Oracle Database as a Service vs SQL Azure comparison

Oracle Database as a Service

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Oracle Database as a Service

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We performed a comparison between Oracle Database as a Service and SQL Azure based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Database as a Service solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

To learn more, read our detailed Oracle Database as a Service vs. SQL Azure Report (Updated: May 2024).

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Categories and Ranking

Oracle Database as a Service

Ranking in Database as a Service

4th

Average Rating

8.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

SQL Azure

Ranking in Database as a Service

2nd

Average Rating

8.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Market share comparison

As of June 2024, in the Database as a Service category, the market share of Oracle Database as a Service is 5.7% and it decreased by 30.1% compared to the previous year. The market share of SQL Azure is 17.7% and it decreased by 0.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Featured Reviews

Robin Saikat Chatterjee

Head of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Solutioning Technology and Architeture at Tata Consultancy Services

Nov 16, 2016

You can run it on the Oracle public cloud.

It provides the ability to run from a simple schema base to a real application database, including the option to run it on the Oracle public cloud. In cases where the customer has an issue with data locality or privacy, the option to seamlessly switch to a Oracle public cloud machine in the…

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Akhilesh-Mishra

Owner at TEQ SOLV

Feb 21, 2023

The SQL connector effectively syncs data to databases

Our company uses the solution for on-premises production and PR. We sync data from the database service to our on-premises SQL server. The SQL connector effectively syncs data to our database. The default 1433 port for communication should be customizable because most hacks or attacks are…

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The initial setup is not too difficult, and on a scale from one to ten with one being the most difficult and ten being the easiest, I'd rate it at eight. The initial deployment can be done in an hour."

"The most valuable features of Oracle Database as a Service are the power, security, and performance."

"What I like about Oracle Database as a Service is that it has excellent stability, and the development is effortless. I also like the enhanced queries in Oracle Database as a Service best."

"It is a good solution and has a large community."

"Improves client satisfaction by decreasing their problems."

"The scalability and high availability are the most valuable features of Oracle DaaS."

"The solution's scalability and flexibility are very good and implementation is easy."

"The most valuable feature of Oracle Database as a Service is that it is managed by the vendor and you do not have to purchase on-premise hardware."

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"The hardware is all managed by Microsoft."

"Its performance is good. It has a lot of features. It has the backup feature, which is not there in Amazon RDS. In Azure SQL, there is an option to replicate and restore a database point to point, whereas we can't do that with Amazon RDS."

"The solution has become easier to use over time and it's also reasonably priced."

"We like the ease of integrating it with our on-premises environment. We use a hybrid model. We have a SQL Server on-premises, and we have an integration with the cloud version. We do CPU or disk intensive processes on-premises. For accessibility, we offload onto the cloud. When you do a lot of IO and things like that in the cloud, Microsoft charges for the CPU activity."

"The backup solution in Azure is great, the firewall settings in SQL are very easy to use and work very well. Additionally, the turning process is very good and has improved the SQL services and queries."

"SQL is a simpler database. We use it more than other databases."

"It is very fast in replicating the data from one database to another. We do some extractions from multiple databases to a target database that we use for visualization. It has a good speed."

"It's the type of product that doesn't need much technical support assistance as it works seamlessly."

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Cons

"The ROI has not been good."

"An 8GB download for software is far too big. Nowadays it should be possible to simply use RPM packages on Linux/Unix."

"The solution is not very stable."

"I would like to improve the stability of the Oracle database."

"I would like to see a better dashboard for the storage. It need to be more complete overall."

"The solution’s pricing could be improved."

"The solution’s price could be reduced."

"The tool needs to improve its pricing and stability."

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"The solution could be less expensive. They need to work on their pricing model."

"There are some limitations for cross-database queries and features. The migration of data from older systems should be easier. For deployment, there are too many options, which sometimes makes it difficult to figure out the best option. There is not enough information to help you to find the best option for deployment. There should be more documentation about this."

"The default 1433 port for communication should be customizable because most hacks or attacks are attempted when creating any application or database on the default port."

"I haven't explored SQL Azure's features much, but I would like to see some better integration with Python."

"I would like to see integration with Snowflake."

"Integration needs to be improved for this solution."

"The solution can be improved by reducing the constraints available."

"The way it has been designed, in the on-premises deployments, the underlying Windows OS is highly scalable but has a very large resource requirement. A lot of power-related and memory-related things are there, which I have not seen in the RHEL and Oracle. I have not tried SQL on RHEL EXEC. On Windows, infrastructure-wise, a very large workload is running on the SQL. This issue is related to Windows, not SQL."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Oracle Database as a Service is always a bit costly, but it's an excellent service. My company used the on-premises version, and that was costly."

