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."When we want more information on something that we are using, it is easy to find related topics on the internet."
"I like the solution’s performance and real application concepts."
"Data Guard is the best solution for Disaster Recovery."
"In terms of features, I find Automated Storage Management (ASM) and Data Guard most helpful for improving data security and reliability."
"The most valuable features of Oracle Database as a Service are configuration and troubleshooting."
"My impression of the scalability of Oracle Database as a Service is very high."
"We have found all of the features of this solution to be valuable to our organization."
"The most valuable feature of Oracle Database as a Service is the stopwatch."
"The scalability and simple management of the infrastructure are the most valuable features."
"The most valuable feature is PolyBase."
"Customers can benefit from a lot of cost savings if they go for Azure."
"I am very happy with this solution; right now, I don't think there is anything I would change."
"It's easy to use in terms of their portal, which is very nicely organized."
"The most valuable features of SQL Azure are its reliability and quick scalability."
"Very easy to use on any platform and works well."
"The most valuable feature of SQL Azure is centralized authentication because I'm using the domain, user name, and password, for Microsoft 365 account with multifactor authentication and the security has been working well."
"The solution can be improved by reducing the pricing, making the deployment less complex, and increasing security."
"The solution needs more certifications for other products and applications because migration to the cloud is difficult without them."
"The interface can be difficult and there may be so many features that users and even vendors are unaware that they exist."
"Oracle Database as a Service could improve by reducing the price."
"The solution uses a large amount of CPU space, which could be improved."
"It would be better if we could have a little bit of automation or a chance for autoscaling with Oracle Database as a Service."
"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."
"There is room for improvement in the speed of the data migration process."
"SQL Azure's performance monitoring features need to be improved. It has a pricing calculator, but it would be great if we could get a rough estimate of the pricing based on fewer parameters, like the data size and the scale of the company."
"There is room for improvement regarding the pricing structure."
"Scalability is an issue because we can't upgrade to new versions due to hardware limitations."
"It should have better profiling capabilities."
"I'm not really a SQL DBA, so I can't go into the depths of the areas that need to be improved. They can maybe make it a bit easier to educate people on how to develop SQL Server in Azure. They can provide some free seminars and webinars and more training in general for easier migration. I know there is some stuff on Microsoft learning, but it would be helpful and useful to have more up-to-date content."
"The solution could improve by supporting more operating systems."
"Lack of flexibility for developers in terms of performance assistance."
"I would like to see the cloud connectivity environment improved."
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 Amazon RDS, Google Cloud SQL, 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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