Oracle BPEL vs vCenter Orchestrator comparison

Oracle and VMware are both solutions in the Process Automation category. Oracle is ranked #25 with an average rating of 7.7, while VMware is ranked #10 with an average rating of 8.1. Oracle holds a 0.6% mindshare in PA, compared to VMware’s 0.2% mindshare. Additionally, 75% of Oracle users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of VMware users who would recommend it.

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95% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 17, 2024

vCenter Orchestrator and Oracle BPEL are competing in the orchestration landscape. vCenter Orchestrator has an advantage in VMware integration, while Oracle BPEL offers broader process orchestration capabilities.

Features: vCenter Orchestrator offers easy automation of repetitive tasks, deep integration with VMware products, and extensive third-party plug-in support. Oracle BPEL provides comprehensive process orchestration, scalable architecture, and strong enterprise integration support.

Room for Improvement: vCenter Orchestrator could enhance its support for non-VMware environments, improve complex process orchestration capabilities, and expand its feature set. Oracle BPEL may benefit from simplifying its initial configuration, reducing long-term costs, and improving user interface simplicity.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: vCenter Orchestrator deployment is straightforward within VMware environments, with robust community support for issue resolution. Oracle BPEL requires more initial setup but excels with tailored solutions supported by Oracle's extensive documentation and network.

Pricing and ROI: vCenter Orchestrator generally offers lower initial costs with substantial ROI in VMware-centric setups. Oracle BPEL's higher setup costs may impact short-term ROI, but its expansive capabilities provide long-term benefits in diverse IT ecosystems.

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Categories and Ranking

Oracle BPEL

Ranking in Process Automation

25th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

vCenter Orchestrator

Ranking in Process Automation

10th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Process Automation category, the mindshare of Oracle BPEL is 0.6%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of vCenter Orchestrator is 0.2%, down from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Posham Nampelli

Architecture and Consulting at Synaptics Inc

A highly scalable solution that provides various features for the execution of business processes

I'm a consultant. I do architecting, designing, and development. I have used two versions, 1.1 and 2.0. I’m unsure about the prices because I oversee the development and implementation. I'll highly recommend the product depending on an organization’s requirements. As someone who has worked with BPEL for 13 years, I highly recommend the product for an on-premise or hybrid integration. Multiple products or alternate solutions have come into the integration domain. However, the product has been in the industry from SOA 11g to SOA 12c and OIC. Though there are multiple competitors, the product has been here for a long time and has been helping multiple customers improve their business. Overall, I rate the solution a nine or nine and a half out of ten.

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David Villota

EMEA Hosting Engineer at Yanfeng Automotive

Provides automatic monitoring capabilities that save time for users

In my company's IT environment, we use the tool to deploy production environments for products, including live manufacturing systems. The product improves my company's IT automation processes since we can use fewer resources currently. In my company, we need to spend less time considering that vCenter Orchestrator monitors everything. In general, we don't have to be present in our company to do active monitoring. Automatic monitoring is available for everything with vCenter Orchestrator, so we have proactive alerts in our company. The most valuable feature of the product in streamlining our company's workflow stems from the fact that we need to spend fewer resources and less time in general. Our company can spend time on more effective tasks like working with the plans to improve processes and so on, instead of taking care of the systems. The benefits of the product's integration capabilities were useful for HPE. My company has HPE infrastructure, and we are keen to integrate everything into the host, VMware ESXi. It is really important to have an easy integration method that allows for everything to be installed easily in a matter of minutes. I was not involved in the product's setup process. My colleague took care of the product's setup process. From what I know, I can say that the product's setup phase was straightforward. Some custom setups were to be done manually in the tool, but everything was well documented. I recommend the product to those who plan to use it. One of the benefits of the product is that it is a low-cost and stable solution that offers a lot of resources. I rate the overall tool a nine out of ten.

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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 very seamless and fast."

"The most valuable feature is the support for human tasks."

"The product has everything we need."

"What I find the most valuable about Oracle BPEL is that it saves me time."

"The most valuable feature for us is the performance stability of vCenter Orchestrator, especially in complex situations, making it excellent for managing virtual machines."

"User-friendly and easy to deploy."