"Oracle Database as a Service's pricing is good."

"The solution is quite expensive but worth the money."

"The solution's price is reasonable but depends upon the negotiation."

"The price of Oracle Database as a Service is reasonable."

"The pricing may seem expensive, but the value corresponds to the quality of the product."

"What has been done is that an annual subscription model has been launched, which includes the payment of both the AML (Annual Maintenance Fee) and the subscription fee, paid on a yearly basis."

"There should be a standard way to license the database in a virtual environment (e.g. VMware) and there should be a low-end version (like Standard Edition One) again."

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"We have had some issues with the licensing of the solution."

"It is expensive. Snowflake and PostgreSQL are cheaper than this. Google is also cheaper than Azure. Its licensing is on a pay-as-you-go basis. It is based on usage and storage."

"It is reasonable."

"There is a license required to use the solution and it cost $30 to do the installation."

"I have an annual spend number, and it is in the hundred thousand dollar range. There are no additional costs to the standard licensing fees. Even though you have to look at the cost numbers of what you're going to be charged on a monthly basis, what you have to also remember is that your application may need a lot of rewriting and things like that. You get charged not just for the monthly costs but also for the transactions that occur. If your access to the data layer is not so efficient, your costs will go up because you're pulling far more data than you potentially need. These are hidden costs that nobody ever considers. If your application is not written very efficiently, you may actually increase your costs over on-prem versus cloud."

"It is beneficial in terms of cost because you are charged per data unit instead of licensing."

"In terms of the cost, SQL Azure is a pay-per-use solution, particularly because it's a cloud subscription, so you pay as much as you use it."

"The pricing is flexible and can be adapted based on our requirements but the pricing options are complex especially if we are using a VM."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

21%

Computer Software Company

14%

Government

Manufacturing Company

Educational Organization

62%

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Oracle Database as a Service?

It has significantly enhanced our application development process by introducing substantial time savings and streamlining routine tasks.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Database as a Service?

It is an expensive product. I rate the pricing an eight out of ten.

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What needs improvement with Oracle Database as a Service?

Improvement in Oracle DBaaS could focus on enhancing performance monitoring and reporting tools. A more streamlined utility tool would be beneficial, reducing the need for manual intervention in ad...

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What do you like most about SQL Azure?

The automated scalability feature of SQL Azure has proven to be highly beneficial, particularly when deployed in the cloud.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SQL Azure?

I recommend considering a pay-as-you-go pricing model initially.

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What needs improvement with SQL Azure?

The product's pricing needs improvement.

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Comparisons

Amazon RDS vs Oracle Database as a Service

Compared 37% of the time

Oracle Exadata Cloud at Customer vs Oracle Database as a Service

Compared 19% of the time

Google Cloud SQL vs Oracle Database as a Service

Compared 10% of the time

MongoDB Atlas vs Oracle Database as a Service

Compared 8% of the time

Google Cloud Spanner vs Oracle Database as a Service

Compared 5% of the time

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Google Cloud SQL vs SQL Azure

Compared 35% of the time

Amazon RDS vs SQL Azure

Compared 33% of the time

MongoDB Atlas vs SQL Azure

Compared 20% of the time

Google Cloud Spanner vs SQL Azure

Compared 1% of the time

IBM Db2 on Cloud vs SQL Azure

Compared 1% of the time

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Also Known As

Oracle DBaaS, Oracle Database Cloud

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Overview

Oracle Database Cloud Service combines the power of Oracle Database, with the unique capabilities of the Oracle Cloud. The service provides a secure, automated data management platform that leverages on demand Oracle Cloud Infrastructure services via a simple web based user interface and RESTful API. Oracle Database Cloud Service provides elastic database services for development, test, and production environments of custom and packaged online transaction processing (OLTP), data warehousing, and mixed workload applications. It enables businesses to reap all Oracle Platform as a Service (PaaS) benefits including subscriptionbased, self-service access to reliable, scalable, and elastic cloud environments and accelerates time to value by simplifying the provisioning and administration of Oracle databases.

Microsoft Azure SQL Database is a relational database-as-a-service that delivers predictable performance, scalability, business continuity, data protection, and near-zero administration to cloud developers and solution architects. This is the deep technical library for Azure SQL Database.

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Solution-Soft, DX Marketing, Suredell and Partners, Frontiers, SettleOurEstate.com, Demand Analysis Ltd, endlich IT & Projekt Service OHG

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