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Actian Ingres vs Oracle Database Appliance comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 18, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Actian Ingres
Ranking in Data Warehouse
16th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.9
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Relational Databases Tools (26th)
Oracle Database Appliance
Ranking in Data Warehouse
7th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
46
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Data Warehouse category, the mindshare of Actian Ingres is 2.6%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Database Appliance is 3.5%, down from 4.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Warehouse Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Oracle Database Appliance3.5%
Actian Ingres2.6%
Other93.9%
Data Warehouse
 

Featured Reviews

GH
Sr Sales Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Reliable performance enhances operations with good technical support
We run the entire IRS system, the income system, and the tax system. We also manage the entire Absa banking system in Africa. There's a lot of database applications, similar to those used in banks and the IRS The most valuable features for us are reliability and performance. Our system is used…
Rubens Oliveira - PeerSpot reviewer
Data & Solution Archtect at Enkel
Automated provisioning simplifies deployment and integration
The Oracle Database Appliance is customizable and has excellent features.I don't have any problems with Oracle Database Appliance because this product is very automated, with scheduler and automatic processes throughout. You can make small inferences and changes for creating all the specific modifications. The automated provisioning feature helps speed up the database deployment process because you can use one command or option to resize all the disks or increase memory, depending on the occasion. The Oracle Database Appliance has integration in OCI Cloud. The same services simplify all the manager work regarding backups, configuration, resizing disks, and other services. Deploying the Oracle Database Appliance both on-premises and in the cloud offers the same simplification. You simply input your database name and specify memory quantity, CPU quantity, and database size. The process is identical for both on-premises and cloud deployments. The flexibility of Oracle Database Appliance has helped grow business needs for many customers. Using the Oracle Database Appliance has positively impacted my organization because I can deliver it much more comfortably. Creating a database involves many processes, but with this solution, you just input the name and configure the network and other parameters. It is very similar to RDS in AWS services, where you specify the name, choose the engine, indicate parameter groups, VPC, subnet groups, and proceed. Both Oracle Database Appliance and RDS have greatly simplified the work.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The deployment of our solution across a number of servers using Ingres .NET has meant that we can protect the database server behind a highly secure firewall and deploy the front end solutions on a normal web server."
"Ingres is the only database solution that has maintained a level of consistency and integrity about the way users interact with it."
"The most valuable features for us are reliability and performance."
"Oracle Database Appliance is a stable solution. We have clients that have been running it for 10 years."
"Oracle offers ETL with PL/SQL as a programming language for SQL programming, which is majorly used in data engineering."
"The solution is pretty automated, which takes out the possibility of human error."
"The product is excellent. It is simple and reliable in terms of installation and maintenance."
"In Turkey, there are some highway toll collection systems that use Oracle Database Appliance."
"Oracle Database Appliance is user-friendly, and it is easy to understand the query."
"By deploying ODA in your infra, you can spare time for other activities instead of resolving issues of traditional system."
"I give it a nine out of 10 because it gives the customer easy access to a complete database solution within 30 minutes."
 

Cons

"The seamless integration is a bit of an issue."
"The ability to reset the log file without stopping the DBMS would be helpful for us."
"Customers cannot cluster multiple appliances together to create a larger cluster (beyond two servers), nor can they expand the internal disk storage of the system beyond two storage trays."
"Sometimes, we cannot upgrade or patch it easily. The performance needs to improve."
"We would like the ability to add more storage without having to upgrade to Oracle Exadata."
"Over the past couple of years, I’ve found that the quality of Oracle Support first-level has decreased."
"Their services are no longer up to my expectation. I rate the support from Oracle Database Appliance a three out of five."
"Storage expansion was not possible for ODA X2 so we frequently ran into storage limitations."
"There is room for improvement in better integration with third-party tools, such as Power BI or Redshift."
"The biggest disadvantage of this server is its availability when you patch the whole machine, i.e. when you patch the entire ODA firmware, not the databases within it."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Oracle Database Appliance is a very expensive solution. If you have opted for the on-premises licenses from Oracle, then you have to pay yearly. If you have opted for the cloud subscriptions offered by Oracle, then you can pay either monthly or yearly."
"Leverage the Pay-As-You-Grow licensing, and consider using the ODA X6-2 S/M/L models also for SE2/SE."
"The solution may be expensive, but when we consider the problems it solves, the stability it provides, and the fact that we don't have to buy separate parts and assemble them into a system, it becomes more affordable."
"Oracle Database Application's support and maintenance are included in the contract."
"Compared to Oracle Exadata, Oracle Database Appliance is affordable."
"On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing seven and a half or eight out of ten."
"Get benefit from the capacity-on-demand features. License your cores according to your licenses."
"In regards to licensing, it is cheaper to maintain for Oracle applications, and it's an all-in-one solution."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
13%
Computer Software Company
12%
Comms Service Provider
11%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Construction Company
8%
Computer Software Company
7%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business21
Midsize Enterprise9
Large Enterprise15
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Actian Ingres?
The seamless integration is a bit of an issue. I would like to see more direct connectors and stuff like SQLAlchemy. It's there but isn't available as a standard, so it involves going to GitHub to ...
What is your primary use case for Actian Ingres?
We run the entire IRS system, the income system, and the tax system. We also manage the entire Absa banking system in Africa. There's a lot of database applications, similar to those used in banks ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Actian Ingres?
Initially, it's a lot less expensive than competitors. Price performance has always been a priority, ensuring we remain competitive in the market.
What needs improvement with Oracle Database Appliance?
Currently, Oracle Database Appliance is good with no room for improvement.In future updates of Oracle Database Appliance, I would like to see AI implemented since AI is getting more attention.
What is your primary use case for Oracle Database Appliance?
Oracle Database Appliance is used to load data from the source, which is Oracle Database, to a target database. I benefit from using Oracle Database Appliance, and there is cost saving.
 

Also Known As

Ingres, Ingres 2006
X5-2
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Groupe Adeo, IsCool Entertainment
LifeLock, Incarlopsa, Al Yusur Industrial Contracting
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