsoft SQL Server
    -
    Ratings
    Award Lifecycle Management3.57 Ratings00 Ratings
    Procurement
    Comparison of Procurement features of NetSuite ERP and Microsoft SQL Server
    Feature
    NetSuite ERP
    3.3
    19 Ratings
    73% below category average
    Microsoft SQL Server
    -
    Ratings
    Bids Analyzed and Compared3.58 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract Authoring1.910 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract Repository3.58 Ratings00 Ratings
    Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated3.613 Ratings00 Ratings
    Supplier Management9.913 Ratings00 Ratings
    Risk Management
    Comparison of Risk Management features of NetSuite ERP and Microsoft SQL Server
    Feature
    NetSuite ERP
    3.1
    11 Ratings
    74% below category average
    Microsoft SQL Server
    -
    Ratings
    Risk Repository3.58 Ratings00 Ratings
    Control Management1.911 Ratings00 Ratings
    Control Efficiency Assessments3.57 Ratings00 Ratings
    Issue Detection3.58 Ratings00 Ratings
    Remediation and Certification3.58 Ratings00 Ratings
    Logistics
    Comparison of Logistics features of NetSuite ERP and Microsoft SQL Server
    Feature
    NetSuite ERP
    3.1
    17 Ratings
    77% below category average
    Microsoft SQL Server
    -
    Ratings
    Transportation Planning and Optimization2.89 Ratings00 Ratings
    Transportation Execution Management2.88 Ratings00 Ratings
    Trade and Customs Management2.88 Ratings00 Ratings
    Fulfillment Management9.914 Ratings00 Ratings
    Warehouse Workforce Management2.511 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manufacturing
    Comparison of Manufacturing features of NetSuite ERP and Microsoft SQL Server
    Feature
    NetSuite ERP
    9.4
    16 Ratings
    23% above category average
    Microsoft SQL Server
    -
    Ratings
    Production Process Design8.912 Ratings00 Ratings
    Production Management8.914 Ratings00 Ratings
    Configuration Management9.910 Ratings00 Ratings
    Work Execution9.912 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manufacturing Costs8.914 Ratings00 Ratings
    Supply Chain
    Comparison of Supply Chain features of NetSuite ERP and Microsoft SQL Server
    Feature
    NetSuite ERP
    8.3
    177 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Microsoft SQL Server
    -
    Ratings
    Forecasting8.817 Ratings00 Ratings
    Inventory Planning7.6174 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance Monitoring8.914 Ratings00 Ratings
    Product Lifecycle Management
    Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of NetSuite ERP and Microsoft SQL Server
    Feature
    NetSuite ERP
    3.9
    13 Ratings
    62% below category average
    Microsoft SQL Server
    -
    Ratings
    Proposal Management2.610 Ratings00 Ratings
    Product Master Data Management3.29 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Score9.2 out of 10
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    Score4.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    NetSuite ERPMicrosoft SQL Server
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (422 ratings)
    7.9
    (107 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.6
    (50 ratings)
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (283 ratings)
    7.6
    (17 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (16 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (15 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.4
    (217 ratings)
    7.9
    (26 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    6.4
    (10 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    5.4
    (17 ratings)
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.7
    (5 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    CPA Rating
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    Data Sources
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    4.8
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    NetSuite ERPMicrosoft SQL Server
    Likelihood to Recommend
    NetSuite
    NetSuite ERP is a very robust ERP. For a small business, it might be overkill and even too expensive. What I mean by this is that there are advanced functionalities that NetSuite ERP has, such as forecasting, warehouse management, and custom workflows, that are not necessary for a small business. However, as a business starts to grow, NetSuite ERP provides endless growth opportunity to meet a companies needs. We are still technically a small company of only 15 employees, but NetSuite ERP has the ability to help us grow and we will not outgrow NetSuite ERP. NetSuite ERP can handle financial tracking with P&L, tax calculations, shipping, vendor management, and so much more.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    Microsoft SQL is ubiquitous, while MySQL runs under the hood all over the place. Microsoft SQL is the platform taught in colleges and certification courses and is the one most likely to be used by businesses because it is backed by Microsoft. Its interface is friendly (well, as pleasant as SQL can be) and has been used by so many for so long that resources are freely available if you encounter any issues.
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    Pros
    NetSuite
    • It is an accounting system first and foremost.
    • We can add Manufacturing/Inventory features that we need for a manufacturing environment.
    • System Information/System Notes - Tracking of changes to almost everything. This is incredibly helpful for audits and investigations.
    • NetSuite ERP is integrating AI into their processes which will be super interesting!
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    Microsoft
    • Easy to configure and use with Visual Studio and Dot Net
    • Easy integration with MSBI to perform data analysis
    • Data Security
    • Easy to understand and use
    • Very easy to export database and tables in the form of SQL query or a script
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    Cons
    NetSuite
    • I have found it to be a bit slow sometimes when saving.
    • I am not sure if this is Chase Bank or NetSuite, but a direct link to upload bank transactions or credit card transactions would be nice.
    • This is too hard, bc Netsuite works really well.
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    Microsoft
    • Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise edition has a high cost but is the only edition which supports SQL Always On Availability Groups. It would be nice to include this feature in the Standard version.
