We performed a comparison between Oracle Application Express (APEX) and SalesForce Platform based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: SalesForce Platform comes out on top in this comparison because it is very easy to use, the intuitive dashboard makes it easy to monitor progress, customizes easily, and provides great reporting. The solution is very flexible and offers robust cloud options.
"With only a browser, it is very easy to develop in a web environment."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of use."
"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."
"I like how we can actively develop and customize APEX because it's on the same database."
"Intuitive with a user-friendly UI."
"It has a well-designed architecture and is a simple 3rd party application."
"It's fairly easy to make a user-friendly interface."
"The solution's stability is fine. There are no issues with Salesforce's stability."
"The activities, opportunities, follow-up of the opportunities, and business tracking are valuable features. It provides everything that we need. It works pretty well."
"The reporting tools are very solid."
"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten...I rate Salesforce Platform's technical support a ten out of ten."
"It was pretty easy to deploy."
"The standard sales and marketing tools that Salesforce provides on the platform are the most valuable."
"I found the ease of use most valuable in the Salesforce Platform. I also found the platform pretty light."
"The solution is used to track our customers."
"The solution does not include a default or custom template like other products."
"The solution has some stability problems that need to be resolved."
"The collaboration and the workflow engine could use some improvement."
"Being able to only design with HTML and CSS can be limiting as to what can be accomplished."
"It would be highly beneficial if APEX were an all-in-one platform capable of handling all aspects of application development."
"Oracle Application Express would be improved if you could use it on a mobile platform."
"Source control could be stronger in Oracle Application Express (APEX). It needs some work."
"Connecting with Oracle and the relation with Oracle at the database as a procedure needs improvement."
"I would like to have integration with Google."
"UI needs to be more intuitive and user friendly."
"Salesforce Platform operates as a cloud system, and within our organization, numerous internal systems handle data processing. While real-time data retrieval is feasible through services, achieving real-time communication poses some challenges."
"Although the platform is already set up for you, there's a lot of customization that needs to be done, especially for any new component we start using. For whatever solution we wanted, we had to think for ourselves and design it all on our own. And, unfortunately, there were some components that were not really mature in the beginning, like Tableau for example."
"Better flexibility in editing emails created from templates would be great, and being able to add hyperlinks in emails for scheduling meetings would allow us to automate more."
"It could be maybe a bit more user-intuitive."
"Its documentation and price should be better."
"I have found it takes an exceedingly long time to put opportunities or clients in the system. If I have an opportunity that I need to put in the system it could take approximately 10 minutes. This is a lot of time when you have multiple opportunities to put in. There are other tasks to do that are required by supervisors, such as forecasts. What I have done to save time is I did not input as much detail as I could have because I knew it was going to take me an hour to get five leads in."
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Oracle Application Express (APEX) is ranked 2nd in Rapid Application Development Software with 52 reviews while Salesforce Platform is ranked 9th in Rapid Application Development Software with 81 reviews. Oracle Application Express (APEX) is rated 8.2, while Salesforce Platform 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 Salesforce Platform writes "Reliable with good reporting and custom dashboards". Oracle Application Express (APEX) is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, Mendix, Oracle Visual Builder Cloud Service, Microsoft Azure App Service and OutSystems, whereas Salesforce Platform is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, Microsoft Azure, Appian, ServiceNow and Amazon AWS. See our Oracle Application Express (APEX) vs. Salesforce Platform report.
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