Actifio vs Oracle Data Guard comparison

Google and Oracle are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. Google is ranked #47 with an average rating of 8.0, while Oracle is ranked #15 with an average rating of 9.3. Google holds a 0.4% mindshare in BRS, compared to Oracle’s 0.8% mindshare. Additionally, 87% of Google users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of Oracle users who would recommend it.

Actifio

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87% willing to recommend

Oracle Data Guard

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94% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024

Actifio and Oracle Data Guard compete in the data protection and management category. Oracle Data Guard often has the upper hand due to its comprehensive features and long-term reliability, despite higher initial costs.

Features: Actifio is praised for its storage efficiency, quick recovery times, and ease of data management. Oracle Data Guard stands out for its real-time data protection, automated repair capabilities, and robust disaster recovery features.

Room for Improvement: Actifio users highlight the need for better integration with various platforms, more detailed reporting, and enhancement in virtualization support. Oracle Data Guard users point out the complexity of its configuration process, enhanced multi-platform support, and improvement in user interface customization.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Actifio is recognized for its straightforward deployment and responsive customer service. Oracle Data Guard requires a more complex setup process, though it is valued for its reliability and effectiveness post-deployment.

Pricing and ROI: Actifio offers competitive setup costs and strong ROI, appealing to budget-conscious users. Oracle Data Guard, while more expensive initially, delivers substantial long-term ROI through its extensive features and reliability.

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Categories and Ranking

Actifio

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

47th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Test Data Management (8th)

Oracle Data Guard

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

15th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of Actifio is 0.4%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Data Guard is 0.8%, down from 0.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Hitesh Kumar Jamb

Devsecops & Test Automation Practice Lead at APA Group

Helps reduce costs and enables the creation of new non-production databases

We use the solution on our non-production database. We use it to spin up non-production environments using Oracle The product helps to create new non-production databases. The solution helps reduce costs. The product must provide AI features. Google has stopped supporting the on-premise version…

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Azhagupandi Parthiban

Vice President Of Technology at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Offers near-real-time replication for data consistency and continuously introducing new features through upgrades

There are various advantages. First of all, easy to deploy. The only difficult part is the cost factor, licensing. In other ways, the implementation is very, very important. Like, we have not encountered any major challenges with replication. We were able to achieve near-real-time replication. Also, with the switchover failover, we were not getting any technical issues. It's a pretty stable product. Once you configure it, it goes through the rollback, and then Data Guard introduces this snapshot thing. So once the restoration happens, we can go back to the original thing, and we make that a standard. It's a pretty decent and key function for Oracle. So, enterprise organizations go for Oracle only for features like these.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"This product has unique capabilities that lead the product category in test data management, cloning and recovery."

"The solution helps reduce costs."

"They will assist me in achieving whatever budget issue the client may be having."

"Very user-friendly and the QSA is very good."

"Actifio was very stable. Whenever they identified bugs, they would promptly provide us with patches."

"We chose this solution for the availability of the databases. We can't afford Oracle Grid, this is the best solution if you want something similar that's less expensive."

"It is a top-notch product, super stable, making it our go-to for internal operations."

"If you have a problem with your primary site and can't access your primary database, you can continue working with the database that you have as standby on the other site, by changing its role to primary."

"Oracle Data Guard has a nice feature called the DataGuard snapshot to open the solution in the read-write mode and make some changes to the database."

"Oracle Data Guard is scalable. I rate it a ten out of ten."

"Snapshot and Data Guard Manager are awesome features."

"You can see how the logs are applied, check the apply time, and how far behind the standby is at any given time."

"The solution is really very stable. One good thing about it, compared to other products, is that you can just run it and forget about it. Unless you come across some interruptions in the network, it works like a charm."

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Cons

"Lacks the option to price backup costs within the solution itself."

"The solution doesn't support AIX software or in-cloud, and we have a lot of servers running on AIX and Oracle."

"While the product does support various databases, the company needs to make more of an effort to support N-minus-one compatibility."

"Google has stopped supporting the on-premise version of the tool."

"Areas that need improvement would be the support for recovery in the physical environment."

"The initial setup is complex."

"Oracle Data Guard is stable, but you need to keep monitoring the system all the time. You need to keep monitoring the archives."

"We would like to be able to see the date time stamp when you execute DGMGRL commands."

"The database administration needs improvement. With Oracle, we have a lot of features for administrating data, but it might be too many. It needs to be simplified. It should be automated. Looking at Enterprise Manager, there are too many KPIs in place."

