We performed a comparison between Mendix 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."Suite allows you to easily and smoothly integrate with pretty much anything. It is also cloud-enabled. It provides a full Cloud Foundry-driven cloud environment with one-click deployment."
"It is a brilliant solution."
"I find the fast development speed and low cost to be very valuable features of Mendix. It's a smart solution for busy developers when we need to apply new changes or fixes quickly. Mendix helps to save time and meet project deadlines faster."
"The most valuable features of the product are its ease of use and speed. My friend and I find it helpful as a team of just two developers."
"The most valuable features are the integration and UI customization."
"There is a free version of the solution you can use."
"It is stable."
"Mendix has made a great deal of effort to provide its developers a healthy, modern environment for developing. First of all, it adopts Agile methodology by creating a SCRUM-based app where you can handle your user stories. Next comes version control, which really allows multiple team members to collaborate quite easily. And last but not least, Mendix modeler, which is your IDE for developing Mendix apps."
"The most valuable features are security, stability, and ease of implementation."
"Efficient software delivery and a solution that works quickly."
"You don't have to know a lot of PL because it's built on PL/SQL. You don't need developers. You only need to design a good application that resolves a problem, or many problems, for companies and you're ready to go."
"Oracle Application Express is easy to use, people don't have to be developers to use it."
"The most valuable applications within the organization are primarily data forms and extended reports."
"It's fairly easy to make a user-friendly interface."
"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."
"A user interface is relatively simple to create."
"It needs to provide an overview of model versioning control for the sake of the review process; better SCRUM board; an overview of model changes from the repository through Sprintr (SCRUM board). Also, a choice between versioning control system would be nice."
"We'd like to be able to write in C Sharp to develop code for Mendix."
"It could use a more comprehensive widget creation studio in the IDE."
"Mendix is slightly less scalable than I'd like."
"A constraint of Mendix is that you have to look for the required plugins which takes up development time. There are a limited number of Mendix experts in the market."
"Feature-wise and in terms of technical aspects, Mendix is excellent, but its pricing is steep."
"Mendix is great for internal applications but not so great for a public-facing interface. It lacks a proper directory structure for public use. The URL will not change from page to page unless a deep link is created for each page. That makes it difficult to bookmark pages in the browser to view later on."
"What is lacking is the support of higher level modeling features, like the modeling you do is relatively low level, yet it is still close to programming. We would like to see a more business-oriented modeling environment, like BPMN."
"Maybe there are other technologies that offer what APEX cannot."
"The product must provide more triggers."
"The workflow engine should be embedded in the solution."
"Occasionally when trying to un a page, I would be faced with an error number; however, not much information would be provided on the error itself outside of the programming language. It would be nice if more information could be provided."
"Better connection and integration with non-Oracle databases is needed."
"There is one disadvantage. When facing problems, it can be difficult to find solutions online (Google/YouTube), unlike with Java coding, where solutions are readily available on Google."
"You also need an APEX specialist for deployment because not many people use it."
"During the upcoming versions, we can modify the current configuration."
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Mendix is ranked 5th in Rapid Application Development Software with 48 reviews while Oracle Application Express (APEX) is ranked 2nd in Rapid Application Development Software with 53 reviews. Mendix is rated 8.4, while Oracle Application Express (APEX) is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Mendix writes "Low-code, helpful support, and great native mobile capability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle Application Express (APEX) writes "An easy-to-use format that is flexible and scalable". Mendix is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, OutSystems, Appian, ServiceNow and Salesforce Platform, whereas Oracle Application Express (APEX) is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, Salesforce Platform, Microsoft Azure App Service, Oracle Visual Builder Cloud Service and OutSystems. See our Mendix vs. Oracle Application Express (APEX) report.
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