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Google Cloud vs Oracle Database as a Service comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Google Cloud
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
73
Ranking in other categories
Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) (5th), PaaS Clouds (5th)
Oracle Database as a Service
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
67
Ranking in other categories
Database as a Service (DBaaS) (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Google Cloud and Oracle Database as a Service aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Google Cloud is designed for Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) and holds a mindshare of 8.5%, up 5.7% compared to last year.
Oracle Database as a Service, on the other hand, focuses on Database as a Service (DBaaS), holds 9.1% mindshare, up 8.1% since last year.
Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)
Database as a Service (DBaaS)
 

Featured Reviews

Monirul Islam Khan - PeerSpot reviewer
Great for big data with off-the-charts scalability for storage and databases
The solution should be more configurable for high-volume databases. The managed service does not allow flexible database configurations that are needed for better filter performance. We have a TPS first-grade, high-volume database using an ERC system. We are moving to Clarity for managed services and need more configurations to support it. The solution could improve its management services for MongoDB. The website's memory only allows one TB.
Duy AnhMai - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers security and good performance
Price-wise, the tool is expensive, and I feel it is an area where improvements are needed. Oracle Database as a Service is not as popular as other tools because we use AWS and GCP. Oracle is okay in terms of performance for banking businesses and some big companies. As I use the tool in Heineken, I know Oracle is an okay security solution. We use and deploy some applications and features from Oracle that are better than what others offer. The data in the tool is actually stored in the production part, so it is always kept a secret. I don't think that AI has been integrated into the tool. The AI used by Oracle is not as strong as that used by AWS. I recommend the tool to others, especially banking, finance, and insurance companies where the security needs to be better. There is maintenance for the tool required, but I don't know which company does it for our organization. I rate the tool a ten out of ten.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable feature of Google Cloud is its flexibility."
"It eliminates capital expenditures and subsequent MNO that we would use to spend on on-prem architectures. That money is funneled towards security and connectivity provisioning."
"The stability of Google Cloud is currently good."
"Google Cloud's most valuable features are its performance and ease of access."
"The most valuable feature of Google Cloud is its security."
"We can increase the storage as we need."
"The solution can scale."
"I like the simple features that allow me to share documents with others."
"The most valuable feature is the integration into other Oracle applications."
"As a database administrator, it has a lot of features to help you manage the database and the backup."
"The most valuable features of Oracle Database as a Service are configuration and troubleshooting."
"One of the key features is Oracle Database as a Service. We chose to implement it as a service, which provides good performance, for example. Flexibility and other features let us implement database research with the SQL team range of features also."
"The most valuable feature of Oracle Database as a Service is the stopwatch."
"The encryption level, resilience, and secure features from both clients, particularly the resilience aspect of Oracle Database, are highly valuable."
"The solution is very stable. It's very powerful."
"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."
 

Cons

"There are some areas where Google Cloud could be improved. Specifically, they are not well-aligned with right-to-left languages like Hebrew and Arabic. We encounter numerous issues when we use documents that mix right-to-left languages with left-to-right languages, such as Hebrew and English. This lack of alignment creates significant problems. Considering more than 400 million Arabic speakers, this is a central area where improvements would be beneficial."
"Google Cloud could improve by having better integration with other platforms."
"Current technologies keep on changing, so definitely those new changes need to be incorporated quickly. The competition is always out there to be one step ahead. How those open-source platforms can be easily integrated into the cloud, is going to be the key in the future."
"I would like to see more code generation features that enable you to take user input in simple English and automatically convert it to code."
"I would like to see an increase in storage with Google Cloud."
"It is complex to set up."
"Another issue is the applicability of local language data capturing mechanisms, which are more advanced on cloud service providers, but still there is room to grow. Also, their hybrid version isn't available in all markets worldwide, so I'm hoping that it will be released globally soon"
"Uploading documents could be simplified."
"The price of the solution is an area of concern. From an improvement perspective, the price of the solution should be lowered."
"There is room for improvement in PL/SQL. It is not user-friendly and it is hard to understand."
"We'd like to see better support for non-structured data and in-memory load."
"The tool's AI part has shortcomings, making it an area where improvements are required."
"Oracle Database as a Service's initial setup was very complex."
"The price of Oracle Database as a Service could be better."
"When migrating to a different instance, the internal machine learning is lost."
"The product is very expensive."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Pricing is high compared to other solutions."
"If one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the tool's price as an eight."
"The service is cheap and I give it a seven out of ten for the cost."
"Google cloud is less expensive than other comparable solutions."
"I don't pay for the license. For me, it's completely free."
"The licensing for Google Cloud seems to be quite cheap and they're actually quite reasonable in comparison to Azure, which, as it turns out, is quite expensive. Even though Azure has a data center in South Africa it's still quite costly. There's no scaling, so if you go with the VM, you pay 2500 Rand. When you add another VM, it's another 2500 Rand even though you don't use the whole thing. With Google, you can go up as incrementally as you need to, even if it's just 30 Rand."
"The price of the solution could be better."
"Google Cloud could be cheaper."
"Customers need to pay extra costs for the solution based on their scope and business."
"The licensing is a nightmare. Tons of options which need to be licensed individually, and no real offering for VMware or other Hypervisors."
"Oracle Database as a Service has a yearly licensing fee, which is expensive."
"In my opinion, it's not cheap, but every business can decide for itself."
"The pricing is a little bit expensive."
"Oracle Database as a Service's pricing is good."
"I do not know firsthand about the price of Oracle Database as a Service, but it is known that Oracle solutions tend to be priced higher than competitors."
"It is a very expensive tool."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
52%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Computer Software Company
5%
Financial Services Firm
23%
Computer Software Company
14%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Retailer
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Google Cloud?
Google Cloud is perceived as a cost-effective and user-friendly option, especially compared to AWS. The current affordability and ease of use make it suitable for medium-sized companies. While the ...
What needs improvement with Google Cloud?
The performance after long-term use shows the storage is too full, and I cannot add more storage without paying for it. I want to migrate to another solution if I need to pay for additional storage...
What is your primary use case for Google Cloud?
For personal storage, Google Workspace, Google portal, Google video, Google file, and Google Cloud Shell for programming language.
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.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Database as a Service?
The pricing of the tool depends on the organization. If your organization is not making that much money, then I don't think you should use the enterprise or any other expensive versions of the solu...
What needs improvement with Oracle Database as a Service?
The solution’s initial setup is very complex.
 

Also Known As

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Oracle DBaaS, Oracle Database Cloud
 

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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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