IIS vs Oracle SOA Suite comparison

Microsoft and Oracle are both solutions in the Application Infrastructure category. Microsoft is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.6, while Oracle is ranked #11 with an average rating of 5.0. Microsoft holds a 10.5% mindshare in AIS, compared to Oracle’s 3.6% mindshare. Additionally, 89% of Microsoft users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 85% of Oracle users who would recommend it.

IIS

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89% willing to recommend

Oracle SOA Suite

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85% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 5, 2025

Oracle SOA Suite and IIS compete in the enterprise application integration and web hosting categories, respectively. Oracle SOA Suite appears to have the upper hand in integration capabilities, while IIS excels in user-friendliness and cost-effectiveness.

Features: Oracle SOA Suite offers integration with a wide range of systems using technology adapters, service orchestration capabilities, and comprehensive scalability tools. It supports complex integration scenarios leveraging its strong fault tolerance. IIS, on the other hand, is a lightweight web server ideal for web application hosting, with simple setup and strong integration with Microsoft products, offering stability and native support for Windows.

Room for Improvement: Oracle SOA Suite needs improved error handling, better support for micro-services, and enhanced integration with Enterprise Manager. Its user interface and configuration processes also require simplification. IIS faces challenges in integrating with non-Microsoft products, and enhancements are needed in documentation, security features, and cluster management for better usability.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Oracle SOA Suite predominantly supports on-premises deployments, requiring significant expertise for management. Customer service reviews are mixed, citing slow and inconsistent support. IIS supports both on-premises and cloud deployments, with straightforward installation via Windows Server. It is generally praised for deployment ease, although customer support quality varies.

Pricing and ROI: Oracle SOA Suite is considered expensive, with high licensing fees and resource demands, suitable for larger enterprises needing complex integration. Careful cost management is essential to ensure ROI. IIS is cost-effective, bundled with Windows Server licenses, thus offering excellent ROI for those already using Microsoft infrastructure.

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Categories and Ranking

IIS

Ranking in Application Infrastructure

1st

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Server (5th)

Oracle SOA Suite

Ranking in Application Infrastructure

11th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

SOA Governance (1st)

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the Application Infrastructure category, the mindshare of IIS is 10.5%, down from 13.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle SOA Suite is 3.6%, down from 4.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Application Infrastructure Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
IIS	10.5%
Oracle SOA Suite	3.6%
Other	85.9%

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Krishnakumar Natarajan

Systems Engineer at Atos

Designs and manages multiple websites while ensuring data backup and disaster recovery

I have experience with AWS, and I am most familiar with the server environment, as we just use the server environment and then use Microsoft products on an AWS environment. I have experience with Windows Server IIS, which I ran on my own on-premise data center. The website was developed and then hosted, and through IIS, we managed the servers. The manageability within the IIS environment is not very difficult. For server management, you need to ensure data backup, data restore, and you have a DR configured to keep the database intact. It was done on-premises, so I had no problem doing that. If you have to go to the cloud, then you should have the storage connected to the IIS server and also have a DR set up for that. I didn't use Microsoft Azure tools, but since it is a Microsoft product, Azure has all the portability, so you don't have to worry about compatibility on the cloud. On a scale of 1-10, I would rate this solution a 10.

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MANOHAR SADDALA

IT Specialist at Eagle Hills

Enables seamless integration with multiple systems

I would rate the scalability a seven out of ten. It's not much more dynamic, not as dynamic as you may think, like seeing it in the cloud. In order to use it, you need to have the download servers and then scale up your systems. Oracle SOA Suites serves as a middle layer between applications. For example, let's say you have SAP, and we have Salesforce or Oracle ERP system. Users connect to those systems and perform certain activities or transactions on the applications. Now, if any data needs to be synchronized or any integration needs to happen between these applications, we use the Oracle SOA Suite. It acts as the bridge between the applications, not between the users. It's like having endpoints between the applications. Currently, we have 20 endpoints; 20 systems are connected to it, which is great. Oracle SOA Suite is being used daily. We are using it to its maximum potential.

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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

"The product's initial setup phase is straightforward."

"It is a scalable solution."

"It is a lightweight web host that is easy to configure for simple webpages."

"IIS works natively with Windows Server without any issues in publishing certificates."

"The most valuable feature of IIS is the database it provides."

"The solution is the easiest way to publish applications which have been designed by older development tools."

"The most valuable feature of IIS is it does not consume a lot of resources. It does not consume a lot of resources, such as memory."

"The solution is easy to use."

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"Conceptually, how it integrates a lot of essential enterprise process components. That's the most valuable."

"The most valuable feature of this solution is the option to design, and the development can happen at the same time."

"Middleware jobs developing for EC, ERP, and shipping systems become easier."

"The ability to stand up a highly available SOA Suite, which has full DR capabilities, in a remote center and synchronize the databases using Data Guard."

