The tool provides valuable visibility into Oracle websites, offering information such as session counts, long-running transactions, etc. We're even working on developing our services to enhance monitoring capabilities within Enterprise Manager further
Team Lead Oracle DBA at CS Ltd
Useful for database management and helps with troubleshooting and monitoring
Pros and Cons
- "What I like most about Oracle Enterprise Manager are its features, particularly the active session history. It provides insights into SQL, and I use it regularly to identify potential issues."
- "Improving the integration speed would be beneficial, as the current Java-based system can sometimes result in slow responses."
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
What I like most about Oracle Enterprise Manager are its features, particularly the active session history. It provides insights into SQL, and I use it regularly to identify potential issues. Automation is incredibly useful when setting thresholds and notifications to manage processes effectively. Recently, we've set up Oracle Resource Manager.
The value of using Oracle Enterprise Manager lies in the visibility it provides in your database infrastructure. It serves as a solution for database management, including monitoring, notifications, and troubleshooting.
What needs improvement?
Improving the integration speed would be beneficial, as the current Java-based system can sometimes result in slow responses. Enhancing performance overall would also be valuable.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the product for 10 years.
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What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The tool is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We are currently working with at least five large banks that have deployed or are ready to deploy Oracle Enterprise Manager. We use various metrics and diagrams to monitor their processes and understand what is happening within their systems.
How are customer service and support?
I haven't contacted the technical team yet.
How was the initial setup?
You need to familiarize yourself with the concepts and additional requirements for deployment. Cloud services are a bit different from on-premise setups. You need to understand some extra features and technology, which can lead to additional challenges.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
As far as I know, you do not pay for Oracle Enterprise Manager separately. You can use Enterprise Manager for free if you already have an Oracle license for your database.
What other advice do I have?
Currently, we're considering a hybrid cloud environment for our customers. While one of our customers has been utilizing this for several years, we're now exploring the pricing model to determine its suitability for different customer segments. While banks may not fully transition to the cloud, smaller financial companies or universities could benefit from this model.
My recommendation would be for those interested in starting to use Oracle Enterprise Manager to take advantage of its free version. I rate the overall solution an eight out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Hybrid Cloud
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.

Subject Matter Expert at Cyprobes
A data encryption tool that is easy to use but has a high price tag
Pros and Cons
- "The solution is easy to use and has good performance."
- "The tool is expensive."
What is our primary use case?
We use the solution for data encryption.
What is most valuable?
The solution is easy to use and has good performance.
What needs improvement?
The tool is expensive.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Oracle Enterprise Manager for ten years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I rate the solution’s stability a nine out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The solution is scalable. The solution’s scalability depends on how you manage your hardware, server type, storage and the processes needed.
We have 200,000 users using the solution. We have sufficient usage of the solution.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup of the solution is straightforward. The time of deployment depends on the database and customer. The solution needs a third-party integration that uses the database.
Deployment is the same with the wireless license. You first deployed a server to the cloud and then created a schema for all your data links. The deployment process depends on the system type you will implement.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The solution’s licence is expensive. It is a user-based solution and has a yearly subscription for upgrades.
What other advice do I have?
The maintenance of the Oracle Enterprise Manager solution depends on the type of banking system you are using, the number of users, the amount of data, and whether or not you have migrated any data. Since we have not migrated any data, it is going as it is.
You should go for an open-source solution if possible.
Overall, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Founder at Technovate
Great for monitoring and reporting; does not crash
Pros and Cons
- "I have found the uptime of all of our systems to be most valuable with this solution. This is important because we need to guarantee specific uptime and preventive maintenance. We need to know upfront if there are going to be any issues on the database so we can proactively solve those."
- "My opinion is that this solution needs to improve consolidation. That is what our business needs the most right now."
What is our primary use case?
Our primary use case for this solution is for monitoring and reporting and emailing those back to the client.
How has it helped my organization?
When it comes to Enterprise Manager, we use single instances and price management. We install these in every installation of Oracle and then we manage them specifically for individual databases. We are looking to consolidate everything.
