Oracle Application Express (APEX) Reviews

I'm using Oracle Application Express (APEX) to build a huge application. I'm in the biggest ministry in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and I migrate all the old forms from Oracle Forms 6 to Oracle Application Express (APEX).

I like that Oracle Application Express (APEX)has proven itself as a product. It's powerful and attractive, and it allowed my organization to modernize forms within two months, and I'm talking about one thousand five hundred forms.

The ministry here is very impressed with Oracle Application Express (APEX) that it decided to switch to the solution and that even .NET, Java, and Vega will use Oracle Application Express (APEX) versus other solutions.

Oracle Application Express (APEX) is a good platform; others cannot compare to it, especially regarding support, performance, and productivity.

What I found most valuable in the solution is its IDE Cloud because you don't need to do installations in the machines, and you don't need huge specifications.

I also found the PWA feature of Oracle Application Express (APEX) very powerful because you can produce substantial mobile applications, and it's as simple as clicking the built-in authentication, single sign-on LDAP (Active Directory). Because of the built-in features of Oracle Application Express (APEX), it's fantastic.

The solution is feature-rich, and it usually takes months to produce web services, especially group services in .NET or Vega. Still, with Oracle Application Express (APEX), it only takes a few hours, which is a significant improvement for the government here.

Oracle has yearly releases for this solution, three releases a year, so I'm delighted, and I'm expecting more features to be added to Oracle Application Express (APEX) in the future. Right now, it has all the capabilities my organization needs. The solution even lets you build your templates, UI/UX-wise, so I'm working on a project where I make my own UI/UX and theme faster through Oracle Application Express (APEX).

I'm satisfied with Oracle Application Express (APEX), but it needs to work on its source control, which is very important. Currently, source control is not as strong in the solution, so it needs some work.

I've been using Oracle Application Express (APEX) since 2003.

Oracle Application Express (APEX) is a very mature, stable solution.

As Oracle powers Oracle Application Express (APEX), it has high availability and scalability. It has everything you don't usually find in other solutions.

I don't need to contact Oracle Application Express (APEX) technical support because it's a very mature solution. I'm also a leader who knows everything about Oracle Application Express (APEX). My team builds huge applications and has a case management system and a project management module on top of Oracle Application Express (APEX). I've produced many applications using the solution, so my team and I can handle technical issues, if any. The user experience and interface for Oracle Application Express (APEX) are also good, so I don't need support from Oracle.

The initial setup for Oracle Application Express (APEX) is fantastic because you can install or deploy it from the top through Amazon RDS or  CAD. You can deploy the solution quickly. I currently have a project with the ministry to roll out Oracle Application Express (APEX) for fifty-four pluggable databases.

Setting up the solution is smooth, and there's no downtime during deployment. I found its setup excellent.

Deploying Oracle Application Express (APEX) requires taking care of the packages on the databases, as well as publication. It's straightforward.

I'm working on a massive project, so I have a team responsible for implementing Oracle Application Express (APEX). My team is working on making the process more systematic, where you don't need a human. There'll be an engine that takes care of the whole process.

Oracle Application Express (APEX) is free, so this is another magic of the solution. You just get charged for the database license, which I don't need.

I'm an expert on Oracle Application Express (APEX).

I'm working with the latest Oracle Application Express (APEX) release.

I have many Oracle Application Express (APEX) projects, with one project deployed on-premises, and another on the cloud, using an autonomous database.

Two people work on the Oracle Application Express (APEX) deployment, which is the magic of this solution because it only requires two people to deploy on a massive project, even with hundreds of CRs. The deployment process is smooth.

Compared to Oracle Forms, Oracle Application Express (APEX) requires eighty percent less maintenance.

The ministry has seven thousand concurrent users working with the solution, with one hundred thousand transactions daily and about sixty thousand reports printed daily.

I would recommend Oracle Application Express (APEX) to others looking into using it one hundred percent. I'd tell you not to go with other tools because there's no comparison between Oracle Application Express (APEX) and its competitors. I have twenty years of experience in development, and I've worked on Java, .NET, Oracle forms, Vega, and low-code developments. I hardly have to work when using Oracle Application Express (APEX). My advice is to choose it over others.

I'm giving Oracle Application Express (APEX) a perfect score of ten. I'm giving it a hundred percent rating.

We are using one application developed in APEX for COVID information control, and all our employees are reporting the symptoms.

Oracle Application Express is easy to use, people don't have to be developers to use it.

Some of the application interfaces of Oracle Application Express are not very attractive and could be improved.

I have been using Oracle Application Express for approximately two years.

Oracle Application Express is highly scalable. We are running it on Oracle RAC with a 60-terabyte database and we dedicate one schema for the user databases. In the database, we are running Oracle Business Suite and APEX, it is running very well.

We have approximately 1,000 people using this solution in my organization. Many of them are analysts and business users.

We plan to increase the usage of the solution.

The technical support has been good.

We previously were using Java deployments, but it was difficult to maintain standards for the applications. We are using, access development desktop databases. Every department used different people for the applications and different standards.

The installation is simple and the time it took was approximately two weeks.

I did the implementation of the solution myself.

We have approximately three technicians and two engineers that do the maintenance of the solution.

We have an Oracle basic product license, and then we can use Oracle APEX for free. We have many licenses for Oracle for approximately 20 processors.

We have evaluated other options before choosing Oracle Application Express.

Oracle Application Express it's a very good solution for many use cases. It can be deployed rapidly and I highly recommend it for the replacement of users' databases, such as Access.

I rate Oracle Application Express a nine out of ten.

