Oracle SOA Suite vs Oracle WebCenter comparison

The compared Oracle SOA Suite and Oracle WebCenter solutions aren't in the same category. Oracle SOA Suite is ranked #11 in AIS , with an average rating of 6.3, and holds a 3.8% mindshare in the category. Oracle WebCenter is ranked #30 in CEM , and holds a 1.0% mindshare. Additionally, 85% of Oracle SOA Suite users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 70% of Oracle WebCenter users who would recommend it.

Oracle SOA Suite

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85% willing to recommend

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70% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Oracle SOA Suite and Oracle WebCenter based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Categories and Ranking

Oracle SOA Suite

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Infrastructure (11th), SOA Governance (1st)

Oracle WebCenter

Average Rating

7.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Customer Experience Management (30th), Enterprise Content Management (17th), Web Content Management (11th), Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) (6th)

Mindshare comparison

Oracle SOA Suite and Oracle WebCenter aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Oracle SOA Suite is designed for Application Infrastructure and holds a mindshare of 3.8%, down 4.4% compared to last year.
Oracle WebCenter, on the other hand, focuses on Customer Experience Management, holds 1.0% mindshare, down 1.2% since last year.

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MANOHAR SADDALA

IT Specialist at Eagle Hills

Enables seamless integration with multiple systems

I would rate the scalability a seven out of ten. It's not much more dynamic, not as dynamic as you may think, like seeing it in the cloud. In order to use it, you need to have the download servers and then scale up your systems. Oracle SOA Suites serves as a middle layer between applications. For example, let's say you have SAP, and we have Salesforce or Oracle ERP system. Users connect to those systems and perform certain activities or transactions on the applications. Now, if any data needs to be synchronized or any integration needs to happen between these applications, we use the Oracle SOA Suite. It acts as the bridge between the applications, not between the users. It's like having endpoints between the applications. Currently, we have 20 endpoints; 20 systems are connected to it, which is great. Oracle SOA Suite is being used daily. We are using it to its maximum potential.

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Mehdi Hasankhan

Head of Development and Implementation at Arak Petrochemical Company

Gives me easy access, connection and compatibility with all of the Oracle products

WebCenter content access has a lot of options and flexibility. At this time, I only see one problem: in the sub-content and channels surrounding Windows 10. It only functions with Windows 7 and Windows 8. All of the operating systems in my company are up-to-date and we are using Windows 10. For whatever reason, you can't use the Oracle content on these platforms at all. This lapse is very bad for my company because I can't change the version of Word and downgrade. Maybe it is just a technical problem. But it is a lot of my problem with this solution currently.

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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

"In case there is something that doesn't work out of the box, you have the flexibility to customize it."

"It performs better in real-time transactions."

"The product allows you to visualize how a company is working currently by providing rich possibilities for analysis such as the audit trails and therefore shows where improvements might be valuable."

"What I like best about Oracle SOA Suite is Oracle support. I also like the tool features, especially the integration feature."

"The most valuable feature of this solution is the option to design, and the development can happen at the same time."

"The ability to stand up a highly available SOA Suite, which has full DR capabilities, in a remote center and synchronize the databases using Data Guard."

"Valuable features include web service development and cloud connectivity."

"The most valuable feature of Oracle SOA Suite is all the platform's capabilities."

More Oracle SOA Suite pros

"You can move workloads in between sub-servers so that you don't overload a portion of the server."

"The WebCenter Content is its most valuable feature. After we update a document in WebCenter Content, it can be update automatically in our intranet."

"It's a very scalable solution and the performance is pretty good. The scalability, in my opinion, is the biggest advantage."

"A great solution for storing and searching large volumes of documents with easy access."

"Integration within the solution is very good."

"Oracle integrates well with other products to cover Big Data."

"WebCenter's interface is very user-friendly."

Cons

"Its function options can be improved."

"The technical support is good, we have premier support which costs extra."

"They supply lots of documentation but finding what we need is challenging at times."

