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Oracle Forms vs. Oracles

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Categories and Ranking

Oracle Forms

Ranking in Software Components

1st

Average Rating

8.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

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Oracle Reports

Ranking in Software Components

2nd

Average Rating

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

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Market share comparison

As of June 2024, in the Software Components category, the market share of Oracle Forms is 20.0% and it decreased by 32.0% compared to the previous year. The market share of Oracle Reports is 20.0% and it decreased by 24.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Featured Reviews

Naeem Ahmed Memon

IT Manager at NED University of Engineering and Technology

Oct 18, 2023

A robust development tool offering strong data security and exceptional scalability capabilities

It may encounter performance challenges, particularly when handling extensive graphics. In contrast to cloud-based solutions like Apex, Oracle Forms may lack some advanced visual features. In terms of form recovery and enhancements, there's a need for virtualization. The speed and efficiency of data retrieval should be increased. User interaction and the overall user interface design should be significantly improved in the next critical version to make it more user-friendly and intuitive. Having a built-in SQL prompt or a Windows environment alongside the data connection would be valuable. It would be a significant advancement if there were a platform or functionality within Oracle Forms for reviewing and managing alerts.

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Praveen Kumar P

Application Development Manager at Accenture

Mar 11, 2024

Used to develop operational reports, business reports, and third-party customer reports

We don't have a tool to access the backend read-only. We should get a tool instead of using the BIP, where there are limitations on querying the number of reports. It would be good if Oracle could provide an easy-to-use read-only tool to access the database. Using the BIP model to run a query is time-consuming. Earlier, we used to have a Toad SQL developer. Whenever you run the BIP data model, you get only 100 to 200 records simultaneously, which you cannot extract without building a report. A flexible tool will help developers look at the data instead of going into BIP, building the report, having a layout, and then creating the report to extract your data.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The most important thing is the reliability. The over-all user control is very important as is data security. The application is efficient. All of these factors are important to our usage of Oracle forms."

"Overall, the performance of the solution is very good."

"It's a very old product, and therefore, very seldom do you need to get in contact with technical support for issues. It's very stable."

"The solution is stable."

"The most valuable features are the low-code RAD, performance, and intuitive design."

"It offers a wealth of features, including LOBs and triggers, making it a comprehensive platform."

"With this solution, we can provide the managerial-level reports to show them the profits, losses, company expenses, and assets."

"The reports can be customized based on the requirements."

"It's easy to build an OTBI, and it doesn't take much time to create a report for the customer or business purposes."

Cons

"The solution could improve by having a web-style rendered UI."

"It's quite an old product. It may be easier to use if it were a web application."

"The restriction on methods of exporting results of development needs to be more flexible."

"The GUI needs improvement."

"The solution should be integrated with Oracle Reports."

"User interaction and the overall user interface design should be significantly improved in the next critical version to make it more user-friendly and intuitive."

"It would be good if Oracle could provide an easy-to-use read-only tool to access the database."

"The GUI could use some improvement."

"Depending on which variables are being used in the report, there can be issues related to security."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We purchase the solution's yearly license."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Government

20%

Computer Software Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

13%

Non Profit

Government

18%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Computer Software Company

10%

University

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By reviewers

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Midsize Enterprise

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Oracle Forms?

It offers a wealth of features, including LOBs and triggers, making it a comprehensive platform.

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What is your primary use case for Oracle Forms?

It offers a comprehensive data entry solution, allowing end-users to effortlessly input data for various purposes, including education and finance. We examine fees and seamlessly integrate Oracle F...

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What do you like most about Oracle Reports?

It's easy to build an OTBI, and it doesn't take much time to create a report for the customer or business purposes.

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What is your primary use case for Oracle Reports?

As a partner, I use Oracle Reports to develop many reports for my customers, including operational reports, business reports, third-party customer reports, and letters.

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Overview

Oracle Forms, a component of Oracle Fusion Middleware, is Oracle's long-established technology to design and build enterprise applications quickly and efficiently. Using the latest version can easily integrate with nearly any modern or legacy technology application requires. Whether application needs to include authentication using Oracle Access Manager, or communicating with Web Services, or running reports in Oracle Reports or Oracle BI-Publisher, or even working with Microsoft Office tools, Oracle Forms can get the job done. Powerful desktop applications delivered with the easy and scalability of a web applications.

Oracle Reports, a component of Oracle Fusion Middleware is Oracle's award-winning, high-fidelity enterprise reporting tool. It enables businesses to provide instant access to information to all levels within and outside of the organization in a scalable and secure environment. Oracle Reports consists of Oracle Reports Developer - a powerful, declarative WYSIWYG reports design tool and a JEE 5 based Oracle Reports Server with multi-tier architecture to access any data sources, generate reports in any popular format for web and paper, and to burst and distribute reports to any destination. Oracle remains committed to the development of this technology, and to the ongoing release as a component of the Oracle Fusion Middleware platform.

Sample Customers

Cologne Data, Jubilee Life, Shikun Binui Group, DTE Energy

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