Microsoft System Center vs Oracle SOA Suite comparison

Microsoft and Oracle are both solutions in the Application Infrastructure category. Microsoft is ranked #13 with an average rating of 8.4, while Oracle is ranked #10 with an average rating of 7.0. Microsoft holds a 1.5% mindshare in AIS, compared to Oracle’s 3.6% mindshare. Additionally, 85% of Microsoft users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 85% of Oracle users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 5, 2025

Oracle SOA Suite and Microsoft System Center both cater to enterprise needs, but Oracle SOA Suite seems to have the upper hand in integration capabilities, while Microsoft System Center excels in managing Windows-based environments.

Features: Oracle SOA Suite provides advanced service integration with numerous technology adapters, BPEL orchestration for process automation, and real-time business insights. Microsoft System Center offers strong configuration management, integration with Microsoft products, and ease of use within Windows environments.

Room for Improvement: Oracle SOA Suite users report performance issues, difficulties with scaling, and need improvements in API management and microservices support. Microsoft System Center could benefit from better cloud integration, a refreshed user interface, and simplified deployment processes.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Oracle SOA Suite primarily focuses on On-premises deployment with some cloud capabilities, but support experience varies. Microsoft System Center supports both On-premises and hybrid cloud, yet faces challenges in complex deployments and prompt technical support.

Pricing and ROI: Oracle SOA Suite requires a significant initial investment with potentially lower long-term costs due to comprehensive integration features, while Microsoft System Center's pricing as part of broader subscriptions may affect affordability, though its integration in Microsoft environments could enhance ROI.

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Categories and Ranking

Microsoft System Center

Ranking in Application Infrastructure

13th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Monitoring Software (19th)

Oracle SOA Suite

Ranking in Application Infrastructure

10th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

SOA Governance (1st)

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Application Infrastructure category, the mindshare of Microsoft System Center is 1.5%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle SOA Suite is 3.6%, down from 4.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Application Infrastructure Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Oracle SOA Suite	3.6%
Microsoft System Center	1.5%
Other	94.9%

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Carl Palapal

Sr. Sys. Server & Storage Egineer / Tech .Consultant at CANAR OFFICE SYSTEMS

Provides comprehensive system management with effective deployment and integration capabilities

The advantages of Microsoft System Center are significant, and I have seen other products as well. As far as advantages are concerned, they have PXE deployment, which is good for deploying operating systems, such as Windows client systems including Windows 10 and Windows 11. Since it is a Microsoft product, all the patches are proprietary, making it easier to deploy. In Microsoft System Center, all the features are integrated already, whereas in ManageEngine, you have to license each feature individually to access those features. The automated features of Virtual Machine Manager are very useful; it automates as long as the policy that I have created is in line with the objective, especially the templates when I'm going to deploy. Regarding endpoint management, Microsoft System Center is very helpful; it has integrated endpoint protection deployment, allowing me to handle endpoint configuration, system deployment, and patch deployment, making it an all-in-one stop shop for managing and configuring end clients. The impact of using Microsoft System Center is significant; it gives me a whole picture of my environment, making it easy to get inventory details regarding applications and hardware, providing full visibility of my setup within the organization.

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MANOHAR SADDALA

IT Specialist at Eagle Hills

Enables seamless integration with multiple systems

I would rate the scalability a seven out of ten. It's not much more dynamic, not as dynamic as you may think, like seeing it in the cloud. In order to use it, you need to have the download servers and then scale up your systems. Oracle SOA Suites serves as a middle layer between applications. For example, let's say you have SAP, and we have Salesforce or Oracle ERP system. Users connect to those systems and perform certain activities or transactions on the applications. Now, if any data needs to be synchronized or any integration needs to happen between these applications, we use the Oracle SOA Suite. It acts as the bridge between the applications, not between the users. It's like having endpoints between the applications. Currently, we have 20 endpoints; 20 systems are connected to it, which is great. Oracle SOA Suite is being used daily. We are using it to its maximum potential.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The tool has many valuable features, including license tracking, software deployment, and installation deployment. However, we primarily use it for Windows updates and deployment for Windows servers and desktops. It's a complex product but very well-managed. If you use all the features, they will be valuable to your organization. It allows you to deploy desktops, manage patches, and track various features."

"The features that I have found most valuable are the ease of configuration and the easy discovery of the environment."

"The deployment and asset management features are the most valuable. These are the product's main features."

"Many processes could be implemented out-of-the-box, and this helped to adopt processes in areas which we lacked."

"The installation process is easy."

"The impact of using Microsoft System Center is significant; it gives me a whole picture of my environment, making it easy to get inventory details regarding applications and hardware, providing full visibility of my setup within the organization."

"It can generate KPIs and management reports with monthly presentations on activities and updating the environment (success and failure)."

"I like the automated features of it that let you schedule those updates and the ability of the product to focus on the specific updates, specific platforms, and products that we're interested in keeping up to date."

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"Middleware jobs developing for EC, ERP, and shipping systems become easier."

