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Oracle Database In-Memory vs Progress OpenEdge RDBMS comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 4, 2025

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

Oracle Database In-Memory
Ranking in Embedded Database
4th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
33
Ranking in other categories
Relational Databases Tools (11th)
Progress OpenEdge RDBMS
Ranking in Embedded Database
8th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
8.0
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the Embedded Database category, the mindshare of Oracle Database In-Memory is 11.2%, up from 8.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Progress OpenEdge RDBMS is 5.6%, up from 3.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Embedded Database Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Oracle Database In-Memory11.2%
Progress OpenEdge RDBMS5.6%
Other83.2%
Embedded Database
 

Featured Reviews

Hosney Osman - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Solution Architect at Vodafone
Real-time analytics have transformed response times and support huge data volumes with compression
I do not have any comment related to the improvement of the solution; for sure, it needs improvement, but for my use cases, it is very sufficient, and I think for the biggest companies, it needs a very powerful infrastructure. The area where improvement is required the most in the product is the UI. The problem with the UI is that it is not complex for understanding, but it needs some training to know what each button does, how it works, and the many variables needed.
reviewer1648848 - PeerSpot reviewer
Vice President Strategic Development at a hospitality company with 1-10 employees
Customizable, intelligent, and reacts in real-time
There aren't any areas of improvement. We have a very long relationship with their R&D group. They're fairly dynamic there, however, it's not the relationships I manage. The only big hurdle for us is that most customers aren't familiar with it, so it's scary. If you're in commercial environments, everybody knows SQL, everybody knows Oracle, or whatever. It doesn't really matter due to the fact that it's embedded, however, they're paying those licenses. The only drawback is you can't just say, "Hey, provide us three Enterprise SQL licenses," and they just go reach into their Microsoft licensing deal and plug them in and go. Instead, it's plugging a new product into the mix that they otherwise would take care of on their own. The apparent cost is higher, however, in the end, it's really not.

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 aspects of this solution are the fast caching and improved performance to the database."
"The most valuable aspects of this solution are the fast caching and improved performance to the database"
"The product offers high scalability."
"Oracle Database In-Memory is a suite of features that improves performance for real-time analytics and mixed workloads."
"Combined with Exadata, it makes a solution that will deliver the best performance related to the volume of data."
"The solution provides a good environment and it's a product we trust."
"It efficiently handles low-code data and supports read-and-write operations for clustering."
"I've been an Oracle customer with different companies, and one of the key things that stands out for Oracle is the support, because I also work with other database vendors and that's the biggest differentiator."
"It's my 'go to' database if I want a database to just run 24/7/365, year-after-year with absolute minimal downtime."
"It is very customizable and it's intelligent."
"The product can be scaled in any direction and a very nice feature is that you can logically split the database by the value of the data, which is great."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"Once you switch it on, it simply runs and runs."
 

Cons

"Oracle should include column store or advanced query optimization so a database can be optimized by enabling analytic queries to run faster."
"Lacks sufficient integration with other tools."
"The high cost of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"They should lower the price. My customers think that it's too expensive."
"The dashboard requires some refreshment or configuration improvements."
"Oracle Database In-Memory appliance-based solutions can be restrictive for some applications, as they may require more flexibility in the database design to be tuned and sized to the customer's needs."
"We use some partitions in In-Memory. We have a very large table and a low dose. It is very expensive in data to load all of them into In-Memory. It takes up more memory slots in the server, as well as a lot of RAM. We use last partitions on the table. We always need to create a script and make a schedule that can load a last partition in In-Memory. Oracle doesn't have features to do this automatically. I would like them to allow us to load last partitions, as well as other table partitions, in In-Memory. I think a good feature would do that automatically, letting you see a table, load a large partition, and monitor loading memory. It's quite a good feature."
"Oracle Database In-Memory is more expensive than Azure, and the support from the Oracle team is not very good, especially since they do not have a support team in our region."
"Advanced security would be a good additional feature."
"Advanced security would be a good additional feature."
"The only big hurdle for us is that most customers aren't familiar with it, so it's scary. If you're in commercial environments, everybody knows SQL, everybody knows Oracle, or whatever."
"The installation process can be a bit confusing for someone who's new to OpenEdge."
"The only big hurdle for us is that most customers aren't familiar with it, so it's scary."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The platform's licensing cost needs improvement."
"The solution's pricing is high."
"There is a need to make a yearly payment towards the licensing costs, after which there is any to pay towards the support cost attached to the solution."
"Oracle Database In-Memory is expensive."
"It's quite costly and it comes with a fixed price."
"The product is expensive."
"I rate the pricing a zero out of ten because Database In-Memory is too costly."
"The pricing is pretty good so I rate it an eight out of ten."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
15%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Marketing Services Firm
8%
Manufacturing Company
5%
Legal Firm
9%
Energy/Utilities Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Healthcare Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise23
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Oracle Database In-Memory?
We can integrate it with any data sources as well.
What needs improvement with Oracle Database In-Memory?
I do not have any comment related to the improvement of the solution; for sure, it needs improvement, but for my use cases, it is very sufficient, and I think for the biggest companies, it needs a ...
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Also Known As

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OpenEdge RDBMS, Progress OpenEdge
 

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Sample Customers

Shanghai Customs
Apero Solutions, Heath Village, International Energy Services, Exact Software, PepsiCo Russia, Pero, SVK, FreshERP
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