Oracle Database vs Percona Server for MySQL | TrustRadius

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Score 8.2 out of 10

Based on 1121 reviews and ratings

Score 9.1 out of 10

Based on 14 reviews and ratings

Pros

Best thing about it is that it supports PL/SQL which is helpful in writing complex quarries easily.
Its storage capacity , backup and recovery features make it the best database storage tool available.
Other thing I like about this software is its interface is so good.

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Employee in Quality Assurance

Computer Software Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Faster than other server solutions
Installation and configuration process is easy from the user's standpoint
Easy to learn and good support

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Jose Manuel Ortega

Software Engineer && Security researcher

UA - Universidad de Alicante / Universitat d'AlacantComputer Software, 51-200 employees

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Cons

The memory demand and management makes it impossible to run it in a container.
It is hard to perform local unit testing with Oracle even using the personal edition (aggressive all the available memory grab for itself).
Lack of built in database migrations (e.g. as Flyway).
The need to install the Oracle client in addition to its drivers.
The cost of running it, especially in the Cloud.
Comes with very spartan community grade client/management tools whereas the commercial offerings tend to demand a premium price.

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Senior Data Platform Consultant

Parsons CorporationInformation Technology & Services, 51-200 employees

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Better documentation
A better UI

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Dushyant Pathak

Software Engineer

AndroLedaEducation Management, 1-10 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

Oracle Database 8.2

Based on 5 answers

There is a lot of sunk cost in a product like Oracle 12c. It is doing a great job, it would not provide us much benefit to switch to another product even if it did the same thing due to the work involved in making such a switch. It would not be cost effective.

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Technician in Information Technology

Higher Education Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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Percona Server for MySQL 9.0

Based on 1 answer

No answer on this topic is available.

Usability

Oracle Database 7.4

Based on 5 answers

Many of the powerful options can be auto-configured but there are still many things to take into account at the moment of installing and configuring an Oracle Database, compared with SQL Server or other databases. At the same time, that extra complexity allows for detailed configuration and guarantees performance, scalability, availability and security.

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Lisandro Fernigrini

Master Software Developer (Database Architect)

NeorisInformation Technology and Services, 501-1000 employees

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Percona Server for MySQL 8.8

Based on 4 answers

It is easy to install and use. Using it along with Percona Monitoring and Management makes it even easier to use.

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Team Lead in Engineering

Construction Company, 51-200 employees

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Support Rating

Oracle Database 10.0

Based on 7 answers

1. I have very good experience with Oracle Database support team. Oracle support team has pool of talented Oracle Analyst resources in different regions. To name a few regions - EMEA, Asia, USA(EST, MST, PST), Australia. Their support staffs are very supportive, well trained, and customer focused. Whenever I open Oracle Sev1 SR(service request), I always get prompt update on my case timely.2. Oracle has zoom call and chat session option linked to Oracle SR. Whenever you are in Oracle portal - you can chat with the Oracle Analyst who is working on your case. You can request for Oracle zoom call thru which you can share the your problem server screen in no time. This is very nice as it saves lot of time and energy in case you have to follow up with oracle support for your case.3.Oracle has excellent knowledge base in which all the customer databases critical problems and their solutions are well documented. It is very easy to follow without consulting to support team at first.

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Sr Oracle DBA

DXC TechnologyInformation Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees

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Percona Server for MySQL 7.1

Based on 3 answers

We are using opensource so we have not used customer support.

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Senior Engineering Manager (Site Reliability Engineering)

Ola (ANI Technologies Pvt. Ltd)Information Technology & Services, 1001-5000 employees

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Implementation Rating

Oracle Database 9.6

Based on 6 answers

Overall the implementation went very well and after that everything came out as expected - in terms of performance and scalability. People should always install and upgrade a stable version for production with the latest patch set updates, test properly as much as possible, and should have a backup plan if anything unexpected happens

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Head of Database Operations

Therap Services, LLCComputer Software, 51-200 employees

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No answers yet

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Alternatives Considered

Oracle is more of an enterprise-level database than Access and SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise isn't getting developed much (some people wonder how close it is to end of life) but SQL Server is miles ahead of Oracle IMO in terms of user experience and comparable in terms of performance AFAIK. As stated, a vendor forced our hand to use Oracle so we did not have a choice. If you are looking for help with an issue you are having, there are lots of SQL Server articles, etc. on the web and the community of SQL Server developers and DBA's is very strong and supportive. Oracle's help on the web is much more limited and often has an attitude that goes with it of superiority and lacking in compassion, IMO. For instance, check out the Ask Tom Oracle blog - a world of difference. If you choose Oracle, go into it with eyes wide open.

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Consultant in Information Technology

Non-Profit Organization Management Company, 51-200 employees

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Performance and stability sets Percona Server for MySQL apart from the rest. Percona embraces the upstream version and contributes towards the upstream version making MySQL stronger on two fronts and thus having a much larger community. Many quality contributions have been made by Percona into the base code. Percona provides great tools to support Percona Server for MySQL and this makes the monitoring and management easier

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Principle Database Architect

ImpactMarketing & Advertising, 201-500 employees

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Return on Investment

Multiple applications can use the same database and still get high performance
Licensing cost is still a concern compared to the other options available in the market that are very very inexpensive
Almost a maintenance free database
Oracle Grid makes life easy in terms of monitoring and managing the databases

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Administrator in Information Technology

Entertainment Company, 1001-5000 employees

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At the performance level, it maintains and even improves other open-source databases such as MariaDB or some commercial ones such as Oracle.
If we compare it with MySQL, we could have up to 50% improvement in performance.
For some small companies or startups, the price of the complete solution and the support can be a bit high.

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Jose Manuel Ortega

Software Engineer && Security researcher

UA - Universidad de Alicante / Universitat d'AlacantComputer Software, 51-200 employees

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Yes

Free/Freemium Version

Yes

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Yes

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Optional

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