"The open, flexible architecture has brought in the agile computing environment along with better Dr capabilities. Automation management and operational tasks across VMware and third-party applications, like our HMIS and other business productivity applications, have delivered peace of mind."

"If I need to do DR, VMware can enable me to use vMotion, which requires use of vCenter. You cannot do vMotion without vCenter. We do a lot of automation, orchestration, and simplification for that purpose."

"The most crucial feature of vCenter is its scalability. We can use it to expand our network, so we don't have to report our client devices. The network configuration features are also helpful because we can migrate entire networks."

"The most valuable features are the graphical UI for designing the workflows and the interfaces that come out of the box."

"vCenter Orchestrator is easy to use."

"Snapshots and similar features were managed well."

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Cons

"The solution's integration with SAP should be seamless because some formats are not accepted in SAP but are accepted in Oracle BPEL."

"Some user-defined functions for transformation must be added to the next release of the solution."

"In the next release, I would like to see REST improved and new technologies for microservices. I'd like to see more containers for separating containers."

"They need to have support for new protocols like GraphQL and possibly some out-of-the-box adapters for SAP and other big systems."

"Using this solution requires a lot of experience."

"The product’s cost needs improvement."

"The only point for improvement is the price, which has increased by 135%, making it very expensive."

"I believe a transparent view and better terms of condition between Oracle and vCenter Orchestrator would be helpful."

"A feature to review and setup tasks should be added."

"Many times, customers' licenses are not used because the client is not aware of the features and the product benefits. When somebody is buying a product, they just do a default configuration."

"Mainly VMware integrates with other products, but there is no easy way to link with other products from a different vendor. We can integrate with other products from the same vendors fairly well, but if they could make it so integration is easier with other vendors, that would really help."

"I did not do the initial setup. However, it was complex at the beginning."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product is moderately priced."

"The solution's pricing is moderate and not expensive."

"vCenter Orchestrator could be more affordable."

"The product is expensive."

"I rate the product price a seven to eight out of ten on a scale of one to ten, where one is low price and ten is high price."

"The licensing module is somewhat complex. Calculating the cost is complicated. Many of our clients are unclear about the billing system and the traffic metering."

"My company needs to make yearly payments towards the licensing costs attached to the product."

"The solution is a bit expensive."

"Our licensing is on a yearly basis. We pay for the license and then we pay the support every year."

"We pay a yearly fee, based on our entries."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

14%

Manufacturing Company

13%

Computer Software Company

11%

Government

Computer Software Company

23%

Financial Services Firm

17%

Government

12%

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Oracle BPEL?

The product has everything we need.

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What needs improvement with Oracle BPEL?

They need to have support for new protocols like GraphQL and possibly some out-of-the-box adapters for SAP and other big systems. It should be better if the SAP adapter were included in the bundle.

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What is your primary use case for Oracle BPEL?

We primarily use Oracle BPEL for process automation. It is used for workflows for documents, data transfers, and other processes implemented for our customers.

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What do you like most about vCenter Orchestrator?

The stability of the product is very good.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for vCenter Orchestrator?

We're running a low-profile budget. This is not our main focus on investment technology, so we're trying to reduce costs due to the change from perpetual to subscription licenses.

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What needs improvement with vCenter Orchestrator?

After the change from perpetual licensing to subscriptions, the cost model changed. We are considering alternatives since we lost the perpetual aspect, and support is changing.

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Also Known As

BPEL Process Manager

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Overview

Oracle BPEL (Business Process Execution Language) Process Manager is a tool for designing and running business processes. This product provides a comprehensive, standardsÂbased and easy to use solution for creating, deploying and managing crossÂapplication business processes with both automated and human workflow steps â all in a serviceÂoriented architecture. Oracle BPEL Process Manager is a powerful integration tool for the enterprise. Its ability to connect to external systems and process, mixed with its support for a variety of presentation technologies makes it an ideal tool for defining and implementing business process logic.

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VMware vCenter Orchestrator simplifies the automation of complex IT tasks and integrates with VMware vCloud Suite components to adapt and extend service delivery and operational management, effectively working with existing infrastructure, tools and processes.

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Sample Customers

Nacional Monte de Piedad IAP, Bimbo S.A. de C.V., Intelligent Pathways, DVZ Datenverarbeitungszentrum Mecklenburg-Vorpommern GmbH, Arqiva

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