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Leading enterprise-grade relational database that offers secure data management and transaction processing.

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Pros:

Oracle is a great ERP system that manages entire databases. Used to support budgetary information across many business units.

Cons:

Enterprise licence are very costly. Data Gurad licence sold separately.

Oracle Database ratings

Average score

Ease of Use
4.1
Customer Service
4.2
Features
4.5
Value for Money
4.1

Likelihood to recommend

8.4/ 10

Oracle Database has an overall rating of 4.6 out 5 stars based on 463 user reviews on Capterra.

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Serhat
Serhat
Senior Software Developer in Türkiye
Verified LinkedIn User
Banking, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Incredibly Fast

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: The features I use most in Oracle database; Writing stored procedure, view, cursor and trigger and calling it from within the software, as well as writing instant queries and generating reports.

Pros:

I'm in the banking industry and we have millions of transactions daily. We keep these transactions in the oracle database. Among all this data, we can find, for example, a transaction or customer we want to find, without waiting. An invaluable database tool for complete enterprise companies. The main features that I like the most are that it can process large amounts of data quickly, many users can access the same table or even the same data, and it is very easy to use.

Cons:

I've been using it for years and I've never encountered a feature that I don't like at all.

Ileana
Accounts Receivable Specialist in US
Accounting, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Oracle Database is a great accounting system for any company

5.0 7 months ago

Pros:

I liked that the system offered a convenient way to view all of your customer data and it was easy to navigate the system as a beginner which made it easy to train new employees.

Cons:

We can make the font size bigger, add some more color and space it out a bit more so that visually it is more appealing. After a few hours of working looking at the font caused some slight headaches.

Madelyne
Madelyne
Technology Manager in Ecuador
Verified LinkedIn User
Real Estate, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Not worth the money and time

1.0 2 years ago

Comments: Not recommended for really predator prices and lack of support.

Pros:

I had to use it because it came from a proprietary provider as it a special case use.

Cons:

The documentation is lacking and the most useful guides are provided by [sensitive content hidden] who unfortunately passed away this year. It really has a hard learning curve and the prices are extremely high. For a core, the prices started from $16k + taxes plus $5k + taxes for annual support. Also, you can't install Oracle on any common cloud environment as it will try to force you to buy licenses for all the capacity of the hypervisor. A basic Oracle specialized server costs nearly $500 a month with a major ISP provider in my country. This is not viable for a starting company.

Aiovino
ICT Manager in US
Utilities, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Productive Data Managing Platform

5.0 11 months ago

Comments: The solution gives us an reliable storage option, where all the data is effortlessly managed.

Pros:

The establishment of a data back up makes the application reliable and assertive.

Cons:

The development of an AI requires some significant upgrade.

Nakayemba
Accounts clerk in Uganda
Accounting, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Oracle database review

5.0 last year

Pros:

Security as it places a strong emphasis on it and the rich feature set that includes support for advanced data.

Cons:

Complexity as it requires a significant amount of expertise.

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Media Production, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

A data base that we use more than 10 years

4.0 last year

Comments: Overall with Oracle Database i can manage my data with more safety and easy to recall

Pros:

What i like most about Oracle Data base is the data base is more secure and easy to recall

Cons:

What i did least like from Oracle Database is the prize, because i use this Oracle Database when i buy The Prinergy Software

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Nonprofit Organisation Management, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Oracle for Non-Profits

4.0 last year

Pros:

Lightweight, pretty easy to use. TNS files make it easy to make sure everyone has the same connections. No real issues.

Cons:

Having to use a third party software like TOAD or SQL Developer to access it can be a pain and annoying at times. As well with having a Linux-based backend it can be difficult to find the right DBA.

Sami
Software Developer in Germany
Computer Software, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

My experience using Oracle database

4.0 last year

Comments: I worked on a project was about an e-commerce website.
The Customer told me that he wants his database on Oracle program.
the program was a bit difficult to use and needs practice to become easy.

Pros:

Scalability, High Availability, Data Integrity and security. It provides top-notch security and that is why the banking sector mostly uses Oracle as there is a back end database.

Cons:

I had trouble installing the program on my laptop, as it is very complicated to install. I had a lot of errors when I deleted it and reinstalled it, after much effort, contacting support, and watching videos on YouTube of how to completely remove it in order to install it again, and this took me a lot of time.

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Computer Software, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

A solid database

5.0 last year

Pros:

It is a very solid database, with a lot of official and community support and documentation. Very good for those who want to start with database management.

Cons:

With all of its features, it can be heavy and complex.

