We performed a comparison between Google Cloud SQL 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."What I like the most about Google Cloud SQL is that it handles the management, which allows us to concentrate on our applications."
"It is not the cool features that I find valuable, it is the stability of Google Cloud Platform."
"The implementation part of the product was easy."
"Its most valuable feature is that it's scalable. I can start off with a base of a lot of data and move as much as I want and it's the same as if asked to do a lot of infrastructure changes."
"It's SQL. SQL is so easy if you know something about databases. It's easy to learn."
"The most valuable features are that it's easy to use, simple, and user-friendly."
"This is a stable solution and offers good performance."
"I found its storage and security to be the most valuable. It was a good experience. It is also very stable and scalable, and its support is perfect."
"The solution's scalability and flexibility are very good and implementation is easy."
"The customer service for this solution is very good. I would rate them a nine out of ten."
"The most valuable feature of Oracle Database as a Service is its use as a provisioning database."
"I like the solution's performance and ease of development."
"Oracle Database as a Service's most valuable feature is its financial applications."
"We are using Oracle Database as a Service mainly for pulling out audit reports."
"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."
"In terms of structured databases, I support SQL-based databases. SQL has its place, but not for plannable structure and transactional databases. At the same time, Oracle is very much optimized."
"To create a seamless data integration, the title integration of these databases with the data integration platforms is essential. This is what we would like to have in a future release."
"The customer support should be improved."
"In the case of Google, they need to work on a more easy interface for users."
"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."
"The monitoring part could be better."
"The only thing that could be better is the pricing."
"I would like to see better integration with all the different tools on the platform."
"The most vulnerable problem with Google SQL is that while you can customize your access control list, it provides you with a public IP address."
"Oracle DBaaS could be compatible with more platforms."
"The initial setup could improve."
"The solution uses a large amount of CPU space, which could be improved."
"Some bugs could be fixed. There have been some internal software bugs, just like any other newly released software. These bugs gets fixed by patch updates from Oracle on regular basis."
"The licensing model is complicated and should be simplified."
"Debugging this solution is challenging."
"On the cloud services, they need to improve some console-level items, including the logging of the databases on the console level."
"Documentation is difficult to find. Since we're experienced with Oracle technology, we have also found many errors in it. Not everything is 100% accurate."
Google Cloud SQL is ranked 5th in Database as a Service with 16 reviews while Oracle Database as a Service is ranked 4th in Database as a Service with 63 reviews. Google Cloud SQL is rated 8.4, while Oracle Database as a Service is rated 8.6. 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 Database as a Service writes "Quite stable and renewable with an easy setup". Google Cloud SQL is most compared with Amazon RDS, SQL Azure, MongoDB Atlas, Google Cloud Spanner and Oracle Exadata Cloud at Customer, whereas Oracle Database as a Service is most compared with Amazon RDS, Oracle Exadata Cloud at Customer, SQL Azure, MongoDB Atlas and Google Cloud Spanner. See our Google Cloud SQL vs. Oracle Database as a Service report.
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