Oracle Database vs. Microsoft SQL Server

Oracle Database

1,185 Reviews and Ratings

Microsoft SQL Server

1,630 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
Microsoft SQL Server	Score8.8 out of 10	N/A	Microsoft SQL Server is a relational database.	$1,418 Per License

Pricing

Oracle Database

Microsoft SQL Server

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

Subscription: $1,418.00
Per License
Enterprise: $13,748.00
Per License

Pricing Offerings
Oracle Database	Microsoft SQL Server
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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Key User Insights
	Oracle Database	Microsoft SQL Server
Considered Both Products	Oracle Verified User Chose Oracle Database We currently use all of the above database technologies in different applications, but where the application is mission-critical we use Oracle. Microsoft SQL Server is good for canned applications such as back-office or HR. MySQL does not have the same level of logging or … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Oracle Database Oracle Database 12c is far superior to Microsoft SQL Server (or any other database in fact). For starters, Oracle 12c offers much better performance and higher reliability. That itself should make the difference. Oracle 12c is also superior in terms of features. On a high level, … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Oracle Database Oracle Database is best in business, consistent, and robust. Even the standard version is sufficient for the best performance. The main thing is I have never seen corruption and in my opinion, it is best when used with Linux. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Oracle Database In my opinion, Oracle Database is highly reliable, has better performance with large databases and little to no maintenance once everything is setup. Also, recovery of the Oracle database is much simpler and easier. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Oracle Database Microsoft SQL is just as stable and almost as sellable with a much lower cost of ownership (staff and licensing). But as our primary application doesn't support Microsoft SQL we had to license Oracle. Incentivized Helpful? Arthur Zubarev Senior Data Platform Consultant in Information Technology at Parsons Corporation (Information Technology & Services, 51-200 employees) Chose Oracle Database Oracle Database is among the easiest to integrate with, program against, have a reliable cluster with DR, and has the most understood and well-documented databases. It suits really well if the software shop is primarily Java-based, and deals with large volumes of data with a … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Oracle Database Oracle is more of an enterprise-level database than Access and SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise isn't getting developed much (some people wonder how close it is to end of life) but SQL Server is miles ahead of Oracle IMO in terms of user experience and comparable in terms of … Incentivized Helpful? Eduin Zuloaga IT Architecture Manager in Information Technology at Edenred México (Computer Software, 501-1000 employees) Chose Oracle Database We use IBM DB2 in AS400 to handle part of our accounting system and our legacy ERP. We are migrating all functionalities to Oracle Database 12c because it is more secure and stable. We have some applications using SQL Server but we want to handle those systems in it because at … Incentivized Helpful? Holman Cárdenas, M.Eng, TOGAF®, ITIL® CIO (Chief Information Officer) in Information Technology at Mutual Ser EPS (Hospital & Health Care, 501-1000 employees) Chose Oracle Database Oracle is by far a more professional and robust solution. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Oracle Database Oracle Database 12c is head and shoulders above SQL Server for what we need it to do, and the performance is much better. Oracle Database has been in place at our company for a while, and it was really a no brainer going to Oracle Database version 12c instead of another … Incentivized Helpful? Tiesong Lu Sr. DBA in Information Technology at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (Higher Education, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Oracle Database Oracle database is the top one. As we have been using Oracle databases, we upgraded Oracle Database 11g to Oracle Database 12c R2. Incentivized Helpful? Ken Turner Oracle Database Administrator in Information Technology at Auburn University (Higher Education, 5001-10,000 employees) Chose Oracle Database Oracle is much more advanced and more reliable. Incentivized Helpful? Richard Hardin Data Scientist in Corporate at VSE Corp (Government Administration, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Oracle Database While I was not available for the original selection, the reason I have fought to keep it in place and not change is mainly due to performance and security. The company has sought other options, however, I continue to maintain that this is the best course of action in our … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Oracle Database For mission-critical data analytical delivery for database over 100GB, Oracle provides much better performance and stability over SQL server. Incentivized Helpful? OMAR ROSALES LOPEZ Oracle DBA in Professional Services at Softtek (Information Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees) Chose Oracle Database We used SQL Server mainly because customers have some legacy applications that can only run on that environment, but SQL Server is good as well. It is easiest to manage users privileges, set up maintenance plans or create a new database from scratch by just using a backup file. … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Oracle Database Oracle 12c is good for all business applications but still consider Microsoft SQLServer for internal/other applications to save on cost. Incentivized Helpful? Gurcan Orhan Data Quality Management Software Development Manager at Yapı Kredi (Information Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees) Chose Oracle Database Since we were already using a previous version or Oracle Database 12c, there was not much of an evaluation or comparison of similar products. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Oracle Database Oracle is, I believe, the most expensive, but also the most feature-rich of the group. For in-house development, it stands apart from the pack. Incentivized Helpful? Mike Ngong Consultant Infrastructure Engineer in Information Technology at Nationwide Advisory Solutions (Financial Services, 51-200 employees) Chose Oracle Database Currently I utilize SQL Server to support vendor code and do not go very much in there. