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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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Quest SharePlex is the #49 ranked solution in top Data Integration Tools. PeerSpot users give Quest SharePlex an average rating of 9.0 out of 10. Quest SharePlex is most commonly compared to SSIS: Quest SharePlex vs SSIS. Quest SharePlex is popular among the large enterprise segment, accounting for 63% of users researching this solution on PeerSpot. The top industry researching this solution are professionals from a financial services firm, accounting for 18% of all views.
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As of May 2025, the mindshare of Quest SharePlex in the Data Integration category stands at 0.7%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Valuable Features

Quest SharePlex offers outstanding replication performance, handling complex data migration efficiently with core replication features like synchronization, data backup, and data transfer. Users appreciate its reliability, stability, and accuracy. SharePlex's ability to manage multiple projects across numerous databases is highly valued, using features like Compare and Repair to maintain data integrity. Additionally, PEP boosts scalability by replicating thousands of transactions, essential for heavy volumes. The Compare and Repair tool is also a favorite among users.
  • "I like SharePlex's Compare and Repair tool."
  • "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."
  • "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."

Room for Improvement

Quest SharePlex requires enhancements in replication functionality, particularly filtering and data partitioning. Reporting features should clearly indicate replication status. Improved integration beyond Oracle and SQL is necessary. Adjusting architecture mid-migration appears complex. Users desire machine learning and AI for performance tuning and increased automation for installation and configuration in line with DevOps practices.
  • "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."
  • "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."

Pricing

Quest SharePlex offers competitive pricing that aligns well with enterprise budgets, making it a cost-effective alternative to Oracle GoldenGate. Users appreciate its value for money, highlighting its comprehensive features and support. While some suggest areas for improvement, the overall cost-effectiveness and ease of use provide significant benefits, particularly for administrators new to replication. Buyers are encouraged to evaluate SharePlex pricing and simplicity for effective budget management.
  • "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."
  • "It is not as expensive as Oracle GoldenGate and has worked really well within our budgets."

Popular Use Cases

Organizations use Quest SharePlex primarily for database migration to AWS Cloud, replication for high availability, reporting, and data distribution. They utilize it for minimizing downtime during migrations from Oracle 12c to 19c and for real-time data synchronization across data centers. SharePlex enables seamless migration and updates, keeping IoT data in sync and supporting disaster recovery through replication. It serves as a core tool for managing database continuity and upgrades among database administrators.

Service and Support

Quest SharePlex has outstanding customer service with Premier Support offering rapid response and deep technical assistance. Their support team is praised for quick escalation and resolution, ensuring critical issues are managed effectively. The expertise of their support staff in handling complex cases is highly valued by experienced users. With seamless phone and video communication options, Quest's support is superior to other vendors and significantly enhances user experience and satisfaction.

Deployment

Quest SharePlex initial setup is described as easy and straightforward. Users note that following the guide allows quick database replication. Complexity arises with advanced filtering, but Quest support is helpful. Deployment involves few prompts and is manageable, even with large datasets. Experienced users find installation rapid, while newcomers may take longer. Various teams, both in the US and India, handle installation, configuration, and maintenance smoothly, providing seamless database replication in diverse environments.

Scalability

Quest SharePlex is highly scalable, effectively managing terabytes of data. Scalability improved from version 6, with various ways to manage large databases. Used worldwide, it supports high availability and real-time data, integral to many organizations' infrastructure. Increasing customer bases and IoT data use drive more implementations across multiple locations, including China, Canada, the U.S., and Europe. However, scaling complexity exists with larger systems needing high availability and disaster recovery.

Stability

Quest SharePlex stability is noted to be quite strong from version 6 onward, with users experiencing few issues. Stability is commended, despite occasional minor challenges like migration repeats. Users successfully resolve any encountered issues, with no major out-of-sync occurrences reported. Since 2007, updates and upgrades, including compatibility with Oracle versions, have been smooth. User experiences indicate robust performance and reliability, pointing to SharePlex being a reliable choice.
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MJ
Architect, Database Administration at Maximus
Verified user of Quest SharePlex
Mar 24, 2021
Product version discussed: 9.2 to 10
Excellent replication with good stability and very helpful support

Pros

"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."

Cons

"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."

What is our primary use case?

We use Quest SharePlex for a specific reason. We are migrating from on-premise to cloud.

SharePlex is a replication service. We are using it to do the migration of our databases to AWS Cloud. Once everything is migrated, then we won't be using the solution.

We have small to very large databases in terms of size. We were looking at a solution where we could cut down the migration window. We wanted to cut down the outage window and reduce the overall cost of migration to the cloud. For example, if there was a very large amount of data, e.g., five or 10 terabytes, and we were trying to migrate that database over a weekend, then that it is a risky proposition. We were looking for a solution where we could do a migration before the cutover time, then keep it in sync. So, when we were at a point when we were ready to switch, then we could just stop the replication and bring everything up in the cloud. That was our main use case for using SharePlex.