What is most valuable?
I have found the uptime of all of our systems to be most valuable with this solution. This is important because we need to guarantee specific uptime and preventive maintenance. We need to know upfront if there are going to be any issues on the database so we can proactively solve those.
What needs improvement?
My opinion is that this solution needs to improve consolidation. That is what our business needs the most right now.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using this solution for more than 15 years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
My impression is that the stability of this solution is quite good. We've never had any issues and we've been doing prevention maintenance.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I would rate the scalability of this solution a seven, on a scale from one to 10, with one being the worst and 10 being the best.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Our business is doing consultancy for different types of companies and I was looking for an RMM system to manage all of these systems.
How was the initial setup?
My impression is that the initial setup is quite straightforward and easy. However, I have more than 15 years of experience with Oracle.
What other advice do I have?
Overall, I would rate this solution a nine, on a scale from one to 10, with one being the worst and 10 being the best.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
ICT officer at Basaba
A stable and scalable solution that is the best database management system in the market
Pros and Cons
- "It is the best database management system."
- "The deployment is not straightforward."
What is our primary use case?
We use the solution for database repositories. The use cases depend on the applications. We can't use Oracle at the back end if our application does not support Oracle. Our company moved us from Oracle to Microsoft SQL Server. The use cases of sales and distribution are very different from manufacturing.
What is most valuable?
It is a good solution. It is the best database management system.
What needs improvement?
The deployment is not straightforward.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the solution since 1997.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The tool is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The tool is scalable. We have around 700 users. We do not have plans to increase the usage.
How was the initial setup?
We must undergo some training to deploy the product. The time taken for deployment depends on what we are deploying. If it is a green system, it will take a lot of time. If it is a single node, it will take less. The configuration is different.
What about the implementation team?
We work mostly with partners.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The product is very expensive.
What other advice do I have?
I would not recommend the solution because of its price. Otherwise, it is good. Overall, I rate the product a nine out of ten.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Application and BI manager at Ithmaar-solutions
Though a stable tool that offers good performance to its user, it needs to improve its user interface
Pros and Cons
- "It is a stable solution...The initial setup of Oracle Enterprise Manager was straightforward."
- "The interface offered by Oracle Enterprise Manager has certain shortcomings and needs improvement to become a nice tool."
What is our primary use case?
My organization is a software company that develops application files and uses Oracle databases along with Oracle EBS for interface.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable features of the solution are its stability and the performance of the databases from Oracle.
What needs improvement?
The interface offered by Oracle Enterprise Manager has certain shortcomings and needs improvement to become a nice tool. The interface offered by Oracle Enterprise Manager needs to be more user-friendly.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Oracle Enterprise Manager for twenty years. I use the solution's latest version, which is Oracle Database 19c.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is a stable solution.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
All the employees in my company use Oracle Enterprise Manager.
How are customer service and support?
The solution's technical support is nice since they respond very fast to queries, especially if you have an account with them. There is a forum where a lot of people talk about anything you can search for if you don't have an account for Oracle's support.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup of Oracle Enterprise Manager was straightforward. The setup phase of all Oracle products is straightforward.
The solution comes as an in-built solution of the database of Oracle. One can install the database from Oracle in 20 minutes.
You need to download the installation file from Oracle's website for the installation process.
What other advice do I have?
Oracle Enterprise Manager is the tool for managing the database, and we use Oracle database in our company.
I would recommend other tools to those planning to use Oracle Enterprise Manager.
Oracle Enterprise Manager provides all the features to its users for the price paid for it.
I rate the overall solution a seven out of ten.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Sr. Sun Solaris Field Support Consultant at World Distribution Nepal Pvt.Ltd
Stable monitoring tool that can help manage all the resources and view all the resources from a single dashboard
Pros and Cons
- "The single-pane and single interface in the centralized system is the most valuable feature."
- "There are limited numbers of other OEM devices that can be integrated into enterprise management that can be scaled by Oracle by adding other OEM devices to enterprise management."