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Oracle Database 1. The commercial application required an Oracle database running at the back end 2. Existing Oracle expertise makes it easy to manage an Oracle database 3. Confidence in Oracle databases: No need to worry about performance, scalability. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Oracle Database The reason why my team and organization chose to go with Oracle Database 12c with it stacked up against IBM's DB2, or Microsoft's SQL server, as when using other Oracle products, it has been much easier in the past to work along side with other Oracle products, which by the way … Incentivized Helpful? Kenneth Sparano DBA in Information Technology at Sealed Air Corporation (Chemicals, 10,001+ employees) Chose Oracle Database Oracle 12c is superior to SQL Server for large mission critical databases and applications. We also used DB2 in the past. We migrated many of our SAP applications from DB2 to Oracle 11.2 several years ago. These applications are now on Oracle 12c. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Oracle Database Been using Oracle for the last 20 years Incentivized Helpful?	Microsoft Pritesh Patel Product Manager, Partnerships & Data Services in Engineering at ProfitSword, LLC (Hospitality, 51-200 employees) Chose Microsoft SQL Server Microsoft SQL Server is a comprehensive solution as transactional database, data warehouse, analytics, reporting, and ETL. It also integrates with the cloud well (Azure). The ease of use and setup makes this better than Oracle Database because the query syntax is also different … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft SQL Server UI of the Microsoft SQL Server makes it easy to use and learn. The better technical support and documentation give it an extra edge over other databases. The Microsoft ecosystem provides additional advantages, as we can seamlessly use other Microsoft products, such as Power … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft SQL Server I think both tools are really powerful and close to each other but since I moved to Europe I realized that most of the companies have been using SQL Server which in my opinion means something. The support from Microsoft I also consider a bit better and you can also find more … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft SQL Server Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle are both extremely powerful and scalable enterprise relational database platforms. Microsoft SQL sets itself apart with its ease of use and licensing and support model. Microsoft is good company to work with and they provide clear and … Incentivized Helpful? John Ramírez Database Administrator in Information Technology at System Crew GmbH (Information Technology & Services, 11-50 employees) Chose Microsoft SQL Server The free version is very powerfull and easy to install and use for small companies. Going to Professional and Standard, gives you all the support and the flexibility needed. It is known within the Database Administrator crew, and you can get support very easily over the … Incentivized Helpful? John P. Maher Independent Consultant in Information Technology at Rotair Industries (Airlines/Aviation, 11-50 employees) Chose Microsoft SQL Server I was not too impressed with Oracle. Following the manual prohibited installation. They did provide a phone number and explained the manual was wrong and provided me with the correct information with which I was able to install the product. This was awhile back and I do not … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft SQL Server Microsoft SQL Server is one of the fastest RDBMS systems available in the market. Pricing is a bit on the higher side but all the features it provides pretty much justifies it. It can be integrated with a large number of frameworks thus enabling to work on multiple frameworks … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft SQL Server Oracle DB and SQL Server are very much alike. They provide the same quality of service and applications. The difference is only the price and support from them. Development codes and almost similar and can be used either way, which is very favorable for users. They can adopt to … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft SQL Server For a single vendor solution, SQL Server is the best choice in my opinion. Most of the other solutions do not offer the full range of products in a single package. Also, for a largely Microsoft shop, there are additional integrations which increase the value proposition. … Incentivized Helpful? Lisandro Fernigrini Sr Database Administrator / Developer in Information Technology at Kapsch Trafficcom (Information Technology and Services, 51-200 employees) Chose Microsoft SQL Server We use both Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server for our entire product line, using the best features of each of them to solve different business requirements and technical challenges. Microsoft SQL Server is simpler to install and use, but lacks some advanced features and has fewer … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft SQL Server Compared to free versions, SQL Server just blows away the free/open-source software. Things just run faster, and better, and at less overhead. This is truer and truer with the later versions. Microsoft just invests so much into research and development into their product. And … Incentivized Helpful?
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User Ratings
	Oracle Database	Microsoft SQL Server
Likelihood to Recommend	9.0 (178 ratings)	7.9 (99 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	9.0 (6 ratings)	9.0 (6 ratings)
Usability	7.4 (5 ratings)	7.2 (13 ratings)
Availability	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Performance	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)
Support Rating	7.0 (5 ratings)	7.9 (25 ratings)
In-Person Training	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)
Online Training	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)
Implementation Rating	9.6 (3 ratings)	9.0 (5 ratings)
Configurability	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Ease of integration	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)
Product Scalability	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)