We performed a comparison between Oracle Application Express (APEX) and QuickBase 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."It provides attractive GUIs allowing professionally-styled applications without the need to know HTML, CSS, or JavaScript."
"Quick development and the connection with the database are the most valuable and useful features. It is also very stable, scalable, and easy to set up. Its support is also good."
"This is a good application for quickly creating public applications."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"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."
"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."
"By using Express, we are able to load the data and integrate it into our data map."
"The most valuable features are security, stability, and ease of implementation."
"The product is easy to use."
"It provides a well-organized method for overseeing everything, especially considering the remote work aspect."
"We have made good use of the ability in QuickBase to add multiple apps for various departments and purposes, while some apps are shared."
"This solution has provided for Rapid deployment of data collection tools, replacing spreadsheets with near real-time data."
"Allows users have anytime/anywhere access."
"It has helped streamline and simply track status and collection of data from suppliers and other internal departments."
"The need for little to no code knowledge has been huge."
"The usability of QuickBase largely depends on how you design your workflows within the platform. If you keep them simple and straightforward, it can be a highly usable product."
"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."
"We would like to see tighter integration with the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure."
"The collaboration and the workflow engine could use some improvement."
"It would be highly beneficial if APEX were an all-in-one platform capable of handling all aspects of application development."
"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."
"It has been reported that the technology is very hard to learn, and the service is expensive."
"There is room for improvement in terms of user-friendliness."
"Access to more standard default layouts and sample builds would be useful, and access to more training on use and flexibility."
"The dashboard is not organized."
"They could enhance the ability to link records between tables directly without the need for additional automation to increase space and time."
". For example, we need a third-party to create and save a document in PDF, MS Word, or MS Excel format. The document saving capability is probably the feature that we most often have to procure from an outside provider."
"The product works constantly to modernize the platform and they have made quite a lot of strides in that. I would like them to add additional features that would help us make API calls."
"This rule: The Maximum is 60 rules. We need to provide more in order to improve."
"It would be beneficial for the QuickBase team to focus on improving the integration of cloud-based storage platforms within their product. In use cases like ours, where QuickBase serves as a centralized source of truth for construction projects, having seamless integration with platforms like Dropbox or OneDrive would greatly enhance the product's capabilities."
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Oracle Application Express (APEX) is ranked 2nd in Rapid Application Development Software with 52 reviews while QuickBase is ranked 15th in Rapid Application Development Software with 73 reviews. Oracle Application Express (APEX) is rated 8.2, while QuickBase is rated 9.0. 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 QuickBase writes "Reliable, user-driven platform, that is scalable". Oracle Application Express (APEX) is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, Salesforce Platform, Mendix, Oracle Visual Builder Cloud Service and Microsoft Azure App Service, whereas QuickBase is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, Oracle Fusion Service, Sales Creatio, OutSystems and Salesforce Platform. See our Oracle Application Express (APEX) vs. QuickBase report.
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