Oracle GoldenGate Cloud Service Reviews

We are using Oracle GoldenGate Cloud Service for real-time data integration, as our audience is real-time.

Oracle GoldenGate Cloud Service is used for ODS operating data store in SSD. For the ODS, we are getting the data from the source system, the real data from the source system, and we source it in the ODS. We have almost all the source system data sourced into ODS, which is used for the online application. We use this application to show things such as subscriptions and activities through the MySTC application, using the ODS for the data feed.

The stability of Oracle GoldenGate Cloud Service is one of its most useful features, although its performance is not too steady. It excels with bidirectional data synchronization. It supports diverse databases and platforms.

We link the ODS with numerous source systems, including Oracle, Tarek Data, and Microsoft, with no integration issues.

The solution caters to enterprise needs, fitting any organizational requirement, apart from data security issues common to cloud solutions. The cloud data security challenge is notable, necessitating solutions such as private cloud offerings to allay security concerns.

With Oracle GoldenGate Cloud Service, we have usual cloud solution issues such as privacy and data security. These issues especially concern clients needing a private cloud solution to meet regulations, as challenges are faced with data security regulations. Designing a platform for a private cloud could mitigate these challenges.

I started in two thousand twelve, so it has been twelve years now that I have been working with this tool.

We have significant capability in the Middle East with people who know Oracle, easing the initial setup of Oracle GoldenGate Cloud Service.

We do not have any issues with Oracle for now; we are doing excellently with them regarding technical support.

Positive

If they did not see any return on investment or value for money with Oracle GoldenGate Cloud Service, they would change it. The continued use suggests good ROI.

I do not have an idea about the solution's cost, but given the ongoing use, it appears to be good for them.

The solution is good for enterprise needs, fitting organizational requirements. However, the common cloud issue of data security means some organizations need a private cloud or similar solutions to ease concerns about data security. On a scale of one to ten, this solution rates as a nine.

Today, for my customer, I am not deploying objects or use cases with AI. For example, I just followed a course on AI foundation on OCI. I know a little about some potential things that OCI's AI can help me do, however, I am not very experienced with it. Currently, I am not using AI in my use case, so I do not know how to answer this.

The infrastructures or extra data with its computational power, CPU, and storage help my customers by giving them the possibility to deploy their use cases and manage a lot of flowing data. It provides a good response for external microservices applications. 

Oracle Database generally guarantees a good response for customer use cases. In this way, I think that Oracle GoldenGate and Oracle Cloud OCI are helpful overall.

I am not very happy with Oracle Support. Over the past four to five years, I have experienced many problems when opening support requests. A lot of the time, the support asks the same questions repeatedly, which takes time. 

Usually, I solve my issue myself before they give me solutions. It seems like they do not really understand my problem, even if I translate what I want to say from Italian with tools like Google Translate. 

Sometimes it is very difficult to communicate with them. We have some Oracle support staff in Italy whom I can reach directly, which helps, but there seems to be a problem with the support requests. 

It is also an issue when different Oracle representatives handle my request at different times and ask me to explain the problem again despite it being written in the support request. This makes it very frustrating. Additionally, issues arise with product understanding. 

For example, in dedicated infrastructure, the Oracle staff handling the support request may not be familiar with the product or suggest solutions suitable for other infrastructures but not mine. Oracle Support should know the solutions that fit my infrastructure since they manage it, not me.

Neutral

There were no initial setup issues because the initial component is not very difficult. Since we are discussing a plus service, it is simple. However, if I have no prior knowledge, I must search through numerous documents to understand how it works. Once I do, deploying and creating a deployment is straightforward, involving an installation like a Service with extras to manage data flow.

Today, pricing is not an aspect I usually manage, however, I have a feeling from my customers that they are not very happy. In the past, we considered other cloud providers like AWS. The point is that the extra data structures of Oracle, which my customer Generali has been using for about 30 years, make it difficult to transfer all data workflows to another cloud provider. Even if the price is not the best in the market, the experience with Oracle's extra data is good.

Oracle Cloud Services currently has some problems. With Oracle OCI GoldenGate, for instance, there are aspects that do not work well. I sometimes encounter problems with data alignment due to certain data types. Oracle GoldenGate is the official tool generally preferred because Oracle assures its efficiency. 

