Oracle Enterprise Manager vs WhatsUp Gold comparison

Oracle and Progress Software are both solutions in the Server Monitoring category. Oracle is ranked #7 with an average rating of 8.2, while Progress Software is ranked #15 with an average rating of 8.7. Oracle holds a 2.2% mindshare in SM, compared to Progress Software’s 3.5% mindshare. Additionally, 95% of Oracle users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 85% of Progress Software users who would recommend it.

Oracle Enterprise Manager

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95% willing to recommend

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85% willing to recommend

Oracle Enterprise Manager

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Aug 6, 2024

Oracle Enterprise Manager and WhatsUp Gold compete in the network management solutions category. Oracle Enterprise Manager holds the upper hand due to its advanced features catering to enterprises requiring complex monitoring solutions.

Features: Oracle Enterprise Manager provides comprehensive monitoring, automation, and integration capabilities, along with in-depth analytics. WhatsUp Gold features ease of use, rapid deployment, and intuitive configuration, with robust functionalities that appeal to smaller organizations.

Room for Improvement: Oracle Enterprise Manager users report a steep learning curve and the need for better documentation, as well as a complex setup. WhatsUp Gold users suggest enhancements in scalability, support for a larger variety of network devices, and expanding its utility in more extensive network environments.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Oracle Enterprise Manager requires a longer and intricate deployment process needing specialized knowledge. Its customer support is highly regarded for expertise. WhatsUp Gold offers a smoother and faster setup process, with customer service praised for being responsive and accessible, valuing quick problem resolution.

Pricing and ROI: Oracle Enterprise Manager involves higher initial setup costs but offers strong ROI through extensive capabilities and automation. WhatsUp Gold is cost-effective with straightforward pricing, providing good ROI for smaller to mid-sized organizations.

To learn more, read our detailed Oracle Enterprise Manager vs. WhatsUp Gold Report (Updated: March 2026).

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Categories and Ranking

Oracle Enterprise Manager

Ranking in Server Monitoring

7th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

129

Ranking in other categories

Database Development and Management (3rd)

WhatsUp Gold

Ranking in Server Monitoring

15th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (26th), Network Monitoring Software (24th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (19th), Configuration Management (20th), Log Management (35th), Cloud Monitoring Software (21st), Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) (10th)

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Server Monitoring category, the mindshare of Oracle Enterprise Manager is 2.2%, down from 2.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of WhatsUp Gold is 3.5%, up from 1.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Server Monitoring Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Oracle Enterprise Manager	2.2%
WhatsUp Gold	3.5%
Other	94.3%

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reviewer996648

Founder and President at a training & coaching company with 1-10 employees

Extensive functionality impresses despite occasional setup complexity

The functions and features of Oracle Enterprise Manager that I have found most valuable are its evolution from being problematic in 10g and 11g versions to becoming better and more stable. Now it has become a significantly improved product. We have integrated identity management, and we are using it for normal database examination, tuning, and performance. We are working with STATSPACK and similar tools that are integrated in Oracle Enterprise Manager. We are currently working with version 13.5, having upgraded from 13.4 last year. Automation is useful for improving operational efficiency, and there are many more opportunities to automate outside the databases. Not many things need to be automated inside the databases. We have jobs running, imports, exports, and similar tasks. To automate these processes, we utilize the Scheduler from Oracle, which is managed in the databases by the vendor. This is not part of our DBA functions in Oracle Enterprise Manager.

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Erik Cheng

Technical Manager at Quan Hung Gourmet

Efficient monitoring with detailed customization, yet complexity remains

The best feature of WhatsUp Gold is the automatic generation of topology and its integration with virtualization and wireless. I have used the automated device discovery with this topology feature. The interactive map feature helps me manage the topology because sometimes we cannot draw the topology correctly, so we need to manually edit the connections. The alerting system is very tunable and customizable, but it's a little complicated to use. Many customers cannot manage it by themselves and need support from us, the provider. We always use the dashboards in the SOC, where we constantly display a dashboard or multiple dashboards. This allows us to know immediately if the connection or bandwidth is full or if the connection is broken.

