Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Reviews

The solution is easy to use. The user experience is very well set up. The product is easy to understand and navigate.

The deployment from on-premises to the cloud is a bit complicated.

I have been using the solution for two years.

I rate the stability a nine out of ten.

The scalability is unlimited. I rate the scalability a ten out of ten. About ten people in the organization use the product.

I rate the ease of initial setup a seven out of ten. As we go deeper into the solution, it becomes a little difficult, and we would need to refer to the documentation quite a bit. So, in the beginning, it's easy, but as we go deeper, it gets difficult.

The deployment takes about ten minutes. We need to give email and code details to have an account.

I rate the solution’s pricing an eight out of ten.

I am using the latest version of the product. The product is one of the biggest cloud supporters. If someone works with Oracle, it is definitely worth learning it. It is growing faster than other cloud supplies like Azure and AWS. Overall, I rate the product an eight out of ten.

We primarily use the platform to host Oracle ERP and Oracle databases. We're a service-oriented company, and we provide solutions to our clients. 

The performance and processing capability are excellent. 

We faced issues building a disaster recovery site.

Oracle support could be better; we had cases where certain regions experienced specific issues and received little help from Oracle.

Sometimes when we're doing a cloud migration, we get generic error messages, which makes it challenging to figure out the issue. Relevant and easy-to-interpret log messages would make finding and resolving issues easier.

Recently, Oracle said they were facing an issue with malware and that we needed to apply the latest security vulnerability patch. Our question is, if Oracle Cloud has a lot of security at the network level, how does malware get into the system? They also say Linux is supposed to be unbreakable, so we have some security concerns. We discovered an issue in our private cloud where a process was consuming too much CPU, and Oracle told us it was due to a malware attack. The security needs to be better.

We've been using Oracle Cloud for almost three years.

We faced a few stability issues, but overall I rate it eight out of ten. 

The scalability is excellent, so I rate the platform ten out of ten here. We migrated ten of our clients to Oracle Cloud. 

We have an issue, and we've been waiting for an Oracle expert to help us for over a month. They should be able to find out what is happening quickly, but the process is dragging on.

Neutral

The deployment is of average complexity; it is neither difficult nor straightforward.

The price is middling; it's not the most expensive product, but there is still some room for it to be more flexible.

I rate the solution seven out of ten. 

We have been using it for HR use cases, typically in two spaces. One is analytics, and the other involves the Oracle digital assistant that is hosted on the Oracle Cloud. It involves a set of conversational layers for HR use cases. Typically, the use cases are for payroll, employee absence, and performance.

The Oracle Cloud integrates well with other applications from the Oracle stack. 

There is a lot of documentation available.

Oracle does well when it comes to data privacy and security, which are critical.

Specific to the Oracle Cloud; while they have been able to showcase inbuilt features for Oracle applications, what doesn't really come across clearly is what happens when you want to host, work with, or integrate with applications outside of the Oracle stack.

They do an okay job of releasing use cases within the stack, but I would like to see more features released outside of the stack.

The roadmap from Oracle is quite unclear.

Technical support from Oracle needs to be improved.

We have been using the Oracle Cloud Platform for approximately 12 months.

We have been using this product but not very much to this point. It's pretty much nascent but we've now started ramping it up.

Since our deployment, it has been fairly stable.

This is absolutely scalable, as long as they can provide integrations to external stacks. We have fewer than 2,000 users with varied roles in the organization.

Not necessarily as an Oracle Cloud user, but as a general Oracle user, the technical support definitely has room for improvement.

Our experience has been that the response time is poor, escalations are the norm, and things are tossed around without a direct response. I'm not sure where the issue is but that's the general experience.

The initial setup is pretty straightforward. Deploying it was seamless and it has been a good experience. End to end, it took us approximately three weeks to deploy.

Our implementation was a combined effort. We used an integrator as well as a consultant. The consultant knew more about the product.

