We performed a comparison between Microsoft Power Apps, Oracle Application Express (APEX), and QuickBase based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
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"The most valuable feature is the simple data connectivity components."
"The scalability is good."
"The most valuable feature is that PowerApps can be used by most business users. It is not only for programmers."
"It uses a lot of AI, which is helpful, especially during the setup process."
"I like the containerization of Azure."
"It's very easy to build an app using this solution."
"I like how fast I can develop an application and put it in production with PowerApps. I think the integration is also excellent. The platforms is growing, so they are constantly adding more connectors on all these things."
"Microsoft PowerApps's most valuable features we found are that it's very similar to the other Microsoft products, you can do the basic automation quite quickly. The interface is similar to the other Microsoft products which makes it easy to navigate around because we are used to Microsoft products."
"It's fairly easy to make a user-friendly interface."
"Personally, I would say that Oracle Application Express (APEX) is a powerful tool...Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten."
"The autonomous database is valuable and provides the main structure for code development."
"It has a well-designed architecture and is a simple 3rd party application."
"A user interface is relatively simple to create."
"It helps us create web pages quickly."
"I like the way that it automatically goes into the spreadsheets and the users can deal with it."
"The database is super easy to use for creating tables."
"It is low-code. We are able to go in and create apps quickly. It is very helpful for the size of our company. We're a mid-size company, and at this moment, we don't need anything externally. We don't have to go out and consult a consulting firm to build something from the ground up. So, the ease of that and being able to get development quickly up and running has been good for us."
"This solution has provided for Rapid deployment of data collection tools, replacing spreadsheets with near real-time data."
"QuickBase is an excellent product and it is very easy to get support."
"I run my own business and the solution allows me to invoice and pay for additional resources. It has helped me in terms of invoicing, quoting, and doing recruitment measures."
"Considering factors like functionality and price, the product proves to be worth the investment."
"The reporting tool: It helps in data analytics to provide the solution more efficiency."
"I am impressed with the product's automation which makes everything easy."
"It has superb ease of use and no code needed to create and build apps and databases."
"The solution could improve by having more connectors for different solutions in a way to create custom connectors. Additionally, they should make HTTP Connectors free again because it was not always a premium feature. These HTTP connectors allow you to send API requests which can be important."
"There are occasional performance challenges."
"Microsoft PowerApps is not intended for customizing what's generated in a major way."
"The flexibility of the user interface could be better."
"When we talk of integrating with external applications, that's one area where, even today, I had to loop in my code developers. If this area can be streamlined so that my techno-functional consultants, who are on-site, can immediately start working on something without the assistance of developers, that would be ideal."
"It's easy to use."
"In an upcoming release, I would like to see custom APIs, better integration with other solutions, and more connectors available."
"Improvements to the capturing of geographic locations and integration with maps would raise my score of the product from seven point five to its maximum of ten."
"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."
"Being able to only design with HTML and CSS can be limiting as to what can be accomplished."
"Another issue I used to encounter was with the debugging functions. I believe this is an area where Oracle APEX could improve significantly in terms of displaying error messages or error pages. It is very difficult to detect bugs or which bugs you are having when it comes to errors or which errors you have."
"The workflow engine should be embedded in the solution."
"Visual Builder and APEX should meld in one product."
"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."
"Maybe there are other technologies that offer what APEX cannot."
"The solution does not support the Linux platform."
"I would like to see the reporting enhanced because some of them are not easy to generate."
"The dashboard is not organized."
"The mobile app has improved, but it still needs work."
"They could enhance the ability to link records between tables directly without the need for additional automation to increase space and time."
"The improved developer interface in some areas can be difficult to use for complex items."
"Access to more standard default layouts and sample builds would be useful, and access to more training on use and flexibility."
"I would like to see better options for producing paper reports from Quick Base, rather than viewing things exclusively on screen."
"Its UI needs improvement. They should improve it and make it a little bit more modern. We should also be able to have more real-time information that connects with other software platforms. It has an open API, but it doesn't always connect with some of the other platforms that we would like to utilize. These are probably two of the biggest things for us, and hopefully, they will keep ensuring that in the future, they continually build QuickBase to be a little bit more efficient in that regard."
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