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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Oracle Exadata

    Score9.8 out of 10
    N/AOracle Exadata is an enterprise database platform that runs Oracle Database workloads of any scale and criticality with high performance, availability, and security. Exadata’s scale-out design employs optimizations that let transaction processing, analytics, machine learning, and mixed workloads run faster. Consolidating diverse Oracle Database workloads on Exadata platforms in enterprise data centers, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), and multicloud environments helps organizations increase…

    $2.90

    Per Unit

    SAP HANA Cloud

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/ASAP HANA is an application that uses in-memory database technology to process very large amounts of real-time data from relational databases, both SAP and non-SAP, in a very short time. The in-memory computing engine allows HANA to process data stored in RAM as opposed to reading it from a disk which means that the data can be accessed in real time by the applications using HANA. The product is sold both as an appliance and as a cloud-based software solution.

    $0.95

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    Pricing
    Oracle ExadataSAP HANA Cloud
    Editions & Modules
    Database Server
    $2.9032
    Per Unit
    Quarter Rack
    $14.5162
    Per Unit
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Oracle ExadataSAP HANA Cloud
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details—Includes a one year free trial.
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    Community Pulse
    Oracle ExadataSAP HANA Cloud
    Considered Both Products
    Oracle
    Chose Oracle Exadata
    Oracle Exadata Database Machine had the best performance overall hands down. It clearly beat the competition and we were seeing 1000X improvement on SAP HANA. Oracle Exadata Database Machine beat that without us refactoring our code. To achieve that in HANA, we had to …
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    SAP
    Chose SAP HANA Cloud
    HANA is basically a database platform. I think of it as going full circle back to being mainframe-like. HANA is a platform with everything you need if you chose to deploy it that way. I feel we went to distributed because of the cheap cost but needed many machines to get …
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP HANA Cloud
    SAP HANA is so agile. It is more than just a database and of course it's a SAP product so reliability.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    96%
    Would buy again
    313 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    271 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    319 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    198 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    264 Answers
    Features
    Oracle ExadataSAP HANA Cloud
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Oracle Exadata and SAP HANA Cloud
    Feature
    Oracle Exadata
    8.9
    3 Ratings
    1% below category average
    SAP HANA Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)6.82 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Modeling
    Comparison of Data Modeling features of Oracle Exadata and SAP HANA Cloud
    Feature
    Oracle Exadata
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    3% above category average
    SAP HANA Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Data model creation10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Exploration
    Comparison of Data Exploration features of Oracle Exadata and SAP HANA Cloud
    Feature
    Oracle Exadata
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    12% below category average
    SAP HANA Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Visualization7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Warehouse
    Comparison of Data Warehouse features of Oracle Exadata and SAP HANA Cloud
    Feature
    Oracle Exadata
    9.3
    3 Ratings
    8% above category average
    SAP HANA Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    High-Volume Data Processing10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Warehouse Management10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Administrative Automation8.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self-Optimization8.73 Ratings00 Ratings
    Relational Databases
    Comparison of Relational Databases features of Oracle Exadata and SAP HANA Cloud
    Feature
    Oracle Exadata
    -
    Ratings
    SAP HANA Cloud
    9.0
    51 Ratings
    11% above category average
    ACID compliance00 Ratings9.437 Ratings
    Database monitoring00 Ratings9.249 Ratings
    Database locking00 Ratings9.341 Ratings
    Encryption00 Ratings8.743 Ratings
    Disaster recovery00 Ratings8.842 Ratings
    Flexible deployment00 Ratings8.944 Ratings
    Multiple datatypes00 Ratings8.845 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Oracle ExadataSAP HANA Cloud
    Small Businesses
    No answers on this topic
    Amazon RDS
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Cloudera Enterprise Data Hub
    Score9 out of 10
    SingleStore
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Cloudera Enterprise Data Hub
    Score9 out of 10
    SAP IQ
    Score5.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Oracle ExadataSAP HANA Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (24 ratings)
    9.4
    (362 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (15 ratings)
    Usability
    8.7
    (3 ratings)
    9.5
    (81 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.5
    (253 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Oracle ExadataSAP HANA Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Oracle
    Oracle Exadata is well-suited for environments where massive performance for Oracle databases is required. Storage indexes reduce the unnecessary I/O. Smart Flash
    Cache accelerates random reads/writes.

