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Oracle Database Cloud Service vs SAP IQ comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 4, 2025

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

Categories and Ranking

Oracle Database Cloud Service
Ranking in Relational Databases Tools
15th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.8
Number of Reviews
13
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SAP IQ
Ranking in Relational Databases Tools
26th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
23
Ranking in other categories
Data Warehouse (14th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the Relational Databases Tools category, the mindshare of Oracle Database Cloud Service is 0.9%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP IQ is 1.0%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Relational Databases Tools Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Oracle Database Cloud Service0.9%
SAP IQ1.0%
Other98.1%
Relational Databases Tools
 

Featured Reviews

Ajeet-Sachan - PeerSpot reviewer
Self-maintenance features reduce downtime and improve efficiency but enterprise edition limits can be restrictive
The availability of different editions within Oracle Database Cloud Service could be improved. The model divides their standard edition versus enterprise editions into two categories and limits the standard edition on a particular configuration set. This limitation, such as the thirty-two vCPU limit, should be removed. Another area for improvement is the affordability of the enterprise version.
Tejas Raj - PeerSpot reviewer
Columnar database, so pulling records is easy but there isn't enough documentation for installation
I've seen very few SAP IQ systems in recent years. So people are moving away from SAP IQ In the last three years, I've rarely encountered customers using it. Fewer systems with SAP IQ usage among our customers. Most of them have moved on to HANA. There are parallel products, and there are also viable alternatives from AWS, so many have migrated to those.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Oracle DCS's most valuable features are its high availability and scalability."
"It is a very stable program."
"Some advantages of Oracle Database Cloud Service are its availability, performance, and affordability."
"I am impressed with the product's partitioning and advanced data card."
"What I like best about Oracle Database Cloud Service is its nice performance. My company doesn't have any problems with the service. The technical support for it is also good. My company is satisfied with Oracle Database Cloud Service. I also like the availability of the service. It's a trustworthy service. I didn't experience any downtime from it. My company also has additional features included in the contract, such as WAP, which makes operations easier. My team can implement all the architecture with the features and services that Oracle Database Cloud Service offers. Technically, this is a very, very, good product or database, whether on-premises or on the cloud."
"The most valuable feature of Oracle Database Cloud Service is its cloud capabilities."
"I recommend Oracle Database Cloud Service as a good technology with excellent support and documentation."
"The most valuable features of Oracle Database Cloud Service are its scalability, advanced technology, cost-effectiveness, and the flexibility it provides with licensing."
"Columnar storage allows high compression, high load rates and high query performance."
"The initial setup is easy."
"The primary benefit of SAP IQ is its ability to limit the expansion of the costly SAP HANA database, which has limited storage capacity. This necessitates a form of data management that involves moving data from SAP HANA to SAP NLS, which is essentially archiving. This allows us to retain access to the data via a link whenever it is required."
"Valuable features for us include the compression, speed, fast response time, and easy object maintenance."
"SAP IQ is actually quite effective when it comes to scalability; we have a setup that's built with multiple servers involved and that seems to be working fairly efficiently, and if we wanted to add more servers into this entire setup, that would be fairly easy."
"It is very robust for ad hoc DW queries and its columnar compression is unique and valuable."
"IQ is a very high-performance and high-transaction database."
"All data is compressed and indexed, allowing for fast execution of transactions."
 

Cons

"Oracle Database Cloud Service is a good engine and at the moment, there isn't any new feature I can think of that I'd like added to the service. The only problem I see in Oracle Database Cloud Service is it's more commercial, so it has a relation to how it deals with customers. I don't feel secure in a deal with Oracle because that team changes the conditions each year, and there's no representative from the team that talks to my company about new needs. Oracle needs to improve its relationship with customers and partners in general."
"It would be nice to have a data dictionary reporting feature in the solution."
"The implementation process could be easier for customers."
"The pricing must be improved."
"We're actually going through licensing issues and are looking to perhaps changing to another solution, something that is perhaps open-source."
"We encountered connection failures for some of our sites."
"Oracle Database Cloud Service has room for improvement in handling large-scale applications."
"Oracle should work on the solution's compatibility issues with the operating system."
"There is very little documentation available."
"The solution works best when combined with other SAP solutions. If the environment has other systems other options might be better."
"The primary negative aspect is the cost, which can be a challenge due to the economic conditions in Peru."
"Multiplex is very problematic. There are consistency problems in the metadata, meaning it is possible to lose metadata consistency. You should make sure you have healthy backups."
"The room for improvement would be the marketing of the product, because this product is much better than advertised."
"The only negative aspect of IQ is the cost, which can be challenging for companies in Peru."
"Concurrency and functional error messaging."
"The downside I see is that it doesn't allow most integrated backups; many of the marketplace players such as NetBackup or Veritas, those software integrated backups are not available."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The tool is not cheap."
"Every year we are increasing the price of the solution. There is hardware licensing available. We pay approximately $20,000 monthly to use the solution."
"I think the program is rather expensive, so I would like to see it becoming more affordable."
"The product has reasonable pricing. I rate its pricing a nine out of ten."
"Pricing for Oracle Database Cloud Service could be more competitive. Lately, pricing for it has been increasing, so my company may have to review different options to find a solution with competitive pricing. From what I know, there's no additional cost apart from the standard licensing fees for Oracle Database Cloud Service."
"Price is always higher for all Oracle products."
"It's not that costly. So, the pricing is cheap."
"Negotiate based on the features required."
"Evaluate all options; check to see if you need expensive add-ons."
"Negotiation is very important."
"The only costs after standard licensing fees are for add-ons and upgrades."
"The cost of implementation is about $3,000."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
No data available
Financial Services Firm
36%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
6%
Healthcare Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise7
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business7
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise15
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Oracle Database Cloud Service?
Security is the most valuable feature provided by the product.
What needs improvement with Oracle Database Cloud Service?
In my opinion, the price of Oracle Database Cloud Service should be more affordable. Additionally, the interface of the application could be more user-friendly.
What is your primary use case for Oracle Database Cloud Service?
I primarily use Oracle Database Cloud Service in HR services, collaborating with other teams on projects. It is used for database management for clients, especially in HR solutions.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SAP IQ?
IQ implementation costs about three thousand dollars. It's less expensive compared to alternatives like Teradata Base in terms of transactional efficiency.
What needs improvement with SAP IQ?
When it comes to SAP IQ, the areas that could be improved or enhanced include the error messaging and the locking capabilities, as that's where we often encounter problems. When there is an issue, ...
What is your primary use case for SAP IQ?
Our usual use cases for SAP IQ is that we have a Software-as-a-Service architecture where this database is the foundation for our SAP BusinessObjects platform. This is where it's getting its data f...
 

Also Known As

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Sybase IQ
 

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Sample Customers

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