The biggest lesson that I have learned from working with Oracle Cloud is that using other applications from the Oracle stack works well. It's a linear job to finish. However, if you are trying to integrate with Salesforce, for example, there are quite a few unknowns for which you don't really have any reference. You're primarily running it by trial and error rather than knowing what that involves. There is a lot of documentation and information available when dealing with the Oracle stack, but the rest of it seems to be a little hazy.

From the limited experience that we have with this product, I would rate it a seven out of ten.

The product helps us to use it as a central ERP and HCM.

The solution needs improvement in support, performance, and features. 

I have been working with the solution for four years. 

The solution is scalable. 

I would rate the tool's proactive support an eight out of ten. 

Negative

yUThe tool's implementation was straightforward and took around three months to complete. 

I would rate the solution a seven out of ten. 

I use the solution for integration, application development, content storage, and analytics. We also use it in data warehouses and data lakes.

The product is easy to use and deploy. It provides us with security.

The product roadmap strategy for some of the products is not clear. The solution’s API management is not as great as Azure.

I have been using the solution for seven years.

We have not faced any stability issues with the solution.

It is really easy to scale the product. We can add additional CPUs with ease. More than 4000 people in our organization use the product.

The support is fairly good. Our issues get resolved fairly within the appropriate time.

The initial setup is fairly easy.

Our employees and some contractors deployed the product in our organization. The deployment process depends on what service we want to deploy. The deployment takes a couple of minutes.

We see an ROI because of the solution's reusability.

The product is the backbone of integrating multi-cloud strategies. For the same task, the number of staff needed for Oracle is a little bit less than that for Azure. People planning to use the product must plan their process and ensure they have a good platform architect. Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.

We use the solution to build and run applications.

The most valuable part of the Oracle Cloud Platform is the ability to develop applications that help us migrate information from on-prem to the cloud.

I would like the Oracle Cloud Platform to have a more user-friendly UI similar to Microsoft Azure. I have used Azure, AWS, and Oracle, finding that the Azure UI is the best.

I have been using the solution for four months.

I give the stability a nine out of ten. We sometimes have connectivity issues but that is related to the internet connection with the on-prem hardware.

I give the scalability a nine out of ten.

The solution is for medium size companies.

The initial setup is straightforward as long as we have a working knowledge of Linux machines. The deployment time depends on the size of the project and the experience of the implementer. I am the lead architect for deployment.

The implementation strategy depends on a lot of factors including if it is going to be hot or cold, online or offline, and public or private.

The implementation is completed in-house.

The cost is based on multiple factors including which cloud service we are using, the size of data, performance, security, support contracts, and machine licensing.

Oracle has flexible licensing models. Oracle offers universal credit and pay-as-you-go options. We can also bring our own license.

I give the solution an eight out of ten.

We use Oracle Cloud Platforms predominantly for ERP and some analytics. However, we also address beyond ERP where we integrate data from on-premise sources, such as custom applications or other PaaS solutions. We integrate the data, load it into the cloud autonomous from the data warehouse, then build analytics on top of it.

The most valuable features of the Oracle Cloud Platform are good visualization and analytics. The solution is very well integrated with predictive analytics and forecasting. These features go beyond the traditional reports and visualization.

The documentation quality is excellent and the UI is intuitive.

Oracle Cloud Platform can improve the integration with hybrid and cross-cloud deployments. It should be a flexible solution with a very well-defined integration with other applications in the hybrid environment. There are certain integrations that are not straightforward. 

The visualization could improve by providing what the other vendors have. However, in terms of customer requirements, whatever visualization Oracle Cloud Platform has will suffice.

I have been using the Oracle Cloud Platform for approximately seven years.

Oracle Cloud Platform is quite stable because it's not a brand new solution, and it's built on top of the traditional product of OBIE and ODIE. In this way it is stable. There will be a certain bug since it's a new cloud operation, but overall the solution is stable.

The scalability of the Oracle Cloud Platform is very good.

We have approximately 250 consultants using this solution in my organization.

The technical support from Oracle is good.

I have a vast experience of 23 years and I have used many solutions over the years. Oracle Cloud Platform may not be the best solution, but it's comparable to other solutions.

