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OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) vs Oracle Database comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
6.2
Organizations achieved financial and operational gains with Vertica, reducing costs and processing time while enhancing analytics and performance.
Sentiment score
5.8
Oracle Database offers high stability and growth potential, justifying its cost with effective long-term ROI for businesses.
I saved a lot of money because the storage was on a cheaper alternative and was not directly on OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica), but on S3.
Senior Software Engineer at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees
The time we used to take with our earlier databases has reduced to one-tenth of what was there earlier, which is a positive outcome that can be converted to financial metrics in terms of return on investment.
Data Engineering Associate Manager at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.1
OpenText Analytics Database's customer service is generally valued for expertise but has occasional response time and escalation issues.
Sentiment score
6.1
Oracle Database's customer service is responsive but inconsistent, with high costs and delays, despite strong knowledge base resources.
Throughout this process, customer support was outstanding, and we had a person actively supporting us from the OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) team for our use case.
Senior Software Engineer at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees
Overall, our experience with OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) customer support has been good and reliable.
consultant at tcs
In some cases, they support me on a 24/7 basis, round the clock.
Senior Vice President IT Operations at ZTBL
Oracle's technical support is not very effective.
Chief Executive Officer at LeaseWeb
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.2
OpenText Vertica offers scalable, efficient data handling with robust performance, though pricing and node addition may challenge some users.
Sentiment score
7.4
Feedback applauds Oracle Database's scalability and flexibility, though license costs and architecture challenges impact some scaling decisions.
We have experienced easy horizontal scaling, consistent query performance as data grew, and the ability to handle large analytic workloads.
consultant at tcs
OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) has very good scalability.
Data Engineering Associate Manager at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) can scale to a great extent.
Analytics Manager at a wholesaler/distributor with 10,001+ employees
The database regularly releases new versions with better performance and security features.
Chief Executive Officer at LeaseWeb
RAC is the feature where I can distribute the load among multiple nodes, and it has helped our enterprise applications.
Senior Vice President IT Operations at ZTBL
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.2
OpenText Analytics Database offers high stability and performance, with successful migrations and minimal clustering issues ensuring user satisfaction.
Sentiment score
8.0
Oracle Database is renowned for its stability, reliability, and performance, earning widespread user trust and industry presence.
OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) is very stable.
Senior Software Engineer at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees
Oracle Database is very robust, and I rate its stability nine out of ten.
Chief Executive Officer at LeaseWeb
It is a stable product.
Senior Vice President IT Operations at ZTBL
 

Room For Improvement

OpenText Analytics Database needs improvements in community, cloud features, SQL, integration, cost efficiency, machine learning, and developer tools.
Users seek improvements in Oracle Database's cost, usability, integration, performance, and upgrade processes while desiring simplified UI and documentation.
Smarter automatic projection management is needed with more intelligence, auto projection creation, automatic optimization, and reduced manual testing with better workload management.
consultant at tcs
Projections could be made more dynamic, and if they could find a faster way to update, insert, and delete data, that would also be helpful.
Senior Software Engineer at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees
OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) does not have a cloud-based UI that Snowflake has, which features a very good comprehensive GUI for querying and analyzing data.
Data Engineering Associate Manager at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Oracle Database needs improvement in data analytics capabilities, AI involvement, machine learning, and deep learning.
Chief Executive Officer at LeaseWeb
One existing feature that distinguishes Oracle Database from others is its ability to log errors in the database itself.
Business Analyst at Tata Consultancy
It would be more feasible if Oracle allowed licensing on a socket-based model instead of cores.
Senior Vice President IT Operations at ZTBL
 

Setup Cost

OpenText Analytics Database offers flexible pricing, often cost-effective for its advanced features, despite being pricey vs. open-source solutions.
Oracle Database is costly; negotiations and choosing the right licensing model are crucial for managing expenses effectively.
The pricing for OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) is somewhat on the higher side for the license.
Senior Software Engineer at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees
For medium businesses, Oracle and IBM DB2 pricing are quite similar.
Chief Executive Officer at LeaseWeb
Oracle Database is costly.
Senior Vice President IT Operations at ZTBL
 

