Oracle SOA Suite vs Zend PHP Engine comparison

Oracle and Zend are both solutions in the Application Infrastructure category. Oracle is ranked #9 with an average rating of 7.4, while Zend is ranked #15 with an average rating of 8.0. Oracle holds a 3.9% mindshare in AIS, compared to Zend’s 1.7% mindshare. Additionally, 85% of Oracle users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Zend users who would recommend it.

Oracle SOA Suite

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85% willing to recommend

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 5, 2025

Zend PHP Engine and Oracle SOA Suite compete in the software industry, focusing on web development and service integration, respectively. Oracle SOA Suite has the upper hand in integration capabilities, while Zend PHP Engine is preferred for affordability and ease of use.

Features: Zend PHP Engine provides efficient PHP execution, robust performance, and effective code management. Oracle SOA Suite offers comprehensive integration tools, middleware support, and a powerful service bus for integration tasks.

Room for Improvement: Zend PHP Engine could enhance its integration capabilities and support for enterprise environments. Oracle SOA Suite would benefit from a more intuitive user interface and streamlined configuration processes, while reducing deployment complexity.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Zend PHP Engine boasts straightforward deployment and responsive customer support, appealing to smaller teams. Oracle SOA Suite, however, involves a complex setup but provides extensive resources and support to larger organizations.

Pricing and ROI: Zend PHP Engine offers a low-cost setup with swift ROI due to its efficient performance. Oracle SOA Suite necessitates a higher initial investment, but its extensive features justify potential long-term returns for enterprises requiring substantial integration capabilities.

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Categories and Ranking

Oracle SOA Suite

Ranking in Application Infrastructure

9th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

SOA Governance (1st)

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 May 2025, in the Application Infrastructure category, the mindshare of Oracle SOA Suite is 3.9%, down from 4.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Zend PHP Engine is 1.7%, up from 1.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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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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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

"Middleware jobs developing for EC, ERP, and shipping systems become easier."

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

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

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

"We were able to scale out using multiple application and web servers balanced by hardware load balancers and Weblogic clustering."

"The Oracle SOA Suite has many useful features, and different organizations may place different emphases on the importance of each feature. Certain features are particularly important to the organization, such as the ability to access databases and transform messages, as well as the use of proxy services to secure web services with usernames and passwords. These features can be critical for enabling effective integration and data exchange between systems and applications."

"Conceptually, how it integrates a lot of essential enterprise process components. That's the most valuable."

"In Oracle SOA Suite some applications are not able to use REST, but it can support both SOAP and REST. You're able to integrate quite a lot of systems, which may not be able to in other solutions. You can also use XML and JSON. It is a standardizing type of tool. It doesn't matter whether I'm using JSON or XML, it can convert them."

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

"Zend Engine gives the flexibility to use external modules to easily expand the functionalities you need for your web project."

"Zend PHP Engine is a good tool for developing and collecting data, offering strong performance."

"Faster web app implementation, when PHP dev is required by customers."

"Offers a complete environment to develop PHP applications. It is valuable because it allows you to have a complete stack (PHP, MySQL, Zend Server) enabling the building of a development environment, and to deploy to the production system."

"The most valuable feature of this solution is the speed at which it compiles and sends the dynamic cache."

"The cache modules that Zend provides have been able to optimize and accelerate the loading of the pages when there was exponential growth in data volume and quantity of requests. At the same time, the monitoring console allowed us to have a real-time understanding of the resources and to make decisions when they were at the limit."

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

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Cons

"One area that could be better is the human task feature. It could be improved to provide more functionality and customization options because it has limited options available."

"If the disk space expansion can be made more flexible, not requiring a database restart, it would be a major benefit."

"The web services need to be more robust."

"Another area of improvement is performance. Because with multiple solutions connecting to the SOA platform, the performance of the SOA platform can be affected in time. So, that could be one area that could be improved with the SOA."

"The Maven integration in JDeveloper is very basic and might be enhanced to allow the proper use of Maven."

"Its function options can be improved."

"Decrease the number of internal resources which the product uses."

"An area for improvement in Oracle SOA Suite is the cost. It could be lower."

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"The solution can be quicker."

"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."

"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."

"Zend PHP Engine needs to improve the loading time of its libraries and make it faster."

"The process of installing and configuring the product is a bit complex and could be improved."

"SQL queries have always been an issue with PHP, especially if you use large tables, which require caution from the side of the developer."

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

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

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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

"Oracle SOA Suite is an expensive solution."

"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."

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

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

"The product is moderately priced."

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

"Zend PHP Engine is not an expensive solution."

"Its pricing depends on the number of users."

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

"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."

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

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

20%

Financial Services Firm

15%

Government

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

14%

University

10%

Construction Company

10%

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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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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Comparisons

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Compared 44% of the time

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Compared 26% of the time

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Compared 13% of the time

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Compared 9% of the time

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Compared 7% of the time

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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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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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