We performed a comparison between Google Cloud Spanner 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."The most valuable feature of the solution is its scalability. Scalability comes with two options, among which Google Cloud Spanner can scale horizontally, compared to other relational databases that scale vertically."
"We can scale the solution if we need to."
"Google Cloud Spanner is stable."
"The application deployment in the cloud is the best feature of the infrastructure."
"Data Guard is the best solution for Disaster Recovery."
"The most valuable feature of Oracle Database as a Service is the object types. The object types are not available in other databases, such as SQL and Postgres. Additionally, the security is very good."
"The most valuable aspect of the solution is its security, performance, and availability."
"The solution is stable."
"The most valuable Oracle Database as a Service is security."
"It is a good solution and has a large community."
"Oracle Database as a Service's most valuable feature is its financial applications."
"Oracle has helped our organization by being a reliable solution that is stable with zero crashes. The differentiation between Oracle's database and other databases is that Oracle needs more attention. It's not a click here, click there solution, it needs more time put in, but once you do that, it's ready to go and you can forget about it."
"I want to improve the deployment of cameras and surveillance infrastructure."
"The cost can be a bit high."
"Google came up with something called Cloud Spanner Emulator, which fails to work like the real product if I want to develop some code and run a database locally on my machine."
"The tool needs to improve horizontal scaling."
"The interface can be difficult and there may be so many features that users and even vendors are unaware that they exist."
"They should add more integration to the solution."
"I would like the tool to improve the setup because it is complex."
"The solution's pricing could be less expensive."
"The product is very expensive."
"Oracle DBaaS could be compatible with more platforms."
"Oracle Database as a Service is a good product but costly. Scaling it is challenging."
"The solution can be improved by reducing the pricing, making the deployment less complex, and increasing security."
Google Cloud Spanner is ranked 8th in Database as a Service with 4 reviews while Oracle Database as a Service is ranked 4th in Database as a Service with 63 reviews. Google Cloud Spanner is rated 9.0, while Oracle Database as a Service is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Google Cloud Spanner writes "A stable and scalable relational database that ensures a return on investment for its users". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle Database as a Service writes "Quite stable and renewable with an easy setup". Google Cloud Spanner is most compared with Amazon RDS, MongoDB Atlas, Oracle Exadata Cloud at Customer, Google Cloud SQL and Redis, whereas Oracle Database as a Service is most compared with Amazon RDS, Oracle Exadata Cloud at Customer, SQL Azure, Google Cloud SQL and Redis. See our Google Cloud Spanner vs. Oracle Database as a Service report.
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