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."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."
"Appian is a very low code platform. It's very easy to learn and use."
"The solution has a lot of strong features for the financial industry, it is very easy to use."
"There is a version coming out every six months with performance improvements."
"Call Web Service Smart Service - Web service integrations with other systems are super simple and fast to create, supported by low code menus."
"It's heavy on business processing in terms of logic, process workflows, and primarily on the process design modeler. Appian is really great at that. In terms of the full stack set from a low-code platform perspective, it's definitely an eye opener since it can be deployed via mobile app and on the web as well."
"I find the BPM the most valuable feature."
"The low code functionality and being able to get applications faster to customers or to the market are valuable."
"The valuable features are charts, reports, and search engines."
"Oracle Application Express is easy to use, people don't have to be developers to use it."
"Oracle APEX's reporting features are simple yet powerful. The ability to quickly create CRUD screens has simplified many RAD discovery processes, while the APEX environment allows the product owners and dev teams to quickly understand the complex solutions and employ usage statistics to identify areas requiring improvement. The option to add external JavaScript tools in screen development enables the development of complicated mobile or web usage scenarios in rare cases where the APEX UX is not enough."
"This is a good application for quickly creating public applications."
"Oracle APEX improved our organization by making it possible for us to implement agile project development."
"The solution's most valuable aspect is its Graphics Form Design."
"It helps us create web pages quickly."
"It has a well-designed architecture and is a simple 3rd party application."
"We would like to see more reduced latency. We would like to make sure that the scale-out factor will be much more as workloads come in."
"We'd like improved functionality for testing new devices."
"The graphical user interface could be easier to use. It should be simplified."
"It is difficult to set up the on-premise version."
"Lacks business rules management as part of the solution."
"While Appian is generally flexible, it's rigid in some ways. It takes longer to do something that isn't available out of the box."
"The documentation needs to be improved."
"They should provide more flexibility so designers can create a more picture perfect device."
"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."
"One area for improvement in Oracle APEX is its workflow orchestration capabilities."
"Oracle is more of a database-oriented solution and is not very flexible in app development."
"The solution has some stability problems that need to be resolved."
"Fixing bugs is difficult because of how the HTML code is generated. It is not always broadly compatible with browsers."
"I've experienced some difficulties when using Oracle Application Express (APEX), particularly when I'm designing forms. For example, when I design a form, I add buttons and controls, but I'm unable to visualize how it'll look unless I run it. You want to design and do things your way, but if you don't have much experience, then you'll find that designing in Oracle Application Express (APEX) is a little complicated. This won't be a problem with anyone more experienced, though. If I wanted to create my design, for example, a different table format or some background images, it becomes a problem, and this is an area for improvement in Oracle Application Express (APEX). Designing should be easier, even for less experienced users. An additional feature I'd like to see in Oracle Application Express (APEX) is more plugins, particularly a repository that contains a lot of plugins, so you can go to that repository and download whichever you like and use it or add it to your project. Right now, I create my plugins, so it would be helpful if Oracle Application Express (APEX) has a repository of plugins people can use, download from anywhere in the world, and integrate into projects."
"Visual Builder and APEX should meld in one product."
"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."
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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, 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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