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We performed a comparison between Oracle Enterprise Manager and Toad for Oracle based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Database Development and Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Oracle Enterprise Manager vs. Toad for Oracle Report (Updated: March 2024).
765,386 professionals have used our research since 2012.
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Pros
"It is the best monitoring tool for Oracle databases.""Oracle Enterprise Manager is a scalable solution.""There are a number of different user interfaces you can choose from.""Oracle Enterprise Manager helps to control servers.""The most valuable features of Oracle Enterprise Manager are the data guide and online monitoring.""It's easy to implement as it's made by Oracle for Oracle.""It is a comprehensive, end-to-end solution for managing database consolidation, something that has been missing and difficult to do.""I like that it's stable."

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"The most valuable feature is the navigation within the UI, where you can right-click on an object in an SQL query and go right to it, versus going through all of the menus to find what you are looking for.""Simply the best GUI software for administration is the most valuable aspect for me.""The tool evaluates non-optimized queries and generates the queries in a way that is more optimal - in addition to giving us some good practices for code development.""Toad for Oracle has proven to be better than other tools since we have never experienced any crashes.""I find Toad easy to use and I love the Workspace feature, which allows me to set up projects so that I can open SQL files applicable to what I am working on at any particular time.""Oracle has advanced query optimization and tuning features that help improve the performance of SQL queries.""It is very easy to manage all of the objects.""Toad has a lot of features that are very useful, fast, and well developed."

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Cons
"I rate Oracle Enterprise Manager six out of 10 for affordability. It's expensive.""They should improve the hover text context. This would provide assistance whenever a task is attempted by a DBA.""It needs to support the Database versions lower than 10.2.""We have encountered performance issues when the load is huge.""Reporting and statistical charting is largely still left up the end-user to develop custom solutions.""Oracle Enterprise Manager's scalability is an area with certain shortcomings where improvements are required.""The solution's agents work with Java, and the Java code sometimes consumes a lot of memory on the CPU.""The product must improve its support team."

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"Once in a while, I may encounter a memory exception and have to abort the application. On a few occasions, the file that stores the saved connections for the New Connection window will become corrupt and I will lose all of my saved connections. I am not sure if that is a Windows or TOAD issue, but it has happened to all of my developers at some point or another.""Improvement wise, for the user it should show the minimum features on the screen and not all the features. Toad has a lot of features, but most users will use only 5 or 10 based on their role. Nobody needs all the features, and they should provide the option to choose only the required features. Only minimum requirements should be enabled by default. When all the features are shown, the performance is not good; it loads slowly and has hundreds of popups and unnecessary questions.""An area where the solution could use some improvement is in terms of user-friendliness. During the initial setup phase, the solution was not very intuitive when attempting to establish connections.""Sometimes it works in some areas, but in others, it doesn't. Like when you copy, you find that it's blank and doesn't copy anything. So, there are some objects that do copy, and sometimes they don't.""There should also be a better "cancel query" option as sometimes one cancels a query, but then it still might run for a long time, and then one has to crash Toad in order to cancel the query.""In future releases, the product can be more intuitive. It has to be lighter than what it is because sometimes it is not responding quickly. If I do some features at the same time, it's not supporting. I have to wait sometimes to get the action. It's dependent on the resources of the workstation, but it has to be improved in this area. The faster processing is needed.""There may be an issue with processing limitations but this cannot be confirmed as a problem with the product or with the newest releases.""Toad for Oracle does not have a particular resolution within the application."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "It is part of Real Application Testing, so no new investment is necessary for clients who already are already using RAT."
  • "As with all Oracle products, care should be taken when using any features to ensure that they do not activate licensed features that have not been paid for."
  • "The basic functions are free. You only pay license fees for advanced features."
  • "The pricing is very high."
  • "We are satisfied with the pricing."
  • "There is only the standard licensing fee. There are no other costs."
  • "Evaluate your requirements carefully. Elaborate DR and HA setup of OEM can become expensive."
  • "Be careful to only enable the packs for which you have a license as this is an issue we see time and again."
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  • "There are paid and free-for-use versions of the product."
  • "The professional edition is about $1,000 AUD ($700 USD) and the developer version is about twice that much."
  • "In my opinion, this solution is a little expensive, but I understand that good programs cost more money."
  • "My advice is to try to use the three-year maintenance agreement if possible."
  • "Toad for Oracle has a relatively high cost compared to other similar tools."
  • "The product's pricing is just right because if it were slightly higher, it would not have been as widely adopted as it currently is in our organization."
  • "I would rate it six, where one is a low price, and ten is a high price."
  • "The pricing is okay, it's reasonable."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:Oracle Enterprise Manager helps to control servers.
    Top Answer:Initially, our deal was for three years, and we extended it to five years. Oracle solutions are very costly. We have totally our solution and including hardware with its license. we have no product… more »
    Top Answer:The product's most valuable features are UI and monitoring.
    Top Answer:The pricing is okay, it's reasonable. I would rate the pricing a seven out of ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive. It's a little bit on the pricey side.
    Top Answer:There could be a tool for automated SQL query functioning.
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    Overview

    Oracle Enterprise Manager is an on-premises management platform that provides a comprehensive integrated solution for managing and automating your various Oracle products, including applications, databases, middleware, hardware, and engineered systems located either in your Oracle data center or in the cloud.