"The new product has come out with SOA Cloud Service and Integration Analytics as well, which gives more options for clients to pick their point of requirements."

"The product allows you to visualize how a company is working currently by providing rich possibilities for analysis such as the audit trails and therefore shows where improvements might be valuable."

"It performs better in real-time transactions."

"In case there is something that doesn't work out of the box, you have the flexibility to customize it."

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Cons

"I am using an older version of Windows Server IIS and the general management and navigation to get something done is not as straightforward as I hope it to be. The interface could be improved."

"Performance-wise, certain improvements in IIS are needed...IIS is not scalable. Its scalability is less."

"Microsoft products can only work within the Windows environment, which limits their versatility."

"The documentation of IIS could be better. They are not easily accessible. I had to use YouTube and other online resources to learn how to use the solution properly."

"The cost is a bit too high."

"The customer service and support team can be improved."

"The solution must improve the integration between its databases."

"IIS could improve the error logging. There are times we are not able to see the errors. More details would be helpful. Additionally, the configuring of the IIS should be allowed through coding instead of the classic view."

More IIS cons

"The installation and adjustment process seems too complex."

"The interface is too complicated. Making modifications still requires too much technical knowledge."

"The product is not user-friendly."

"The solution’s initial setup is complex and could be improved."

"Other solutions might be better componets such as Salesforce."

"Various parts of SOA, BPEL, and so on, each have their own consoles which need to be accessed individually with different logins. It would be better from an admin perspective if all the consoles were accessible via a single login."

"SOA"

"An area for improvement in Oracle SOA Suite is the cost. It could be lower."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The tool's pricing is on a yearly basis."

"We purchased a Microsoft Windows license and the license for IIS came in the package."

"This solution comes included with Windows Server."

"They offer a one-time payment model for the product license, and we pay annually for support."

"IIS's pricing is reasonable."

"The price of the cloud system is a bit high."

"I didn't need to get an additional license for the solution since it was included in my server."

"The licensing cost is dependent on the usage."

More IIS pricing and cost advice

"Oracle pricing is expensive. Support is based on your license. AWS is much better than Oracle in this regard."

"This product is WebLogic based, hence it can be both resource hungry as well as expensive from a licensing point of view."

"Oracle SOA Suite is an expensive solution."

"The product is moderately priced."

"Based on my knowledge, Oracle SOA Suite doesn't have user-based licensing. It has a system-based licensing model, so you pay for whole systems. Oracle SOA Suite is an expensive solution, so it's a four out of ten for me."

"The pricing is not very high as compared to its competitors."

"It is necessary to evaluate the requirement regarding the platform usage and what the main operation area of the platform will be."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

16%

Financial Services Firm

15%

Government

Comms Service Provider

Computer Software Company

16%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Government

Performing Arts

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	28
Midsize Enterprise	11
Large Enterprise	20

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	13
Midsize Enterprise	15
Large Enterprise	40

Questions from the Community

Which is better - IIS or NGINX Plus?

IIS is a flexible, secure, and manageable web server to host anything on the web. IIS’s scalable and open architecture can handle the most demanding tasks. From media streaming to web applications,...

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What do you like most about IIS?

The product is flexible.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IIS?

If you have a Windows license, there is no additional cost for IIS. However, you may need to pay for SSL publishing at times.

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What do you like most about Oracle SOA Suite?

The solution's XSLT or XSL Transformation feature was very useful.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle SOA Suite?

Oracle SOA Suite is an expensive solution.

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What needs improvement with Oracle SOA Suite?

The solution’s initial setup is complex and could be improved. A big challenge for Oracle SOA Suite is that you don't get too many technical resources.

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Also Known As

Windows Server IIS

SOA Suite

Overview

Internet Information Services (IIS) provides a secure, easy-to-manage, modular and extensible platform for reliably hosting websites, services and applications. With IIS, you get choice and control without giving up reliability or security.

Microsoft

Oracle SOA Suite is a comprehensive, standards-based software suite to build, deploy and manage integration following the concepts of service-oriented architecture (SOA). The components of the suite benefit from consistent tooling, a single deployment and management model, end-to-end security and unified metadata management. Oracle SOA Suite helps businesses lower costs by allowing maximum re-use of existing IT investments and assets, regardless of the environment (OS, application server, etc.) they run in, or the technology they were built upon. Its easy-to-use, re-use focused, unified application development tooling and end-to-end lifecycle management support further reduces development and maintenance cost and complexity.

For more information on Oracle SOA Suite, visit Oracle.com

Oracle

Sample Customers

Erste Bank Group, NJVC, Samsung Electronics, Sheraton Hotels and Resorts, Tata Steel Europe, Urban Software Institute

7-Eleven, Arcor SAIC, Banca Transilvania, Eaton Corporation, Emdeon, Ferrovial, Griffith University, National Instruments, Pella Corporation, Vodafone Group Plc,

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