Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse vs Oracle Exadata Express Cloud Service comparison

The compared Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse and Oracle Exadata Express Cloud Service solutions aren't in the same category. Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse is ranked #12 in CDW , with an average rating of 7.7, and holds a 5.7% mindshare in the category. Oracle Exadata Express Cloud Service is ranked #11 in DS , with an average rating of 9.3, and holds a 1.5% mindshare. Additionally, 95% of Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 88% of Oracle Exadata Express Cloud Service users who would recommend it.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Oracle Autonomous Data Ware...

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Data Warehouse (12th)

Oracle Exadata Express Clou...

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.0

Number of Reviews

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Database as a Service (DBaaS) (11th)

Mindshare comparison

Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse and Oracle Exadata Express Cloud Service aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse is designed for Cloud Data Warehouse and holds a mindshare of 5.7%, up 4.8% compared to last year.
Oracle Exadata Express Cloud Service, on the other hand, focuses on Database as a Service (DBaaS), holds 1.5% mindshare, up 0.4% since last year.

Cloud Data Warehouse Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse	5.7%
Snowflake	15.8%
Databricks	10.4%
Other	68.1%

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Database as a Service (DBaaS) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Oracle Exadata Express Cloud Service	1.5%
Amazon RDS	12.6%
MongoDB Atlas	12.1%
Other	73.8%

Database as a Service (DBaaS)

Featured Reviews

Kwajah Mohiuddin

Global Head of Architecture at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

Provides self-repair features, but the setup is complex

We use the product for online applications. We use it in the financial industry The product has self-repair features. The tool tunes itself. It separates compute from storage. We can scale storage and compute separately. The setup is complex. Oracle is a complex tool. I have been using Oracle…

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Shrikant Navelkar

Director at Clover Infotech

Have achieved excellent performance and seamless integration with effective cost control in cloud solutions

When customers are migrating from Oracle Exadata Express Cloud Service and need to remove some of their test and development environment, what happens in normal virtualization is that they can just switch it off, but in ExaCS, they need to terminate the entire thing. Most of the customers are not aware of this, so they keep spending money even if they want to shut down their UAT environment or development environment, so Oracle needs to make it simpler in terms of reducing the bill on ExaCS when customers want to shut down certain environments. Today, you have to terminate the entire VM, and only then your billing will stop. The only functionality I would expect from Oracle Exadata Express Cloud Service is that if Oracle is able to support Oracle MySQL Enterprise also on Exadata, that will solve a lot of problems.

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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 solution is used for analytics and it works for our data security needs."

"The product has self-repair features."

"It is a very stable tool...It is an extremely scalable tool."

"It is an extremely scalable solution since you can dynamically change the resources as some other cloud solutions."

"The solution integrates well with Power BI."

"The product is easy to use."

"I really like the auto-tuning, auto-scaling, and the automatic load balancing and query tuning in the system."

"The integration feature is very good because you can automate protection security automatically, restricting the access of unauthorized people."

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"The solution is very stable and offers great performance."

"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."

"I would rate Oracle Exadata Express Cloud Service ten out of ten for its overall solution."

"I highly recommend Oracle Exadata Express Cloud Service as a very good solution if you can afford it."

"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."

"The solution is very stable and offers great performance."

"What is most valuable about this solution is there is no comparative solution by any other vendors."

"Exadata is a highly stable and mature solution."

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Cons

"I would like to see an on-premise solution in the future."

"It is very important the integration with other platforms be made to be as easy as it is with an on-premises deployment."

"It is good as data warehouses go, but it is not that good for really big data."

"There is a need for more storage to be allocated, but over a period of time, it becomes impossible to reduce it after using it."

"My main suggestion for Oracle is the configuration and key values that come for JSON files. When we create a table, especially if you see in our RedShift or some other stuff, if I create a table on top of a JSON file with multiple array columns or superset columns, those column values create some difficulty in Oracle."

"Ease of connectivity could be improved."

"The initial setup was pretty complex. It was not easy."

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"The product's installation process needs improvement. It could be more accessible."

"I feel there is a need for better integration with Google Maps and Google Earth. This is crucial for me in the geographical facilities of the environment."

"The customer's default choice is the on-premise version of this solution. Oracle needs to market the cloud version better."

"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 support must be faster."

"The solution's pricing could be improved."

"The only downside is the difficulty in monitoring, and that's why I would like to implement MySQL database."

"Oracle's support could be better."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The cost is perfect with Oracle Universal credit."

"Cloud solutions are cheaper, but in the long run, they may not be much cheaper. They certainly have a lower initial cost. The licensing is yearly, and it is based on the size of the hardware and the number of users."

"ROI is high."

"Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse's pricing is fair and reasonable compared to the other cloud vendors."

"The price depends on the configuration we choose."

"You pay as you go, and you don't pay for services that you don't use."

"The solution is expensive."

"The solution's cost is reasonable."

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"I think Oracle pricing is usually above average market price."

"The tool is not cheap, but it is not really expensive."

"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."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

10%

Media Company

Computer Software Company

Insurance Company

Financial Services Firm

15%

Recruiting/Hr Firm

13%

Comms Service Provider

Educational Organization

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	7
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	11

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	3
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	8

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse?

We pay approximately $70,000 per month. The cost includes maintenance and support.

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What needs improvement with Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse?

Optimization should be better. The SQLs are sometimes very slow. I also noticed that Java is not supported, which is not ideal.

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What is your primary use case for Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse?

We are using Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse for analytics in my company.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Exadata Express Cloud Service?

Oracle is quite expensive here in Brazil. Pricing is the primary challenge we face with Oracle.

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What needs improvement with Oracle Exadata Express Cloud Service?

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What is your primary use case for Oracle Exadata Express Cloud Service?

We have been implementing Oracle Exadata Express Cloud Service for our customers for more than 10 to 12 years for our various customers through the on-premise Exadata offerings Oracle has.

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Comparisons

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Compared 16% of the time

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Compared 12% of the time

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Compared 9% of the time

Amazon Redshift vs Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse

Compared 6% of the time

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Compared 20% of the time

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Compared 20% of the time

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Compared 17% of the time

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Compared 14% of the time

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Overview

Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse is the world’s first and only autonomous database optimized for analytic workloads, including data marts, data warehouses, data lakes, and data lakehouses. With Autonomous Data Warehouse, data scientists, business analysts, and nonexperts can rapidly, easily, and cost-effectively discover business insights using data of any size and type. Built for the cloud and optimized using Oracle Exadata, Autonomous Data Warehouse benefits from faster performance and, according to an IDC report (PDF), lowers operational costs by an average of 63%.

Autonomous Database provides the foundation for a data lakehouse—a modern, open architecture that enables you to store, analyze, and understand all your data. The data lakehouse combines the power and richness of data warehouses with the breadth, flexibility, and low cost of popular open source data lake technologies. Access your data lakehouse through Autonomous Database using the world's most powerful and open SQL processing engine.

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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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