Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Reviews

Name: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
Brand: Oracle
Rating: 3.9 (94 reviews)

Vendor: Oracle

3.9 out of 5

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What is Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)?

Cloud services where you need them

Your need for sovereignty, compliance, and location-specific performance should not limit your access to the latest cloud innovations. OCI gives you access to a full portfolio of cloud services wherever you need them. With a wide range of cloud options, including on-premises, dedicated Cloud@Customer, hybrid, multicloud solutions such as Oracle Database Service for Microsoft Azure, or public cloud, OCI’s distributed cloud portfolio—available across regions worldwide—solves your toughest business challenges.

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Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is the #3 ranked solution in top Infrastructure as a Service Clouds, #4 ranked solution in PaaS Services, and #5 ranked solution in top Container Registry solutions. PeerSpot users give Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) an average rating of 7.8 out of 10. Based on the analysis of the 94 most recent Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) reviews, the overall sentiment is positive, with a sentiment score of 6.9. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is most commonly compared to Microsoft Azure: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) vs Microsoft Azure. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is popular among the large enterprise segment, accounting for 64% of users researching this solution on PeerSpot. The top industry researching this solution are professionals from a computer software company, accounting for 14% of all views.

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Praveen Kumar P

Application Development Manager at Accenture

Earlier, when we created an SR (Service Request), it used to be personally addressed by a person till closure. Nowadays, users are routed to Oracle Cloud Connect, a MetaLink where you find your documents. We are not seeing much personal attention from Oracle on addressing issues. People come up with different experiences and knowledge levels. There is no human guidance, and users are routed to Oracle Cloud Connect. It is good for some people who know everything and can understand everything. However, our problem may not be exactly the same as the one given in Oracle Cloud Connect. Being routed to Oracle Cloud Connect is not a good experience with the customer. Earlier, an SR used to be personally handled by a person who used to explain and give all the information. We used to go through the information, understand it, have our questions addressed, and then close it. That's how it used to happen. Nowadays, every SR is referred to Oracle Cloud Connect without a person actually handling the customer.

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Janitha Vidusanka

Senior Dev-Ops Engineer at EFutures Private Limited

Database migration takes the same amount of time as with other clouds. But when we deploy something, it's different. In AWS, you can do everything within the console. They provide solutions and documentation. Oracle also has good documentation. But if we deploy an instance, it's not as easy to use as AWS. We have to go to the homepage, and it shows a lot of things. It is not easy. In AWS, we can easily go and deploy an instance. That's one example. In OCI, if I need something like a network card or VPC, it's more difficult than in AWS and Azure. I think they are maintaining different containers in a different way. If they are in different regions, I think I have to pick the Oracle region carefully. So that might be the cause of the difficulty.

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Jan Kucera

Head of RPA at RobosizeME

I played around with the Oracle Integration Cloud Platform and didn't really find my way to it. Other developers' experience with it was also clumsy. I haven't found a way to make dynamic connectors where we could have different payloads. We needed to create copies of already existing workflows if we wanted to use them for another client or use case. There was no way to have some sort of dynamic input parameter that would help us. I would probably recommend Azure to other users because it's more intuitive. I think Oracle Cloud Platform is a better option for somebody who's been working with Oracle in the past. There are things in Oracle Cloud Platform that are better than in Azure. For example, the speed of deployment seems to work better in the Oracle Cloud Platform. In Azure, our experience is that everything takes a while before the changes take place. Simple things like IP whitelisting and adding permissions take a while in Azure, whereas it's more instant in Oracle. For a new user, Oracle Cloud Platform is not as intuitive as Azure. Overall, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.

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PeerAnalyst reports

Type	Title	Date
Category	Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)	Dec 18, 2024	Download
Product	Reviews, tips, and advice from real users	Dec 18, 2024	Download
Comparison	Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) vs Microsoft Azure	Dec 18, 2024	Download
Comparison	Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) vs Amazon AWS	Dec 18, 2024	Download
Comparison	Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) vs Google Firebase	Dec 18, 2024	Download

Title	Rating	Mindshare	Recommending
Microsoft Azure	4.2	20.4%	96%	312 interviews Add to research
Amazon AWS	4.2	19.5%	93%	254 interviews Add to research

Valuable Features

Valuable features of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) include robust database management, flexibility, seamless integration with Oracle applications, high performance, and scalability. Users appreciate cost-effectiveness, ease of use, and comprehensive cloud services. The autonomous database, user-friendly interface, data security, high availability, and customizable infrastructure also enhance OCI's value. Its adaptability with various software, strong computing capabilities, data recovery options, and competitive pricing are frequently highlighted as advantages.

"The key feature of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is its seamless integration with Oracle applications."
"The most valuable feature of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is Data Safe, which allows for the masking and encryption of personal identifiable information, ensuring data security."
"The support is very good. They are giving good support."

Room for Improvement

"They could improve their global presence and marketing strategy to compete effectively with the likes of AWS."
"Though Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) has robust features, improvements could be made to its authentication and identity access management, specifically in making them more seamless without using fingerprints for authentication."
"It could be improved on the user-friendly side."

ROI

Many users experienced increased ROI with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Some saw optimized operational costs within three quarters, and others enjoyed its reusability. While certain organizations have yet to see a ROI, they anticipate future gains. The initial expense may delay ROI recognition for one to two years, yet its cost-effectiveness is evidenced through affordable Kubernetes cluster pricing. Clients notice reduced costs, and some observed returns on investments due to practical budget control tools.

Pricing

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure offers competitive pricing, often up to 50% less than major cloud providers. Users appreciate its cost-effectiveness compared to AWS and Azure, though some find Oracle's pricing complex or above preferred levels. Pricing flexibility includes options like pay-as-you-go, bring your own license, and subscription models, allowing enterprises to optimize costs based on usage and existing licenses. While prices are reasonable for larger businesses, smaller organizations may find it expensive.

"It's very expensive compared to AWS."
"Oracle Cloud is cheaper than other products."
"I compared Oracle Cloud Platform with other competitor providers like Azure, and I don't think Oracle is too expensive."

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Optimize enterprise applications without costly rearchitecture

When modernizing your enterprise apps, abandoning core technology isn’t feasible or necessary for success. OCI is built to address the unique requirements of performance-sensitive on-premises applications and other traditional enterprise apps—scale-up architectures, ultralow-latency networks, built-in security, and clustering of resources for availability in the cloud without risky and costly application refactoring. Additionally, OCI's specialized migration tools and programs facilitate easy transitioning.

Build and run cloud native or third-party apps with open source tools

Modern enterprises deserve the flexibility and freedom to choose from the various frameworks, clouds, and services available. Be it Postgres, SQL Server, Windows Server, VMware, or Kubernetes, OCI services are designed to easily run third-party, open source applications or to build cloud native applications. Our broad open source partner ecosystem enables you to bring apps to market faster, easily innovate, and scale.

Harness your data to uncover new business value

Data drives your business. Whether you’re building next-gen social applications or online games or seeking better outcomes from decades of healthcare data, making data work is getting harder. OCI services such as Oracle MySQL Heatwave and Oracle Autonomous Database service support all your data models, remove data silos, converge data for efficiency, and analyze data—helping you unlock business potential without sacrificing security and governance controls.

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) was previously known as Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Registry, Oracle OCIR, OCIR, Oracle Cloud, Oracle Cloud Platform.