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AWS Lake Formation vs Oracle Database Appliance comparison

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Categories and Ranking

AWS Lake Formation
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.7
Number of Reviews
21
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Data Warehouse (9th)
Oracle Database Appliance
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
46
Ranking in other categories
Data Warehouse (8th)
 

Featured Reviews

Ciro Baldim Guerra - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr Analytics Engineer at Itau Unibanco S.A.
Has improved data governance by enabling clear ownership and structured access across teams
In my company, Itaú, we don't utilize all AWS offerings due to rigorous security measures. We operate approximately six to eight months behind other available services. I'm uncertain if gaps exist because of this limitation, though the system functions effectively for us. AWS Lake Formation offers column-level access control for databases, but we haven't implemented this feature either because it hasn't been approved by our compliance, governance, or security areas. In our current setup, everyone from my business unit uses the same consumer account. When access is requested for a table, everyone using that business unit account receives access. This could present a security concern, though it benefits new team members who automatically receive all necessary access permissions. However, I struggle to identify specific improvements needed in AWS Lake Formation.
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

"AWS Lake Formation lets you see all your data and tables on one screen."
"There is no doubt that this place exceeded my expectations with its incredible ambiance, attentive service, and mouthwatering menu."
"We have observed measurable benefits in terms of cost savings, time savings, resource savings, and efficiency improvements in our workflows."
"The integration of AWS Lake Formation with the IAM for authentication and authorization is very good; I didn't have any problems in the setup and thought it was simple."
"Every solution has its pros and cons, however, for our purposes, this solution works quite well for us."
"The features and capabilities of AWS Lake Formation that I have found most valuable are that it is really convenient to see all the different data assets that were configured and understand who has and what type of service has or does not have access to those services."
"AWS Lake Formation works hand in hand with other products."
"In the shortest form, what I appreciated about AWS Lake Formation was that the schema definition and data cataloging were quite good."
"Oracle is a stable database."
"ODA performance has been very good for our requirements."
"The most valuable feature of Oracle Database Appliance is the ease of management."
"The Oracle database is able to get the data, process it, and return it to the company's CEO's and CFO's within a single day, and thus they are able to find out yesterday's P and L by today. It has drastically reduced the amount and time of processing from seven days to one day."
"I give it a nine out of 10 because it gives the customer easy access to a complete database solution within 30 minutes."
"The product is very light."
"The product is good value for money. It is a secure solution."
"Easy management (it saves a lot of installation and patching time)."
 

Cons

"The solution could make improvements around orchestration and doing some automation stuff on AWS front automation. It would be useful if we could use automation to build images and use hardened images which are CIS compliant."
"You need to have data experience to use the product."
"The initial onboarding process is challenging because creating a plan takes a month to a month and a half to build out."
"AWS Lake Formation might not be easy to learn initially, especially for technical staff, due to various underlying options."
"Lake Formation could enhance its capabilities in audit logs, real-time monitoring, and advanced data governance."
"I haven't seen any measurable benefits from using AWS Lake Formation, such as time saving, resource saving, or efficiency improvements."
"Despite following official documentation, configuration problems persisted, requiring weeks of support from multiple AWS engineers to resolve."
"In our experience what could be improved are not the support, performance or monitoring, but at a managerial level, the very expensive professional services of AWS. This could be an area of improvement for them. It's too expensive to acquire their support."
"We would like the ability to add more storage without having to upgrade to Oracle Exadata."
"The solution's initial setup is not easy."
"Virtualization features could also be improved. A web-based GUI would be a good start."
"Most of the time we are doing the technical support by ourselves. When Oracle does not offer much support, we have to do it by ourselves."
"The solution’s flexibility could be improved."
"Even though the solution can handle a lot of data, it's just too expensive currently."
"I would like to see some improvement in the capacity."
"Oracle is a Ferrari. A Ferrari is an unreliable and expensive machine."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"AWS Lake Formation is a bit expensive."
"I don’t know ODA and alternative system prices. But Oracle the database license is quite expensive and a lot of my customers plan to migrate to open source databases like PostgreSQL."
"Leverage the Pay-As-You-Grow licensing, and consider using the ODA X6-2 S/M/L models also for SE2/SE."
"Get benefit from the capacity-on-demand features. License your cores according to your licenses."
"The price should be lower."
"Compared to Oracle Exadata, Oracle Database Appliance is affordable."
"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."
"I would rate the pricing a four on a scale of one (high price) to ten (low cost)."
"Oracle Database Application's support and maintenance are included in the contract."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
17%
Outsourcing Company
12%
Construction Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Construction Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
7%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise15
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business21
Midsize Enterprise9
Large Enterprise15
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AWS Lake Formation?
I don't understand much about the pricing of AWS Lake Formation, but I know how to search for the cost of Glue jobs, and I use the calculator in Amazon. I use a tool to preview the cost based on th...
What needs improvement with AWS Lake Formation?
Regarding areas of AWS Lake Formation that could be improved or enhanced, I prefer not to answer, mainly because I do not believe that I would be the most valuable person to ask, as I have not used...
What is your primary use case for AWS Lake Formation?
My usual use cases for AWS Lake Formation involved securing and governing the data resources that we configured in AWS, but we did not use the analytics or machine learning capabilities specificall...
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.
 

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