What is Oracle?
Oracle Database is an RDBMS. An RDBMS that implements object-oriented features such as user-defined types, inheritance, and polymorphism is called an object-relational database management system (ORDBMS). Oracle Database has extended the relational model to an object-relational model, making it possible to store complex business models in a relational database.
Oracle is a tool in the Databases category of a tech stack.
Who uses Oracle?
Companies
174 companies reportedly use Oracle in their tech stacks, including Netflix, ebay, and LinkedIn.
Developers
613 developers on StackShare have stated that they use Oracle.
Oracle Integrations
Galera Cluster, Vertica, Jersey, Slick, and QlikView are some of the popular tools that integrate with Oracle. Here's a list of all 57 tools that integrate with Oracle.
Why developers like Oracle?
Here’s a list of reasons why companies and developers use Oracle
Top Reasons
Oracle Reviews
Here are some stack decisions, common use cases and reviews by companies and developers who chose Oracle in their tech stack.
rajkovic
I use Apiary because it was there for me to use ;) Being part of Oracle made it an obvious choice. Would love to see the support for Open API 3.0 coming sooner than later.
Adrian Harabulă
Onezino Gabriel
Oracle Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Oracle?
MySQL
The MySQL software delivers a very fast, multi-threaded, multi-user, and robust SQL (Structured Query Language) database server. MySQL Server is intended for mission-critical, heavy-load production systems as well as for embedding into mass-deployed software.
PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system
that supports an extended subset of the SQL standard, including
transactions, foreign keys, subqueries, triggers, user-defined types
and functions.
Workday
Workday is a leading provider of enterprise cloud applications for human resources and finance. Founded in 2005, Workday delivers human capital management, financial management, and analytics applications designed for the world’s largest organizations. Hundreds of companies, ranging from medium-sized businesses to Fortune 50 enterprises, have selected Workday.
IBM DB2
DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows is optimized to deliver industry-leading performance across multiple workloads, while lowering administration, storage, development, and server costs.
MongoDB
MongoDB stores data in JSON-like documents that can vary in structure, offering a dynamic, flexible schema. MongoDB was also designed for high availability and scalability, with built-in replication and auto-sharding.