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Appium vs Oracle Autonomous Mobile Cloud Enterprise comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 4, 2025

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Categories and Ranking

Appium
Ranking in Mobile Development Platforms
12th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
30
Ranking in other categories
Regression Testing Tools (7th)
Oracle Autonomous Mobile Cl...
Ranking in Mobile Development Platforms
16th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
18
Ranking in other categories
Mobile App Platforms (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Mobile Development Platforms category, the mindshare of Appium is 2.7%, down from 4.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Autonomous Mobile Cloud Enterprise is 2.3%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Mobile Development Platforms Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Appium2.7%
Oracle Autonomous Mobile Cloud Enterprise2.3%
Other95.0%
Mobile Development Platforms
 

Featured Reviews

AS
Independent consultant, at OpenText
Efficient mobile testing with intuitive emulation capabilities and a user-friendly interface
Initial setup for Appium (especially for iOS) is not beginner-friendly.Consumes too much of your host machine's resources, potentially slowing down the machine.Appium Inspector often lacks deep insight or crashes with certain app builds. Improve test flakiness by intelligently selecting robust self-healing locators,simplified installers, better documentation, GUI-based config management,smart wait mechanisms and better failure logs.
JJ
Software Engineer - Development at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Oracle Autonomous Mobile Cloud Enterprise: Deliver Mobile Apps faster using inbuilt features
Valuable features include: * Built-in platform APIs for configuring push notifications. * APIs to generate custom analytics events. * Connectors that can be used to connect to various enterprise backends and third-party systems. Now they have rolled out Oracle Autonomous Mobile Cloud Enterprise which also helps us to develop chatbots. We have implemented Facebook Channel enabled Chatbots using AMCe that allows to interact with Oracle EBS modules like HRMS. Here user can interact with chatbots to get the details about approved leaves, available leaves & also have the provision to apply leave. For one of our major clients, we wrote custom APIs in Oracle Autonomous Mobile Cloud to convert SOAP APIs to REST APIs. We were also able to integrate SSO functionality in their mobile application using Virtual Zero Footprint SSO. Oracle Autonomous Mobile Cloud has a built in token exchange endpoint that allows to generate SSO tokens using third party JWT or SAML tokens. We have also implemented Browser Based SSO in some of our client mobile applications.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Appium helps me to do as much as much as I want to."
"It is an indispensable tool for mobile automation helps much in converting manual test cases to automated scripts."
"The library is extensive so the driver interacts with most functions or actions on mobile devices."
"The best feature of Appium is that it allows you to inspect the element. With the Appium Inspector, you don't have to install another application to do the inspection. I also like that Appium has Android device connectivity. Currently, most people use Appium as automation software, and I haven't found any other tool that's more powerful than Appium."
"The latest versions of the solution are stable."
"The automation part is extremely helpful in streamlining our processes."
"Appium has easy interaction with mobile."
"This solution has improved our organization in terms of efficiency."
"There exists different hybrid solutions in the market with open source products, but if you want to have support and a real business solution, then there is no better solution that I've seen."
"We feel like, as an internet company, we try to achieve 99.99% availability of our website for all users, and since we get fewer bounces in the system, it does provide reliability and availability for the website."
"Oracle MAF is designed for larger companies who are already running Oracle Fusion middleware products."
"I would highly recommend Oracle MAF as it is: Single Platform – It handles end-to-end life cycle for enterprise mobility solutions."
"The most valuable feature in my experience is that you can develop it just one time for several OS's."
"The MAF mobile extensions we have built for an ERP in the construction industry have brought huge added-value to users in the field."
"Oracle MAF allows deployment of a mobile app to both Android and iOS, with one code base and one programming language, which actually simplifies development and makes it pretty easy for a developer to build an app from scratch."
"Oracle MCS is more than just a Mobile Backend as a Service (MBaaS) solution."
 

Cons

"Appium is not that scalable, if you're using real devices locally."
"Appium could improve by enabling record and run techniques similar to what they have in other licensing tools, such as Micro Focus. We have to all write the code, and then we can proceed."
"The last time I used it, whenever I selected and clicked on an element, Appium was very slow."
"The challenging part with Appium is that installation can be a bit tricky. It can be challenging to set up in Android versus iOS environments."
"There is always a concern about the amount of code that is required to enhance the automation process. The idea of having less code or no code is what we would like to see in future updates."
"It should provide reliable and promising executions every time without any interruptions and avoiding any synchronization issues."
"Appium can improve when the case fails, there should be a feature where you can generate the report from Appium. Once you're on a test case, automatically the screenshot should be captured which would avoid manual intervention. These features would be beneficial to migrate to Appium."
"Image recognition could be improved. We have some images in our mobile applications. It should be able to run from the cloud, so we can automate the catcher."
"As Oracle MAF is a heavy product, it doesn’t allow much space to convince customers to go with the product suite."
"From my point of view, it would be desirable if Swagger would also be supported as a valid description format for custom APIs."
"There has always been a debate on the pricing of the product. People tend to finding it expensive."
"At the time we got it, the product was not very mature, but in the newer versions the framework has become much more mature/stable."
"It is true that we are not as happy as we would like in terms of syncing."
"One of the key areas in which MCS needs improvement is documentation. New features, like Zero Footprint SSO, need better documentation with detailed integration steps."
"The license is not suitable for small to mid-level clients. I consider the license prices too expensive and Oracle MAF does not offer something new that other free frameworks offer."
"Due to the issue in performance, Oracle MAF was used as a second solution with React Native as the main one."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's completely 100% free, and there are no hidden fees."
"Appium is free and open-source."
"There is no license for this solution because it is open-source."
"It's open source, so it's completely free."
"This is an open source solution so it does not cost anything for licensing or otherwise."
"Appian is open-source, which is not licensed."
"I'm unsure if there's any cost associated with Appium. I got the free package which includes the server GUI application and the inspector application, and it was free to download, and that's all I need to get my work done. I'm not aware of any additional costs associated with the tool."
"The solution is open source."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
17%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Construction Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
13%
Construction Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Healthcare Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise19
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise9
Large Enterprise5
 

Questions from the Community

Do you recommend Appium?
I do recommend Appium. It is an open-source solution and completely free of charge. We use Appium and Appium Studio as our base for any type of mobile automation for testing. It has a great interfa...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Appium?
My experience with Appium from a pricing perspective is favorable due to it being open source, making it a cost-effective option.
What needs improvement with Appium?
The deployment process and configuration are quite complex and require improvement. Additionally, the wait time functionality could be enhanced as I experienced failures with longer wait times.
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Also Known As

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AMCe, Oracle Mobile Cloud Service, Oracle Mobile Cloud Enterprise, Oracle Mobile Application Framework
 

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Sample Customers

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