Debugging this solution is challenging.
Manager at Mirsani Pharma Co.
Powerful database used for twenty years that offers speedy performance and good stability
Pros and Cons
- "The customer service for this solution is very good. I would rate them a nine out of ten."
- "Debugging this solution is challenging."
What needs improvement?
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using this solution for twenty years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I would rate this solution an eight or nine for stability.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
This solution does not offer the best scalability. I would rate it an eight out of ten.
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How are customer service and support?
The customer service for this solution is very good. I would rate them a nine out of ten.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
How was the initial setup?
I would rate the initial setup a seven out of ten. Deployment took two years.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
This is an expensive solution.
What other advice do I have?
I use this solution because it is a powerful database and is faster than others. It has so many features. When I compare it with other database, I prefer the Oracle Database.
I would rate this solution an eight of ten.
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Partner
Senior Database Administrator at BCIE
Easily scaled, reliable, and simple setup
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable feature of Oracle Database as a Service is its use as a provisioning database."
- "I have had a hard time finding some documentation. There should provide easier accessible documentation for Oracle Database as a Service."
What is our primary use case?
We are using Oracle Database as a Service only development environments and QA or UAT environments. We do not have it in production.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable feature of Oracle Database as a Service is its use as a provisioning database.
What needs improvement?
I have had a hard time finding some documentation. There should provide easier accessible documentation for Oracle Database as a Service.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Oracle Database as a Service for approximately three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Oracle Database as a Service is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I have found Oracle Database as a Service to be scalable. It can scale easily.
We have approximately 30 people using this solution.
How are customer service and support?
I have never used the support.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup of Oracle Database as a Service is easy. There were only a few things that needed to be set up.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The price of Oracle Database as a Service could be better.
What other advice do I have?
My advice to others is that they need to know how to administer the solution.
I rate Oracle Database as a Service a nine out of ten.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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Software Architecture Lead at SoftwareONE
Useful security, highly stable, and reasonably priced
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable Oracle Database as a Service is security."
- "The initial setup could improve."
What is our primary use case?
Oracle Database as a Service for a web application used by our developer team.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable Oracle Database as a Service is security.
What needs improvement?
The initial setup could improve.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Oracle Database as a Service for approximately one year.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I rate the stability of Oracle Database as a Service a ten out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I rate the scalability of Oracle Database as a Service a six out of ten.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup of Oracle Database as a Service is complex.
What was our ROI?
We have received a return on investment.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The price of Oracle Database as a Service is reasonable.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend this solution to others.
I rate Oracle Database as a Service a ten out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Associate Technical Delivery Manager at Accolite
Is stable and easy to deploy, but the performance needs improvement
Pros and Cons
- "The initial setup is not too difficult, and on a scale from one to ten with one being the most difficult and ten being the easiest, I'd rate it at eight. The initial deployment can be done in an hour."
- "The performance needs improvement."
What is our primary use case?
We use Oracle Database as a Service primarily to load data and for reporting purposes.
This solution is deployed both on-premises and on the cloud.
What is most valuable?
The analytics features are the most valuable.
What needs improvement?
The performance needs improvement.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using it for more than four years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is a stable solution, and I'd rate the stability at nine out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I would rate the solution's scalability at six out of ten.
How are customer service and support?
I'd rate Oracle Database as a Service's technical support at eight on a scale from one to ten.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is not too difficult, and on a scale from one to ten with one being the most difficult and ten being the easiest, I'd rate it at eight.
The initial deployment can be done in an hour.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The cost for Oracle Database as a Service is higher than that for other similar solutions.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend Oracle Database as a Service to those who are considering it and rate it at seven on a scale from one to ten.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Senior Consultant at Sygno IT Services
Useful stopwatch option and information extraction
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable feature of Oracle Database as a Service is the stopwatch."
- "Oracle Database as a Service could improve by having ETL for larger data."
What is our primary use case?
We are using Oracle Database as a Service when we need to extract information for a web service. Additionally, I use the solution for filtering and triggering information.
How has it helped my organization?
Oracle Database as a Service has been helpful because I can use it on my laptop when I need to write to the databases.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable feature of Oracle Database as a Service is the stopwatch.
What needs improvement?
Oracle Database as a Service could improve by having ETL for larger data.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Oracle Database as a Service for approximately three years.
What other advice do I have?