Bradley
Architect in UK
Verified LinkedIn User
Telecommunications, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Oracle Database still a super reliable option

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: A super product with a large suite of options for any database related deployments

Pros:

The Golden Gate is a great bolt on that we found effective in managing our data replication

Cons:

Occasionally bugs are evident but the regular quarterly patch sets keep on top of these

Attila
Senior Controller in Austria
Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

DBA for Oracle Database

5.0 2 years ago

Pros:

Having worked with Oracle Database as a DBA, I was satisfied with the functionalities, speed and overall performance of the tool. The multidimensional database enabled to design dynamic reports, and easily organize the data in excel. The sw dealt with large sets of data with an ease and rarely faced any outages / limitations.

Cons:

Nothing to highlight here. If you know your database / you can easily navigate, retrieve, edit data. Excel add in also helped to share information with others on a regular / ad-hoc basis..

PriyaDharshan
Senior Executive in India
Information Technology & Services, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Ultimate's of Oracle DB

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: Our company uses Oracle Database to manage data.

Pros:

It enables the security of the data is the best part. Also, we can retrieve data very quickly, and the user-friendly interface helps us create DB, and manage DB very easily.

Cons:

I don't see any bugs. An overall good tool to manage Database.

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Computer Software, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Good database software which meets all the requirements.

4.0 2 years ago

Comments: Overall it is a great experience , it does the job , have few drawbacks , which is negligible in most cases.

Pros:

Easily understandable queries makes it easy to use , it provides good visual database design tools such as workbench.

Cons:

High hardware requirement is needed for even if it is used for small projects.

Joel
Joel
Administrative Secretary in Ghana
Verified LinkedIn User
Consumer Services, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Honest review on Oracle Database

4.0 2 years ago

Comments: The database contains robust security mechanisms to guarantee data privacy which is important to us.

Pros:

Oracle database is scalable so it can manage growing volumes of data.

Cons:

The Oracle database may be resource-intensive, necessitating strong hardware, a lot of memory, and processing power.

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Information Technology & Services, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Reliable DBMS and Data Warehouse Solution!!

5.0 2 years ago

Pros:

1. Robust Data Backup and recovery Options is the major capability of Oracle2. Flexible to implement or host in both Cloud as well as in on premise.3. In Built Data Movement tools like Export and Import Data Pump, which help is secured Data copy4.Java Support is the key feature that differentiate this from other databases5. Operational Data Stores can be maintained and is so reliable6. Access controls are at a granular level and too secure

Cons:

Complex Architecture, Average Customer Support , Price is expensive, not an easy DB for Begineers

Gajanan
TEAM LEAD in India
Information Technology & Services, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Fact, efficient and scalable relation database system

5.0 3 years ago

Comments: Database is a must for every organization. oracle and SQL server is the most widely used databases
oracle is most advanced database with SQL , cloud and admin support.

Pros:

Easy to use , comprehensive SQL support, PL/SQL is the most advanced. Hugh data storage , scalable and cloud-ready.

Cons:

As compared to SQL Server , SQL developer is looking very simple but you can use toad for SQL.

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Information Technology & Services, 501–1,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Alternatives Considered:

Best Enterprise database solution

5.0 4 years ago

Comments: I have more than 3 years of experience in database industry. In my experience , I can say Oracle database is the best enterprise grade database for any industry. As a service integration company, we always recommend clients to have Oracle databases in their environment. During my career, I have never seen a any data loss incident related to Oracle database. Oracle database has very larger community as well. So it was very easy to troubleshoot issues, even without paid vendor support

Pros:

+ Enterprise features such as High availability, Concurrency, Disaster Recovery. + Comprehensive documentation from Oracle. + Best vendor support -paid + Best security features such as encryption, data masking , redaction and auditing + Maximum Availability architecture to provide best protection to our data + Performance monitoring capabilities

Cons:

+ Enterprise licence are very costly. + Data Gurad licence sold separately. + Not easy to Install,configure and maintain, need high skilled resources.

Solianny Antonieta
Solianny Antonieta
Analista de soporte para TI in Venezuela
Verified LinkedIn User
Automotive, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Develop, create, innovate a database quickly and efficiently is achieved with Oracle DataBase.

5.0 6 years ago

Comments: Oracle Database is a powerful, flexible and enriched tool with unparalleled coding for database creation at different scales.

Pros:

There are many advantages of Oracle Database, I can say that its performance and use of resources for me is of a competent efficiency since it is a multiplatform system. Its data dictionary is extensive giving extraordinary support to the programming language, thanks to the fact that 80% of Oracle's internal codes are the same as those established in the operating system platforms, which allows creating data and tables quickly and easily according to the needs you want to achieve in a company or organization. The Forms, SQLFORMS are very simple and effective for the design of screens, the best of all is that, after defining the form you can work on it without generating codes, this at user level is very useful. It can be used both for personal information and for large data stores. is run in high and low range equipment, this is a great advantage. As I said at the beginning there are many advantages of Oracle to create a reliable and secure database.

Cons:

Just as it has a simple and adaptable interface, it's necessary to have a broad knowledge of programming and creation of tables to take advantage of the entire box of functionality that Oracle has. It's worth it.

