We performed a comparison between Google Cloud SQL and Oracle Exadata Express Cloud 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."The solution is easy to use. I am impressed with the tool's features and functionality."
"It's SQL. SQL is so easy if you know something about databases. It's easy to learn."
"Ease of management and the ability to oversee the statistics of your SQL."
"It is not the cool features that I find valuable, it is the stability of Google Cloud Platform."
"The setup was straightforward. Just a couple of clicks, and we were done."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"The implementation part of the product was easy."
"What I like the most about Google Cloud SQL is that it handles the management, which allows us to concentrate on our applications."
"Having the prediction happen in the modular format allows you to start with a lower version of Exadata and then you can keep on upgrading it as per your requirement."
"The performance of the tool is valuable."
"I like that Oracle Exadata Express Cloud Service is easier to use and is a cost-saving solution because you won't need to hire people to run and maintain it."
"One of the most valuable parts of the solution is the high availability within the system and the performance enhancement without making any changes or fine-tuning the databases."
"The solution is very stable and offers great performance."
"In the cloud, Exadata is more scalable. The on-prem version was limited. It wasn't that scalable because it only came in a quarter rack, half rack, and full rack. In the cloud, it scales to what you need."
"It is a scalable product."
"The customer support should be improved."
"The only thing that could be better is the pricing."
"It is hard to do logging with the solution."
"I am yet to explore a lot of features that are present in this solution. However, it would be good if more documentation is available for this solution. This would help us in preparing for the certification exam and understand it better. Currently, we don't have much documentation. We do the labs for 20 or 25 minutes, but we can't capture and download anything."
"The most challenging part is dealing with legacy data from your old systems and migrating it into the new setup, but once you've completed the data migration, it becomes quite convenient to use."
"I would like to see better integration with all the different tools on the platform."
"I would like to see better availability of the product in different regions. It should also improve the security with encryption."
"Google's technical support is good, but they tend to never reopen a case and to send us snippets from the publicly available documentation. It's not as helpful as you would expect, not just for Google Cloud SQL but for all of Google Cloud products."
"Scaling Oracle Exadata Express Cloud Service can be done, but the process is a little tedious, which could be an area for improvement in the solution."
"Oracle's support could be better."
"The product's installation process needs improvement. It could be more accessible."
"The support must be faster."
"The customer's default choice is the on-premise version of this solution. Only when Oracle or the partners like us, can explain to customers the cloud value proposition, and if the compliance authorities allow, they can look into this cloud solution. It will take some time for Oracle to change its perception of customers' de-facto standards. Exadata used to be treated as a black box, which is not the case now. The customer is aware of what is happening inside, how the configurations have been made, and what patching has been applied. Oracle needs to market the cloud version better."
"The only downside is the difficulty in monitoring, and that's why I would like to implement MySQL database."
"We use artificial intelligence for deep learning, and it would be a huge benefit to implement this in Oracle Exadata."
"The solution's pricing could be improved."
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Google Cloud SQL is ranked 5th in Database as a Service with 16 reviews while Oracle Exadata Express Cloud Service is ranked 10th in Database as a Service with 9 reviews. Google Cloud SQL is rated 8.4, while Oracle Exadata Express Cloud Service is rated 7.4. The top reviewer of Google Cloud SQL writes "An easy-to-use solution with good features and functionality ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle Exadata Express Cloud Service writes "Enhances performance without fine tuning databases". Google Cloud SQL is most compared with Amazon RDS, SQL Azure, MongoDB Atlas, Oracle Database as a Service and Google Cloud Spanner, whereas Oracle Exadata Express Cloud Service is most compared with Oracle Exadata. See our Google Cloud SQL vs. Oracle Exadata Express Cloud Service report.
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