    With the Oracle Enterprise Manager's console, you can administer multiple databases and servers, distribute software to multiple servers and clients, monitor objects and events throughout the network, and integrate with other tools.

    Key Oracle Enterprise Manager Features and Products

    • Hardware and virtualization management: Manage all Oracle environments from one central console. Oracle Enterprise Manager provides management and automation for Oracle engineered systems, databases, middleware, and hardware.

    • Database management: Oracle’s Database management provides a full lifecycle solution for updates and configuration management, patching, provisioning, testing, performance management and automatic tuning.

    • Application performance management (APM): User and database monitoring with diagnostics and performance analysis that provide rich reporting on real user activities.

    • Enterprise monitoring: Built-in monitoring of all components of the IT infrastructure enables rapid problem diagnosis. Both Oracle and non-Oracle components are constantly monitored.

    • Oracle real user experience insight: Insights on real user experiences and preferences enable businesses and IT stakeholders to develop a shared understanding into their application users’ experience.

    • Non-Oracle management: Oracle Enterprise Manager manages non-Oracle components with a comprehensive set of plugins. The self-update mechanism allows customers to download, import, and deploy extensions built by Oracle, Oracle partners, and Oracle customers. These extensions enjoy the same level of stability as Oracle's own products.

    • Installation and upgrade: The upgrade process provides efficient, reliable, secure data migration with minimal downtime of your environment.

    Reviews from Real Users

    Oracle Enterprise Manager stands out among its competitors for a number of reasons. Several major ones are its central management and monitoring and its reporting capabilities

    Robin C., head of Oracle Exadata Centre of Excellence at Tata Consultancy Services, writes, "The database performance monitoring features are very useful and allow us to quickly zero in on DB-related issues. Exadata storage server and Infiniband switches can be viewed from the GUI in OEM which cannot be done in other tools. The ability to deploy metric extensions makes this tool extensible for our custom monitoring also."

    PeerSpot users note the effectiveness of these features. A database manager at a tech services company notes, “The solution's most valuable aspect is the fact that it is embedded with the Oracle database and Oracle's engineering system, its extra data, and analytics.  They have plug-ins that are very helpful. Due to the infrastructure's size, the introduction they offer is very, very useful. It helps with an overall understanding of the product. They have a very nice graphical user interface. The monitoring is good. We can capture the SQL tune from us. With Oracle Enterprise Managers, we can see the rich performance tuning.”

    With Toad for Oracle, you'll reduce costs and risks by easily ensuring the health and performance of your Oracle Cloud Platform and on-premises databases. ... On the operations side, you can automate administration tasks and proactively manage your databases while embracing performance optimization and risk mitigation.

    Sample Customers
    7-Eleven, Halliburton, Cisco, Garmin, Nationwide, Korea Telecom, Allied Irish Bank
    intel, ebay, uber, mars, microsoft
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    Financial Services Firm23%
    Energy/Utilities Company14%
    Manufacturing Company10%
    Computer Software Company8%
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    Educational Organization66%
    Financial Services Firm6%
    Computer Software Company5%
    Government4%
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    Financial Services Firm30%
    Transportation Company20%
    Government20%
    Educational Organization10%
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    Financial Services Firm23%
    Computer Software Company10%
    Government9%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    Company Size
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    Small Business22%
    Midsize Enterprise18%
    Large Enterprise60%
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    Small Business5%
    Midsize Enterprise69%
    Large Enterprise26%
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    Small Business21%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise64%
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    Small Business17%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise73%
    Buyer's Guide
    Oracle Enterprise Manager vs. Toad for Oracle
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    Oracle Enterprise Manager is ranked 1st in Database Development and Management with 122 reviews while Toad for Oracle is ranked 3rd in Database Development and Management with 15 reviews. Oracle Enterprise Manager is rated 8.4, while Toad for Oracle is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Oracle Enterprise Manager writes "Provides good stability and has an easy implementation process". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Toad for Oracle writes "Advanced query optimization and tuning features ". Oracle Enterprise Manager is most compared with Zabbix, Quest Spotlight, Dynatrace, Quest Foglight for Databases and Nagios XI, whereas Toad for Oracle is most compared with Toad Edge, Aqua Data Studio, DbVisualizer, Redgate SQL Toolbelt and Quest Foglight for Databases. See our Oracle Enterprise Manager vs. Toad for Oracle report.

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