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Attribute Ratings
- Oracle Database is rated higher in 1 area: Support Rating
- Percona Server for MySQL is rated higher in 3 areas: Likelihood to Recommend, Likelihood to Renew, Usability
Likelihood to Recommend
7.6
Oracle Database
76%
177 Ratings
9.0
Percona Server for MySQL
90%
5 Ratings
Likelihood to Renew
8.2
Oracle Database
82%
5 Ratings
9.0
Percona Server for MySQL
90%
1 Rating
Usability
7.4
Oracle Database
74%
5 Ratings
8.7
Percona Server for MySQL
87%
4 Ratings
Support Rating
10.0
Oracle Database
100%
7 Ratings
6.9
Percona Server for MySQL
69%
3 Ratings
Implementation Rating
9.6
Oracle Database
96%
6 Ratings
Percona Server for MySQL
N/A
0 Ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
Oracle Database
I believe Oracle Database is still the best RDBMS database which is the database to consider for OLTP applications and for Adhoc requests. They are good in Datawarehousing in certain aspects but not the best. Oracle is also a great database for scaling up with their Clusterware solution which also makes the database highly available with services moving to the live instance without much trouble.

Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology
Entertainment Company, 1001-5000 employeesPercona Server for MySQL
Percona Server for MySQL covers 100% of our requirements in terms of our OLTP traffic and provides the High Availability levels required through a typical primary and 2 replica's using semi-synchronous replication. We're able to scale our writes using sharding, but a true distributed database would be a great option on top of this. In terms of OLAP traffic, we leverage columns stores available, but Percona Server fairs well
Principle Database Architect
ImpactMarketing & Advertising, 201-500 employees
Pros
Oracle Database
- 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.

Verified User
Employee in Quality Assurance
Computer Software Company, 1001-5000 employeesPercona Server for MySQL
- Faster than other server solutions
- Installation and configuration process is easy from the user's standpoint
- Easy to learn and good support
Software Engineer && Security researcher
UA - Universidad de Alicante / Universitat d'AlacantComputer Software, 51-200 employees
Cons
Oracle Database
- 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.
Senior Data Platform Consultant
Parsons CorporationInformation Technology & Services, 51-200 employees
Percona Server for MySQL
- Better documentation
- A better UI
Software Engineer
AndroLedaEducation Management, 1-10 employees
Pricing Details
Oracle Database
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—Percona Server for MySQL
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Entry-level set up fee?
Optional
Starting Price
—Likelihood to Renew
Oracle Database
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.

Verified User
Technician in Information Technology
Higher Education Company, 5001-10,000 employeesPercona Server for MySQL
Percona Server for MySQL 9.0
Based on 1 answer
No answer on this topic is available.
Usability
Oracle Database
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.
Master Software Developer (Database Architect)
NeorisInformation Technology and Services, 501-1000 employees
Percona Server for MySQL
Percona Server for MySQL 8.7
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.

Verified User
Team Lead in Engineering
Construction Company, 51-200 employeesSupport Rating
Oracle Database
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.
Sr Oracle DBA
DXC TechnologyInformation Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees
Percona Server for MySQL
Percona Server for MySQL 6.9
Based on 3 answers
We are using opensource so we have not used customer support.
Senior Engineering Manager (Site Reliability Engineering)
Ola (ANI Technologies Pvt. Ltd)Information Technology & Services, 1001-5000 employees
Implementation Rating
Oracle Database
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
Head of Database Operations
Therap Services, LLCComputer Software, 51-200 employees
Percona Server for MySQL
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Oracle Database
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.

Verified User
Consultant in Information Technology
Non-Profit Organization Management Company, 51-200 employeesPercona Server for MySQL
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
Principle Database Architect
ImpactMarketing & Advertising, 201-500 employees
Return on Investment
Oracle Database
- Oracle Database 12c has had a very positive impact on our ability to build strong and robust custom applications in house without the need to come up with our own methods of data storage and management.
- Oracle Database 12c has the strongest user interface of any database I have worked with and continuously is improving its strength with the addition of support for JSON and XML type objects in the database.
- Oracle Database 12c is sometimes very heavy and DBA intensive, but the benefits far outweigh the costs, which we need to spend on DBA support for enabling security and access features.

Verified User
Employee in Information Technology
Dairy Company, 5001-10,000 employeesPercona Server for MySQL
- 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.
Software Engineer && Security researcher
UA - Universidad de Alicante / Universitat d'AlacantComputer Software, 51-200 employees