Oracle Database Appliance vs Oracle Exadata Express Cloud Service comparison

Oracle Database Appliance and Oracle Exadata Express Cloud Service are both solutions in the Data Warehouse category. Additionally, 86% of Oracle Database Appliance 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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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Oracle Database Appliance and Oracle Exadata Express Cloud Service based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Categories and Ranking

Oracle Database Appliance

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

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Data Warehouse (5th)

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Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.0

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Database as a Service (DBaaS) (10th)

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Rubens Oliveira

Data & Solution Archtect at Enkel

Automated provisioning simplifies deployment and integration

The Oracle Database Appliance is customizable and has excellent features.I don't have any problems with Oracle Database Appliance because this product is very automated, with scheduler and automatic processes throughout. You can make small inferences and changes for creating all the specific modifications. The automated provisioning feature helps speed up the database deployment process because you can use one command or option to resize all the disks or increase memory, depending on the occasion. The Oracle Database Appliance has integration in OCI Cloud. The same services simplify all the manager work regarding backups, configuration, resizing disks, and other services. Deploying the Oracle Database Appliance both on-premises and in the cloud offers the same simplification. You simply input your database name and specify memory quantity, CPU quantity, and database size. The process is identical for both on-premises and cloud deployments. The flexibility of Oracle Database Appliance has helped grow business needs for many customers. Using the Oracle Database Appliance has positively impacted my organization because I can deliver it much more comfortably. Creating a database involves many processes, but with this solution, you just input the name and configure the network and other parameters. It is very similar to RDS in AWS services, where you specify the name, choose the engine, indicate parameter groups, VPC, subnet groups, and proceed. Both Oracle Database Appliance and RDS have greatly simplified the work.

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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 stable. The product is scalable. The technical support is very helpful. The initial setup is straightforward. I consider the product a strong solution for our customers."

"If the database goes down on one of the servers, the load is automatically shifted to another server. You can troubleshoot the one that is down without affecting uptime."

"The product’s valuable feature is its capability to pre-configure and pre-install the settings."

"The product is very light."

"The solution's function we use to benefit the customers is database verification."

"Oracle is a stable database."

"The most valuable features are related to engineering systems, where Oracle acts as a hyperconverged infrastructure."

"The solution is pretty automated, which takes out the possibility of human error."

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"It is a scalable product."

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

"One of the most valuable parts of the solution is the high availability within the system and the performance enhancement without making any changes or fine-tuning the databases."

"Having the prediction happen in the modular format allows you to start with a lower version of Exadata and then you can keep on upgrading it as per your requirement."

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

"The performance of the tool is valuable."

"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."

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

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Cons

"The product's pricing is too high. We plan to migrate to another database in three to four years."

"They could incorporate a more secure and internet-centric management system for the platform."

"The tool's setup can be easier."

"Even though the solution can handle a lot of data, it's just too expensive currently."

"Oracle could improve its capacity for built-in visualization."

"In my opinion only one single command should be used for all ODA models, as it’s confusing."

"You can only scale storage, not developer nodes."

"Since we don't have the room to scale up, I rate this solution a six out of ten for scalability."

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"We use artificial intelligence for deep learning, and it would be a huge benefit to implement this in Oracle Exadata."

"Oracle's support could be better."

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

"The solution's pricing could be improved."

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

"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 customer's default choice is the on-premise version of this solution. Only when Oracle or the partners like us, can explain to customers the cloud value proposition, and if the compliance authorities allow, they can look into this cloud solution. It will take some time for Oracle to change its perception of customers' de-facto standards. Exadata used to be treated as a black box, which is not the case now. The customer is aware of what is happening inside, how the configurations have been made, and what patching has been applied. Oracle needs to market the cloud version better."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product is costly."

"In regards to licensing, it is cheaper to maintain for Oracle applications, and it's an all-in-one solution."

"Get benefit from the capacity-on-demand features. License your cores according to your licenses."

"Compared to Oracle Exadata, Oracle Database Appliance is affordable."

"You must pay for the license."

"Oracle Database Appliance is a very expensive solution. If you have opted for the on-premises licenses from Oracle, then you have to pay yearly. If you have opted for the cloud subscriptions offered by Oracle, then you can pay either monthly or yearly."

"The solution may be expensive, but when we consider the problems it solves, the stability it provides, and the fact that we don't have to buy separate parts and assemble them into a system, it becomes more affordable."

"Leverage the Pay-As-You-Grow licensing, and consider using the ODA X6-2 S/M/L models also for SE2/SE."

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"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."

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

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Oracle Database Appliance?

Oracle Database Appliance provides high stability.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Database Appliance?

While I'm somewhat familiar with standard licensing, pricing isn't really my area of expertise. However, Oracle is on the higher end of the pricing spectrum, along with SAP.

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What needs improvement with Oracle Database Appliance?

For the cloud version, there could be better storage options or more storage for lower prices. However, for on-premises, this is not possible because you have physical disks. In the cloud, more opt...

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What do you like most about Oracle Exadata Express Cloud Service?

The performance of the tool is valuable.

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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?

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.

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Overview

Oracle Database Appliance is the easiest and most affordable way for small or medium-size organizations to run Oracle databases and applications and is an ideal platform for remote and edge computing environments. Customers reduce Oracle Database deployment times and management workloads using a prebuilt integrated system with management automation. As demonstrated in IDC’s business value study (PDF), Oracle Database Appliance lets customers grow revenue and control costs, delivering up to a 498% return on investment (ROI) over five years.

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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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