The solution is used for accessing and restoring data.
Software Architeture at Enformatik Yazılım Bilgi Teknolojileri Mühendislik Ltd.
The solution provides high availability, but it should enable users to administer the database easily
Pros and Cons
- "The product provides high availability."
- "The product must provide an autonomous database."
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
The product provides high availability. I can easily use the product because I have 20 to 25 years of database experience.
What needs improvement?
The product must provide an autonomous database. It should enable users to administer the database easily like other open-source databases. Oracle RAC must be improved.
For how long have I used the solution?
I am using the solution currently.
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What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The tool is stable. I rate the stability an eight out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I rate the tool’s scalability a five out of ten. We need too many servers. Our customers use the product, and we support them. Our customers have about 100 users, including developers and managers. We are planning to increase the number of users.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I used primitive tools before.
How was the initial setup?
We need four people to deploy the product.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I rate the pricing a five out of ten.
What other advice do I have?
We are solution partners. Oracle Database is an enterprise solution with high availability. It's for professionals. Overall, I rate the product a seven out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
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Jefe de Infraestructura y Servicios de TI at Grupo ASD
Responsive, highly stable, but expensive
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable feature of Oracle Database is its responsiveness."
- "The price of the solution should be lower."
What is our primary use case?
We are using Oracle Database for the database use cases.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable feature of Oracle Database is its responsiveness.
What needs improvement?
The price of the solution should be lower.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Oracle Database for approximately one year.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Oracle Database is highly stable.
I rate the stability of Oracle Database a ten out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I rate the scalability of Oracle Database a ten out of ten.
How are customer service and support?
I rate support of Oracle Database a ten out of ten.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup of Oracle Database is simple.
What was our ROI?
I have not seen a return on investment because of the high cost.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The price of Oracle Database is too expensive.
We might be switching solutions because the price is too high.
What other advice do I have?
My advice to others is this solution is great in capabilities and functionality but it is too expensive.
I rate Oracle Database a seven out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
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Senior Developer Individual Contributor at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
A well-developed solution with excellent partitioning
Pros and Cons
- "Partitioning is the most valuable feature."
- "Oracle Database is stable and reliable."
- "It would be useful if I could connect to an expert for one-on-one help."
- "It would be useful if I could connect to an expert for one-on-one help."
What is our primary use case?
I mainly use this solution for data warehouse applications, report generation, and transactional data processing.
What is most valuable?
Partitioning is the most valuable feature.
What needs improvement?
It would be useful if I could connect to an expert for one-on-one help.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using Oracle Database for more than twenty years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Oracle Database is stable and reliable.
How was the initial setup?
The basic initial setup was straightforward, but a professional would be required if the solution needed to be fine-tuned.
What was our ROI?
I've seen a good ROI.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Oracle Database is expensive.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend Oracle Database to others - it's a well-developed solution and is accepted on the market. I would give it a rating of eight out of ten.
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. partners
Deputy Manager - Radio Frequency Planning at X-Net Ltd.
High performance, reliable, and scalable
Pros and Cons
- "What is most valuable with the Oracle Database is the performance."
- "What is most valuable with the Oracle Database is the performance."
- "Oracle Database could improve security to make the solution better in the future."
- "Oracle Database could improve security to make the solution better in the future."
What is our primary use case?
We are using Oracle Database to store information.
What is most valuable?
What is most valuable with the Oracle Database is the performance.
What needs improvement?
Oracle Database could improve security to make the solution better in the future.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Oracle Database for approximately six months.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Oracle Database is reliable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The scalability is very good in Oracle Database.
We have approximately 17 employees that are using this solution. In the future, we will have many more.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I was previously using Microsoft Excel.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup of the Oracle Database is user-friendly. The process did not take long to complete.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
There is a license required to use Oracle Database.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend this solution to others.
I rate Oracle Database a ten out of ten.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Senior Systems Engineer at NTT DATA
Responsive support, simple deployment, and highly stable
Pros and Cons
- "One of the most valuable aspects of Oracle Database is the maturity of the solution."
- "We are happy with Oracle Database."
What is our primary use case?
We are using Oracle Database for financial applications.
What is most valuable?
One of the most valuable aspects of Oracle Database is the maturity of the solution.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Oracle Database for approximately five years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Oracle Database is a highly stable solution.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The workloads of Oracle Database are scalable.
We have approximately 50 people using the solution. We do have plans to increase the number of users but not at the moment.
How are customer service and support?
The support from Oracle is fairly good. They have knowledge-based articles that you can consult before you need their direct support, we're happy with the support.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup of the Oracle Database is straightforward. However, it does require some skills and knowledge. The process takes approximately two hours.
What about the implementation team?
We used two internal engineers for the implementation of the Oracle Database.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The Oracle Database licensing price could be less expensive. We pay annually for the use of the solution.
What other advice do I have?
We are happy with Oracle Database.
I rate Oracle Database a right out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
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Testing Lead at Enstoa
Good support, good performance, and easy to implement
Pros and Cons
- "It is stable, and its performance is good. Its interface is also fine."
