OceanBase Cloud-Pay As You Go

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.

What do you like best about the product?

The Oracle compatibility is remarkably thorough, not just syntax, but execution plans and PL/SQL behavior match closely, which saved us months of re-coding work. The distributed architecture is completely transparent to applications, so we didn't need to rewrite any sharding logic. I also appreciate the proactive technical support team; they were deeply involved during our POC phase and provided architectural guidance that felt like a true partnership.

What do you dislike about the product?

Honestly, nothing has disappointed us so far. The product has been stable in production for eight months now, and the feature set has exceeded our initial requirements. We're quite satisfied with where things stand today.

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

OceanBase allowed us to migrate critical financial workloads without rewriting core business logic, eliminating vendor lock-in while maintaining the performance standards our auditors require. The cost savings allowed us to reinvest in other infrastructure upgrades.

What do you like best about the product?

OceanBase's distributed architecture is transparent to the business, meaning applications do not need to be aware of data placement. This is highly developer-friendly, as it eliminates the need to maintain complex sharding logic based on MySQL.

What do you dislike about the product?

Everything has been within expectations, if not better. The product is mature, easy to start with, simple to operate, and highly stable. Neither our development nor Ops teams have raised any negative feedback—we’ll continue recommending it.

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

It scales seamlessly during traffic spikes without re-architecting applications.
Overall, the OceanBase service team has been a solid backbone throughout our product experience.

What do you like best about the product?

I most appreciate OceanBase's native distributed architecture, which provides extremely high availability and seamless horizontal scalability. At the same time, its high compatibility with MySQL and Oracle makes the migration process very smooth. Additionally, its multi-tenant architecture performs exceptionally well in resource isolation and improving resource utilization.

What do you dislike about the product?

Currently, the community ecosystem and third-party tool support of OceanBase still have room for improvement compared to traditional open-source databases. When encountering some niche technical issues or errors in specific scenarios, mature cases and community solutions available online are relatively limited. It is hoped that the official documentation and case library can be further enriched.

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

OceanBase helps us solve the issues of high storage costs and the separation of OLTP and OLAP workloads. Its efficient data compression technology significantly reduces storage space usage, while its HTAP capabilities enable us to process real-time analytical tasks on the same engine. This not only simplifies the technology stack architecture but also greatly reduces hardware procurement and maintenance costs.