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Oracle Exadata vs WP Bolt comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Oracle Exadata
Ranking in Data Warehouse
3rd
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
130
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
WP Bolt
Ranking in Data Warehouse
27th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Data Warehouse category, the mindshare of Oracle Exadata is 7.1%, down from 13.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of WP Bolt is 1.6%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Warehouse Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Oracle Exadata7.1%
WP Bolt1.6%
Other91.3%
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Featured Reviews

Prabir Kumar Kundu - PeerSpot reviewer
SR AVP–Presales Cloud & Platform Management Services at Path Infotech ltd
Has consistently delivered high performance and aligned security while evolving with AI-driven improvements
When discussing Oracle Exadata, the main thing is the specialized database appliance, the flash cache, and the engineered machine on the database for the database itself. Overall, all the features are useful and meaningful for any database like Oracle to run the Oracle database. Regarding Smart Scan technology, it is for better performance. If a customer cannot tune their applications, this will help them to run the database and run the application without any tuning itself. Oracle Exadata's advanced compression techniques have affected my customer's data storage efficiency positively, with the feature being great, but as of now, our customer is not using that. I find its security measures align with my customer's organization, as security is aligned as per the customer's requirement. It has helped optimize performance and cost.
it_user665328 - PeerSpot reviewer
ETL Developer at a music company with 501-1,000 employees
the most useful feature of the product is object imaging. It is the champion in the world of RDBMS.
Although they already have patches to address the instability of CORV (Create or Replace Views) CASCADE, I believe this is the area that should receive most attention. I am, however, still not sure if the patch has officially been recognised and deployed as part of their version updates. There are a few critical issues/bugs that we have experienced on our production environment, which required intervention from Kognitio. As one of Kognitio's biggest clients, their response times were quick and patches were also quick to be released to address production issues. Also, slabs management seems to be, or can be, a very hands-on tasks especially when reaching its capacity. It will be every WX2/KAP developer’s or DBA’s paradise if the product can be configured in this area to be fully/semi-automated.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Having all components, both hardware and software, fully configured, tested, and optimised on delivery is a major customer win."
"A valuable feature is that everything goes into one machine; Oracle and the applications, so that is a big advantage."
"The key capability of Exadata, which is not found in any other solution or appliance, is its enhancement specifically for databases."
"I recommend it for highly critical, performance-sensitive applications."
"This is a powerful and extremely stable system with IB network speed."
"Once installed, Exadata is very stable."
"It's a great investment for the large enterprise."
"Overall, Exadata justifies the total cost of ownership (TCO) by balancing the capital and operational expenses - thereby achieving a higher ROI."
"In the world of RDBMS, WX2/KAP is, I believe, the champion, or should be if not already!"
 

Cons

"While I like Oracle as a solution, and its hardware and database are quite good, when we're talking about implementation, scalability, and integration, I would not recommend this solution."
"There's room for improvement in terms of deployment, as it could be made faster and more user-friendly."
"We have experienced some performance-related challenges."
"Our main issue is the CPU; they can't cope with what we want."
"Customer Service: It is good and sometimes we don't get exact recommendations even though we give all details but it was satisfactory."
"I would like to see more database features and maybe more archiving features, because we need to do data archiving."
"It's too expensive per terabyte. It's complex."
"The management monitoring tools are quite important and an area that needs some improvement."
"It does not have the robustness or stability like of Oracle or Teradata; the upper right quadrant."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Oracle Exadata is not a cheap solution. Pricing is a problem for Oracle, and every client, not just my company, would like the vendor to improve on the price, or lower the price. My company paid for several years' worth of Oracle Exadata licenses. You need to pay for the technical support and other features separately, on different contracts. In terms of affordability, my rating for Oracle Exadata is two out of five."
"Our customers are always looking to reduce the license's cost."
"I think it's free."
"The price of Oracle Exadata is competitive. There are some features that are outside of the initial purchase license, such as some monitoring packages."
"The price is very high."
"The pricing of Oracle Exadata is too high."
"Exadata is an expensive tool, but, considering the ROI, it's worth going for the solution."
"The price of Oracle Exadata is expensive. It is not competitive with other solutions some of the times."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
22%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Construction Company
7%
Manufacturing Company
6%
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Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business47
Midsize Enterprise14
Large Enterprise86
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Exadata?
I find its pricing reasonable and cost-effective for large organizations, but for smaller organizations, it may not be that useful.
What needs improvement with Oracle Exadata?
I believe that there is still room for improvement in Oracle Exadata, as they are putting AI features on those databases, which is making the database more user-friendly. Even you can talk to the d...
What is your primary use case for Oracle Exadata?
I deal most with Oracle database. I have been working with Oracle Database Appliance for more than 25 years, and if you're talking about appliance, it's more than 10 years, but on Oracle database, ...
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Kognitio WX2, WX2
 

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