We performed a comparison between Appian and Oracle Application Express (APEX) 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."There is a version coming out every six months with performance improvements."
"Another advantage of this tool is its reports and records. You can maintain dashboards, layouts. If you with a Java solution, it takes six months time. If you use this tool, you can finish in one or one and a half months' time."
"The setup is easy."
"Compared to other code tools that I've seen, Appian has a more robust rules engine"
"Technical support is helpful."
"Appian helps you do a lot of things. It's easy to configure and build an application platform, and it offers a lot of features that you find in an RPA solution. It's flexible so you can reuse it for a variety of use cases."
"Since implementing we have had a faster time to solution, with fewer resources needed."
"Process Modeling enables creation of business process workflows. You can create complex business workflows in a visual manner, and it is also easy to debug/monitor."
"This is a good application for quickly creating public applications."
"The most valuable feature of Oracle APEX is its comprehensive set of features for creating user-friendly and visually appealing applications."
"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."
"One of the most valuable features is the ability to build very fast data-driven UIs."
"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 solution can efficiently translate from English to another language including Arabic using the XLIFF format."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"With only a browser, it is very easy to develop in a web environment."
"I wouldn't say their response time is long, but it could be quicker."
"If we could calculate the amount of data that will be realized, it would help us a lot."
"One room for improvement is the ease of UI UX development, like in OutSystems and Mendix."
"Appian has a few areas for improvement, which my organization raised with the Appian team. One is the Excel output which is limited to fifty columns when it should be up to two hundred or three hundred columns."
"Appian is easy to set up, but JBoss is complex. JBoss is the application server for running Appian."
"It would be nice if you could create your own customized apps when the business needed them."
"While Appian is generally flexible, it's rigid in some ways. It takes longer to do something that isn't available out of the box."
"My only request is that they decrease the license costs."
"In terms of improvement, there should be a greater focus on AI and machine learning tools in Oracle APEX."
"You also need an APEX specialist for deployment because not many people use it."
"I don't like the URL syntax."
"Being able to only design with HTML and CSS can be limiting as to what can be accomplished."
"The collaboration and the workflow engine could use some improvement."
"It can only be deployed on Oracle Database."
"During the upcoming versions, we can modify the current configuration."
"Connections to the application pages are not handled well and at times more than one user can be accessing an application with the same ID."
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Appian is ranked 6th in Rapid Application Development Software with 56 reviews while Oracle Application Express (APEX) is ranked 2nd in Rapid Application Development Software with 52 reviews. Appian is rated 8.4, while Oracle Application Express (APEX) is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Appian writes "Low resource consumption, easy setup, and stable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle Application Express (APEX) writes "Very stable and efficiently translates languages for the whole user interface in minutes". Appian is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, OutSystems, Camunda, ServiceNow and Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) Forms, whereas Oracle Application Express (APEX) is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, Salesforce Platform, Mendix, Oracle Visual Builder Cloud Service and Pega BPM. See our Appian vs. Oracle Application Express (APEX) report.
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