We performed a comparison between Appian and Oracle Application Express (APEX) based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Rapid Application Development Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."I find the BPM the most valuable feature."
"The tool is very flexible."
"Process culture is making noise inside the organization because now, everybody knows that their time is being monitored."
"With low-code, we don't need a lot of coding, and then from the plumbing perspective, there is a complete CI/CD pipeline that exists within Appian that can be leveraged for open deployment."
"Technical support has been amazing overall."
"Another advantage of this tool is its reports and records. You can maintain dashboards, layouts. If you with a Java solution, it takes six months time. If you use this tool, you can finish in one or one and a half months' time."
"Good workflow engines that bridge the gaps of processes."
"The process models provide self-documenting systems."
"We set up the HTTP server and installed the Apex Xamarin DB using the Mark Hill SQL packages for an older version. That's the extent of our configuration."
"The most valuable applications within the organization are primarily data forms and extended reports."
"Oracle APEX allows our company to complete webpage projects easily in a fast turnaround time."
"I like that Oracle Application Express (APEX) is powerful and attractive, allowing my organization to modernize forms within two months. I also found its PWA feature very powerful because you can produce substantial mobile applications."
"It provides attractive GUIs allowing professionally-styled applications without the need to know HTML, CSS, or JavaScript."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of use."
"The solution's most valuable aspect is its Graphics Form Design."
"The autonomous database is valuable and provides the main structure for code development."
"Native mobile capabilities or hybrid mobile app capabilities are very limited. Things like offline sync, offline storage, access to smartphone device features, etc. are not supported by the Appian platform yet."
"If that had more DevOps capabilities, it would be an excellent product."
"The solution could use some more tutorials to help brand new users figure out how to use the product effectively."
"One of the areas that Appian is working on is to improve its UI capabilities and give more flexibility to the UI."
"What could be improved is more on the front end perspective, like the user interface and the mobile application aspect."
"It needs better integration with our existing application ecosystem."
"The solution needs more features. For example, a way to connect to our viewing database, to record, and more interface and component design."
"Lacks business rules management as part of the solution."
"Oracle Application Express would be improved if you could use it on a mobile platform."
"It should have the functionality to develop mobile applications. It would also be good if they can improve development in videos and other formats."
"An area for improvement in Oracle Application Express (APEX) is the slow reporting because pulling the report for two months, one year, three years, etc., is very slow. It takes more than thirty minutes to download the report. There's also room for improvement in integrating Oracle Application Express (APEX) with other vendors, such as open-source solutions through API integration. I believe Oracle is working on this feature, or the issue could be because my organization is using an older version of Oracle Application Express (APEX). The Oracle database also has to be improved because it's still lacking in some packages, triggers, and indexes."
"Oracle should implement vertical and horizontal data segmentation in APEX's security framework, so Dev teams don't need to do any heavy lifting in the APEX screens. This is a common issue in enterprise apps. It would be nice to seamlessly integrate Git repositories into the development process since the current solution can result in overlapping work or an eventual overwrite. The provided example apps are great, but they could benefit from some added documentation in the "explanation screens"."
"We would like to see tighter integration with the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure."
"The collaboration and the workflow engine could use some improvement."
"There is a problem with security because the applications store passwords in the configuration files."
"Maybe there are other technologies that offer what APEX cannot."
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Appian is ranked 6th in Rapid Application Development Software with 58 reviews while Oracle Application Express (APEX) is ranked 2nd in Rapid Application Development Software with 52 reviews. Appian is rated 8.4, while Oracle Application Express (APEX) is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Appian writes "Low resource consumption, easy setup, and stable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle Application Express (APEX) writes "An easy-to-use format that is flexible and scalable". Appian is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, Camunda, ServiceNow, OutSystems and ARIS BPA, whereas Oracle Application Express (APEX) is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, Salesforce Platform, Mendix, Microsoft Azure App Service and Zoho Creator. See our Appian vs. Oracle Application Express (APEX) report.
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