NetSuite Vs Infor CloudSuite
June 11,2021
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software is taking hold of the business sector day by day. Without the right ERP tool at your disposal, competitions often become one-sided. Here we are comparing two crucial ERP tools – Oracle NetSuite and Infor CloudSuite. Read our blog to get a detailed overview of both the systems – their features, comparisons, and our take on it.
Oracle NetSuite
NetSuite is the #1 cloud-based ERP software that can run mission-critical processes with ease. As a result, businesses can continue to focus on what they do best and respond quickly and boldly to arising market opportunities. NetSuite ERP provides businesses with complete insight and control of their operations.
1. Fits Across All Industries
NetSuite serves a wide range of sectors: Manufacturing, Software, Wholesale Distribution, Professional Services, Nonprofits, and Retail/E-commerce companies.
2. Modular Pricing
Pick and license the modules your business needs. Business owners can drastically reduce the TCO through this method.
3. NetSuite Integration
Easily integrate with other third-party applications with NetSuite using its robust APIs. Famous NetSuite integrations include NetSuite – Shopify, NetSuite – Salesforce, and countless more.
4. Real-time Visibility
Make informed and data-backed decisions instantaneously. Timing the market is critical and NetSuite provides key metrics and data in real-time to make decisions.
5. Customization
NetSuite is well-known for its customization capabilities that can align with all your unique business needs.
Infor CloudSuite
Infor CloudSuite is a feature-rich, scalable ERP system that can run on-premises or in the cloud (built-on AWS). Infor supports industries ranging from manufacturing, public sector, retail, to healthcare.
1. Reliable
Infor CloudSuite solutions are fault-tolerant and can self-recover from hardware breakdowns. Each AWS (Amazon Web Services) region includes numerous availability zones, which rely on various utility and telecommunications providers to reduce the risk of many zones failing at the same time.
2. Performance
Infor ERP takes advantage of more than 50 services provided by AWS to optimize compute performance, data persistence, networking, caching, monitoring, and incident response.
3. Scalability
Infor CloudSuite solutions leverage AWS features such as auto-scaling to provide a highly scalable on-demand performance.
Capacity is actively added and removed based on usage patterns and key performance indicators.
4. Agility
Infor has built an innovative continuous integration and deployment pipeline that enables developers to quickly build, test and deploy cloud suite enhancements across AWS. With this, users benefit from quick product upgrades and do not need expensive upgrades.
Compare NetSuite vs Infor CloudSuite
• Cloud ERP
NetSuite is a true cloud-based business management system. Infor on the other hand is primarily an on-premise solution that was rebuilt for the cloud and hosted on AWS, rather than being created for the cloud. It is not written with a single line of code on a unified data model.
• Real-time data vs ION
NetSuite offers real-time data throughout its system across all the modules, whereas Infor utilizes a middleware layer known as ION (Intelligent Open Network) to communicate with disparate Infor functionalities (modules), meaning reconciliation of data is required between modules and databases.
• True ERP Value
NetSuite extends the value of ERP through the Platform. Infor utilizes a few development platforms for Cloud development consisting of Mongoose, Infor OS, and ION for scripting, workflow, and extending applications.
• Implementation
NetSuite implementations have a fixed budget and rarely deviate from the original price. Infor Implementation is dependent on time and expense and therefore budget increases are likely. This may also affect your project go-live date as well as your company’s bottom line.
Features – Oracle NetSuite vs Infor CloudSuite
Platform
| Features | NetSuite | Infor |
| True Cloud | Yes | Add-On |
| Partner App Store | Yes | Yes |
| Mobiles | Yes | Yes |
| Seamless Upgrades | Yes | Add-On |
| Ease of Customization | Yes | Add-On |
| Single Data Model | Yes | No |
| All Customers on the Latest Version | Yes | No |
Financials
| Features | NetSuite | Infor |
| Financial Consolidation | Yes | Yes |
| Globalization/Localization | Yes | Add-On |
| Revenue Recognition | Yes | Add-On |
| Subscription Billing | Yes | Yes |
| Dashboards & KPIs | Yes | Yes |
| Native Customizable Reporting | Yes | Add-On |
Supply Chain Management
| Features | NetSuite | Infor |
| Order Management | Yes | Add-On |
| Production Management | Yes | Yes |
| Inventory | Yes | Yes |
| Warehouse and Fulfilment | Yes | Yes |
| Procurement | Yes | Yes |
Production and Manufacturing
| Features | NetSuite | Infor |
| Work Orders and Assembly | Yes | Yes |
| Work in Progress and Routing | Yes | Yes |
| Demand/Supply Planning and Forecasting | Yes | Add-On |
| Materials Requirement Planning | Yes | Yes |
| Configurator | Add-On | Add-On |
| Quality Management | Yes | Yes |
Customer Relationship Management
| Features | NetSuite | Infor |
| Salesforce, Automation | Yes | Add-On |
| Customer Service | Yes | Yes |
| Marketing Automation | Yes | Add-On |
| Sales Reporting and Analysis | Yes | Yes |
Professional Services Automation
| Features | NetSuite | Infor |
| Project Management | Yes | Add-On |
| Project Accounting | Yes | Yes |
| Resource Management | Yes | Yes |
| Timesheet Management | Yes | Yes |
| Expense Management | Yes | Yes |
| Billing | Yes | Yes |
| Agile Project Management | Add-On | Add-On |
| Collaboration Tool | No | Add-On |
Omnichannel Commerce
| Features | NetSuite | Infor |
| Unified, Real-time Omnichannel | Yes | Add-On |
| Strong, Native B2B Functionality | Yes | Add-On |
| Embedded Promotions tool | Yes | Yes |
| Content Manager Tools | Yes | Yes |
Human Capital Management
| Features | NetSuite | Infor |
| Unified platform for HR, Payroll and ERP | Yes | Add-On |
| Workforce Reporting and Analytics | Yes | Yes |
| Configurability by End-User | Yes | Yes |
| Global HR | Yes | Yes |
Conclusion
NetSuite is ideal for a small to medium business with remote employees. It may be more expensive than other on-premise ERP systems, but the overall capital expenditure is considerably lower than legacy on-premise systems.
When compared to Infor, NetSuite has a much lower TCO (Total Cost of Ownership). NetSuite provides better customer service and support through phone, email, live support, and tickets compared whereas Infor only provides email support.
Note that NetSuite is known for supporting multiple languages including Chinese, English, french, german, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish.
How to Implement?
Infor employs a partner network for its software implementation of Infor ERP. Their pre-configured set of Infor implementation Accelerators offer quick implementation compared to its counterparts.
NetSuite offers direct company implementation as well as through channel or alliance partners. Similar to Infor’s implementation accelerators, NetSuite offers its SuiteSuccess module with pre-configured solutions.
Choose a NetSuite Alliance partner like Jobin & Jismi for seamless NetSuite implementation experience. Talk to our NetSuite certified experts today.
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