"The product could improve its pricing."

"The implementation is complex for anyone who's jumping into it without any experience. It's all command-line driven implementations. For some, that's a turn-off."

"Oracle could be improved by the ability to manage it on the cloud. This on-premises version is secure and reliable, but I'm sure that they will soon provide a cloud solution that will be even better. In one to two years, we will probably move to the cloud—we have already moved to the cloud with Microsoft Exchange, but our databases are still on-premises. I would prefer managing a cloud version of Oracle."

"Overall, there are some operational issues that need to be dealt with."

"When the data replicates into the standby database there is a possibility of having a microsecond amount of data loss. The data loss occurs when there is a network disconnection between the primary and secondary standby database located in the data centers or if there is a crash in the primary database."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Support is very good. They send out a VM link and help you fix any issues."

"Actifio is cheaper than other tools."

"Pricing is on a case by case basis."

"This is the best solution if you want something similar that's less expensive than Oracle Grid."

"The cost of the Oracle license will depend on the negotiations with Oracle."

"It is not a cheap product, but if you look at the price, features, availability, scalability, and maturity, it is a very good product."

"If you want to have everything automated and done smoothly, you have to add additional licenses."

"It's a cost-effective solution."

"The pricing is on the higher side."

"The cost is expensive."

"The licensing cost is significantly high."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

20%

Retailer

15%

Computer Software Company

14%

Insurance Company

Financial Services Firm

19%

Government

10%

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

Company Size

By reviewers

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Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Actifio?

The solution helps reduce costs.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Actifio?

Actifio is cheaper than other tools. I rate the pricing an eight out of ten.

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What needs improvement with Actifio?

The product must provide AI features. Google has stopped supporting the on-premise version of the tool.

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What advice do you have for others considering Oracle Data Guard?

Ik fluister:VM Host Oracle en DataGuard hebben we per toeval vervangen door Zerto :-) tijdens de Zerto implementatie en VPG werden de Host Data in write-ack Block-Level gerepliceerd. Qua licentie 1...

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What advice do you have for others considering Oracle Data Guard?

It is a very useful administrative IT tool. It saves on costs. I strongly recommend Data Guard. I've been using it for eight years and I would strongly recommend it. I'd rate Oracle Data Guard a se...

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What advice do you have for others considering Oracle Data Guard?

We're Oracle partners. We've worked with databases 11G and 12C. If a company is planning to implement Oracle solutions, I would suggest they also implement Data Guard. I'd rate the solution nine ou...

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Active Data Guard

Overview

Actifio is the world’s leading Enterprise Data-as-a-Service (EDaaS) platform. It enables thousands of users around the world to deliver their data just as they deliver their applications and infrastructure… as a service available instantly, anywhere. An enterprise-class software platform powered by patented Virtual Data Pipeline™ technology, Actifio frees data from traditional infrastructure to accelerate adoption of hybrid cloud, build higher quality applications faster, and improve business resiliency and availability. For more, visit Actifio.com or follow us on Twitter @Actifio.

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Oracle Data Guard ensures high availability, data protection, and disaster recovery for enterprise data. Data Guard provides a comprehensive set of services that create, maintain, manage, and monitor one or more standby databases to enable production Oracle databases to survive disasters and data corruptions. Data Guard can be used with traditional backup, restoration, and cluster techniques to provide a high level of data protection and data availability.

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Sample Customers

IBM, Waste Industries, Nasdaq, Verizon, Sharp, Rosetta Stone, Dakine, JBS Australia, Texas Wesleyan University, Cintra, People's Choice Credit Union, Lotto NZ, Electric Insurance, Tyler Technologies, Intility, Corporate One Federal Credit Union, Bryant University, pc/nametag, Isagenix, Sungard Availability Services, Databank, Electrocraft, Lifescript, Westfleisch, Interstate National Corporation, RestorePoint, Net3, Access Community Health Network, Newmarket International, Rezolve Group Inc., Piri Reis University, MC Assembly, Grass-Merkur, dbMotion, Christian Broadcasting Network, Bezeq, Abilene Christian University, CNW Group, Softcat, Migliori, City of South Portland, NaviSite, News-Press & Gazette, Comtec, Equity Insurance, Admirals Bank, Assistra, Dassault, Henry Davis York Lawyers, SAI Global, Audax Group, DSM, Triad Retail Media, Euronet Worldwide, Palm Beach County School District, iGate, Emerald Queen Casino

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