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Oracle Exadata vs VMware Tanzu Data Solutions comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 18, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
6.6
Oracle Exadata users often break-even in 12-18 months, achieving up to 40% cost savings and notable performance improvements.
Sentiment score
7.0
VMware Tanzu Data Solutions is cost-efficient, stable, and valuable, offering high uptime without needing open-source alternatives.
The investment is good, which is why people choose this hardware.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.6
Oracle Exadata's service is praised for expertise and accessibility, though some users face delays and system navigation issues.
Sentiment score
6.7
VMware Tanzu Data Solutions' customer service is mixed, with varying experiences in response times and technical support effectiveness.
Exadata comes with a platinum gateway and comprehensive support, which often gets immediate attention with severity one cases.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.6
Oracle Exadata is praised for scalability and efficiency but requires careful planning due to costs and complexity considerations.
Sentiment score
7.3
VMware Tanzu Data Solutions offer scalability and adaptability but face challenges with complexity and resource limitations under high workloads.
Within a site, scalability is excellent.
Most of our functions or jobs are queued due to that.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.8
Oracle Exadata ensures high reliability with improved updates, minimal downtime, and strong fault tolerance despite early challenges.
Sentiment score
7.0
VMware Tanzu Data Solutions is stable for most users but experiences performance issues under heavy loads or specific configurations.
Once installed, Exadata is very stable.
I have faced stability issues, mainly due to the storage my organization has, though I am not sure if it's specifically due to the tool.
 

Room For Improvement

Oracle Exadata needs cost reductions, improved support, better integration, scalability, analytics, monitoring tools, and enhanced virtualization performance.
VMware Tanzu Data Solutions need stability, scalability, and performance improvements, better integration, and alignment with PostgreSQL features.
There are minor areas where improvement is needed, such as making the user interface more user-friendly and enhancing configuration and customization options.
I cannot create an extended rack cluster with one node on one site and another node on a different site.
 

Setup Cost

Oracle Exadata's high initial costs are offset by enhanced performance, lower expenses, and enterprise consolidation benefits.
VMware Tanzu Data Solutions offers cost-effective open-source options with competitive pricing for enhanced features and optional support.
I would rate the price an eight on a scale from one to ten, indicating it is fairly expensive.
 

Valuable Features

Oracle Exadata enhances performance and efficiency with features like Smart Scan, automation, and high-speed integration, ensuring robust data management.
VMware Tanzu Data Solutions is praised for its scalability, integration, speed, security, and advanced analytics capabilities.
The most valuable features of Oracle Exadata are its high availability and cluster environment.
It also offers high backend speed between self-storage units and servers, which is beneficial for processing.
The product is not complex; I do not have to create stored procedures, functions, or views.
 

Categories and Ranking

Oracle Exadata
Ranking in Data Warehouse
2nd
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
128
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
VMware Tanzu Data Solutions
Ranking in Data Warehouse
9th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
83
Ranking in other categories
Database Development and Management (7th), Relational Databases Tools (11th), Message Queue (MQ) Software (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Data Warehouse category, the mindshare of Oracle Exadata is 17.9%, down from 19.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VMware Tanzu Data Solutions is 4.1%, down from 5.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Warehouse
 

Featured Reviews

Anand_Kumar - PeerSpot reviewer
A solid data warehouse for transactional data that needs to be priced more competitively
Since the product is an appliance, it is very costly. And in the current age, people are cautious about spending this amount of money on any of these types of backend products. Some use cases are in real-time, where all other databases are much faster, but if you talk about the data warehouse, business intelligence, and all other perspectives in the transactional world, Oracle has to reduce the cost. Otherwise, a customer wouldn't want to continue this. If the same thing can be done at half or one-third of the cost, why would people stay with Oracle? Oracle Exadata would not have great value in front of a CFO. Other solutions can guard your data and address security concerns. Security, volumetrics, and so on are also provided by other databases, which are not that costly. Apart from Exadata, Oracle has other tools for business intelligence and other things, which they add on top of Exadata when they're selling a general license. For example, the Vertica database, an HP data warehouse. They have come up with their own analytic engine within the database, which gives an edge for the client to use the data analytics engine as a part of their database. Exadata does not have an analytic engine. Even MySQL has some statistical tools within it. If Exadata integrates analytical tools, it will be good for them.
Sushma Polavarapu - PeerSpot reviewer
Create essential reporting scripts with simplicity but has some operational challenges
We mainly create functions and scripts required for reporting The product is not complex; I do not have to create stored procedures, functions, or views. It's just simple to use. There is general room for improvement. I have been using it for five years. I have faced stability issues, mainly…
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Answers from the Community

JohnSmith130 - PeerSpot reviewer
Dec 10, 2021
Dec 10, 2021
Hi @JohnSmith130, You might want to take a look at Smart Data Frameworks at https://smart-associates.biz/p... SDF has been used in various migration projects and we have sufficient knowledge of both your source and target to have a sensible conversation about your requirements if you’re interested. Thanks
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EB
Dec 9, 2021
Hi @Charlene Zaide and @Gyula Bereczky, can you possibly assist here? Thanks.
BP
Dec 10, 2021
Hi @JohnSmith130, You might want to take a look at Smart Data Frameworks at https://smart-associates.biz/p... SDF has been used in various migration projects and we have sufficient knowledge of both your source and target to have a sensible conversation about your requirements if you’re interested. Thanks
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
32%
Computer Software Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Government
5%
Financial Services Firm
28%
Computer Software Company
16%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Government
4%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

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?
Also considered an advantage, the main drawback is the inability to cluster two Exadata systems across sites. For example, with one node on one site and another node on a different site, I cannot c...
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...
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.
 

Also Known As

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

Overview

 

Sample Customers

PayPal, EBS, Organic Food Retailer, Garmin, University of Minnesota, Major Semiconductor Company, Deutsche Bank, Starwood, Ziraat Bank, SK Telecom, and P&G.
General Electric, Conversant, China CITIC Bank, Aridhia, Purdue University
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