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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 best part is the efficient database performance monitoring and the ability to take actions directly from there."

"I have found the uptime of all of our systems to be most valuable with this solution. This is important because we need to guarantee specific uptime and preventive maintenance. We need to know upfront if there are going to be any issues on the database so we can proactively solve those."

"I would recommend Oracle Enterprise Manager to others."

"It is a comprehensive, end-to-end solution for managing database consolidation, something that has been missing and difficult to do."

"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is a very user-friendly tool."

"It allows me to manage resources effectively and monitor active sessions."

"The single-pane and single interface in the centralized system is the most valuable feature."

"Oracle Enterprise Manager triggers critical alerts."

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"We no longer have to manually search for problems because we are alerted when something in the network goes down."

"The threshold alerting is the most valuable feature."

"Our local support team provides excellent service."

"The documentation is very good."

"The best feature of WhatsUp Gold is the automatic generation of topology and its integration with virtualization and wireless."

"It handles the basics of monitoring."

"This is a good, stable network monitoring solution for devices."

"It is stable."

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Cons

"My opinion is that this solution needs to improve consolidation. That is what our business needs the most right now."

"The solution’s stability could be improved."

"I feel more dashboards can be added, especially those useful to higher levels of IT management."

"In my experience, the monitoring could be improved."

"The tool's pricing is costly."

"The solution has a very large resource system. It's too big. There are too many items."

"It is complicated to run it on Google Chrome."

"Improving the integration speed would be beneficial, as the current Java-based system can sometimes result in slow responses."

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"I think there are a few bugs now. Although they give some resolution for this, we cannot share the network remotely because of our company policy."

"One of the biggest things that made us start to look at another product is we're not able to have an end to end monitoring from a user perspective throughout the system and back to the user. All the monitoring is from inside out, we need something that also can give us from outside in."

"The point system is not clear and clarity around this would improve our understanding of the system."

"The interface needs some work."

"Importing the maps and being able to customize them could be easier."

"Setting up WhatsUp Gold is complicated and not easy because it requires managing SNMP and many complex settings in the devices it's monitoring, and fine-tuning it to fit our needs is also not very easy."

"The product is old and not updated."

"Pricing is too high relative to how many devices we use. The price list is not linear to number of devices."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product is highly-priced."

"As far as I know, you do not pay for Oracle Enterprise Manager separately. You can use Enterprise Manager for free if you already have an Oracle license for your database."

"Be careful to only enable the packs for which you have a license as this is an issue we see time and again."

"The product’s price is reasonable."

"Oracle Enterprise Manager is a free-of-cost solution. Oracle Enterprise Manager can be expensive only if you go for its licensing part."

"The licensing is the responsibility of our customers."

"There are a few bugs with the software which require opening SRs with Oracle Support which contribute to the day-to-day cost. Perhaps 8 hours per month is spent dealing with support, just as a rough guess."

"The pricing is very high."

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"The tool's price is reasonable. WhatsUp Gold is cheaper than SolarWinds."

"There is a license needed to use WhatsUp Gold."

"Pricing is reasonable compared to other products."

"The price of WhatsUp Gold is good."

"I'm not sure, but it's expensive. We don't pay any additional fees."

"This is a well priced solution."

"There are some subscription charges that are quite heavy. I need to pay for support every year and these charges can be quite expensive. Aside from the initial cost for the tool, you need to pay additionally for support."

"The most valuable feature is the cost compared to other solutions."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

Marketing Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Performing Arts

Manufacturing Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Government

10%

Computer Software Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	37
Midsize Enterprise	25
Large Enterprise	81

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	9
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	14

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Oracle Enterprise Manager?

What I like most about Oracle Enterprise Manager are its features, particularly the active session history. It provides insights into SQL, and I use it regularly to identify potential issues.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Enterprise Manager?

I would rate the pricing of Oracle Enterprise Manager as very expensive, definitely deserving a 10 out of 10.

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What needs improvement with Oracle Enterprise Manager?

