We performed a comparison between Google Cloud Spanner and Oracle Database as a Service based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Database as a Service solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature of the solution is its scalability. Scalability comes with two options, among which Google Cloud Spanner can scale horizontally, compared to other relational databases that scale vertically."
"The application deployment in the cloud is the best feature of the infrastructure."
"We can scale the solution if we need to."
"Google Cloud Spanner is stable."
"It is a good solution and has a large community."
"What I like about Oracle Database as a Service is that it has excellent stability, and the development is effortless. I also like the enhanced queries in Oracle Database as a Service best."
"The most valuable feature of Oracle Database as a Service is the object types. The object types are not available in other databases, such as SQL and Postgres. Additionally, the security is very good."
"The most valuable aspect of the solution is its security, performance, and availability."
"What I found most valuable about Oracle Database as a Service is its fast transactions and materialized views."
"The Oracle Multitenant feature of 12c is awesome. This feature enables us to consolidate disparate databases under one container database and eases manageability of the databases. It also allows us to scale."
"When we want more information on something that we are using, it is easy to find related topics on the internet."
"I will rate this solution a nine out of ten. We have been using this solution for the past ten years. We will continue the partnership. I do not expect to see any further integration of the tool with our software. I will recommend this tool to those with a large database."
"The cost can be a bit high."
"I want to improve the deployment of cameras and surveillance infrastructure."
"Google came up with something called Cloud Spanner Emulator, which fails to work like the real product if I want to develop some code and run a database locally on my machine."
"The tool needs to improve horizontal scaling."
"Oracle DBaaS could be compatible with more platforms."
"Earlier, the interface was continuously changing. Features you used would be moved somewhere else, so it was a little challenging to navigate, but now I think it's stable."
"The installation process requires improvement as it can be quite complex."
"An 8GB download for software is far too big. Nowadays it should be possible to simply use RPM packages on Linux/Unix."
"Oracle Database as a Service could improve the performance when monitoring."
"Oracle Database as a Service could improve by reducing the price."
"When migrating to a different instance, the internal machine learning is lost."
"In the next release, I would like to see a framework for memory management."
Google Cloud Spanner is ranked 8th in Database as a Service with 4 reviews while Oracle Database as a Service is ranked 4th in Database as a Service with 63 reviews. Google Cloud Spanner is rated 9.0, while Oracle Database as a Service is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Google Cloud Spanner writes "A stable and scalable relational database that ensures a return on investment for its users". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle Database as a Service writes "Quite stable and renewable with an easy setup". Google Cloud Spanner is most compared with Amazon RDS, Google Cloud SQL, MongoDB Atlas, Oracle Exadata Cloud at Customer and SQL Azure, whereas Oracle Database as a Service is most compared with Amazon RDS, SQL Azure, Oracle Exadata Cloud at Customer, Google Cloud SQL and Redis. See our Google Cloud Spanner vs. Oracle Database as a Service report.
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