We performed a comparison between Microsoft System Center and Oracle SOA Suite based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Application Infrastructure solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The availability performance matrix and the reporting capabilities are the solution's most valuable features."
"Many processes could be implemented out-of-the-box, and this helped to adopt processes in areas which we lacked."
"We like Microsoft System Center's Operations Manager. That is primarily why we use it."
"The installation process is easy."
"It can generate KPIs and management reports with monthly presentations on activities and updating the environment (success and failure)."
"System Center helps to create the basis for ITIL alignment."
"The detail in the alarms is great."
"Step-by-step documentation that clarifies the implementation procedure."
"The solution's XSLT or XSL Transformation feature was very useful."
"Enables our Product Manager to post products to different outside EC platforms with only one interface and one process."
"In Oracle SOA Suite some applications are not able to use REST, but it can support both SOAP and REST. You're able to integrate quite a lot of systems, which may not be able to in other solutions. You can also use XML and JSON. It is a standardizing type of tool. It doesn't matter whether I'm using JSON or XML, it can convert them."
"The Oracle SOA Suite has many useful features, and different organizations may place different emphases on the importance of each feature. Certain features are particularly important to the organization, such as the ability to access databases and transform messages, as well as the use of proxy services to secure web services with usernames and passwords. These features can be critical for enabling effective integration and data exchange between systems and applications."
"In case there is something that doesn't work out of the box, you have the flexibility to customize it."
"The most valuable feature of Oracle SOA Suite is all the platform's capabilities."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the option to design, and the development can happen at the same time."
"The most valuable feature of the facility, as the partner link, is to try to use third-party services and logic in your own vehicle to orchestrate the information."
"The platform performance and responsiveness need improvement. It still demands high computing resources."
"Less server consumption would help, as would better, more flexible reports."
"The solution’s pricing could be improved."
"Could be more user friendly."
"The solution's dashboard needs improvement."
"The multi-tenancy support needs to be improved. We need to have the ability to manage several different environments from one central point of administration."
"They should have some customized solutions or internal development, then maybe it could be easier to use different solutions or some self-developed solution."
"We have some bugs but it's stable. It doesn't break every day. It works. Like other applications, it has a lot of bugs but they're manageable."
"An important area that can be improved is the product's data monitoring. When we use the solution for interfacing or end-to-end data monitoring, we want to know exactly where the data is going and exactly where it is failing, or where there is an issue."
"Other solutions might be better componets such as Salesforce."
"The interface is too complicated. Making modifications still requires too much technical knowledge."
"The solutions can improve the communication or translations between formats, such as JSON and XML. The JSON REST API could improve."
"Decrease the number of internal resources which the product uses."
"The solution’s initial setup is complex and could be improved."
"SOA, OSB, SOA Cloud Service."
"Its function options can be improved."
Microsoft System Center is ranked 15th in Application Infrastructure with 18 reviews while Oracle SOA Suite is ranked 8th in Application Infrastructure with 65 reviews. Microsoft System Center is rated 7.8, while Oracle SOA Suite is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Microsoft System Center writes "Makes user management and application management easy for users". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle SOA Suite writes "Easy to setup, provides good support and scalable solution ". Microsoft System Center is most compared with , whereas Oracle SOA Suite is most compared with Mule ESB, WebLogic Suite, Apache Web Server, TIBCO ActiveMatrix and IBM DataPower Gateway. See our Microsoft System Center vs. Oracle SOA Suite report.
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