We performed a comparison between Microsoft Powerapps and Oracle Application Express (APEX) based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Microsoft PowerApps finished ahead in this comparison. Microsoft PowerApps offers slightly better integrations with 3rd party applications and is considered to be more user-friendly. As Microsoft is a very popular ecosystem with many of our users, it is the simple choice for better seamless integration. Oracle’s APEX limitations outside of the Oracle universe presented too many challenges for our users.
"The most valuable feature is the time-to-market because you can make apps pretty fast."
"The tool helps simplify tasks like conference room bookings, onboarding new employees, managing documentation processes, or handling form submissions; PowerOps can adapt to various use cases. Its ability to develop templates and seamlessly integrate data makes it a valuable tool. It can be integrated with Microsoft Copilot."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft PowerApps is the user interface."
"Generating reports is very fast with Microsoft PowerApps. It's stable and scalable as well."
"Microsoft PowerApps's most valuable features we found are that it's very similar to the other Microsoft products, you can do the basic automation quite quickly. The interface is similar to the other Microsoft products which makes it easy to navigate around because we are used to Microsoft products."
"You can easily connect Power Apps with other databases, like Excel, SharePoint, SQL, etc."
"The solution is stable and reliable."
"We were impressed with the functionality of the solution."
"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 product is easy to use."
"Oracle APEX improved our organization by making it possible for us to implement agile project development."
"In our experience with Apex, we find that minimizing reliance on HTML and JavaScript is preferable, especially considering our background as seasoned programmers adept in PL/SQL. Incorporating HTML and JavaScript can pose challenges due to potential compatibility issues when updates are made to JavaScript. We also make use of JAPER report integration for generating reports, a practice integral to our reporting procedures."
"With only a browser, it is very easy to develop in a web environment."
"The virtual patching feature is valuable."
"It has a well-designed architecture and is a simple 3rd party application."
"The solution is evolving very fast and every month new features are introduced. Sometimes it's difficult to catch up with all the evolution that's happening. I had to focus on Power BI for a while and left PowerApps at the side for a couple of months and when I came back, it had changed its interface and moved components around."
"There is room for improvement with the amount of code required to implement the expense classification app."
"The portal and canvas apps need to be improved and brought up to speed."
"We'd like more features and less to no coding."
"The set up of the solution could be simpler."
"In terms of workflow automation, I believe that capabilities for creating the entire business process are required, or, at the very least, the option to model the business process, define complex business events, handle them, and route them to appropriate business stakeholders."
"The scalability of the solution could improve."
"I would like to have more options for changing the layout because customizing something as simple as colors is very hard."
"The problem of sending emails arises when Oracle Application Express (APEX) is inside Oracle Cloud Infrastructure since it is a bit complicated or difficult to understand where to take care of the setup part to be able to just send out emails properly."
"It should have the functionality to develop mobile applications. It would also be good if they can improve development in videos and other formats."
"In terms of improvement, there should be a greater focus on AI and machine learning tools in Oracle APEX."
"Apex has effectively incorporated new market trends into its features. The platform's user-friendly nature is notable, guiding developers through the development process. While advanced customization of the user interface with HTML and CSS is possible, the out-of-the-box options often suffice, providing 80-90% of the required functionality. The IDE is commendable, yet an enhancement in the Page Designer to allow a real-time preview of layout changes would be beneficial. Currently, running the page is necessary to visualize layout adjustments, but an immediate preview during the design phase would be a valuable improvement."
"The solution does not support the Linux platform."
"Another issue I used to encounter was with the debugging functions. I believe this is an area where Oracle APEX could improve significantly in terms of displaying error messages or error pages. It is very difficult to detect bugs or which bugs you are having when it comes to errors or which errors you have."
"I would like to see easier integration into active directory authentication. Also, maybe integration of JavaScript frameworks would resolve some issues."
"It would be highly beneficial if APEX were an all-in-one platform capable of handling all aspects of application development."
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Microsoft Power Apps is ranked 1st in Rapid Application Development Software with 78 reviews while Oracle Application Express (APEX) is ranked 2nd in Rapid Application Development Software with 52 reviews. Microsoft Power Apps is rated 7.8, while Oracle Application Express (APEX) is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Microsoft Power Apps writes "Low-code, low learning curve, and reduces manpower". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle Application Express (APEX) writes "An easy-to-use format that is flexible and scalable". Microsoft Power Apps is most compared with Mendix, ServiceNow, Appian, Microsoft Azure App Service and Salesforce Platform, whereas Oracle Application Express (APEX) is most compared with Salesforce Platform, Mendix, Microsoft Azure App Service, Oracle Visual Builder Cloud Service and OutSystems. See our Microsoft Power Apps vs. Oracle Application Express (APEX) report.
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