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Oracle Multitenant vs SQL Server comparison

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Oracle Multitenant
Ranking in Relational Databases Tools
19th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
21
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SQL Server
Ranking in Relational Databases Tools
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
276
Ranking in other categories
Database Management Systems (DBMS) (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Relational Databases Tools category, the mindshare of Oracle Multitenant is 1.2%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SQL Server is 10.3%, down from 15.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Relational Databases Tools Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SQL Server10.3%
Oracle Multitenant1.2%
Other88.5%
Relational Databases Tools
 

Featured Reviews

Saikat Nag - PeerSpot reviewer
Oracle Application Database Administrator at RP Sanjiv Goenka Group
Manages extensive utility billing applications efficiently with trusted performance and robust support
Currently, I have a very good experience with Oracle Multitenant. The pluggable database is easy to handle and manage, sharing resources efficiently. However, Oracle license pricing is an issue due to its high cost. Our organization is compelled to reduce CPU usage by seventy CPUs because the Oracle license cost depends on it.
Shakti Gupta - PeerSpot reviewer
SQL server database administrator at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Hybrid data platform has strengthened performance, security, and incident response for production
SQL Server is very mature, but I see areas for improvement, especially in performance tuning, troubleshooting, and automation. Although tools such as Query Store and dynamic management views are powerful, some troubleshooting tasks still require senior SQL Server database administrator expertise. It would be valuable to have more intelligent, built-in recommendations for root cause analysis, indexing, blocking, and query optimization. I would also like to see simplified and consistent management across on-premises SQL Server and Azure SQL services, as managing hybrid environments sometimes requires different tools and approaches. Finally, improved patching, updates, monitoring, and cost and license transparency could make SQL Server easier to manage at the enterprise scale. One area I would improve in SQL Server is its documentation and troubleshooting guidance. SQL Server documentation is comprehensive, but for complex production issues, I would like to see more real-world troubleshooting examples, especially for scenarios such as Always On synchronization issues, blocking and deadlocks, performance degradation, and upgrade features.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The database becomes pluggable. Inside this container is called a pluggable database and each application contains this pluggable database inside Multitenant. We can then share resources like control files, memory, etc. This lets you stop and start each application without impacting the others. This resource sharing is the most valuable feature"
"The analytics tool, Oracle Analytics Server (OAS), is the main important component of this solution and in the analytics part, the VPD handles all the necessary functions effectively."
"In the past it would take about five hours for us, on a weekly basis, to clone one database or one environment, and now it takes less than two hours, saving a lot of time over the weekends."
"Multitenant has a container database with many pluggable databases."
"The most valuable features are the speed and ease of use."
"Oracle is a more automated database."
"It is quite stable. We have not faced any kind of instability in the database."
"Our primary use of Oracle includes writing queries for retrieving data for customers without worrying about the customer ID, user ID, as it is automatically connected to each query."
"We have been using SQL Server from the start, so it's a stable product."
"We have many users, between 50 and 100 using the SQL Server product."
"I always recommend SQL Server; to whoever asks me, I will say, "Just go for it.""
"In my experience, it's been reliable and easy to use."
"We primarily use it for our two-tier and three-tier applications."
"The security and vulnerability management are well-managed through the vendor."
"The management studio is probably the thing we use the most for running quick queries and creating quick reports. Quite often, somebody comes and says, "Hey, can you find XYZ?" It is so much easier just to jump in there and run a quick query."
"We're satisfied with the stability."
 

