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Oracle Database 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:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
5.6
Oracle Database is costly but offers long-term ROI, stability, and scalability, especially beneficial for financial institutions and large tasks.
Sentiment score
5.9
SingleStore enhances performance and efficiency with minimal setup, delivering transactional and analytical capabilities while reducing operational overhead.
It saved a lot of money and time because of the debugging peculiarities and also using Toad for Oracle software to optimize the coding and performance of data migration.
Qhse Manager at a outsourcing company with 10,001+ employees
The efficiency has increased significantly, and our workflows are consolidated into a single platform, thus reducing the operational overhead we previously faced.
SDE III at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
The objective was to scale as data loads with high-performing query model responses.
Senior Software Engineer at Honeywell
I have seen a return on investment in terms of time saved.
Devops Engineer at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.1
Oracle Database users experience mixed reviews on support, praising responsiveness but criticizing delays, costs, and inconsistent service quality.
Sentiment score
7.9
SingleStore provides exceptional customer support with 24/7 availability, dedicated teams, and an intuitive interface, earning high satisfaction.
In some cases, they support me on a 24/7 basis, round the clock.
Senior Vice President IT Operations at ZTBL
Oracle support can improve both response time and quality, including not only response time but also the turnaround time for issue fixing, understanding the issue, routing it to the correct team, and debugging for resolution.
DB A Competency Manager at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
The customer support of Oracle Database is excellent and provides detailed assistance.
Qhse Manager at a outsourcing company with 10,001+ employees
The customer support is very proactive and responsive twenty-four hours per day, seven days per week.
Senior Software Engineer at Honeywell
Their team is capable of resolving issues efficiently, allowing users to create tickets and receive support.
Devops Engineer at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
We have our own account manager who keeps us informed of the latest solutions and improvements in the system.
Vice President, Research & Development at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.4
Oracle Database offers scalable solutions for enterprises, supporting seamless growth with advanced features, though licensing costs may impact scalability.
Sentiment score
7.9
SingleStore efficiently scales with minimal downtime, supporting both vertical and horizontal scaling, and handles increased data loads effectively.
The database regularly releases new versions with better performance and security features.
Chief Executive Officer at LeaseWeb
RAC is the feature where I can distribute the load among multiple nodes, and it has helped our enterprise applications.
Senior Vice President IT Operations at ZTBL
As our data volumes grow, we can expand resources without significant performance degradation.
SDE III at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
SingleStore's scalability is really nice, as the process model includes master aggregator and slave aggregators or child aggregators, making it very well scalable both vertically and horizontally.
Vice President, Research & Development at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
I have added both storage and additional instances many times, and it worked perfectly.
Database Administrator at Twingo
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.0
Oracle Database is renowned for its exceptional stability and reliability, effectively handling extensive workloads with minimal issues.
Sentiment score
8.3
SingleStore is highly rated for its stability, consistent uptime, effective workload handling, and reliability as a main database engine.
Oracle Database is very robust, and I rate its stability nine out of ten.
Chief Executive Officer at LeaseWeb
I would rate stability for Oracle Database as a 10.
DB A Competency Manager at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
Oracle is really one of the biggest database software companies in the world.
Qhse Manager at a outsourcing company with 10,001+ employees
It handles large workloads and maintains consistent performance very well overall.
SDE III at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
The performance and usability of SingleStore as a main database engine are significantly superior to other both paid and open-source solutions.
Vice President, Research & Development at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
I have not seen any downtime.
Senior Software Engineer at Honeywell
 

Room For Improvement

Oracle Database struggles with high costs, complex licensing, outdated interfaces, and inadequate support, demanding better cloud compatibility and security.
SingleStore needs improvements in data distribution, SQL features, documentation, integration, error handling, administration, monitoring, migration, and community support.
Having that visibility of all the software products and providing free training and documentation on how you can improve and which products are best suited for integration to your product from Oracle would go a long way to help organizations and professionals.
Qhse Manager at a outsourcing company with 10,001+ employees
Oracle Database needs improvement in data analytics capabilities, AI involvement, machine learning, and deep learning.
Chief Executive Officer at LeaseWeb
One existing feature that distinguishes Oracle Database from others is its ability to log errors in the database itself.
Business Analyst at Tata Consultancy
Error handling needs attention. When it fails due to memory, it only indicates that but not exactly in which process it failed.
Senior Software Engineer at Honeywell
The data which is sent to DataDog sometimes does not match with the SingleStore dashboard.
Devops Engineer at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
Better documentation for advanced use cases, especially where data volumes are very high and queries are frequent, would help us manage the feature more efficiently.
SDE III at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Setup Cost

