Feature Parity Between Oracle Public Cloud and Exadata Cloud@Customer Deployments

Autonomous Database on Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure offers two deployment possibilities for operational control and isolation; Oracle Public Cloud or Exadata Cloud@Customer. Even though both platforms support a standard set of features for Autonomous Databases, there are a few differences among them.

Feature Comparison

The following table lists the Autonomous Database features exclusive to either Oracle Public Cloud or Exadata Cloud@Customer deployments.

Feature Oracle Public Cloud Exadata Cloud@Customer
Change the license type on an Autonomous VM Cluster Supported via service request (SR) in My Oracle Support. See Create a Service Request in My Oracle Support for instructions. Applicable
Connect Python applications using the python-oracledb driver   Applicable
Deploy Autonomous Database to X10M Exadata Database Machine Systems   Applicable
Deploy Autonomous Database to Exadata Base Machine Systems Applicable On Exadata Cloud@Customer deployments, Base Shape is offered as a fixed shape (Base Rack) while provisioning an Exadata system such as X8M-2, X9M-2 and so on.
Use Database Management Service to monitor databases Applicable
Use Operations Insights on Autonomous Database Applicable