Head of ERP Application and Business Intelligence at Patel Hospital Karachi
Real User
Top 10
Oct 15, 2024
Licensing costs were a significant consideration, and Oracle Analytics was deemed too expensive compared to Power BI, which we opted for due to Outlook 365 licensing.
Oracle ERP is very expensive. The licensing fees are particularly high, making it challenging to buy new licenses. We often seek internal solutions to avoid purchasing additional licenses due to their cost. I don't have specific details regarding consultant fees.
The pricing is a little bit high because it's on-premises, users would expect to get a little bit more of a discount on the actual application, but it's not. But that's the strategy of Oracle. Oracle wants to go completely cloud, so they do update the pricing on on-premises applications a little bit more. But they're quite adaptable, so it's not that they're not able to give discounts or things like that. It is kinda room for improvement for Oracle, wherein they could introduce more discounts.
Oracle generally gives a lot of discounts. If we get discounts, the tool will not be costly. It will cost less than S/4HANA. The product might cost the same as Microsoft Dynamics. The cost is based on the discount that Oracle provides to us.
General Manager at a tech consulting company with 11-50 employees
Real User
May 11, 2023
In my opinion, the prices for Oracle ERP are reasonable, especially considering the various discounts that are often available. Overall, I believe the pricing is fair.
Using many modules in Oracle increases the value. The cost depends on how many features in Oracle are used. I rate the pricing a five out of ten, as customers always look for discounts.
Oracle Applications Consultant at ASAM Conseil Inc
Real User
Oct 4, 2022
They have licensing models based on the number of users as well as one-time packages. If you're on the cloud, it's pay-as-you-go. It's not cheap technology but they have good consultants who know all the features. They are one of the longest-standing players in the market so they can dictate the price.
Deputy Chief Operating Officer at a energy/utilities company with 201-500 employees
Real User
Sep 8, 2022
The licensing cost of Oracle E-Business Suite is quite competitive. It's quite flexible, so it can be adapted to the requirements of my company. For confidentiality purposes, I'm unable to disclose how much Oracle E-Business Suite costs, but I'm rating its cost as eight out of ten.
Senior Manager / IT Planning & Architecture Services at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
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Top 10
Jun 30, 2022
I don't know the precise details about pricing because I am from the project management side, and another team handles procurement, but if I had to estimate, I would say it's probably around eight out of 10 for affordability. Of course, it depends on which modules you select. There is not standard price. You need to dig into the exact pricing for your requirements. It's not a single one bundled. There is a named user license plus some module licenses.
Oracle E-Business Suite is expensive. I don't know how much a license costs exactly, but I would wager it's around $1 million. This is a big implementation.
Sr. Project manager at Department of National Defence
Real User
May 17, 2022
Whatever the products you use, you'll be paying a yearly maintenance price or a support price. Every time they have a new release, they will announce that they will be discontinuing the support for that particular release in three years or four years so that customers can move into a higher release. My understanding is that Oracle charges per user in some areas, but they have a minimum licensing fee, depending on how big the organization is. From the Oracle point of view, I think they know what the market charges and they're very competitive.
Oracle E-Business Suite is heavy subscriptions based and the solution's upgrades, under the technology licensing, are quite costly. Additionally, support is an extra cost. The price of the solution could be reduced.
Oracle has different licensing models available. For example, concurrent user license metric and power unit licensing metric. It is different from product to product, but for the application itself, the license is by the number of users.
Assistant Manager at a manufacturing company with 51-200 employees
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Dec 29, 2021
This is a highly-priced application and would not be affordable for small or medium business domains (although their cloud-based applications are cheaper).
Oracle Application DBA at Social Insurance Organizaton
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Nov 30, 2021
Oracle's pricing is lower than that of its competitors. We also have DB2 in our company, and they charge more, which is why we are migrating our entire system to Oracle. In terms of pricing, Oracle E-Business Suite is reasonably priced.
Head of Data Management Section at a energy/utilities company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Real User
Nov 30, 2021
Fees for support and licensing should be reduced. Support must be paid for separately, but third-party support is less expensive and has more resources.
