We performed a comparison between Oracle Application Express (APEX) and ServiceNow Now Platform 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."Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The solution can efficiently translate from English to another language including Arabic using the XLIFF format."
"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."
"A user interface is relatively simple to create."
"The most valuable features are security, stability, and ease of implementation."
"Oracle Application Express is easy to use, people don't have to be developers to use it."
"It has a well-designed architecture and is a simple 3rd party application."
"It provides attractive GUIs allowing professionally-styled applications without the need to know HTML, CSS, or JavaScript."
"The tool helps to automate IT service management processes. It's the market-leading technology. It can provide the company with chatbots and a unique process or workflow orchestration. It can be customized to the customer's specific needs, enabling semi-automatic or full automation processes. It integrates fully with SAP and offers a wide range of advantages for both us and our clients."
"ITOM Discovery is a great feature."
"It is an absolutely scalable solution."
"The solution provides a single platform for multiple systems and software to operate from. We have found the solution to be stable The initial setup and deployment of the solution was very easy. The technical support team are very helpful, we contact them whenever we are unable to fix an issue."
"The workflow feature really has a lot of value because you can create complex workflows in a simple, intuitive way with only a few clicks."
"The main reason that people use ServiceNow is that performance is very good."
"At this point, over and above what ServiceNow actually is, the key is that it's really nothing but a web service. Whether it's a form or anything, the best part is that you can easily leverage anything of ServiceNow for any application anywhere just by calling the REST endpoints and handling the request messages."
"ServiceNow Now Platform is quite useful, scalable, and flexible. The user interface is very good."
"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"."
"I don't like the URL syntax."
"Source control could be stronger in Oracle Application Express (APEX). It needs some work."
"It would be highly beneficial if APEX were an all-in-one platform capable of handling all aspects of application development."
"The solution’s pricing is high if you use it on the OCA platform. It’s also a little bit costly. However, if we use it on an on-premises Oracle database, the pricing is cheaper."
"It has a bit of a strict framework, you have to make all the time adjustments in their JavaScript. Another downside is that it's only available for Oracle databases."
"It would be beneficial to include WebSockets so that you can see real-time updates."
"Some of the application interfaces of Oracle Application Express are not very attractive and could be improved."
"The UI is not intuitive."
"The integration towards other ERP systems could be improved."
"The pricing model is complex and needs to be both lowered and simplified."
"It is still difficult to build a set of services in ServiceNow. It can be done, but it is one of the more difficult things to do. If we're talking about scalability, we're talking about the ability to actually build that set of services a little easier."
"Bug and defect management are not available in ServiceNow."
"The initial setup requires a lot of customization based on the individual company's processes."
"The solution doesn't allow users to create custom tables, which would be a big improvement."
"The reporting capabilities need to be improved, otherwise we need to pay for performance analytics."
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Oracle Application Express (APEX) is ranked 2nd in Rapid Application Development Software with 52 reviews while ServiceNow Now Platform is ranked 11th in Rapid Application Development Software with 34 reviews. Oracle Application Express (APEX) is rated 8.2, while ServiceNow Now Platform is rated 8.6. 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 ServiceNow Now Platform writes " An easy-to-use tool that allows users to upgrade the software if some enhancements are required". Oracle Application Express (APEX) is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, Salesforce Platform, Mendix, Oracle Visual Builder Cloud Service and Microsoft Azure App Service, whereas ServiceNow Now Platform is most compared with ServiceNow, Microsoft Power Apps, OpenText AppWorks , Appian and Studio Creatio. See our Oracle Application Express (APEX) vs. ServiceNow Now Platform report.
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