Oracle Database Review
February 26, 2026

Oracle Database Review

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 5 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

Oracle Database Enterprise Edition

Overall Satisfaction with Oracle Database

We use Oracle Database as the main data engine behind our SAP systems, the apps that integrate with SAP, and a handful of other business applications. It keeps our day‑to‑day operations running by handling the transactional data for things like finance, supply chain, and other core processes. Overall, Oracle Database sits at the center of several critical workflows and helps keep everything connected and stable across the organization.

Pros

  • Oracle Database handles large‑scale transactional workloads with speed and consistency, even under heavy SAP and integration traffic.
  • It provides strong reliability and recovery features that keep critical business systems running without data loss.
  • It scales smoothly as data volumes and application demands grow, without requiring major architectural changes.

Cons

  • Oracle Database has a very high learning curve, and the systems are quite complicated.
  • Oracle’s licensing is complex and difficult to navigate, especially when trying to optimize costs or understand feature entitlements. We were audited by Oracle and their team had to get clarification on several points internally because even the auditor did not completely understand it.
  • Patching and upgrading can be difficult and time consuming
  • Our SAP databases are used by many teams globally within our org so downtime can have a large financial impact on our operations. Oracle has been very reliable, keeping unscheduled outages to a minimum.
  • Having skilled DBAs lets us build some custom integrations and reports that are used by our R&D and finance teams. I don't know our exact ROI numbers but it has been fundamental to our business.
  • We have quite a few legacy databases that cannot be moved to our newer platforms. It seems we will have to keep licensing Oracle forever, which is substantial expense.
Oracle Database is not intuitive at all. Much training is needed to become proficient in Oracle Database management and maintenance. Every small seemingly task can turn into a complex project very quickly. Community based support online can be good but there are many versions of Oracle Database and many platforms it can run on, which makes searching for KBs and guides difficult or impossible to find.
Our primary purpose for originally selecting Oracle Database was for housing SAP and there were no other options.

Do you think Oracle Database delivers good value for the price?

No

Are you happy with Oracle Database's feature set?

Yes

Did Oracle Database live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Oracle Database go as expected?

No

Would you buy Oracle Database again?

No

Oracle Database is good in enterprise environments with in-house expertise and lots of resources to manage and maintain it. It is particularly suited for very large databases where performance is critical. Oracle Database is also very expensive and does not make sense financially for many situations. For smaller databases, Microsoft SQL, Postgres or cloud native databases would be more suitable in most cases.

Oracle Database Feature Ratings

Relational Databases
7.9
ACID compliance
10
Database monitoring
9
Database locking
9
Encryption
9
Disaster recovery
7
Flexible deployment
4
Multiple datatypes
7

Comments

More Reviews of Oracle Database

  1. Home
  2. Relational Databases
  3. Oracle Database Reviews
  4. User Review of Oracle Database