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Database as a Service (DBaaS) Pros and Cons: Top 5 Advantages and Disadvantages

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Users value the ease of use of DBaaS, noting its simplicity and effective management features. (3 mentions)
Users appreciate the cost-effective nature of DBaaS, benefiting from easy management and enhanced security. (1 mentions)
Users value the ease of data management with DBaaS, making it a go-to solution for efficiency. (1 mentions)
Users appreciate the easy integrations of DBaaS, enabling seamless connectivity with various tools and platforms. (1 mentions)
Users appreciate the ease of service offered by DBaaS, finding it effective for managing data efficiently. (1 mentions)
Users express concerns about data security, especially in regulated industries facing potential security breaches and confidentiality risks. (1 mentions)
Users face limited control and performance limitations, which can hinder optimal database management and efficiency. (1 mentions)
Users express concerns over limited control and face performance limitations with the Database as a Service (DBaaS). (1 mentions)
Users face performance issues due to limited control over the Database as a Service, impacting efficiency. (1 mentions)
Users highlight security issues, especially in regulated industries, raising concerns about potential breaches of confidential data. (1 mentions)

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Database as a Service (DBaaS) Pros and Cons

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Mosab A.
MA
Software Developer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Database as a Service"
What do you like best about Database as a Service (DBaaS)?

It eliminates the following: DB administrator role, hardware maintenance such as cooling & cleaning the equipment & it also saves the cost of buying storage disks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Database as a Service (DBaaS)?

Some organisations prefer to keep the whole thing within their permisis/systems and have more control over it, and also cloud storages usually effects performance as they depend on internet speed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Pramod K.
PK
Associate Software Engineer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"It's an effort less, effective and maintaining the apps"
What do you like best about Database as a Service (DBaaS)?

It's an easy to use and management making it easier.

1. High availability and reliability.

2. Scalability and cost efficiency

3. Automated maintenance

4.security Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Database as a Service (DBaaS)?

1. Limited control and dependency on provider

2. Security and compliance concerns

3.Data transfer and bandwidth cost take extra amount.

4.performance variability. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mirza Tauseef B.
MB
Technical Support Engineer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"The best path to choos DBaaS"
What do you like best about Database as a Service (DBaaS)?

The best part I like that the users can access their database on any public wifi at free of cost and the security encryption is also managed well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Database as a Service (DBaaS)?

I believe there is nothing to dislike, comparatively other cloud services its all services are good and user friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Niranjan  S.
NS
Software Developer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Good UI,ample resources and cost effective"
What do you like best about Microsoft Azure?

I like that the documentation is well-made for most languages. It has been easy to use since the day I started.

I like that the support team is well-trained for most scenarios and gives swift responses.

I also like that they arrange calls if you have a complicated issue. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Azure?

I think their documentation for the Go language needs to be significantly improved. API documentation for Go has syntax errors in them.

Too much customisation and options for doing the same thing sometimes gets confusing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Om P.
OP
Content Protection Analyst
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Review for Microsoft Azure"
What do you like best about Microsoft Azure?

It is one of the leading platforms in the market to work on cloud services. It gives all three types IAAS, PAAS, and SAAS. One can use azure for work on various IT technologies. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Azure?

UI of this platform can be enhanced and be worked upon to keep it easy and minimalist. Apart from that, there is no particular point to be disliked. Azure keeps upgrading its services every now and then. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Vignesh R.
VR
DevOps Tech Lead
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Database Journey"
What do you like best about Database as a Service (DBaaS)?

helpfull to access dbass best way to use azure and aws can be remotly acceable Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Database as a Service (DBaaS)?

need more friendly to access dbass as long as Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Primary/Secondary Education
UP
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"DBaaS - Effective & Efficient Cloud Solution"
What do you like best about Database as a Service (DBaaS)?

DBaaS being a cloud database is an efficient and effective solution to all the problems of managing the organization data in way such that it delivers best performance. Highly Scable for small and medium type organizations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Database as a Service (DBaaS)?

Although DBaaS is exceptional service but it also has some downfalls which are sometimes there are security concerns regarding the data, performance issues in rare cases. Apart from that, for very small scale purposes, costing is little bit on higher side. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in E-Learning
UE
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Database with a great flexibility"
What do you like best about Microsoft Azure Databases?

Most helpful feature about using Microsoft Azure Database is it's flexibility in terms of usage and features. Nice UI too and UX is amazing. You never stumble upon things inside it, Just keep going, you will surely love it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Azure Databases?

Downsides of using Microsoft Azure Database is not very straight forward to say, Although I found a few bugs like, while filtering queries through the result data, sometimes it is unable to filter a particular value, if it has a plus (+) sign in it, otherwise it's okay. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Abhishek J.
AJ
Software Engineer
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Azure DB sync with it's service easily"
What do you like best about Microsoft Azure Databases?

Most of the services that Azure provides are easy to use just like databases and services sync with others services easily and also they have provided some training and documents to use in effective way, thanks for making awesome UI as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Azure Databases?

Nothing as such but query time should be optimised for SQLi mean it should be reduced so that it can be used easily without any delay to reduce latency of the services or solutions Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Pratham S.
PS
Software Engineer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Performance"
What do you like best about Database as a Service (DBaaS)?

No Hardware costs, SLAs for entire DBaaS environment, high availability and disaster recovery, fastest DB-driven application developemnt, lowest user cost. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Database as a Service (DBaaS)?

Least user control over it. Low visibility into environment. Changes often required to migrate on-premise DB to DBaaS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Pricing Insights

Averages based on real user reviews.

Time to Implement

4 months

Return on Investment

17 months

Average Discount

17%

Perceived Cost

$$$$$
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