The license is very expensive and I think that it needs to be cheaper to get a wider range of users or customers. We pay for licensing on a yearly basis.
Information Technology Manager at a transportation company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Apr 29, 2021
If you're buying a license, support is roughly 22% of the price of the whole product. So, in the first year, you'll definitely get support. Some companies, over a period of time, try to knock off the Oracle support costs because it just keeps growing. Every year, according to their published price, it will increase from three to five percent from the last year. Now, imagine you bought a product worth 1.5 billion; what would be the support cost in the first year? And then plus 5%, plus 5% — it goes on, and on. You'll come to a point where you feel you're wasting money because support is support whether I am paying for five users or 500 users. There is a solution for all of your current problems in Oracle E-Business Suite, but the constraint is the license. I'll give you a live example. Let's say I bought an employee self-service. What I would get is a bunch of licenses that I can use on the web version on my local internet. But with the current model of digitalization, you know that the employees would prefer to have some sort of mobile app or at least a desktop site. So, if I want that to happen, then I'd need to buy another set of licenses. The same self-service on the mobile version. These are the pain points with Oracle. The license is normalized or broken down to such a level that it becomes a pain. Regarding a new customer, unless he's been using this solution for two or three years, he won't get used to these licenses. There is a good chance that he'd become exploited by Oracle's account managers in terms of licenses. Oracle's licenses are not straightforward. Personally, I have worked on several projects where I have had to help customers understand Oracle licensing — it's not simple in SAP either. There are pros and cons to both solutions. Sometimes it could be beneficial and sometimes it's troublesome. That is something I feel that Oracle should try to simplify.
The pricing for us, being based in Zimbabwe, is expensive. The exchange is not so good. While we have some constraints now, we don't foresee this being an ongoing problem.
We are satisfied with the pricing of Oracle E-Business Suite. Pricing is pretty much okay if you consider the products and the service that you are getting. A quality product never comes at a cheap price. Oracle is costly, but they support you. If you are looking for pricing, then I would say not to go for Oracle.
Functional Consultant Oracle EBS at a tech consulting company with 11-50 employees
Consultant
Jul 14, 2020
I can not say much about the price, because that's more of a question for management, and who deals with that directly. However, I am aware that the licenses are sometimes difficult for customers to understand. The pricing is a little bit expensive sometimes and how they come to the pricing is complex.
Senior Information Technology Specialist at Oilfields Supply Center Ltd
Real User
Jun 21, 2020
The licensing costs for E-business Suite depends upon what modules you're using, the number of users, core database components and things like that. I believe we pay around USD $100,000 annually. There are no additional costs unless you opt for additional products or components.
In order to minimize the implementation and consultancy costs, business lines should have proper definitions. They need to have a proper way of retrieving their data, which should be structured well. Both the current projects and future projects should be defined well. Licensing should be done according to current and near future plans. Customer should do their sizing and understand their computational resource needs. They need to start sales negotiations according to their actual needs. Customers should evaluate the partner who is responsible for implementing the project. The better the partner, the higher the success rate of the project.
Licensing and costing of Oracle EBS is very complex. We recommend to use a system integrator during the negotiation process since Oracle sales representatives sometime do not know the actual minimum requirements and may oversell the necessary licenses through ignorance.
Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) is considered the most extensive offering of amalgamated worldwide business applications available. Oracle EBS helps facilitate medium to large business enterprise organizations with the ability to enhance critical decision-making processes, streamline business procedures, minimize costs, and improve overall performance and productivity. Oracle EBS runs as a complement to Oracle Database software. The applications serve to automate such processes as supply chain...
I find the pricing is not ideal for a smaller organization right now.
Each license costs a significant amount.
Oracle pricing is comparatively high to other vendors.
Licensing costs were a significant consideration, and Oracle Analytics was deemed too expensive compared to Power BI, which we opted for due to Outlook 365 licensing.
