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    Oracle Service

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AOracle Service is the help desk and customer experience management platform from Oracle. The technology was developed and supported by RightNow Technologies as RightNow CX for cloud-based call center automation, until that company's acquisition by Oracle in 2011 for about $1.5 billion.N/A

    PostgreSQL

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/APostgreSQL (alternately Postgres) is a free and open source object-relational database system boasting over 30 years of active development, reliability, feature robustness, and performance. It supports SQL and is designed to support various workloads flexibly.N/A
    Pricing
    Oracle ServicePostgreSQL
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Oracle ServicePostgreSQL
    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
    Oracle ServicePostgreSQL
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    Oracle
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    82%
    Would buy again
    9 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    32 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    9 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    32 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    73%
    Happy with the feature set
    8 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    32 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    78%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    25 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    80%
    Implementation went as expected
    8 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    31 Answers
    Features
    Oracle ServicePostgreSQL
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Oracle Service and PostgreSQL
    Feature
    Oracle Service
    7.7
    78 Ratings
    6% below category average
    PostgreSQL
    -
    Ratings
    Organize and prioritize service tickets8.073 Ratings00 Ratings
    Expert directory7.053 Ratings00 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications7.057 Ratings00 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation8.050 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission8.074 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ticket response8.074 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of Oracle Service and PostgreSQL
    Feature
    Oracle Service
    7.0
    74 Ratings
    13% below category average
    PostgreSQL
    -
    Ratings
    External knowledge base6.065 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base8.074 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Oracle Service and PostgreSQL
    Feature
    Oracle Service
    8.0
    76 Ratings
    0% below category average
    PostgreSQL
    -
    Ratings
    Customer portal8.069 Ratings00 Ratings
    IVR8.035 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social integration8.046 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email support8.074 Ratings00 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration8.054 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Oracle ServicePostgreSQL
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (89 ratings)
    8.3
    (56 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (9 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    6.0
    (5 ratings)
    8.3
    (9 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.7
    (6 ratings)
    9.3
    (7 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    5.0
    (11 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Oracle ServicePostgreSQL
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Oracle
    Oracle Right (Oracle Service Cloud) was an important evolution in the group's ombudsman channel management processes. We brought the Oracle Service Cloud to digitize the processes for capturing and managing the group's ombudsman channel, no longer operating manually (MS Excel).

