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Nutanix Database Service 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

Nutanix Database Service
Ranking in Database Development and Management
6th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
31
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
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 August 2026, in the Database Development and Management category, the mindshare of Nutanix Database Service is 2.4%, down from 3.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Coherence is 3.5%, up from 2.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Database Development and Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Nutanix Database Service2.4%
Oracle Coherence3.5%
Other94.1%
Database Development and Management
 

Featured Reviews

JP
Lead Systems Administrator at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
Improves time management by reducing database provisioning time
The feature I appreciate the most in Nutanix Database Service is the Time Machine. The simplicity of the Time Machine feature in Nutanix Database Service and being able to have a point in time that you can go back to at whatever your retention period is, is really great and helpful for us. The Time Machine feature in Nutanix Database Service has definitely reduced turnaround time for when we need clones or other environments spun up off of our existing environment, such as for corruption. It has helped the workload significantly. We're a very small team of database administrators. It worked really effectively for them and helped the workflow much more than our previous solution. Using Nutanix Database Service has reduced the time it takes to provision a database by 75%. The efficiency gained by using Nutanix Database Service has led to a positive impact on our business as far as bringing in new applications and workloads. Being able to clone and spin up other environments off of what we already have in NDB eases turnaround time when requests come in, and we're able to fill them and get them back to the business and make them available to customers. We've been able to automate DBA tasks. It simplifies turnaround time. Our DBA can deploy on how own and no longer waits for requests to be fulfilled.
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

"Nutanix Era effectively reduces operational overheads by streamlining the application team's implementation of multiple environments."
"The Time Machine feature in Nutanix Database Service has definitely reduced turnaround time for when we need clones or other environments spun up off of our existing environment, such as for corruption."
"The business has been ecstatic over the quick turnaround time for any databases."
"The efficiency gained by using Nutanix Database Service has led to a positive impact on our business as far as bringing in new applications and workloads."
"I recommend this solution to others because it saves operation time and day-to-day tasks, which is a big deal because if you're managing a big infrastructure, the operation time is critical and with the use of Nutanix Database Services, resources can be better utilized."
"With Oracle, it took around one hour to refresh the database and now, with Nutanix, it takes a quarter of that time."
"My advice for anybody who is looking into using Nutanix Era is to go ahead and implement it because this is a good solution that will help the IT department to manage and troubleshoot the database workloads, reduce the time needed by teams for troubleshooting and deploying databases, make life easy for database management, and is one that you can rely on."
"It saves operation time and day-to-day tasks."
"The biggest improvement is in speed - everything is faster from record retrieval to workflow processing."
"The product is great, simple, and easy to use and integrate."
"Oracle Coherence improved site performance and the customer experience."
"Technical support from Oracle is okay."
"It was suited for stock exchange marketing software, improved performance."
"It helped us to cache the data in memory and improved performance by 10x."
"Coherence is beneficial due to its multi-indexing to the same object and filtering based on data attributes within the object, followed by aggregation."
"A single logical cache scattered across various geographies ensured we had only one cache to look against (location transparency) at the same time, ensuring high availability."
 

Cons

"Nutanix Database Service can be improved by enhancing logging; when we're trying to look for errors, one of the hiccups we always run into is that it's very hard to pinpoint and look through the logs."
"Patch management is an issue as it regularly causes stability problems."
"Technical support is slow sometimes. Because the talent is not available in India, sometimes we need to accelerate calls to the US or another region, which takes time."
"It would be helpful if Nutanix added a billing system for databases. We need to automate this with a separate solution. We are service providers, so it would be easier for our customers if there were a built-in system that we could use for billing."
"I don't have a comprehensive answer because we're not utilizing it extensively."
"It should be able to be consumed by other customers because only the enterprise cloud customers are able to buy this software."
"This solution could be improved by integrating with more database providers."
"We are also overwhelmed with the quality of technical support associated with the product."
"It is very expensive. It might not work well for small business people."
"The product is the best, but it's absurdly expensive because licensing is according to the number of CPUs."
"Monitoring API needs to be improved and needs to be user friendly. Also, the error and exception handling is not that great as it can be difficult to debug issues."
"Customer service: Five out of 10."
"This platform has issues with stability and performance."
"Product is too expensive and support is poor. There are better products."
"Data transfer performance over geographical locations. Oracle database has better performance compared to Coherence when accessed from different regions."
"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."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's priced fairly... It's a good value. When you go looking for something from Oracle that automates things and makes your life easier, it's always going to be a minimum of $500,000. Era's nothing like that."
"Era is quite expensive. The thing that will be a showstopper for them in the long run is if you look at it from a technical perspective on what it provides and weigh it up against consolidation of multiple other software suites."
"Pricing wasn't a surprise. It was what we were expecting it to be."
"Not everyone can afford it. It's a bit expensive, so the price has to be improved."
"The licensed-based pricing is confusing and too high."
"The price of the solution is expensive."
"I wasn't involved much with the pricing and setup costs and licenses. The pricing was as expected."
"There are no costs in addition to the standard licensing fees."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
9%
Transportation Company
9%
Construction Company
8%
Media Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
26%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Computer Software Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business15
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise11
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise23
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Nutanix Database Service?
It is amazing. The pricing compared to the time saved is nothing. It's worth the cost.
What needs improvement with Nutanix Database Service?
Nutanix Database Service can be improved by implementing more AI capabilities.
What is your primary use case for Nutanix Database Service?
Clients use Nutanix Database Service for various reasons.
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

Nutanix Era
Coherence
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

JetBlue, International Speedway Corporation, SAIC Volkswagen
Industrial Bank of Korea, Hotelbeds, Canon Inc., Verizon, Securitas Direct Espa_a, S.A.U., CetelemEspa_aGrupo BNP Paribas, Telus
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