Valuable Features

OpenText Analytics Database excels in fast query responses, scalability, and real-time insights, enhancing decision-making and operational efficiency.
Oracle Database excels in high availability, security, performance, scalability, and cloud integration, offering reliability for large datasets and users.
I can use it in Eon Mode in which I can store the data in cheaper storage such as Amazon S3 and have different compute nodes.
Senior Software Engineer at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees
Projection and columnar storage are the most valuable features because they dramatically improve query performance and reduce the need for index management.
consultant at tcs
The best features that OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) offers are mainly the parallel processing, ETL capabilities, and the multi-cloud features which are very handy to use.
Data Engineering Associate Manager at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Its data management capabilities include data quality, data integration, data architecture, modeling, and data security, which are very important for data-driven companies.
Chief Executive Officer at LeaseWeb
Regarding what I value about Oracle Database, as far as execution is concerned, I think it is one of the best databases I have come across.
Business Analyst at Tata Consultancy
The most valuable features in WebLogic Suite are its stability and security.
Senior Vice President IT Operations at ZTBL
 

Categories and Ranking

OpenText Analytics Database...
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
90
Ranking in other categories
Data Warehouse (6th), Cloud Data Warehouse (11th)
Oracle Database
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
292
Ranking in other categories
Relational Databases Tools (2nd), Database Management Systems (DBMS) (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) and Oracle Database aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) is designed for Data Warehouse and holds a mindshare of 5.0%, down 8.3% compared to last year.
Oracle Database, on the other hand, focuses on Relational Databases Tools, holds 11.5% mindshare, down 12.7% since last year.
Data Warehouse Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica)5.0%
Snowflake10.2%
Teradata9.0%
Other75.8%
Data Warehouse
Relational Databases Tools Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Oracle Database11.5%
SQL Server11.9%
SAP HANA6.9%
Other69.7%
Relational Databases Tools
 

Featured Reviews

JN
consultant at tcs
Data warehousing has transformed reporting performance and now delivers near real-time insights
OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) is a very powerful analytic database, but like any platform, there are areas where it can improve to make daily work even smoother. Better cloud-native experience is one area for improvement. OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) was originally designed as an on-premises analytic database and later moved to cloud. Improvement opportunities include more seamless cloud-native features such as auto-scaling, serverless options, and easier cluster management. Competitors such as Snowflake and BigQuery provide more fully managed experiences. Easier UI is another area for improvement. Most administration is currently done by SQL and command line tools. An improvement opportunity would be a more modern web UI for monitoring, workload management, and troubleshooting. Faster ecosystem and community growth is needed. In short, OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) could improve in areas such as cloud-native capability, modern UI for administration, stronger real-time streaming integration, and growing its ecosystem and community. These enhancements would make it easier to manage and adopt compared to newer cloud-first analytic platforms. From a day-to-day operational perspective, there are a few areas where OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) could improve to make our work smoother. Smarter automatic projection management is needed with more intelligence, auto projection creation, automatic optimization, and reduced manual testing with better workload management. Right now, monitoring queries often requires system tables and manual analysis. Troubleshooting slow queries takes time. A modern real-time dashboard showing query bottlenecks and resource users would enable quick detection. The impact could be faster issue resolution and less time spent debugging performance. Storage native interaction with modern data tools is also important. In short, from a day-to-day perspective, improvements in automatic projection optimization, better workload monitoring dashboard, easier schema evolution, and stronger modern tool integration would significantly reduce manual tuning effort and improve developer productivity. While OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) is very powerful, these enhancements would make it more efficient for the analytics team.
Muhammad Usman Muzaffar - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Vice President IT Operations at ZTBL
Running secure internal banking applications has been reliable and supports fast deployments
I am still working with Oracle products. I am still using Enterprise Manager 14c. I am using Oracle Database, Oracle ExaCC, Oracle EBS, Oracle WebLogic, Oracle Enterprise Manager, and Oracle Linux. I can answer questions about my experience with WebLogic Suite. I use it in my company. I have not used WebLogic's diagnostic tools. I do not utilize its lifecycle management features. I do not have much experience with WebLogic Java EE support, as I just deploy the application and the other team utilizes this server. I am not directly involved in WebLogic. I have been using Oracle Linux myself. The deployment is local, on-premises. I have been working with Enterprise Manager as well. All the components of Oracle I am using are on-premises. I use Oracle 19c database, Oracle ExaCC, Exadata on Cloud at Customer. I have been using Oracle Linux, Enterprise Manager, and databases as well. I have been working with Oracle Database for about 20 years. My experience has been 100% positive with Oracle Database. I have utilized its Real Application Clusters along with Data Guard. I do not use Oracle's Advanced Analytics and machine learning features right now. I have given this review an overall rating of 9 out of 10.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
16%
Computer Software Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Marketing Services Firm
5%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Computer Software Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business29
Midsize Enterprise23
Large Enterprise42
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business87
Midsize Enterprise65
Large Enterprise179
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Vertica?
Vertica is easy to use and provides really high performance, stability, and scalability.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Vertica?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is limited because the organization handled the licensing and pricing as well as the cost setup.
What needs improvement with Vertica?
OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) can be improved by adding some more features in analytics. OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) does not have a cloud-based UI that Snowflake has, which featu...
How do you run Oracle Database at your organization and why?
My company has been using Oracle Exadata Database Service for some years now, and we are happy with it. I will allow myself to answer your questions about why and what benefits it provides us with ...
Do you know of any disadvantages of Oracle Database?
Undoubtedly, Oracle Database is a top product in its category. But it does have its disadvantages, and for me and my organization, that has been the limitations of the product. When it comes to Ora...
What is the best use for Oracle Database?
Oracle Database is flexible and can be used for many things. My company's main use case for this product is for storing data. We benefit from its high level of security as well as from the fact tha...
 