Oracle ERP is very expensive. The licensing fees are particularly high, making it challenging to buy new licenses. We often seek internal solutions to avoid purchasing additional licenses due to their cost. I don't have specific details regarding consultant fees.
The pricing is a little bit high because it's on-premises, users would expect to get a little bit more of a discount on the actual application, but it's not. But that's the strategy of Oracle. Oracle wants to go completely cloud, so they do update the pricing on on-premises applications a little bit more. But they're quite adaptable, so it's not that they're not able to give discounts or things like that. It is kinda room for improvement for Oracle, wherein they could introduce more discounts.
I have no idea about the price.
Oracle E-Business Suite is cheaper than SAP. It is expensive.
I would rate the pricing a nine out of ten, with ten being very expensive. It is very expensive.
Oracle generally gives a lot of discounts. If we get discounts, the tool will not be costly. It will cost less than S/4HANA. The product might cost the same as Microsoft Dynamics. The cost is based on the discount that Oracle provides to us.
Oracle E-Business Suite is pricey, but it is worth the money. I would rate it as an eight out of ten in terms of costliness.
It's pricey. Oracle's pricing is on the higher end, but it is justified given the product's maturity, stability, and feature set.
We need to pay for the license annually. The solution is quite expensive.
In my opinion, the prices for Oracle ERP are reasonable, especially considering the various discounts that are often available. Overall, I believe the pricing is fair.
The solution is not very expensive. It is worth the money.
Using many modules in Oracle increases the value. The cost depends on how many features in Oracle are used. I rate the pricing a five out of ten, as customers always look for discounts.
E-Business Suite's pricing could be lower.
They have licensing models based on the number of users as well as one-time packages. If you're on the cloud, it's pay-as-you-go. It's not cheap technology but they have good consultants who know all the features. They are one of the longest-standing players in the market so they can dictate the price.
The licensing cost of Oracle E-Business Suite is quite competitive. It's quite flexible, so it can be adapted to the requirements of my company. For confidentiality purposes, I'm unable to disclose how much Oracle E-Business Suite costs, but I'm rating its cost as eight out of ten.
It's a pricey product. However, it is meant more for enterprises.
One of the major issues is that the solution has a high price.
I don't know the precise details about pricing because I am from the project management side, and another team handles procurement, but if I had to estimate, I would say it's probably around eight out of 10 for affordability. Of course, it depends on which modules you select. There is not standard price. You need to dig into the exact pricing for your requirements. It's not a single one bundled. There is a named user license plus some module licenses.
Oracle E-Business Suite is expensive. I don't know how much a license costs exactly, but I would wager it's around $1 million. This is a big implementation.
Compared to other vendors like SAP or Microsoft, the prices for Oracle are reasonable, but they could always be lower.
I'm not involved with licensing. I think it's annual, not monthly
I can't speak to the licensing costs. I don't have any details in regard to pricing.
Whatever the products you use, you'll be paying a yearly maintenance price or a support price. Every time they have a new release, they will announce that they will be discontinuing the support for that particular release in three years or four years so that customers can move into a higher release. My understanding is that Oracle charges per user in some areas, but they have a minimum licensing fee, depending on how big the organization is. From the Oracle point of view, I think they know what the market charges and they're very competitive.
The cost of the license depends on the price you can negotiate with the vendor.
Most of the people we've worked with were complaining about the pricing of Oracle E-Business Suite being too high.
We have an annual license to use the Oracle E-Business Suite and we have an enterprise license.
I have found the solution overall to be expensive. There are additional fees on top of the standard license.
Oracle E-Business Suite is heavy subscriptions based and the solution's upgrades, under the technology licensing, are quite costly. Additionally, support is an extra cost. The price of the solution could be reduced.
There is an annual licensing fee and you are able to add features depending on the scope of the environment.
Oracle ERP is not a cheap solution.
Oracle has different licensing models available. For example, concurrent user license metric and power unit licensing metric. It is different from product to product, but for the application itself, the license is by the number of users.
This is a highly-priced application and would not be affordable for small or medium business domains (although their cloud-based applications are cheaper).
