Oracle Linux vs PostgreSQL on Ubuntu comparison

Oracle and Supported Images are both solutions in the Operating Systems (OS) for Business category. Oracle is ranked #5 with an average rating of 8.3, while Supported Images is ranked #31 with an average rating of 8.8. Additionally, 93% of Oracle users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Supported Images users who would recommend it.

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100% willing to recommend

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We performed a comparison between Oracle Linux and PostgreSQL on Ubuntu based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Categories and Ranking

Oracle Linux

Ranking in Operating Systems (OS) for Business

5th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

131

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

PostgreSQL on Ubuntu

Ranking in Operating Systems (OS) for Business

31st

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Featured Reviews

Likhith M

Cloud Solutions Engineer at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Managed platform has reduced our operations workload and delivers faster cluster startups

I wouldn't say it's specifically an Oracle Linux pro, but when using Oracle Linux with a Kubernetes engine, it provides you with all the necessary libraries that it needs for a startup. This means quicker startup time and quicker joining to the cluster. It's just fast when you use Oracle Linux because it's optimized for your OKE engine. When I mention quicker startup time and easier joining to the cluster, it means you have a pretty good startup when you want to scale, you don't have to wait longer times just for your nodes to come up. When you have your traffic spiking, you don't want to wait that two to three minutes extra for a node to join the cluster, so that's where you have that advantage. And even for the customers when we give them access, it's a better startup since it's optimized and has all the necessary libraries. When I mention our workload is reduced because it's managed and optimized, it is approximately 80 to 90 percent of our workload is reduced because Kubernetes also releases frequent updates. You don't have to migrate to a new one; when you're migrating, it's pretty quick. All the security patches are handled by Oracle. The newer updates are provided by Oracle, and you don't have to test it. You will need to do some rounds of testing, but way less than managing your own Linux.

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Pranay Jain

Senior Software Developer at hireHQ

Robust relational queries have supported secure user data growth and improve transaction safety

The best features PostgreSQL on Ubuntu offers are complex joins, which allow us to perform advanced SQL queries, providing the atomicity of our tables, ACID properties for transaction safety, and scalability that we can expand to, as we currently have 10 lakh users, and it is easily scalable. Complex joins are the best feature that PostgreSQL on Ubuntu provides because I have been using NoSQL solutions such as MongoDB, but PostgreSQL has better efficiency for complex queries when used correctly. PostgreSQL on Ubuntu has positively impacted our organization because, from the initial phase with around 1,000 plus users during user accessibility testing, we defined the tables in such a manner that even with future scalability increases, it would function well, and now it has grown to 10 lakh users, still holding up well with fast data retrieval and good query performance, supported by effective indexing methods. In our user table with PostgreSQL on Ubuntu, we initially added indexing on the email property, but after a while, we found that the phone number field was also frequently used, and adding indexing to it improved our query retrieving speed and efficiency by almost 20 to 30 percent.

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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

"Oracle is well-known for its strong security measures. I have a great deal of confidence in the security of the Oracle DB, including its ability to monitor changes made to the database."

"It helps us to create users and groups. We can also plan on the access that will be given to them. I use it for identity management during the installment and configuration process. We use it to start or stop processes and services. Another use case of the solution is post-opening."

"The solution's technical support team answers all our queries."

"The best features Oracle Linux offers include security, as I have found it to be more secure than Ubuntu, Red Hat, and other Linux distributions, and it is easier to use than the other Linux operating systems."

"If we use Linux, Solaris, or some other operating systems, we have to build a lot of packages using RPMs (the packet manager). That's a difficult task. With Oracle Linux, we use a single command to update from the Oracle website."

"Oracle Linux features, such as being very easy to understand, allow for easy access to all repositories and packages available online, making it very helpful with no need to purchase any other packages or related subscriptions since it's totally free and easy to adopt."

"Since we have migrated our workload to Oracle, we do see significant savings in our cost."

"I like that it's very stable and lightweight and that it requires very little resources."

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"The best feature of PostgreSQL on Ubuntu is its structure because it adds clarity and understanding when investigating a database, which enhances readability and understandability for someone new to the project."

"The best advantage of PostgreSQL on Ubuntu is its ability to fulfill all our requirements as an RDBMS; we frequently use various database-related operations such as storing, retrieving, and utilizing views and triggers, and its concurrency and connection handling are very efficient, especially since we have around 1,000 users."

"PostgreSQL on Ubuntu offers reliability, performance, and cost-effectiveness, which were the primary factors in our decision to choose this database."

"PostgreSQL on Ubuntu has positively impacted our organization because, from the initial phase with around 1,000 plus users during user accessibility testing, we defined the tables in such a manner that even with future scalability increases, it would function well, and now it has grown to 10 lakh users, still holding up well with fast data retrieval and good query performance, supported by effective indexing methods."

"PostgreSQL on Ubuntu has positively impacted my organization by being very reliable; it has solid recovery and the risk of data loss is very low, making it very robust and ideal for production projects."

"We have worked with various databases including SQL Server and MySQL, but I found PostgreSQL on Ubuntu to be the most cost-effective and most performance-friendly solution."

Cons

"There can be improvements to the documentation capabilities."

"The support process is time-consuming as it involves several steps."

"Addressing room for improvement in Oracle Linux, some applications supported by other operating systems are not supported, which is a pain."

"The price of Oracle Linux should improve, it is expensive compared to other solutions."

