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Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

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What is Oracle Cloud Infrastructure?

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is Oracles's infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) platform which combines the utility of public cloud with the granular control, security, and predictability of on-premises infrastructure.

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  • Monitoring tools (119)
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What is Oracle Cloud Infrastructure?

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is Oracles's infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) platform which combines the utility of public cloud with the granular control, security, and predictability of on-premises infrastructure.

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IaaS provides the basic building blocks for an IT infrastructure like servers, storage, and networking, in an on-demand model over the Internet

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Product Details

What is Oracle Cloud Infrastructure?

Solutions from containers to VMware to AI, offered through a common set of 100+ services in each OCI region, across clouds, or in a data center with consistent pricing worldwide. OCI can be used to migrate, modernize, build, and scale all workloads, including existing and new applications and data platforms.


Users can develop intelligent applications with a choice of open-source tools, such as Java, the programming language for cloud native development, and MySQL, the world’s most popular open-source database. Oracle boasts a strong commitment to the open-source community and directly support Hadoop, Kubernetes, Linux, and Python.


OCI spans 46 interconnected commercial and government cloud regions across the globe. For increased support of customer cloud strategies, Oracle Cloud also offers a full suite of Oracle Cloud Applications and direct interconnection with Microsoft Azure.

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Features

Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) Features

  • Supported: Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime
  • Supported: Dynamic scaling
  • Supported: Elastic load balancing
  • Supported: Pre-configured templates
  • Supported: Monitoring tools
  • Supported: Pre-defined machine images
  • Supported: Operating system support
  • Supported: Security controls
  • Supported: Automation

Additional Features

  • Supported: Application Development
  • Supported: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)
  • Supported: Analytics
  • Supported: Big Data
  • Supported: Developer Services
  • Supported: Containers and Functions
  • Supported: Data Lake
  • Supported: Database Platform
  • Supported: Database Services
  • Supported: Distributed Cloud
  • Supported: Integration Services
  • Supported: Open Source Databases
  • Supported: Security Services
  • Supported: Storage Services
  • Supported: VMware

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Screenshots

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Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Video

A quick overview of the new console for Oracle Cloud.

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Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsWindows, Linux
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android
Supported LanguagesArabic, Chinesea, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai

Frequently Asked Questions

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is Oracles's infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) platform which combines the utility of public cloud with the granular control, security, and predictability of on-premises infrastructure.

Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform are common alternatives for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

Reviewers rate Dynamic scaling and Elastic load balancing highest, with a score of 8.7.

The most common users of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Fernando Orozco | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Oracle Cloud for servers used in production and testing. Our problem was finding a reliable infrastructure provider with a data center in my country.
  • VCN is excellent for limiting the port attack vector.
  • Free tier gave us a quick test of what we could do.
  • The offer of arm and x86 cpu gave us options to optimize our work.
  • More Linux images.
  • VCN could have more tools to check how much traffic is going through an specific port.
  • Updated guides (current ones are a little bit stale).
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is a great fit when you need High-performance infrastructure for mission-critical apps that require low latency and high availability. Scalable compute services for big data analytics workloads that process massive datasets. Support for DevOps teams looking to streamline their development and deployment pipelines. But it might not be the best choice for Small-scale or low-traffic applications where you can find cheaper options elsewhere. Legacy workloads running on older tech like Oracle Solaris or Windows Server, where OCI's support may be limited.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Oracle Cloud is the backbone of our Enterprise Management Application, which we migrated from On-Premise Servers. Our Key considerations during the Research phase are Scalability, Dynamic Pricing, Easy lift, and shift (not many custom upgrades we needed, and Go Live required to be done as soon as possible without impacting Business), and Service Delivery. After comparing multiple vendors, we finalized Oracle Cloud Infrastructure as our go-to for migration. Its customization option, SLA Agreements, smooth interaction among other applications, and cost were the main factors for choosing.
  • Scalability: During peak hours, you do not need to add additional servers, load balancers, etc., manually. Oracle does everything for you.
  • Cost : It's amazing option of pay what you use really helped us.
  • Interoperability: As we migrated from On-Premise, its interoperability helped reduce the time for go live.
  • Marketplace : A better and enhanced marketplace for prebuilt/ custom application.
  • UI/UX: There is not much to change, but if the team can check customer feedback on the Support portal, there are many options that will make it even more amazing.
  • Cost: We love the dynamic pricing, but for a midsize firm, it's still a lot, so if plans can be drilled down further, that could be useful.
Suppose one is looking for migration with easy lift and shift without much hassle for developers and functional expertise in a budget with dynamic scaling options. In that case, one should go for Oracle Cloud. Also, if you are looking for a whole custom build, then a dev team with functional expertise is needed, as there are not many custom/ Prebuilt apps available on the marketplace.
Score 4 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We came to know about Oracle Cloud Service and we thought of shifting few service to their cloud platform as we have policy to not to keep all data and service in one cloud service. They said their cloud is lifetime free and we created 2 machines in one account. But somehow all our machines were down on one day and all our data was wiped. So we decided not to use it further.
  • You can create multiple machines and they don't restrict you to 1 instance at a time during trial.
  • Large range of operating system images are provided by them with customization
  • Memory IOPS are better.
  • They really needs to improve their User Interface
  • Information on website is very confusing
  • No proper listing of recently used service
  • As of now services are very limited
As of now their service offering is very limited as compare to other providers. Policies are not properly listed and they're very complicated too in my experience. As of now they really needs to improve alot when it comes to their website and user interface in my opinion.
June 06, 2024

