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Oracle Coherence vs SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 23, 2025

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

Oracle Coherence
Ranking in Database Development and Management
9th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
5.8
Number of Reviews
31
Ranking in other categories
In-Memory Data Store Services (3rd)
SolarWinds Database Perform...
Ranking in Database Development and Management
4th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
16
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Database Development and Management category, the mindshare of Oracle Coherence is 3.5%, up from 2.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer is 3.2%, down from 9.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Database Development and Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer3.2%
Oracle Coherence3.5%
Other93.3%
Database Development and Management
 

Featured Reviews

SS
Data Engineer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Facilitating real-time business insights with enhanced data querying
Coherence is beneficial due to its multi-indexing to the same object and filtering based on data attributes within the object, followed by aggregation. These features facilitate querying data with multiple keys rather than just a single key. Its real-time data processing capabilities provide insights for business decisions with up-to-date information.
SufiyanAminu - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Operation Center Engineer at Central Bank of Nigeria
Comprehensive monitoring has delivered accurate insights and supports reliable banking operations
In terms of technical support, there was a time we experienced issues, but that has been resolved. We encountered a downtime and attempted to contact technical support, which was quite challenging, but that has improved after we reported the issue and everything is now fine. Therefore, we do not have any issues with technical support currently. Regarding the AI functionality and observability, we tried to understand how the AI functionality works, and I believe there is a gap in our understanding. I do not know if a session can be organized for our team to gain more insight into the AI module or functionality. For now, the only two aspects that caused me some difficulties are support and AI. Aside from that, everything works flawlessly.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Coherence has improved response times for queries of sizeable data sets, and by allowing for data distribution and replication through clustering, it improves the reliability of information systems."
"Coherence allows linear on-line scalability across multiple commodity servers."
"It helped us to cache the data in memory and improved performance by 10x."
"Oracle Coherence is a very good product which helps to create internet-scale applications using a high-performance grid."
"A robust standalone caching solution that prioritized speed of data serialization and data integrity was a must, and Coherence delivered on that front."
"In my experience, while working on customers’ solutions where performance is a key requirement, along with robustness and stability needs, I have always found Oracle Coherence as the best solution for integrating with different Oracle products and caching data for application-specific needs."
"Other technologies don’t allow the same level of scale and compute capability, while providing rigorous resilience and security underpinnings."
"Oracle Coherence improved site performance and the customer experience."
"The most valuable feature of SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer is anomaly detection. It alerts you when things outside the norm are happening, and the feature that analyzes your indexes informs you if you have wide or overlapping indexes. It also helps identify SQL query bottlenecks, letting you know if something is taking longer than usual, if a query plan has changed, and if you need to update statistics. In terms of usage, it is straightforward to use, learn and understand. The patching process is smooth and explains each feature, including links to external resources for further reading."
"We find that the price to value ratio is very good, and it is much less expensive than other products we were considering."
"What I like most about SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer is that it's a powerful solution that lets me advise customers about performance, and it also gives a lot of supporting information."
"Real-time monitoring in SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer is very useful for maintaining database performance, as many of our customers have been using multiple instances of this solution."
"SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer has positively impacted my organization by monitoring my critical systems serving millions of customers with a couple of hundred licenses of SQL SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer."
"Monitoring is most valuable, and being able to know that there is an issue or problem and I need to go look is also valuable. So, monitoring and learning are the most important features."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the support for older databases and the ability to manage them in a centralized dashboard."
"SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer can help us identify issues we cannot see manually."
 

Cons

"It has become very heavy along with the price for Oracle's integrated product as a fusion middleware."
"Due to the licensing prices, we are looking for other solutions as an alternative to Coherence."
"Product is too expensive and support is poor. There are better products."
"I would like to see a more modern API like Hazelcast or Infinispan."
"It is very easy to set up a basic topology, but hard to configure and tune to make it really work."
"Initial setup was complex. We wrote a lot of wrapper code around the Coherence libraries in order to make it easier for the developer."
"We have nodes failing all the time, especially because of timeouts caused by node synchronization, but occasionally there are also memory-related errors."
"It is very expensive. It might not work well for small business people."
"SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer is still lagging for monitoring the cloud instances of databases including Aurora DB and Cloud SQL DB."
"SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer should include more details on how everything works."
"One area where the tool could improve is by adding support for additional databases. For instance, supporting newer databases like Couchbase or MongoDB would be beneficial."
"I would rate their technical support a little lower than expected, so there is room for improvement."
"SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer does not have an anomaly detection feature."
"For now, the only two aspects that caused me some difficulties are support and AI."
"SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer should be easy to implement and it should have more facilities to make it better."
"It is capable, but I don't believe it has the right value matrix. It also depends on the budget of the company."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The pricing is fairly reasonable, and it becomes more cost-effective with larger volumes of instances."
"There are no extra costs for maintenance or using the solution's support."
"Customers need to pay for the subscription-based license annually."
"The pricing of the solution is average."
"It could be less expensive."
"I don't remember the exact licensing cost for SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer, but it's within the range of $2,000 to $3,000 a year."
"SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer is a little bit expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
27%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Computer Software Company
7%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Healthcare Company
10%
Government
7%
Financial Services Firm
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise23
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise11
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Oracle Coherence?
The WebLogic Management is quite cumbersome. The initial setup is complex and time-consuming.
What is your primary use case for Oracle Coherence?
I utilize Coherence for data solutions in the financial industry. Its primary use case includes plain lookup, indexing, filtering, and aggregation.
What advice do you have for others considering Oracle Coherence?
I recommend Coherence, as I don't have any product issues. The main concerns are high pricing and a complex initial setup. Overall, I would rate Coherence as an eight out of ten.
What needs improvement with SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer?
In terms of technical support, there was a time we experienced issues, but that has been resolved. We encountered a downtime and attempted to contact technical support, which was quite challenging,...
What is your primary use case for SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer?
SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer's WPM and SAM modules are what I personally prefer. I am satisfied with the overall performance and how the dashboards are arranged. We are currently using ...
What advice do you have for others considering SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer?
For database performance, we have the module, but I would say we are not really consuming it because we are currently using PostgreSQL. We are exploring this module, but we have not yet started con...
 

Also Known As

Coherence
Confio, SolarWinds DPA, Ignite8
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Industrial Bank of Korea, Hotelbeds, Canon Inc., Verizon, Securitas Direct Espa_a, S.A.U., CetelemEspa_aGrupo BNP Paribas, Telus
GSI Commerce, Liquid Digital Media, ProLogis, Indiana University
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