We performed a comparison between GitLab 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."I like GitLab from the CI/CD perspective. It is much easier to set up CI/CD and then integrate with other tools."
"GitLab is being used as a repository for our codebase and it is a one stop DevOps tool we use in our team."
"We like that we can have an all-encompassing product and don't have to implement different solutions."
"GitLab is very useful for pipelines, continuous integration, and continuous deployment. It is also stable."
"The most valuable features of Gitlab are integration with CIE and the ability to rapidly deploy solutions, projects, and applications. It is very easy to use, and there are no complaints."
"I find the features and version control history to be most valuable for our development workflow. These aspects provide us with a clear view of changes and help us manage requests efficiently."
"GitLab integrates well with other platforms."
"The SaaS setup is impressive, and it has DAST solutioning."
"The solution's most valuable aspect is its Graphics Form Design."
"One of the most valuable features is the ability to build very fast data-driven UIs."
"Efficient software delivery and a solution that works quickly."
"One standout feature of Oracle APEX is its seamless integration with backend procedures, allowing for quick updates without changing the front-end interface."
"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."
"What I like best about Oracle Application Express (APEX) is that it doesn't require hard coding for reporting and building applications. It's a GUI-based application builder that even end-users with little development and language knowledge can develop applications on Oracle Application Express (APEX). The software is also very user-friendly, which I find valuable."
"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."
"This is a good application for quickly creating public applications."
"As GitLab is not perfect, what needs improvement in the solution is the Wiki feature of the groups or the repertories because currently, it's not searchable by default. You'll need an indexing service such as Elasticsearch to make it searchable, and that requires too much work, so for me, it's the main feature that should be improved in GitLab. In the next version of the solution, from the top of my head, the documentation could be improved. Besides the Wiki, it would be good if there's documentation that would be automatically generated based on the code repository. In other words, there should be some tutorials from GitLab for developers in the next release."
"GitLab can improve by integrating with more tools, such as servers with Docker."
"GitLab could improve the patch repository. It does not have support for Conan patch version regions. Additionally, better support for Kubernetes deployment is needed as part of the package."
"Even if I say I want some improvement, they will say it is already planned in the first quarter, second quarter, or third quarter. That said, most everything is quite improved already, and they're improving even further still."
"For as long as I have used GitLab, I haven't encountered any major limitations. However, I think that perhaps the search functionality could be better."
"The solution should be more cloud-native and have more cloud-native capabilities and features."
"I don't really like the new Kubernetes integration because it is pretty focused on the on-premise environment, but we're in a hybrid environment."
"I would like to see static analysis also embedded in GitLab. That would also help us. If there's something that it does internally by GitLab and then that is already tied up with your pipeline and then it can tell you that you're coding is good or your code is not great. Based on that, it would pass or fail. That should be streamlined. I would think that would help to a greater extent, in terms of having one solution rather than depending on multiple vendors."
"The problem of sending emails arises when Oracle Application Express (APEX) is inside Oracle Cloud Infrastructure since it is a bit complicated or difficult to understand where to take care of the setup part to be able to just send out emails properly."
"Better connection and integration with non-Oracle databases is needed."
"There is not a lot of Wiki help or in Google, but there is some."
"Maybe there are other technologies that offer what APEX cannot."
"It should have the functionality to develop mobile applications. It would also be good if they can improve development in videos and other formats."
"The workflow engine should be embedded in the solution."
"The solution does not support the Linux platform."
"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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GitLab is ranked 10th in Rapid Application Development Software with 70 reviews while Oracle Application Express (APEX) is ranked 2nd in Rapid Application Development Software with 52 reviews. GitLab is rated 8.6, while Oracle Application Express (APEX) is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of GitLab writes "Powerful, mature, and easy to set up and manage". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle Application Express (APEX) writes "An easy-to-use format that is flexible and scalable". GitLab is most compared with Microsoft Azure DevOps, Bamboo, SonarQube, AWS CodePipeline and Tekton, 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 GitLab vs. Oracle Application Express (APEX) report.
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