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Retail, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Robust and secure but very expensive and bulky

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: its is good for large enterprises with high performance and mission critical business applications, specially for oracle related apps. but it comes with heavy cost

Pros:

Robustness, it can take any kind of load and has tons of inbuilt features for management backups, restore, analytics, analysis, troubleshooting

Cons:

requires very heavy infrastructure to run, takes huge CPU on memory for running this DB, as well as very expensive licenses, recommended only for high performance applications

Carlos David
Carlos David
Technical Team Lead in Poland
Verified LinkedIn User
Information Technology & Services, 5,001–10,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Industry Leading Database System

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: The Bank for which I am consultant has been using Oracle for ages. If you can rely in such product for supporting trillions of financing transactions everyday, you can be sure that you have selected a great deal. I am very pleased with the performance and all the capabilities that Oracle Database has bring to our platforms.

Pros:

With Oracle Database you can be sure you are backed up by one of the best RDBS available on the market. Features like query hints mark the difference with its competitors and can be very important when evaluating the performance of your data source tier. Oracle Database provides flexibility of data representation and all kinds of tools that help you succeed in your platform development. Preserving data is the most important thing in every organization.

Cons:

Licensing can be quite costly if you take into account that there are very good Open source solutions available out there.

Arturo
Arturo
Deputy Director of Marketing and Direct Segment Liaison in Argentina
Verified LinkedIn User
Telecommunications, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

A very reliable database

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: In my personal opinion, we ourselves have the possibility to mention that this is a great tool that has become quite useful in our organization because its technical support is also one of the best out there and it is quite useful for ourselves and that it is extremely reliable. , scalable and available.

Pros:

What I love the most about this tool is that Oracle database is quite efficient and high performance database program. It is also compatible with various different platforms and the best thing about Oracle is the connectivity feature. Besides that we have the possibility to mention that it is also quite flexible and easy to use, which means that it is very useful for ourselves.

Cons:

In my personal opinion, we ourselves have the possibility to mention that it is a great tool, in addition, that we have not found a failure in this instrument because we use the Oracle database in order to preserve the entire database of the company. company.

syed
syed
Senior Engineer Digital Payments and FS Operations in Pakistan
Verified LinkedIn User
Banking, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Pioneer of Databases

5.0 3 years ago

Comments: I am oracle database administrator and i have a great experience with oracle. I highly recommend to use oracle as a career it is also very attractive.

Pros:

Oracle is the giant in the database. It is the most powerful database. Almost overall financial industry is using oracle as their database. The most likely feature of oracle is the security. Their security is very tough and encryption is very protective and undecryptable.

Cons:

Oracle’s all features are remarkable but the least remarkable is oracle performance tuning feature in enterprise manager.

Abdul Wahab
Abdul Wahab
Project Manager in Pakistan
Verified LinkedIn User
Computer Software, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Good for huge data but Heavy, Complicated, Old, Outdated and not supported by modern applications

4.0 4 years ago

Comments: My experience with Oracle database was good in terms of performance with huge databases only. Some of the features are still unmatched but it is an outdated database overall and seeking to be refurbished urgently if they don't wish to loose in competition.

Pros:

I found it good for huge databases. The performance is not compromised with huge database. It supports manipulation of huge data very well. Encryption is good. The compression and partitioning features are good to enhance efficiency.

Cons:

It is unnecessarily heavy and complicated. It is actually an outdated database not supported now by most off the modern applications.

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Banking, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Oracle DataBase

5.0 6 years ago

Comments: Very good software, I have been using oracle for 5 years as a database administrator, it gives me security and integrity in the data, the manipulation of the data is safe and easy.
It is stable with the systems in which oracle has been implemented

Pros:

Integrity and data security Standardized the use of sql It can be run on any operating system and on any machine from PC to high-tech servers Allows database replication in a secure and consistent manner Allows multiple databases (Instances) in the same server The export and backup of the database is done according to the different needs of the user if it is a table excluding certain parameters, etc. It can be monitored by application such as cloud control. It allows to generate reports, statistics, multiple queries.

Cons:

Incompatibility with previous versions at the time of restoration High costs

Muhammad Adil
Muhammad Adil
Technical Analyst in Pakistan
Verified LinkedIn User
Information Technology & Services, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Oracle Database

5.0 4 years ago

Comments: If you want to build data warehouse than it is top notch solution for your company. Very stable and too efficient to manage large data. Nice support of documentation available.

Pros:

Due to its excellent disaster recovery and data security feature it is the best solution for big companies and organizations. It has one of the best framework for performance tuning of data and architect. Very good support of SQL and PLSQL. Regular bug fix available form the ORACLE.

Cons:

It is memory hungry software so on native machine it is nearly impossible to test anything. To run it on the Cloud, the cost is very high.