We performed a comparison between Oracle Database as a Service and SQL Azure 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 solution is scalable, has support & right incident, and allows easy data recovery."
"The initial setup is not too difficult, and on a scale from one to ten with one being the most difficult and ten being the easiest, I'd rate it at eight. The initial deployment can be done in an hour."
"Oracle DBaaS performs well. It's similar to the MS Store."
"Oracle is the best database in the world."
"Oracle Database as a Service's most valuable feature is its financial applications."
"My impression of the scalability of Oracle Database as a Service is very high."
"The most valuable features of Oracle Database as a Service are the power, security, and performance."
"What I found most valuable about Oracle Database as a Service is its fast transactions and materialized views."
"We primarily and generally use it only for DB purposes. When it comes to the Azure part, we can easily provision, scale up, and scale down the generator machine. This kind of flexibility is the USP of SQL Azure. Its interface and ease of use are also valuable. It is very easy to use and integrate with multiple databases. If I need to pull in or import some data from my on-premises database, the ease with which you can connect and pull the data, not only from SQL Server but also from other flavors of MySQL or even Oracle, is very good."
"The solution has become easier to use over time and it's also reasonably priced."
"The backup features are the most valuable."
"The SQL connector effectively syncs data to our database."
"The solution is efficient and easy to use."
"It's user-friendly. Compared to other solutions, it's based more on clicks, not on scripts. It's easy to manage."
"Very easy to use on any platform and works well."
"I prefer using Microsoft SQL Server because I like the experience and the way Microsoft handles the query tuning and security."
"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."
"On the cloud services, they need to improve some console-level items, including the logging of the databases on the console level."
"It would be better if we could have a little bit of automation or a chance for autoscaling with Oracle Database as a Service."
"In the next release, I would like to see a framework for memory management."
"Documentation is difficult to find. Since we're experienced with Oracle technology, we have also found many errors in it. Not everything is 100% accurate."
"The price of the solution is an area of concern. From an improvement perspective, the price of the solution should be lowered."
"It is very hard to support Oracle Database."
"Oracle Database as a Service is very convenient to use. However, we need to know to which schema we want it to connect specifically, and what are the username and password. The solution requires some basic knowledge of SQL RP and SQL Oracle to use it."
"The solution can be improved by reducing the cost so more users can be added."
"The solution could improve by allowing the export of the data more seamlessly. It is difficult to copy and back up data."
"I need something which is in one place so I can automate the Azure data factory, but it's a different tool. It's not easy and in one place, so I can't switch to the other tool and do something there, automate everything there in the on-prem infrastructure, and then have everything in the agent. I can just pick one packet and use it. However, I want to be able to click it and run it."
"Scalability is an issue because we can't upgrade to new versions due to hardware limitations."
"I think this product can improve its integrations with business intelligence software. The integrations are always cumbersome due to the approvals, passwords, et cetera."
"SQL Azure could improve the feature set. They are catching up to Microsoft SQL Server."
"I haven't explored SQL Azure's features much, but I would like to see some better integration with Python."
"The user interface (UI) could be more flexible."
Oracle Database as a Service is ranked 5th in Database as a Service with 63 reviews while SQL Azure is ranked 2nd in Database as a Service with 90 reviews. Oracle Database as a Service is rated 8.6, while SQL Azure is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Oracle Database as a Service writes "Quite stable and renewable with an easy setup". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SQL Azure writes "The SQL connector effectively syncs data to databases". Oracle Database as a Service is most compared with Amazon RDS, Oracle Exadata Cloud at Customer, Google Cloud SQL, MongoDB Atlas and Google Cloud Spanner, whereas SQL Azure is most compared with Amazon RDS, Google Cloud SQL, MongoDB Atlas, Google Cloud Spanner and IBM Db2 on Cloud. See our Oracle Database as a Service vs. SQL Azure report.
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