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CentraSite vs Oracle SOA Suite comparison

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Categories and Ranking

CentraSite
Ranking in SOA Governance
3rd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
4.6
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
API Management (30th)
Oracle SOA Suite
Ranking in SOA Governance
1st
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
66
Ranking in other categories
Application Infrastructure (6th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the SOA Governance category, the mindshare of CentraSite is 6.4%, up from 6.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle SOA Suite is 19.9%, down from 21.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
SOA Governance Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Oracle SOA Suite19.9%
CentraSite6.4%
Other73.7%
SOA Governance
 

Featured Reviews

IsmailEl Dahshan - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at Exact Holding NV
Governance has streamlined service registry usage but deployment and integration still need work
I work with GraphQL, REST API, and SOAP services as well. API Connect works with GraphQL and can deploy GraphQL services. I also work with GraphQL in Software AG webMethods API Gateway. I'm working with DataPower. I have experience with IBM API Gateway, API Connect, Event Stream, and App Connect, the Cloud platform integration. I didn't involve DataPower with BPM before. I have used the webMethods API Gateway. I have used an open-source framework that is not a product for a specific vendor. I work with GraphQL in three different products: API Connect, the API Gateway of the webMethods Software AG, and the Java Spring framework. I work with CentraSite and also work with the Integration Server, webMethods Integration Server, and Universal Messaging. The governance is powerful. I can recommend CentraSite for any industry working with service registry and repositories. I would rate it eight out of ten. I have seven years of experience with IBM solutions and rate them nine or ten out of ten. I have one year of experience with webMethods and rate it eight out of ten. I have five years of experience with other solutions. The overall review rating for this product is seven.
Debjit Ghosh - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager at Cognizant
Has enabled complex data flow management but faces limitations with modern integration needs
There are areas of Oracle SOA Suite I would like to see improved or enhanced in the future, particularly regarding its adapter capabilities. The popularity of Oracle Integration Cloud nowadays arises from its larger set of adapter capabilities, including numerous application adapters. In contrast, Oracle SOA Suite provides a limited number of adapters. I would like to see more REST-based features added to Oracle SOA Suite, currently lacking, along with an enhancement of file size or payload capability, as the existing limitation is a 10 MB payload size. Additionally, Oracle SOA Suite licensing cost tends to be higher, adhering to a fixed pricing model rather than a pay-per-use basis, which might not be suitable for smaller organizations.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The governance is powerful, and you can look up services very easily, which may reduce some development cycle time."
"In case there is something that doesn't work out of the box, you have the flexibility to customize it."
"The solution's XSLT or XSL Transformation feature was very useful."
"Scalability is one of the strengths of the product."
"The best feature is that it's one integrated product and very supportive of different technologies, so it supports the best-standard products such as SOA, BPM, and PeopleSoft, and once you deploy and build solutions on top of it, you have stability and can even reuse a lot of the integration and the thought that was behind it if you move away from Oracle."
"It performs better in real-time transactions."
"Bringing all the data to central warehouse and generating reports that helps business to forecast business strategy is one of the most useful features."
"Having data from applications like a parking system imported into the financial system reduces the revenue processing cycle by ninety percent, with the added benefits of automation, security, and reliability."
"The Oracle SOA Suite has many useful features, and different organizations may place different emphases on the importance of each feature. Certain features are particularly important to the organization, such as the ability to access databases and transform messages, as well as the use of proxy services to secure web services with usernames and passwords. These features can be critical for enabling effective integration and data exchange between systems and applications."
 

Cons

"The setup is mild. It's not so simple and not very difficult. You can make it happen with some configuration, but it's not easy for non-professional people."
"As a developer, me and my team face the most challenges installing it. It's very memory intensive and it crashes a lot."
"The installation of the product is fairly cumbersome."
"For REST support, the product internally converts to a SOAP WSDL format, and I would like to see the product only work to REST standards."
"SOA"
"In our experience, technical support is really bad and needs a lot of work."
"Framework extensibility needs to be worked on."
"The resiliency of this application can have problems with a downstream system, sometimes it's unable to recover quickly."
"We had issues with the early versions but lately the product is performing well."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The pricing is not very high as compared to its competitors."
"Oracle SOA Suite is an expensive solution."
"It is necessary to evaluate the requirement regarding the platform usage and what the main operation area of the platform will be."
"This product is WebLogic based, hence it can be both resource hungry as well as expensive from a licensing point of view."
"The product is moderately priced."
"Oracle pricing is expensive. Support is based on your license. AWS is much better than Oracle in this regard."
"Based on my knowledge, Oracle SOA Suite doesn't have user-based licensing. It has a system-based licensing model, so you pay for whole systems. Oracle SOA Suite is an expensive solution, so it's a four out of ten for me."
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Top Industries

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Construction Company
13%
Outsourcing Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Comms Service Provider
9%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Company SizeCount
Small Business13
Midsize Enterprise15
Large Enterprise41
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with CentraSite?
There is a big difference in deployment modules and different deployment scenarios. It can be adapted to any environment, not only finance or government. The deployment can be made for each data ce...
What is your primary use case for CentraSite?
I implemented this hybrid integration platform for the finance sector at one of the big banks in Egypt. I used it inside the services exposed from the banking sector only, not for the asset managem...
What advice do you have for others considering CentraSite?
I work with GraphQL, REST API, and SOAP services as well. API Connect works with GraphQL and can deploy GraphQL services. I also work with GraphQL in Software AG webMethods API Gateway. I'm working...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle SOA Suite?
The setup cost of Oracle SOA Suite is relatively high since various components, including database licenses, WebLogic licenses, VM costs, and SOA licenses based on enterprise and Oracle negotiation...
What needs improvement with Oracle SOA Suite?
There are areas of Oracle SOA Suite I would like to see improved or enhanced in the future, particularly regarding its adapter capabilities. The popularity of Oracle Integration Cloud nowadays aris...
What is your primary use case for Oracle SOA Suite?
I can describe several use cases for Oracle SOA Suite; it is fundamentally a middleware product. In software architecture, we refer to it as middleware. Middleware is an application that lies betwe...
 

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