Oracle Editions
On-Premise Editions
(SE2) Standard Edition 2
Oracle Database Standard Edition 2 includes features necessary to develop workgroup, department-level, and Web applications. (1)
(EE) Enterprise Edition
Oracle Database Enterprise Edition provides performance, availability, scalability, and security for developing applications such as high-volume online transaction processing (OLTP) applications, query-intensive data warehouses, and demanding Internet applications. (1)
Oracle Database Enterprise Edition can be enhanced with the purchase of Oracle Database options and Oracle management packs. (1)
(EE-ES) Enterprise Edition on Engineered Systems
Oracle Database Enterprise Edition software installed on an on-premises engineered system (Oracle Exadata Database Machine or Oracle Database Appliance). (1)
Includes all of the components of Oracle Database. You can further enhance this offering with the purchase of Oracle Database options and Oracle management packs (1)
The licensing policies for EE-ES vary depending on whether it is installed on Oracle Exadata Database Machine or Oracle Database Appliance. Be sure to make note of these differences. (1)
(PE) Personal Edition
Oracle Database Personal Edition supports single-user development and deployment environments that require full compatibility with Oracle Database Standard Edition 2 and Oracle Database Enterprise Edition. (1)
Includes all of the components that are included with Enterprise Edition, as well as all Oracle Database options, with the exception of the Oracle RAC One Node and Oracle Real Application Clusters options, which cannot be used with Personal Edition. Personal Edition is available on Linux and Windows platforms only. Oracle management packs cannot be used with Personal Edition. (1)
Oracle Database Cloud Service
(DBCS SE) Standard Edition
Includes Oracle Database Standard Edition 2 software. (1)
(DBCS EE) Enterprise Edition
Includes Oracle Database Enterprise Edition software. (1)
Includes:
Oracle Database Enterprise Edition
Data Masking and Subsetting Pack
Diagnsotics Pack
Tuning Pack
Real Application Testing
Transparent Data Encryption
Machine Learning
Spatial
Graph
(DBCS EE-HP) Enterprise Edition High Performance
Includes Oracle Database Enterprise Edition software plus many Oracle Database options and Oracle management packs. (1)
As "Enterprise Edition" plus...
Multitenant
Partitioning
Advanced Compression
Advanced Security
Label Security
Database Vault
OLAP
Database Lifecycle Management Pack
Cloud Management Pack for Oracle Database
(DBCS EE-EP) Enterprise Edition Extreme Performance
Includes Oracle Database Enterprise Edition software plus all Oracle Database options and Oracle management packs that are appropriate for use in Oracle Database Cloud Service. (1)
As "Enterprise Edition High Performance" plus...
In-Memory Database
Active Data Guard
Real Application Clusters (RAC)
Exadata Cloud Service
ExaCS (Exadata Cloud Service)
Oracle Database Enterprise Edition software plus all Oracle Database options and Oracle management packs that are appropriate for use in Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Service. (1)
ExaCC (Exadata Cloud@Customer)
Oracle Database Enterprise Edition software plus all Oracle Database options and Oracle management packs that are appropriate for use in Oracle Database Exadata Cloud@Customer. (1)
Bibliography
http://houseofbrick.com/choosing-the-right-oracle-database-edition-standard-vs-enterprise/http://houseofbrick.com/considerations-for-a-first-time-oracle-install(1) https://docs.oracle.com/en/database/oracle/oracle-database/19/dblic/Licensing-Information.html (retrieved 21-Apr-2023)
Standard Edition 2
Enterprise Edition
Free Developer Editionhttps://mikedietrichde.com/2023/04/04/oracle-database-23c-free-developer-release-is-available/https://www.oracle.com/database/technologies/free-downloads.htmlhttps://blogs.oracle.com/database/post/oracle-database-23c-freehttps://www.oracle.com/database/free/https://www.oracle.com/database/free/faq/