Wonderful product

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I have been using Oracle Cloud since few years. It provides cost-effectiveness and flexibility in terms of computing resource sizing. While setting up the base infrastructure, it requires skill and solid core concept knowledge of Networking, Identity and Access Management (IAM). VMs sizing flexibility feature gives tough competition to other cloud providers in OKE and VMs. A shell script is needed for Taint and customised boot disk sizing of the node during the OKE node pool setup. From a DevOps perspective, it was challenging overall, improved competence and clarified the concept in cloud context.
  • We are able to cut down the total infrastructure cost
  • Easy to use
  • Easy to migrate
  • More services
  • Custom environment and configuration
we use multiple [Oracle Cloud Infrastructure] compute instances, block volumes, object storage, VCN aggressively for our multiple customers. Many of the customers have already moved their DC to [Oracle Cloud Infrastructure], also a few of them uses [Oracle Cloud Infrastructure] as their DR solution.So I recommend, definitely go for it
June 06, 2024

Oracle

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We have a lot of information stored in a couple different data bases and cloud services. Oracle makes it very convenient and nice to have a central hub where we can find what we need. Our team loves using it because of how simple and easy it is. We highly recommend to any company dealing with a lot of information and or data.
  • Their Pricing is fair and very attainable
  • Has tons of storage available for our usage
  • Tons of integration services
  • More cloud regions
  • Minor performance issues
  • Occasionally slow loading
We have loved using it specifically to integrate with some of the other tools we use with cloud storage. We also have been very impressed with the machine learning built into the software and what it has done to ease up some of our data projects we are currently working on. It has created a seamless process and much quicker turnaround time in completing these projects.
Sagar Mehta | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We used Oracle Cloud Infrastructure for:
- VMs (mutliple configurations across varying CPU ranges)
- ARM based Oracle Databases

Majorly, we hosted 3 -Tier application on OCI which had Apache Web Servers, Tomcat Application Server and Oracle Databases.

Good CPU performance over databases was important reason to move towards OCI.
  • Good Performing VMs with high CPUs
  • Databases can hold large number of connections concurrely
  • Applications perform overall better for speed
  • VMs are good but proper configuration as per application load has to be planned
  • Databases are very good specially in case Oracle but more opensource integrations can add value
  • Continuous Delivery automated pipeline will be great option
We will recommend Oracle Cloud Infrastructure for applications hosting where high performance is need for business applications like banking or health services.
Economically, they are expensive than competitors but performance wise OCI is better as well.

So, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure as good choice in case business needs high-end performing applications and low response times.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use it to host important and crucial enterprise applications tackling reliability and scalability challenges. Use case includes deploying database workloads and running critical applications ensuring high performance and data security.
  • Great performance. It is delivering high speed computing and storage capabilities which is crucial for increasing workloads.
  • Offers robust security.
  • Seamless integration with on-premises infrastructure
  • User interface can be improved.
  • More tools for developer can be added to make development game changing.
  • Regional availability can be improved.
It is good for big companies with complex needs and data loaded projects. Expensive for small organizations so not suitable. Best fit when it comes to scale up and scale down quickly.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to connect and manage multiple networks with group of instances, it helps us to achieve fast performance and processing speed with VPN it helps us to process data with security in seamless manner to third party vendor applications, also the setup was super super easy.
  • Security while transferring data to third party vendor applications
  • on premis VPN support
  • steep learning curve for beginners
earlier we were using some different vendors but we found security issues with them then we found Oracle Cloud Infrastructure which provides all our requirements in lesser price also our main concern was security which is undoubtedly good here on top of that the authentication setup and data policy is something we like.
Eldhose K Shibu | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Oracle Cloud to deploy our apps in test phase before deploying to production. All out test servers are in Oracle Cloud and it is really great to deploy applications in real-time. We are really happy with this and is planning to use this infrastructure to deploy our production servers in the future.
  • Easy to set up and run a VM
  • Super support to deploy the applications in real-time
  • Easy to set up and configure
  • Great documentation of various steps
  • Difficulty in deploying applications for various regions
  • There is very hard pre built images for various OS
  • Less support for Linux based applications
The main reason we use the Oracle Cloud is because of its ease in use and ability to deploy applications in real-time. We use all our test applications on Oracle Cloud and its really easy to manage and test them before deploying to the production. If there is more support for pre built applications then this cloud infrastructure will be really great.
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It was reviewed within the scope of testing our application for a customer that would want to run on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, virtualizing our platform on it. This was the customer's choice, and our QA team then needed to validate installation and runtime support. This was an initial evaluation, with no prior experience.
  • Lots of documentation
  • Robust security principles
  • Too much documentation
  • Documentation a little too reference-style
  • Long turnaround for inquiries
I have no doubt of the security posture of an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure install, and the documentation is all there, but it is not really easy to learn from. We had to ask our best devops types to try out various approaches... eventually it can always be done, but it's tedious to get there, compared to GCP/Azure.

Robustness seemed clear, but a lot of config files to deal with.
Vineethkumar Marpadge ☁️ | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We are in the middle of migration, and Oracle offers computing, which was a use case for us. Our on-premise servers were Oracle application servers, which helped us easily migrate to the platform. Using Oracle Infrastructure saved us time, money, and a lot of configuration time, and we were able to migrate the project in time without much hassle.
  • Compute Options.
  • Networking
  • Applications
  • More Services.
  • Custom Environment and Configuration.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
we use multiple [Oracle Cloud Infrastructure] compute instances, block volumes, object storage, VCN aggressively for our multiple customers. Many of the customers have already moved their DC to [Oracle Cloud Infrastructure], also a few of them uses [Oracle Cloud Infrastructure] as their DR solution.
  • love the oci console , its very simple to use than before.
  • oci rewards system is pretty interesting.
  • oci security much better than other OEM's.
  • Though the navigation has been simplified a lot I believe it can be simplified more just like AWS.
  • cost details analysis gets delayed sometimes. This needs to settle.
  • More insights on offerings of different services provided in OCI
Datacenter and Disaster recovery solution where dc is on-premise and DR resides in [Oracle Cloud Infrastucture]. A perfect example [that] provides scalability, CAPEX model for DR infra. There was a time when Cloud computing used to mean convenient, but slow. But With [Oracle Cloud Infrastructure], all that has changed. Oracle’s next-generation solution offers bare-metal servers that reliably provide extreme performance that fully supports real-time processing, massive datasets, and high input/output operations per second (IOPS).
Sayam Jain | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We have used Oracle Cloud Infrastructure for storing the data and for computing. Our project was data-centric, so we were storing the data with its help, The storage and retrieval of data was really fast and secured. Data Security and Privacy was really good. Performance was not affected due to its scalability feature.
  • Database Management is really easy
  • It is good for large amount of data
  • It has a good backup and failover policies
  • Its Pricing is bit high
  • Knowledge is required to work on it
It is really helpful in the scenarios of Big data and Large data where the result display takes less time to display. Its user-based role assignation helps in increased security and Privacy. It gives a broad way for analytics.
It is less suited for small-sized data requirements as the cost to output is low.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use OCI as a means of Storage and also help with managing our MySQL databases. It allows us to run a number of containers depending on our database requirements. We also use the monitoring services for tracking performance and any alarms raised. It is useful for metrics and statistics, as well as using the mointoring service to log analyticsfor auditing purposes.
  • User Friendly
  • Simple to Use
  • Scalability
  • Reliability
  • Cost efficiency
  • Start up Guides
  • Ease of setup
  • Ease of integration
Great for when unknown amounts of storage required. Makes it simple to manage your database infrastructure.It is also well suited for monitoring. Whether this be checking containers, having alarms setup for various alerts, Reviewing the performance of the Infrastructur, Providing logs for auditing purposes. Furthermore it provides a wide range of access controls to restrict account access and authorization which is important for security.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure addresses a wide range of business challenges, including Scalability, Data Management, Application Deployment, Security and Compliance, Disaster Recovery, Hybrid Cloud Deployments, Analytics and Big Data and so on.