We started on version 9.2. Now, we are on version 10.

How has it helped my organization?

Our primary goal was to reduce the cutover time since we are dealing with hundreds of databases for our migration. Using Shareplex helped us to achieve that goal. It was an important variable because it helped us reduce our risks during migration and resource time and efforts. We were able to do most of the validation checks before and during the migration which helped us a lot to mitigate risks and reduce cost and time.

*Disclosure: PeerSpot contacted the reviewer to collect the review and to validate authenticity. The reviewer was referred by the vendor, but the review is not subject to editing or approval by the vendor.
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AA
Sr. Oracle DBA at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
Verified user of Quest SharePlex
Sep 23, 2022
Product version discussed: 10
Real-time replication means our data is available almost instantaneously if an issue occurs in one of our data centers

Pros

"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."

Cons

"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."

What is our primary use case?

Our application is hosted in multiple data centers and we primarily use SharePlex for keeping the data replicated from one data center to the other. We use it for business continuity, so that if we run into any issues in the primary data center where the application is currently hosted, with SharePlex we are in a position to switch over to the secondary data center, to do a failover, pretty much in real time.

We have Cisco UCS servers where we have our Oracle Databases running with Linux version 7. These are standalone databases, but I've been a part of a different business unit in our company where we had real application clusters. Right now, it's standalone Oracle 12c and we are migrating to 19c. We have SharePlex replicating Oracle data. It is IoT data so the number of transactions happening is huge. SharePlex keeps the data in sync with the other data center, which has almost the same configuration of the bare-metal servers, Linux, Oracle and SharePlex.

We primarily use SharePlex for the IDBMS, but we have also used SharePlex for Postgres and for Kafka.

Our implementation of SharePlex is entirely on-premises.

How has it helped my organization?

We use it for more than high availability and disaster recovery. It keeps the data replicating, live, to our other data center. To a certain extent it provides us with disaster recovery, but we rely heavily on it because if any network or other type of issue happens in the primary data center, due to SharePlex replication being real-time we have the data available almost instantaneously in the other data center. We have the primary data center in the U.S. and the other data center could be in Europe or Asia-Pacific.

In addition to business continuity, which is what we primarily use SharePlex for, it helps us do all our maintenance, when there are both planned and unplanned outages. In general, it helps us avoid any kinds of outages. For planned maintenance, if the entire data center networking infrastructure has to be upgraded, thanks to the SharePlex replication we just fail over the application to the other data center and carry out the maintenance in the primary data center. That maintenance could take hours or even a day. SharePlex seamlessly replicates all the data. There is no data loss and all the backlog data is replicated and posted on all the other data centers within a few hours.

It also enables us to maintain high availability while reducing the related hardware and storage costs.

*Disclosure: PeerSpot contacted the reviewer to collect the review and to validate authenticity. The reviewer was referred by the vendor, but the review is not subject to editing or approval by the vendor.
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KW
Oracle DBA at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Verified user of Quest SharePlex
Aug 1, 2022
It reduces the downtime and migration time exponentially

Pros

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

Cons

"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."

What is our primary use case?

We use SharePlex to migrate and update from one data center to another. It's helpful for DR and broadcasting solutions. The main use case is to minimize downtime for migration or upgrade. The second objective is real-time replication. The main SharePlex users are database administrators. We're the replication administrators in the company, and that's the primary user base.

We've used it to upgrade from Oracle 12.1 to 12.2 and Oracle 12.2 to 19c. We've also done cross-platform upgrades and migrations from on-premises to the cloud. 

How has it helped my organization?

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.

*Disclosure: PeerSpot contacted the reviewer to collect the review and to validate authenticity. The reviewer was referred by the vendor, but the review is not subject to editing or approval by the vendor.
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Consultant
Verified user of Quest SharePlex
Sep 13, 2017
Product version discussed: 5.x through 7.6
For core replication its performance is the fastest, and replication to multiple targets is also efficient

Pros

"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."

Cons

"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."

How has it helped my organization?

I can't answer, that would violate client confidentiality.

What is most valuable?

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.

*Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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AA
Presales Manager at a tech vendor with 501-1,000 employees
Verified user of Quest SharePlex
Feb 25, 2020
Excellent data backup and transfer features, with a quick and easy setup

Pros

"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

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

What is our primary use case?

  • Database replicating
  • Reporting
  • Migration
  • Consolidation 
  • High availability 
  • Distributing data

How has it helped my organization?

It has enabled the users to have another up-to-date online database for developers, reporting and high availability.

*Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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