Amazon Web Services vs Oracle API Platform Cloud

Amazon Web Services

Amazon Web Services is well suited for companies or organizations that need to run specific applications or virtual services on servers. The cost-per-server ratio makes this ideal for testing and live deployment scenarios. It is especially ideal for smaller to medium size IT development teams. If you are looking to just set up a website, for example, AWS may not be ideal unless you are having it custom built.

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Nathan Sichilongo

Regional Manager

Dotcom ZambiaConsumer Services, 11-50 employees

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Oracle API Platform Cloud

There are countless solutions and needs in the marketplace. Some solutions are straight forward, other highly complicated and innovative. From my perspective, our platform and application is highly complex and innovative, with many "one-off" features.

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Krishna T

Senior-Lead Operations Engineer

Yodlee Infotech Pvt LtdComputer Software, 1001-5000 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Amazon Web Services

8.3

Oracle API Platform Cloud

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Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime

8.9

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Dynamic scaling

9.1

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Elastic load balancing

8.7

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Pre-configured templates

7.6

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Monitoring tools

7.5

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Pre-defined machine images

7.9

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Operating system support

7.9

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Security controls

8.4

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Amazon Web Services

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Oracle API Platform Cloud

6.0

Ease of building user interfaces

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6.0

Scalability

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7.0

Platform management overhead

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4.0

Workflow engine capability

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6.0

Platform access control

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7.0

Services-enabled integration

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7.0

Development environment creation

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6.0

Development environment replication

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6.0

Issue monitoring and notification

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5.0

Issue recovery

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7.0

Upgrades and platform fixes

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5.0

Pros

Customer service: There's no beating AWS for their customer service. They've clearly been trained to lisetn to understand the core issue you've called them for. Our customers satisfaction is in direct correlation to what AWS can deliver, so this is the #1 reason we chose and have stayed with AWS for 8 years.
Agility: We have demand cycles that fluctuate, largely without alot of notice. It doesn't take more than 1 phone call to address any increase in bandwidth. In fact, they're more likely to reach out to us with any enhancements we might need or shoul be considering.
Performance: We've never experienced a slowdown, nor failure - even when there've been internet-wide issues. They're always innovating based on every customer, and we all benefit from Bezos vision of what infrastructure technology should do for business.

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Jackie Bassett

NEJM Insights Council

NEJM GroupHospital & Health Care, 11-50 employees

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Oracles Cloud is endlessly variable, and endlessly expandable.
These are qualities that we needed in our platform. Oracle's Name in business was also an important aspect of our decision.
The most important "like" is the support. Oracle Backs up its cloud with a technical expertise that I believe is second to none.

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Krishna T

Senior-Lead Operations Engineer

Yodlee Infotech Pvt LtdComputer Software, 1001-5000 employees

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Cons

AWS is really difficult to use if you do not have any training.
You need to create your own backups. I cannot verify this, but a co-worker of mine stated that he did now create a back, and lost several items.
It is very expensive for everyday use. AWS is for people that have done the research, and know exactly what they need. These instances are not toys, believe me.

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Michael Timms

IT Specialist

iQorTelecommunications, 10,001+ employees

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Planned maintenance. Oracle has certain days it schedules maintenance. We have been speaking with Oracle executives about the inability to schedule maintenance on days that are custom to the client.

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Krishna T

Senior-Lead Operations Engineer

Yodlee Infotech Pvt LtdComputer Software, 1001-5000 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

Amazon Web Services9.4

Based on 10 answers

Janova was built utilizing the EC2 infrastructure and with Amazon's cost continuing to drop and with the capability to be billed hourly there is no reason to switch to a different platform.

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Brian Lusenhop

Vice President Marketing and Product Management

SPIDA SoftwareInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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Usability

Amazon Web Services9.0

Based on 3 answers

Easy to use/learning curve. If you are new to the use of cloud storage, AWS is your entry point. If you have experience in that field, AWS is the way to go.

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Miguel Angel Merino Vega

Analista de Sistemas

Consultor independiente de softwareComputer Software, 1-10 employees

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Reliability and Availability

Amazon Web Services9.0

Based on 1 answer

Availability is very good, with the exception of occasional spectacular outages.

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Computer Software Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Performance

AWS does not provide the raw performance that you can get by building your own custom infrastructure. However, it is often the case that the benefits of specialized, high-performance hardware do not necessarily outweigh the significant extra cost and risk. Performance as perceived by the user is very different from raw throughput.

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Support

Amazon Web Services3.0

Based on 3 answers

Neutral, no experience with either.

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Implementation

Amazon Web Services10.0

Based on 3 answers

The API's were very well documented and was Janova's main point of entry into the services.

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Brian Lusenhop

Vice President Marketing and Product Management

SPIDA SoftwareInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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Alternatives Considered

AWS is usually the most affordable between GC, AWS, and Azure. If I was using a Windows machines only environment, I would go with Azure and for any other setup I would go with Amazon Web Services. For the record, AWS has been around longer than the others too

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Michael Timms

IT Specialist

iQorTelecommunications, 10,001+ employees

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Krishna T

Senior-Lead Operations Engineer

Yodlee Infotech Pvt LtdComputer Software, 1001-5000 employees

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Return on Investment

Positive: Faster provisioning of infrastructure.
Positive: Lower upfront costs.
Negative: Integration of AWS to enterprise apps.

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Billy Tiangco

Infrastructure Lead - (Global Hosting Platform Engineering)

SC JohnsonConsumer Goods, 10,001+ employees

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For ROI, my advice would be to stay the course. It will take longer than you think and cost more than you expect.

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Krishna T

Senior-Lead Operations Engineer

Yodlee Infotech Pvt LtdComputer Software, 1001-5000 employees

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Pricing Details

Amazon Web Services

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Additional Pricing Details

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Oracle API Platform Cloud

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

No

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Feature Rating Comparison

Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime

Dynamic scaling

Elastic load balancing

Pre-configured templates

Monitoring tools

Pre-defined machine images

Operating system support

Security controls

Ease of building user interfaces

Scalability

Platform management overhead

Workflow engine capability

Platform access control

Services-enabled integration

Development environment creation

Development environment replication

Issue monitoring and notification

Issue recovery

Upgrades and platform fixes

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Likelihood to Renew

Usability

Reliability and Availability

Performance

Support

Implementation

Alternatives Considered

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Pricing Details

Amazon Web Services

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Additional Pricing Details

Oracle API Platform Cloud

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Additional Pricing Details

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