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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If you’ve ever dealt with a huge Excel file, you will see how slow it gets, especially if you have loads of complex formulas.

There are of course many other reasons, but just being able to access the data quickly is important.