I rate Oracle Database as a Service an eight out of ten.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
An easy-to-develop and stable solution that provides good performance and better database handling
Pros and Cons
- "I like the solution's performance and ease of development."
- "It would be better if we could have a little bit of automation or a chance for autoscaling with Oracle Database as a Service."
What is our primary use case?
I have mostly used Oracle Database as a Service in the banks I have worked with.
What is most valuable?
I like the solution's performance and ease of development.
What needs improvement?
Nowadays, scaling is very easy with AWS, Postgres, or MySQL solutions. Also, AWS takes care of a few things. However, we need to do everything manually in Oracle. It would be better if we could have a little bit of automation or a chance for autoscaling with Oracle Database as a Service.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been working with Oracle Database as a Service for almost 15 to 20 years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Oracle Database as a Service is a very stable solution.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
In my previous organizations, we had thousands of developers for Oracle Database as a Service.
How are customer service and support?
The solution's technical support is good.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Other than Oracle Database as a Service, I have worked with Microsoft and SAP. Oracle Database as a Service is better than other solutions because it is easy to work with, and we can use many tools to work with it.
What other advice do I have?
I would definitely recommend Oracle Database as a Service to users looking for performance or ease of tool handling and database handling.
Overall, I rate Oracle Database as a Service a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Senior BackEnd .net at a wholesaler/distributor with 1,001-5,000 employees
Solution helps our clients migrate databases quickly to the cloud
Pros and Cons
- "My impression of the scalability of Oracle Database as a Service is very high."
- "The initial setup is complex. This is not a really easy solution. It is very large, so it's hard to install, but it's not impossible."
What is our primary use case?
Our clients have a variety of use cases for this solution. It can be used at gas stations and supermarkets.
What is most valuable?
Clients come to us with huge on-prem databases. Because of the size of the databases, it can be difficult to grow to cloud. Thanks to Oracle Database as a Service, we can help these clients migrate quickly.
Oracle solutions give our clients visibility.
What needs improvement?
No company is perfect, but Oracle does need to improve their support. They need to really focus on the customer experience, et cetera.
I would also like to see them improve the Oracle Database Interface for distributor businesses.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have a year of experience with Oracle Database as a Service.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
My impression of the stability of this solution is also very high.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
My impression of the scalability of Oracle Database as a Service is very high.
How are customer service and technical support?
I think that Oracle's technical support could improve. When they understand what the problem is, they are fast and solve it quickly, but it is difficult to get to that point with them. Sometimes communication is strained by the fact that we're always talking to different tech support specialists. Maybe the solution would be a sort of segmentation of their tech support team by departments. They do have some good people, but it takes some time to find them because you have to go through their call center.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is complex. This is not a really easy solution. It is very large, so it's hard to install, but it's not impossible.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
For our clients, Microsoft is an alternative. Microsoft is cheaper, faster and has better support than Oracle.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Microsoft Azure
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Partner
Production Systems Engineer at Enwe
Easy to use, scales quickly, and has good support available
Pros and Cons
- "When we want more information on something that we are using, it is easy to find related topics on the internet."
- "In the next release, I would like to see a framework for memory management."
What is our primary use case?
We use this solution for multiple databases.
I have written Oracle scripts for operational databases and uploading databases.
Our environment includes a Red Hat server with two storage devices for high availability.
How has it helped my organization?
I have been able to assist people with technical support remotely.
What is most valuable?
This solution is very stable, easy to use, and scales quickly. When we want more information on something that we are using, it is easy to find related topics on the internet.
We use the automated system for creating tables.
The security system is very good.
What needs improvement?
When we troubleshoot, there are many tools that we need to use. One example is having to look at the system logs. The troubleshooting process should be improved so that we can resolve errors faster.
Oracle demands a lot of memory and you need to have a strong machine.
In the next release, I would like to see a framework for memory management.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been using this solution for one year.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Oracle databases are stable. It is a very dependable application.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Oracle has many strong features and tools. There are many options and possibilities.
How are customer service and technical support?
Technical support for this solution is good.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have used MySQL and Microsoft SQL Server, and there is no comparison to Oracle.
How was the initial setup?
I simply followed the instructions on the Oracle website.
The deployment took several months because we have a complex architecture with six thousand servers.
What other advice do I have?
I don't use the management features because I don't work with the GUI. I prefer to use the command line.
Oracle is a very good solution that I would recommend. It is strong software with good support and documentation available.
I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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