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Oracle Database vs Oracle MySQL Cloud Service 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
Ranking in Relational Databases Tools
2nd
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
290
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Oracle MySQL Cloud Service
Ranking in Relational Databases Tools
10th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
21
Ranking in other categories
Open Source Databases (7th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Relational Databases Tools category, the mindshare of Oracle Database is 12.8%, down from 15.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle MySQL Cloud Service is 0.4%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Ismail Aboulezz - PeerSpot reviewer
Continuous updates improve performance and add valuable features to meet workload demands
Oracle Database ( /products/oracle-database-reviews ) is easy to install, customize, troubleshoot, and maintain. Its data management capabilities include data quality, data integration, data architecture, modeling, and data security, which are very important for data-driven companies. Furthermore, Oracle Database's performance and scalability features meet workload demands, and its continuous updates improve performance and add valuable features.
Raghuram K M - PeerSpot reviewer
Ideal, stable, good support and it helps with the developer console
I have used MongoDB, MySQL, and Oracle. MongoDB is entirely different. It's a NoSQL platform database, so it's totally different. It is a little bit hard to work with. The way it is organized and structured is different. But between Microsoft Azure MySQL and Oracle, they are pretty similar. * Cost: Microsoft is not a preferred platform. Their licensing is very complex and expensive. Oracle is much better. * AI: In terms of data analytics and AI, Microsoft is better. Certain complex transformations are easier to do in MSSQL. So, if you have to analyze data from a lot of different data sources, it becomes much easier. However, the usage of the particular product depends on the project. Personally, I would like to work on MySQL. But in certain cases where the application scale is very large, and custom models from certain regions of the globe prefer Microsoft, then we have to go with MSSQL. But technically, there is not much difference.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"You can scale the solution if you need to. Its scalability is good."
"The interface is easy to use."
"Partitioning is the most valuable feature."
"The solution can scale well."
"Compared to other databases, Oracle Database is very simple to manage in terms of the database itself."
"We use the relational databases for government contracts."
"The solution is stable."
"It has good features for performance tuning."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"The stability of the solution is very good. I wouldn't have used it for the past seven years if I was not satisfied."
"The most valuable aspect of the product is data migration."
"The access to a suite of management and administration tools that simplify tasks such as database provisioning, configuration, and monitoring."
"Overall, I rate Oracle MySQL Cloud Service as a nine out of ten."
"Oracle MySQL Cloud Service is easy to manage and install."
"MySQL is very stable and works beautifully with large amounts of data."
"All the features are excellent."
 

Cons

"The solution could be more scalable."
"When it comes to Oracle, the only complaint that I have is their support. For business-critical cases, finding support is a little bit difficult because of the timezone difference. They should provide faster support to resolve issues on time."
"Cloud installations using Oracle are not supported by SAP.​​"
"Their support and price could both be improved."
"Technical support and how they treat their customers need to be improved."
"The product must provide an autonomous database."
"We believe that the usability could be improved, especially within the data lakehouse. We found content management to be a little bit more simpler within the GUI part."
"The primary concern is that Oracle is highly restricted in terms of the approved technologies where we can freely deploy Oracle Database or any other Oracle product."
"Oracle MySQL Cloud Service's scalability is an area of concern that can be better."
"Sometimes MySQL does upgrades on the server. When we are still using the old server and when they integrate the upgrade, they don't carry along some of the old syntaxes. The versions don't sync."
"There might be minor improvements, however, I can’t identify any particular areas for improvement at the moment."
"In a production environment, upgrading from a lower to an upper version is a very long process that needs to be improved."
"It requires a significant amount of expertise and effort to manage, especially when dealing with substantial volumes of data."
"There could be more courses where the people could learn more easily how to use the tool."
"Improvement could be made in the workflow, particularly when it comes to making changes or implementing certain functions."
"There could be improvements, particularly in Firebird, where the indexing is limited to just a single B-tree index, leading to poor performance for large-scale queries."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"You have to purchase extra licenses for Oracle Data Guard."
"The price is very expensive for the support."
"The product is costly."
"The solution is expensive."
"There is a license required for this solution and it is a little expensive."
"Oracle Databases license and maintenance prices are too high. The government ministry of finance gives us our budget and this solution is too expensive."
"The price of Oracle Database is too expensive and especially for individual environments. The pricing model is not clear, if I want to run it on a virtual environment, I still need to license the whole physical box."
"There are no licensing costs because the solution for me is open source."
"The license is expensive."
"Oracle has a better licensing model compared to its competitors."
"While the core solution itself is not exorbitant, the support services are associated with a significant maintenance fee, often ranging from twenty to thirty percent."
"The product is expensive."
"The product is free since it is an open-source tool."
"The solution’s paid plans are expensive."
"It is an open-source product."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
21%
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
7%
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Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

How do you run Oracle Database at your organization and why?
My company has been using Oracle Exadata Database Service for some years now, and we are happy with it. I will allow myself to answer your questions about why and what benefits it provides us with ...
Do you know of any disadvantages of Oracle Database?
Undoubtedly, Oracle Database is a top product in its category. But it does have its disadvantages, and for me and my organization, that has been the limitations of the product. When it comes to Ora...
What is the best use for Oracle Database?
Oracle Database is flexible and can be used for many things. My company's main use case for this product is for storing data. We benefit from its high level of security as well as from the fact tha...
What do you like most about Oracle MySQL Cloud Service?
Oracle MySQL Cloud Service handles data easily.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle MySQL Cloud Service?
I have never paid for the full version of Oracle MySQL Cloud Service. We use the free version or the version available in RDS ( /products/amazon-rds-reviews ) from AWS ( /products/amazon-aws-review...
What needs improvement with Oracle MySQL Cloud Service?
Oracle MySQL Cloud Service should be easier to replicate and integrate into further solutions. Although it targets Linux and UNIX environments, its performance is not as optimized on Windows platfo...
 

Also Known As

Oracle 12c, RDBMS
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Sample Customers

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