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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.
To learn more, read our detailed Microsoft System Center vs. Oracle SOA Suite Report (Updated: May 2024).
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Pros
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft System Center is its GUI (graphical user interface).""The installation process is easy.""The features that I have found most valuable are the ease of configuration and the easy discovery of the environment.""System Center helps to create the basis for ITIL alignment.""I like the automated features of it that let you schedule those updates and the ability of the product to focus on the specific updates, specific platforms, and products that we're interested in keeping up to date.""It can generate KPIs and management reports with monthly presentations on activities and updating the environment (success and failure).""Many processes could be implemented out-of-the-box, and this helped to adopt processes in areas which we lacked.""Good for managing and administering the infrastructure."

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"This is one of the critical products for my company and we use it extensively. We currently use each and every feature of Oracle SOA.""Enables our Product Manager to post products to different outside EC platforms with only one interface and one process.""The integration with various products.""The most valuable feature of Oracle SOA Suite is all the platform's capabilities.""Valuable features include connectors and BAM.""The stability of the solution is the most valuable feature.""I found the adapters to be most useful.""Provides connectivity between discrete systems and has availability."

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Cons
"The platform's performance could be improved. Additionally, its UI needs to be well-upgraded and work faster.""The platform performance and responsiveness need improvement. It still demands high computing resources.""System Center hasn't updated to keep up with the industry. It needs improvements in the user interface, ease of use, and overall product functionality, particularly the cloud-monitoring features. It needs more capabilities to monitor AWS and Azure infrastructure.""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.""The solution's dashboard needs improvement.""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.""They should have some customized solutions or internal development, then maybe it could be easier to use different solutions or some self-developed solution.""Most of the documentation is online, however, there are some gaps there. The product documentation still refers back to the 2012 Server. We're pretty much in 2022. There's a ten-year gap there."

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"The interface is too complicated. Making modifications still requires too much technical knowledge.""The Maven integration in JDeveloper is very basic and might be enhanced to allow the proper use of Maven.""Other solutions might be better componets such as Salesforce.""It's also not developer-friendly.""They supply lots of documentation but finding what we need is challenging at times.""SOA""Decrease the number of internal resources which the product uses.""The deployment could be made easier by including add-ons like Hudson and Maven."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "We maximized our license investment."
  • "It's rolled into our enterprise subscription. The entire subscription is around $25,000 a year, however, that covers all the products that we use."
  • "On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing a six out of ten."
  • "Microsoft System Center is quite expensive."
  • "I know that sometimes there is some reduction in the prices of Microsoft System Center because of the costs of Microsoft SQL Server, which can be advantageous."
  • "I rate the product price as five to six on a scale of one to ten, where one means it is cheap and ten means it is expensive."
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  • "Oracle pricing is expensive. Support is based on your license. AWS is much better than Oracle in this regard."
  • "It is necessary to evaluate the requirement regarding the platform usage and what the main operation area of the platform will be."
  • "This product is WebLogic based, hence it can be both resource hungry as well as expensive from a licensing point of view."
  • "Based on my knowledge, Oracle SOA Suite doesn't have user-based licensing. It has a system-based licensing model, so you pay for whole systems. Oracle SOA Suite is an expensive solution, so it's a four out of ten for me."
  • "The pricing is not very high as compared to its competitors."
  • "The product is moderately priced."
  • "Oracle SOA Suite is an expensive solution."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The product's initial setup phase was easy.
    Top Answer:There is a need to make yearly payments towards the licensing charges attached to the product. I rate the product price as five to six on a scale of one to ten, where one means it is cheap and ten… more »
    Top Answer:For me, the tool's UI seems to be too old. The product's UI needs improvement. The integration features and smoothness of the tool can be improved. Integration can be improved. Maybe Microsoft can… more »
    Top Answer:The solution's XSLT or XSL Transformation feature was very useful.
    Top Answer:The solution’s initial setup is complex and could be improved. A big challenge for Oracle SOA Suite is that you don't get too many technical resources.
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    Also Known As
    MS System Center
    SOA Suite
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    Overview
    System Center helps customers realize the benefits of the Microsoft Cloud Platform by delivering unified management. Experience fast time-to-value with out-of-the-box monitoring, provisioning, configuration, automation, protection and self-service.

    Oracle SOA Suite is a comprehensive, standards-based software suite to build, deploy and manage integration following the concepts of service-oriented architecture (SOA). The components of the suite benefit from consistent tooling, a single deployment and management model, end-to-end security and unified metadata management. Oracle SOA Suite helps businesses lower costs by allowing maximum re-use of existing IT investments and assets, regardless of the environment (OS, application server, etc.) they run in, or the technology they were built upon. Its easy-to-use, re-use focused, unified application development tooling and end-to-end lifecycle management support further reduces development and maintenance cost and complexity.

    For more information on Oracle SOA Suite, visit Oracle.com

    Sample Customers
    Kassen_rztliche Vereinigung Nordrhein, Magyar Telekom Nyrt., Adeka, QualCare, Aeriandi, UniCredit Bank d.d., Mostar, Allianz Australia Ltd., Grupo Familia
    7-Eleven, Arcor SAIC, Banca Transilvania, Eaton Corporation, Emdeon, Ferrovial, Griffith University, National Instruments, Pella Corporation, Vodafone Group Plc,
    Top Industries
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    Non Tech Company15%
    Computer Software Company15%
    Financial Services Firm15%
    Healthcare Company8%
    REVIEWERS
    Manufacturing Company14%
    Energy/Utilities Company11%
    Financial Services Firm8%
    Computer Software Company8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company18%
    Financial Services Firm10%
    Government9%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business26%
    Midsize Enterprise21%
    Large Enterprise53%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise22%
    Large Enterprise59%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business17%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise69%
    Buyer's Guide
    Microsoft System Center vs. Oracle SOA Suite
    May 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft System Center vs. Oracle SOA Suite and other solutions. Updated: May 2024.
    772,679 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Microsoft System Center is ranked 14th 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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