While evaluating tools like Sharplex, I found that Oracle GoldenGate integrates well with on-premise databases. However, if I cannot move data quickly due to changes, GoldenGate can cause issues. Sharplex might stop working if changes in the source database are too frequent for it to handle. Oracle GoldenGate is the preferred tool as it integrates with on-premise databases. 

OCI GoldenGate is simple to use when necessary and easy to deploy. It is a good tool but not ready for every situation. My experience is that while Oracle products like Exadata are reliable, the Oracle Cloud documentation needs improvement to help users understand how everything works. Those familiar with Oracle generally can operate Oracle Cloud effectively. The support could be better, especially when certain DBA functions are limited. 

The overall product rating is seven out of ten.

Our primary use case for Oracle GoldenGate Cloud Service is to replicate data to a backup site. Previously, we had an on-premises server, and we had to take the backups ourselves. Now, with GoldenGate on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, it becomes very easy for us to replicate the data, and Oracle takes care of everything.

Oracle GoldenGate Cloud Service is valued for its ability to replicate data in real-time, offering significant benefits from a data perspective. Oracle is ahead of its competition in terms of data connectivity and data replication. From our perspective, the tool is very useful for data replication, making it easier to bring up the backup site quickly, which is crucial for critical applications.

One area that could be improved is the configuration flexibility. There are a lot of restrictions on how it can be configured because it is being deployed in the cloud. More flexibility for developers implementing GoldenGate would be helpful, allowing us to configure it the way it was done before.

I have been using Oracle GoldenGate Cloud Service for about four months.

So far, it has been pretty stable. I would rate its stability at about eight. We haven't faced any outages or abrupt issues with the product.

We are currently in the growth phase, so we haven't seen the full potential of GoldenGate's scalability. However, it seems like it should be rated somewhere between seven and eight.

The team at Oracle was extremely helpful. They provided a lot of assistance, which is why I would rate customer service around eight.

Positive

The initial setup was around a five in difficulty due to the challenging configuration process. Oracle restricts a lot of access in GoldenGate, which made it difficult.

Pricing is rather expensive. Oracle typically prices on the higher side, and there is scope for them to reconsider the price, especially since it is a cloud service.

Overall, I rate Oracle GoldenGate Cloud Service at seven. While there is room for growth, GoldenGate can lower its prices to make it more competitive.

My company's clients use the solution as a regular backup from the production to the UAT instance. Suppose a product user wants to do certain calculations somewhere else, then they can do it with Oracle GoldenGate Cloud Service instead of doing it directly in the production environment. People usually use Oracle GoldenGate Cloud Service for multiple analyses of data and other related technologies.

Oracle GoldenGate Cloud Service is easy to use, and currently, it has become more easy to understand compared to its previous version. Opting for an on-premises tool is something for which we have to spend money, but Oracle GoldenGate Cloud Service offers services in a very cost-effective manner.

Features like getting the backup of a system or making any updates are areas that are much easier to handle. It is a tool that you can directly move from production to UAT, after which you can make your changes and move it back to production if everything is fine, and that too without any downtime.

Oracle GoldenGate Cloud Service lacks AI. If AI gets introduced in Oracle GoldenGate Cloud Service, it would be much easier to do analysis.

Stability is an area in Oracle GoldenGate Cloud Service with certain shortcomings, where improvements are required.

I have been using Oracle GoldenGate Cloud Service for two years. I operate as an implementer of Oracle products. I use the solution's latest version.

Stability-wise, I rate the solution a seven to eight out of ten.

Sometimes, Oracle GoldenGate Cloud Service becomes slow, especially when there is too much load, or there are too many users logged in on the tool.

Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.

My company's clients who use Oracle GoldenGate Cloud Service are usually enterprise-sized businesses.

The technical support provided by Oracle is fine. With Oracle's support team, I have noticed that, at times, the support engineer assigned to my company is occupied with something else, because of which it takes time to diagnose the issue at our end.

I rate the technical support an eight to nine out of ten.

Positive

I have experience with Oracle Fusion, which is basically Oracle ERP Cloud.

I rate the setup phase of Oracle GoldenGate Cloud Service an eight on a scale of one to ten, where one is a difficult setup process, and ten is an easy setup phase.