"The most valuable features for us are the APIs, which we commonly use, as well as the scheduling capabilities and file transfers."

"What I like best about Oracle SOA Suite is Oracle support. I also like the tool features, especially the integration feature."

"The new product has come out with SOA Cloud Service and Integration Analytics as well, which gives more options for clients to pick their point of requirements."

"The stability of the solution is the most valuable feature."

"The ability to stand up a highly available SOA Suite, which has full DR capabilities, in a remote center and synchronize the databases using Data Guard."

"The most valuable feature of the facility, as the partner link, is to try to use third-party services and logic in your own vehicle to orchestrate the information."

"Conceptually, how it integrates a lot of essential enterprise process components. That's the most valuable."

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Cons

"The platform's performance could be improved. Additionally, its UI needs to be well-upgraded and work faster."

"The solution's dashboard needs improvement."

"System Center hasn't updated to keep up with the industry. It needs improvements in the user interface, ease of use, and overall product functionality, particularly the cloud-monitoring features. It needs more capabilities to monitor AWS and Azure infrastructure."

"Microsoft System Center should be easier to manage. However, it is complex to deploy, so people hesitate to use it. Though it has many features, such as licensing, asset tracking, and software deployment, we mainly use it for Windows updates. It protects many screens and integrates with databases, but it's complex compared to other solutions. Many now use cloud-based products or other tools like Automox to deploy updates and manage vulnerabilities."

"For me, the tool's UI seems to be too old."

"The solution’s pricing could be improved."

"In Microsoft System Center, it is difficult to follow the steps to create dataflows at times."

"Implementation and integration in the case of multi-tenant environments needs improvement."

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"The web services need to be more robust."

"The technical support is good, we have premier support which costs extra."

"The solution’s initial setup is complex and could be improved."

"Its function options can be improved."

"If the disk space expansion can be made more flexible, not requiring a database restart, it would be a major benefit."

"The product is not user-friendly."

"The interface is too complicated. Making modifications still requires too much technical knowledge."

"It's also not developer-friendly."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's rolled into our enterprise subscription. The entire subscription is around $25,000 a year, however, that covers all the products that we use."

"Microsoft System Center's licensing is costly."

"I rate the product price as five to six on a scale of one to ten, where one means it is cheap and ten means it is expensive."

"We maximized our license investment."

"On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing a six out of ten."

"I know that sometimes there is some reduction in the prices of Microsoft System Center because of the costs of Microsoft SQL Server, which can be advantageous."

"Microsoft System Center is quite expensive."

"The product is moderately priced."

"The pricing is not very high as compared to its competitors."

"Oracle pricing is expensive. Support is based on your license. AWS is much better than Oracle in this regard."

"It is necessary to evaluate the requirement regarding the platform usage and what the main operation area of the platform will be."

"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."

"Oracle SOA Suite is an expensive solution."

"This product is WebLogic based, hence it can be both resource hungry as well as expensive from a licensing point of view."

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Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	10

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Small Business	13
Midsize Enterprise	15
Large Enterprise	40

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Microsoft System Center?

The product's initial setup phase was easy.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft System Center?

Microsoft System Center's licensing is costly.

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What needs improvement with Microsoft System Center?

The disadvantage of Microsoft System Center is related to the many integrated services; if one service is failing, then all features will be affected. For example, with site configuration, when one...

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What do you like most about Oracle SOA Suite?

The solution's XSLT or XSL Transformation feature was very useful.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle SOA Suite?

Oracle SOA Suite is an expensive solution.

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What needs improvement with Oracle SOA Suite?

The solution’s initial setup is complex and could be improved. A big challenge for Oracle SOA Suite is that you don't get too many technical resources.

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Overview

System Center helps customers realize the benefits of the Microsoft Cloud Platform by delivering unified management. Experience fast time-to-value with out-of-the-box monitoring, provisioning, configuration, automation, protection and self-service.

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Oracle SOA Suite is a comprehensive, standards-based software suite to build, deploy and manage integration following the concepts of service-oriented architecture (SOA). The components of the suite benefit from consistent tooling, a single deployment and management model, end-to-end security and unified metadata management. Oracle SOA Suite helps businesses lower costs by allowing maximum re-use of existing IT investments and assets, regardless of the environment (OS, application server, etc.) they run in, or the technology they were built upon. Its easy-to-use, re-use focused, unified application development tooling and end-to-end lifecycle management support further reduces development and maintenance cost and complexity.

For more information on Oracle SOA Suite, visit Oracle.com

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Sample Customers

Kassen_rztliche Vereinigung Nordrhein, Magyar Telekom Nyrt., Adeka, QualCare, Aeriandi, UniCredit Bank d.d., Mostar, Allianz Australia Ltd., Grupo Familia

7-Eleven, Arcor SAIC, Banca Transilvania, Eaton Corporation, Emdeon, Ferrovial, Griffith University, National Instruments, Pella Corporation, Vodafone Group Plc,

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