Oracle HCM Cloud Reviews

Compared to earlier, older versions, HCM Cloud has built-in business intelligence and reporting capabilities, and not just transactional. In other words, it provides actual analytic capabilities that are pretty good. Insofar as specific functionalities go, it has on the accounts tables side built-in document image capturing tools. There's no need to rely on third-party products anymore.

I do quite a lot of work in the GL, general ledger. Oracle has built some Hyperion planning and budgeting capabilities into it, which, in older versions, were separate investment appliances. Every customer I've spoken with has really liked those features, at least in theory.

Lowering the total cost of ownership would be nice. We're a consulting organization, so we help implement Oracle HCM Cloud. We want to help our clients optimize and see reductions in execution times. Traditional ERP implementations released for global manufacturing companies used to take anywhere from eighteen months to two or three years. With HCM Cloud and some accelerators and other capabilities, we can reduce those execution times by at least six to eight months.

Also, the financial and supply chains need more integration with companies' business processes and their feedback provided to Oracle consulting partners like us. This helps with further improvements in the future.

I've been using it for about a couple of years.

We haven't had any issues with deployment.

There are some modules and suits that are more stable than others. HCM is very robust and stable, and that's why you soon many clients adopting it sooner. But when it comes to supply chain and financial clients, it's still something written with bugs. Oracle product development is obviously working hard to improve on that.

We see a lot of adoption from the clients going in for an on-premise, which means you have everything in-house at your own location, but then scaling it up to go to Oracle HCM Cloud and having Oracle host it. This mitigates some of the fears that clients have in terms of security and scalability and elasticity of the product. Once that is worked up, we have seen that the product supports any business decision in terms of scalability.

There are some areas that are more robust and more mature in terms of the offering than others. We do, obviously, based on our relationship with Oracle support, get ample support for what we want and when we want it, but because of the maturity levels in some of the offerings, like supply chain and financials, Oracle support themselves struggles sometimes, so we work to reach out to our counterparts in product development to get what we need.

It is actually much easier now than it used to be. It's all vanilla and it's pretty much straightforward. Obviously, there is a lot of training that is involved, but it's much easier and much less stringent than the previous versions in terms of navigation.

The future is the cloud, so if you, as an organization, are reluctant to go on the cloud and adopt that, the only advice there is to get on the bandwagon and adopt this product. Be an early adopter to reap the benefits. Don't wait. If you miss the train, you miss the train.

It allows us to consolidate all of our HR functions onto one platform. That's really the big selling point and value proposition for us -- the consolidation.

We have just one platform from which to work instead of multiple vendors for HCR. This increases the overall ease of maintaining the HCR system.

One of the challenges that we've discovered is that for some things like report modifications, whenever Oracle provides a new release, they will overlay certain customizations that you have. And then it becomes a real hassle to re-customize for our needs. There's got to be a better way.

We've been using Golds and just started using Compensation. We're about to roll into a project to implement HCM. So we've used it for about a year now.

We've had no issues with deployment.

In terms of instability, we've had issues with the application being unavailable a few times, especially during our end-of-year cycle.

We haven't had to scale it yet, but it sounds like it would be easy.

It seems to me that Oracle prefers to deal with clients completely through their SR management system and sometimes avoid personal contact. Sometimes you need a phone call. As a customer, you need to know that you can get a phone call if you need a phone call.

We use SuccessFactor's product for goals, succession, and performance, so we're coming off of those products. We wanted to consolidate everything into one.

I was involved with some of the initial requirements, but I don't have much to do with the modules that we're currently using in production.

Think long and hard about it, and consider a product that will integrate with payroll easily. I think the advantages are the consolidation of the HCM and functionality. So far the challenges have been more along the lines of support.

The UI has helped us decrease the cost of training our users to use different aspects of the system. It’s very modern and has aspects that the users are familiar with from other sites, like Amazon or Apple, so the tool is very simple for them.

I personally tried implementing this HR functionality in another Oracle product called E-Business Suite, but it didn’t have a good adoption because of the user experience. So, we were early adopters on this and we’ve moved forward with different versions.

Integration. We still have Oracle E-Business Suite in other business areas, so integration of HCM Cloud into it would be an improvement.

Also, they should be working towards making the back end simpler for IT.

I've used it for almost three years.

No issues encountered.

No issues encountered.

We haven't scaled it since it was implemented.

7/10.

7 to 8/10.

We were using another solution from Oracle, and switched because of the more modern architecture and better user experience.

It's very straightforward, very simple. Coming from another Oracle tool, they’ve done a great job simplifying the setup and the steps for performing the setup. It was very simple because it’s cloud-based.

We did it internally. We have a team of experts.

I think it’s pretty straightforward. I would advise others to make sure that they have a plan in place and that they’re prepared before they sign the contracts. Since it’s cloud, once you sign the contract the clock will start ticking and you’ll start playing. Getting ready, preparing for the project, and working with the Oracle Sales team on the contract is very important to save some money.

We didn’t compare with other products. We’re an Oracle shop.

Have a knowledgeable partner who knows your HR processes. Don’t select a partner just because of their technical skills with the product or knowledge of the product.

The payroll module.

