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IDERA ER/Studio vs Oracle Coherence comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 23, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

IDERA ER/Studio
Ranking in Database Development and Management
7th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.2
Number of Reviews
39
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Architecture Management (10th)
Oracle Coherence
Ranking in Database Development and Management
9th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
5.8
Number of Reviews
31
Ranking in other categories
In-Memory Data Store Services (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Database Development and Management category, the mindshare of IDERA ER/Studio is 3.1%, up from 2.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Coherence is 3.4%, up from 1.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Database Development and Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
IDERA ER/Studio3.1%
Oracle Coherence3.4%
Other93.5%
Database Development and Management
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2796111 - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Architect at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Improved data modeling has reduced system footprint and strengthened finance workflows
I assess the benefits of IDERA ER_Studio's metadata management for my organization as not as good as Erwin's. Erwin's metadata management is better in how it handles data. There is a lot more user involvement in managing the metadata, primarily because in IDERA ER_Studio, the logical and physical models are separately defined in the same file, so you have to map them every single time. In Erwin, it has a unified structure, so if you make a change in the logical model, it automatically shows up in the physical model. You have to go through a couple of steps in the IDERA model to make sure everything has moved over. While that is not that inconvenient when you are actually doing development, as far as metadata management, that is prone to things getting dropped and missed. The collaboration tools in IDERA ER_Studio are adequate, but I think with Erwin, there is more of an opportunity for things to crash. Changes can be merged in IDERA more fluidly; however, the locking and sharing are a little bit more defined in Erwin. I think the learning curve for Erwin might be easier than IDERA ER_Studio, especially with connecting to different models and systems.
SS
Data Engineer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Facilitating real-time business insights with enhanced data querying
Coherence is beneficial due to its multi-indexing to the same object and filtering based on data attributes within the object, followed by aggregation. These features facilitate querying data with multiple keys rather than just a single key. Its real-time data processing capabilities provide insights for business decisions with up-to-date information.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"IDERA ER_Studio does a lot more and performs model comparison much better than Erwin."
"When validating the model, the ability to provide sub-models to developers, and generate a physical model from the logical, makes it easier to review a logical model with stakeholders."
"ER/Studio is good. It is really user-friendly and you can start without much training."
"With both onshore and offshore development teams working 18x5 days, it is an easy way to control check-in's while also maintaining schema views."
"Using this product has improved the way we maintain our models because they have a place where we can keep all of them, and they can be viewed using the web interface."
"The most valuable features are... those that enable me to represent the database to the development community and the business users."
"The interface is really simple to use and it allows me to pick and choose which tables I want to reverse engineer."
"I set up this tool and found it to be very simple."
"A robust standalone caching solution that prioritized speed of data serialization and data integrity was a must, and Coherence delivered on that front."
"Coherence has helped us to drastically reduce the request time of our web applications."
"Portable object format (POF serialization) allows objects to be serialized and deserialized between Java and .NET so the two platforms can exchange data seamlessly."
"The biggest improvement is in speed - everything is faster from record retrieval to workflow processing."
"This product helped our organization to focus on implementing business logic without worrying about scalability on user loads of huge data queries."
"Oracle Coherence is a very good product which helps to create internet-scale applications using a high-performance grid."
"In my experience, while working on customers’ solutions where performance is a key requirement, along with robustness and stability needs, I have always found Oracle Coherence as the best solution for integrating with different Oracle products and caching data for application-specific needs."
"Technical support from Oracle is okay."
 

Cons

"The visual presentation is a little too colorful and seems that it is dumbed down."
"The screens are a bit outdated. They could use a new look and feel."
"What needs the most improvement are semantic lineage and usability."
"Tech support hasn't been as good lately as it was in the past. It is down to average."
"I assess the benefits of IDERA ER_Studio's metadata management for my organization as not as good as Erwin's."
"It isn't easy to compare the thousands of tables in the model against the database. The tool should improve the synchronization within the large organization"
"The print facility is a little lacking."
"They allow functionalities to be released before the full tests for catching and correcting errors are completed."
"I would like to see a more modern API like Hazelcast or Infinispan."
"This platform has issues with stability and performance."
"The price is high. I believe there should be a cheaper version for only the caching solution."
"Coherence failed to live up to its SLA by not being able to recover but getting into a state where new nodes were created when the old ones were still there but for some reason no longer recognized as being part of the cluster."
"Reloading really takes a lot of time."
"Initial setup is very complex; specifically, a lot of XML effort is required."
"Data transfer performance over geographical locations. Oracle database has better performance compared to Coherence when accessed from different regions."
"They could make the configuration management easier."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Pricing is expensive and on the higher-end."
"I use the product's trial version."
"The price of this product is okay."
"It is priced fairly. It's around the same as erwin and other competitors' costs."
"The setup cost may have been around $1500 to $2000."
"The solution’s pricing is high."
"I am currently using the trial version, but this solution is definitely worth considering for the price point."
"At my previous company using ER/Studio, a database compare took four hours before using the product and 15 minutes after using the product."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
13%
Energy/Utilities Company
13%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Financial Services Firm
25%
Outsourcing Company
12%
Computer Software Company
6%
Comms Service Provider
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise12
Large Enterprise25
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise23
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IDERA ER Studio?
In terms of pricing, ER/Studio is slightly more expensive compared to Erwin, by about five to ten percent.
What is your primary use case for IDERA ER Studio?
I work in the finance industry, and the use cases for this product are very similar to what I mentioned previously when I discussed being in industrial management. It is simply a different product.
What advice do you have for others considering IDERA ER Studio?
I have not used IDERA ER_Studio's impact analysis tools, so I really could not judge that regarding mitigating database risks for security. I am not on the end as far as the pricing, as this is wha...
What needs improvement with Oracle Coherence?
The WebLogic Management is quite cumbersome. The initial setup is complex and time-consuming.
What is your primary use case for Oracle Coherence?
I utilize Coherence for data solutions in the financial industry. Its primary use case includes plain lookup, indexing, filtering, and aggregation.
What advice do you have for others considering Oracle Coherence?
I recommend Coherence, as I don't have any product issues. The main concerns are high pricing and a complex initial setup. Overall, I would rate Coherence as an eight out of ten.
 

Also Known As

IDERA ER Studio, ER/Studio, ER/Studio Enterprise Team Edition
Coherence
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Newmont Mining, Entrust, Accolade, TalkTalk, Catalina, Protective Life, NTT Data, dir systèmes, Microsoft; American Express, Astellas Pharma, AstraZeneca, Coriant, Fedex, GlaxoSmithKline, PepsiCo, Prudential, Wells Fargo
Industrial Bank of Korea, Hotelbeds, Canon Inc., Verizon, Securitas Direct Espa_a, S.A.U., CetelemEspa_aGrupo BNP Paribas, Telus
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