The weaknesses I would like to address in Oracle Enterprise Manager involve the dealing of Grid Infrastructure. Oracle Enterprise Manager's handling of Grid Infrastructure needs some improvement. I...

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What do you like most about WhatsUp Gold?

The interactive mapping interface for scrolling, zooming, and drilling down on an element to learn about a network issue is good. When we see a network there will sometimes be a spot that has one l...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for WhatsUp Gold?

Clients find the licensing calculator confusing, but we simplify this for them by collecting relevant information first. The licensing is based on devices, providing better cost-effectiveness than ...

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What needs improvement with WhatsUp Gold?

It would be great if WhatsUp Gold could add features that simplify management with AI, as it is currently too complicated to manage.

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Overview

Oracle Enterprise Manager is an on-premises management platform that provides a comprehensive integrated solution for managing and automating your various Oracle products, including applications, databases, middleware, hardware, and engineered systems located either in your Oracle data center or in the cloud.

With the Oracle Enterprise Manager's console, you can administer multiple databases and servers, distribute software to multiple servers and clients, monitor objects and events throughout the network, and integrate with other tools.

Key Oracle Enterprise Manager Features and Products

Hardware and virtualization management: Manage all Oracle environments from one central console. Oracle Enterprise Manager provides management and automation for Oracle engineered systems, databases, middleware, and hardware.
Database management: Oracle’s Database management provides a full lifecycle solution for updates and configuration management, patching, provisioning, testing, performance management and automatic tuning.
Application performance management (APM): User and database monitoring with diagnostics and performance analysis that provide rich reporting on real user activities.
Enterprise monitoring: Built-in monitoring of all components of the IT infrastructure enables rapid problem diagnosis. Both Oracle and non-Oracle components are constantly monitored.
Oracle real user experience insight: Insights on real user experiences and preferences enable businesses and IT stakeholders to develop a shared understanding into their application users’ experience.
Non-Oracle management: Oracle Enterprise Manager manages non-Oracle components with a comprehensive set of plugins. The self-update mechanism allows customers to download, import, and deploy extensions built by Oracle, Oracle partners, and Oracle customers. These extensions enjoy the same level of stability as Oracle's own products.
Installation and upgrade: The upgrade process provides efficient, reliable, secure data migration with minimal downtime of your environment.

Reviews from Real Users

Oracle Enterprise Manager stands out among its competitors for a number of reasons. Several major ones are its central management and monitoring and its reporting capabilities

Robin C., head of Oracle Exadata Centre of Excellence at Tata Consultancy Services, writes, "The database performance monitoring features are very useful and allow us to quickly zero in on DB-related issues. Exadata storage server and Infiniband switches can be viewed from the GUI in OEM which cannot be done in other tools. The ability to deploy metric extensions makes this tool extensible for our custom monitoring also."

PeerSpot users note the effectiveness of these features. A database manager at a tech services company notes, “The solution's most valuable aspect is the fact that it is embedded with the Oracle database and Oracle's engineering system, its extra data, and analytics. They have plug-ins that are very helpful. Due to the infrastructure's size, the introduction they offer is very, very useful. It helps with an overall understanding of the product. They have a very nice graphical user interface. The monitoring is good. We can capture the SQL tune from us. With Oracle Enterprise Managers, we can see the rich performance tuning.”

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Explore and manage your entire network infrastructure effortlessly with WhatsUp Gold's robust layer 2/3 discovery, creating a detailed interactive map from the edge to the cloud. Monitor devices, wireless controllers, servers, virtual machines, applications, and traffic flows across various environments. Real-time alerts ensure optimal performance, allowing you to meet or exceed SLAs. The platform offers customizable maps, dashboards, and alerts for easy network management. Quickly resolve issues with intuitive workflows, reducing Mean Time to Resolution (MTTR). WhatsUp Gold's integrated log management provides easy visibility and control of device log data, allowing monitoring, filtering, searching, and alerting on syslogs or Windows logs. Archive logs to comply with regulatory requirements and preserve historical data, all through a user-friendly interface. Streamline network monitoring and issue resolution with WhatsUp Gold, making network management efficient and hassle-free.

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