Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Reviews

Primarily, we're using the solution when we get data from our IoT devices. We get a lot of data from there. We're collecting it in the cloud, and providing the cloud to our ATI.

From a platform perspective, the most valuable aspect is the ATI management.

The powerhouse management is very good.

The interface should be more user-friendly. Compared to other cloud environments, it's not as good. It should be implemented better from Passport. It should have a better link to the cloud to communicate more effectively.

The solution should integrate better with other tools and different vendors.

I don't know of any additional features that I would like to see added to the solution.

I've been using the solution for about one year.

Frankly speaking, I've been very impressed with the stability the solution offers. Everything is working very well at the moment, and we haven't had any issues or faced any bugs or glitches.

We've been in contact with technical support. We didn't have the best experience.

The initial setup, as I recall, was straightforward.

It only took one day to deploy the solution.

We're partners with Oracle.

I'd recommend the solution.

I'd rate the solution seven out of ten. It's quite average, but effective. The infrastructure and formalizing of a custom platform need a bit of work.

Other solutions are better. Apache is also excellent.

We use this solution to connect the API to our Oracle database.

The most valuable feature of this solution is the high level of performance for the databases.

In a future release, they could improve by adding some form of machine learning and artificial intelligence.

I have been using this solution for approximately 20 years.

The price is fair, but we have to manage it to keep it low.

I rate Oracle Cloud Platform a nine out of ten.

I primarily use OCI for databases and platform-as-a-service.

OCI's best features are its price, databases, and Linux compatibility.

OCI's user interface is awful and needs to be modernized.

I've been using OCI for six years and version two for six months.

I haven't had a single issue with OCI's stability.

OCI's support is very good.

I would rate the setup process eight out of ten. Deployment took around half an hour.

OCI's pricing is one of its best features. However, customers may prefer a lower price, so from their perspective, I rate its price five out of ten.

I'd definitely recommend OCI to other users and would rate it eight out of ten.

We are using this solution for the Oracle Databases that we have.

It is more secure and more controlled than an on-premises deployment.

We use the Data Warehouse a lot.

They could add more features.

Technical support could improve, they could have more resources for troubleshooting.

I have been using Oracle Cloud for more than four years.

We are using the Generation 2 version.

It's a stable solution. We have not had any bugs or glitches.

The scalability is good. Our organization does not have users, rather, we are service providers. Our customers are the users and we have more than 100 of tem.

We have used technical support a couple of times. I would rate them a seven out of ten.

Previously, we were using another solution but decided that we wanted to move toward Oracle products.

The initial setup is straightforward.

The pricing is the best.

Oracle Cloud is the best option.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

We are both users as well as a company of consultants who do the implementations of the product for customers. In comparison to an on-premises solution, I am going to say that simply the ease-of-implementation and ease-of-usage are the primary uses for us. The options and ease of deploying the cloud product make opportunities for us to work in different ways with our customers.  

What is most valuable to me is a very general thing. It is just having the many options and features offered by the product. What I mean is features in terms of the accessibility of the internet, maybe some flexibility in supporting different capabilities and integrations. It is valuable to have that flexibility.  

To improve this product is hard because it is already good and convenient. But I think that Oracle can add even more functionality. There are just certain functionalities that still need improvement or some brushing up and maturity to bring them up to where they should be. Even more integration and user-friendliness is possible in certain ways.  

For example, at our company, we need to have some extra services right now to so we need to subscribe to them from another supplier. It would be nicer if these capabilities were already integrated as a part of the product. If some of these components could be built inside the cloud, that would simplify the architecture.  

I have been using Oracle cloud for between four to five years in some form.  

The stability for financials is okay. I work with it doing financials so that is what I know best. But other functionalities and practices we need to check out and test in the newer versions. I am not very aware of all the modules and all the broader possibilities. But for the financial, it is okay.  

Scalability still is a question mark in some forms that we have not had to test out. It should be scalable because it is on the cloud and that is one of the advantages.  

The Oracle technical support is okay. It is nothing great. It is the same way that it has always been now for the last 25 years. It has not changed with the onset of the cloud products. Oracle has been like that no matter whatever product of theirs they are supporting, the support you get from them is always the same.  

You are looking at a cloud SaaS product, so installation and maintenance are not required. It is maintained by the Oracle providers themselves. So, I mean it is easy to setup in the first place.  

Our deployment took somewhere between four to six months. When we work with clients, how long it takes depends on the customer needs and what kind of customers it is.  

We did not need to use a consultant for the deployment or integration. That is because I am the consultant.  

