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."It is really simple to create a new app, and I like the data-centric aspect of the BPM tool."
"Form building capabilities and well thought out process modelling are key points to this product."
"The Application Designer is very user friendly. There are also lot of plug-ins that you can use and, for the most part, they are free."
"It provides us with real-time data on all connected systems in terms of how they're integrated with each other and how they are performing in a workflow manner."
"Compared to other code tools that I've seen, Appian has a more robust rules engine"
"The application life cycle is very clear. I started learning it and giving some workshops to my team. Creating the users and the building is very structured. Documentation is nice and it's easy to learn."
"What stands out are the speed of the product, the quick, easy development, and visual diagramming."
"The initial setup is easy."
"Intuitive with a user-friendly UI."
"Oracle Application Express is easy to use, people don't have to be developers to use it."
"One of the most valuable features is the ability to build very fast data-driven UIs."
"It has a well-designed architecture and is a simple 3rd party application."
"The most valuable features of Oracle Application Express (APEX) are the ease and speed of development. Instead of engaging a large team of middleware, front-end, and database engineers, we can have professional look at the front end and have the user interface up and running in a matter of days. However, if you want to go far and implement very custom features, it doesn't require a lot of knowledge of front-end development, such as HTML, JavaScript, or other aspects."
"One of the most valuable features is that we can develop everything locally and deploy it for different kinds of operators in different locations, so we can do our job in one piece. The benefit of that is that others can use these applications. They connect to the internet to do these kinds of applications based on the permissions for those users."
"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."
"Quick development and the connection with the database are the most valuable and useful features. It is also very stable, scalable, and easy to set up. Its support is also good."
"One of the areas that Appian is working on is to improve its UI capabilities and give more flexibility to the UI."
"The performance is pretty good, but the distortions need to be optimized in order for it to work well."
"If we could calculate the amount of data that will be realized, it would help us a lot."
"A point of improvement would be the SAIL forms. The built-in tool used to generate forms does not have debugging support (to view local variables as they change on live preview, and step-by-step valuation) which is a big drawback for form development. Moreover, the script language used to build SAIL forms does not support inheritance or lambda expressions (functions as arguments of other functions), which makes the code base more verbose."
"Appian is easy to set up, but JBoss is complex. JBoss is the application server for running Appian."
"The tool itself is pretty good, but the main area that we struggled with was the backend. The frontend development is really good, but the backend modeling can be streamlined a little bit. There are good integrations, but tying them through the data layer and then up into the frontend could be improved a little bit. It does read/write on the data source, and you can configure it to just write or just read, but there is a little bit of work involved."
"We'd like improved functionality for testing new devices."
"Authoring tool is slow to use resulted in limitations on how quickly solutions can be built."
"The product must provide more triggers."
"The migration process is difficult in Oracle Application Express."
"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 workflow engine should be embedded in the solution."
"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."
"In terms of improvement, there should be a greater focus on AI and machine learning tools in Oracle APEX."
"It would be beneficial to include WebSockets so that you can see real-time updates."
"We would like to see tighter integration with the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure."
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Appian is ranked 6th in Rapid Application Development Software with 57 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 "Has easy-to-use interface design and database design". Appian is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, OutSystems, Camunda, ServiceNow and ARIS BPA, whereas Oracle Application Express (APEX) is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, Salesforce Platform, Mendix, Oracle Visual Builder Cloud Service and Pega BPM. See our Appian vs. Oracle Application Express (APEX) report.
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