We performed a comparison between Oracle Database and SingleStore based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Oracle, SAP and others in Relational Databases Tools."The initial setup isn't too difficult."
"Oracle Database is easy to use."
"As a database, the solution has been number one from the beginning."
"You can scale the solution without any issues."
"Oracle Database is easy to use."
"I have been satisfied with the technical support from Oracle."
"The solution is very stable with the performance being very reliable."
"I am not an IT person. I am an end-user of this solution, and based on my experience, it is comfortable to work with. Everything is okay, and the data is timely available. It can also be easily integrated."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to create pipelines, streamline and extract data from the pipelines."
"The paramount advantage is the exceptional speed."
"The product's initial setup phase was pretty straightforward, with no complex processes."
"MemSQL supports the MySQL protocol, and many functions are similar, so the learning curve is very short."
"The ability to store data in memory is a standout feature, enhanced by robust failover mechanisms."
"It's a distributed relational database, so it does not have a single server, it has multiple servers. Its architecture itself is fast because it has multiple nodes to distribute the workload and process large amounts of data."
"The product can automatically reinstall and reconfigure in case of a shutdown."
"If their database encryption features could come in bytes, that would be a major improvement. They should bring the encryption model to their standard databases as well."
"The pricing could be improved."
"There are good dashboards and other features, but it was previously included in licensing. They are now charging for each and every feature. It was previously bundled."
"It should have flexible licensing across different platforms. It has got different licensing models for Intel Power and SPARC servers."
"Technical support needs improvement."
"The price tag is very high and most cannot afford it."
"Their local support can be better. Local support is a challenge in Africa for all IT companies."
"Integration with big data would be helpful since we are planning to load a lot of big data."
"Poor key distribution can significantly impact performance, requiring a backward approach in design rather than adding tables incrementally."
"Having the ability to migrate servers using a single command would be extremely beneficial."
"The product can be developed further to provide more appropriate output to users as it is one of the areas where there are shortcomings."
"There should be more pipelines available because I think that if MemSQL can connect to other services, that would be great."
"It is not the optimal choice for direct data collection through queries, and it's more suited for aggregation tasks."
"For new customers, it's very tough to start. Their documentation isn't organized, and there's no online training available. SingleStore is working on it, but that's a major drawback."
"We don't get good discounts in Pakistan."
Oracle Database is ranked 2nd in Relational Databases Tools with 281 reviews while SingleStore is ranked 6th in Database as a Service with 7 reviews. Oracle Database is rated 8.6, while SingleStore is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Oracle Database writes "Supports a large volume of transactions compared to other databases". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SingleStore writes "A reasonably priced product that offers good speed and seamless support". Oracle Database is most compared with SAP HANA, SQL Server, MariaDB, IBM Db2 Database and Oracle Database Cloud Service, whereas SingleStore is most compared with SQL Server, MySQL, Teradata, CockroachDB and Vertica.
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