We performed a comparison between Docker and Oracle Application Express (APEX) based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Development Platforms solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The lift and shift creates a lightweight image."
"There are ways of using Docker where you have absolutely no dependencies on the environment that you work in. This allows us to deploy Docker anywhere anytime and this has been most valuable."
"The most valuable feature is that it gives you the same environment as on a developer machine as well as a production machine relevant to specifications."
"We are using Docker to host applications."
"The most valuable feature is Docker has a fast learning curve."
"We find the auto scaling and auto healing functionality of this solution very good."
"The solution's customer service is good."
"The solution is stable."
"The valuable features are charts, reports, and search engines."
"The autonomous database is valuable and provides the main structure for code development."
"Oracle APEX improved our organization by making it possible for us to implement agile project development."
"Intuitive with a user-friendly UI."
"The virtual patching feature is valuable."
"The most valuable applications within the organization are primarily data forms and extended reports."
"Oracle APEX's reporting features are simple yet powerful. The ability to quickly create CRUD screens has simplified many RAD discovery processes, while the APEX environment allows the product owners and dev teams to quickly understand the complex solutions and employ usage statistics to identify areas requiring improvement. The option to add external JavaScript tools in screen development enables the development of complicated mobile or web usage scenarios in rare cases where the APEX UX is not enough."
"It has many ready modules that can be used and developed."
"Marketing of Docker is one area that needs to improve."
"There may not be much room for improvement with Docker as it has greatly evolved. However, one area that could be improved upon is the documentation on their website which was once easy to follow but has become quite terrible with numerous versions being released. As an example, the installation process for Docker now requires more than just a one-line command, causing inconvenience. Additionally, based on my experience as a college instructor, teaching students to install Docker was a difficult task due to the lack of straightforward and easy-to-follow documentation. Docker should focus on improving their documentation to make it more user-friendly for all."
"The product does not have an extensive documentation. The tool does not have good scenarios. We have to go through the GitHub repository and investigate similar scenarios. Also, if you are copying multiple things, then you can jeopardize the copy number. The copying aspect also lacks a UI part. We also need to limit the memory."
"If you install Docker on a host, it creates its own firewalls. It can become an issue. Usually, when you want to install Docker, you need to restart the firewall or restart the active tables on the machine, but this is not the case with Kubernetes. It uses the default set up by the next administrator, but with Docker, you have to restart the firewall and restart Docker before the firewall on the system will be okay. If you do not the rules will not be created."
"I would like to see a more UI-based tool so that students can easily understand it rather than memorizing all of the Docker commands."
"The Kubernetes blocks need improvement since Docker has many holes in it."
"Docker could improve by having security vulnerability reports."
"Unfortunately, base images are not currently available."
"It can only be deployed on Oracle Database."
"There is a problem with security because the applications store passwords in the configuration files."
"Oracle Application Express would be improved if you could use it on a mobile platform."
"It would be beneficial to include WebSockets so that you can see real-time updates."
"I don't like the URL syntax."
"Regarding features, the solution lacks the ability to integrate with different databases. Also, I feel that Oracle Application Express (APEX) is exclusively designed for other Oracle tools."
"Oracle should implement vertical and horizontal data segmentation in APEX's security framework, so Dev teams don't need to do any heavy lifting in the APEX screens. This is a common issue in enterprise apps. It would be nice to seamlessly integrate Git repositories into the development process since the current solution can result in overlapping work or an eventual overwrite. The provided example apps are great, but they could benefit from some added documentation in the "explanation screens"."
"The workflow engine should be embedded in the solution."
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Docker is ranked 2nd in Development Platforms with 40 reviews while Oracle Application Express (APEX) is ranked 1st in Development Platforms with 52 reviews. Docker is rated 8.6, while Oracle Application Express (APEX) is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Docker writes "Easy to deploy with an impressive networking feature". 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". Docker is most compared with Mirantis Container Runtime, Rancher Labs, VMware Tanzu Mission Control, Nutanix Kubernetes Engine NKE and Amazon EKS, whereas Oracle Application Express (APEX) is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, Salesforce Platform, Mendix, Oracle Visual Builder Cloud Service and Microsoft Azure App Service. See our Docker vs. Oracle Application Express (APEX) report.
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