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."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."
"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."
"I will rate this solution a nine out of ten. We have been using this solution for the past ten years. We will continue the partnership. I do not expect to see any further integration of the tool with our software. I will recommend this tool to those with a large database."
"Oracle DBaaS performs well. It's similar to the MS Store."
"As a database administrator, it has a lot of features to help you manage the database and the backup."
"The most valuable features of Oracle Database as a Service are the power, security, and performance."
"It's a scalable product."
"You can be up and running the same day."
"If the solution is installed in your environment correctly, you are not going to have any issues whatsoever. It's problem-free."
"Improves client satisfaction by decreasing their problems."
"I want to improve the deployment of cameras and surveillance infrastructure."
"The cost can be a bit high."
"The tool needs to improve horizontal scaling."
"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."
"Oracle DBaaS could be compatible with more platforms."
"An 8GB download for software is far too big. Nowadays it should be possible to simply use RPM packages on Linux/Unix."
"On the cloud services, they need to improve some console-level items, including the logging of the databases on the console level."
"I would like the tool to improve the setup because it is complex."
"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."
"My favorite option – Multitenant – should be available for some pluggable databases in all editions, without any fee."
"In the next release, I would like to see a framework for memory management."
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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