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ERP Shodown: SAP ERP vs Oracle ERP

Created by : Radhakrishna Marar, Business Analyst, Oracle  | 09 23 2008 10:16:52 +0000
Industry : IT ProductsFunctional Area : Application Software(Technology)
Keywords : Technology Sap ERP Oracle Sap ERP Business Application Oracle ERP SHODOWN
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The ongoing fight for business applications supremacy between Oracle and SAP AG has been long and still going on. And technology professionals taking sides, so on which side you are in. Which one do you think is better & why?
  
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Ashish, I have to disagree with you since the founders of SAP acquired their core product from their former employers - IBM. Furthermore SAP is acquiring a lot of companies too for their products / technologies / etc. Here is a brief list (not exhaustive) of its recent acquisitions: A2i Inc., Business Objects, DCW Software AG, Frictionless Commerce Inc., iLytix Systems AS, Khimetrics Inc., Kieffer & Veittinger GmbH, Lighthammer Software Development Corp., MaXware, OutlookSoft Corporation, Pilot Software, Praxis Software Solutions Inc., TomorrowNow Inc., TopManage Financial Solutions Ltd., TopTier Software Inc., Triversity Inc., Virsa Systems Inc., Wicom Communications Ltd., Yasu Technologies.

I would like to point 2 things - First while SAP has a very strong core - please note the number and type of acquisitions made by Oracle like Siebel, PeopleSoft, BEA, just to name a few, have world class products and have erps built around them. Imagine when Oracle integrates these products into one ERP, this debate may become redundant.
Secondly, In these difficult times, Affordability rather than the 'best ERP' becomes the key factor. Many companies dont have the appettite for such huge investments, and many smaller companies are collapsing under the high continual investments necessary to feed their ERP monsters.
Having said that, my vote will go to the upcoming ERP releases that won't cost a fortune to buy and maintain, not require an army of high cost people for support, not be so overly complex and rigid, and have a UI that's easy to understand and use.
Unfortunately both of the above options dont match up.
By Ajay Wadhwa, CTO/CIO, PCCPL  07 16 2009 17:18:36 +0000
 
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I don't think that there are plenty of people here that can compare feauters of SAP and Oracle Apps in adequate way. Most of us are totally immersed to one of this leading ERPs.

I support Oracle from technical point of view. All Oracle technologies serve for Oracle Apps. All technical Oracle database problems can be resolved quickly if Oracle Apps development team encounters them.
By Sergey Porokh, Technical Consultant, Oakton  01 13 2010 09:50:51 +0000
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SAP ERP have been satisfying more especially customer satisfaction and executive satisfaction. SAP rocks!!!!
By Pk Karthick, Developer, Jadian Technologies  | 07 26 2011 12:26:53 +0000
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SAP is more user friendly and transparent ERP system
By sheriff r mohideen, General Manager -Technical, Origin Foods Limited  | 03 17 2011 07:37:33 +0000
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Better , as most of the companies from my field are using SAP-ERP. & we are not the expert from software field, so I request all the members to suggest the right one for construction field.
By SHRIKANT MANOHAR DANKE, Project Manager, Phadnis Infrastructur Ltd  | 02 05 2011 08:32:52 +0000
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since i am using SAP and not oracle and are satisfied with it .
By Vidhu Dar, CEO/MD/Director, Shiva's Retreat  | 01 04 2011 14:36:59 +0000
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SAP has proved to be more flexible and transparent at the same time . Its use as a ERP has been proved practically and it ahs come a long way since version 1
By sheriff r mohideen, General Manager -Technical, Origin Foods Limited  | 01 04 2011 07:08:08 +0000
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SAP is much more strong as far as integration is concerned and many different module covered by SAP ,continously providing the solutions for the different business verticals , Interms of customer base SAP is giving high competition to Oracle ERP. Initialy it was stated that Oracel ERP is more suitable for service industry but SAP is also covering that sector by providing the solutions.
By PRAVEEN SINGH RAJAWAT, SAP SD CONSULTANT, ANIK INDUSTRIES LTD  | 12 17 2010 11:50:23 +0000
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First, We have to think some prerequisite that any company will think before implementiing any ERP solution. Implemented ERP solution will remain for at least 10 years .So, company will think 10 times whether they will implement SAP or ORACLE. Because there are some other points such as license, upgrade are coming up.

