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 7.5, while Zend is ranked #15 with an average rating of 7.5. Oracle holds a 3.3% mindshare in AIS, compared to Zend’s 1.7% mindshare. Additionally, 86% 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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86% willing to recommend

Zend PHP Engine

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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

7.0

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 January 2026, in the Application Infrastructure category, the mindshare of Oracle SOA Suite is 3.3%, down from 4.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Zend PHP Engine is 1.7%, up from 1.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Application Infrastructure Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Oracle SOA Suite	3.3%
Zend PHP Engine	1.7%
Other	95.0%

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Debjit Ghosh

Manager at Cognizant

Has enabled complex data flow management but faces limitations with modern integration needs

There are areas of Oracle SOA Suite I would like to see improved or enhanced in the future, particularly regarding its adapter capabilities. The popularity of Oracle Integration Cloud nowadays arises from its larger set of adapter capabilities, including numerous application adapters. In contrast, Oracle SOA Suite provides a limited number of adapters. I would like to see more REST-based features added to Oracle SOA Suite, currently lacking, along with an enhancement of file size or payload capability, as the existing limitation is a 10 MB payload size. Additionally, Oracle SOA Suite licensing cost tends to be higher, adhering to a fixed pricing model rather than a pay-per-use basis, which might not be suitable for smaller organizations.

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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

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

"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."

"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."

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

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

"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."

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

"Enables our Product Manager to post products to different outside EC platforms with only one interface and one process."

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"The Zend Framework provides an easy, open source way to produce coding based on the needs of our customers."

"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."

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

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

"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."

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Cons

"SOA, OSB, SOA Cloud Service."

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

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

"Other solutions might be better componets such as Salesforce."

"Its function options can be improved."

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

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

"Oracle SOA Suite licensing cost tends to be higher, adhering to a fixed pricing model rather than a pay-per-use basis, which might not be suitable for smaller organizations."

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

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

"Its object oriented programming language needs improvement."

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

"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."

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

"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."

"The solution can be quicker."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."

"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."

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

"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 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."

"Its pricing depends on the number of users."

"Zend PHP Engine is not an expensive solution."

"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

15%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Government

Performing Arts

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Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	13
Midsize Enterprise	15
Large Enterprise	41

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	9
Large Enterprise	2

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?

The setup cost of Oracle SOA Suite is relatively high since various components, including database licenses, WebLogic licenses, VM costs, and SOA licenses based on enterprise and Oracle negotiation...

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What needs improvement with Oracle SOA Suite?

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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

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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