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Bizagi vs Oracle Application Express (APEX) comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 18, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Bizagi
Ranking in Rapid Application Development Software
16th
Ranking in Low-Code Development Platforms
11th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
84
Ranking in other categories
Business Process Design (3rd), Business Process Management (BPM) (8th), Process Automation (8th), No-Code Development Platforms (5th), Process Mining (7th), Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies (14th)
Oracle Application Express ...
Ranking in Rapid Application Development Software
3rd
Ranking in Low-Code Development Platforms
4th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
61
Ranking in other categories
Development Platforms (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the Rapid Application Development Software category, the mindshare of Bizagi is 2.2%, up from 2.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Application Express (APEX) is 6.0%, down from 8.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Rapid Application Development Software Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Oracle Application Express (APEX)6.0%
Bizagi2.2%
Other91.8%
Rapid Application Development Software
 

Featured Reviews

FL
Enterprise Architect at a mining and metals company with 10,001+ employees
Intuitive toolset engages users effectively in agile projects
I would recommend Bizagi depending on the maturity of the organization. For those just starting, it's a good tool to get into business modeling. In more mature environments, I might not pick this toolset because it doesn't integrate with live systems well. Overall, I would rate Bizagi between eight to nine.
Rodrigo-Mesquita - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software developer at QV Systems
Rapid application development empowers big projects in months
The ability to quickly develop applications without needing to code a lot is very valuable. It is very quick to create a page, and one can use AI to speed up software development. It is easy to learn. In my company, we could develop a very big application in a couple of months.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"I like all of the features. I like that you can simulate the processes and add the time standard."
"I find Bizagi so user friendly. I also think that its modeling abilities are great and it's easy to teach them to new users."
"Agility is most valuable because we can develop so much faster than other tools. We can make requirements, develop, and go out to production much faster. So, agility in the software cycle is most valuable."
"Bizagi is really helpful for us to justify a process improvement initiative because we can simulate a to-be process and see how much we can save time, save resources, and how a to-be or a new process can run in the correct logic based on BPMN modeling."
"The approval process is simple."
"I like the business process management engine. It's very detailed, and you can probably map any of the corporate workflow processes you come across in it compared to some of the other solutions out there. I can probably say that it has very good support to work in tandem with other RP solutions in the market. The software is still very user-friendly and integral, and they have pretty good online resources. The automation feature is pretty good, so is the integration feature."
"The solution offers a free version of their product."
"Agility, reverse engineering, customized portal web, help desk and user guides, easy deployment, simple to modify."
"I particularly enjoy the web builder capabilities, especially the Page Designer. It offers so many elements or components to choose from, which is a major plus for me."
"The product is fast."
"If I have a database and therefore structured data, and I want to create an application to work with it, it's the quickest possible environment that I can do it in."
"The support is great; whenever I encounter an issue and raise an SR to Oracle, I receive a fast response from their side."
"What's most valuable in Oracle Application Express (APEX) is its secure coding functionality, and the solution also has good features."
"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."
"Intuitive with a user-friendly UI."
"The ability to quickly develop applications without needing to code a lot is very valuable."
 

Cons

"I'm not really satisfied with the reporting aspect."
"It is expensive compared to other tools which I have in the market."
"It works slowly on the cloud, sometimes."
"It should provide the ability to create a simple application. It can be used for database modeling diagrams and forms, but it should also support CRUD, that is, create, read, update and delete."
"Bizagi could be improved by more automation and machine learning. Now that I'm learning more about data analyzers, I'm realizing that many people have problems with data and how to understand them."
"There could be more documentation."
"Governance is lacking, as with many easy-to-use tools. The scalability could be improved as well."
"One part of the university has changed its regular desktops to Linux. This is a weak point because Bizagi doesn't run on Linux. I would like the opportunity to run the software inside of Linux."
"The solution does not include a default or custom template like other products."
"The grid reports contain a lot of bugs."
"The migration process is difficult in Oracle Application Express."
"It has been reported that the technology is very hard to learn, and the service is expensive."
"Visual Builder and APEX should meld in one product."
"Currently, APEX doesn't have a building workflow engine. I think that's the most important improvement that could be made at this point."
"The collaboration and the workflow engine could use some improvement."
"The solution has some stability problems that need to be resolved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The modeling part of the software is free. Most of the time, it is used for this purpose."
"We have no issues with the pricing."
"Some solutions are completely free. One would be the business process diagramming tool, the server beneath it, and the automation tool. You don't need to pay to map the business process, but you would need to when you want to execute any of the commands. So, basically, they lure you in with a free ride, and when you want to scale the solution, you'll have to pay for it."
"The price could be lower."
"Make sure that your requirements are explicitly defined from the outset. This will help you choose the right setup and licensing for your needs."
"It has a very high price. Many clients complain about the price for maintaining the application on Bizagi."
"The paid version costs us about $20,000 for 100 users annually."
"Its price is reasonable."
"The tool is not expensive."
"It's a free solution with no additional costs."
"If you have a license to Oracle database, you can access APEX."
"The solution is cheap. It's a free solution. I rate the solution's pricing a six or seven out of ten."
"I would rate it around an eight in terms of price, with one being low and ten being high."
"The solution is free."
"Oracle Application Express (APEX) comes with Oracle. The Oracle price itself. I do not know the exact cost. Oracle is flexible on its price. If you overspend on your hardware, then I don't think you will overpay. I heard that Oracle is more expensive than other databases, but when you consider Oracle is the best traditional relational database out there. You get what you pay for."
"We have an Oracle basic product license, and then we can use Oracle APEX for free. We have many licenses for Oracle for approximately 20 processors."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
11%
Computer Software Company
10%
Government
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
12%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Computer Software Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business42
Midsize Enterprise16
Large Enterprise36
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business29
Midsize Enterprise10
Large Enterprise28
 

Questions from the Community

How easy is it to migrate process flow charts (modeled using tools like Visio) into Bizagi?
I have been using Bizagi with a major project for a state government agency for about four years now. It is pretty straightforward to load in files that are BPMN 2.0 compliant. The option to load V...
What do you like most about Bizagi?
The natural notation is the best feature of Bizagi because it makes it compatible with other products.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Bizagi?
Bizagi's pricing is very aggressive, and it was one of the reasons we chose it. It was less expensive than some of the other tools.
What needs improvement with Oracle Application Express (APEX)?
I have only tried it with an Oracle database, not with other databases. For beginners, understanding the installation process can be challenging because documentation is limited. It is hard to unde...
 

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Oracle APEX
 

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Sample Customers

adidas, Audi, BNP Paribas, Deutsche Post DHL & many more - 500+ customer globally.
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