We performed a comparison between Oracle Enterprise Manager and VMware vCenter based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Server Monitoring solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."I rate Oracle Enterprise Manager eight out of 10 for stability."
"There are a number of different user interfaces you can choose from."
"The most valuable features of Oracle Enterprise Manager are the data guide and online monitoring."
"The most valuable features are security and speed."
"The best part is the efficient database performance monitoring and the ability to take actions directly from there."
"It's easy to implement as it's made by Oracle for Oracle."
"I like that it's stable."
"It's a useful feature to be able to see the top SQL, the number of executions, the CPU, and the resources that it's using."
"We use VMware vCenter for centralization and to manage all the VMs."
"The most valuable aspect for us is the ability to monitor all servers simultaneously and effortlessly move them between hosts."
"The initial setup is easy."
"We manage practically everything using the solution."
"The integration of vCenter server with any software, whether from VMware or a third party, is smooth and straightforward."
"VMware vCenter has significantly improved our infrastructure management by enabling virtualization. We can virtualize our infrastructure, eliminating the need to access servers physically. Everything can be managed remotely."
"The most valuable features of VMware vCenter for our organization include its centralized management capabilities and the ability to handle virtual machines across multiple ESXi hosts efficiently."
"We typically manage VMs after the OS is installed. vCenter simplifies VM management by allowing for the configuration and operation of VMs once an OS, like Windows, is installed."
"Technical support could be faster."
"The interface offered by Oracle Enterprise Manager has certain shortcomings and needs improvement to become a nice tool."
"Technical support could be more responsive."
"We would like to have a single dashboard for monitoring and controlling all of our products."
"We have encountered performance issues when the load is huge."
"Patching. It's extremely difficult to determine what requires patching and the process to patch each component is slightly different."
"In my opinion, rather than a younger DBA, think the user interface could be improved."
"I would like to see better pricing."
"The web interface is not convenient."
"One area where VMware vCenter has room for improvement is its transition to Broadcom. The change in licensing structure and pricing, particularly the shift from perpetual licenses to subscription-only models, is a significant drawback."
"One notable area for enhancement revolves around cost considerations, as introducing features such as DDoS protection or data compression could reduce expenses."
"VMware vCenter does not have a centralized security dashboard, and it is pretty tedious to configure."
"The product's technical support services need improvement."
"It is not easy to upgrade VMware vCenter from an old version to a new version."
"We have to buy more VMware products to leverage the centralized management."
"Sometimes, vCenter management can be difficult if you forget the password. You can't change or recover the password easily. We then have to reinstall vCenter, which means reconfiguring everything. That's a challenge we've encountered."
Oracle Enterprise Manager is ranked 4th in Server Monitoring with 123 reviews while VMware vCenter is ranked 8th in Server Monitoring with 19 reviews. Oracle Enterprise Manager is rated 8.4, while VMware vCenter is rated 8.6. 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 VMware vCenter writes "Offers highly valuable centralized features and has significantly simplified VM deployment and management processes". Oracle Enterprise Manager is most compared with Zabbix, Dynatrace, Quest Spotlight, AppDynamics and Quest Foglight for Databases, whereas VMware vCenter is most compared with . See our Oracle Enterprise Manager vs. VMware vCenter report.
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