We performed a comparison between Oracle Application Express (APEX) and Pega BPM 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."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."
"It's fairly easy to make a user-friendly interface."
"Intuitive with a user-friendly UI."
"The solution is easy to handle. The tool has helped us develop many applications since it supports SQL and NoSQL languages. We are familiar with this language. Also, the solution’s interface design and database design are very easy. It is not so much complex. I have no experience working with other solutions."
"The valuable features are charts, reports, and search engines."
"This product will speed up development time with helpful production aids."
"It has many ready modules that can be used and developed."
"The solution's most valuable feature is its quick setup. Nowhere else you can create a good-looking application this quick. It's a fairly robust system."
"Application development is very rapid. A lot of code gets reused while building the applications, which is something we highly appreciate."
"Scalable and stable BPM software with a powerful case management feature. It also has good workflow."
"Decreased time for plane departures and landing, supported analytical insight for planning of three to six month forecasting, and helped with operational decision planning and support."
"Can do a lot of things with minimum time and cost."
"Pega BPM has a full suite for any enterprise. It is a process orchestration platform. It has detailed features for case management and workflows."
"The most important features of Pega BPM are case management and claims management, and soon they'll also be offering claims processing. I also love Pega BPM in terms of performance. It's also one of the very few user-friendly solutions in the market. It may take some time to learn Pega BPM, but once you get a proper handle on it, tracking and managing processes become very easy anytime, anywhere. Pega BPM also has very good documentation you can use to learn the solution. Pega has a community portal that has complete information and explanations, and if you're facing a challenge, you can post your challenge on the community portal and get a resolution at the same time."
"Pega BPM's most valuable feature is the use of CDX to solve problems."
"Currently, APEX doesn't have a building workflow engine. I think that's the most important improvement that could be made at this point."
"Being able to only design with HTML and CSS can be limiting as to what can be accomplished."
"The workflow engine should be embedded in the solution."
"There is a problem with security because the applications store passwords in the configuration files."
"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."
"It should have the functionality to develop mobile applications. It would also be good if they can improve development in videos and other formats."
"The problem of sending emails arises when Oracle Application Express (APEX) is inside Oracle Cloud Infrastructure since it is a bit complicated or difficult to understand where to take care of the setup part to be able to just send out emails properly."
"One area for improvement in Oracle APEX is its workflow orchestration capabilities."
"Pega is claiming they're into low code but as per Gartner Magic Quadrant, Pega is not there now."
"First-time customers will find its licensing tricky. The technical support team for this solution could be faster in resolving tickets."
"I would like to see Pega BPM improve the user experience."
"Compared to other BPM products, the interface is somewhat complex, so the usability could be improved."
"If it could also be integrated with robotics, it could help with a lot of things, even if we don't have APIs, we could still talk to other applications. If it could invoke a bot, for example."
"This is a quite expensive product."
"The biggest thing I have seen is when going from one version to another and upgrading to the latest version, it takes a pretty long time for an organization to go through an upgrade process. I think that's an area where they can make it a little smoother."
"The solution could be more scalable."
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Oracle Application Express (APEX) is ranked 2nd in Rapid Application Development Software with 52 reviews while Pega BPM is ranked 7th in Rapid Application Development Software with 57 reviews. Oracle Application Express (APEX) is rated 8.2, while Pega BPM is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Oracle Application Express (APEX) writes "An easy-to-use format that is flexible and scalable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Pega BPM writes "Provides built-in frameworks that can be reused and reduces time and cost". Oracle Application Express (APEX) is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, Salesforce Platform, Mendix, Oracle Visual Builder Cloud Service and Zoho Creator, whereas Pega BPM is most compared with ServiceNow, Camunda, Appian, Microsoft Power Apps and IBM BPM. See our Oracle Application Express (APEX) vs. Pega BPM report.
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