"The product's support is expensive."

"The installation documentation needs to be improved"

"The area of Oracle Linux that needs improvement is related to updates. If they have updates, it should update itself without logging out your services."

"The documentation has room for improvement."

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"PostgreSQL on Ubuntu can be improved because it is a bit slower than other solutions I have used."

"From an improvement perspective, the UI of PostgreSQL on Ubuntu can be somewhat better because from my experience, it is outdated compared to current UI generations, and the reliability without changing the entire system architecture can also be improved, along with optimizing index management such as adding proper indexes and removing unused ones."

"I did notice one downside about PostgreSQL on Ubuntu. Certain queries were not behaving in the same way that SQL Server was handling those queries."

"PostgreSQL on Ubuntu can be improved in terms of flexibility, which comes at a cost—specifically its learning curve and complexity."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The licensing cost is expensive. It should be reduced by at least half."

"There is a license required for this solution and we are on an annual license."

"The licensing is expensive."

"The price of Oracle Linux overall could be less expensive."

"Low-cost solution."

"We pay for a license for this solution annually."

"The solution is less expensive than Solaris and allows for use of existing hardware."

"Nowadays, Oracle is very open toward price negotiation; they negotiate well with their clients"

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Comms Service Provider

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Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	44
Midsize Enterprise	18
Large Enterprise	75

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	5
Large Enterprise	4

Questions from the Community

How does Oracle Linux compare with Solaris?

When comparing Oracle Linux and Solaris, I believe that Linux is more secure and more flexible. It is also very suitable for enterprises that are already Oracle solution users. I found Linux to be ...

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Which would you choose - Ubuntu Linux or Oracle Linux?

Ubunto Linux is a complete Linux operating system that is freely available with both community and professional support. This solution is suitable for both desktop and server use. It has a very app...

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What do you like most about Oracle Linux?

The product is 99.99% stable.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for PostgreSQL on Ubuntu?

For the Software as a Service version, we were using PostgreSQL on Ubuntu and paid some amount. It was not a very large amount for PostgreSQL on Ubuntu. We were on the lowest tier, so it was around...

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What needs improvement with PostgreSQL on Ubuntu?

From an improvement perspective, the UI of PostgreSQL on Ubuntu can be somewhat better because from my experience, it is outdated compared to current UI generations, and the reliability without cha...

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What is your primary use case for PostgreSQL on Ubuntu?

The main use case for PostgreSQL on Ubuntu is storing the database and serving as our primary database for storing the credentials of users and other information, including candidate data and enter...

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Compared 23% of the time

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Compared 14% of the time

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Compared 11% of the time

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Compared 10% of the time

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Compared 10% of the time

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Compared 23% of the time

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Compared 20% of the time

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Compared 9% of the time

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Compared 9% of the time

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) vs PostgreSQL on Ubuntu

Compared 7% of the time

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Overview

Oracle Linux is a stable, reliable, and scalable operating system primarily used for deploying and running Oracle databases. It is also suitable for various other functions, including managing operating systems and web servers, supporting traffic surveillance, and identity management.

Oracle Linux is highly valued for its stability, reliability, scalability, good technical support, and ease of use. It has helped organizations to achieve faster DNS queries, stable development environments, reduced vulnerability issues, good performance for Oracle applications, and improved ability to run test scenarios and parallel queries across massive databases.

Oracle Linux Features

Oracle Linux has many valuable key features. Some of the most useful ones include:

The software is 100% free (no cost) to use, distribute, and update

Ksplice allows for zero-downtime kernel and user-space upgrades

DTrace provides comprehensive kernel and application tracing

For Oracle Linux Support clients, Linux management and high availability are available at no additional cost

It's Oracle-optimized and works well with Oracle Database and Oracle Applications
New workload optimizations:
- Enhanced memory performance by attempting to better locate a process near its memory and better placement of tasks that do not fit on a single NUMA node
- SPECjbb's performance has been improved by up to 3.6 times thanks to optimizations that help reduce lock contention.
- With bcache, it's simple to employ SSDs as a block cache for slower block devices. A new, scaled block layer subsystem supports many millions of IOps on NVM-Express and high-end PCI-E devices.
Oracle Linux has three deployment options:

Linux in the cloud: Oracle Linux Premier Support is included in all Oracle Cloud Infrastructure subscriptions at no additional cost.
Linux on premises: This is the industry's most comprehensive and open Linux distribution.
Embedded Linux design: Embedding a feature-rich Linux distribution is an optimized, cost-effective solution for your business.

Oracle Linux Benefits

There are many benefits to implementing Oracle Linux. Some of the biggest advantages the solution offers include:

Save money by only paying for support for the systems you need
Improve security by applying patches faster and spending less time troubleshooting and updating
Improve Oracle software and hardware performance

Reviews from Real Users

Oracle Linux stands out among its competitors for a number of reasons. Two major ones are its stability and scalability. PeerSpot users take note of the advantages of these features in their reviews:

One PeerSpot reviewer, an IT Manager, reports, “I find the virtualization the most valuable.” He adds, “Oracle Linux is the best Linux operating system that I have ever known. It is very stable and strong.”

An Enterprise Architect at a financial services firm writes of the solution, “You also don't have memory issues, especially when it is engineered with platforms like Exadata and Oracle Cluster. These give you the most throughput and performance.” He adds, “It is very scalable, especially on platforms like Oracle Cluster and Exadata.”

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