Oracle Database as a Service vs vCloud Air comparison

Oracle and Virtustream are both solutions in the Database as a Service (DBaaS) category. Oracle is ranked #7 with an average rating of 8.3, while Virtustream is ranked #21. Oracle holds a 7.7% mindshare in DS, compared to Virtustream’s 1.4% mindshare. Additionally, 97% of Oracle users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Virtustream users who would recommend it.

Oracle Database as a Service

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Aug 12, 2024

Both vCloud Air and Oracle Database as a Service are notable for cloud-based services, with Oracle having an upper hand in database functionalities. vCloud Air is stronger in integration and data recovery.

Features: vCloud Air is known for seamless integration with on-premise environments, robust data recovery options, and infrastructure capabilities. Oracle Database as a Service stands out with comprehensive database management tools, scalability, and superior database functionalities suitable for data-centric applications.

Room for Improvement: vCloud Air needs to enhance service reliability, expand features, and focus on stability. Oracle Database as a Service should improve its initial setup process, provide more cost transparency, and streamline user onboarding.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: vCloud Air offers straightforward deployment but has mixed customer service feedback. Oracle Database as a Service has a more complex deployment but provides better customer support.

Pricing and ROI: vCloud Air is cost-effective with quicker ROI, ideal for budget constraints. Oracle Database as a Service, though more expensive, justifies its cost with advanced features and better long-term value.

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Categories and Ranking

Oracle Database as a Service

Ranking in Database as a Service (DBaaS)

7th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

vCloud Air

Ranking in Database as a Service (DBaaS)

21st

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) (23rd)

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Database as a Service (DBaaS) category, the mindshare of Oracle Database as a Service is 7.7%, down from 9.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of vCloud Air is 1.4%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Database as a Service (DBaaS) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Oracle Database as a Service	7.7%
vCloud Air	1.4%
Other	90.9%

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reviewer2728149

Presales Manager | Global at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees

Have consistently achieved efficient integrations and availability

I am more focused on the leadership side and having the right human plans to make things happen. There are some parts available, but our goal is to move toward a single platform. I would prefer to remain anonymous in discussions. On a scale of 1-10, I rate Oracle Database as a Service a seven.

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Saurabh Chandratre

Director Solutions Architect - EMEA & APAC at Blue Medora

With the VPC, you can run your workloads in an active state, use it for development work and for hosting SQL/Exchange Servers in IaaS; RaaS/DaaS for DR activities.

All three components of the vCloud Air are equally valuable and important, i.e., IaaS, DaaS and RaaS. I like the Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) offering compared to the Dedicated Cloud. It gives me the flexibility to utilize the pay-as-you-go option. You can run your workloads in an active state at reasonable prices. I have seen lots of companies use it for their development work, as well as for hosting SQL and Exchange Servers, i.e., in the active-passive mode instead of Replication (RaaS). Disaster Recovery is also a great feature that is affordable and easy to use. Disaster Recovery is a great component of the vCloud Air, where you can protect the on-premises cloud infrastructure, by providing self-service recovery options using the vSphere Replication. Some of the features that really stand out and I have used in my projects are: * Direct Connect: It provides high speed and private line connectivity. * Offline Data Transfer: For encrypted bulk data transport.

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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

"We are really excited about multitenancy, the whole security aspect, and then the performance as such."

"The solution is very stable. It's very powerful."

"The most valuable features of Oracle Database as a Service are the ease of use. We can use a simple syntax to get data and we can easily go to procedures to see data other than using a query."

"What I found most valuable about Oracle Database as a Service is its fast transactions and materialized views."

"It effortlessly hosts applications for months and exhibits exceptional reliability."

"The most valuable aspects of the solution are the general database system resilience and security."

"It helps make the DBA work much easier, to be honest with you."

"We have found all of the features of this solution to be valuable to our organization."

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"The Cloud DRaaS solution provided the organization with new levels of flexibility and cost control, together with rapid expansion capability."

Cons

"Documentation is difficult to find. Since we're experienced with Oracle technology, we have also found many errors in it. Not everything is 100% accurate."

"The licensing model is complicated and should be simplified."

"It would be beneficial if Oracle could offer features similar to those provided by open-source platforms like Postgres, such as a multi-core-based platform and a shared node database. While Oracle offers these features, they come at a high cost for clientele in the South Asian market."

"The interface can be difficult and there may be so many features that users and even vendors are unaware that they exist."

"It would be better if we could have a little bit of automation or a chance for autoscaling with Oracle Database as a Service."

"The solution is not very stable."

"The ROI has not been good."

"The area in this solution that could be improved is that currently, it's difficult to do the setup. You need to do all kinds of command lines to get it set up. If that setup becomes easier and easily manageable, that would be great."

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"I feel the user interface/portal can be improved further. I did experience timeout issues and the UI was performing slowly at times."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price of Oracle Database as a Service is expensive compared to other similar solutions."

"Oracle Database as a Service is an expensive product."

"The product is expensive."

"What has been done is that an annual subscription model has been launched, which includes the payment of both the AML (Annual Maintenance Fee) and the subscription fee, paid on a yearly basis."

"The solution is based on an annual fee."

"There should be a standard way to license the database in a virtual environment (e.g. VMware) and there should be a low-end version (like Standard Edition One) again."

"It is a very expensive tool."

"The solution is expensive."

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

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Small Business	23
Midsize Enterprise	18
Large Enterprise	32

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Oracle Database as a Service?

It has significantly enhanced our application development process by introducing substantial time savings and streamlining routine tasks.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Database as a Service?

The setup cost is approximately four hours.

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What needs improvement with Oracle Database as a Service?

I see some negative sides that could be improved, and that is the licensing. The issue with licensing is the price and the way they license through partners.

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Also Known As

Oracle DBaaS, Oracle Database Cloud

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Overview

Oracle Database Cloud Service combines the power of Oracle Database, with the unique capabilities of the Oracle Cloud. The service provides a secure, automated data management platform that leverages on demand Oracle Cloud Infrastructure services via a simple web based user interface and RESTful API. Oracle Database Cloud Service provides elastic database services for development, test, and production environments of custom and packaged online transaction processing (OLTP), data warehousing, and mixed workload applications. It enables businesses to reap all Oracle Platform as a Service (PaaS) benefits including subscriptionbased, self-service access to reliable, scalable, and elastic cloud environments and accelerates time to value by simplifying the provisioning and administration of Oracle databases.

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vCloud Air is a public cloud platform built on the trusted foundation of vSphere, compatible with your on-premises data center, that includes infrastructure, disaster recovery, and various applications as service offerings. vCloud Air allows you to extend your workloads into the cloud with ease. You can migrate existing onsite virtual machines (VMs) to the public cloud or start up new application VMs directly in the cloud.

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