Cons

"This solution is a bit complicated when collecting from containers - that feature should be a bit better."
"I would rate technical support at Oracle a three out of five. They're good, but not good always."
"Oracle license pricing is an issue due to its high cost. Our organization is compelled to reduce CPU usage by seventy CPUs because the Oracle license cost depends on it."
"It needs to have some more granular control over IO resource allocation."
"Oracle Support is relatively unprepared for this. It has improved, but it still has a lot of room for improvement."
"There are many functions where changes are not easy to implement, and we try to avoid modifying these areas due to security issues and the complexity of maintaining them."
"Stability and full feature coverage will come with future release."
"There is room for improvement in customer service and support."
"There should be more tools and documentation for tuning the performance of Microsoft SQL Server."
"There were critical repercussions from this issue, as the databases decreased in size immensely, filling the disk and causing everything to stop."
"The scalability is not very good because when you add processors to the machine, the price of the license goes up."
"There is room for improvement in terms of pricing for SQL Server."
"Currently, I do not face any difficulties with SQL Server as all options and documentations are available."
"SQL Server work best with Windows Operating System and it is not compatible with some other systems hence limiting its platform friendliness."
"But I don't have a hundred percent trust in Microsoft products."
"Technical support could be faster."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"This solution is a little bit pricey."
"The price is worth the quality."
"For me, I will go with it if I have the budget. Some features are nicer than before, but at the end of the day, you always have a limited budget. I prefer to upgrade and get a specific hardware when possible. At the end, you will have to make a compromise. You will not get everything you would have liked to have."
"SQL Server has the best licensing price."
"SQL Server offers three versions. You can get a free trial for 30 days."
"Since we are a cloud-based company, there is AWS pricing on top of the SQL Server pricing. The Enterprise Edition can typically sell from around $1000 dollars a month, which is not cheap. Then, there is an additional one-time Windows cost, based on the code, which can go anywhere from $30,000 to $40,000 for the license."
"We did a one-time payment. Its price, in general, can be reduced."
"For smaller companies, they find this solution expensive."
"The SQL server is affordable. I rate the pricing a five out of ten."
"We didn't have any licensing costs for SQL Server."
"For our purpose, we are not required to have a license for what we are using it for."
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Answers from the Community

Akın Kurtulan - PeerSpot reviewer
System Director at Türkiye İş Bankası
Jun 9, 2022
Jun 9, 2022
Hi Akin, First, both DBs manage your relational data on several operating systems (Linux, Windows Server, ...) and as Cloud Services. The newer architecture of Oracle tries to support you in a mixed environment where you can distribute a large DB over your own servers and cloud services. But as we always saw in the past, if a new feature of Oracle is good, Microsoft will follow. So your main qu...
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PG
Managing Director at rpc GmbH
Jun 7, 2022
Hi Akin, First, both DBs manage your relational data on several operating systems (Linux, Windows Server, ...) and as Cloud Services. The newer architecture of Oracle tries to support you in a mixed environment where you can distribute a large DB over your own servers and cloud services. But as we always saw in the past, if a new feature of Oracle is good, Microsoft will follow. So your main questions should be: -How big is your DB? The bigger, the more I suggest Oracle. -Are you in a mixed world (Cloud and your own servers)? If Cloud is Azure, I think SQL Server is a good choice. -Is the price a topic? The liscence rules of Oracle are sometimes complicated. Hope this helps a little.  
Martin Zwarthoed - PeerSpot reviewer
Database Specialist at Zwarthoed IT Solutions
Jun 8, 2022
Hi Akin, Without going into the technical details; did you have a look a the pricing of MSSQL and Oracle databases?  I always hear that the Oracle database is better than MS SQL. But I never got to test this myself. What I do know is that when I tell a customer the Oracle pricing, they are usually going in another direction.  You must have a very good functional reason to go for Oracle considering the price difference. As @Patric Gehl ​suggested: a very big database is good but for a good reason. Kind regards, Martin Zwarthoed
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
23%
Construction Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Financial Services Firm
35%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Construction Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise9
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business119
Midsize Enterprise60
Large Enterprise122
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Multitenant?
I am only involved in the development part and not familiar with the pricing details.
What needs improvement with Oracle Multitenant?
There are no improvements needed in Oracle Multitenant, but improvements could be made in the AI part. We feel that the server, OAS, the analytics server, is missing an AI component which exists in...
What is your primary use case for Oracle Multitenant?
We use VPD, Virtual Private Database, for the multitenancy. We are selling products and using Oracle Multitenant for tenants, for building the product for our customers. We have many customers, act...
Would you say the price of SQL Server is high compared to that of similar products?
SQL Server is fairly priced because it has various editions, depending on the number of users, servers, or core packs you are using. If you compare the product to others in this category, the price...
Has using SQL Server helped your organization in any way?
SQL Server has helped my organization through partitioning to distribute the workload, as it splits them up into smaller pieces so the machines can easily deal with it. However, this comes with a h...
Which authentication mode is best for SQL Server?
My company connects through SQL Server authentication. We have company Windows accounts, but we do not want to connect the two, out of security concerns and to keep things separated for our own pur...
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

Oracle Pluggable Database
Microsoft SQL Server, MSSQL, MS SQL
 

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Sample Customers

An Post, National Oilwell Varco, SAS Institute, Sportmaster, Y-Telecom
Microsoft SQL Server is used by businesses in every industry, including Great Western Bank, Aviva, the Volvo Car Corporation, BMW, Samsung, Principality Building Society, Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield, and the Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario.
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