Oracle Database's high pricing and complex licensing deter SMBs, despite quality features and available budget-friendly options.
SingleStore offers transparent pricing with cloud and on-premises options, though costs vary; free trials are available for exploration.
For medium businesses, Oracle and IBM DB2 pricing are quite similar.
Chief Executive Officer at LeaseWeb
Oracle Database is costly.
Senior Vice President IT Operations at ZTBL
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that it can be a bit expensive for startups.
Senior Software Engineer at Honeywell
The setup cost was surprisingly good, and our transfer to Helios was almost seamless, as far as databases go, and it was not expensive.
Vice President, Research & Development at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
 

Valuable Features

Oracle Database is preferred for its reliability, robust security, scalability, high availability, and ability to efficiently manage large datasets.
SingleStore offers fast, scalable data handling with resilience, supporting complex operations and improving productivity through integration and ease of use.
Its data management capabilities include data quality, data integration, data architecture, modeling, and data security, which are very important for data-driven companies.
Chief Executive Officer at LeaseWeb
Regarding what I value about Oracle Database, as far as execution is concerned, I think it is one of the best databases I have come across.
Business Analyst at Tata Consultancy
The most valuable features in WebLogic Suite are its stability and security.
Senior Vice President IT Operations at ZTBL
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.
Senior Software Engineer at Honeywell
A very nice and useful feature is its compatibility with MySQL API, letting any system that can connect to MySQL also connect to SingleStore, thus solving many interoperability issues with different systems.
Vice President, Research & Development at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
SingleStore is a distributed database that has the advantage that at any moment when resources are insufficient, there is a possibility to add more nodes, and everything is added online.
Database Administrator at Twingo
 

Categories and Ranking

Oracle Database
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
294
Ranking in other categories
Relational Databases Tools (2nd), Database Management Systems (DBMS) (1st)
SingleStore
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
Database as a Service (DBaaS) (9th), Vector Databases (9th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Databases solutions, they serve different purposes. Oracle Database is designed for Relational Databases Tools and holds a mindshare of 10.3%, down 12.3% compared to last year.
SingleStore, on the other hand, focuses on Database as a Service (DBaaS), holds 3.7% mindshare, up 2.6% since last year.
Relational Databases Tools Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Oracle Database10.3%
SQL Server10.3%
IBM Db2 Database6.6%
Other72.8%
Relational Databases Tools
Database as a Service (DBaaS) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SingleStore3.7%
Amazon RDS12.7%
MongoDB Atlas10.3%
Other73.3%
Database as a Service (DBaaS)
 

Featured Reviews

Philemon Olusegun - PeerSpot reviewer
Qhse Manager at a outsourcing company with 10,001+ employees
Reliable backups and high-capacity data management have transformed large-scale census projects
When it comes to how Oracle Database can be improved, for me it is all about training and development in terms of gamification, creating awareness, and spreading the word to aspiring database administrators and database developers. As I have used it in the past and in recent times, many people are trying to get into IT, so the opportunity exists. Oracle has the market opportunity to take this time to spread its offerings and ensure that many aspiring professionals are aware of its services and products. From my perspective, there is not much to add regarding the needed improvements for the interface and the documentation. I give it a nine because I think Oracle sometimes can make things complicated. You have many services, many products, and many tools for different use cases. So it is difficult for someone who is only used to a particular product, such as Oracle Database, to understand all the other products and services that it provides. Probably streamlining it and making it available with categorized use cases for specific job roles would help. If you are a database developer, these are the tools that you need to be familiar with in Oracle's suite of products, and if you are a database administrator, these are the tools. Categorizing them based on the job role or function of people who are accessing these products and providing training capabilities on how to use them and how these products interchange and talk to each other would be very important because that is one of the things I struggled with when I started my journey as an Oracle Database administrator. Having that visibility of all the software products and providing free training and documentation on how you can improve and which products are best suited for integration to your product from Oracle would go a long way to help organizations and professionals. Regarding Oracle Database's AI capabilities, I am very keen on its governance and security. I think more work needs to be done on the security and ensuring that the database for a large number of people is watertight. AI is here to stay; however, governance and more stress testing of the AI capabilities needs to be done to ensure there is no breach of data. I would rate it currently at 6 over 10 and there is room for improvement. As long as there are government policies and Oracle policies that can mitigate any breaches of data and serious security issues, releasing people's records over the internet, there is always room for improvement in that regard.
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.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Outsourcing Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Construction Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
29%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Computer Software Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business87
Midsize Enterprise66
Large Enterprise181
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business7
Large Enterprise5
 