We use for a wide variety of use cases, such as hosting web applications, running databases and processing large data sets.
  • Database Management
  • High-Performance Computing
  • Scalability
  • Big Data and Analytics
  • Data Backup and Disaster Recovery
  • Pricing and Transparency
  • User Interface and Usability
  • Documentation and Support
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Hybrid Cloud Solutions
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is well-suited for a variety of scenarios like Big Data and Analytics, High-Performance Computing, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, Hybrid Cloud Deployments, Web Applications and DevOps and Security and Compliance.

Scenarios Where Oracle Cloud Infrastructure May Be Less Appropriate are Non-Oracle Workloads, Minimal Global Presence, Preference for Simplicity and Small to medium-sized with Simpler Needs
Score 5 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Oracle Cloud Infrastructure as a key component of our business continuity and disaster recovery infrastructure plan, and to host mission critical databases that require high availability. These resources are currently used within a single department but we would like to broaden the scope to encompass additional departments throughout the organization.
  • Disaster Recovery Plan Management
  • Cloud Storage
  • Cloud Database Management
  • Customer support is lacking in my opinon
  • I've found the initial integration can be confusing
  • Need more apps overall
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure offers full stack disaster recovery which encompasses multiple layers (application, middleware, database, infrastructure), and delivers this decently. Various disaster recovery standbys are available, and the single click disaster recovery plan creation and management tool has been especially useful for us since this is our first time implementing true disaster recovery preparation. Unfortunately, our experience with tech support, when needed, has not been fantastic and this is an issue that has to be taken into consideration.
Muhammad Arsalan Niazi | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We have a client infrastructure in GCP which we migrated to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Our main motive was to save the billing cost and in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure we achieved it by a significant margin. We use Terraform to initiate the infra consisting of multiple compute instances, managed Mysql and PostgreSQL and storage.
  • Low on Cost
  • Easy to use
  • Right scaling is convenient
  • Convenient to operate Managed Services
  • Security aspects
  • User Experience is not great
  • At times face downtime while loading the windows
Although Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is suited for Oracle clients with support of Oracle services, I would recommend it to anyone who wants to save some bucks while utilising the cloud services. We migrated towards Oracle Cloud Infrastructure due to low cost and support of "Dubai" and "Abu Dhabi" regions. We have segregated the regions but configured cross-region private connectivity between tenancies using VCN peering, which works like a charm. The only issue I have is Oracle Cloud Infrastructure lacks a little in ease of user experience in comparison to other cloud platforms, but if it's not a deal breaker for you, then Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is recommended.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
When I think about Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Compute, or actually just OCI in general, I think of three qualities: powerful, reliable, and affordable. Another feature that sets you apart from the competitors is ease of usage. High-performance processing capabilities are a hallmark of OCI, making it ideal for resource-intensive workloads and applications.
  • High Scalability.
  • Good Security.
  • Top notch performance.
  • Good manageability.
  • Support needs improvement.
  • It’s not east to integrate.
  • Documentation is little hard to understand.
It is a service that enables us to divide incoming network traffic among numerous resources, including virtual computers. By intelligently routing requests, it guarantees fault tolerance and high availability. Application performance is enhanced, and resource utilization is optimized by load balancing. SSL/TLS termination and public and private load balancing are supported. Using the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Console or APIs, load balancers are simple to set up and configure.
Score 9 out of 10
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Verified User
Incentivized
We use OCI for computing, storage, and networking. Both media dispatching and CMS hosting are the main functions we do in our. OCI performs the same performance but offers a lower price for PAYG users, so we can move a lot of cost-sensitive applications to OCI and get better internet without caring about hosting.
  • Good Internet Connectivity at Low Price.
  • Flexible Compute Resource Allocation.
  • Pricing
  • Simplified Console or API (Flow) for Small Organization.