The initial setup of the Oracle Cloud Platform is very well documented. If you follow the processes in the documentation, there should not be any challenge. However, when you integrate with on-premise sources, you may face some challenges.

The maintenance staff we need depends on the projects. However, you don't need many PaaS solutions, such as this. In the maintenance of the application, you may need consultants, but for core application maintenance, you don't need any because it is managed by Oracle.

Oracle Cloud Platform has a decent pricing model.

Oracle Cloud Platform is a great solution. I would advise others to try it out, the features are quite comparable with all the competitors.

I rate Oracle Cloud Platform an eight out of ten.

Oracle Cloud is a very broad portfolio. They have a very good infrastructure as a service, IaaS portfolio, which has a core function of compute, storage, and networking.

I have been using Oracle Cloud for learning and certification. I have not yet used it in a project for one of our customers, but I definitely plan to increase my usage in the future.

The strength of this product is that they have many good database options, compared to other vendors. In particular, they provide various Oracle database options, which is a unique offering. They offer multiple versions of their own database so that customers have a lot of choices.

Another advantage to Oracle Cloud is the pricing. First, the cost of the basic service is not expensive. Second, the data-out pricing is very liberal. A lot of other vendors charge heavily for getting data out of the platform, but Oracle's policy is very attractive for many customers.

The global coverage in terms of the number of regions that are supported is very limited.  They should really consider improving the availability of this product in more locations. This would help customers to better serve their own clients across different regions. For example, I do not have a local region for coverage in Dubai. My understanding is that it will be coming within the next six months, but there are many other cities that don't have it locally available. Customers with data residency laws need to have their data stored locally, so better coverage is important.

Compared to providers like AWS or Azure, they do not have a large portfolio of services such as artificial intelligence, IoT, or blockchain. They offer some basic services but the choice is not as rich as other cloud providers.

I have been using Oracle Cloud for three months.

My impression of the stability is that it's good.

There are good options with respect to scalability. They offer fault domain, which is an option not available with other cloud providers. The high availability options are also good. The only problem with respect to scalability is that they do not cover too many regions.

I did not have to contact technical support with a problem, although I was receiving good support during my evaluation of the product. There were people from the Oracle support team who were calling to see whether I needed help, and trying to figure out why I had not been using the evaluation period to its fullest. For example, they were willing to extend the evaluation period.

Overall, my initial customer experience from the support team was good.

I am currently using Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure, and Oracle Cloud. For specific workloads, we might use AWS, but when it comes to database-intensive workloads then Oracle definitely has an edge.

The first time I tried to set up the service, I found it a little bit complex because they had two separate logins for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and Oracle Cloud Platform. However, after a few months when I tried it a second time, these two were integrated and it was much better. They now have a combined experience for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and Oracle Cloud Platform.

The length of time required for deployment depends on the solution. In my case, I was trying different services so it is difficult to estimate. That said, I would say that generally, it is easy to deploy.

The subscription is a pay-as-you-go model, with fees that are dependent on usage. The monthly fee will vary based on how much compute, storage, and networking you use.

Oracle Cloud is definitely a product that I recommend, especially for existing Oracle customers. If you have an Oracle database then you should definitely look into it. Similarly, if you have an Oracle SaaS application then you should definitely consider using this platform because there are a lot of integration points.

I would suggest familiarizing yourself with the terminology that is used. This can be done by reviewing the content available on the Oracle website, learning the concepts and terminology that they use. This is important because some of it is slightly different from AWS and Azure, so it is good to have knowledge about topics such as fault domain, tenancy, and compartments.

There are certain things that are unique to Oracle and it would be a good thing to do a basic course, which is available on the website, to help speed up your learning curve.

I think that over the years, Oracle has come a long way and they have improved a lot. They are doing a lot of things the right way. That said, they do not have a breadth of services. More can be offered in terms of analytics, AI, IoT, and blockchain. Although I would expect more services to come in the future, AWS and Azure currently have the edge in this regard.

I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.