Its integrated modules allow for more seamless business processes.

The user interface is not conducive to high volume data entry.

I've been using it for 16 years.

The biggest issue with the latest release is specifically with implementing the payroll module. It has had some issues with local taxes, and it didn’t calculate taxes at all for Pennsylvania or Ohio.

None, as it’s pretty stable. Being hosted by Oracle, the uptime is pretty good.

No issues encountered.

8/10. As an implementer at one of their premier partners, and knowing the people I know at Oracle, I get pretty good customer service. If we need to escalate an issue we can typically go straight to someone in development.

6/10. They sometimes have difficulty accurately troubleshooting issues.

No, I’ve always worked with Oracle.

It’s complex. That’s what keeps me employed – there’s a whole industry of consultants who are implementing Oracle. It is complex to configure.

I am the implementation partner, so I do the implementations.

Here’s the one thing – don’t let Oracle tell you to implement something just because they threw it into the purchase to sweeten the deal. All too often, I see customers where, during the negotiations for the licensing, Oracle will throw in such and such module – like Oracle time and labor – and the customer feels obligated to implement it, when they don’t really need it as maybe they already have a good in-house solution.

Make sure that your systems integrator-partner knows the product

For me personally, the most valuable is the account management suite. They're constantly developing it.

Oracle moved the solution to the cloud from on-site. This is more cost-effective for us as a subscription service rather than as a licence-based solution.

The mobile capabilities need to be improved. It would be good for our workforce to be able to access the information from mobile devices and respond to requests. The product is still in development, but the mobile capabilities are still better than their eBusiness suite, and we are happy with it for now.

We're still finding some issues, and third-party apps that need using with our systems. There's still a lot of development to be done, but they are constantly adding new features and modules. Currently, if Oracle doesn't have a solution, we can find a vendor who does.

I've used it for about three years.

No issues encountered.

No issues encountered yet.

We're scaling up on the cloud, and it's getting there.

They're fairly quick with their responses, 8/10. Every time we need a modification done, we need to speak to them.

They're on top of things, 8/10 as there's always room for improvement.

We previously used several different Oracle solutions, mainly converged systems. We wanted to have everything in one system, and are currently planning on importing our accounting into it.

It was complex because we have several systems that needed integrating into the cloud system. With the API we use, this was done and it works well. There was also a lot of process change, because instead of tailoring the system to fit the process, we had to tailor the processes to the system.

Most of the development was controlled by Oracle. The implementation itself though was done in-house with help here and there from a consultant.

Work the best price you can, and tailor the product for your company to get the best price.

We didn't as we already had experience with Oracle, and wanted to move to their subscription service.

Now there's a couple of other companies have it, as well as some consulting companies that do, so get advice from them.

All nine product modules have been implemented.

All the features are good. It is primarily focused on recruitment core, HR management, and performance goals.

The price is high, and other products in the market are about 30% less expensive. They should have stronger goals and performance integration in the next release.

We have four years of hands-on experience with Oracle HCM Cloud.

Occasionally there are problems with stability because it's new. We have issues when we implement and run time.

It is a scalable product, and it does not require much maintenance. We have a team of three that manages the solution.

I rate the technical support a six out of ten. They do not have continuity on a ticket, and different people can manage the same request.

The initial setup is fairly straightforward. I rate the setup a ten out of ten.

It can cost over a million dollars to set up Oracle HCM Cloud on a large project.

I rate this solution a three out of ten.

What I like best about Oracle HCM Cloud is that its configuration is okay. I also like it in terms of updates. Product updates that take place from time to time improve Oracle HCM Cloud.

What I also found valuable in the product is that since it's on cloud, you can work with it from any place.

In terms of room for improvement, Oracle HCM Cloud is okay in general, so I don't know if it needs to be improved currently. It's a very complete solution. The payroll has been added to Oracle HCM Cloud, and even its analytics feature is very good, so I find the product okay, though it's not so easy to customize as it's cloud-based.

I've been using Oracle HCM Cloud for eight years.

Oracle HCM Cloud is okay, stability-wise.

Oracle HCM Cloud is a scalable product.

Technical support for Oracle HCM Cloud is okay.

The number of users of Oracle HCM Cloud depends on the project. For example, it could be from five hundred employees to ten thousand employees. I'm not the one who decides on increasing the usage of the product.

My rating for Oracle HCM Cloud is nine out of ten because not everything can be perfect.

My company is an Oracle partner.

Oracle HCM Cloud is used to analyze the HR processes mainly.

Oracle HCM Cloud has helped the organization by harmonizing the processes. It simplifies the user experience and helps the end-users generally.

The most valuable features in Oracle HCM Cloud are the employee and manager self-services.

The solutions could improve by having better performance. There are times when we have experienced some delays. The reports could be quicker.

I have been using Oracle HCM Cloud for approximately 10 years.

The solution is stable.

Oracle HCM Cloud is scalable, and it is easy to do.

HR departments are typically using this solution.

The Oracle support is good, they have been responsive.

The initial setup is straightforward. The full deployment can take approximately one year. 

There is a subscription to use this solution, and there can be additional fees.

I rate Oracle HCM Cloud a ten out of ten.