We performed a comparison between Appian 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."It's heavy on business processing in terms of logic, process workflows, and primarily on the process design modeler. Appian is really great at that. In terms of the full stack set from a low-code platform perspective, it's definitely an eye opener since it can be deployed via mobile app and on the web as well."
"The agile manner that we require to create our workflows. This is probably the most critical part of our solution and the time it takes to start processing the solution."
"It has very flexible adaptation and the ability to save and automate processes."
"In terms of interface, it's very good. In terms of infrastructure, it's amazing and already using multiple tools behind the scenes. It's a low-code platform, so it's very easy to implement."
"The setup is easy."
"The tech support is quite good."
"Appian helps you do a lot of things. It's easy to configure and build an application platform, and it offers a lot of features that you find in an RPA solution. It's flexible so you can reuse it for a variety of use cases."
"Rapid development with low-code makes it easier to quickly get apps implemented and the time to break-even and ROI is much faster."
"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."
"It provides attractive GUIs allowing professionally-styled applications without the need to know HTML, CSS, or JavaScript."
"The valuable features are charts, reports, and search engines."
"This product will speed up development time with helpful production aids."
"One of the most valuable features is the ability to build very fast data-driven UIs."
"The virtual patching feature is valuable."
"The database is super easy to use for creating tables."
"I like the way that it automatically goes into the spreadsheets and the users can deal with it."
"There is no UI customization possible."
"The solution could improve robotic process automation."
"There are some restrictions with respect to using external components within Appian. So, for example, if we do not have a particular feature available, there's a long cycle of getting approvals and all of that. That does not offer flexibility, which definitely can be improved on."
"Lacks business rules management as part of the solution."
"If we could calculate the amount of data that will be realized, it would help us a lot."
"I would like to see more complete university tools. For example, with UiPath, I have had a good experience related to a free course in order to provide some users some different levels of knowledge. This extra training helps users not only use the solution but to develop further within the tool."
"The reporting is not as good as in similar products. They could also improve the dashboards."
"Appian has a few areas for improvement, which my organization raised with the Appian team. One is the Excel output which is limited to fifty columns when it should be up to two hundred or three hundred columns."
"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"."
"We would like to see tighter integration with the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure."
"During the upcoming versions, we can modify the current configuration."
"There is not a lot of Wiki help or in Google, but there is some."
"Reporting needs to be accessed via third party tools."
"The solution's layout could be improved for report generation to allow more configuration."
"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."
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Appian is ranked 6th in Rapid Application Development Software with 58 reviews while Oracle Application Express (APEX) is ranked 2nd in Rapid Application Development Software with 52 reviews. Appian is rated 8.4, while Oracle Application Express (APEX) is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Appian writes "Low resource consumption, easy setup, and stable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle Application Express (APEX) writes "An easy-to-use format that is flexible and scalable". Appian is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, Camunda, ServiceNow, OutSystems and ARIS BPA, whereas Oracle Application Express (APEX) is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, Salesforce Platform, Mendix, Microsoft Azure App Service and Zoho Creator. See our Appian vs. Oracle Application Express (APEX) report.
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