We performed a comparison between Oracle Application Express (APEX) and OutSystems 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.
"The valuable features are charts, reports, and search engines."
"You don't have to know a lot of PL because it's built on PL/SQL. You don't need developers. You only need to design a good application that resolves a problem, or many problems, for companies and you're ready to go."
"It's fairly easy to make a user-friendly interface."
"It's stable and reliable for the most part."
"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."
"Oracle APEX allows our company to complete webpage projects easily in a fast turnaround time."
"What's most valuable in Oracle Application Express (APEX) is its secure coding functionality, and the solution also has good features."
"A user interface is relatively simple to create."
"In terms of user support and community engagement, I rate the tool a ten out of ten."
"The most valuable feature of OutSystems with discipline and the development processes. Instead of each developer doing tasks on their own with their own approach, et cetera, the solution would help bring some organization to the development process."
"The solution helps to build mobile and web applications on SOAP and REST. You can integrate it with backend systems by submitting a code."
"Reduces the manual labor in compiling and deploying applications and generating procedural code (by reducing development bureaucracy/processes, resulting in real gains). The LifeTime Server approach, requiring just a few steps to publish applications in production environments, is fantastic."
"It is very stable."
"Scalability proved to be an exceptionally beneficial feature."
"I find it to be a genuinely cool and effective platform for my development needs."
"We can do the validation before calling the API."
"The solution does not include a default or custom template like other products."
"One area for improvement in Oracle APEX is its workflow orchestration capabilities."
"Visual Builder and APEX should meld in one product."
"Being able to only design with HTML and CSS can be limiting as to what can be accomplished."
"The solution’s pricing is high if you use it on the OCA platform. It’s also a little bit costly. However, if we use it on an on-premises Oracle database, the pricing is cheaper."
"Connecting with Oracle and the relation with Oracle at the database as a procedure needs improvement."
"It has a bit of a strict framework, you have to make all the time adjustments in their JavaScript. Another downside is that it's only available for Oracle databases."
"There is a bit of a learning curve involved when first using the solution."
"I have difficulty in using several new features. Some of the product's features are tricky to use as well."
"OutSystems could improve by being more like GitHub. It would be more helpful for us for division management and version control for our application."
"The product could be improved if there was a shortcut, or predefined, predictable templates provided."
"I think OutSystems needs to improve in many areas. First, sometimes Service Studio becomes really slow and even hangs for long periods. Also, if I have not published my module in some time, and some kind of Service Studio exception occurs, I lose my work."
"One of the biggest areas for improvement is that every time an existing data element is modified, it creates a new data element. It doesn't really modify that particular data element. So, a user has to follow an extra step of removing the existing data element and bringing in the new and modified data element that is being added, which sort of goes into negative productivity."
"I would like to see improvements in versioning. It can be challenging to keep track of what changes should be committed, especially when many developers are working in one environment."
"There are many tutorials available but they are very basic and good for learning the platform. To develop an enterprise-grade application, advanced tutorials need to be developed to help IT professionals design/develop high-quality/performance applications."
"There is room for improvement in technical support."
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Oracle Application Express (APEX) is ranked 2nd in Rapid Application Development Software with 52 reviews while OutSystems is ranked 3rd in Rapid Application Development Software with 46 reviews. Oracle Application Express (APEX) is rated 8.2, while OutSystems is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Oracle Application Express (APEX) writes "Very stable and efficiently translates languages for the whole user interface in minutes". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OutSystems writes "Useful natural speech to algorithm, reliable, and beneficial automatic task". Oracle Application Express (APEX) is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, Salesforce Platform, Mendix, Oracle Visual Builder Cloud Service and ServiceNow, whereas OutSystems is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, Appian, Mendix, ServiceNow and Pega BPM. See our Oracle Application Express (APEX) vs. OutSystems report.
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