We performed a comparison between Google Compute Engine and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The main motive for choosing Google Compute Engine is pricing."
"The solution helps to direct SSH into the machine at the click of a button. It also helps to deploy container images right from the UI. There is no need to manage the containers on the machine. I also like the tool’s Spot provision model."
"From a feature perspective, I find API integration, automation capabilities, and features like preemptive and Spot instances valuable. Migration tools have also been useful."
"The support for ephemeral instances has been particularly valuable for me. It allows me to significantly reduce costs for temporary virtual machines by automatically destroying them once they are no longer needed, which can result in cost savings of up to 90 percent. Additionally, the solution is easy to use."
"The most valuable feature is auto-scaling."
"Google is managing all hardware. You don't need to provision or pre-provision your computer engine."
"The solution is readily available, and software engineers can provision it. It is scalable and allows self-service."
"It's the most engineer-friendly product compared to Amazon AWS or Azure."
"It's reliable, performs well, and is often faster than running applications on separate machines due to optimized performance and networking capabilities within OCI."
"It's a cloud, so it is easy to access anywhere."
"The initial setup of Oracle Cloud is simple...It is a scalable solution."
"The main benefit is that you're getting all of the resources you require on a subscription base. So, you get to pay as you go instead of having to have a CAPEX, you convert your CAPEX to OPEX to cover the data center cost."
"We have seen a return on investment."
"I find the Single Sign-On, SSO, feature to be valuable."
"It has improved my company by cutting my time to market."
"We have not had any downtime using the solution."
"Google Compute Engine needs to have multi-region support. It would also be nice to have a tracking mechanism."
"There have been instances when a customer has tried to deploy a certain number of VMs inside a project, and they come across quota issues."
"The biggest problem is that it's got a very archaean and complex security environment that has to be very carefully set up and is easy to break."
"It is not very user-friendly for non-experienced users"
"I would like to improve the solution’s UI while deploying a container. It is sometimes hard to figure out the container’s details and format that you want to deploy. The tool does not give you a guide to find out the error and why the container is not starting up which could be because you have configured it wrong. This is always a hit on the setup."
"It has some limitations. For example, you don't get through layer two connectivity. So I've had some difficulty deploying custom VMs. For example, you can't deploy a KVM file to file directly on GCP."
"I rate the product's stability around five to six out of ten."
"It would be better if there was an option to change the background. Like in Gmail, there's an option to change your theme."
"More technical papers could be published to help out professionals."
"Oracle support could be better; we had cases where certain regions experienced specific issues and received little help from Oracle."
"The pricing is a bit expensive."
"Nowadays, every SR is referred to Oracle Cloud Connect without a person actually handling the customer."
"It does require some training in order to be able to use it effectively."
"Specific to the Oracle Cloud; while they have been able to showcase inbuilt features for Oracle applications, what doesn't really come across clearly is what happens when you want to host, work with, or integrate with applications outside of the Oracle stack."
"With Oracle you have to create your own roles and it is more complex."
"Managed services for Postgres are not available in Oracle Cloud."
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Google Compute Engine is ranked 11th in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) with 13 reviews while Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is ranked 3rd in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) with 91 reviews. Google Compute Engine is rated 8.8, while Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Google Compute Engine writes "A cost-effective and quite an elastic solution ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) writes "Cost-effective and can be used to host OIC and APEX". Google Compute Engine is most compared with Microsoft Azure, Google App Engine, IBM Public Cloud and Amazon AWS, whereas Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is most compared with Microsoft Azure, Amazon AWS, Google Cloud, IBM Public Cloud and OpenShift. See our Google Compute Engine vs. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) report.
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