We performed a comparison between Oracle Database as a Service and SQL Azure based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Database as a Service solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Oracle Database as a Service is stable."
"I like the solution’s performance and real application concepts."
"Not only does it provide a mature, reliable solution for DR. It also helps if application owners need to look into data which is a couple of hours old, using Flashback Database on the standby database."
"The initial setup is not too difficult, and on a scale from one to ten with one being the most difficult and ten being the easiest, I'd rate it at eight. The initial deployment can be done in an hour."
"The most valuable features of Oracle Database as a Service are the power, security, and performance."
"The scalability and high availability are the most valuable features of Oracle DaaS."
"It is very easy to use."
"You can be up and running the same day."
"Customers can benefit from a lot of cost savings if they go for Azure."
"The initial setup was straightforward. It took less than one day for deployment."
"We don't have to manage it much. It is managed by Microsoft, which makes it easy for us because there is no admin overhead for managing the servers. It is also easily scalable. During peak hours, it can scale higher."
"It's user-friendly. Compared to other solutions, it's based more on clicks, not on scripts. It's easy to manage."
"The best thing about the solution is that it is tightly integrated with Azure Functions and Azure App Service, making it easy to deploy to the cloud."
"The solution effectively handles storing and maintaining information in databases."
"Very easy to use on any platform and works well."
"Database services and Active Directory related functions for this solution are good. Stable, scalable, and easy to install. Its technical support is good."
"I have had a hard time finding some documentation. There should provide easier accessible documentation for Oracle Database as a Service."
"There is room for improvement in terms of flexibility."
"My favorite option – Multitenant – should be available for some pluggable databases in all editions, without any fee."
"It is very hard to support Oracle Database."
"The solution’s pricing could be improved."
"For many companies, the standard version is not enough. They need to move to the enterprise version. However, there is a large price jump between the two."
"The tool needs to improve its pricing and stability."
"The initial setup could improve."
"Price definitely will be the negative point. It is quite expensive."
"The pricing is very high."
"Support isn't that great. They need to work on this aspect of their service. It can be challenging to reach them."
"The only problem we have with Azure is regarding the price."
"SQL Azure could improve by adding more features."
"The initial setup is complex."
"Its automation can be improved. SQL Server Agent was a very big part of the on-prem tools. While moving from on-prem to the cloud, redoing some of such tools was very cumbersome in Azure. There was a whole new set of technologies and methodologies. It should have easier automation-type features to be able to implement such tools. It should have almost a SQL agent type of substance built into that."
"We have a very small database running on SQL Azure. We have not been able to load bigger systems on it. It is still not something that is feasible. All our heavy-duty systems are on SAP, and it should have more compatibility with other vendors such as SAP. Its price can definitely be lower. It is pretty pricey."
Oracle Database as a Service is ranked 4th in Database as a Service with 63 reviews while SQL Azure is ranked 2nd in Database as a Service with 90 reviews. Oracle Database as a Service is rated 8.6, while SQL Azure is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Oracle Database as a Service writes "Quite stable and renewable with an easy setup". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SQL Azure writes "The SQL connector effectively syncs data to databases". Oracle Database as a Service is most compared with Amazon RDS, Oracle Exadata Cloud at Customer, Google Cloud SQL, MongoDB Atlas and Google Cloud Spanner, whereas SQL Azure is most compared with Google Cloud SQL, Amazon RDS, MongoDB Atlas, Google Cloud Spanner and IBM Db2 on Cloud. See our Oracle Database as a Service vs. SQL Azure report.
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