We have some form of a cloud solution in addition to our physical footprint. So we have a mix actually in our architecture. It is somewhat simple and maybe a little small, but it is all we need because we have a very small user base. We have plans to move everything entirely to the cloud.  

Because we do client support and consulting, we only require internal staff for support of these products.  

There is a subscription cost rather than licensing for this product.  

I do recommend the Oracle Cloud Platform. I recommend it for our use and we also do Oracle consulting. We use Oracle and we also recommend Oracle products.  

On a scale from one to ten where one is the worst and ten is the best, I would rate this product as eight and one-quarter. It is better than an eight, but not so close to nine.  

My primary use case is administering a critical production database on an Oracle Cloud Platform. 

It has improved my company by cutting my time to market. 

The most important features are the turnkey solutions offered by Oracle. These ease the administration of Oracle Databases.

More technical papers could be published to help out professionals.

I have migrated more than 10 databases to Oracle Cloud Platform and all of them perform optimally. 

Customer service could be improved.

Before, we were managing databases on-premise. Now, we manage them on the cloud.

My ROI has increased.

Make sure you read the fine print.

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The Oracle Cloud Platform is seamless, self-driving, and self-healing.

This solution is a complete replica of our data center. Our primary use case is to migrate all our on-premises applications and infrastructure onto the cloud.

The solution offers many features and it is a complete replica of our data center. The one thing that is very high level is that it covers multiple regions to host our application. You don't have to worry about disaster recovery. You, therefore, don't have to invest in additional features - it is there by default. The solution has a huge capacity so you don't need to worry about that.

I would like to have identity access management. If someone is accessing any application, I should know about it. I think Oracle does have that feature, but with Amazon all the roles are privileged. With Oracle, you have to create your own roles and it is more complex.

In terms of performance, the stability is good. We are upgrading to the new version that has a lot of new features.

It is easy to scale because you have the option to plan your capacity. If you don't know the capacity, how much you need, you can still plan. You can start with one server at first and then there is an option to add one more server into the server pool. It handles the traffic equally. All these things happen automatically and you don't need to worry about the capacity. 

The technical support is good. We faced quite a few issues when we installed the program, but the support team assisted us.

I have worked on Amazon and Oracle, both cloud providers. 

The setup and deployment took about six months because we have multiple locations like Saudi Arabia, the UAE, we have Egypt and India, but we are moving one by one. 

To move the application we need to move one copy of the application on the service to the cloud and test it. If everything is fine, we need to configure everything from scratch. Migration requires downtime - around a month per application.

Costing depends on if you have an existing license for the application and for the operating system. You can bring your own license and use regular licenses. So they have options. I think Amazon is cheaper than Oracle, though.

We tried the Amazon but there were some compatibility issues. The operating system versions didn't comply and that is why we chose Oracle. The cloud is getting more mature every day, advancing quickly for different kind of applications.

I believe the developers are busy improving the solution. It's like they don't have as many features as other providers, so it takes time and they are doing their best. If you are just moving the ERP, you can use the Oracle application, but if you need more open source applications, it is better to go with the Amazon or Azure, because they have more services compared to Oracle, like an autonomous database. I have worked on Amazon and Oracle and my advice is to test it for two weeks or so and look at the price on the sales market before you make a purchase. 

I rate this solution an eight out of ten.

We are not using the solution ourselves internally but for our customers. 

Because of the fact that only our external customers make use of this solution, it hasn't really affected our organization. 

What I like most about Oracle Cloud Platform is the ease of getting data in and out of the cloud and the affordable licensing.

I would like to see better documentation to make it easier to use, as well as more standard components offered in this solution. New features are being regularly added to the oracle Cloud, and this is not always reflected in the documentation. This can make the automation of the installation quite tricky. Right now there are many components in the database on-premises, but in the cloud that's limited. I would, therefore, like to see all those components that are offered on-premises, offered in the cloud as well. (e.g. APEX, Spatial, etc.)

So far it hasn't really been stable, but it is stable enough for our customer. Stability has improved over the years, though.

Our two customers that use this solution, have 50 and 300 users respectively. I believe it is scalable.

The technical support could be a lot better, because their reaction time is extremely slow.

The initial setup was quite complex. We wanted to do the setup with Terraform, the infrastructure's code, but the documentation was particularly bad for Terraform. Not only for Oracle but for Oracle Cloud itself. We are partners, so the installation was done by ourselves and it took us about three days. We currently have two staff to maintain and deploy it.

We also considered using Amazon and Azure.

My advice to others would be to take more time to deploy and to try and automate the deployment process. Due to the lack of proper documentation and complexity, as well as the poor tech support, I will rate this solution a six out of ten.