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Oracle Exadata vs. Microsoft SQL Server

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Oracle Exadata

200 Reviews and Ratings

Microsoft SQL Server

1,630 Reviews and Ratings

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Oracle Exadata

    Score10 out of 10
    		N/AOracle 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

    Microsoft SQL Server

    Score8.8 out of 10
    		N/AMicrosoft SQL Server is a relational database.

    $1,418

    Per License

    Pricing
    Oracle ExadataMicrosoft SQL Server
    Editions & Modules
    Database Server
    $2.9032
    Per Unit
    Quarter Rack
    $14.5162
    Per Unit
    Subscription
    $1,418.00
    Per License
    Enterprise
    $13,748.00
    Per License
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Oracle ExadataMicrosoft SQL Server
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Oracle ExadataMicrosoft SQL Server
    Considered Both Products
    Oracle
    Gene Baker
    Vice President, Chief Architect, Development Manager and Software Engineer in Information Technology at WySTAR Global Retirement Solutions, a Wells Fargo Company (Financial Services, 10,001+ employees)
    Chose Oracle Exadata
    Oracle Exadata Database Machine had the best performance overall hands down. It clearly beat the competition and we were seeing 1000X improvement on SAP HANA. Oracle Exadata Database Machine beat that without us refactoring our code. To achieve that in HANA, we had to …
    Incentivized
    Jon Shale
    Sr. Mgr., Engineering & Operations in Information Technology at Quanta Services, Inc. (Construction, 10,001+ employees)
    Chose Oracle Exadata
    For high performance, highly available, critical applications running on Oracle databases, there is no alternative.
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Oracle Exadata
    For large-scale reporting and ETL needs, Oracle has been more responsive and allowed for easier integration with 3rd party vendors.
    Incentivized
    Microsoft
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
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    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Oracle ExadataMicrosoft SQL Server
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Oracle Exadata and Microsoft SQL Server
    Feature
    Oracle Exadata
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    Microsoft SQL Server
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Warehouse
    Comparison of Data Warehouse features of Oracle Exadata and Microsoft SQL Server
    Feature
    Oracle Exadata
    9.3
    2 Ratings
    Microsoft SQL Server
    -
    Ratings
    High-Volume Data Processing10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Warehouse Management10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Administrative Automation7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self-Optimization10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Oracle ExadataMicrosoft SQL Server
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (23 ratings)
    7.9
    (99 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    7.2
    (13 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.9
    (25 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 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)