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Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud vs SAS Activity-Based Management comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 19, 2024

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Oracle Planning and Budgeti...
Ranking in Business Performance Management
4th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.2
Number of Reviews
25
Ranking in other categories
Financial Performance and Strategy Management (2nd)
SAS Activity-Based Management
Ranking in Business Performance Management
19th
Average Rating
5.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.9
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Business Performance Management category, the mindshare of Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud is 4.1%, down from 4.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAS Activity-Based Management is 2.5%, up from 1.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Business Performance Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud4.1%
SAS Activity-Based Management2.5%
Other93.4%
Business Performance Management
 

Featured Reviews

AndyJorgensen - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Revenue Officer at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
Flexible modeling capabilities have optimized resource allocation and collaboration tools aid communication
Some of the best features with the Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud perform better than OneStream. The flexible modeling capabilities of the Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud have helped with optimizing resource allocation. The built-in collaboration tools with the Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud have aided communication among me and my clients as well as the clients and stakeholders. The advanced analytics within the Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud helps with the performance insights on some of these clients.
it_user530763 - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at a financial services firm with 1-10 employees
Helps to compare production costs across different departments. Try CostPerform from QPR.
Helps to compare production costs across different departments The data integration is very complex Visualization of the cost flow is not user-friendly It takes hours to build OLAP cubes to analyze the results of the model We have been using this solution for three years. I would rate the…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Beneficial analysis and easy to do management adjustments."
"The improvement for the organization is the same as it is with Hyperion Planning plus the license is a lot more affordable and it has no need for in-house equipment."
"The most valuable feature is the data integration in Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud."
"We have labor queues and workforce planning as well as our complete budget and focus for different business areas in the company, and it is adding so much value."
"The customization level is excellent."
"The flexible modeling capabilities of the Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud have helped with optimizing resource allocation."
"I value Oracle's flexibility and customization levels."
"The tool improves the organizational budgeting process in several ways. One significant aspect is the extensionable functionality it offers. To illustrate, consider a scenario where a company has factories in Mexico producing Volkswagen and Kentucky producing Ford."
"We use ABM as an expense allocation model and it has improved the awareness and accountability of the cost incurred due to the traceability feature."
"The product allows us to calculate the distributed cost across activities."
"Helps to compare production costs across different departments."
"The product helped determine the organization's true cost of providing its products and services to customers."
"Cube generation is a valuable feature."
 

Cons

"For HR, the workforce planning out of the box is complicated. For most users, it's not easy, and it requires a learning curve. It's not very user-friendly. It can be improved."
"There is middleware that we need to purchase for our use case that should be provided in Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud. We should not have to purchase the additional solution and the integration should be seamless."
"There were significant issues that led to discontinuing use of the product."
"Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud could improve. There are times when the forms are slow in saving and calculating."
"One potential improvement would be a more visual workflow, as the current method using a tax list is not as effective."
"OCI can predict changes in your infrastructure in advance so that customers aren't caught off guard. It would be nice if OCI could predict these changes and notify Administrators without the Administrators asking OCI to do it."
"The business rules behind the forms need improvement, and the total processing time should be enhanced with the help of proper commands, specifically regarding the execution time of existing rules."
"The FR recording studio that is used to build reports is clunky and awful to use. This could be improved a lot. The solution does have problems and limitations."
"The usability needs to be improved but bear in mind that we did not have the latest update."
"The interface is poorly designed and could really use an improvement to compete with other comparable software."
"It could be made much more simpler. Most of the time it looks like a black box for developers."
"We experienced severe performance issues when the models created are getting more details and becoming more complex."
"The data integration is very complex Visualization of the cost flow is not user-friendly It takes hours to build OLAP cubes to analyze the results of the model"
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is free."
"There is an annual subscription for this solution and it is priced high."
"The price of Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud is expensive. However, it solves a lot of issues at the company. Having a better price could make us think about using more cloud products for Oracle and increase usage."
"It is expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
16%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Construction Company
8%
Retailer
8%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Performing Arts
10%
Financial Services Firm
10%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise17
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud?
While cloud pricing may initially appear more expensive due to the absence of infrastructure expenses, it is fair. There's no need for physical servers or infrastructure management. The licensing i...
What needs improvement with Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud?
The Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud can be improved in various ways.
What is your primary use case for Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud?
I am not currently using the Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud with any of my clients recently. There are no specific use cases that I have for this product.
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Also Known As

Oracle PBCS, Oracle Enterprise Business Planning
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Overview

 

Sample Customers

Australian Finance Group Ltd., Daelim Industrial Co. Ltd., TBS Group, Delaware Life Insurance, Shelf Drilling Ltd., Abu Dhabi Department of Finance, Fugro Norway AS, Drake & Scull International PJSC (DSI), Racepoint Global, Edgewater Technology Inc., King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Communications Test Design Inc.
Bank of Queensland, Barclays Bank, BioMar, Danske Bank, Danske Spil, DPPS, First Allied
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