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# Oracle Database vs phpMyAdmin Comparison - What are their main differences?

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Reviews

**Oracle Database** [

4.3/5(1,023)

](https://www.g2.com/products/oracle-database/reviews#reviews)

**phpMyAdmin** [

4.3/5(179)

](https://www.g2.com/products/phpmyadmin/reviews#reviews)

Pricing

**Oracle Database**
No pricing available

**phpMyAdmin**
No pricing available

**Pricing Insights**
from reviews

Time to Implement

**Oracle Database**
5 months

Based on 22 responses

**phpMyAdmin**
1 monthFaster

Based on 41 responses

Return on Investment

**Oracle Database**
24 months

Based on 16 responses

**phpMyAdmin**
11 months13 months sooner

Based on 26 responses

Perceived Cost

**Oracle Database**
$$$$$

**phpMyAdmin**
$$$$$

Average Discount

**Oracle Database**
20%4% more

**phpMyAdmin**
16%

Pros & Cons

**Oracle Database**
[
Performance (15)
](https://www.g2.com/products/oracle-database/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=1295282&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Security (14)
](https://www.g2.com/products/oracle-database/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=1295316&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Expensive (18)
](https://www.g2.com/products/oracle-database/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=1296598&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Complexity (11)
](https://www.g2.com/products/oracle-database/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=1295830&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)

**phpMyAdmin**
[
Data Management (1)
](https://www.g2.com/products/phpmyadmin/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=2416115&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Ease of Use (1)
](https://www.g2.com/products/phpmyadmin/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=2416106&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Limitations (1)
](https://www.g2.com/products/phpmyadmin/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=2416110&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)

Integrations

**Oracle Database**
[

 ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/large_detail/large_detail_46417431563fe59eb25fdb9819dc0a95/xamarin.png "Product Avatar Image")

Xamarin

](https://www.g2.com/products/net-2023-06-12/reviews)[

 ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/large_detail/large_detail_809aa88d3571ee805a47d8fb156ba412/apache-kafka.jpg "Product Avatar Image")

Apache Kafka

](https://www.g2.com/products/apache-kafka/reviews)[

 ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/large_detail/large_detail_7ac26159c9ff73c3577631317a201a51/ellucian-student.png "Product Avatar Image")

Ellucian Student

](https://www.g2.com/products/ellucian-student/reviews)[

 ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/large_detail/large_detail_d20584aae28e7a36c33465b06918a4db/grafana.jpg "Product Avatar Image")

Grafana Labs

](https://www.g2.com/products/grafana-labs/reviews)[
View all
](https://www.g2.com/products/oracle-database/integrations)

**phpMyAdmin**
[

 ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/large_detail/large_detail_bde6cd3bdabd1f16c41327bd71f4dee5/cpanel.png "Product Avatar Image")

cPanel

](https://www.g2.com/products/cpanel/reviews)[

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GoDaddy WordPress Hosting

](https://www.g2.com/products/godaddy-wordpress-hosting/reviews)[

 ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/large_detail/large_detail_0864c27fe20b07ec3ed3d780e010ea02/laravel.jpg "Product Avatar Image")

Laravel

](https://www.g2.com/products/laravel/reviews)[

 ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/large_detail/large_detail_d5b6c3c39f0982c3868de568d2b6478f/wordpress-themes.jpg "Product Avatar Image")

WordPress themes

](https://www.g2.com/products/wordpress-themes/reviews)[
View all
](https://www.g2.com/products/phpmyadmin/integrations)

Ratings

Meets Requirements

**Oracle Database**

9.0

9.0735

**phpMyAdmin**

8.7

8.7153

Ease of Use

**Oracle Database**

8.3

8.3742

**phpMyAdmin**

8.5

8.5154

Ease of Setup

**Oracle Database**

7.7

7.7397

**phpMyAdmin**

8.7

8.780

Ease of Admin

**Oracle Database**

7.8

7.8334

**phpMyAdmin**

8.9

8.978

Quality of Support

**Oracle Database**

8.3

8.3704

**phpMyAdmin**

7.7

7.7115

Has the product been a good partner in doing business?