Also Known As

Micro Focus Vertica, HPE Vertica, HPE Vertica on Demand
Oracle 12c, RDBMS
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Cerner, Game Show Network Game, Guess by Marciano, Supercell, Etsy, Nascar, Empirix, adMarketplace, and Cardlytics.
Agncia Nacional de guas, Anbima, Aria Systems, Asiana Airlines, Astelit LLC, Australian Finance Group, Banco Occidental de Descuento, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited, BT, Caja de Seguros S.A., Casas GEO S.A.B. de C.V., Comic Relief UK, Corsair Components Inc., CSAM Health AS, CSOB Group, Datacraft Solutions, DenizBank A.S., Department of Treasury and Finance WA, Office of State Revenue, Deutsche B_rse AG, Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Deutsche Messe AG, Digicel Haiti, DPR COSEA, Essar Group, Essatto Software Pty Ltd, Farmšcia e Drogaria Nissei Ltda., Fomento Econ‹mico Mexicano S.A.B. de C.V. (FEMSA), FundaÊo Petrobras de Seguridade Social, Future Group, GFKL Financial Services AG, Grupo Posadas S.A.B. de C.V., Grupo Sinosserra, Guerra S.A. Implementos Rodovišrios, Hanatour International Service, Hays plc, Henan Mobile Co. Ltd, Hochschule Hof, Hong Kong and China Technology (Wuhan) Co. Ltd (Towngas Technology), Industries Corpa_al C.A., Infrastructure Development Finance Company Limited, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatstica, Instituto Mexicano de la Propiedad Industrial, Kcell, LinkShare Corporation, MercadoLibre Inc., MetLife Inc., Nextgen Distribution, €BB-IKT GmbH, Octagon Research Solutions, Pacific Lutheran University, Paragon Data GmbH, Ping ltd., PJSC Trustbank, Prodaub _ Processamento de Dados de Uberl_ndia, Purdue University, Redknee Inc., Robi Axiata Limited, Shanghai Infoservice Technology Co. Ltd, Shanghai Sihua Technologies Co. Ltd, Sistema de Aguas de la Ciudad de M_xico, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council, Suddenlink Communications, Suprajit Engineering Limited, Tallink Grupp, Terminales Ro de la Plata S.A., Therap Services LLC, Think Passenger Inc., Trafigura, Transmed S.A.L Lebanon, ValeShop, VelQuest Corporation, Vodafone Group plc, West Virginia Network, WIND Hellas Telecommunications S.A
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