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Oracle Big Data Appliance vs Oracle Exadata comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Oracle Big Data Appliance
Ranking in Data Warehouse
19th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Oracle Exadata
Ranking in Data Warehouse
2nd
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
126
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Data Warehouse category, the mindshare of Oracle Big Data Appliance is 1.0%, down from 1.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Exadata is 19.0%, up from 18.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Mohammed Hamad - PeerSpot reviewer
May 20, 2022
Provides clean, centralized data
I use Big Data Appliance to have a single source of truth for my data and to keep all my data in one place Because Big Data Appliance allows me to have a single source of truth, it means I have clean data that can be monetized and leveraged to gain more insights with real-time reports from the…
Guruprasad Gonjare - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 9, 2023
Offers a variety of valuable features
The solution is used in enterprise applications with large databases for database consolidation. It can be used in the banking, finance, insurance, and telecom domain where performance is of prime importance We like the tool’s features like Smart Scan, Hybrid Columnar Compression, and the TFA.…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The best thing about the product is that the end-user can build the reports by themselves without really knowing anything about databases."
"This is a comprehensive solution that is easy to deploy."
"Because Big Data Appliance allows me to have a single source of truth, it means I have clean data that can be monetized and leveraged to gain more insights with real-time reports from the dashboard."
"The product is flexible."
"Complete management occurs from one single address instead of different servers."
"Exadata with the In-Memory option is several levels about SAP HANA."
"The most valuable feature is the time to solution."
"The ease of setup is an eight out of ten."
"They just have a lot of products, and they work well together."
"Backup/Restore performance: Fast backups, fast restores (especially useful for creating clone environments)."
"What I like best about Oracle Exadata is its good performance. It's also a very fast solution."
 

Cons

"It seems like the deployment of repositories has become more difficult in later versions of the product rather than easier."
"The product should be simplified for the average user."
"From a technical perspective, Big Data Appliance could be improved with more innovation in the AI and machine-learning parts instead of relying on Cloudera."
"Exadata would be improved with single dashboard visibility."
"Oracle Exadata could improve the platform performance tuning should be easier, automated, and user-friendly."
"It is difficult to evaluate return-on-investment because of the way billing is handled for the product. This should be improved by oracle."
"There is room for improvement with the handling of the Temp IO, which is often used for JOIN statements."
"In a future release, I would like to see some upgrade analysis advisors to help with a clear roadmap on steps that need to be taken and some of the automated processes."
"It's too expensive per terabyte. It's complex."
"A room for improvement in Oracle Exadata is that it's not very easy to use in a microservices environment. It's not easy to split databases, and if this was easier to do in Oracle Exadata, it would make the solution better. What I'd like to see in the next release of Oracle Exadata is for it to become more modular, so you can use it in a context where the data layer is spread between many independent services."
"The cost of the solution is high and can be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Oracle's prices are too high compared to others in the market."
"The majority of our customers are in government or big enterprises, and the projects that we sell come out to several million USD. With this amount of money on the table, it's always better to have an experienced team of consultants, who know Exadata very well, handle the implementation."
"We pay for an annual license and it is expensive."
"Oracle Exadata is costly. Its licensing should also be more versatile. Smaller companies would benefit if Oracle Exadata had lower pricing."
"I give the pricing of the solution a five out of ten."
"All things considered, the price of this product is fairly high, as is always the case with Oracle."
"The cost of the solution is high."
"Our customers are always looking to reduce the license's cost."
"The licensing can be a bit expensive because you need to have certain tools enabled that require them."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
27%
University
12%
Government
12%
Computer Software Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
29%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Government
5%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

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What do you like most about Oracle Exadata?
It is the best solution for OLTP and data warehousing.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Exadata?
The pricing of Exadata is high. It is more expensive than usual, making it suitable only for big enterprises or businesses that can afford it.
What needs improvement with Oracle Exadata?
I would like to add some features to run applications or microservices-based applications on Exadata.
 

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