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Rapid development of portable applications including professional-grade GUIs
Pros and Cons
  • "It provides attractive GUIs allowing professionally-styled applications without the need to know HTML, CSS, or JavaScript."
  • "We would like to see tighter integration with the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure."

What is our primary use case?

Our primary use for this solution is web-based applications built on an Oracle database backend. It is suitable for applications from small proofs of concept to enterprise-scale.

How has it helped my organization?

Extreme rapid application development. Allows existing Oracle knowledge base to be utilized for building web applications.

What is most valuable?

This solution offers declarative, low-code development. Improves delivery speed, accuracy, and performance.

It provides attractive GUIs allowing professionally-styled applications without the need to know HTML, CSS, or JavaScript.

Portability: It can be easily moved to other environments.

What needs improvement?

We would like to see tighter integration with the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

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Oracle Application Express (APEX)
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For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this solution for nineteen years.
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Software Developer at Watronix Information Technology Ltd
Real User
Connection is quick and simple, but stability could be improved and installation could be simplified
Pros and Cons
  • "A user interface is relatively simple to create."
  • "It would be beneficial to include WebSockets so that you can see real-time updates."

What is our primary use case?

We develop software for local governments as well as software licensing.

We look after the local government and Healthcare.

What is most valuable?

A user interface is relatively simple to create.

I can easily connect to the servers. It has a fast connection.

What needs improvement?

Making a CI/CD lane for it is a bit difficult.

It is difficult to achieve continuous delivery or continuous integration.

Stability and technical support could be enhanced.

It would be beneficial to include WebSockets so that you can see real-time updates.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been working with Oracle Application Express (APEX) for three years.

We are not using the most recent version, but we are close.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Oracle Application Express (APEX) is not very stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Oracle Application Express (APEX) is a scalable product.

This solution is used by ten developers or technical consultants in our company.

We may increase our usage in the future.

How are customer service and support?

I had a technical issue, and it took me a month to get an answer from Oracle.

Response time is very slow.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I work with multiple solutions simultaneously.

How was the initial setup?

We have people who surf the servers on our behalf. They are simply regular Windows computers, but not in our location, but in another. Similar to a cloud.

We have several small cloud providers. They are based in the Netherlands.

It is rather complex to install.

I would rate the installation a three out of five.

It took approximately, one day to deploy.

We need two developers to maintain this solution.

What about the implementation team?

Our in-house team completed the deployment.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I believe it is free, but the Oracle database license must be purchased.

It is expensive, but I don't know what the licensing cost is.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

I did not consider alternative solutions. This solution was already chosen and in place when I started at this company.

What other advice do I have?

It all depends on the solutions you seek. But, yes, I would probably recommend this solution to others.

I would rate Oracle Application Express (APEX) a six out of ten. The idea of the product is good, but there are issues that make it difficult to work with.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Private Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Other
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Oracle Application Express (APEX)
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Specialist EHR Implementation at siut
Real User
Works like a rapid application development concept so it's a big time saver for clients
Pros and Cons
  • "Efficient software delivery and a solution that works quickly."
  • "Reporting needs to be accessed via third party tools."

What is our primary use case?

Our company developed several health care portals where patients can go and find doctors and things like that. We are now testing whether we can shift a few things from the previous alignment tool which is managed by our data service team. We work on small projects and have around 50 users. We're customers of Oracle and I'm an EHR implementation specialist. 

What is most valuable?

This solution is like a rapid application development concept. Given that it's all about time and everything happens within a much shorter time span, it makes for efficient software delivery and a good product. If the client is happy, I'm happy. 

What needs improvement?

I think Apex is like many similar tools that are currently available. If you want specific reports, you have to implement third party tools. It would make a big difference if the reporting was included in the product so that we wouldn't need to get it from third parties. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using this solution for 18 months. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is very stable. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Apex is still evolving and we initially had scalability issues. You can't make large applications with the limitations we had, but you can make small apps really fast, if you have the extra backup.

How are customer service and technical support?

We haven't had to use technical support, we track our own flow. 

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was a little complex. You have to run some steps on it. That said, deployment took maybe an hour or two. We have minimal maintenance requirements. If there's an issue you just look back at the cache but most of the time it's okay. 

What other advice do I have?

Apex is a great tool, you can use it for your regular business affairs and it's a very productive solution with great features. I really appreciate the people who created it.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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reviewer1014486 - PeerSpot reviewer
Facility director at a aerospace/defense firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Real User
Fairly intuitive with a user-friendly UI; unfortunately the format is not recognized by Word
Pros and Cons
  • "Intuitive with a user-friendly UI."
  • "The format is not recognized by Microsoft Word products."

What is our primary use case?

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. 

What is most valuable?

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.

What needs improvement?

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

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using this solution for five years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

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

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

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

How was the initial setup?

The deployment was easy and took no time. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

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

What other advice do I have?

I rate this solution seven out of 10. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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Founder at Avsa Danismanlik Ltd Sti
Real User
Easy and cost-effective to develop, install, and deploy
Pros and Cons
  • "With only a browser, it is very easy to develop in a web environment."
  • "Visual Builder and APEX should meld in one product."

What is our primary use case?

With APEX, I developed a web portal for an insurance company. With this portal, every agency can look at its customer's personal data, their claims, policies, coverage, and collections.

I am using this solution and I am developing software for my customers.

How has it helped my organization?

For three years, we have done the same application with more than 10 people.

With APEX, we can reduce our costs by reducing the size of our teams.

Before APEX, we were using Oracle Forms. This required larger teams.

With small teams of four to six, with a maximum of 10 people, you can build every kind of product.

APEX will also benefit enterprise companies.

What is most valuable?


