We performed a comparison between Oracle Application Express (APEX) and OutSystems 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 like the way that it automatically goes into the spreadsheets and the users can deal with it."
"This product will speed up development time with helpful production aids."
"With only a browser, it is very easy to develop in a web environment."
"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."
"Oracle APEX allows our company to complete webpage projects easily in a fast turnaround time."
"One of the most valuable features is the ability to build very fast data-driven UIs."
"The valuable features are charts, reports, and search engines."
"You can customize the solution to create a console where only business users can access and download files if they want to extract the data."
"The most valuable features of OutSystems are the user-friendly platform. The drag-and-drop feature is great. I have used other rapid application development tools before, but they were not as advanced as OutSystems. With the previous tools, I had to manually build certain features, but OutSystems does it automatically."
"We used almost all of the features, themes, styling guide, and approach components. They are useful in our applications."
"The drag-and-drop feature is very valuable."
"The visual program of OutSystems is one of the major advantages of this solution."
"Speed of delivery: We were able to reduce development time by 30%."
"Once built, web/mobile components can be reused in all new developments. In addition, the OutSystems Forge is very useful. We can exchange components and even already-built applications, reducing costs to build specific solutions."
"It is a stable solution, and the initial setup is straightforward."
"The most important features of this tool are its visual modeling capabilities and drag and drop functionality. You can see what you are coding which makes it easy to understand and maintain. They have also created a big revolution in digital transformation by introducing native mobile app development under the same IDE."
"The solution does not support the Linux platform."
"There is a problem with security because the applications store passwords in the configuration files."
"In terms of improvement, there should be a greater focus on AI and machine learning tools in Oracle APEX."
"The workflow engine should be embedded in the solution."
"During the upcoming versions, we can modify the current configuration."
"Oracle Application Express would be improved if you could use it on a mobile platform."
"One area for improvement in Oracle APEX is its workflow orchestration capabilities."
"Connecting with Oracle and the relation with Oracle at the database as a procedure needs improvement."
"Currently, in mobile applications, we don't have push notifications."
"While I can't speak to the market impact, as a developer, I've seen significant reductions in development time across different versions of our applications. One area for improvement would be the UI controls in Service Studio. Sometimes, controls don't appear in the IDE, requiring us to check them in the web browser instead. Overall, our experience with OutSystems has been positive, though improvements in UI development would be welcomed."
"It is hard to find the logic in OutSystems. From an improvement perspective, I want to be able to properly use logic in OutSystems."
"I like the OutSystems platform. I am working on integrating it with another platform using APIs, however, it has proven to be difficult. The main issue I am facing is obtaining authorization tokens as well as access and refresh tokens. It may be due to my lack of knowledge of APIs as it is new to me."
"In my opinion, the support and the pricing could be better."
"When shared extensions are updated, all the applications are redeployed."
"In OutSystems, cloud management is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"It's difficult to do the component version control. I would like them to add more studying materials."
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Oracle Application Express (APEX) is ranked 2nd in Rapid Application Development Software with 52 reviews while OutSystems is ranked 3rd in Rapid Application Development Software with 46 reviews. Oracle Application Express (APEX) is rated 8.2, while OutSystems is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Oracle Application Express (APEX) writes "Has easy-to-use interface design and database design". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OutSystems writes "Useful natural speech to algorithm, reliable, and beneficial automatic task". Oracle Application Express (APEX) is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, Salesforce Platform, Mendix, Oracle Visual Builder Cloud Service and ServiceNow, whereas OutSystems is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, Appian, Mendix, ServiceNow and Pega BPM. See our Oracle Application Express (APEX) vs. OutSystems report.
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