I can't speak to the exact pricing, however, I've always found it to be reasonable.
We purchased the license a long time ago and it was very reasonable.
Oracle's pricing is lower than that of its competitors. We also have DB2 in our company, and they charge more, which is why we are migrating our entire system to Oracle. In terms of pricing, Oracle E-Business Suite is reasonably priced.
Fees for support and licensing should be reduced. Support must be paid for separately, but third-party support is less expensive and has more resources.
Oracle prices are better in Vietnam and more flexible. If we need to customize something in Oracle, it's very flexible and easy to customize.
The price would be better if it were lower.
The price of the solution is extremely high.
This is an expensive solution but it's to be expected because ERPs are expensive.
The license is very expensive and I think that it needs to be cheaper to get a wider range of users or customers. We pay for licensing on a yearly basis.
If you're buying a license, support is roughly 22% of the price of the whole product. So, in the first year, you'll definitely get support. Some companies, over a period of time, try to knock off the Oracle support costs because it just keeps growing. Every year, according to their published price, it will increase from three to five percent from the last year. Now, imagine you bought a product worth 1.5 billion; what would be the support cost in the first year? And then plus 5%, plus 5% — it goes on, and on. You'll come to a point where you feel you're wasting money because support is support whether I am paying for five users or 500 users. There is a solution for all of your current problems in Oracle E-Business Suite, but the constraint is the license. I'll give you a live example. Let's say I bought an employee self-service. What I would get is a bunch of licenses that I can use on the web version on my local internet. But with the current model of digitalization, you know that the employees would prefer to have some sort of mobile app or at least a desktop site. So, if I want that to happen, then I'd need to buy another set of licenses. The same self-service on the mobile version. These are the pain points with Oracle. The license is normalized or broken down to such a level that it becomes a pain. Regarding a new customer, unless he's been using this solution for two or three years, he won't get used to these licenses. There is a good chance that he'd become exploited by Oracle's account managers in terms of licenses. Oracle's licenses are not straightforward. Personally, I have worked on several projects where I have had to help customers understand Oracle licensing — it's not simple in SAP either. There are pros and cons to both solutions. Sometimes it could be beneficial and sometimes it's troublesome. That is something I feel that Oracle should try to simplify.
Licensing is on a yearly basis. There is an initial cost, and the standard fee is 22% per year.
The pricing for us, being based in Zimbabwe, is expensive. The exchange is not so good. While we have some constraints now, we don't foresee this being an ongoing problem.
This product is more expensive if you compare it to SAP.
The pricing of the solution is at about $700-$750 per year.
Considering the market at the moment, Oracle needs to adjust the pricing of this solution.
We are satisfied with the pricing of Oracle E-Business Suite. Pricing is pretty much okay if you consider the products and the service that you are getting. A quality product never comes at a cheap price. Oracle is costly, but they support you. If you are looking for pricing, then I would say not to go for Oracle.
I can not say much about the price, because that's more of a question for management, and who deals with that directly. However, I am aware that the licenses are sometimes difficult for customers to understand. The pricing is a little bit expensive sometimes and how they come to the pricing is complex.
The licensing costs for E-business Suite depends upon what modules you're using, the number of users, core database components and things like that. I believe we pay around USD $100,000 annually. There are no additional costs unless you opt for additional products or components.
In order to minimize the implementation and consultancy costs, business lines should have proper definitions. They need to have a proper way of retrieving their data, which should be structured well. Both the current projects and future projects should be defined well. Licensing should be done according to current and near future plans. Customer should do their sizing and understand their computational resource needs. They need to start sales negotiations according to their actual needs. Customers should evaluate the partner who is responsible for implementing the project. The better the partner, the higher the success rate of the project.
It costs too much.
The cost is high for this product.
Licensing and costing of Oracle EBS is very complex. We recommend to use a system integrator during the negotiation process since Oracle sales representatives sometime do not know the actual minimum requirements and may oversell the necessary licenses through ignorance.
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