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Boomi AtomSphere Flow 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

Boomi AtomSphere Flow
Ranking in Low-Code Development Platforms
11th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
Business Process Management (BPM) (15th)
Oracle Application Express ...
Ranking in Low-Code Development Platforms
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
60
Ranking in other categories
Rapid Application Development Software (3rd), Development Platforms (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Low-Code Development Platforms category, the mindshare of Boomi AtomSphere Flow is 0.8%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Application Express (APEX) is 9.3%, down from 11.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

NarendraThota - PeerSpot reviewer
A tool that helps save money in the long run with a need to offer users the ability to deal with large datasets
From an improvement perspective, Boomi AtomSphere Flow should come up with the ability to deal with large datasets. The data integration part is a concern when you try to connect to an on-premises environment since the latency is high, making it an aspect where improvements are required to reduce the latency. Whenever Boomi AtomSphere Flow gets integrated with applications like SAP, it is important to ensure that what you develop is user-friendly, which is a process that takes time, especially when compared with webMethods.io or TIBCO. The development effort with Boomi AtomSphere Flow is more when you compare it with other tools, which is a drawback and an area of improvement.
Rodrigo-Mesquita - PeerSpot reviewer
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

"In the long run, if you have a good team, solution architect, and an architect from Boomi's side, then it is a good tool from an ROI perspective since it can help save money."
"Boomi AtomSphere Flow is very easy to develop and maintain compared to other tools like SAP HANA Cloud Integration or Cloud Platform."
"The most valuable features include the ease of designing Boomi flows and the significant cost savings and reduced time to market they offer our clients."
"Boomi AtomSphere Flow gives us flexibility."
"Boomi enhances application integration with scalability, reliability, and security."
"The solution's most valuable feature is its core integration with Boomi AtomSphere because it's extremely easy to tap into any informational system of a company."
"Boomi AtomSphere Flow is integrated through APIs, it exposes the API and any product can call the APIs in the queue. Additionally, it is secure."
"Intuitive with a user-friendly UI."
"Oracle APEX is very easy to use and comes with a lot of ready-made components that speed up the process of creating reports and dashboards."
"It's low code, or even no code. It's very flexible, allowing you to achieve what you want. You can customize applications with very little code, which is the best part."
"The product is easy to use."
"The database is super easy to use for creating tables."
"This product will speed up development time with helpful production aids."
"By using Express, we are able to load the data and integrate it into our data map."
"Oracle APEX allows our company to complete webpage projects easily in a fast turnaround time."
 

Cons

"The technical support is rated around 6.5 to seven out of ten. It lacks clarity on how to reach out, write emails, or understand responsiveness."
"There is room for improvement in Boomi's AI capabilities."
"Its stability could be improved."
"Boomi is not as flexible compared to other integration products like IBM's. For complex integration scenarios, Boomi could improve its flexibility."
"The development effort with Boomi AtomSphere Flow is more when you compare it with other tools, which is a drawback and an area of improvement."
"The solution could improve by being more user-friendly. The whole solution is used through an interface and it could always be improved."
"The solution's user interface building needs improvement."
"It would be beneficial to include WebSockets so that you can see real-time updates."
"Source control could be stronger in Oracle Application Express (APEX). It needs some work."
"The user interface needs to be improved. It should be more user-friendly."
"Visual Builder and APEX should meld in one product."
"It can only be deployed on Oracle Database."
"The product must provide more triggers."
"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."
"An area for improvement in Oracle Application Express (APEX) is the slow reporting because pulling the report for two months, one year, three years, etc., is very slow. It takes more than thirty minutes to download the report. There's also room for improvement in integrating Oracle Application Express (APEX) with other vendors, such as open-source solutions through API integration. I believe Oracle is working on this feature, or the issue could be because my organization is using an older version of Oracle Application Express (APEX). The Oracle database also has to be improved because it's still lacking in some packages, triggers, and indexes."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"When you use Boomi AtomSphere Flow in production, you have to pay for licenses. The solution is not expensive but it could be cheaper."
"Since its pricing positioning has a different construction with respect to its competitors, the solution is sometimes way more expensive and sometimes less expensive."
"We have a full Oracle E-Business Suite license, and we use that license to develop applications. There's no license required for developing Oracle applications."
"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."
"The pricing is very good and less expensive than Mendix or OutSystems."
"If you have a license to Oracle database, you can access APEX."
"I would rate it around an eight in terms of price, with one being low and ten being high."
"When you have a licensed database in an Oracle environment, APEX is free."
"The tool is not expensive."
"The solution is cheap. It's a free solution. I rate the solution's pricing a six or seven out of ten."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
17%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Educational Organization
8%
Government
7%
Government
12%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Boomi AtomSphere Flow?
The solution's most valuable feature is its core integration with Boomi AtomSphere because it's extremely easy to tap into any informational system of a company.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Boomi AtomSphere Flow?
The pricing is good for a small-scale company like ours, and the licensing cost is reasonable.
What needs improvement with Boomi AtomSphere Flow?
Boomi is not as flexible compared to other integration products like IBM's. For complex integration scenarios, Boomi could improve its flexibility. Moreover, it lacks features like the ESQL scripti...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Application Express (APEX)?
I consider Oracle Application Express (APEX) to be good value for the money because it has infinite quality for money since it's included in any Oracle database license. It's free once you have the...
What needs improvement with Oracle Application Express (APEX)?
One of the things that could be done to improve Oracle Application Express (APEX) is if Oracle decided to open it up to other databases. It needs to be an enterprise database; therefore, it needs t...
 

Also Known As

Boomi Flow
Oracle APEX
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

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Hepart AG, pharmasol, SATLOG, Collège Bois-de-Boulogne
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