Oracle Enterprise Manager vs Quest SharePlex comparison

Oracle and Quest Software are both solutions in the Database Development and Management category. Oracle is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.3, while Quest Software is ranked #24. Oracle holds a 6.8% mindshare in DDM, compared to Quest Software’s 1.2% mindshare. Additionally, 94% of Oracle users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Quest Software users who would recommend it.

Oracle Enterprise Manager

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94% willing to recommend

Quest SharePlex

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100% willing to recommend

Oracle Enterprise Manager

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Oracle Enterprise Manager and Quest SharePlex based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Database Development and Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

To learn more, read our detailed Oracle Enterprise Manager vs. Quest SharePlex Report (Updated: December 2024).

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Categories and Ranking

Oracle Enterprise Manager

Ranking in Database Development and Management

1st

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

125

Ranking in other categories

Server Monitoring (4th)

Quest SharePlex

Ranking in Database Development and Management

24th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Integration (48th)

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the Database Development and Management category, the mindshare of Oracle Enterprise Manager is 6.8%, down from 9.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Quest SharePlex is 1.2%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Database Development and Management

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Muhammad Usman Muzaffar

Senior Vice President IT Operations at ZTBL

Provides good stability and has an easy implementation process

It is a good tool for monitoring databases. It enhances the overall visibility within the database The older version of the product works with Flash technology. Although the latest version works with Java, it still requires Flash technology. It should utilize only a Java plugin to visualize your…

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Kristopher Wells

Oracle DBA at Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.

It reduces the downtime and migration time exponentially

I would rate SharePlex's high availability, and disaster recovery features highly. It works as advertised in terms of rapid fill-over and switch-over opportunities. It reduces the migration time for a multi-terabyte database to an hour or less because it performs real-time replication. SharePlex reduces downtime and migration time exponentially. Something that could take 12 to 24 hours is cut down to one to two hours. By the time you start to migrate, the only remaining replication is a slight difference in data from the point when SharePlex has shut down, and the application has to also switch over to the new database. It allowed the company to replicate data more transparently. Some of the business executives probably don't even know it's there. It works 100 percent of the time, with little downtime or problems. It provides what is needed. There's little concern about whether or not it functions. It's allowed the company to achieve its objectives with its clients, reducing and minimizing downtime for substantial migrations and upgrades. It can reduce hardware and storage costs, but my company doesn't utilize it with high-availability architecture.

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

Pros

"It is a good tool for monitoring databases."

"We use it extensively for performance tuning testing, monitoring, and configuration."

"The most valuable feature is the monitoring because it's very useful for checking and troubleshooting compared with other products, like Nagios for example, that have some interaction with Oracle."

"The best part is the efficient database performance monitoring and the ability to take actions directly from there."

"It is a stable solution...The initial setup of Oracle Enterprise Manager was straightforward."

"Some of the most valuable features are its real-time performance view/dashboard, metric history, real-time monitoring and alerts, as well as quick access to Oracle's tuning and diagnostic options."

"It's user friendly."

"It is the best monitoring tool for Oracle databases."

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"Because of the volume of the transactions, we heavily use a feature that allows SharePlex to replicate thousands of transactions. It's called PEP, Post Enhancement Performance, and that has helped us scale tremendously."

"I like SharePlex's Compare and Repair tool."

"There are some capabilities within SharePlex where you can see how the data is migrating and if it still maintains good data integrity. For example, if there are some tables that get out of sync, there are ways to find them and fix the problem on the spot. Since these are very common issues, we can easily fix these types of problems using utilities, like compare and repair. So, if you find something is out of sync, then you can just repair that table. It basically syncs that table from source to target to see if there are any differences. It will then replicate those differences to the target."

"The core replication and its performance. Performance is crucial, and SharePlex is by far the fastest. The way it handles replication to multiple targets along with basic filtering, as well as from multiple sources to a single target, is very efficient."

"The core features of the solution we like are the reliability of the data transfer and the accuracy of data read and write. The stability of the solution is also excellent."

Cons

"Patching. It's extremely difficult to determine what requires patching and the process to patch each component is slightly different."

"The interface could be more friendly for basic users."

"In my opinion, rather than a younger DBA, think the user interface could be improved."

"The solution's agents work with Java, and the Java code sometimes consumes a lot of memory on the CPU."

"Better mobile access would be useful."

"Technical support could be faster."

"Reporting and statistical charting is largely still left up the end-user to develop custom solutions."

"The user interface is not very interactive. It needs improvement."

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"I don't know how easy it would be to change the architecture in an already implemented replication. For example, if we have a certain way of architecting for a particular database migration and want to change that during a period of time, is that an easy or difficult change? There was a need for us to change the architecture in-between the migration, but we didn't do it. We thought, "This is possibly complicated. Let's not change it in the middle because we were approaching our cutover date." That was one thing that we should have checked with support about for training."

