Oracle Database Appliance vs VMware Tanzu Data Solutions comparison

Oracle and VMware are both solutions in the Data Warehouse category. Oracle is ranked #6 with an average rating of 7.8, while VMware is ranked #8 with an average rating of 8.1. Oracle holds a 5.4% mindshare in Data Warehouse, compared to VMware’s 4.8% mindshare. Additionally, 85% of Oracle users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 89% of VMware users who would recommend it.

Oracle Database Appliance

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89% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 18, 2024

VMware Tanzu Data Solutions and Oracle Database Appliance compete in the data management and processing segment. VMware Tanzu appears to have an advantage in flexibility of deployment and cost-efficiency, while Oracle Database Appliance provides superior integration with Oracle applications.

Features: VMware Tanzu Data Solutions is known for Massively Parallel Processing (MPP), efficient query optimization, and scalability. Oracle Database Appliance offers exceptional integration with Oracle applications, virtualization, and simplicity in managing databases.

Room for Improvement: VMware Tanzu Data Solutions could enhance scaling, performance consistency, and integration with newer data technologies. Its use of older PostgreSQL versions is also noted as a limitation. Oracle Database Appliance users report difficulties in scaling beyond two-node configurations, high costs for patching cycles, and technical support expenses.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: VMware Tanzu Data Solutions is versatile, supporting on-premises, public cloud, hybrid, and private cloud environments. Users find customer service satisfactory but rely on community forums for support. Oracle Database Appliance is mainly an on-premises solution with limited cloud options, offering quick deployment and reliable customer service despite its costly and sometimes slow technical support.

Pricing and ROI: VMware Tanzu Data Solutions benefits from an open-source structure, making it cost-effective with competitive licensing costs and good ROI. Conversely, Oracle Database Appliance is more costly, with significant licensing and infrastructure expenses, possibly less suitable for smaller businesses but justified by included hardware and features.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Oracle Database Appliance

Ranking in Data Warehouse

6th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

VMware Tanzu Data Solutions

Ranking in Data Warehouse

8th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Database Development and Management (7th), Relational Databases Tools (9th), Message Queue (MQ) Software (5th)

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2025, in the Data Warehouse category, the mindshare of Oracle Database Appliance is 5.4%, down from 6.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VMware Tanzu Data Solutions is 4.8%, up from 4.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Charu Mazumdar

Technical Architect at DXC Technology

Simplifies database management tasks and provides high availability and disaster recovery

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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Jayanta Datta

Executive Director at Morgan Stanley

Very efficient at large scale analytics; lacks inbuilt machine-learning functions for complex use cases

I think the cloud version of VMware is still lacking significantly because we are using Snowflake or Redshift on the cloud. We have a lot of on-prem use cases and Greenplum is good for that but we also have a lot of cloud use cases and the solution is lacking in that sphere. A cloud-native version of Greenplum would simplify things by enabling the move from Greenplum to Greenplum. It would be helpful if they could include some inbuilt machine-learning functions for complex use cases. I'd also like to see some kind of integrated dashboarding within the product for visualization. For example, Power BI integration or Tableau integration so that we could create a quick dashboard without getting Power BI onboarded.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"If the database goes down on one of the servers, the load is automatically shifted to another server. You can troubleshoot the one that is down without affecting uptime."

"NVM Express (NVMe) solid-state drives: This technology brings outstanding I/O performance for midsize databases. We have tested it by doing POCs on customer sites and the results were quite satisfying."

"Oracle Database Appliance is a stable solution. We have clients that have been running it for 10 years."

"Oracle Database Appliances are specifically designed for Oracle databases. They have built-in utilities and tools that simplify management, making them the best option for Oracle database management systems."

"The most valuable features of the solution revolve around its performance, simplicity, and its installation phase."

"We primarily use it for OLTP, which has improved our costs."

"The Oracle database is able to get the data, process it, and return it to the company's CEO's and CFO's within a single day, and thus they are able to find out yesterday's P and L by today. It has drastically reduced the amount and time of processing from seven days to one day."

"Oracle Database Appliance provides high stability."

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"After creating a RabbitMQ service, they provide you with a sort of web management dashboard."

"The most valuable feature for us is horizontal scaling."

"Simple and straightforward admin portals: Made it easy for users and worked out excellently for our requirements"

"RabbitMQ will help to remove a lot of the complexities and create a loosely coupled codebase."

