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We performed a comparison between Oracle SOA Suite and Zend PHP Engine 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 Oracle SOA Suite vs. Zend PHP Engine Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Pros
"The solution's XSLT or XSL Transformation feature was very useful.""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 most valuable feature of this solution is the option to design, and the development can happen at the same time.""We were able to scale out using multiple application and web servers balanced by hardware load balancers and Weblogic clustering.""Valuable features include web service development and cloud connectivity.""In case there is something that doesn't work out of the box, you have the flexibility to customize it.""I found the adapters to be most useful.""Conceptually, how it integrates a lot of essential enterprise process components. That's the most valuable."

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"The cache modules that Zend provides have been able to optimize and accelerate the loading of the pages when there was exponential growth in data volume and quantity of requests. At the same time, the monitoring console allowed us to have a real-time understanding of the resources and to make decisions when they were at the limit.""Scaling up is an important factor for large projects, and with PHP 7 and its performance improvements, this becomes even easier.​""​Zend Engine is the core of PHP. It makes PHP fast, efficient, and basically, the language of choice for web applications.""Zend PHP Engine is more secure than any other framework, and I usually prefer Zend PHP Engine for big applications.""The Zend Framework provides an easy, open source way to produce coding based on the needs of our customers.​""The most valuable feature of this solution is the speed at which it compiles and sends the dynamic cache.""It offers good support for various types of classes, along with many open source libraries that we can readily utilize in our application development process. This gives us a lot of options when it comes to custom development solutions, without having to worry about licensing or other programming-related issues.""This solution is really easy for me to use."

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Cons
"I would like to see divided containers more separately as a microservice.""The solutions can improve the communication or translations between formats, such as JSON and XML. The JSON REST API could improve.""They supply lots of documentation but finding what we need is challenging at times.""SOA""One area that could be better is the human task feature. It could be improved to provide more functionality and customization options because it has limited options available.""It's also not developer-friendly.""Decrease the number of internal resources which the product uses.""The Maven integration in JDeveloper is very basic and might be enhanced to allow the proper use of Maven."

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"Its object oriented programming language needs improvement.""The solution can be quicker.""The process of installing and configuring the product is a bit complex and could be improved.""The biggest problem with PHP is you have to write lot of conditions or have to use a framework.""SQL queries have always been an issue with PHP, especially if you use large tables, which require caution from the side of the developer.​""The main area that Zend needs to improve is to support asynchronous programming tasks, which is facilitated in PHP 7, but not at the same degree as HHVM.​​""Integration of MVC with ORM tools for PHP is okay, but lacking a short list of decent ORM tools for PHP to choose from; there is ample room for improvement in both areas.""In terms of improvement, it doesn't support concurrent processing. When we want to process anything on a concurrent basis, we have to divide it into a number of things, like a queue, or we have to run it using Cron jobs. We would like to have the capability to run any thread or process in parallel."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "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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  • "No problem with pricing and licensing, as tools are open source. You have to consider training cost, mindset setup cost, as part of the TCO."
  • "The Zend PHP engine is open source technology, so there's no need for us to worry about licensing or other costs."
  • "The solution is open source and you just pay for the server cost."
  • "Its pricing depends on the number of users."
  • "Zend PHP Engine is not an expensive solution."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:I would rate my experience with the initial setup an eight out of ten, where one is difficult, and ten is easy.
    Top Answer:Due to the region, the pricing is high for our customers. Because we are going with the global price. And with the global price, we who are in Africa, for instance, customers actually do have a hard… more »
    Top Answer:The features we've been installing are really, really robust. The only challenge that we have down here is that most individuals have not improved so much. But the features are quite mature. The only… more »
    Top Answer:Zend PHP Engine is more secure than any other framework, and I usually prefer Zend PHP Engine for big applications.
    Top Answer:Zend PHP Engine needs to improve the loading time of its libraries and make it faster. Zend PHP Engine's library is very big and innovative compared to any other framework.
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    Also Known As
    SOA Suite
    PHP Engine
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    Overview

    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

    The Zend PHP Engine is designed to optimize PHP code and improve performance, making it a popular choice for web developers. It is easy to use, stable, does not require a lot of code, is open source, and only requires payment for server costs. The initial setup is straightforward, and there is no real need to set up the solution because it's built into the deployment.

    Sample Customers
    7-Eleven, Arcor SAIC, Banca Transilvania, Eaton Corporation, Emdeon, Ferrovial, Griffith University, National Instruments, Pella Corporation, Vodafone Group Plc,
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    Manufacturing Company14%
    Energy/Utilities Company11%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    Computer Software Company9%
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    Computer Software Company18%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    Government8%
    Manufacturing Company8%
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    Computer Software Company17%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    Government10%
    Retailer8%
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    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise22%
    Large Enterprise59%
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    Small Business18%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise68%
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    Large Enterprise20%
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    Large Enterprise60%
    Buyer's Guide
    Oracle SOA Suite vs. Zend PHP Engine
    March 2024
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    Oracle SOA Suite is ranked 8th in Application Infrastructure with 12 reviews while Zend PHP Engine is ranked 15th in Application Infrastructure with 4 reviews. Oracle SOA Suite is rated 8.0, while Zend PHP Engine is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Oracle SOA Suite writes "Enables seamless integration with multiple systems". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zend PHP Engine writes "An open-source solution, that is stable and compiles and sends the dynamic cache quickly". Oracle SOA Suite is most compared with WebLogic Suite, Mule ESB, Apache Web Server, Microsoft .NET Framework and TIBCO ActiveMatrix, whereas Zend PHP Engine is most compared with Apache Web Server and NGINX Plus. See our Oracle SOA Suite vs. Zend PHP Engine report.

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