Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud Reviews

We have labor queues and workforce planning as well as our complete budget and focus for different business areas in the company. It is adding so much value.

It could be more friendly with Excel. We have big forms with a few thousand rows and columns, which can sometimes cause performance issues. Users sometimes complain when they find that it can take up to a minute to open a big file. That’s the only issue.

We have been using SPS and Planning for ten years.

It is really stable. We have a really big environment with a lot of people working on infrastructure and development, and in the last three years, we haven’t had any time when the system was completely down and a user was not able to access an application. We really enjoy the stability of the system. If the data is there, users are able to find it.

It is very scalable.

They are really good. Oracle is really aggressive in solving issues.

We have a government plan, so we don’t completely blindly upgrade the system. We need infrastructure for patching and we have to wait to get approval from the client. If we have issues we talk to tech support.

I have used ASP as well, and Hyperion is much more stable. It also has better features, especially for budget forecast. I think it's a great product.

This is the best product I have ever used in my life and I would rate it a ten out of ten.

I've used Oracle Panning and Budgeting on-prem and in the cloud. The parliament has actually considered this for budgeting. I suggested they use Oracle Budgeting Cloud. It's a very unique solution. 

Once you do the budget in Oracle ERP, you can upload it, but it's easier to create and manage budgets in the Oracle budgeting tool itself. For example, if you have a shortfall in the budget, it's easier to manage that and the forms, too, especially if you also have Oracle Forms Management. You can get the forms from somewhere and then transform those forms into budget heads.

One mistake in the budget, then you are done for, especially if you're doing project management and you don't do the proper budgeting. If your project manager does not forecast the budget correctly for the coming year, it will be a disaster. 

I rate Oracle Budgeting and Planning Cloud 11 out of 10. I recommend it. It's a nice and robust tool.

We find it valuable that all the features are combined into one system.

We've been able to move from a centralized planning approach to a decentralized planning approach, with the possibility of putting planning responsibility on the shoulders of the middle management.

It would be nice to have better performance. However there are substantial improvements during the past months.

We've used it for half a year.

No issues encountered.

There are rarely problems.

No issues encountered.

It's OK.

We switched from Excel to enable a collaborative planning approach.

It is easy to use.

We did it in-house.

We expect it to take two and a half years.

No other options were evaluated.

Think thoroughly the future planning process before implementing the product.

From a standardized input perspective, we’re very happy with it.

We are not that happy with how you get information out of the system. I wish we could delete years out of the Planning cube so that we didn't have to keep growing. Also, we would like to see the ability to build dimensions more dynamically.

It's been operational for 6 years.

Planning takes some hand holding since processes have not been automated. Updating dimensions is more manual, so if we could automate that, it would be great.

Since we can’t delete years out of the Planning cube, the growth is eventually going to create a performance issue.

Support from Oracle depends on who you get on the phone. There is one person that I work with on a regular basis, and she does a wonderful job. If we need an update, she will go ask the development what's going on. If they're not moving, she gives them a push. Typically when we talk to people overseas, though, they just let the issue sit. In my opinion, we should bring support back to the states.

Upgrades and patching are a pain in the butt. There are just too many pieces that have to be implemented in the right sequence.

I would give Planning a seven out of ten. We have used other Planning applications, and this one is the best. However, it’s not quite the level I need.