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We performed a comparison between Google Cloud Spanner and Oracle Exadata Express Cloud 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.
To learn more, read our detailed Google Cloud Spanner vs. Oracle Exadata Express Cloud Service Report (Updated: May 2024).
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Pros
"We can scale the solution if we need to.""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.""Google Cloud Spanner is stable.""The application deployment in the cloud is the best feature of the infrastructure."

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"I like that Oracle Exadata Express Cloud Service is easier to use and is a cost-saving solution because you won't need to hire people to run and maintain it.""The solution is very stable and offers great performance.""It is a scalable product.""One of the most valuable parts of the solution is the high availability within the system and the performance enhancement without making any changes or fine-tuning the databases.""The performance of the tool is valuable.""Having the prediction happen in the modular format allows you to start with a lower version of Exadata and then you can keep on upgrading it as per your requirement.""In the cloud, Exadata is more scalable. The on-prem version was limited. It wasn't that scalable because it only came in a quarter rack, half rack, and full rack. In the cloud, it scales to what you need."

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Cons
"The cost can be a bit high.""The tool needs to improve horizontal scaling.""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."

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"The support must be faster.""The only downside is the difficulty in monitoring, and that's why I would like to implement MySQL database.""We use artificial intelligence for deep learning, and it would be a huge benefit to implement this in Oracle Exadata.""Scaling Oracle Exadata Express Cloud Service can be done, but the process is a little tedious, which could be an area for improvement in the solution.""The solution's pricing could be improved.""The customer's default choice is the on-premise version of this solution. Only when Oracle or the partners like us, can explain to customers the cloud value proposition, and if the compliance authorities allow, they can look into this cloud solution. It will take some time for Oracle to change its perception of customers' de-facto standards. Exadata used to be treated as a black box, which is not the case now. The customer is aware of what is happening inside, how the configurations have been made, and what patching has been applied. Oracle needs to market the cloud version better.""The product's installation process needs improvement. It could be more accessible.""Oracle's support could be better."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "It is expensive."
  • "Google Cloud Spanner is an expensive solution."
  • "The solution is expensive."
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  • "The price of this solution is very comparative to others on the market. There is no direct comparison between this solution and with something else because I do not see any other similar product."
  • "I think Oracle pricing is usually above average market price."
  • "The tool is not cheap, but it is not really expensive."
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    Top Answer:Google Cloud Spanner has all the features of a traditional relational database, including schemas, SQL queries, ACID transactions, and provides excellent integration and monitoring tools as well as… more »
    Top Answer:We can pay the licensing fee monthly. We can also choose to pay upfront for a year. The tool is not cheap, but it is not really expensive. It depends on our usage. I rate the pricing a seven to eight… more »
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    Overview

    Cloud Spanner is the first and only relational database service that is both strongly consistent and horizontally scalable. With Cloud Spanner you enjoy all the traditional benefits of a relational database: ACID transactions, relational schemas (and schema changes without downtime), SQL queries, high performance, and high availability. But unlike any other relational database service, Cloud Spanner scales horizontally, to hundreds or thousands of servers, so it can handle the highest of transactional workloads. With automatic scaling, synchronous data replication, and node redundancy, Cloud Spanner delivers up to 99.999% (five 9s) of availability for your mission critical applications. In fact, Google’s internal Spanner service has been handling millions of queries per second from many Google services for years.

    Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service delivers a managed Oracle Database 12c Release 2 Enterprise Edition with options, running on Oracle Exadata engineered systems – all at a highly affordable entry-level price. It is a full Oracle Database experience, compatible with what you get on-premises or in other Oracle Database Cloud Services, provisioned within minutes, and suitable for small to medium sized data.

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    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm19%
    Computer Software Company14%
    Retailer12%
    Manufacturing Company7%
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    Financial Services Firm33%
    Manufacturing Company10%
    Computer Software Company8%
    Comms Service Provider7%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise71%
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    Small Business22%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise67%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business8%
    Midsize Enterprise8%
    Large Enterprise83%
    Buyer's Guide
    Google Cloud Spanner vs. Oracle Exadata Express Cloud Service
    May 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Google Cloud Spanner vs. Oracle Exadata Express Cloud Service and other solutions. Updated: May 2024.
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    Google Cloud Spanner is ranked 8th in Database as a Service with 4 reviews while Oracle Exadata Express Cloud Service is ranked 10th in Database as a Service with 9 reviews. Google Cloud Spanner is rated 9.0, while Oracle Exadata Express Cloud Service is rated 7.4. 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 Exadata Express Cloud Service writes "Enhances performance without fine tuning databases". Google Cloud Spanner is most compared with Amazon RDS, MongoDB Atlas, Google Cloud SQL, Oracle Database as a Service and Oracle Exadata Cloud at Customer, whereas Oracle Exadata Express Cloud Service is most compared with Oracle Exadata. See our Google Cloud Spanner vs. Oracle Exadata Express Cloud Service report.

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