"I would like more ability to automate installation and configuration in line with some of the DevOps processes that are more mature in the market. That would be a considerable improvement."

"I would like the solution to have some kind of machine learning and AI capabilities. Often, if we want to improve the performance of posting, we have to bump up a parameter. That means we need to stop the process, come up with a figure that we want to bump the parameter up to, and then start SharePlex. Machine learning and AI capabilities for these kinds of improvement would tremendously help boost productivity for us."

"For its function in relation to replication (i.e. filtering), I'd give it a six or seven out of 10. GoldenGate has much more functionality by comparison."

"The reporting features need improvement. It would be very good for users to have a clear understanding of the status of replication."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is free."

"The license is good but can be improved."

"The product is very expensive."

"There are a few bugs with the software which require opening SRs with Oracle Support which contribute to the day-to-day cost. Perhaps 8 hours per month is spent dealing with support, just as a rough guess."

"As far as I know, you do not pay for Oracle Enterprise Manager separately. You can use Enterprise Manager for free if you already have an Oracle license for your database."

"It's expensive."

"The basic functions are free. You only pay license fees for advanced features."

"The pricing is very high."

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"It is not as expensive as Oracle GoldenGate and has worked really well within our budgets."

"It's really good value for the money. There are some things they could improve on, but in terms of the pricing, features, and support, as a holistic package, we are not thinking of anything else at this point in time."

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Top Industries

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Educational Organization

76%

Financial Services Firm

Computer Software Company

Government

Financial Services Firm

20%

Computer Software Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

Real Estate/Law Firm

Company Size

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Oracle Enterprise Manager?

What I like most about Oracle Enterprise Manager are its features, particularly the active session history. It provides insights into SQL, and I use it regularly to identify potential issues.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Enterprise Manager?

The licensing is based on the core, and it is required to have a server for the solution.

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What needs improvement with Oracle Enterprise Manager?

Setting up the Oracle Enterprise Manager is challenging as it requires setting up a separate server.

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Dell SharePlex, SharePlex

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Overview

Oracle Enterprise Manager is an on-premises management platform that provides a comprehensive integrated solution for managing and automating your various Oracle products, including applications, databases, middleware, hardware, and engineered systems located either in your Oracle data center or in the cloud.

With the Oracle Enterprise Manager's console, you can administer multiple databases and servers, distribute software to multiple servers and clients, monitor objects and events throughout the network, and integrate with other tools.

Key Oracle Enterprise Manager Features and Products

Hardware and virtualization management: Manage all Oracle environments from one central console. Oracle Enterprise Manager provides management and automation for Oracle engineered systems, databases, middleware, and hardware.
Database management: Oracle’s Database management provides a full lifecycle solution for updates and configuration management, patching, provisioning, testing, performance management and automatic tuning.
Application performance management (APM): User and database monitoring with diagnostics and performance analysis that provide rich reporting on real user activities.
Enterprise monitoring: Built-in monitoring of all components of the IT infrastructure enables rapid problem diagnosis. Both Oracle and non-Oracle components are constantly monitored.
Oracle real user experience insight: Insights on real user experiences and preferences enable businesses and IT stakeholders to develop a shared understanding into their application users’ experience.
Non-Oracle management: Oracle Enterprise Manager manages non-Oracle components with a comprehensive set of plugins. The self-update mechanism allows customers to download, import, and deploy extensions built by Oracle, Oracle partners, and Oracle customers. These extensions enjoy the same level of stability as Oracle's own products.
Installation and upgrade: The upgrade process provides efficient, reliable, secure data migration with minimal downtime of your environment.

Reviews from Real Users

Oracle Enterprise Manager stands out among its competitors for a number of reasons. Several major ones are its central management and monitoring and its reporting capabilities

Robin C., head of Oracle Exadata Centre of Excellence at Tata Consultancy Services, writes, "The database performance monitoring features are very useful and allow us to quickly zero in on DB-related issues. Exadata storage server and Infiniband switches can be viewed from the GUI in OEM which cannot be done in other tools. The ability to deploy metric extensions makes this tool extensible for our custom monitoring also."

PeerSpot users note the effectiveness of these features. A database manager at a tech services company notes, “The solution's most valuable aspect is the fact that it is embedded with the Oracle database and Oracle's engineering system, its extra data, and analytics. They have plug-ins that are very helpful. Due to the infrastructure's size, the introduction they offer is very, very useful. It helps with an overall understanding of the product. They have a very nice graphical user interface. The monitoring is good. We can capture the SQL tune from us. With Oracle Enterprise Managers, we can see the rich performance tuning.”

SharePlex database replication empowers your organization to achieve its database goals now and into the future. Make use of built-in monitoring, conflict resolution, data comparison and synchronization capabilities backed by award-winning support.

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