We use the product to monitor applications and Oracle databases.
Manager Oracle Apps DBA /OCI Architect at Wipro Limited
Triggers critical alerts but performance issues hamper the system during heavy loads
Pros and Cons
- "Oracle Enterprise Manager triggers critical alerts."
- "We have encountered performance issues when the load is huge."
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
Oracle Enterprise Manager triggers critical alerts.
What needs improvement?
We have encountered performance issues when the load is huge.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the product for more than 13 years.
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What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I rate the tool's stability an eight out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I rate Oracle Enterprise Manager's scalability a seven out of ten.
How was the initial setup?
The tool's deployment was straightforward.
What was our ROI?
If over six hundred errors are related to the database, it can lead to a crash, resulting in significant losses for any business. Using a monitoring tool helps prevent such disasters. For instance, if a high CPU consumption query is identified through the monitoring tool, it becomes a proactive way to address potential crashes. By identifying and working on problematic queries, you can notify users to terminate sessions, avoiding downtime and potential business impacts. This monitoring tool proves to be incredibly helpful for managing and overseeing applications and data.
What other advice do I have?
I rate the product a nine out of ten.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.

Subject Matter Expert at Cyprobes
A data encryption tool that is easy to use but has a high price tag
Pros and Cons
- "The solution is easy to use and has good performance."
- "The tool is expensive."
What is our primary use case?
We use the solution for data encryption.
What is most valuable?
The solution is easy to use and has good performance.
What needs improvement?
The tool is expensive.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Oracle Enterprise Manager for ten years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I rate the solution’s stability a nine out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The solution is scalable. The solution’s scalability depends on how you manage your hardware, server type, storage and the processes needed.
We have 200,000 users using the solution. We have sufficient usage of the solution.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup of the solution is straightforward. The time of deployment depends on the database and customer. The solution needs a third-party integration that uses the database.
Deployment is the same with the wireless license. You first deployed a server to the cloud and then created a schema for all your data links. The deployment process depends on the system type you will implement.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The solution’s licence is expensive. It is a user-based solution and has a yearly subscription for upgrades.
What other advice do I have?
The maintenance of the Oracle Enterprise Manager solution depends on the type of banking system you are using, the number of users, the amount of data, and whether or not you have migrated any data. Since we have not migrated any data, it is going as it is.
You should go for an open-source solution if possible.
Overall, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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A very good tool for monitoring, alerting, and reporting purposes
Pros and Cons
- "The job subsystem, monitoring subsystem, alerting, grouping of targets, and reporting features are valuable to us."
- "The product must improve its support team."
What is our primary use case?
We use the solution for monitoring and alerting.
What is most valuable?
The job subsystem, monitoring subsystem, alerting, grouping of targets, and reporting features are valuable to us. Sending alerts based on groups is also useful. The product serves the purpose that we are using it for. We are very satisfied.
What needs improvement?
The product must improve its support team.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the solution for 12 years.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We have around 300 customers. Almost every customer that is present in our environment is using the product.
How are customer service and support?
Support for the internal workings is not well documented. The solution’s engineers have to run after the senior engineers whenever any complex issue occurs. It causes a delay when we create a support request.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Neutral
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is complex. It requires two server setups. It took us five to six hours to deploy the solution due to its complexity and the number of components present.
What about the implementation team?
We need two DBAs to deploy and maintain the solution.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I am not sure about the pricing. The pricing terms change every year. It depends on the customer’s infrastructure and environment.
What other advice do I have?
We need to install plugins for integration. It is pretty much covered within the tool. It requires additional licensing, and we do not require integration. I would recommend the solution to others. We can use it for monitoring and alerting purposes, and it is a very good tool. Overall, I rate the tool a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. Partner
Senior Vice President IT Operations at ZTBL
Provides good stability and has an easy implementation process
Pros and Cons
- "It is a good tool for monitoring databases."
- "It is complicated to run it on Google Chrome."
What is most valuable?
It is a good tool for monitoring databases. It enhances the overall visibility within the database.
What needs improvement?
The older version of the product works with Flash technology. Although the latest version works with Java, it still requires Flash technology. It should utilize only a Java plugin to visualize your dashboard. Additionally, It is complicated to run it on Google Chrome.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been Oracle Enterprise Manager since 2012. At present, we use the 13c version.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is a stable platform.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We have 5000 Oracle Enterprise Manager users in our organization. We have a team of 20 administrators to manage. Additionally, we plan to increase the usage in the future.
How are customer service and support?
The product’s technical resources should cooperate with us during the shifts. We have to wait as they transfer cases to other resources according to their shifts.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Neutral
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We switched to Oracle Database Appliance from the commodity server for better compatibility and performance.
How was the initial setup?
The product is easy to implement as we are familiar with Oracle solutions. We can download and import it to a virtual box or infrastructure through their website.
What was our ROI?
The product’s troubleshooting capabilities and visibility justifies the investment.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The product’s price is reasonable. It works well for database server visibility. It helps us understand the cost of database monitoring.
What other advice do I have?
I rate Oracle Enterprise Manager a ten out of ten.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Oracle database lead at Ministry of Energy
Provides comprehensive monitoring and management, but the cost should be improved
Pros and Cons
- "The best part is the efficient database performance monitoring and the ability to take actions directly from there."
- "I would like to improve the cost."
What is our primary use case?
