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Oracle Database Cloud Service vs SingleStore comparison

 

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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 Database Cloud Service
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
5.9
Number of Reviews
14
Ranking in other categories
Relational Databases Tools (13th)
SingleStore
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
Database as a Service (DBaaS) (11th), Vector Databases (16th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Databases solutions, they serve different purposes. Oracle Database Cloud Service is designed for Relational Databases Tools and holds a mindshare of 1.7%, up 0.6% compared to last year.
SingleStore, on the other hand, focuses on Database as a Service (DBaaS), holds 3.5% mindshare, up 1.8% since last year.
Relational Databases Tools Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Oracle Database Cloud Service1.7%
SQL Server10.6%
Oracle Database10.5%
Other77.2%
Relational Databases Tools
Database as a Service (DBaaS) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SingleStore3.5%
MongoDB Atlas11.8%
Amazon RDS11.7%
Other73.0%
Database as a Service (DBaaS)
 

Featured Reviews

BB
Senior Consultant at NewAge Consulting
Has improved data security and automation while supporting large-scale storage and migration
I do not use the Global Reach feature. Regarding metrics and performance, I don’t recall the exact performance metrics, but we use ETL processes to monitor and manage migration performance and data quality. Oracle Database Cloud Service is strong for data management and storage, as well as for its security features and automation of data dumps and archiving. Overall, Oracle Database Cloud Service is a solid product. It’s well-suited for financial platforms. Oracle provides both its on-premises and cloud-based suites, and the company continues to evolve, offering more components for data storage, data management, and integration with other tools and SaaS solutions. I plan to continue using Oracle Database Cloud Service, particularly for managing SaaS tools in financial contexts.
Kelvin  Ben - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer at Honeywell
Real-time analytics has transformed daily decisions and delivers fast dashboards from streaming data
The best features SingleStore offers include fast data recovery and data compression by 80 percent. Having the information in sheets helps me to process the information quickly. Simplicity in T-SQL is another aspect I appreciate. Data recovery and sheet-based processing help my team on a day-to-day basis by enabling us to handle information efficiently. I would like to add that the data compression by 80 percent helps us in an excellent way since we are very fast in obtaining the data for our dashboards and the compression of the information is great. SingleStore has impacted my organization positively by enabling us to run low-latency analytics and model-driven use cases at scale, which is quite difficult for OLAP and OLTP databases alone. It has been very helpful because our internal clients are happy to have the data and make data-driven decisions easily. Making decisions based on data within a two-hour delay to the transactional database is excellent since we went from twenty-four hours to two hours. I think the best contribution is decision-making with data that is close to reality. Reducing that delay from twenty-four hours to two hours has significantly affected my team and business outcomes by increasing productivity. We have been able to serve all our customers, and they are very happy. We can deliver to them on time.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Oracle DCS is stable and easy to use, scale, and maintain."
"I am impressed with the product's partitioning and advanced data card."
"The product’s most valuable feature is affordable pricing compared to other providers."
"Data storage is the most valuable feature of Oracle Database Cloud Service."
"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."
"Oracle Database Cloud Service is good for managing data and storage, and also with the security and automation of the dump and graduate data."
"The self-maintenance features, auto maintenance, cleanup, and backup are the most valuable aspects of Oracle Database Cloud Service."
"The paramount advantage is the exceptional speed."
"The ability to store data in memory is a standout feature, enhanced by robust failover mechanisms."
"SingleStore has impacted my organization positively because the output and performance of the app have been improved."
"MemSQL is a very powerful database."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to create pipelines, streamline and extract data from the pipelines."
"It's a distributed relational database, so it does not have a single server, it has multiple servers. Its architecture itself is fast because it has multiple nodes to distribute the workload and process large amounts of data."
"MemSQL supports the MySQL protocol, and many functions are similar, so the learning curve is very short."
"SingleStore is a pretty good database engine set up to handle very large loads of both transactions and data, and it is very easy to use."
 

Cons

"The initial setup is a bit complex for the beginner, so you need a little technical experience to install it."
"Oracle Database Cloud Service has room for improvement in handling large-scale applications."
"The availability of different editions within Oracle Database Cloud Service could be improved."
"Oracle Database Cloud Service could improve by adding some cross-region replication features."
"We encountered connection failures for some of our sites."
"I think the program is rather expensive, so I would like to see it becoming more affordable."
"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."
"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."
"If you are going for self-managed, you need to set up a solid backup pipeline with SingleStore support, which was my only dissatisfaction, but after doing what was needed, we have very good backup and restore pipelines running, and in Helios, everything is perfect."
"I have noticed that SingleStore can be improved because the integration of SingleStore with DataDog is not good."
"SingleStore can be improved in the aspect that the Azure pipelines do not have many parameterization features compared to others, for example, AWS."
"For new customers, it's very tough to start. Their documentation isn't organized, and there's no online training available. SingleStore is working on it, but that's a major drawback."
"Having the ability to migrate servers using a single command would be extremely beneficial."
"We don't get good discounts in Pakistan."
"Poor key distribution can significantly impact performance, requiring a backward approach in design rather than adding tables incrementally."
"There should be more pipelines available because I think that if MemSQL can connect to other services, that would be great."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Price is always higher for all Oracle products."
"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."
"The product has reasonable pricing. I rate its pricing a nine out of ten."
"I think the program is rather expensive, so I would like to see it becoming more affordable."
"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."
"They have two main options: cloud installation and bare-metal installation, each with different pricing models."
"SingleStore is a bit expensive."
"Using it for analytical purposes can be cost-effective in the long run, especially in terms of infrastructure."
"The product's licensing is not expensive. It is comparable."
"I would advise users to try the free 128GB version."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
12%
Construction Company
12%
Non Profit
8%
Retailer
8%
Financial Services Firm
29%
Computer Software Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Outsourcing Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise7
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Large Enterprise5
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Oracle Database Cloud Service?
Oracle Database Cloud Service could improve by adding a native iPaaS (integration platform as a service). While machine learning integration is available with Informatica, it’s not yet built into O...
What is your primary use case for Oracle Database Cloud Service?
I worked with Oracle Database on-premises as a developer for seven years at Sopra Banking. Later, I used Oracle Database Cloud Service together with Informatica for application and data integration...
What advice do you have for others considering Oracle Database Cloud Service?
I do not use the Global Reach feature. Regarding metrics and performance, I don’t recall the exact performance metrics, but we use ETL processes to monitor and manage migration performance and data...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SingleStore DB?
I cannot share much about how SingleStore is deployed due to company policy.
What needs improvement with SingleStore DB?
SingleStore is very well at the current stage, but I see room for improvement in ease of administration, monitoring, and reducing troubleshooting time. Better documentation for advanced use cases, ...
What is your primary use case for SingleStore DB?
SingleStore is our main platform for handling high-performance real-time analytics of large data volumes, providing transactional and operational data on a single platform. One specific example of ...
 

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