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Jeremy Lee - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Consultant at SandFil International
Reseller
Top 20
Enables us to support applications
Pros and Cons
  • "We use Oracle Database to run applications. We use it for our clients' databases and applications."
  • "The product is expensive."

What is our primary use case?

We use Oracle Database to run applications. We use it for our clients' databases and applications.

Whenever a client has problems or requires new implementations, they approach us. We provide training and coaching with application implementations. Currently, one such implementation is underway in the UK.

What is most valuable?

The product is very stable. We use it for supporting applications, including data warehousing.

What needs improvement?

The solution could be cheaper and adopt AI space.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Oracle Database for 25 years.

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What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The product is stable.

I rate the solution’s stability a nine out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution’s scalability is good. It caters to small and medium enterprises with different products and ranges.

I rate the solution’s scalability a nine out of ten.

How are customer service and support?

Technical support could get better.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Neutral

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is quite simple. We mostly use the installation pack and code pack. Our setup includes a script center, shell scripts, and commercial Java courses.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The product is expensive.

What other advice do I have?

We use database clusters for different clients depending on the SLA. We use Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Advanced Compression. We use These specific options for various clients; however, the selection depends on the client's needs.

We have robust protection measures that are ensured using encryption technologies such as Transparent Database Encryption provided by Oracle. These features are available across all our database offerings, and we have implemented them for our clients accordingly.

We are heavily involved in AI development, and eventually, our products are tailored to fit into the AI space seamlessly.

Integrations are pretty transparent based on the type of solutions and the specific customer requirements. Customer relations between Oracle products are typically straightforward, whereas integrating with third-party products may present some challenges.

Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Hybrid Cloud
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Technical Manager - Enterprise Application at Thakral One (Pvt) Ltd
Real User
The dynamic PL/SQL feature lets me generate custom and ad hoc reports
Pros and Cons
  • "The most important features of Oracle Database are ease of use and high reliability. I also love the dynamic PL/SQL feature, which I use to generate custom and ad hoc reports."
  • "Oracle support is helpful, and they resolve all our issues, but sometimes the response to our clients isn't as prompt as we'd like."

What is our primary use case?

I work as a software developer designing DevOps and implementing Oracle applications with Oracle Database. I design and develop core banking systems, so my role was to manage a team of developers for design, development, and testing. I do some implementation, too. Our customers use Oracle Database as an RDBMS store data.

What is most valuable?

The most important features of Oracle Database are ease of use and high reliability. I also love the dynamic PL/SQL feature, which I use to generate custom and ad hoc reports.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've worked with Oracle Database for more than 15 years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Oracle Database is a stable product. Oracle has raised the standards for RDBMS solutions. Most banks and government organizations in Nepal use Oracle Database because they're highly reliable. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Oracle Database is scalable. I've deployed the solution at a government tax agency with more than 500 users. The core banking system was implemented at a bank with 22 branches all over Nepal and 200-plus users. Our most recent public sector project had over 100 users. 

How are customer service and support?

Oracle support is helpful, and they resolve all our issues, but sometimes the response to our clients isn't as prompt as we'd like. 

How was the initial setup?

Deploying Oracle Database is easy for me because I have so many years of experience. The team needed for deployment depends on the project. I had a team of 10 software developers for the core banking system, but we used a six-person crew for one of the government projects, including the front-end developer and documentation experts.

We have a team of four certified Oracle Database admins providing support. What I call EMC is something that provides software upgrade solutions, security passes, and everything, but the customer also needs some local support for creating the VR side to back up the client's data and other daily maintenance. We provide this type to banking and government customers in Nepal.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

My company is an Oracle Gold Partner, so we proved licenses to the customers as well. The license price is listed globally on the Oracle site. It's basically license plus EMC.

What other advice do I have?

