Oracle Database as a Service vs Oracle Exadata Cloud at Customer comparison

Oracle Database as a Service and Oracle Exadata Cloud at Customer are both solutions in the Database as a Service (DBaaS) category. Oracle Database as a Service is ranked #5 with an average rating of 8.8, while Oracle Exadata Cloud at Customer is ranked #10 with an average rating of 7.8. Oracle Database as a Service holds a 9.0% mindshare in DS, compared to Oracle Exadata Cloud at Customer’s 4.0% mindshare. Additionally, 97% of Oracle Database as a Service users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Oracle Exadata Cloud at Customer users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Aug 12, 2024

Oracle Database as a Service and Oracle Exadata Cloud at Customer compete in the cloud-based database solutions category. Oracle Exadata Cloud at Customer has an upper hand in features and performance, while Oracle Database as a Service excels in pricing and customer support.

Features: Oracle Database as a Service is recognized for its scalability, security, and integration capabilities. Oracle Exadata Cloud at Customer offers exceptional performance, advanced analytics, and workload management, effectively addressing varied enterprise needs.

Room for Improvement: Users suggest Oracle Database as a Service needs simplified configuration processes, enhanced monitoring tools, and advanced features to meet complex requirements. Oracle Exadata Cloud at Customer could improve in cost management, reporting transparency, and ease-of-use enhancements.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Oracle Database as a Service features straightforward deployment and reliable customer service. Oracle Exadata Cloud at Customer's deployment is complex, but its high-caliber customer service compensates for this.

Pricing and ROI: Oracle Database as a Service is perceived as more cost-effective with quicker ROI due to lower setup costs and favorable pricing structures. Oracle Exadata Cloud at Customer has higher initial setup costs but delivers ROI through features that significantly enhance enterprise operations.

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Categories and Ranking

Oracle Database as a Service

Ranking in Database as a Service (DBaaS)

5th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Oracle Exadata Cloud at Cus...

Ranking in Database as a Service (DBaaS)

10th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Database as a Service (DBaaS) category, the mindshare of Oracle Database as a Service is 9.0%, up from 8.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Exadata Cloud at Customer is 4.0%, up from 2.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Database as a Service (DBaaS)

Featured Reviews

Duy AnhMai

Product Owner at Heineken

Offers security and good performance

Price-wise, the tool is expensive, and I feel it is an area where improvements are needed. Oracle Database as a Service is not as popular as other tools because we use AWS and GCP. Oracle is okay in terms of performance for banking businesses and some big companies. As I use the tool in Heineken, I know Oracle is an okay security solution. We use and deploy some applications and features from Oracle that are better than what others offer. The data in the tool is actually stored in the production part, so it is always kept a secret. I don't think that AI has been integrated into the tool. The AI used by Oracle is not as strong as that used by AWS. I recommend the tool to others, especially banking, finance, and insurance companies where the security needs to be better. There is maintenance for the tool required, but I don't know which company does it for our organization. I rate the tool a ten out of ten.

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Wilfredo Silva Huaman

Senior Project Manager at Santander Bank, N.A.

Reduction in database creation time, provides good performance but challenges when interacting with the OCI console

Overall, I would rate the solution a seven out of ten. However, there are a few things to note. It's not just about being alert with Exadata, but also understanding the OCI console. For instance, companies need to create user group policies to protect against unauthorized access. If you are referencing a compromised system, there's no issue there, because the operating system is Linux. There's no problem when it comes to the basic operations of the database, such as creating, querying, and updating tables. However, we've adopted a new configuration where we're using Docker containers to deploy our applications. This is a new setup for us.

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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

"I like the solution's performance and ease of development."

"It is a product brought to you by a company that concentrates only on database solutions, so it is the best at what it does."

"The most valuable feature of Oracle Database as a Service is the object types. The object types are not available in other databases, such as SQL and Postgres. Additionally, the security is very good."

"It's a scalable product."

"As a database administrator, it has a lot of features to help you manage the database and the backup."

"The customer service for this solution is very good. I would rate them a nine out of ten."

"The Oracle Multitenant feature of 12c is awesome. This feature enables us to consolidate disparate databases under one container database and eases manageability of the databases. It also allows us to scale."

"Scalability is very easy. If you want to, you can make it onto two or three servers, racks, or whatever you want. It's easy."

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"Exporting and importing is easy because of its cleanliness, making the process easier. However, setting up the Data Guard was more difficult. Despite this, the client experienced lower downtime."

"Performance has significantly improved."