    Our OLTP application demands very high concurrency. Multi-node Exadata provides high availability and zero downtime during DB patching. It comes with lots of built-in automations, so it reduces many routine tasks for sysadmins, like network, storage, and VM configuration, and it also reduces many Oracle DBA tasks, like Oracle software installation, patching, and upgrades.
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    SAP
    I think if you have a large organization, it's probably the product and the marketplace to go to. We're a large management consulting firm operating in four to seven countries. And generally speaking, I think that's the size and the scope where it scales best. I can't speak to smaller companies, but I can't see smaller companies leveraging the benefits as much as a larger organization can.
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    Pros
    Oracle
    • Oracle Database : Deliver industry-leading security, high availability and scalability with Oracle Database, which has been significantly enhanced to take advantage of the Oracle Exadata Storage Servers.
    • Exadata Smart Scan : Improve query performance by offloading intensive query processing and data mining scoring to scalable intelligent storage servers.
    • Smart Flash Cache : Transparently cache 'hot' read and write data to fast solid-state storage, improving query response times and throughput. Exadata systems use the latest PCI flash technology rather than flash disks. PCI flash delivers ultra-high performance by placing flash directly on the high speed PCI bus rather than behind slow disk controllers.
    • Hybrid Columnar Compression : Reduce the size of data warehousing tables by 10x, and archive tables by 50x, to improve performance and lower storage costs for primary, standby, and backup databases. Query high, query low, archive high and archive low.
    • Infiniband Network : Connect multiple Oracle Exadata Database Machines using the InfiniBand fabric to form a larger single system image configuration. Each InfiniBand link provides 40 Gigabits of bandwidth–many times higher than traditional storage or server networks.
    • Petabyte Scalability : Easily scale data warehouse to support enterprise data growth.
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    SAP
    • Real-time reporting and analytics on data: because of its in-memory architecture, it is perfect for businesses that need to make quick decisions based on current information.
    • Managing workload with complex data: it can handle a vast range of data types, including relational, documental, geospatial, graph, vector, and time series data.
    • Developing and deploying intelligent data applications: it provides various tools for such applications and can be used for machine learning and artificial intelligence to automate tasks, gain insights from data, and make predictions.
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    Cons
    Oracle
    • The process of patching and upgrade of Exadata server components could be improved with a goal to minimize the overall effort, make it fully automated and transparent.
    • Improved guidelines and possibly more sophisticated tools for sizing of new Exadata servers for migration from old legacy hardware.
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    SAP
    • Requires higher processing power, otherwise it won't fly. How ever computing costs are lower. Incase you are migrating to cloud please do not select the highest config available in that series . Upgrading it later against a reserved instance can cost you dearly with a series change
    • Lack of clarity on licensing is one major challenge
    • Unless S/4 with additional features are enabled mere migration HANA DB is not a rewarding journey. Power is in S/4
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Oracle
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    We would rate our likelihood of renewing at 9/10. SAP HANA Cloud has proven to be a highly reliable and scalable data platform that consistently delivers strong performance. Its seamless integration with our overall SAP landscape, combined with improved analytics and real-time data capabilities, makes it a core part of our long-term technology strategy.
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    Usability
    Oracle
    I am comparing Exadata with the Oracle RAC database experience. In addition to Oracle RAC features, Exadata provides automatic performance optimization through Smart Scan and storage indexes. Deep integration with the Oracle ecosystem and tight coupling with Oracle Enterprise Manager
    for monitoring and management. Some downsides of Exadata are: a steep learning curve, concepts like cell offloading, IORM, and flash cache behavior aren’t intuitive initially. Operating
    Exadata requires specialized DBA skills.
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    SAP
    It is very useful solution which provides you speedier data processing, real-time analytics. It helps you manage diverse data types. It also offers you excellent disaster management. It has user friendly interface which helps you navigate system and transactions easily and perform task smoothly.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Oracle
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    so far, we didn't get any outage
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    Performance
    Oracle
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    so far good
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    Support Rating
    Oracle
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    However, I am not the right person to answer this as we have another department to handle support and contact the service provider for any support required. Although i will say that they are the quick respondent and knows how to handle querry of the customers and provide quick and better support.
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    Implementation Rating
    Oracle
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    Professional GIS people are some of the most risk-averse there are, and it's difficult to get them to move to HANA in one step. Start with small projects building to 80% use of HANA spatial over time.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Oracle
    Oracle Exadata Database Machine had the best performance overall hands down. It clearly beat the competition and we were seeing 1000X improvement on SAP HANA. Oracle Exadata Database Machine beat that without us refactoring our code. To achieve that in HANA, we had to refactor the code somewhat. Now this was for our limited POC of 5 use cases. Given the large number of stored procedures we had in Sybase, we need to capture more production metrics but we are seeing incredible performance.
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    SAP
    I have deep knowledge of other disk based DBMSs. They are venerable technology, but the attempts to extend them to current architectures belie the fact they are built on 40 year old technology. There are some good columnar in-memory databases but they lack the completeness of capability present in the HANA platform.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Oracle
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    I don't have visibility in licensing
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    Scalability
    Oracle
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    Limitation of training deliverable by organization
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    Professional Services
    Oracle
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    We are still in process for the first applciaiton
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    Return on Investment
    Oracle
    • Single support from a single vendor with both machine and database from Oracle, which is costing us less.
    • With Exadata, we need less technical manpower and less technical support. A business transaction with the integrated and centralized database helps us focus on other business needs.
    • We don't need to buy additional licenses and Hardware for the next 3 to 5 years.
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    SAP
    • ROI has always been high in terms of the functionality that it offers and the security features it comes with.
    • Managing large volumes of data in real-time is not an easy task, but it does it pretty well with faster data processing.
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