- "We have already been using it for a long time, and we have no need to move to another product."
- "Its security is good, but it could be more secure."
- "Its security is good, but it could be more secure."
What is our primary use case?
We are using it to store information. We are using Oracle Database 12.
What is most valuable?
It is stable, and its performance is good. Its interface is also fine.
What needs improvement?
Its security is good, but it could be more secure.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Oracle Database for two to three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We have a lot of users at the moment. We have a couple of hundred users because it is used by different teams. We are, for sure, going to increase its usage.
How are customer service and support?
Their support is very good.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We have been using Oracle Database for a long time. We didn't use anything else previously.
How was the initial setup?
It is straightforward. We have no problems with it. It takes three to four hours.
What about the implementation team?
We implemented it in-house.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
It has an annual subscription. It is an Oracle product, so it is a bit expensive, but that's fine.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend this product to others. We have already been using it for a long time, and we have no need to move to another product. It is very good.
I would rate this product a nine out of 10.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Technical Lead at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
Helpful functionally, good support, and reliable
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable feature of Oracle Database is all the functionalities. When we write a code we sometimes have to create an explicit functionality to process the data that we want. At times we find that there is already existing functionality in data created by Oracle itself, it is helpful."
- "The most valuable feature of Oracle Database is all the functionalities; when we write code we sometimes have to create an explicit functionality to process the data that we want, and at times we find that there is already existing functionality created by Oracle itself, which is helpful."
- "The integration can be made much easier for the Oracle tools, for example, Oracle Database or OPI. The integration sometimes can be a little complicated for us because we have to do a number of integrations with other tools, such as Oracle computation. The integration could be more streamlined and easier to work with."
- "The integration can be made much easier for the Oracle tools, for example, Oracle Database or OPI."
What is our primary use case?
I worked on private on-premises and hybrid cloud deployments.
We use Oracle Database primary for business intelligence in the telecom domain. We are generating all of our KPIs. Additionally, we use it for data warehousing purposes.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable feature of Oracle Database is all the functionalities. When we write a code we sometimes have to create an explicit functionality to process the data that we want. At times we find that there is already existing functionality in data created by Oracle itself, it is helpful.
What needs improvement?
The integration can be made much easier for the Oracle tools, for example, Oracle Database or OPI. The integration sometimes can be a little complicated for us because we have to do a number of integrations with other tools, such as Oracle computation. The integration could be more streamlined and easier to work with.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Oracle Database for approximately 10 years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Oracle Database is a very stable solution. If we find a bug or issue then we have to log those ourselves with Oracle. After some time we receive a patch update to fix those problems.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Oracle Database is scalable.
I would recommend Oracle Database for large enterprises because the smaller companies would not be able to afford it.
How are customer service and support?
The technical support of Oracle Database is okay. The last time I was working in South Africa and when I have to use the Oracle support of South Africa it was poor. We did not receive a proper response from Oracle then. Every time we had to escalate our issues or we had to log with Oracle to have the higher-level management. Eventually, our issues were resolved. However, I have never had an issue with the support from Oracle in India or the USA.
How was the initial setup?
The implementation of the Oracle Database can be a lengthy process. It is not difficult, but it can take a lot of time.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I do not have first-hand knowledge of the price of the support. However, I have heard from my seniors or the experienced people who work on the pricing and scaling, the price of Oracle is a bit higher. The reason is Oracle provides enterprise-level applications, only large enterprises can afford Oracle applications or tools.
What other advice do I have?
I rate Oracle Database an eight out of ten.
I rated the solution an eight because there is still a lot of improvement needed. The user experience could be better, the interfaces could improve.
I know that there are a couple of new applications already out by Oracle, such as Oracle Analytical Services and Oracle Analytical Clouds, which are more user-friendly. Oracle needs to make databases more user-friendly and easier to work on. At this time we have to login into the front end and the backend to do a lot of configurations and it would be much better if we had some type of interface to work on.
If I want to teach someone who is totally new to this environment, he or she might have worked in some other applications similar to Oracle Database, such as SQL Server or MySQL, but if I want them to learn in Oracle it can be difficult for us to teach them. It would be much better if the overall solution was easier to use.
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Daire Başkanı/Head of Department at a government with 10,001+ employees
Helpful support, reliable, and scalable
Pros and Cons
- "The solution is scalable."
- "The support from Oracle is very good."
- "Oracle Databases license and maintenance prices are too high."
What is our primary use case?
I have a lot of projects running on the Oracle Databases. We currently are using Oracle Database 11g, but this year we will upgrade to 19g.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Oracle Database for approximately 25 years.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The solution is scalable.
How are customer service and support?
The support from Oracle is very good.
What about the implementation team?
We have support from two Oracle engineers that work with our team for the use of the Oracle Database.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Oracle Databases license and maintenance prices are too high. The government ministry of finance gives us our budget and this solution is too expensive.
What other advice do I have?
In the future, we will most likely be using an open-source database solution because Oracle Database is expensive.
I rate Oracle Database a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
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