Oracle Database vs. Oracle Exadata

Oracle Database

1,185 Reviews and Ratings

Oracle Exadata

200 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Oracle Database	Score8 out of 10	N/A	Oracle Database, currently in edition 23ai, is a converged, multimodel database management system. It is designed to simplify development for AI, microservices, graph, document, spatial, and relational applications.	$0.05 per hour
Oracle Exadata	Score10 out of 10	N/A	Oracle Exadata is an enterprise database platform that runs Oracle Database workloads of any scale and criticality with high performance, availability, and security. Exadata’s scale-out design employs optimizations that let transaction processing, analytics, machine learning, and mixed workloads run faster. Consolidating diverse Oracle Database workloads on Exadata platforms in enterprise data centers, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), and multicloud environments helps organizations increase…	$2.90 Per Unit

Pricing

Oracle Database

Oracle Exadata

Oracle Base Database Service - Standard: $0.0538
per hour
Oracle Base Database Service - Enterprise: $0.1075
per hour
Oracle Base Database Service - High Performance: $0.2218
per hour
Standard Edition: Contact Sales
Enterprise Edition: Contact Sales
Personal Edition: Contact Sales

Database Server: $2.9032
Per Unit
Quarter Rack: $14.5162
Per Unit

Pricing Offerings
Oracle Database	Oracle Exadata
Free Trial
Yes	No
Free/Freemium Version
Yes	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

No setup fee

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	Oracle Database	Oracle Exadata
Considered Both Products	Oracle Sarju Patel Sr Oracle DBA in Information Technology at DXC Technology (Information Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees) Chose Oracle Database Oracle12c database is Oracle's flagship product and has been there for a long time. Over the years - Oracle Improved a lot both design and feature wise. Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control, Oracle Database Appliance, Oracle Exadata Database Machine, Oracle backup appliance, … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Oracle Database Oracle 12c is able to support daily operations that might be required. Of course, Exadata is a powerful machine that is definitely fit for big scale but requires high demand of both CPU, IO, and memory processing. Also the one engineered system saves lots of time to build the … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Oracle Database Exadata is expensive and we decided to switch to 12c for the sake of consolidating and keep up with Oracles initiative to move towards cloud. Maybe in the future. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Oracle Database The ease of maintenance makes it simple as both are Oracle products . Can scan address, AQ queue integration, etc. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Oracle Database The support for spatial data is much better. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Oracle Database 12c was selected for scalability and group share features. Incentivized Helpful? Viswanathan Kandasamy Team Lead (Oracle DBA) in Information Technology at Tata Consultancy Services (Airlines/Aviation, 10,001+ employees) Chose Oracle Database Oracle 12c database features are the best in Oracle versions so far. I would definitely recommend it. Incentivized Helpful? Simone Traversari Solution Architect - Cloud & On-Premise Database & Middleware - Engineered Systems Specialist in Information Technology at Bridge Consulting S.r.l. (Information Technology and Services, 51-200 employees) Chose Oracle Database The choice is not easy and it hardly depends on sereval factors, for example, certification of the applications, costs, features, performance and so on... Incentivized Helpful?	Oracle Olivier Ameryckx Oliva G. BDM / Specialized Account Manager in Corporate at Tech Data Belux Advanced Solutions (Computer Hardware, 201-500 employees) Chose Oracle Exadata We selected it just from a performance perspective, and that the ROI with the Oracle Exadata Database Machine is bigger than other machines. You can run with it for at least 5 years. Incentivized Helpful? Gurcan Orhan Data WareHouse Architect in Information Technology at Ekol Logistics (Telecommunications, 10,001+ employees) Chose Oracle Exadata We had already chosen Oracle Exadata, so we didn't compare this solution with other products. Incentivized Helpful?
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Features

Oracle Database

Oracle Exadata

Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Oracle Database and Oracle Exadata
Feature	Oracle Database - Ratings	Oracle Exadata 10.0 2 Ratings
Multi-User Support (named login)	00 Ratings	10.02 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)	00 Ratings	10.02 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)	00 Ratings	10.01 Ratings

Comparison of Data Warehouse features of Oracle Database and Oracle Exadata
Feature	Oracle Database - Ratings	Oracle Exadata 9.3 2 Ratings
High-Volume Data Processing	00 Ratings	10.02 Ratings
Data Warehouse Management	00 Ratings	10.02 Ratings
Administrative Automation	00 Ratings	7.02 Ratings
Self-Optimization	00 Ratings	10.02 Ratings

User Ratings
	Oracle Database	Oracle Exadata
Likelihood to Recommend	9.0 (178 ratings)	10.0 (23 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	9.0 (6 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Usability	7.4 (5 ratings)	10.0 (2 ratings)
Support Rating	7.0 (5 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	9.6 (3 ratings)	- (0 ratings)