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Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse vs Oracle Exadata comparison

 

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

Categories and Ranking

Oracle Autonomous Data Ware...
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Data Warehouse (12th)
Oracle Exadata
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
129
Ranking in other categories
Data Warehouse (2nd)
 

Featured Reviews

Kwajah Mohiuddin - PeerSpot reviewer
Provides self-repair features, but the setup is complex
We use the product for online applications. We use it in the financial industry The product has self-repair features. The tool tunes itself. It separates compute from storage. We can scale storage and compute separately. The setup is complex. Oracle is a complex tool. I have been using Oracle…
Ahmed-Yehia - PeerSpot reviewer
Exceptional database performance with high availability and good reliability
The major use of Exadata is for running databases, big databases, and also for backing them up. It provides high availability and high performance specifically for databases, and not for applications, just Oracle databases High availability and high performance are very valuable aspects of the…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It is a very stable tool...It is an extremely scalable tool."
"One advantage is that if you already have an Oracle Database, it easily integrates with that."
"I loved the simplicity of loading the data and simply relying on the self-tuning capabilities of ADW."
"A very good integration feature that restricts access to unauthorized people."
"The solution is self-securing. All data is encrypted and security updates and patches are applied automatically both periodically and off-cycle."
"The solution has a self-backup, so you don't need a DBA (database administrator) to do a backup."
"The product is easy to use."
"Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse is used globally to deliver extreme performance on large Financial data sets."
"Oracle has reliable solutions and this one is no different."
"Exadata with the In-Memory option is several levels about SAP HANA."
"Oracle is known to be the number one in their industry; the help and support, the features they are giving the clients comparing to other databases, the new technology, the provide a good solution."
"What I found most valuable in Oracle Exadata is its newer technology that gives better performance. It has more recent hardware and significant changes in the architecture, so it's better than older solutions."
"Oracle Exadata is stable."
"They just have a lot of products, and they work well together."
"Complete management occurs from one single address instead of different servers."
"A very stable solution, which we have hardly any problems with."
 

Cons

"One of the major problem is creating custom tablespace. The ADB serverless option doesn't support custom tablespace creation, which could cause issues during on-premise database migration that requires specifically named tablespace. There should be an option to create customized tablespace."
"Optimization should be better."
"It is very important the integration with other platforms be made to be as easy as it is with an on-premises deployment."
"I would like to see Application Express and Oracle R Enterprise fully supported, and I would like to see Oracle Data Mining supported as a front end."
"An improvement for us would be the inclusion of support for an internal IP, so we could use it directly with the VCN in Oracle Cloud."
"Ease of connectivity could be improved."
"The setup is complex."
"We are not satisfied with the technical support. Their understanding is lacking."
"The main drawback is the inability to cluster two Exadata systems across sites."
"The performance could be improved."
"One small area for improvement in Oracle Exadata is integration, particularly at the consolidated application level."
"The handling of temp space has room for improvement."
"We have experienced some issues with processing unstructured data on Exadata. This is an important requirement for our AIML based use case. Reactive analytics data can not be prepared easily in Oracle Exadata."
"I would like to add some features to run applications or microservices-based applications on Exadata."
"I would like to see more database features and maybe more archiving features, because we need to do data archiving."
"The customization can sometimes be difficult to achieve."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price depends on the configuration we choose."
"Cloud solutions are cheaper, but in the long run, they may not be much cheaper. They certainly have a lower initial cost. The licensing is yearly, and it is based on the size of the hardware and the number of users."
"In terms of architecture and pricing structure, I feel it is a little bit costly compared to Azure. It's fine compared to RedShift, but compared to Azure, it's a bit pricey when you calculate for one TB storage plus around five hours of reporting with the frequency of 1TB data. The cost adds up, making Oracle a bit expensive."
"Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse's pricing is fair and reasonable compared to the other cloud vendors."
"The cost is perfect with Oracle Universal credit."
"The licensing cost of the product can vary since you can integrate it very easily with other products or other cloud products...You pay as you use it, so it is not yearly or monthly payments to be made toward Oracle."
"ROI is high."
"On a scale from one to ten, where one is a low price and ten is a high price, I rate the pricing an eight."
"The pricing of Oracle Exadata is too high."
"I'm giving Oracle Exadata five out of ten in terms of pricing. Its price could be lower."
"The price of Oracle Exadata is expensive. It is not competitive with other solutions some of the times."
"Oracle is always costly but it's fine."
"Our customers are always looking to reduce the license's cost."
"In the sizing phase, you can also decide whether to license all cores, or reduce the number cores using capacity-on-demand features of Exadata, as well. This has a direct impact on licensing."
"The price of the solution has been expensive to implement."
"I give the pricing of the solution a five out of ten."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
7%
University
7%
Insurance Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
31%
Computer Software Company
10%
Government
6%
Manufacturing Company
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise11
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business47
Midsize Enterprise13
Large Enterprise86
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse?
With Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse, things are much simpler. Creating a structure, initializing the servers, extending the servers, those are all things that are very, very easy. That's the main...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse?
We pay approximately $70,000 per month. The cost includes maintenance and support.
What needs improvement with Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse?
Optimization should be better. The SQLs are sometimes very slow. I also noticed that Java is not supported, which is not ideal.
What do you like most about Oracle Exadata?
It is the best solution for OLTP and data warehousing.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Exadata?
The cost of Oracle Exadata is substantial, particularly in terms of maintenance costs and licensing. This pricing strategy has led to strained relationships with IT companies including HP and Cisco...
What needs improvement with Oracle Exadata?
Patching Oracle Exadata can be challenging due to its numerous components including network, blade, CPU, storage, and VMs. The system's complexity extends beyond simple maintenance tasks. The perfo...
 

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