I rate Oracle Database nine out of 10. Oracle releases new versions every year. It's now on 21C, and they regularly provide security patches and bug fixes. The customer will have issues without them. I think Oracle is doing a good job. They are investing massive resources into development. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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reviewer1367268 - PeerSpot reviewer
Enterprise Architect at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Built in security, user-friendly, and highly stable
Pros and Cons
  • "Oracle Database is the most widely accepted database, and it has built-in technical and security capabilities. It supports the new object in the database. The performance and security are very good, and it is user-friendly. There are a lot of people trained to use this solution which makes it simple to find assistance."
  • "Oracle Database could improve by making migration less difficult and having better integration. For example, having the ability to communicate, using native features, to different databases. Mostly connectivity to different databases, such as open-source databases or any other database."

What is our primary use case?

We have deployed Oracle Database on-premise hardware and on-premise cloud.

Oracle Database is used as a database for various applications. We are using it for a lot of our warehouses.

What is most valuable?

Oracle Database is the most widely accepted database, and it has built-in technical and security capabilities. It supports the new object in the database. The performance and security are very good, and it is user-friendly. There are a lot of people trained to use this solution which makes it simple to find assistance.

What needs improvement?

Oracle Database could improve by making migration less difficult and having better integration. For example, having the ability to communicate, using native features, to different databases. Mostly connectivity to different databases, such as open-source databases or any other database.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Oracle Database since it was version 3 and they are on version 17. It has been a long time.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The stability of the Oracle Database is very good.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Oracle Database is scalable.

Everyone in our organization is using the solution. We have approximately 2,000 users using it directly or indirectly. We have developers, DBAs, system administrators, business analytics people, auditors, and regular users. Additionally, applications are using the database.

How are customer service and support?

I rate the support from Oracle Database a three out of five.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup of the Oracle Database was straightforward. 

If Oracle Database was for a new customer or a new installation, I'm not sure, how difficult it is since we have been doing the implementation for approximately 30 years. For us, it's very easy. We are used to the software.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The price of Oracle Database could improve, it is expensive and they are paid annually. We are looking for lower pricing and flexible pricing plans, they are very rigid in the price.

I rate the price of Oracle Database a two out of five.

What other advice do I have?

My advice would be for others to use the cloud version of this solution. Do not deploy it on-premise, and deploy them on the containers. Using containers, not directly on the infrastructure, then it makes it very easy, scalable, and more flexible to move around.

I rate Oracle Database an eight out of ten.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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IT Supervisor at Nebeaelhate IT
Real User
Has good scalability and is stable
Pros and Cons
  • "The scalability is very good, and it is stable."
  • "The interface is not reliable because the GUI is old."

What is our primary use case?

It is our core for bank processes.

What is most valuable?

The scalability is very good, and it is stable.

What needs improvement?

The interface is not reliable because the GUI is old.

It needs to be more attractive.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is very stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The scalability is very good.

We have about 120 users.

What about the implementation team?

It was implemented by a vendor.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

We have a yearly license.

For us as a bank, the price is not too high, but for a small business, it would be an expensive solution.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate Oracle Database at nine on a scale from one to ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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Senior Systems Engineer at Dimension Data
MSP
Top 5
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."

    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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    Mudasir Shafi - PeerSpot reviewer
    Testing Lead at Enstoa
    Real User
    Good support, good performance, and easy to implement
    Pros and Cons
    • "It is stable, and its performance is good. Its interface is also fine."
    • "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.

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    reviewer1382364 - PeerSpot reviewer
    Business Development Director at a tech consulting company with 201-500 employees
    Real User
    Good database with decent performance
    Pros and Cons
    • "Oracle is a good database with decent performance, which is fortunate because we are required to use this database for our ERP system. Even if we thought Oracle was the worst database in the world, we would still have to use it."
    • "In my opinion, the pricing of all the additional tools that Oracle provides is very complicated. The pricing model is very unfriendly for the user, and for the web vendors."

    What is our primary use case?

    We use Oracle Database for our ERP systems mainly because we provide IFS for customers and the IFS utilizes Oracle Database. We generally don't use other Oracle tools because of a bad experience with an R&D project in the past where we had to find the best solution for AI/neural network platforms.

