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Oracle Big Data Appliance vs VMware Tanzu Data Solutions comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 18, 2024

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

Oracle Big Data Appliance
Ranking in Data Warehouse
13th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
VMware Tanzu Data Solutions
Ranking in Data Warehouse
9th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
83
Ranking in other categories
Database Development and Management (7th), Relational Databases Tools (15th), Message Queue (MQ) Software (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Data Warehouse category, the mindshare of Oracle Big Data Appliance is 1.6%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VMware Tanzu Data Solutions is 3.8%, down from 5.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Warehouse Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
VMware Tanzu Data Solutions3.8%
Oracle Big Data Appliance1.6%
Other94.6%
Data Warehouse
 

Featured Reviews

Mohammed Hamad - PeerSpot reviewer
Provides clean, centralized data
From a technical perspective, Big Data Appliance could be improved with more innovation in the AI and machine-learning parts instead of relying on Cloudera. Oracle could also improve Big Data Appliance by having one technology on their stack and working on it instead of continually changing the name or technologies or features. In addition, they could have a program to enable their partners to use this technology because right now, I have to have an expert to use the AI elements.
Sushma Polavarapu - PeerSpot reviewer
Create essential reporting scripts with simplicity but has some operational challenges
We mainly create functions and scripts required for reporting The product is not complex; I do not have to create stored procedures, functions, or views. It's just simple to use. There is general room for improvement. I have been using it for five years. I have faced stability issues, mainly…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"This is a comprehensive solution that is easy to deploy."
"The best thing about the product is that the end-user can build the reports by themselves without really knowing anything about databases."
"Because Big Data Appliance allows me to have a single source of truth, it means I have clean data that can be monetized and leveraged to gain more insights with real-time reports from the dashboard."
"The security is great."
"We have been able to set up a messaging system that facilitates data integration between the software modules that we sell."
"The message routing is the most valuable feature. It is effective and flexible."
"It's one of the fastest databases in the market. It's easy to use. From a maintenance perspective it's a good product. The segmentation, or architecture of the product is different than other databases such as Oracle. So even in 10 years, the data distribution for such segments will not affect other segments. The query performance of the product, for complex queries, is very good. It has good integration with Hadoop."
"The most valuable feature for me is that it is open source. The licensing costs are really low and they are transparent."
"Companies can scale the solution, so long as they have server room."
"It works very well with large database queries."
"The solution is stable."
 

Cons

"The product should be simplified for the average user."
"It seems like the deployment of repositories has become more difficult in later versions of the product rather than easier."
"From a technical perspective, Big Data Appliance could be improved with more innovation in the AI and machine-learning parts instead of relying on Cloudera."
"It will be very useful if we could communicate with other database types from Greenplum (using a database link)."
"VMware RabbitMQ's configuration process could be easier to understand."
"Tanzu Greenplum's compression for GPText could be made more efficient."
"RabbitMQ is clearly better supported on Linux than it is on Windows. There are idiosyncrasies in the Windows version that are not there on Linux."
"Other tools besides RabbitMQ provide good TPS and HA."
"Lacks sufficient inbuilt machine-learning functions for complex use cases."
"The installation is difficult and should be made easier."
"Initial setup is a little complex. It took around two weeks to deploy."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Oracle's prices are too high compared to others in the market."
"are using the open-source version, which can be used free of cost."
"The product is available for free use since it is an open-source technology."
"Pricing is good compared to other products. It's fine."
"It’s an open-source solution."
"On a scale of one to five, with five being the most competitive pricing, I would rate this solution as a four."
"This is an open source solution."
"Tanzu Greenplum's pricing is really competitive and gives excellent value for money."
"The price is pretty good."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
No data available
Financial Services Firm
22%
Computer Software Company
14%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Government
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise6
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business30
Midsize Enterprise10
Large Enterprise48
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Oracle Big Data Appliance?
Areas of Oracle Big Data Appliance that can be improved include the pricing perspective because nowadays they have competition. We have so many technologies that have come to the market for less th...
What is your primary use case for Oracle Big Data Appliance?
The typical use case for Oracle Big Data Appliance, which my clients use, is usually that the customer who has an Oracle application uses it because they can leverage the storage part. I don't need...
How does IBM MQ compare with VMware RabbitMQ?
IBM MQ has a great reputation behind it, and this solution is very robust with great stability. It is easy to use, simple to configure and integrates well with our enterprise ecosystem and protocol...
What do you like most about VMware RabbitMQ?
RabbitMQ provides access to SDKs for development and the ability to raise and log tickets if we encounter issues. We can integrate RabbitMQ using various languages like Java or Python using the pro...
 

Also Known As

No data available
Greenplum, Pivotal Greenplum, VMware RabbitMQ, VMware Tanzu GemFire, VMware Postgres
 

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Sample Customers

Caixa Bank
General Electric, Conversant, China CITIC Bank, Aridhia, Purdue University
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