# Page 8 | Oracle Database Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Page 8 - Is Oracle Database the right Database solution for you? Explore 473 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/5938/Oracle-Database/reviews --- Oracle Database 4.6 (473) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/5938/Oracle-Database/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 25th, 2026 # Page 8 - Reviews of Oracle Database ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 176-200 of 473 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use MAA Miguel Alejandro A. Database Engineer Computer Networking Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Highly commendable, powerful, fully featured database manager" June 18, 2019 5.0 The only problems we ever got where contract problems, never experienced data corruption nor data loss, it's indeed the excellence in database managers. Pros This is the structured database manager that set the industry standard Very powerful, fully adjustable. Very fast and capable of handling the most variable loads maintaining data consistency across the database landscape (it can be clustered, distributed, etc). It includes plsql by default, a very powerful tool for specialized reports, or data treatment. Cons It's expensive, but if you can pay it, it'll be worth it . Once you're into Oracle SQL, you must remain in it, the contract is quite hard to leave. Review Source Edison N. Musician Music Used the software for: 2+ years ### "The best database manager ever" December 31, 2022 5.0 Pros Oracle services are really easy to learn, and very good, it has a great variety of uses, and it has no limits, you can use its databases in huge projects without problems. Cons Cheaper databases may appear offering the same services. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Planeador Financiero Banking Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Excellent database analyzer" September 13, 2018 5.0 At this moment I am a user and I use it every day to generate a report Pros Generate and consolidate all types of statistical and historical information, converting it into an input for the analysis and decision making of the company Cons the only thing is that this program will depend on the quality of information with the system, which should be presided and correct so as not to have bad analysis Review Source AP Alonso P. Ing Financial Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great RDMS for handling high transactionality and high amount of data" September 20, 2019 5.0 Pros Performs very well working with high amount of data and high transactionality. PLSQL it's very powerfull as SQL extension Use of packages to group functionality. XE envirnoment makes development easier. Altough a diferent product, ORDS makes it really easy to develop REST based services from querys, functions or profcedures. Cons Documentation is not as clear as one may expect. You get easyly lost between docs for different versions the database. It is quite expensive. If you company either doesn't have high transactionality or handles a big amount of data, Its reasonably to use another cheapper DBMS. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Senior Business System Analyst Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Best database out there" November 3, 2018 5.0 Pros Plenty of features that caters the need for simple users to most advanced and complex applications / users. Cons Takes a learning curve to get hold of the application per se. Resource hungry when compared to other products. Review Source ST Shrish T. Business Analyst Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Excerpt on Oracle Database" May 18, 2017 5.0 Pros 1\. Within the Oracle databases, the application can use multiple schemas. 2. Database tables are assigned to table spaces such that their extent size reflects the size of the table 3.Ability to create all functions and procedures inside Packages \[No stand Alone Implementation\], and those which define the interface of the package to the outside can be declared in the package header 4. By using Dynamic SQL we've replaced bulky queries by input based optimized queries. 5. Using Oracle's 'Advanced Queuing' we implemented Asynchronous calls in the database enabling us to run processes in the background, when a separate process got executed in the foreground. Cons These days capabilities like Oracle are being provided by other open source DB's like Postgres etc at a very nominal cost. Review Source RR Ramya R. Tech Lead Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Oracle DB review" October 20, 2019 4.0 We have used Oracle database as storage for many of our applications. It is a great software. Once the license requirements are completed, it will provide the needed storage and support for the procured database. I really like Oracle DB. Pros It is a great software for storing all the needed data for your application in the database. Once we have obtained the desired licenses, it is a great tool available in the market for DB storage. Cons It does crash sometimes. So make sure to commit all of your work at regular intervals if a disaster strikes. If you are used to another DB product, there are few changes in the commands that you are expected to know. Review Source PS Pratik S. Member of Technical Staff 2 Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Enterprise level Secured RDBMS, with many constraints and features" May 1, 2019 5.0 Pros Oracle still hold most of the market share for providing enterprise level RDBMS but there was a time when everyone was using Oracle, I learnt about database by using syntax's written in oracle. Easy to use, toad type tools will make your life easier, it will provide you easy graphical interface to write sql codes. sometimes I feel oracle put lots of constraints in their database but that is because you need to maintain a clean and organized database Cons length of procedures names has a limitation, it needs to change ,sometimes i try to write descriptive name and it will not allow me Review Source EF Eranga F. Head of HR Apparel & Fashion Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Oracle" January 12, 2021 4.0 Overall experience is that it’s a good application that can be used remotely especially when working away from your office Pros Remote access and secure password . It gives you assurance and confidence that you are on a secure platform . Also web layouts and setup is user friendly . Cons Tecnical support needs to be improved. Additional features and customizing to suite different countries is not too flexible and is time consuming. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Gurgaon Human Resources Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Database is perfect word for Oracle" November 22, 2018 5.0 Users of Oracle are satisfied customer and one and most popular demand is cost reduction. We see no issues with Oracle and are satisfied with performance Pros Oracle database is a software which enable an organization to practice database warehouse.it is being used in the IT department.it has wide range of measuring performance, tuning and solving business issues. It is essential for data mining, it provides Oracle cloud to store data. It has robust security framework.. it can support various operating system and architecture Cons Cost of handling is high. It's not very easy to upgrade Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Manager Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Oracle Database" January 15, 2019 5.0 Great Pros I love the performance provided by Oracle and handling of large volume of data. Cons Some features are not documented with latest releases like 18c.So need to update documentation and manual and url's. Review Source MB Melikşah B. Software Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Oracle Database Experience" August 4, 2022 5.0 Pros It was easy connect application with database. It is easy to use functions on it Cons somehow it fails or cant acces it was really hard to solve problem about it. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Data architect Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Oracle a must for transnational system" April 2, 2019 5.0 Some application can't live without oracle, but many applications are gradually moving to other databases. I think oracle is needed but we need other new age technological database to also to handle new age petabytes of data. Pros ACID property. Relationship enforcement. New features in each release. Oracle replication and goldengate among different system. robust data integrity and enforcement. backup, recovery, Cons inability to match the speed of the NoSQL in case million/trillion of transactions. if there are too many changes in applications, oracle is not good. good for normalization, but data today mostly can come at any format. Review Source Anshul S. Programmer Analyst Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Oracle DB the best in Industry" March 26, 2019 4.0 Pros Oracle DB has better features compare to MS SQL. Performance is better and security too. Executing and tweaking queries is good. Cons IDE has to be worked upon for a novice developer. Review Source Dilith V. Systems Engineer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "High end RDBMS solution" July 10, 2020 4.0 Oracle Database provide all the database needs for your organization and your product. Highly salable , fast and excellent RDBMS solution. Pros Oracle is high end fast and reliable RDBMS solution available. Oracle DB management has more advanced features than other RDBMS available. EM console is a great way to monitor DB health. I love it. Cons Oracle database has a big learning curve. Difficult work who has less experience with it. Implementation is hard. Oracle DBs are very heavy and needs very good hardware resources. Review Source Victor B. Engenheiro de Software Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Excelent RDBS, but, not the best one" August 4, 2023 4.0 Pros Strong and robust RDBS, provides several features and capabilities. Cons It's harder to use and implement compared to other options in the market. Review Source Nikola M. Help Desk Specialist Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Powerful, Vast and Resourceful" May 12, 2019 5.0 Ease of access has been taken to the next level with Oracle Database, vast and effective in its purpose, makes my job much easier. Pros Shift to the next gear and level in your career with this software. The cloud feature allows you to store and access the data anytime, anywhere. The resources and features it provides are endless. Manage your strategies to suit your level and needs. It is one big warehouse of information and it is easy, fast and flexible to use. Cons No cons to share about this software at all. Review Source PG Paul G. Accounting Specialist Financial Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Oracle Database the best to manage" August 23, 2022 5.0 I really do not have any complaints because it is user friendly and does the job well with applications and storage. Pros Oracle is great for managing applications and storage of data. It is also makes it easy for upgrades. Cons One of things I know about the software is that it is not cheap, but I know they have to compete with the competion. Review Source Adam Victor B. Software engineer Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Remarkably powerful but too expensive and complicated: worth it if you need this power." May 25, 2018 4.0 We have many customers who use it. In general, I had a hard time with it. I can see why it is so successful but would avoid it myself. Pros \- Very sophisticated Query analytics, - Strong cluster support. - Works really well with huge databases. - Its queries and stored procedures support many amazing features not found elsewhere. Cons \- Really expensive: not affordable for most companies. - Express version quite limited. - Complicated and idiosyncratic: its setup is really complex, installation steps are hard to follow, query syntax can be very different from most alternatives. Review Source JB Jhampiert B. Profesor Used the software for: 2+ years ### "I use it as a database manager of an Administrative Management System" April 7, 2018 4.0 The benefits of the software have been multiple, from the learning of relational databases, to the creation and development of large-scale projects Pros What I like most about software is the integration and security of the data, additionally, the new relase (12c) has an endless number of possibilities for business intelligence tools. With Oracle Autonomous Database the possibilities will be endless Cons What I like the least about the product is its price, however, there are free versions (XE) that allow you to use the product and live the experience of one of the best databases. Review Source Renato I. CEO Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Oracle, stable as rock" March 1, 2019 4.0 Pros Oracle is the go-to solution for large enterprise projects Cons However the setup and management takes a lot of resources compared to other enterprise databases. Review Source HK Harshdeep K. Member of technical Staff Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Relational database with enterprise level features,price,security and constraints" May 29, 2019 4.0 Pros In normal MySQL, there are plenty of features that you will like or you will dislike one of the major thing, was it was free. Oracle is not free, its a enterprise level rdbms , where they have added additional constraints and more value checkings, type constraints so that you can use it effectively and get best out of it. Toad like tools will make your life easier to work with Oracle Databases. Cons With too many constraints sometimes you will not be able to work as you want, you have to comply with oracle norms to work around. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Consultant Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Powerful database" April 16, 2020 5.0 I use Oracle Database every day in my work and the overall experience with it it was always good. Pros Oracle is a powerful database. It is easy to work and uses PL/SQL language. It has good analytics tools to help the DBAs. Cons I realized that the interface is the very old one since always, they could improve it with a new one. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer FullStack Developer Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "RMan Backups & Recovery Rocks" March 25, 2019 5.0 Pros Recovery and Backups is very easy even without professional training. Cons I can share the installation with is a DNS server like Active Directory Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Reporting Officer Outsourcing/Offshoring Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Ideal for corporate use" July 29, 2019 5.0 I am using Oracle Database in order to get the data for my reports. I enjoy the speed and the accuracy of the result. Pros I enjoy the fact that if installed on a proper server, it is very fast, even if working with large amounts of data. Cons I did not found something to dislike. If used by professionals, Oracle Database is ideal. Review Source Similar Products Featured ## Related categories [Database](https://www.capterra.com/database-management-software/)[NoSQL Databases](https://www.capterra.com/nosql-databases-software/)[Big Data](https://www.capterra.com/big-data-software/) ## Send me user reviews about this product ### Fill out the form and we'll send a list of the top-rated software based on real user reviews directly to your inbox.