Oracle Hotspot vs Zend PHP Engine comparison

Oracle and Zend are both solutions in the Application Infrastructure category. Oracle is ranked #17 with an average rating of 8.0, while Zend is ranked #15 with an average rating of 8.0. Oracle holds a 1.1% mindshare in AIS, compared to Zend’s 1.5% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Oracle users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Zend users who would recommend it.

Oracle Hotspot

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100% willing to recommend

Zend PHP Engine

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100% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

Oracle Hotspot

Ranking in Application Infrastructure

17th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

5.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Zend PHP Engine

Ranking in Application Infrastructure

15th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Application Infrastructure category, the mindshare of Oracle Hotspot is 1.1%, down from 1.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Zend PHP Engine is 1.5%, up from 1.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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SRIRAM GOPALASWAMY

Senior Director - Digital marketing at Enphase Energy

A scalable and user-friendly product that is useful for tracking leads for inbound marketing

I use the solution for inbound marketing to track leads The product is quite user-friendly. It doesn't ask me too many questions. There are some bugs in the solution that lead to breakdowns. The solution must increase the number of third-party integrations. I have been using the solution for…

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SatyendraGupta

External Consultant (Digital Tool Developer and Intervention Specialist) at IQVIA

The fact that it is available open-source is the best feature

The fact that it is available open-source is the best feature. A general scripting language should be further developed and should be embedded into it. I have been Zend PHP Engine for nine years. Multiple people are using the solution. Overall, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.…

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The product is quite user-friendly."

"The fact that it is available open-source is the best feature."

"Zend PHP Engine is more secure than any other framework, and I usually prefer Zend PHP Engine for big applications."

"This solution is really easy for me to use."

"The solution's initial setup process is easy."

"Scaling up is an important factor for large projects, and with PHP 7 and its performance improvements, this becomes even easier."

"Zend Engine is the core of PHP. It makes PHP fast, efficient, and basically, the language of choice for web applications."

"It offers good support for various types of classes, along with many open source libraries that we can readily utilize in our application development process. This gives us a lot of options when it comes to custom development solutions, without having to worry about licensing or other programming-related issues."

"We have not encountered issues with scalability as long as we effectively use caching to optimize performance of our web applications as well as a proper use of database connectivity."

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Cons

"There are some bugs in the solution that lead to breakdowns."

"The main area that Zend needs to improve is to support asynchronous programming tasks, which is facilitated in PHP 7, but not at the same degree as HHVM."

"A general scripting language should be further developed and should be embedded into it."

"Integrating AI tools would make PHP more competitive, as other tools already have AI features."

"Although it offers a complete environment to develop and deploy PHP applications, it has some limitations. For example, when the volume of data increased exponentially, I had problems scaling the system."

"Integration of MVC with ORM tools for PHP is okay, but lacking a short list of decent ORM tools for PHP to choose from; there is ample room for improvement in both areas."

"The biggest problem with PHP is you have to write lot of conditions or have to use a framework."

"In terms of improvement, it doesn't support concurrent processing. When we want to process anything on a concurrent basis, we have to divide it into a number of things, like a queue, or we have to run it using Cron jobs. We would like to have the capability to run any thread or process in parallel."

"Its object oriented programming language needs improvement."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product is expensive when compared to other solutions."

"The Zend PHP engine is open source technology, so there's no need for us to worry about licensing or other costs."

"The solution is open source and you just pay for the server cost."

"Its pricing depends on the number of users."

"No problem with pricing and licensing, as tools are open source. You have to consider training cost, mindset setup cost, as part of the TCO."

"Zend PHP Engine is not an expensive solution."

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Oracle Hotspot?

The product is quite user-friendly.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Hotspot?

The product is expensive when compared to other solutions.

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What needs improvement with Oracle Hotspot?

There are some bugs in the solution that lead to breakdowns. The solution must increase the number of third-party integrations.

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What do you like most about Zend PHP Engine?

The fact that it is available open-source is the best feature.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Zend PHP Engine?

PHP is an open-source solution.

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What needs improvement with Zend PHP Engine?

Integrating AI tools would make PHP more competitive, as other tools already have AI features.

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Overview

The Java HotSpot Virtual Machine is a core component of the Java SE platform. It implements the Java Virtual Machine Specification, and is delivered as a shared library in the Java Runtime Environment. As the Java bytecode execution engine, it provides Java runtime facilities, such as thread and object synchronization, on a variety of operating systems and architectures. It includes dynamic compilers that adaptively compile Java bytecodes into optimized machine instructions and efficiently manages the Java heap using garbage collectors, optimized for both low pause time and throughput. It provides data and information to profiling, monitoring and debugging tools and applications.

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The Zend PHP Engine is designed to optimize PHP code and improve performance, making it a popular choice for web developers. It is easy to use, stable, does not require a lot of code, is open source, and only requires payment for server costs. The initial setup is straightforward, and there is no real need to set up the solution because it's built into the deployment.

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