Depending on the configuration requirements, a user can change the setup phase.

The setup phase of Oracle GoldenGate Cloud Service was straightforward.

The solution's deployment process took around a week.

The solution is deployed on an on-premises model.

I rate the product price a six on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive. It is neither too costly nor too cheap, and if you need a quality product, you need to pay for it.

I recommend the product to those who plan to use it.

The product could be made better by adding features related to AI and by adding more stuff to make the analytics part better.

I rate the overall product a seven and a half out of ten.

We use it for replication from operational to informational services. In our DR plan, it’s not a matter of variability or improving RPO.

We are heavily involved with GitHub for managing repositories, automatic deployments, and inner source projects.

Support could be improved. They lack knowledge.

I have been using Oracle GoldenGate Cloud Service for two years. We have been using Oracle for over ten years.

We have been using Terraform and various methods to scale Oracle services efficiently, making it easier to scale in and out as needed. 

I rate the solution’s scalability an eight out of ten.

The initial setup is straightforward. We have former people who found it easy to deploy.

We use automated deployment tools based on Ansible and Terraform to interact with the OCI API. Once everything is ready, the deployment process can be completed within a few hours. 

Two engineers were directly involved in the deployment. It provides better deployment methods.

Our specific agreement offers us more favorable pricing compared to new customers. We wanted to integrate with Kafka and other services, but our specific agreement did not include a license.

I rate the product’s pricing as five out of ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive.

We move operational data to informational repositories to capture real-time data produced operationally. On the informational side, we manipulate, manage, and pass on the data to reporting services, APIs, and other endpoints.

We also have strong integration with all our operational services. Currently, we primarily use relational database integrations, which simplifies our processes.

We have a specific agreement with Oracle, which offers significant benefits compared to other providers. We are exploring ways to facilitate and accelerate deployment through infrastructure as code, which should enhance scalability. While Oracle might not be the strongest in this area compared to others, overall, our experience with Oracle GoldenGate has been positive. The pricing benefits and the business cases we are developing make our position favorable compared to alternatives.

Patch and update management has been a significant challenge for us over the past few years. Additionally, Oracle GoldenGate's monitoring and troubleshooting capabilities need improvement. The service operates on Kubernetes or Docker containers, and we lack visibility into what's happening within the system.

Overall, I rate the solution as seven out of ten.

I use GoldenGate to provide services to multiple customers via the private cloud.

GoldenGate's best features are the desktop security features.

I've been using GoldenGate for six months.

GoldenGate is relatively stable.

GoldenGate's scalability is very good.

My experience with Oracle's technical support has been good because we're partners.

The initial setup was a little complex, and we required support from Oracle to complete it.

Our license for GoldenGate is on a monthly basis.

GoldenGate is a good solution to implement in terms of scalability and flexibility. I would rate it as eight out of ten.

I use it to migrate on-premise Oracle databases to the cloud. This cloud service enables us to seamlessly and confidently migrate a database in real-time with all the consistency required.

This has significantly eased the process of migration from on-premise to cloud. Instead of configuring everything from the ground up, the Oracle GoldenGate Cloud Service has made it seamless to build and render databases in cloud.

The best feature is a log-based, non-intrusive change data capture from on-premise databases, which is the hallmark of Oracle GoldenGate, and it is time-tested. This is now available as a cloud service, which is great.

More technical documentation is needed, especially in terms of mapping and conversion of data, while integration would also be very helpful.

Previously, we used GoldenGate, but not as a cloud service. 

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We use GoldenGate to integrate all the hospitals within one system. When a patient enters one hospital, we can see all the billing reports regardless of which hospitals they used in this integrated environment.

GoldenGate can aggregate various data types from different sources.

Oracle is always adding new features. I can't think of anything that's urgent currently. 

I have used GoldenGate for two years. 

GoldenGate is stable. 

GoldenGate is highly scalable. 

Oracle support is okay. 

Setting up GoldenGate was straightforward for me. 

We've seen a high ROI from implementing GoldenGate

GoldenGate pricing is reasonable. 

I rate GoldenGate Cloud Service 10 out of 10. GoldenGate is a powerful tool for integrating environments with many types of data and sources.