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Oracle SOA Suite vs WebLogic Suite comparison

 

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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 SOA Suite
Ranking in Application Infrastructure
9th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
65
Ranking in other categories
SOA Governance (1st)
WebLogic Suite
Ranking in Application Infrastructure
12th
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
33
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2025, in the Application Infrastructure category, the mindshare of Oracle SOA Suite is 4.0%, down from 4.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of WebLogic Suite is 3.2%, down from 3.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Application Infrastructure
 

Featured Reviews

MANOHAR SADDALA - PeerSpot reviewer
Enables seamless integration with multiple systems
I would rate the scalability a seven out of ten. It's not much more dynamic, not as dynamic as you may think, like seeing it in the cloud. In order to use it, you need to have the download servers and then scale up your systems. Oracle SOA Suites serves as a middle layer between applications. For example, let's say you have SAP, and we have Salesforce or Oracle ERP system. Users connect to those systems and perform certain activities or transactions on the applications. Now, if any data needs to be synchronized or any integration needs to happen between these applications, we use the Oracle SOA Suite. It acts as the bridge between the applications, not between the users. It's like having endpoints between the applications. Currently, we have 20 endpoints; 20 systems are connected to it, which is great. Oracle SOA Suite is being used daily. We are using it to its maximum potential.
Mari Pandian - PeerSpot reviewer
Coding flexibility with good integration but users need coding knowledge
We are an Oracle partner and work with many Oracle applications for integration purposes. WebLogic is used for integrating various Oracle applications and third-party services WebLogic allows us to do the coding as per the customer's requirements. It helps us meet their needs by integrating their…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"In case there is something that doesn't work out of the box, you have the flexibility to customize it."
"The product allows you to visualize how a company is working currently by providing rich possibilities for analysis such as the audit trails and therefore shows where improvements might be valuable."
"In Oracle SOA Suite some applications are not able to use REST, but it can support both SOAP and REST. You're able to integrate quite a lot of systems, which may not be able to in other solutions. You can also use XML and JSON. It is a standardizing type of tool. It doesn't matter whether I'm using JSON or XML, it can convert them."
"Enables our Product Manager to post products to different outside EC platforms with only one interface and one process."
"This is one of the critical products for my company and we use it extensively. We currently use each and every feature of Oracle SOA."
"Provides connectivity between discrete systems and has availability."
"Conceptually, how it integrates a lot of essential enterprise process components. That's the most valuable."
"The stability of the solution is the most valuable feature."
"The solution is very scalable. It's easy to add processes even if you are new to the solution."
"It integrates well with other solutions."
"The transaction handling of WebLogic and the way it is designed is excellent."
"What I've been seeing as the most valuable characteristics of WebLogic Suite include robustness and scalability. It's a really good solution, and I'm not saying this because my company is a partner of WebLogic Suite. I also like that with the newer versions of the solution, you can deploy WebLogic Suite faster. Oracle also provides excellent technical support."
"The program is scalable."
"Scalability on the solution is great. It's very very easy to scale."
"A valuable feature is its integration with Oracle Database."
"WebLogic adds a lot of value to business and investments."
 

Cons

"The technical support is good, we have premier support which costs extra."
"The web services need to be more robust."
"The interface is too complicated. Making modifications still requires too much technical knowledge."
"I would like to see divided containers more separately as a microservice."
"An important area that can be improved is the product's data monitoring. When we use the solution for interfacing or end-to-end data monitoring, we want to know exactly where the data is going and exactly where it is failing, or where there is an issue."
"One area that could be better is the human task feature. It could be improved to provide more functionality and customization options because it has limited options available."
"The Maven integration in JDeveloper is very basic and might be enhanced to allow the proper use of Maven."
"Other solutions might be better componets such as Salesforce."
"I think the support could be much better."
"There are sometimes issues with clusters."
"WebLogic requires a person with coding knowledge for easy configuration and quick integrations."
"The content search is not easy."
"The licensing for the solution is pretty expensive. It may be the most expensive solution, if you were to compare it to the competition."
"Sometimes there are issues when we work on a VM because people use it to put all of their reports on it at the same time. Then I have to restart and rebuild the machine."
"I would like to see the licensing policy simplified."
"The restart capability needs to be improved because it takes us 15 minutes to restart any application."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Based on my knowledge, Oracle SOA Suite doesn't have user-based licensing. It has a system-based licensing model, so you pay for whole systems. Oracle SOA Suite is an expensive solution, so it's a four out of ten for me."
"It is necessary to evaluate the requirement regarding the platform usage and what the main operation area of the platform will be."
"Oracle pricing is expensive. Support is based on your license. AWS is much better than Oracle in this regard."
"The product is moderately priced."
"This product is WebLogic based, hence it can be both resource hungry as well as expensive from a licensing point of view."
"The pricing is not very high as compared to its competitors."
"Oracle SOA Suite is an expensive solution."
"Technical support is very costly."
"The product comes bundled with Oracle Premier Support."
"There is a license required for this solution and the price could be reduced."
"The cost of the WebLogic Suite license is a bit high."
"Scaling is costly."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
19%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Government
9%
Educational Organization
7%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Computer Software Company
12%
Government
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Oracle SOA Suite?
The solution's XSLT or XSL Transformation feature was very useful.
What needs improvement with Oracle SOA Suite?
The solution’s initial setup is complex and could be improved. A big challenge for Oracle SOA Suite is that you don't get too many technical resources.
What do you like most about WebLogic Suite?
The solution is useful for centralizing data.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for WebLogic Suite?
We have an enterprise license, and the pricing is stable. The license does not apply to the current solution.
What needs improvement with WebLogic Suite?
There is no need for improvement with WebLogic Suite, although its coherence is a bit more complicated.
 

Also Known As

SOA Suite
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Sample Customers

7-Eleven, Arcor SAIC, Banca Transilvania, Eaton Corporation, Emdeon, Ferrovial, Griffith University, National Instruments, Pella Corporation, Vodafone Group Plc,
State Revenue Office Victoria, Colab Consulting Pty. Ltd., Reliance Commercial Finance, Center for Railway Information Systems, Sascar, Banca Transilvania, UL, Chhattisgarh Infotech and Biotech Promotion Society, MCB Bank, Pacfico Seguros Generales
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