**Oracle Database**

8.1

8.1336

**phpMyAdmin**

8.6

8.659

Product Direction (% positive)

**Oracle Database**

8.2

8.2702

**phpMyAdmin**

8.1

8.1152

Features

Database Management Systems (DBMS)[Hide 48 FeaturesShow 48 Features](javascript:void(0);)

Not enough data

8.5

21

Management

Data dictionary

Not enough data

9.0(won by default)

12

Data Replication

Not enough data

8.5(won by default)

18

Query Language

Not enough data

8.7(won by default)

18

Data Modeling

Not enough data

7.9(won by default)

11

Performance Analysis

Not enough data

7.9(won by default)

11

Data Synchronization

Not enough data

Not enough data

Real-Time Data

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Storage Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Maintenance

Data Migration

Not enough data

8.8(won by default)

17

Backup and Recovery

Not enough data

8.6(won by default)

16

Multi-User Environment

Not enough data

8.6(won by default)

15

Automatic Backup

Not enough data

Not enough data

Database Conversion

Not enough data

Not enough data

Security

Data Encryption

Not enough data

8.1(won by default)

12

User Access Control

Not enough data

8.4(won by default)

17

Mobile Access

Not enough data

Not enough data

Additional Functionality

Workflow Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Third-Party Integrations

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Extraction

Not enough data

Not enough data

Relational Database Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

SSL Security

Not enough data

Not enough data

API

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Connectors

Not enough data

Not enough data

Search/Filter

Not enough data

Not enough data

Reporting & Statistics

Not enough data

Not enough data

Customizable Templates

Not enough data

Not enough data

AI Copilot

Not enough data

Not enough data

Full Text Search

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Virtualization

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Import/Export

Not enough data

Not enough data

Generative AI

Not enough data

Not enough data

Drag & Drop

Not enough data

Not enough data

Customizable Fields

Not enough data

Not enough data

Authentication

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Visualization

Not enough data

Not enough data

Secure Data Storage

Not enough data

Not enough data

Activity Dashboard

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Mapping

Not enough data

Not enough data

Multiple Programming Languages Supported

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Capture and Transfer

Not enough data

Not enough data

User Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

NOSQL Database Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Access Controls/Permissions

Not enough data

Not enough data

Calendar Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Real-Time Monitoring

Not enough data

Not enough data

Document Storage

Not enough data

Not enough data

Audit Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Charting

Not enough data

Not enough data

Relational Databases[Hide 24 FeaturesShow 24 Features](javascript:void(0);)

8.8

589

Not enough data

Management 

Data Schema

9.0(won by default)

146

Not enough data

Query Language

8.9(won by default)

149

Not enough data

ACID - Complaint

8.9(won by default)

131

Not enough data

Data Replication

8.8(won by default)

141

Not enough data

Support 

Text Search

8.4(won by default)

142

Not enough data

Data Types

8.9(won by default)

145

Not enough data

Languages

8.7(won by default)

142

Not enough data

Operating Systems

8.8(won by default)

141

Not enough data

Security

Database Locking

8.8(won by default)

142

Not enough data

Access Control

8.8(won by default)

149

Not enough data

Encryption

8.7(won by default)

138

Not enough data

Authentication

8.8(won by default)

145

Not enough data

Performance 

Disaster Recovery

8.7(won by default)

147

Not enough data

Data Concurrency

8.8(won by default)

140

Not enough data

Workload Management

8.6(won by default)

143

Not enough data

Advanced Indexing

8.8(won by default)

142

Not enough data

Query Optimizer

8.8(won by default)

147

Not enough data

Database Features

Storage

9.0(won by default)

503

Not enough data

Availability

9.0(won by default)

507

Not enough data

Stability

8.9(won by default)

516

Not enough data

Scalability

8.7(won by default)

506

Not enough data

Security

9.0(won by default)

505

Not enough data

Data Manipulation

8.7(won by default)

495

Not enough data

Query Language

9.0(won by default)

499

Not enough data

Database as a Service (DBaaS)[Hide 17 FeaturesShow 17 Features](javascript:void(0);)

8.7

97

Not enough data

Configuration

Application Performance

8.8(won by default)

92

Not enough data

Orchestration

8.3(won by default)

87

Not enough data

Database Monitoring

8.6(won by default)

90

Not enough data

Anomaly Detection

8.4(won by default)

84

Not enough data

Network Security

8.9(won by default)

89

Not enough data

Database Administration

Provisioning

8.5(won by default)

85

Not enough data

Governance

8.8(won by default)