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 is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SingleStore DB?
The setup cost was surprisingly good, and our transfer to Helios was almost seamless, as far as databases go, and it was not expensive.
What needs improvement with SingleStore DB?
In my opinion, SingleStore could be improved, and we are talking about this directly with SingleStore. I have a relationship with their employees who are in California, and we are gradually improvi...
What is your primary use case for SingleStore DB?
The primary use case for SingleStore in my company is a project to migrate a large system from MS SQL to SingleStore. Specifically, I am currently migrating the data insert process from MS SQL Serv...
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

Oracle 12c, RDBMS
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Overview

 

Sample Customers

Agncia Nacional de guas, Anbima, Aria Systems, Asiana Airlines, Astelit LLC, Australian Finance Group, Banco Occidental de Descuento, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited, BT, Caja de Seguros S.A., Casas GEO S.A.B. de C.V., Comic Relief UK, Corsair Components Inc., CSAM Health AS, CSOB Group, Datacraft Solutions, DenizBank A.S., Department of Treasury and Finance WA, Office of State Revenue, Deutsche B_rse AG, Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Deutsche Messe AG, Digicel Haiti, DPR COSEA, Essar Group, Essatto Software Pty Ltd, Farmšcia e Drogaria Nissei Ltda., Fomento Econ‹mico Mexicano S.A.B. de C.V. (FEMSA), FundaÊo Petrobras de Seguridade Social, Future Group, GFKL Financial Services AG, Grupo Posadas S.A.B. de C.V., Grupo Sinosserra, Guerra S.A. Implementos Rodovišrios, Hanatour International Service, Hays plc, Henan Mobile Co. Ltd, Hochschule Hof, Hong Kong and China Technology (Wuhan) Co. Ltd (Towngas Technology), Industries Corpa_al C.A., Infrastructure Development Finance Company Limited, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatstica, Instituto Mexicano de la Propiedad Industrial, Kcell, LinkShare Corporation, MercadoLibre Inc., MetLife Inc., Nextgen Distribution, €BB-IKT GmbH, Octagon Research Solutions, Pacific Lutheran University, Paragon Data GmbH, Ping ltd., PJSC Trustbank, Prodaub _ Processamento de Dados de Uberl_ndia, Purdue University, Redknee Inc., Robi Axiata Limited, Shanghai Infoservice Technology Co. Ltd, Shanghai Sihua Technologies Co. Ltd, Sistema de Aguas de la Ciudad de M_xico, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council, Suddenlink Communications, Suprajit Engineering Limited, Tallink Grupp, Terminales Ro de la Plata S.A., Therap Services LLC, Think Passenger Inc., Trafigura, Transmed S.A.L Lebanon, ValeShop, VelQuest Corporation, Vodafone Group plc, West Virginia Network, WIND Hellas Telecommunications S.A
400+ customers including: 6sense, Adobe, Akamai, Ant Money, Arcules, CARFAX, Cigna, Cisco, Comcast, DELL, DBS Bank, Dentsu, DirectlyApply, EY, Factors.AI, Fathom Analytics, FirstEnergy, GE, Goldman Sachs, Heap, Hulu, IMAX, impact.com, Kroger, LG, LiveRamp, Lumana, Nvidia, OpenDialog, Outreach, Palo Alto Networks, PicPay, RBC, Samsung, SegMetrics, Siemens, SiteImprove, SiriusXM, SK Telecom, SKAI, SONY, STC, SunRun, TATA, Thorn, ZoomInfo.
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