"The interface is too complicated. Making modifications still requires too much technical knowledge."

"Various parts of SOA, BPEL, and so on, each have their own consoles which need to be accessed individually with different logins. It would be better from an admin perspective if all the consoles were accessible via a single login."

"SOA, OSB, SOA Cloud Service."

"I want to see easier integration connections with other cloud-based tools."

"The web services need to be more robust."

More Oracle SOA Suite cons

"Does not seem to be totally compatible with Windows 10 as of our current version."

"This solution needs to support translation into the Arabic language."

"WebCenter requires a lot of design effort to upload content to our regular system."

"There are many document management systems that offer pretty much the same functionalities but at a lower price. The product as such is pretty good. However, the pricing is not comparable. They need to adjust their pricing to be more competitive on the market."

"The solution should be offered in Persian. Right now, our version is in English, and there's a bit of a language barrier between the users and the product."

"The speed of the backup should be enhanced."

"I would like them to add more Web 2.0 features."

"Its functions need more stability."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"This product is WebLogic based, hence it can be both resource hungry as well as expensive from a licensing point of view."

"Based on my knowledge, Oracle SOA Suite doesn't have user-based licensing. It has a system-based licensing model, so you pay for whole systems. Oracle SOA Suite is an expensive solution, so it's a four out of ten for me."

"It is necessary to evaluate the requirement regarding the platform usage and what the main operation area of the platform will be."

"The pricing is not very high as compared to its competitors."

"Oracle SOA Suite is an expensive solution."

"Oracle pricing is expensive. Support is based on your license. AWS is much better than Oracle in this regard."

"The product is moderately priced."

"WebCenter's pricing is on the higher side."

"The price needs to be lowered."

"The price of this solution is considered to be high; however, when speaking with Oracle, it is possible to get discounts of up to sixty percent."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

17%

Financial Services Firm

15%

Government

Retailer

Financial Services Firm

11%

Government

10%

Computer Software Company

Real Estate/Law Firm

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Oracle SOA Suite?

The solution's XSLT or XSL Transformation feature was very useful.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle SOA Suite?

Oracle SOA Suite is an expensive solution.

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What needs improvement with Oracle SOA Suite?

The solution’s initial setup is complex and could be improved. A big challenge for Oracle SOA Suite is that you don't get too many technical resources.

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Comparisons

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Compared 47% of the time

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Compared 17% of the time

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Compared 12% of the time

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Compared 9% of the time

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Compared 11% of the time

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Also Known As

SOA Suite

WebCenter, FatWire

Overview

Oracle SOA Suite is a comprehensive, standards-based software suite to build, deploy and manage integration following the concepts of service-oriented architecture (SOA). The components of the suite benefit from consistent tooling, a single deployment and management model, end-to-end security and unified metadata management. Oracle SOA Suite helps businesses lower costs by allowing maximum re-use of existing IT investments and assets, regardless of the environment (OS, application server, etc.) they run in, or the technology they were built upon. Its easy-to-use, re-use focused, unified application development tooling and end-to-end lifecycle management support further reduces development and maintenance cost and complexity.

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Oracle WebCenter is the center of engagement for business powering exceptional experiences for customers, partners, and employees. It connects people, processes, and information with the most complete portfolio of portal, content management, Web experience management, and collaboration technologies.

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Sample Customers

7-Eleven, Arcor SAIC, Banca Transilvania, Eaton Corporation, Emdeon, Ferrovial, Griffith University, National Instruments, Pella Corporation, Vodafone Group Plc,

Chhattisgarh Infotech and Biotech Promotion Society, Jagran Prakashan Ltd., Standard Forwarding LLC, United Automotive Electronic Systems Co. Ltd., INSO sistemi per le infrastrutture sociali S.p.A., Helsana Versicherungen AG, ArRiyadh Development Authority, John Lewis Partnership, Arqiva, SURUGADAI EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE, Portuguese Official Agriculture and Fisheries

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