Now, SAP is an integrated solution directs all kinds of business such as financial, HR, Production Planning, Material procurement and many more. Moreover, it so   automated that it fits all kinds business such as small size, mid size or large size and fills the data in the screen that are relevant to the business. Hence, on product performance basis, no doubt, SAP is better than oracle.

Moreover, SAP Portal is browser based, so it helps the user to operate the data, thus more user friendly.

Finally, if we consider the cost, then SAP is expensive than oracle, but SAP will enable the company to profit more that will cross the barrier of expenditure. Invest more, gain more.

Afterall, BEST-RUN BUSINESSES RUN SAP

 
By Manas Ranjan Kayal, SAP BASIS CONSULTANT, IBM  | 05 13 2009 16:55:54 +0000
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SAP has mastered Busines process integration and solutioning and they have been quiet spear heading on future business process demands on ERP system pro-actively. These make them a new dimensional runners so they will continue to be the formidable ERP application . well on the flip side if Oracle can build such well integrated system and provide  half the price of SAP ..maybe then discussion could take a turn.
By devanathan , Project Manager, Cognizant Technology  | 05 02 2009 04:54:31 +0000
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I feel Both SAP ERP and Oracel ERP, both have their pros and cons.It depends especially on the Modules in precise.Acc to my opinion,for instance, I feel till yester years Oracle Financials was in good demand, but now even SAP(FICO) is in tough competition with Oracle Financials.Esp for the Modules like SD,MM,PM,PP,etc..companies prefer for SAP.
By Radha V, Project Lead, Confidential  | 05 01 2009 13:33:46 +0000
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MR.Radhakrishna, I dont agree, as you are forgetting that SAP's advantage is in building out its own applications as opposed to Oracle's strategy of acquiring to build its applications portfolio.So I can see more clearly where SAP is going.
By Ashish Kumar Mishra, Business Analyst, SAP  | 09 23 2008 10:24:47 +0000
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oracle is much better in cost wise and technology wise . wat else companies want if they are getting quality software with less cost.
By suram Prasanth, Management Trainee - Finance, Anu Laboratories  | 03 17 2011 06:48:24 +0000
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SAP had to pay damages to oracle for stealing their code!!,also don't forget open source solutions like openerp, tryton,openbravo, and SAAS,cloud based erp like Ramco.
By Abhijit Anand Prabhudan, Admin/Facilities Manager, Ca*****  | 01 04 2011 16:28:01 +0000
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Obviously Oracle. I dealt with couple of companies from Airlines to till the manufacturing, they are very much interested to go for Oracle. The reason behind it is SOA and specified solutions as Adithya Says. Due to recent recession nobody is interested to go for big software ERP implementation. I will tell you one example, I approach a big company for SAP implementation which is about 100 Licences so it cost around 8Cr, but the same can be implemented by Oracle in 30Lakhs. So Obviously people are preferring Oracle than SAP...see we should understand the user perspective not Technical.
By Nagesh Mekala, Director - BD, Dextical  | 01 04 2011 09:00:57 +0000
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1> In house Java Platform => More development scope in future

2> SOA Architechture => Oracle Fusion Applications are the future

3> Industry specific Solutions

4> Caters to many small and vivid needs over and above manufacturing.

5> High Personalization & Easy Customization Scope

6> Industry Specific Solutions

7> Low License Cost

8> Implementation is transparent to business users as it uses Easy to understand Business Terms and Cycles.
By Aditya Kumar, Senior Consultant - ERP, FLSmidth  | 07 13 2010 07:06:13 +0000
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I will say, both are world class ERP. Off course they are eqully good. It depends on the organization, implementation partner, vertical experience, consultant experience etc to choose an ERP.


By Kaifee Anwer, ERP Consultant, Business Application & Consultancy Services  | 05 21 2010 11:35:40 +0000
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I feel Oracle's workflow and business event system allows companies to configure business processes in a variety of ways, with the capability of sending as simple as e-mail notifications and alerts to practically anyone associated with the organization. SAP does not offer anything that is equally configurable or flexible.
By Radhakrishna Marar, Business Analyst, Oracle  | 09 23 2008 10:18:04 +0000
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