What is our primary use case?
Enterprise Manager is a centralized system. It will help integrate all the Oracle servers and Oracle applications into a central single dashboard that we can see, and it helps to monitor and control all the services from enterprise management.
What is most valuable?
The single-pane and single interface in the centralized system is the most valuable feature. All the enterprise services can be seen from a single pane, whether it be a database, applications, or hardware. We can manage and monitor from a single page.
What needs improvement?
Lots of other OEMs we can integrate, but there are very few variants that we can bind and see and monitor from OEM Enterprise Manager. In that case, Oracle can increase the addition of other OEM devices that we can integrate into enterprise management.
There are limited numbers of other OEM devices that can be integrated into enterprise management that can be scaled by Oracle by adding other OEM devices to enterprise management.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been working with this solution for more than five years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is a stable solution. I would rate the stability a ten out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It is a scalable solution. I would rate the scalability a ten out of ten.
All the clients that have Oracle servers are using the Enterprise Manager. So, there are around six to seven clients using this solution.
How are customer service and support?
The customer service and support was very good.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
How was the initial setup?
I would rate my experience with the initial setup an eight out of ten, with one being difficult and ten being easy.
The deployment process takes five to six hours.
What about the implementation team?
The process will take the deployment of our database first. We need to set up the Oracle database. After that, the database is created, and we need to create a listener. And after that, we can set up the Oracle Enterprise Manager database. In the middleware, it will communicate with the database, and after the process is complete, we can browse the Oracle Enterprise Manager. With the help of Oracle Enterprise Manager, we can communicate with all the servers and other posts that support SNMP or with whichever supports the Oracle Enterprise Manager point.
What other advice do I have?
It's a very stable monitoring tool that can help manage all the resources and view all the resources from a single dashboard.
Overall, I would rate the solution a nine out of ten. I deducted one point because it doesn't offer a feature of allowing other operating systems to be hosted on Spark.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Private Cloud
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Systems Analyst at a government with 201-500 employees
A freely available solution that provides great integration and enables users to manage everything in their environment
Pros and Cons
- "We can manage everything in our environment."
- "The solution is not as simple as people say it is."
What is most valuable?
I am satisfied with the solution. It enables me to keep a check on my business. It is a good product. We can manage everything in our environment. It is the best solution in the market. I am satisfied with the integrations provided by the product.
What needs improvement?
We are facing a problem due to the upgrade of TLSv1.2. We cannot access OEM currently. We have to upgrade our server to the latest version to be compatible with the security layer of TLSv1.2.
The solution is not as simple as people say it is. We need to be trained in it. It is supposed to manage the whole infrastructure. Currently, I'm using it to manage only my databases and Oracle applications. Oracle must provide some training courses to use the solution.
When we procure Oracle products, they should include training courses. Oracle is responsible for training the users before installing the software or the hardware. Other products provide training.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the solution since 2016.
How are customer service and support?
Technical support is not good. We have to go through Oracle FDP. We have problems with support.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Neutral
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The solution is free.
What other advice do I have?
I am not using the product to its full capability. Overall, I rate the product an eight out of ten.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Software tech lead at 1DConsulting
It's a scalable, stable solution for databases, but it's expensive and complex to set up
Pros and Cons
- "I rate Oracle Enterprise Manager eight out of 10 for stability."
- "I rate Oracle Enterprise Manager six out of 10 for affordability. It's expensive."
What is our primary use case?
We use Enterprise Manager for databases.
For how long have I used the solution?
We haven't used Enterprise Manager for very long. We mostly work with another solution.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I rate Oracle Enterprise Manager eight out of 10 for stability.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I rate Oracle Enterprise Manager eight out of 10 for scalability.
How was the initial setup?
Installing Enterprise Manager is complex. The time needed to deploy it varies depending on the environment.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I rate Oracle Enterprise Manager six out of 10 for affordability. It's expensive.
What other advice do I have?
I rate Oracle Enterprise Manager seven out of 10 overall.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. Partner

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