OceanBase Cloud-Pay As You Go

What do you like best about the product?

I appreciate OceanBase Database's strong performance, especially in handling large-scale data and providing better query performance than MySQL for our workloads. I also value its built-in vector capabilities, which let us use vector search directly within our business database and simplify our architecture. Additionally, I like their responsive technical support; the support team responds to tickets quickly.

What do you dislike about the product?

I find some limitations in support and integration with tools such as Flink. OceanBase introduces several data types and features that are not natively supported by MySQL. As a result, existing CDC tools and pipelines originally built around MySQL can be difficult to migrate and may require significant modifications. Also, the initial setup was somewhat complex.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

OceanBase provides better query performance for our large-scale data, handles transactional workloads effectively, and simplifies our architecture with its built-in vector capabilities, eliminating the need for a separate vector database.

What do you like best about the product?

The storage compression technology is exceptional, drastically reducing our disk usage compared to our previous setup. Furthermore, the query performance remains stable even as data volume grows, which is critical for our long-term planning.

What do you dislike about the product?

Resource utilization has been very efficient. We haven't noticed any performance degradation over time, and the storage savings are consistent with initial benchmarks.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

We reduced our storage costs by over 50% due to high compression ratios. This also lowered our I/O pressure, improving overall throughput without requiring additional hardware investments.

What do you like best about the product?

The high availability architecture based on Paxos is robust, giving us confidence in data consistency across zones. Coupled with the transparent scaling features, we can handle traffic spikes without manual sharding or complex application logic
The system performance has exceeded our expectations during peak traffic periods.

What do you dislike about the product?

We haven't faced any availability concerns, and the reliability has been solid.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

It solved our disaster recovery challenges by providing built-in multi-zone redundancy. This ensures business continuity even during regional outages, meeting our strict compliance and RPO requirements.

What do you like best about the product?

Performance-wise, we're seeing linear scalability; adding nodes actually delivers predictable performance gains. The MySQL protocol compatibility is also seamless—all our existing ORMs and connection pools worked out of the box with zero driver changes.

What do you dislike about the product?

So far, so good. We completed our production cutover three months ago, and everything is running within expected parameters.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

We solved the "capacity planning nightmare" for our seasonal business peaks. Instead of maintaining 200% over-provisioned capacity year-round, we now scale elastically based on actual demand. This flexibility has reduced our cloud infrastructure costs by 30% during off-peak quarters while ensuring we never drop transactions during flash sales.

What do you like best about the product?

The HTAP capability is a game-changer for us, allowing real-time analytics on transactional data without performance degradation. Combined with the high compression rates, we are seeing excellent performance while significantly reducing our storage footprint.

What do you dislike about the product?

The system stability has been excellent throughout our deployment. We haven't encountered any operational hurdles, and performance remains consistent under load.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

It solved our data latency issue by eliminating the need for separate data warehouses for reporting. This consolidation has sped up our decision-making process and cut infrastructure costs by nearly 30%.

What do you like best about the product?

The professional support during onboarding and the quality of the documentation are top-notch. Beyond that, the distributed architecture's transparency is a major win. Our applications connect as if to a single database, and OceanBase handles the underlying distribution seamlessly, which has eliminated our need for complex, application-level sharding logic.

What do you dislike about the product?

Our experience has been positive overall. The product balances advanced features with usability well, and we don't have any specific suggestions for improvement at this stage.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

We were facing scalability limits and a high total cost of ownership with our previous commercial database. OceanBase solved this by offering a scalable, cost-effective alternative with excellent support, ensuring a low-risk migration and sustainable long-term costs.

What do you like best about the product?

I'm particularly impressed by the operational simplicity and high compatibility. The web console is intuitive, making daily monitoring and management tasks very straightforward. At the same time, its high degree of MySQL compatibility allowed us to migrate several applications with minimal code changes, which was a huge relief for our development team.

What do you dislike about the product?

So far, we have no major complaints. The migration and daily operation have been smooth, and the product feels mature and reliable.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

It solved our problem of managing a sprawling set of MySQL instances. The consolidation through multi-tenancy has not only reduced our hardware and licensing costs but also cut down the time our Ops team spends on routine database maintenance by a significant margin.

What do you like best about the product?

The multi-tenant architecture is incredibly efficient, we're running 10+ tanents for different microservices on a single cluster with true resource isolation. The HTAP capability is also a game-changer; we're running real-time analytics on transactional data without ETL delays. Plus, the OCP management console is intuitive, making daily ops surprisingly straightforward for a distributed system.

What do you dislike about the product?

We haven't encountered any operational issues since going live. The migration was smoother than our initial estimates, and both our Dev and Ops teams adapted to the platform faster than expected.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

We consolidated our fragmented database infrastructure that was sprawled across dozens of underutilized MySQL and Oracle instances. This consolidation reduced our operational overhead by roughly 40%, simplified our backup strategies, and cut our total infrastructure costs significantly while improving query performance.

What do you like best about the product?

The transparent scaling capability is fantastic. Our applications are unaware of the underlying distributed nodes, yet we benefit from linear scalability. The support team has also been very proactive, providing valuable best-practice guidance that helped us optimize our deployment from day one.

What do you dislike about the product?

We are very happy with the product. It has required very little maintenance and has proven to be highly stable in our production environment for over a year.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

We needed a database that could grow seamlessly with our business without requiring application rewrites. OceanBase solved this problem, allowing us to scale horizontally simply by adding nodes, which future-proofs our architecture and supports our growth ambitions.

What do you like best about the product?

The professional support during onboarding and the quality of the documentation are top-notch. Beyond that, the distributed architecture's transparency is a major win. Our applications connect as if to a single database, and OceanBase handles the underlying distribution seamlessly, which has eliminated our need for complex, application-level sharding logic.

What do you dislike about the product?

Our experience has been positive overall. The product balances advanced features with usability well, and we don't have any specific suggestions for improvement at this stage.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

We were facing scalability limits and a high total cost of ownership with our previous commercial database. OceanBase solved this by offering a scalable, cost-effective alternative with excellent support, ensuring a low-risk migration and sustainable long-term costs.