    Oracle Service Cloud (Right Now) brought about an important evolution in the management processes of the group's ombudsman channel, where activities that were performed manually, repetitively and with risk of errors, are now operated by the Right Now platform itself, whether by API, or by automation of the tool.
    Incentivized
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    PostgreSQL Global Development Group
    PostgreSQL is best used for structured data, and best when following relational database design principles. I would not use PostgreSQL for large unstructured data such as video, images, sound files, xml documents, web-pages, especially if these files have their own highly variable, internal structure.
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    Pros
    Oracle
    • We can access the best-in-class features for cross-channel contact center management amd field service management.
    • It provides a great way to mobilize agents and boost collaboration within the office which in turn improves the overall customer experience.
    • Automation of back of the office repetitive tasks leading to a faster way of addressing customer concerns.
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    PostgreSQL Global Development Group
    • It works well with external data sources and runs on platforms with stable performance.
    • Clients can rest assured that their personal information will be safe and secure.
    • Many forums discuss setup and usage, and most are free.
    • Adding tooling applications to a computer is unlimited.
    • PostgreSQL runs on many OS platforms and supports ANSI SQL, stored procedures, and triggers.
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    Cons
    Oracle
    • Oracle Service Cloud needs a better built in integration with Oracle Social Cloud or it needs to build in more Social network capabilities.
    • SMS is handle via a third party application but could be built in as part of the product.
    • The knowledge foundation product needs a better way to handle multiple languages. Currently you have to purchase an additional interface for each language. You can purchase the more expensive Knowledge Advance which does have a better language feature.
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    PostgreSQL Global Development Group
    • Clearer indications on what is the query plan, to optimize the query
    • More out of the box, Postgres specific, SQL functions
    • It would be nice to have a more visual aid of the relationship between all tables, but possibly this depend more on the UI used
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Oracle
    Although RightNow is extremely flexible, the flexibility comes with a price. It is often not intuitive which settings you need to change (and under which menus these setting are buried) to enable the system to do what you want. Also, sometimes the system can do things you need, but you don't initially realize it. When RightNow sells a system to a new customer, I think it should come with X hours of consulting time with a RightNow expert. The customer should be able to consult with this expert over the next year to get advice concerning how to configure the system to achieve desired needs. Often RightNow Support would just answer "no" when I asked if I could do something, but then I would find another way to achieve my goals after talking with other companies using RightNow.
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    PostgreSQL Global Development Group
    As a needed software for day to day development activities
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    Usability
    Oracle
    The learning curve is fairly steep; but for something that has this much capability, it's nearly impossible to make it "easy". The layout and organization are at least reasonably intuitive. The hardest part-- the "weakest link"-- is the portal development (where you can build help centers and other end-user pages.) The capabilities there are significant, but the learning curve for that part is especially steep and it takes a fair amount of expertise to be able to update it.
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    PostgreSQL Global Development Group
    Postgresql is the best tool out there for relational data so I have to give it a high rating when it comes to analytics, data availability and consistency, so on and so forth. SQL is also a relatively consistent language so when it comes to building new tables and loading data in from the OLTP database, there are enough tools where we can perform ETL on a scalable basis.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Oracle
    We have never had issues with downtime or it not being available. Upgrades and maintenance also happens in weekends or at night.
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    PostgreSQL Global Development Group
    PostgreSQL's availability is top notch. Apart from connection time-out for an idle user, the database is super reliable.
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    Performance
    Oracle
    We use a lot of tabs and fields on our incident workspace, which should slow the system down, but it's still quite fast, and we continue to optimize whatever is possible.
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    PostgreSQL Global Development Group
    The data queries are relatively quick for a small to medium sized table. With complex joins, and a wide and deep table however, the performance of the query has room for improvement.
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    Support Rating
    Oracle
    Technicians seem to be assessed based solely on how quickly they close the issues. I've had to reopen requests multiple times because they didn't actually solve my problem. Also, when the issue has even a moderate amount of complexity, the technicians often instruct me to "open another SR" to handle the other issue. I'm the customer, I shouldn't have to follow their processes, they should handle that for me. But even when I create the new SR, it seems like their right hand isn't talking to their left - they aren't reading back to the previous issue for context. So I get bounced around a lot, and I have to tell them how to do their job
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    PostgreSQL Global Development Group
    There are several companies that you can contract for technical support, like EnterpriseDB or Percona, both first level in expertise and commitment to the software.
    But we do not have contracts with them, we have done all the way from googling to forums, and never have a problem that we cannot resolve or pass around. And for dozens of projects and more than 15 years now.
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    In-Person Training
    Oracle
    Most of our training was given while doing user acceptance testing, and getting the system approved by the market. When ever we were in doubt, our implementer helped us along. Later on we started exploring by our selves.
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    PostgreSQL Global Development Group
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    Online Training
    Oracle
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    PostgreSQL Global Development Group
    The online training is request based. Had there been recorded videos available online for potential users to benefit from, I could have rated it higher. The online documentation however is very helpful. The online documentation PDF is downloadable and allows users to pace their own learning. With examples and code snippets, the documentation is great starting point.
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    Implementation Rating
    Oracle
    Work with a RightNow expert during the implementation. Explain features that would you like to have. Often, somebody who really knows the system can show you what you need to do to achieve the desired results. Where a RightNow support engineer or a consultant might say "the system can't do that," a RightNow application engineer will listen to what you need, and often come up with an alternate path to achieve it
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    PostgreSQL Global Development Group
    The online documentation of the PostgreSQL product is elaborate and takes users step by step.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Oracle
    TCS' customers who also selected Oracle Service Cloud over Salesforce Service Cloud and GE's ServiceMax in the Mfg. vertical in which I work, did so because of the robust ability of Oracle Service Cloud and its APIs to integrate with other value-add solutions for manufacturers such as IoT applications, Big Data Analytics, and Field Service applications.
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    PostgreSQL Global Development Group
    Although the competition between the different databases is increasingly aggressive in the sense that they provide many improvements, new functionalities, compatibility with complementary components or environments, in some cases it requires that it be followed within the same family of applications that performs the company that develops it and that is not all bad, but being able to adapt or configure different programs, applications or other environments developed by third parties apart is what gives PostgreSQL a certain advantage and this diversification in the components that can be joined with it, is the reason why it is a great option to choose.
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    Scalability
    Oracle
    We have never had any down time, slowness or anything. Any error or instability that has occurrred has so far has been caused by user errors.
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    PostgreSQL Global Development Group
    The DB is reliable, scalable, easy to use and resolves most DB needs
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    Return on Investment
    Oracle
    • Since its, it has significantly reduced our training time of new agents. What used to take 6 weeks in the class room, went to 4 weeks.
    • Service Cloud allows us to easily gather data to report to the other departments quickly.
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    PostgreSQL Global Development Group
    • Easy to administer so our DevOps team has only ever used minimal time to setup, tune, and maintain.
    • Easy to interface with so our Engineering team has only ever used minimal time to query or modify the database. Getting the data is straightforward, what we do with it is the bigger concern.
    • It's free. You can't beat that.
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    ScreenShots

    Oracle Service Screenshots

    Screenshot of A pixel-perfect Customer Portal organizes self-service content in a way that makes sense to your customers.Screenshot of Customers can search, email, chat, and call your business from their mobile devices for immediate resolution.Screenshot of Bring omnichannel interactions together into an intuitive, unified agent desktop.Screenshot of A fully integrated knowledge solution is the backbone of all seamless and consistent service experiences.Screenshot of Tailor customer experiences with contextualized and personalized service using dynamic interviews.Screenshot of Predictive forecasting tools increase field service operational efficiencies to ensure timely job completion.