Oracle Database
Standard Edition
Comparisons
Oracle Database 11g Standard Edition is an affordable, full-featured data management solution that is ideal for midsize companies. It includes Oracle Real Application Clusters for enterprise class availability and easily scales as your business grows.

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| Maximum | 1 CPU | 2 Sockets | 4 Sockets | No Limit |
| RAM | 1GB | OS Max | OS Max | OS Max |
| Database Size | 4GB | No Limit | No Limit | No Limit |
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| 64 Bit Support | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
High Availability | ||||
| Active Data Guard | Price Option | |||
| Fail Safe | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
| Flashback Query | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
| Flashback Table, Database and Transaction Query | ![]() | |||
| Oracle Secure Backup | Oracle Secure Backup is its own product that works with each database edition | |||
| Server Managed Backup and Recovery | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
Scalability | ||||
| Real Application Clusters | ![]() | Price Option | ||
| Real Application Clusters One Node | Price Option | |||
| Integrated Clusterware | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
| Automatic Workload Management | ![]() | ![]() | ||
| Java, PL/SQL Native Compilation | PL/SQL only | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
| In-Memory Database Cache | Price Option | |||
Security | ||||
| Oracle Database Vault | Price Option | |||
| Oracle Audit Vault | Oracle Audit Vault is its own product that works with each database edition | |||
| Oracle Advanced Security | Price Option | |||
| Oracle Label Security | Price Option | |||
| Secure Application Roles | ![]() | |||
| Virtual Private Database | ![]() | |||
| Fine-Grained Auditing | ![]() | |||
| Proxy Authentication | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
| Data Encryption Toolkit | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Application Development | ||||
| Oracle SQL Developer | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
| Application Express | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
| Java Support | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
| Comprehensive XML Support | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
| PL/SQL and Java Server Pages | PL/SQL only | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
| Comprehensive Microsoft .Net Support, OLE DB, ODBC | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Manageability | ||||
| Real Application Testing | Price Option | |||
| Enterprise Manager | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
| Automatic Memory Management | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
| Automatic Storage Management | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
| Automatic Undo Management | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Data Warehousing | ||||
| Exadata Database Machine | Requires Oracle Database Enterprise Edition | |||
| Advanced Compression | Price Option | |||
| OLAP | Price Option | |||
| Partitioning | Price Option | |||
| Advanced Analytics | Price Option | |||
| Transportable Tablespaces, Including Cross-Platform | ![]() | |||
| Star Query Optimization | PL/SQL only | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
| Information Lifecycle Management | ![]() | |||
| Summary Management - Materialized View Query Rewrite | ![]() | |||
Integration | ||||
| Advanced Queuing | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
| Distributed Queries/Transactions | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Content Management | ||||
| XML DB | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
| Multimedia | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
| Text | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
| Locator | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
| Spatial | Price Option | |||
| Secure Enterprise Search | Oracle Secure Enterprise Search is its own product that works with each database edition | |||