Oracle SOA Suite vs Zend PHP Engine comparison

Oracle and Zend are both solutions in the Application Infrastructure category. Oracle is ranked #11 with an average rating of 5.0, while Zend is ranked #15 with an average rating of 8.0. Oracle holds a 3.8% mindshare in AIS, compared to Zend’s 1.5% 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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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Oracle SOA Suite

Ranking in Application Infrastructure

11th

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 August 2025, in the Application Infrastructure category, the mindshare of Oracle SOA Suite is 3.8%, down from 4.3% 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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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

"Provides connectivity between discrete systems and has availability."

"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."

"Valuable features include connectors and BAM."

"The product provides transparency in finances."

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

"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."

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

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"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."

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

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

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

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

"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."

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

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Cons

"An important area that can be improved is the product's data monitoring. When we use the solution for interfacing or end-to-end data monitoring, we want to know exactly where the data is going and exactly where it is failing, or where there is an issue."

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

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

"The solutions can improve the communication or translations between formats, such as JSON and XML. The JSON REST API could improve."

"The product is not user-friendly."

"I would like to see divided containers more separately as a microservice."

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

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

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"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."

"The solution can be quicker."

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

"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."

"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."

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

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

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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

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

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

"Oracle SOA Suite is an expensive solution."

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

"The product is moderately priced."

"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."

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

"Its pricing depends on the number of users."

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

"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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11%

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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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SOA Suite

PHP Engine

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.

For more information on Oracle SOA Suite, visit Oracle.com

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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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Sample Customers

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

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