    We assessed using Oracle for these AI platforms, but we had plenty of problems with the proper setup of the test version of Oracle Cloud. Frankly speaking, we stopped testing and using Oracle in this R&D project and switched to other tools that are simpler to setup and simpler to understand the pricing. No one was sure how much would have to be paid for the platform to support our AI requirements such as natural language recognition and other things.

    Because of these factors, we have essentially stopped using the other Oracle tools and we now only use Oracle Database for the ERP systems that we run for ourselves and for our customers. For this purpose, we use Oracle as a permanent database that is situated on-premises. We have quite a wide range of versions of Oracle Database amongst ourselves and our customers because many of them are older installations that are still operating. In all, there are about 10,000 users of Oracle Database throughout our customers, and perhaps 2,000 users in my organization.

    What is most valuable?

    Oracle is a good database with decent performance, which is fortunate because we are required to use this database for our ERP system. Even if we thought Oracle was the worst database in the world, we would still have to use it.

    What needs improvement?

    In my opinion, the pricing of all the additional tools that Oracle provides is very complicated. The pricing model is very unfriendly for the user, and for the web vendors.

    When it comes to new features, we don't desire anything at this moment. We are completely dependent on this ERP system which we provide and we only need the tools from Oracle that our ERP system needs, and nothing more. Our only concern is the performance of the database. If Oracle could make the performance better on low-end hardware, that would be nice. 

    For how long have I used the solution?

    I have been using Oracle Database for 10 years. 

    What do I think about the stability of the solution?

    As far as I know, we have no problems with stability.

    What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

    The scalability is good.

    How are customer service and support?

    There have been no issues with their technical support. As I am aware, we have had issues in the past, especially with servers and other things, but today there are no special issues or problems. Everything is quite well-addressed by Oracle, in my opinion.

    How was the initial setup?

    The setup of the Oracle database for an ERP system is generally quite simple. There are specific installation steps that are completely scripted by the ERP system, so you simply have to do everything the documentation asks you to do, and that's all. There's nothing special or super difficult about it and we are generally able to install a database within a day.

    What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

    We mainly use a special license for ERP systems specifically, instead of a general purpose license. This ERP-focused license is very simple. You just have to use Oracle Database with an ERP system and that's it.

    What other advice do I have?

    As databases go, Oracle Database is quite a good database with decent performance, and I think that's all there needs to be said.

    I would rate it an eight out of ten. 

    Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

    On-premises
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    reviewer1788699 - PeerSpot reviewer
    Managing Director at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees
    Real User
    Stable and scalable database platform with a straightforward setup
    Pros and Cons
    • "Scalable and stable database platform. Setting it up was straightforward."
    • "We'd like for its price to be a bit lower, both for licensing and support. As it is a top-of-the-line product, it's a bit expensive."

    What is our primary use case?

    Oracle Database is the database we use for one of our core solutions.

    What needs improvement?

    The price for Oracle Database could be better. It's a top-of-the-line product, so it's a bit expensive. We'd like for its price to be a bit lower, both for licensing and support. This is the only area for improvement I could think of for Oracle Database.

    For how long have I used the solution?

    We've been using Oracle Database for two years.

    What do I think about the stability of the solution?

    Oracle Database is a stable product.

    What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

    Oracle Database is a scalable product.

    How was the initial setup?

    The initial setup for Oracle Database was straightforward.

    What about the implementation team?

    We implemented this product in-house. The process was straightforward, so we could do it ourselves.

    What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

    The licensing and support pricing for Oracle Database is a bit expensive, as it is a top-of-the-line product. We pay for this product yearly.

    Which other solutions did I evaluate?

    We used MySQL.

    What other advice do I have?

    We are using the Enterprise version of Oracle Database, but I'm not sure about the exact version number.

    I'm satisfied with this product. Oracle is a global, top database platform, so there isn't anything I'd like to change or add to Oracle Database.

    We have 30 users of this product, and we currently don't have plans of increasing that number. For the deployment and maintenance of this product, we have two or three persons in charge, e.g. admins.

    I have no complaints about Oracle Database, so I never got to contact their technical support team.

    I'm recommending this product to others who are looking into implementing it.

    My rating for Oracle Database is eight out of ten.

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