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.
"I like that Oracle Application Express (APEX) is powerful and attractive, allowing my organization to modernize forms within two months. I also found its PWA feature very powerful because you can produce substantial mobile applications."
"What I like best about Oracle Application Express (APEX) is that it doesn't require hard coding for reporting and building applications. It's a GUI-based application builder that even end-users with little development and language knowledge can develop applications on Oracle Application Express (APEX). The software is also very user-friendly, which I find valuable."
"One standout feature of Oracle APEX is its seamless integration with backend procedures, allowing for quick updates without changing the front-end interface."
"We set up the HTTP server and installed the Apex Xamarin DB using the Mark Hill SQL packages for an older version. That's the extent of our configuration."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"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."
"It's stable and reliable for the most part."
"It has a well-designed architecture and is a simple 3rd party application."
"Checking out or extracting a report is just a click away."
"What functions we don't get out of Salesforce, we typically receive from third-party applications that extend the capabilities. We integrate a lot of different products with Salesforce."
"The solution is used to track our customers."
"We like that the technology is very agile and flexible in the sense that there's a large partner ecosystem within Salesforce Platform. This enables us to choose from many different partners with different advantages, and all of it can be done in a plug-and-play kind of way."
"The most valuable aspect of the solution is the unit coordination between sales and marketing when it comes to lead management."
"I like it because of the fact that it lets me know what I'm working on and what I've recently worked on. It also helps me and allows me to do tracking. If I want to go out and find out how many times I've touched customers, I can find that information out. It tracks such information, and we use it. If we send any type of promotions out, it tracks who gets those promotions and how they've responded to those promotions."
"We use this solution to track customer activities, opportunities and contact information."
"Salesforce is cloud-based, so there's no installation involved. You simply log in using the provided organization login. There's no need for installation."
"Fixing bugs is difficult because of how the HTML code is generated. It is not always broadly compatible with browsers."
"The solution has some stability problems that need to be resolved."
"I've experienced some difficulties when using Oracle Application Express (APEX), particularly when I'm designing forms. For example, when I design a form, I add buttons and controls, but I'm unable to visualize how it'll look unless I run it. You want to design and do things your way, but if you don't have much experience, then you'll find that designing in Oracle Application Express (APEX) is a little complicated. This won't be a problem with anyone more experienced, though. If I wanted to create my design, for example, a different table format or some background images, it becomes a problem, and this is an area for improvement in Oracle Application Express (APEX). Designing should be easier, even for less experienced users. An additional feature I'd like to see in Oracle Application Express (APEX) is more plugins, particularly a repository that contains a lot of plugins, so you can go to that repository and download whichever you like and use it or add it to your project. Right now, I create my plugins, so it would be helpful if Oracle Application Express (APEX) has a repository of plugins people can use, download from anywhere in the world, and integrate into projects."
"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."
"We would like to see tighter integration with the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure."
"Better connection and integration with non-Oracle databases is needed."
"The solution does not include a default or custom template like other products."
"I don't like the URL syntax."
"The reporting needs improvement and the dashboard could have more components added."
"The solution offers upgrades at a slower pace. The solution needs to keep up with competitors."
"Salesforce Platform has a cumbersome interface when creating reports, dashboards, and those types of things. They could be a little bit more simple. The administration has to be an aficionado to do any sort of administration and maintenance, for example, setting up the way you want to modify the lead tracks or functions. These systems tend to be quite cumbersome."
"The solution's UI is horrible."
"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."
"The initial setup is rather complex."
"The reporting functionality is not very intuitive."
"When it switched to lightning, it threw me for a loop. When they changed the look and feel, I had a hard time finding things and doing what I used to do."
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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 80 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 "Very stable and efficiently translates languages for the whole user interface in minutes". 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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