83

Not enough data

Auditing

8.9(won by default)

86

Not enough data

Availability

Scalability

8.9(won by default)

87

Not enough data

Backup

9.0(won by default)

90

Not enough data

Archiving

8.8(won by default)

83

Not enough data

Indexing

8.7(won by default)

84

Not enough data

Security

Data Masking

8.8(won by default)

86

Not enough data

Authentication And Single Sign-On

8.6(won by default)

83

Not enough data

Data Anonymization

8.7(won by default)

80

Not enough data

Data Management

Data Replication

8.9(won by default)

81

Not enough data

Advanced Data Analytics

8.7(won by default)

80

Not enough data

User Insights

Reviewers' Company Size

[![Oracle Database](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/thumb_square/thumb_square_82f55e945509bff7b8009e8024cfe73c/oracle-database.jpg "Oracle Database")](https://www.g2.com/products/oracle-database/reviews)

Oracle Database

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)

12.4%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)

27.4%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)

60.2%

[![phpMyAdmin](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/thumb_square/thumb_square_440016695739ed6497a8895766336877/phpmyadmin.jpg "phpMyAdmin")](https://www.g2.com/products/phpmyadmin/reviews)

phpMyAdmin

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)

58.4%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)

27.7%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)

13.9%

Small-Business

(50 or fewer emp.)

12.4%

58.4%

Mid-Market

(51-1000 emp.)

27.4%

27.7%

Enterprise

(\> 1000 emp.)

60.2%

13.9%

Reviewers' Industry

[![Oracle Database](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/thumb_square/thumb_square_82f55e945509bff7b8009e8024cfe73c/oracle-database.jpg "Oracle Database")](https://www.g2.com/products/oracle-database/reviews)
Oracle Database

Information Technology and Services

20.3%

Computer Software

11.4%

Financial Services

5.6%

Banking

5.0%

Hospital & Health Care

4.4%

Other

53.3%

[![phpMyAdmin](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/thumb_square/thumb_square_440016695739ed6497a8895766336877/phpmyadmin.jpg "phpMyAdmin")](https://www.g2.com/products/phpmyadmin/reviews)
phpMyAdmin

Information Technology and Services

16.3%

Computer Software

15.7%

Internet

9.0%

Marketing and Advertising

5.4%

Higher Education

5.4%

Other

48.2%

Alternatives

**Oracle Database Alternatives**

 ![Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/1533130188/amazon-relational-database-service-rds.svg "Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)")

[
Amazon Relational Database...
](/products/amazon-relational-database-service-rds/reviews)

 ![IBM Db2](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/1553782253/ibm-db2.svg "IBM Db2")

[
IBM Db2
](/products/ibm-db2/reviews)

 ![SAP HANA Cloud](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/b5f8f986beca96ab0027c693ee762fb9/sap-hana-cloud-2025-10-01.svg "SAP HANA Cloud")

[
SAP HANA Cloud
](/products/sap-hana-cloud-2025-10-01/reviews)

 ![Amazon Aurora](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/1528476463/amazon-aurora.svg "Amazon Aurora")

[
Amazon Aurora
](/products/amazon-aurora/reviews)

**phpMyAdmin Alternatives**

 ![Microsoft SQL Server](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/a8a99a96fda235658139f710592f8a53/microsoft-sql-server.svg "Microsoft SQL Server")

[
MS SQL
](/products/microsoft-sql-server/reviews)

 ![Toad For Oracle](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/35e5c607084e1f32cd0ffd32d5abb9a7/quest-software-toad-for-oracle.svg "Toad For Oracle")

[
Toad For Oracle
](/products/quest-software-toad-for-oracle/reviews)

 ![SQL Developer](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/thumb_square/thumb_square_3a65ea54e875f0cf94ac6c8230968ac2/sql-developer.jpeg "SQL Developer")

[
SQL Developer
](/products/sql-developer/reviews)

 ![DBeaver](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/c70ecec3baa906b4d9eec0752e0a20c1/dbeaver.svg "DBeaver")

[
DBeaver
](/products/dbeaver/reviews)

## Oracle Database vs phpMyAdmin

When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found phpMyAdmin easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with phpMyAdmin overall.

- Reviewers felt that Oracle Database meets the needs of their business better than phpMyAdmin.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Oracle Database is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Oracle Database over phpMyAdmin.