The best part is the efficient database performance monitoring and the ability to take actions directly from there. For example, if any issues arise, such as performance slowing down or sessions getting stuck, you no longer need to go to the server and write a script to address them.
What is most valuable?
The best part is the efficient database performance monitoring and the ability to take actions directly from there. For example, if any issues arise, such as performance slowing down or sessions getting stuck, you no longer need to go to the server and write a script to address them.
What needs improvement?
I would like to improve the cost.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using this solution for the past three to four years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is a stable solution.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It is a scalable solution.
How are customer service and support?
We need two people for the deployment process.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is straightforward.
What was our ROI?
The return on investment is good.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The license is good but can be improved.
What other advice do I have?
Overall, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
A stable and scalable tool with great support and an easy installation phase
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is a very user-friendly tool."
- "Oracle Enterprise Manager's scalability is an area with certain shortcomings where improvements are required."
What is our primary use case?
I work on whatever development projects I get with Oracle Enterprise Manager in my company.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is a very user-friendly tool. I find Oracle Enterprise Manager to be a complete tool because it has options like SQL Scratchpad, Oracle Migration Workbench, etc.
What needs improvement?
Oracle Enterprise Manager's scalability is an area with certain shortcomings where improvements are required.
In the future releases of Oracle Enterprise Manager, I would like to see the product offer the ability to its users to scale up the solution whenever required.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Oracle Enterprise Manager for around ten years. I work as an Oracle consultant.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is a stable solution.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Though Oracle Enterprise Manager is a scalable product, it may not be as scalable as Oracle Big Data. You can scale up Oracle Big Data to any number, but it may be difficult to do so when it comes to Oracle Enterprise Manager.
Around 10 to 50 people in my company use Oracle Enterprise Manager.
How are customer service and support?
The solution's technical support is good. I rate the technical support a nine out of ten.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup of the product is easy.
The product's installation phase may take up to a maximum of 30 minutes.
The product's installation phase can be taken care of by one person.
The solution is deployed on an on-premises model.
What other advice do I have?
Usually, I use Oracle Enterprise Manager for development purposes, and I can say that the development part is very easy with Oracle.
I rate the overall tool a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. Partner
DevOps engineer at Esprit
A scalable solution used for monitoring, but its stability could be improved
Pros and Cons
- "Oracle Enterprise Manager is a scalable solution."
- "The solution’s stability could be improved."
What is our primary use case?
We use Oracle Enterprise Manager for monitoring.
What is most valuable?
Oracle Enterprise Manager is a scalable solution.
What needs improvement?
The solution’s stability could be improved.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Oracle Enterprise Manager for five months.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I rate Oracle Enterprise Manager a seven out of ten for stability.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Oracle Enterprise Manager is a scalable solution. Many users are using the solution in our organization.
How are customer service and support?
I am satisfied with the solution's technical support and their response time.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have previously worked with Grafana and Zoho.
How was the initial setup?
The solution’s initial setup is straightforward.
What about the implementation team?
We implemented the solution through a third-party vendor team.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Oracle Enterprise Manager has a yearly licensing fee, which I think is expensive.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend Oracle Enterprise Manager to other users.
Overall, I rate Oracle Enterprise Manager a seven out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Sr. Sun Solaris Field Support Consultant at World Distribution Nepal Pvt.Ltd
Stable monitoring tool that can help manage all the resources and view all the resources from a single dashboard
Pros and Cons
- "The single-pane and single interface in the centralized system is the most valuable feature."
- "There are limited numbers of other OEM devices that can be integrated into enterprise management that can be scaled by Oracle by adding other OEM devices to enterprise management."
What is our primary use case?
Enterprise Manager is a centralized system. It will help integrate all the Oracle servers and Oracle applications into a central single dashboard that we can see, and it helps to monitor and control all the services from enterprise management.
What is most valuable?
The single-pane and single interface in the centralized system is the most valuable feature. All the enterprise services can be seen from a single pane, whether it be a database, applications, or hardware. We can manage and monitor from a single page.
What needs improvement?
Lots of other OEMs we can integrate, but there are very few variants that we can bind and see and monitor from OEM Enterprise Manager. In that case, Oracle can increase the addition of other OEM devices that we can integrate into enterprise management.
There are limited numbers of other OEM devices that can be integrated into enterprise management that can be scaled by Oracle by adding other OEM devices to enterprise management.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been working with this solution for more than five years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is a stable solution. I would rate the stability a ten out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It is a scalable solution. I would rate the scalability a ten out of ten.
All the clients that have Oracle servers are using the Enterprise Manager. So, there are around six to seven clients using this solution.
How are customer service and support?
The customer service and support was very good.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
How was the initial setup?
I would rate my experience with the initial setup an eight out of ten, with one being difficult and ten being easy.
The deployment process takes five to six hours.
What about the implementation team?
The process will take the deployment of our database first. We need to set up the Oracle database. After that, the database is created, and we need to create a listener. And after that, we can set up the Oracle Enterprise Manager database. In the middleware, it will communicate with the database, and after the process is complete, we can browse the Oracle Enterprise Manager. With the help of Oracle Enterprise Manager, we can communicate with all the servers and other posts that support SNMP or with whichever supports the Oracle Enterprise Manager point.
What other advice do I have?
It's a very stable monitoring tool that can help manage all the resources and view all the resources from a single dashboard.
Overall, I would rate the solution a nine out of ten. I deducted one point because it doesn't offer a feature of allowing other operating systems to be hosted on Spark.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Private Cloud
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.

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