"Very sophisticated routing control and priority messaging capabilities"

"Tanzu Greenplum's most valuable features include the integration of modern data science approaches across an MPP platform."

"Large amounts of data can be moved pretty fast using the solution."

"It is easy to use. The addition of more queues and more services can be managed very easily."

Cons

"Oracle Database Appliance could improve by having better integration."

"I would like it if the scalability could be increased without having to change versions."

"The setup is a bit complex."

"The license cost could be cheaper, especially for long-term contracts."

"The main thing would be to make ODA more affordable, to make it a more economical machine. Also, I would like to see virtualization, so you could implement all of your functions on one machine. Finally, improvement in the speed and performance would be good."

"The feature that I would like to see improve is the interface. It is really not good. I almost have to work on script by script in it. There is always some issue with the user interface."

"In my opinion only one single command should be used for all ODA models, as it’s confusing."

"It isn't as popular as AWS, GCP, or Azure as it lacks scalability and cloud-native services like containerization."

More Oracle Database Appliance cons

"The next release should include some of the flexibility and features that Kafka offers."

"If you're outside IP address range, the clustering no longer has all the features which is problematic."

"I’d like this dashboard to use web sockets, so it would actually be in real time. It would slightly increase debugging, etc."

"VMware RabbitMQ needs to create a new queue system."

"When you have complex tasks, RabbitMQ is hard to use."

"It doesn't have any GUI-based monitoring tools."

"The fact that a single queue can't be distributed across multiple instances/nodes is a major disadvantage."

"RabbitMQ is clearly better supported on Linux than it is on Windows. There are idiosyncrasies in the Windows version that are not there on Linux."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"In regards to licensing, it is cheaper to maintain for Oracle applications, and it's an all-in-one solution."

"The price should be lower."

"Oracle Database Appliance is a very expensive solution. If you have opted for the on-premises licenses from Oracle, then you have to pay yearly. If you have opted for the cloud subscriptions offered by Oracle, then you can pay either monthly or yearly."

"Leverage the Pay-As-You-Grow licensing, and consider using the ODA X6-2 S/M/L models also for SE2/SE."

"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."

"Oracle’s pricing is ridiculously high."

"I would rate the pricing a four on a scale of one (high price) to ten (low cost)."

"The solution's pricing is very high."

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"The price is pretty good."

"It is the best product with best fit for price/performance customer objectives."

"Pricing is good compared to other products. It's fine."

"Since the tool is an open-source product, there is no need to pay anything."

"It is an open-source product."

"The solution's pricing is cost-effective as it does not involve significant expenses. Licensing is required only for the server, while clients do not need any licensing. Therefore, it proves to be a cost-efficient option."

"This is an open source solution."

"The pricing for RabbitMQ is reasonable. It is worth the cost."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

29%

Computer Software Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Financial Services Firm

29%

Computer Software Company

15%

Manufacturing Company

Healthcare Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Oracle Database Appliance?

Oracle Database Appliance provides high stability.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Database Appliance?

I have heard from colleagues that Oracle is very costly compared to open databases like PostgreSQL. I cannot personally comment on it.

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What needs improvement with Oracle Database Appliance?

The scalability part is missing. It isn't as popular as AWS, GCP, or Azure as it lacks scalability and cloud-native services like containerization. The Oracle cloud hasn't reached the level of offe...

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How does IBM MQ compare with VMware RabbitMQ?

IBM MQ has a great reputation behind it, and this solution is very robust with great stability. It is easy to use, simple to configure and integrates well with our enterprise ecosystem and protocol...

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What do you like most about VMware Tanzu Greenplum?

The loading speed is very good.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for VMware Tanzu Greenplum?

It’s an open-source solution. There are no expenses for using it.

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Also Known As

X5-2

Greenplum, Pivotal Greenplum, VMware RabbitMQ, VMware Tanzu GemFire, VMware Postgres

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Overview

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.

VMware Tanzu is a robust platform tailored for data warehousing, complex analytics, BI applications, and predictive analytics. It excels in scalability, performance, and parallel processing, enhancing data handling efficiency. Users report significant productivity improvements and streamlined operations, making it ideal for comprehensive data solutions.

Sample Customers

LifeLock, Incarlopsa, Al Yusur Industrial Contracting

General Electric, Conversant, China CITIC Bank, Aridhia, Purdue University

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