Eli5: Why do companies use the products of Oracle to store information, when they can just use spreadsheets like Excel, or make their own spreadsheet software?

Question

I just can’t seem to comprehend how Oracle can be so wealthy off of making a database when it’s theoretically easy for a company to store its own information.

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To begin with, databases are not spreadsheets. Very different things. Also it takes time, effort and money to develop any software. So using a proven off-the-shelf product usually makes a lot of sense.