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Amazon AWS vs Oracle Java Cloud Service comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 15, 2024

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

Categories and Ranking

Amazon AWS
Ranking in PaaS Clouds
2nd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
258
Ranking in other categories
Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) (2nd)
Oracle Java Cloud Service
Ranking in PaaS Clouds
17th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
16
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the PaaS Clouds category, the mindshare of Amazon AWS is 13.5%, up from 12.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Java Cloud Service is 1.1%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
PaaS Clouds Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Amazon AWS13.5%
Oracle Java Cloud Service1.1%
Other85.4%
PaaS Clouds
 

Featured Reviews

Asif  Meem - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Machine Learning Engineer at sportsbet
Managed cloud services have helped accelerate experiments with flexible configuration options
Sometimes the costs associated with spinning up a service, especially managed services, have implications. For example, if I create a Glue job, that will create S3 buckets and other resources that have cost implications, but once I clean up a Glue job, it does not delete the other accessory resources. Sometimes, I have to go hunting for what resources Amazon AWS might have provisioned and how it is costing behind the scenes. It can be complex depending on your level of expertise. It is not as easy to get started, especially when it comes to secure practices. Amazon AWS is more hands-on than other platforms.
Adam Elguennioui - PeerSpot reviewer
SAP Consultant at SA&BC
Offers flexibility and better accessibility to users
The security part of the tool is not so strong, making it an area I would like to see improved in the solution. When working with a cloud tool, it's never 100 percent secure and it is always something to take into account. I would like to be more comfortable working with it and feeling safer. In the future, the tool can be made faster. In the future, I would like to see maybe some AI features in the tool to help automate stuff. You need to be able to create your own models to help create some automated actions.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The scalability of Amazon AWS is excellent. I would rate it as a 10 out of 10 because they have massive power."
"Amazon AWS contains a lot of helpful services."
"Due to Pythian's expertise and experience, the initial setup was a breeze."
"750 hours of Amazon EC2 Linux t2.micro instance usage (1 GiB of memory and 32-bit and 64-bit platform support) -- It's enough hours to run continuously each month."
"Cost-effective and tolerant."
"This solution offers a very detailed dashboard that has some metrics, such as performance and budget."
"The flexibility of the solution is excellent."
"As the solution is cloud-based, we always use the latest version, and we use the solution for our web platform business needs."
"Demoing is always an expensive process, from procurement of hardware to installation of software, now it is easier, cheaper, and more elastic."
"The most valuable feature of the product is being able to test on multiple platforms for Oracle, for VMware, and so on."
"Backing up and recovery for my domain is very easy and fast. In addition, applying patches and undoing applied patches is effective and easy to do."
"Reduces man-hours and speeds up business operations."
"The product is very good, fine-tuned, and stable, and support is available 24/7 and is really fast and effective."
"Operational overhead and expenses have been reduced due to easy provisioning and decommissioning of dev/test environments."
"The Oracle Java Cloud Service has enabled our developers to focus on what they do best: developing modern Java applications."
"The solution's technical support is good."
 

Cons

"AWS could use better integration with other products and clouds."
"There should be seminars and online training sessions available from AWS because a lot of people who are not using it would benefit from having the basic knowledge or basic hands-on experience."
"We were looking for some firewall tools, and we saw that AWS doesn't have any specialized firewall tools in its services portfolio."
"Some of the security features require extra configuration to achieve that."
"Integration with in-house applications could be simplified."
"It could be made cheaper. I know we spend a lot of money each month on AWS."
"AWS for API, or Seller Central, is no improvement from what we had (our internal tools we designed to update accounts, change customer network profiles, monitoring, MRTG graphs, etc), when AWS should be blazing."
"Going through the chats has left me a little disappointed. It's taking far too long, and I have to come back with questions."
"It needs to have the ability to create a service with the same name as another one when the initial creation failed as sometimes it's necessary to have a service with exact name."
"I would like to see more monitors for standard edition"
"It has been built on Java technology but requires more integration with other APIs and CI tools."
"Needs better integration with other Oracle/non-Oracle products."
"I think there should be improvement with the speed and it should offer a more diverse selection of the suites that I can use."
"The product is satisfactory but we need more training on managing the machine itself. For example, how do we add more storage, how do we extend a specific portion? I would like to see videos illustrating some of the technical tasks that we often need to do."
"Integration with Oracle products is well-supported. The same should be provided for other products that are used in most organizations, like PeopleSoft, CA, etc."
"So far, the only issue I have is with the storage cloud."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"With Amazon AWS, you pay as you go."
"The pricing of Amazon AWS is high compared to any other cloud provider."
"When I first started using the solution I used a free trial, and then we upgraded to a pay-as-you-go subscription. We have an allocated budget of $50."
"If you can plan capacity for one or three years, you can use the upfront payment option which allows you to save up to 50%."
"It's my understanding that our company is charged a few hundred dollars on a monthly basis."
"Amazon AWS has pay-as-you-go options available."
"For the initial 12 months, the solution is reasonably priced. On enterprise license contracts where you negotiate, have been reasonable too."
"Amazon AWS is on the cheaper side, as their pricing is more competitive. There are no additional costs besides the license. However, Azure sells Microsoft licenses, so they have an advantage."
"Oracle is a little more expensive right now, but not much compared to SAP. Oracle's prices are very much dependent on the scale of the project and how many users are there."
"Oracle Java Cloud Service is an expensive product."
"It is somewhat expensive."
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Comparison Review

it_user8586 - PeerSpot reviewer
Engineer at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees
Aug 14, 2013
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
9%
University
6%
Educational Organization
6%
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Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business131
Midsize Enterprise48
Large Enterprise114
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise10
 

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What needs improvement with Oracle Java Cloud Service?
The security part of the tool is not so strong, making it an area I would like to see improved in the solution. When working with a cloud tool, it's never 100 percent secure and it is always someth...
What is your primary use case for Oracle Java Cloud Service?
I use the solution in my company to store and analyze data to increase performance and reduce costs. I am not the cloud specialist on my team, but I know just the basics.
 

Also Known As

Amazon Web Services, AWS
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Sample Customers

Pinterest, General Electric, Pfizer, Netflix, and Nasdaq.
Avaya, ADNOC Distribution, DocuSign, Zamil Industrial Investment Company
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