Developing in a web environment is very easy with just one browser. With a username and password, I can develop this product very easily. With this product, it is very easy to develop. Many sample applications have been created by Apex in the Applications Gallery.

You can built multilingual applications, each user can interact the application with their own depending localization parameter.

Apex supports Restful Service in JSON format. It is very easy to create a web service for Apex Environment.

It's suitable for team development.

What needs improvement?

It would be my dream to merge two products into one. Visual Builder and APEX should meld in one product. 

Each has different strengths. Visual Builder is very strong in Java, and you can build HTML applications very easily with low code. APEX is very important to have a direct connection to the Oracle database.

If these two products would meld into one in the future, it would be very nice. 

In the future of APEX, I would expect features more like Visual Builder. Also being able to use HTML codes directly. Visual Builder produces HTML codes and source codes.

APEX does not have source code, it runs from the database. We can export our objects, our source, and import them in different environments and different hardware, but it's not readable in HTML codes. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this solution for three years.

We are using the latest version and will be upgrading to 20.2

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It's a stable solution.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Oracle Application Express (APEX) is a scalable product.

We have four users in our organization.

How are customer service and technical support?

We don't need direct support from Oracle. We are using Oracle Websites.

How was the initial setup?

It's very easy to install and easy to deploy.

The first time, I spend six weeks, but now it can be done in a few hours.

We need only one person to maintain this solution.

What about the implementation team?

We completed the implementation of it ourselves.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

This is a built-in license with data.

When buying the data license, APEX is included.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Currently, I am doing some research on Visual Builder. I saw a demo.

It's an application that is ready for the cloud. You cannot use it on-premises or on your local machine. It's just for the cloud.

They have very nice features.

You can easily build your applications at a very low cost, and it is very powerful with JavaScript.

What other advice do I have?

We are a consultancy firm for IT purposes, software. Especially, we are engaged in the insurance and banking finance sector. 

We have a very large and deep knowledge of accounting software. Our team is very experienced, senior developers, and business analysts.

We are migrating our Oracle Forms to APEX. In the future, we will continue to use APEX.

I would highly recommend this product to others who are interested in using it.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Hybrid Cloud
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it_user486555 - PeerSpot reviewer
Physical Scientist at a government
Real User
The most valuable features are the ease with which data can be accessed and the improvements that have made the front-end look like a real application.

Valuable Features

The most valuable features are the ease with which data can be accessed and the improvements that have made the front-end look like a real application. The graphing plug-ins are really good as well.

Room for Improvement

We are excited that they are going to go into the web service world to make the rest of the APIs available. We have been looking for master detail, but that is has been improved quite a bit. Nothing is perfect though.

Use of Solution

I have been using the product for eight years.

Stability Issues

It has been consistently stable. We have not had any issues with it.

Scalability Issues

So far it has met our needs and we hope that it will continue to do so. At the end of the summer, we are moving a flex application to APEX that will be released in August. It will have about four hundred users.

Customer Service and Technical Support

I have never personally talked to tech support, but we have had conversations with the consulting folks about some of the rack solutions for improving data expansion. From my understanding, tech support is very good.

Initial Setup

It is always fun having to do the Oracle patches. Our DBAs handle all that, but it does affect us as far as having to take systems down to do the upgrades, which gets a little frustrating. It's manageable though. They take about an hour or two.

Other Advice

It is a free product. Install it and start having fun. APEX out of the box is pretty good and very easy to get started. You can get your data out in five minutes. I’d give it an eight out of ten.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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Farah Kasabri - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Technology Manager at Augusta Victoria Hospital
Real User
Easy to use, reliable development platform with many ready modules inside
Pros and Cons
  • "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."

What is our primary use case?

We use this for our healthcare system dashboard as testing.

What is most valuable?

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

What needs improvement?

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.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this solution for two years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

it is very stable and steady.

How are customer service and support?

Customer support is great.

How was the initial setup?

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

What other advice do I have?

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

I would rate this an eight out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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Bulent BASIM - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Partner & Oracle ERP Technical Consultant at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Real User
A customizable web-based software development solution
Pros and Cons
  • "I like how we can actively develop and customize APEX because it's on the same database."
  • "I don't like the URL syntax."

What is our primary use case?

We use Oracle Application Express (APEX) to integrate solutions with E-Business Suites.

What is most valuable?

I like how we can actively develop and customize APEX because it's on the same database. We use all the E-Business Suite custom environment features in APEX. We use it because developers can fully leverage it. For example, in Oracle Application Framework, you have a download time of about half an hour before deployment. But there's no deployment time in APEX. You can see it after refreshing the page.

What needs improvement?

I don't like the URL syntax—for example, the parameters in the URL for the pages. If there are any parameters, all the users see all the parameter names. This may require some caching. The UI could be improved as well. Sometimes, based on the customization, load balancing isn't running behind the F5. 

For how long have I used the solution?

We've been using Oracle applications for about three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

APEX is a stable product.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

APEX is scalable. We have two deployments, two of them behind a local APEX and another in Turkey. The installation is on the local area network. We got three servers that run on the APEX and an APEX installation on a single database in a lab.

What about the implementation team?

There's a technical team, but I install APEX by myself.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

We have a full Oracle E-Business Suite license, and we use that license to develop applications. There's no license required for developing Oracle applications. It's just for the Oracle development tools we use until the final product is ready. 

What other advice do I have?

The forums are quick, and I follow those to lookup features, and I just recall it. I follow all the online seminars and that was enough for me.

There are some restrictions when using this product, but it can be valuable for developing and integrated with E-Business Suite. Because in some instances, some tools aren't available in the E-Business Suite environment. 

On a scale from one to ten, I would give Oracle Application Express (APEX) an eight.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Partner
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