Iaas parts are almost the same for OCI and other providers, but OCI provides better prices for small organizations; you may not use some paas&saas parts, like the Oracle database, as it's expensive. When you choose OCI, you may use the free support(they said), but we never used it; the documents cover nearly everything you need for IAAS services.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We have other Cloud Service Providers too but the reason for using the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is the additional services it provides on the database side whether it is Oracle Autonomous database or the various Database Service and mainly it's unique Exadata features.
We have been using Oracle Database since more than 2 decades now and now as we have started our Cloud Journey the migration have been very smooth with its innovative tools and services.
  • Very Cost Effective
  • Better SLA
  • Best Database Services
  • Oracle Workload Optimization
  • Support Ticket Creation and Followup
  • Compared to other Cloud Service Providers like AWS, still lacking in providing many innovative products and solutions
  • Administrative Portal needs to made more user-friendly
1. Good collaboration with Microsoft Azure for adopting Multi-cloud services specially Azure for application side services and OCI for database side features.
2. Best for high-performance computing which could run multiple complex simulations along with artificial intelligence as an additional addon.
3. Very well suited for the pricing factors as it has much cheaper rates compared to its competitors (though needs lacks a bit of flexibility).
Score 7 out of 10
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Verified User
Incentivized
For one of our recent healthcare clients, we have chosen Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) for several important reasons. Firstly, OCI allows us to easily scale­ our IT resources, which is crucial in the healthcare industry where patient data and application needs can vary significantly. Security and compliance­ are of utmost importance in our sector, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure provides extensive se­curity features including encryption, acce­ss restrictions, and audit capabilities to ensure we meet stringe­nt requirements like HIPAA. Additionally, OCI's pay-as-you-go pricing model has allowed us to optimize expenses and reduce infrastructure costs. The autonomous database services offered by OCI have streamlined database administration tasks, resulting in significant cost savings. Lastly, we have utilized Oracle Cloud Infrastructure for disaste­r recovery and high availability to ensure uninterrupted business ope­rations.
  • For apps driven by events or micro-services, Oracle Functions by Oracle Cloud Infrastructure presents a serverless computing choice. It lets programmers bypass server management when running code, streamlining app development, and deployment.
  • The Oracle Cloud Infrastructure high-performance computing is suited to a compute-intensive and large data workload. The other type is a dedicated compute-optimised instance which contains a GPU that is useful for deep learning, image processing, and scientific computations. Such resources help in quick computing and learning of models inside the organization.
  • Self-driving, self-securing, and self-healing database services that come under Oracle Cloud Infrastructure autonomous database services include autonomous data warehouse and transaction processing. Database task automation can encompass regular optimization of various routines, enhancement of a DBMS, and assurance of integrity and uninterrupted access to the database.
  • Pricing: While Oracle offers competitive pricing, I personally find it challenging to understand their billing statements due to complex pricing models.
  • User Interface: I did not find its UI intuitive or user-friendly compared to competitors.
  • Integration: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure does not provide direct service integrations with other cloud providers or with services which makes it more challenging for the users.
I feel like there are scenarios where Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is well suited: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure's state-of-the-art computing capabilities and data management services help organizations analyze and manage large datasets. It is ideal for big data systems like Apache Hadoop and Apache Spark. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is a strong choice for enterprise web hosting packages, especially those that rely on Oracle technologies, such as Oracle Database, Oracle Exa-data, and Oracle E-Business Suite. Its seamless integration with Oracle products makes it a natural fit.
Harvey Wyche | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We used Oracle Cloud Infrastructure for the Dev and Prod environment and mostly to serve up load-balanced application nodes. Oracle does a great job with VM instance management and offers a range of solutions, and we found that very helpful in supporting business requirements. It also solved for high performant compute service management for our applications.
