Oracle Database Appliance Reviews

Name: Oracle Database Appliance
Brand: Oracle
Rating: 4.0 (43 reviews)

4.0 out of 5

43 reviews
85% willing to recommend

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What is Oracle Database Appliance?

Oracle Database Appliance is the easiest and most affordable way for small or medium-size organizations to run Oracle databases and applications and is an ideal platform for remote and edge computing environments. Customers reduce Oracle Database deployment times and management workloads using a prebuilt integrated system with management automation. As demonstrated in IDC’s business value study (PDF), Oracle Database Appliance lets customers grow revenue and control costs, delivering up to a 498% return on investment (ROI) over five years.

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Oracle Database Appliance is the #8 ranked solution in top Data Warehouse solutions. PeerSpot users give Oracle Database Appliance an average rating of 8.0 out of 10. Based on the analysis of the 43 most recent Oracle Database Appliance reviews, the overall sentiment is positive, with a sentiment score of 6.1. (Among the lowest in the category). Oracle Database Appliance is most commonly compared to Snowflake: Oracle Database Appliance vs Snowflake. Oracle Database Appliance is popular among the large enterprise segment, accounting for 72% of users researching this solution on PeerSpot. The top industry researching this solution are professionals from a financial services firm, accounting for 29% of all views.

Buyer's Guide

Oracle Database Appliance

November 2024

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Featured reviews

AdnanNaseem

Senior Database Administrator at Techlogix

Oracle often releases updated versions of Database Appliance with improvements. However, I think Oracle should focus on further automating database management and IT-related tasks, such as backups. They've made progress with daily database stat automation, which is a good feature. Moreover, every product benefits from new functionality over time. I would like to see a centralized terminal where we can easily manage the database and its components with drag-and-drop functionality instead of relying solely on commands. So, I would like to see a centralized dashboard. Other areas of improvement include customer service and support, and scalability.

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Charu Mazumdar

Technical Architect at DXC Technology

Oracle Database Appliance has simplified our database management tasks. Our clients are using the solution for high availability and disaster recovery. Our overall experience with the solution was good, especially the DR. Oracle Database Appliance's integrated storage solutions have enhanced our data management. Oracle Database Appliance's integration with other solutions was straightforward. We faced compatibility issues while moving from another device to this one, and the integration was not seamless. I would recommend the solution to other users. Overall, I rate the solution an 8 out of 10.

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Ahmed-Yehia

Tech lead at Linux Plus Information Systems

All improvements for ODA are already applied or enhanced in Exadata. ODA is mainly for small businesses or limited businesses and is used predominantly for database warehouses and not for OLTP databases. You can only scale storage, not developer nodes. It's priced a little higher, which could be optimized for small or medium businesses.

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Oracle Database Appliance mindshare

As of December 2024, the mindshare of Oracle Database Appliance in the Data Warehouse category stands at 5.3%, down from 6.6% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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PeerAnalyst reports

Type	Title	Date
Category	Data Warehouse	Dec 18, 2024	Download
Product	Reviews, tips, and advice from real users	Dec 18, 2024	Download
Comparison	Oracle Database Appliance vs Snowflake	Dec 18, 2024	Download
Comparison	Oracle Database Appliance vs Oracle Exadata	Dec 18, 2024	Download
Comparison	Oracle Database Appliance vs Teradata	Dec 18, 2024	Download

Title	Rating	Mindshare	Recommending
Snowflake	4.2	17.1%	97%	98 interviews Add to research
Teradata	4.1	17.1%	87%	76 interviews Add to research

Valuable Features

"Oracle offers ETL with PL/SQL as a programming language for SQL programming, which is majorly used in data engineering."
"The most valuable features are related to engineering systems, where Oracle acts as a hyperconverged infrastructure."
"The solution's function we use to benefit the customers is database verification."

Room for Improvement

"It isn't as popular as AWS, GCP, or Azure as it lacks scalability and cloud-native services like containerization."
"You can only scale storage, not developer nodes."
"The solution’s flexibility could be improved."

ROI

Oracle Database Appliance offers positive ROI by saving time and improving efficiency. Users report that the initial setup is straightforward, with installation achievable within hours using scripts. Despite initial costs being higher, the long-term investment is justified due to superior support and machine quality, outperforming competitors like Nutanix. Deployment options include cloud and on-premises models. For some, installation can be complex, but overall satisfaction and continued use highlight its value.

Pricing

Enterprise users frequently perceive Oracle Database Appliance pricing as high, with costs often rated between seven and eight on a scale of one to ten. However, many find the investment acceptable due to its high-quality hardware, integrated solutions, faster implementation, and reduced operational costs compared to traditional setups. Some advise leveraging Oracle's Pay-As-You-Grow licensing and capacity-on-demand features, while others suggest negotiating discounted deals and carefully managing CPU core licenses.

"The solution's pricing is very high."
"I would rate the pricing a four on a scale of one (high price) to ten (low cost)."
"On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing seven and a half or eight out of ten."