We performed a comparison between Google Cloud Spanner and Oracle Database as a Service 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."Google Cloud Spanner is stable."
"The application deployment in the cloud is the best feature of the infrastructure."
"We can scale the solution if we need to."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is its scalability. Scalability comes with two options, among which Google Cloud Spanner can scale horizontally, compared to other relational databases that scale vertically."
"Data Guard is the best solution for Disaster Recovery."
"The functionality is good."
"The most valuable features of Oracle Database as a Service are configuration and troubleshooting."
"Oracle DBaaS performs well. It's similar to the MS Store."
"The scalability and high availability are the most valuable features of Oracle DaaS."
"My impression of the scalability of Oracle Database as a Service is very high."
"As a database administrator, it has a lot of features to help you manage the database and the backup."
"The solution is quite stable and renewable."
"Google came up with something called Cloud Spanner Emulator, which fails to work like the real product if I want to develop some code and run a database locally on my machine."
"The cost can be a bit high."
"The tool needs to improve horizontal scaling."
"I want to improve the deployment of cameras and surveillance infrastructure."
"I would like to see improvements in the license cost. The solution is subscription-based for PaaS services. You need to buy your own authorized license."
"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."
"My favorite option – Multitenant – should be available for some pluggable databases in all editions, without any fee."
"The tool needs to improve its pricing and stability."
"Oracle Database as a Service is very convenient to use. However, we need to know to which schema we want it to connect specifically, and what are the username and password. The solution requires some basic knowledge of SQL RP and SQL Oracle to use it."
"Improvement in Oracle DBaaS could focus on enhancing performance monitoring and reporting tools."
"There is room for improvement in PL/SQL. It is not user-friendly and it is hard to understand."
"Pricing for Oracle Database as a Service could be cheaper, so this is an area for improvement."
Google Cloud Spanner is ranked 8th in Database as a Service with 4 reviews while Oracle Database as a Service is ranked 4th in Database as a Service with 63 reviews. Google Cloud Spanner is rated 9.0, while Oracle Database as a Service is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Google Cloud Spanner writes "A stable and scalable relational database that ensures a return on investment for its users". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle Database as a Service writes "Quite stable and renewable with an easy setup". Google Cloud Spanner is most compared with Amazon RDS, MongoDB Atlas, Oracle Exadata Cloud at Customer, Google Cloud SQL and Redis, whereas Oracle Database as a Service is most compared with Amazon RDS, Oracle Exadata Cloud at Customer, SQL Azure, Google Cloud SQL and Redis. See our Google Cloud Spanner vs. Oracle Database as a Service report.
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