  • High-performance workload execution and management.
  • Application load balancing and scale options.
  • Flexible and low total cost of ownership.
  • Documentation is sometimes not up to date and requires professional services to set things straight.
  • Better cost management support - Continued automation in this area will be beneficial.
  • Support an overhaul of issue submission and tracking - Operational aspects.
If you need stable and performant application services to feed to the web, app, or analytics routines then you should be looking at Oracle. I've had exposure with services for channels in Retail, Travel, and Marketing Analytics for batch and close to near real time scenarios and it is best in class suited for these industries.
Score 8 out of 10
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Verified User
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We tested out a few of Oracle Cloud infrastructure services for selecting services among cloud providers for our company's migration to the cloud. Services include computing instances, object storage, MySQL database, and data science services. We wanted a seamless migration from an on-premise data center to cloud infrastructure for all workloads. For an enterprise of our size and needs, OCI seemed to be a good option.
  • Database services.
  • Logging
  • In database machine learning.
  • OCI Workflow.
  • Support is not up to the mark.
  • Limited options for OS images for VM.
  • UI can be improved to match the competition.
  • A limited number of services offered.
As per our experience, OCI suites well when there are simple workloads that require minimum cloud services. This is useful for many small to medium-scale applications to run on the cloud at a low cost or for accounting/finance services. It is also not recommended for hybrid workflows (as there is no support, which was our case).
Score 8 out of 10
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Verified User
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In a heavily regulated business, we use Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to safely and securely handle our documents and data. The Archival solution is flexible, secure, and very easy to set up. We also use it to create scalable microservices application deployments with low latency and API support. We use OCI to host our in-house SAAS applications, which require low latency and high availability for our bank's trading business. In addition, we need the proximity of the Cloud Infrastructure to certain market participants to further reduce latency.
  • The auto-scaling feature in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is extremely useful during sudden spikes in volumes being processed. The load balancer works seamlessly and is easy to set up.
  • Data storage and security.
  • Monitoring dashboard.
  • Global footprint is lacking as compared to competitors.
  • Integration with more cloud solutions needed(e.g. AWS).
  • Support is lacking a bit: slow response and lack of a wide community to help resolve issues.
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is well suited for users who are starting with the cloud and migrating on-prem solutions to the cloud. The huge range of microservices available makes it easier to develop and deploy solutions. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure works really well to handle data security and storage requirements for heavily regulated industries like banking. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is lacking compared to its competitors when it comes to multiple available regions globally, which can impact some use cases where low latency is required.
Score 8 out of 10
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Verified User
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We use OCI for our distributed database setup, storing exabytes of critical client information. This database, deployed across multiple tiers and clusters, ensures that client data is available for financial decision making impacting deals worth billions of dollars, including Risk analyses, mergers, private banking and infrastructure upgrade.

We use the Oracle 12c and 19c databases exhaustively for our purposes
  • Oracle offers a cloud solution for database hosting available across multiple tiers which can be scaled vertically catering to various data sizes.
  • Support is complete, quick and efficient
  • Helpful to effect migrations from OnPrem to cloud with minimal downtime
  • Largely supports SQL databases only, forcing us to find separate solutions for Mongo, Redis or similar DB providers
  • The setup is complex and antiquated, requiring significant training and upkeep
  • Connection into local instances is tough and often unstable, leading to significant effort spent for local testing
For a complex, multi tier, multi environment architecture where separate copies of the database have to be maintained with vertical scalability a distinct alternative based on the resource capabilities of the org, I'd recommend OCI. However, for smaller teams, it's recommended to go on a pay as you scale model
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