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."We can scale the solution if we need to."
"The application deployment in the cloud is the best feature of the infrastructure."
"Google Cloud Spanner is stable."
"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."
"The solution is quite stable and renewable."
"When we want more information on something that we are using, it is easy to find related topics on the internet."
"Oracle DBaaS performs well. It's similar to the MS Store."
"We are using Oracle Database as a Service mainly for pulling out audit reports."
"You can be up and running the same day."
"The solution is fast and easy."
"I like the tool’s database services. I like the system’s performance, replication, active data, etc. which are all good."
"Oracle is the best database in the world."
"The tool needs to improve horizontal scaling."
"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."
"Its application development could be enhanced to fully utilize its features."
"Pricing for Oracle Database as a Service could be cheaper, so this is an area for improvement."
"The solution provides the same type of RDBMS engine for all use cases. They need to provide different products that will be suitable for all use cases. The solution does not support the documentation of databases."
"There is room for improvement in terms of flexibility."
"The installation process requires improvement as it can be quite complex."
"When migrating to a different instance, the internal machine learning is lost."
"On the cloud services, they need to improve some console-level items, including the logging of the databases on the console level."
"I would like the tool to improve the setup because it is complex."
Google Cloud Spanner is ranked 8th in Database as a Service with 4 reviews while Oracle Database as a Service is ranked 5th 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, Google Cloud SQL, MongoDB Atlas, Oracle Exadata Cloud at Customer and SQL Azure, whereas Oracle Database as a Service is most compared with Amazon RDS, SQL Azure, Oracle Exadata Cloud at Customer, Google Cloud SQL and Redis. See our Google Cloud Spanner vs. Oracle Database as a Service report.
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