We primarily need the solution for our applications. My company needed some workflows for finance and other services in my company. We wanted to integrate with other systems to have everything working together. 

It is easy to use.

There are lots of very good features.

The product is low code. You don't need to be an engineer to use it. 

It's stable and reliable for the most part.

There is a bit of a learning curve involved when first using the solution.

Sometimes we have low performance if we're trying to get large amounts of data. It's not great with big data.

I've been using the solution for five years now. 

The stability is good. There are no bugs or glitches. However, we have had some issues around performance and big data. That said, it doesn't creak down. 

We have five people using the solution in our organization. They are developers.

I've never dealt with technical support. I can't speak to how helpful or responsive they are. 

I'd recommend the solution to others. The company should push for it.

Our company is an Oracle partner. 

I would rate it ten out of ten. 

I have it installed in my computer, and I'm trying to build some GL applications for independent consulting just to track expenses. 

APEX is putting a lot of money into the new versions and giving new features to people like coding and building applications. I believe they're on version 21 now. I worked on their product a lot, and I did a mini project to implement Oracle applications. I have done many projects in three continents, like Africa, Europe, and now in North America.

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. When you design it, you just need to understand how the tools work, and it's almost drag and drop. APEX does all of the coding in the backend. You don't have to know how to code PL/SQL or CSS or HTML.

A lot of times I ask my clients why they don't use APEX. They have the Oracle database and it's free, so why don't they use it to build this application? They go to Grails or inside development with many developers. I never understood why they couldn't just use APEX to build their own applications. The solution is free, and you're building something inside the house and you have the people that can design your application. They use other technologies on top of Oracle.

Maybe some people go with other technologies because they are more familiar with them. Oracle probably needs more communication about APEX and to show people that they have something free on their hands and that they need to give it a chance.

Maybe there are other technologies that offer what APEX cannot. Oracle is working hard on APEX to put it more on the cloud, so it is more useful for people that know how to code.

APEX is a stable solution.

I don't see it as complex, but not many people have that kind of skill.

The solution is free.

I would rate this solution 7 out of 10. 

The only advice I can give is to just try it and give it a chance.

Right now, we have two primary use cases for this solution. We are using Oracle APEX to build full-customized ERP systems for big companies and also for small and medium-sized enterprises.

Oracle APEX improved our organization by making it possible for us to implement agile project development. A key agile feature is shortening the development cycle, enabling faster delivery to the customer. It enables us to deliver a complete system to the customer more quickly. The customer can use a system and provide us with feedback. We then implement changes and enhance the system as part of second development cycle. 

If we were using a different tool, it would take us maybe three months to deliver a development cycle. With APEX, we're able to deliver in less than a month.

What I find the most valuable about Oracle APEX is that it is very fast.

Prior to Oracle APEX, we were using Oracle Developer/2000, or D2K for short. It's another RAD. RAD refers to rapid application development tool. These two tools are quite similar. So, they are very easy for us to migrate.

That's why we choose Oracle APEX. It is a very powerful tool. It has a lot of function and a lot of features that were not available in D2K. D2K is not available on mobile, for example. Oracle APEX is very convenient. 

1. Need more backup options, such as more than 25 backups, option for choosing what conditions to trigger the backup action, etc.

2. If APEX could add the workflow engine feature, that will be awesome.

3. If there could be a kind of chart to make the link graphics between the parent nodes and the child nodes, (currently there is a Tree feature), but sometimes the hierarchy is not only one-to-many, could be many-to-one, or many-to-many.  

4. More mobile-friendly UI features will make APEX more powerful and engaging.

I have been using this solution since 2015.

We do not use Oracle paid support. We use community support. 

The Oracle Community is not paid support but it is very powerful. It's a great community, made up of very intelligent and enthusiastic people. 

I consider the initial setup simple compared to other technology. 

Oracle APEX significantly reduces the effort that needs to be put into development, allowing us to focus more on system analysis.

We use this solution for reports, data queries and as our CMS. APEX is our purchase requisition system. We are customers of Oracle, I'm the facility director and a user of APEX. 

The solution is fairly intuitive and has a user-friendly UI. The great thing is that in terms of process mapping, it's already configured including for drag and drop and easy manipulation of objects.

It would be helpful if the solution was in a format recognized by Microsoft Word products. 

I've been using this solution for five years. 

The solution is stable. We have an engineer who deals with the maintenance. 

The solution is scalable. We might increase the number of users but for now we only have 20 users. 

The deployment was easy and took no time. 

This solution is free for us because we use an Oracle-based product for our purchasing and it's included in that. 

I rate this solution seven out of 10. 

It is a no-code or low-code solution for testing applications. It helps me build and test an application quickly.

It makes life easy.

Oracle is always adding very important updates.

The solution could provide more AI functionalities or AI assistance.

I have been using Oracle Application Express (APEX) since 2016.

It keeps getting more flexible. As new releases come out, the setup process becomes easier. If we’re discussing Apex in the cloud, there's essentially nothing to worry about regarding setup.

We are using a free-tier version of the solution.

It is relatively easy to maintenance compared to other tools that we work with.

Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

We use this for our healthcare system dashboard as testing.

It has many ready modules that can be used and developed.

When exporting, we can't export-dynamic reports, only static reports. For example, when we want to export charts or tables it is only exported as a static report so we can't drop down on these reports; however, we can see this information when we are on the dashboard itself.

I have been using this solution for two years.

it is very stable and steady.

Customer support is great.

Initial setup was straightforward as we have a team that has good experience.

It secure, stable, and the support is very good as well.

I would rate this an eight out of ten.