"I like that Oracle Exadata Cloud at Customer is a stable, well-positioned product in the market today, and it's very scalable."

"The most valuable feature is that it is based on Exadata infrastructure, which is Oracle 's leading engineered system that is trusted, fault-tolerant, and has unique performance features."

"The operation model is the most valuable feature."

"I am particularly fond of the intelligent capabilities that enhance the backend, utilizing technology to analyze SQL queries."

Cons

"My favorite option – Multitenant – should be available for some pluggable databases in all editions, without any fee."

"We'd like to see better support for non-structured data and in-memory load."

"The solution needs more certifications for other products and applications because migration to the cloud is difficult without them."

"The solution uses a large amount of CPU space, which could be improved."

"The installation process requires improvement as it can be quite complex."

"Oracle Database as a Service's initial setup was very complex."

"I have had a hard time finding some documentation. There should provide easier accessible documentation for Oracle Database as a Service."

"The product is very expensive."

More Oracle Database as a Service cons

"As a customer, you can't see the boot messages of your virtualized guest machines."

"For the data migration, we used ZDM. It was not integrated with the databases, and the documentation lacks clarity."

"A room for improvement in Oracle Exadata Cloud at Customer is that they need to train more partners to gain more knowledge because currently, they are keeping a lot to themselves. For example, they are still keeping a lot of information on their campus, so information sharing is limited."

"Scalability is not straightforward."

"The solution is expensive."

"We had some problems in the developer's environment. We had some problems with the initial installation environment."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"There should be a standard way to license the database in a virtual environment (e.g. VMware) and there should be a low-end version (like Standard Edition One) again."

"The price of Oracle Database as a Service is expensive."

"This solution is costly because it saves a lot of data."

"For on-premises, a perpetual license is a standard $17,500 plus 22% for one year of support."

"This is an expensive solution."

"Oracle Database as a Service is an expensive product."

"I do not know firsthand about the price of Oracle Database as a Service, but it is known that Oracle solutions tend to be priced higher than competitors."

"The price depends on the solution you choose: standard, enterprise, or high performance. For example, enterprise can start between 0.4 an hour up to 1,800. Additional fees also depends on what package you choose. Your feels will be different if you choose the standard, enterprise, high performance, or extreme package. You will pay in relation to what option you ask for. The price is very good if you compare it to other databases."

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"The machine and the cloud model itself already have licensing advantages."

"The price is too much."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

25%

Computer Software Company

14%

Manufacturing Company

Retailer

Financial Services Firm

35%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Computer Software Company

10%

Insurance Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Oracle Database as a Service?

It has significantly enhanced our application development process by introducing substantial time savings and streamlining routine tasks.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Database as a Service?

Prices are high. Technical support from Oracle tends to be high in quality.

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What needs improvement with Oracle Database as a Service?

It would be beneficial if Oracle could offer features similar to those provided by open-source platforms like Postgres, such as a multi-core-based platform and a shared node database. While Oracle ...

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What do you like most about Oracle Exadata Cloud at Customer?

Exporting and importing is easy because of its cleanliness, making the process easier. However, setting up the Data Guard was more difficult. Despite this, the client experienced lower downtime.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Exadata Cloud at Customer?

The pricing is reasonable due to a universal agreement, which often positions Oracle solutions better against others. I would rate the pricing an eight out of ten.

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What needs improvement with Oracle Exadata Cloud at Customer?

Scalability is not straightforward, as you can scale up and not down. Improvements could be made to make scalability more flexible.

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Compared 9% of the time

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Oracle DBaaS, Oracle Database Cloud

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Overview

Oracle Database Cloud Service combines the power of Oracle Database, with the unique capabilities of the Oracle Cloud. The service provides a secure, automated data management platform that leverages on demand Oracle Cloud Infrastructure services via a simple web based user interface and RESTful API. Oracle Database Cloud Service provides elastic database services for development, test, and production environments of custom and packaged online transaction processing (OLTP), data warehousing, and mixed workload applications. It enables businesses to reap all Oracle Platform as a Service (PaaS) benefits including subscriptionbased, self-service access to reliable, scalable, and elastic cloud environments and accelerates time to value by simplifying the provisioning and administration of Oracle databases.

Oracle

Oracle Cloud@Customer brings Oracle’s complete portfolio of public cloud infrastructure, fully managed cloud services, and Oracle Fusion SaaS applications into your data center. It enables you to run applications faster and lower your costs using the same high-performance capabilities, autonomous operations, and low-cost subscription pricing in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). You get all this while maintaining complete control of your data so you can address data residency, security, and connectivity concerns.

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