    • Licensing of Microsoft SQL Server is a quite complex matter, it would be good to simplify licensing in the future. For example, per core vs per user CAL licensing, as well as complex licensing scenarios in the Cloud and on Edge locations.
    • It would be good to include native tools for converting Oracle, DB2, Postgresql and MySQL/MariaDB databases (schema and data) for import into Microsoft SQL Server.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    NetSuite
    NetSuite is able to cover all of our needs, spanning multiple departments and managerial levels. We use it daily for a multitude of functions, including creating promotions, estimating inventory, pulling historical reports, forecasting sales, and more. Overall, we're very satisfied with NetSuite as an ERP solution and recommend it to medium to large businesses.
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    Microsoft
    We understand that the Microsoft SQL Server will continue to advance, offering the same robust and reliable platform while adding new features that enable us, as a software center, to create a superior product. That provides excellent performance while reducing the hardware requirements and the total cost of ownership of our solution.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    NetSuite
    NetSuite is a cloud tool, and is easy to implement for mid-sized organizations. It comes with standard forms/ printing layouts, and financial reporting (both summary and detailed), which are very handy for business users. In addition to these, with 99.99% service availability, NetSuite makes it one of the most reliable ERP tools available on the market.
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    Microsoft
    SQL Server mostly 'just works' or generates error messages to help you sort out the trouble. You can usually count on the product to get the job done and keep an eye on your potential mistakes. Interaction with other Microsoft products makes operating as a Windows user pretty straight forward. Digging through the multitude of dialogs and wizards can be a pain, but the answer is usually there somewhere.
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    Reliability and Availability
    NetSuite
    It has been very reliable. I can only think of 1-2 times in 4.5 years that we have had issues getting in, and in each case were able to get back in within 1 hour. There has not been a major downtime
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    Microsoft
    Its does not have outages.
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    Performance
    NetSuite
    Most of the time the performance is very good. Pages load in a few seconds; financial reports take less than 5 seconds; basic searches take a few seconds. But performance can be sporadic throughout the day and cause the run time to triple.
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    Microsoft
    SSAS data cubes may some time slow down your Excel reports.
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    Support Rating
    NetSuite
    I would like to give 8 rating for NetSuite support and reason for that is below: Whenever we faced any technical or functional issues we tried to reach out to NEtSuite support but response was not immediate. We told them about the urgency of the issue but still we were not getting response on time. Then, we have to reach out to AE to get things resolved.
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    Microsoft
    We managed to handle most of our problems by looking into Microsoft's official documentation that has everything explained and almost every function has an example that illustrates in detail how a particular functionality works. Just like PowerShell has the ability to show you an example of how some cmdlet works, that is the case also here, and in my opinion, it is a very good practice and I like it.
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    In-Person Training
    NetSuite
    I had in person training for a day when first got the software. The training was good. The challenge was that there was a large gap between training and when we went live so we forgot quite a lot
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    Microsoft
    It was good
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    Online Training
    NetSuite
    Online training is quite strong. I have used for specific pieces of functionality.However it is not sufficient in all areas.
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    Microsoft
    very hands on and detailed training
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    Implementation Rating
    NetSuite
    I felt NetSuite Professional Services did an excellent job of guiding us in the implementation. I also felt our internal teams were a little resistant to the change and engagement of new software. Had we performed better engaging and buying into the new software, I would be able to rate the implementation better. Therefore, the lower number should not be viewed as a deficiency with the software or the professional services teams, but as an reminder of how important complete buy-in from the local users is.
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    Microsoft
    Other than SQL taking quite a bit of time to actually install there are no problems with installation. Even on hardware that has good performance SQL can still take close to an hour to install a typical server with management and reporting services.
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    Alternatives Considered
    NetSuite
    NetSuite by far is the most expensive; However, compared to the 3 systems notated, the overall functionality, capability and reporting advantages make it my top choice for companies experiencing exponential growth across all departments. Its a best in class solution for just about any user.
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    Microsoft
    [Microsoft] SQL Server has a much better community and professional support and is overall just a more reliable system with Microsoft behind it. I've used MySQL in the past and SQL Server has just become more comfortable for me and is my go to RDBMS.
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    Scalability
    NetSuite
    We have been able to scale our business 25X without any major overhaul with Netsuite. Its dashboard setup makes onboarding new employees very easy and allows data to be shared across multiple offices. Its cloud setup does not put any pressure on IT to scale servers or other infrastructure. We have been able to become much more efficient in all aspects of the business.
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    Microsoft
    SQL server does handle growing demands of a mid sized company.
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    Return on Investment
    NetSuite
    • NetSuite software has improved our process controls and enhanced cash management, especially in huge projects.
    • The software has helped us with budgeting, forecasting, and real-time financial reporting.
    • Introduction of NetSuite ERP into our organisation has completely changed the way we do things by enhancing compliance, ensuring real-time project milestone tracking, and enabling portfolio management.
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    Microsoft
    • Increased accuracy - We went from multiple users having different versions of an Excel spreadsheet to a single source of truth for our reporting.
    • Increased Efficiency - We can now generate reports at any time from a single source rather than multiple users spending their time collating data and generating reports.
    • Improved Security - Enterprise level security on a dedicated server rather than financial files on multiple laptop hard drives.
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