8base vs. Oracle APEX

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
8base
Score 7.9 out of 10
N/A
8base calls itself a Developer Acceleration Platform using low code to empower developers and businesses to create and host powerful software applications quickly and easily. The vendor says their differentiators include: Developer acceleration platform Low-code BaaS GraphQL, Serverless Autoscaling Role-Based Access Controls SDK UI Kit Command Line Interface Data…
$25
Oracle APEX
Score 7.8 out of 10
N/A
Oracle APEX (or Oracle Application Express) is an online low-code application builder that allows users to develop a database-drive application, customize the application's UI, and then give their users access to the application via URL. Oracle APEX includes a suite of pre-built productivity applications and examples, such as a Survey Builder, Bug Tracking, P-Track project management, etc
$0.32
OCPU per hour
Pricing
8baseOracle APEX
Editions & Modules
FREE
$0
DEVELOPER
$25
one-time fee
PROFESSIONAL
$150
one-time fee
CUSTOM
Contact
one-time fee
Oracle APEX Application Development
$0.32
OCPU per hour
Oracle Autonomous Transaction Processing - Exadata Storage
$118.40
Terabyte storage capacity per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
8baseOracle APEX
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
8baseOracle APEX
Top Pros
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Features
8baseOracle APEX
Low-Code Development
Comparison of Low-Code Development features of Product A and Product B
8base
7.0
1 Ratings
21% below category average
Oracle APEX
9.3
22 Ratings
7% above category average
Visual Modeling9.01 Ratings9.621 Ratings
Drag-and-drop Interfaces7.01 Ratings8.122 Ratings
Platform Security5.01 Ratings9.322 Ratings
Platform User Management8.01 Ratings9.522 Ratings
Reusability7.01 Ratings9.722 Ratings
Platform Scalability6.01 Ratings9.622 Ratings
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8baseOracle APEX
Small Businesses
Creatio
Creatio
Score 9.1 out of 10
Creatio
Creatio
Score 9.1 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Quixy
Quixy
Score 9.8 out of 10
Quixy
Quixy
Score 9.8 out of 10
Enterprises
Quickbase
Quickbase
Score 9.2 out of 10
Quickbase
Quickbase
Score 9.2 out of 10
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User Ratings
8baseOracle APEX
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(1 ratings)
9.4
(39 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(3 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
8baseOracle APEX
Likelihood to Recommend
8base
Although we are not a startup and 8BASE allows our backend to be production-ready instantly and thus better support and management of our hardware and scale are automatically progressive with our business. It leaves us more time for hardware development. Recommending to consider acquiring both for all types of companies.
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Oracle
It is appropriate for database application development supporting data driven processes, online transaction processing, BI/reports/analytics ... for addressing about any business data processing need I can think of. Oracle Application Express is fantastic for creating beautiful rich user interfaces with support for all major browsers rendering well on a range of devices. It is less appropriate for applications requiring native low level access to device peripherals and is less appropriate for applications that must execute offline without network/internet connection to supporting application and database servers.
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Pros
8base
  • Non-technical people can use accessible software.
  • Cost
  • The simple set up.
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Oracle
  • Easy upgrade path from Forms, allowing reuse of code and a low learning curve for Forms developers.
  • Very quick to develop in. Ideal for prototyping or iterative development which is how we usually work.
  • Comes with cross browser and mobile compatibility out of the box.
  • Easy to incorporate other web technologies.
  • Development environment runs straight from a browser. This has proved to be a life saver when issues crop up on a weekend.
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Cons
8base
  • the UI is complex to handle at first.
  • Lags in many applications.
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Oracle
  • Perhaps is our problem, since we haven’t explored it deeply, but I think that a better portability to mobile devices would help the adoption of APEX.
  • Applications weren’t as light as we thought, and we had to move the APEX server to the same data center where our data base was running, due to performance issues. When we started, we supposed that that situation would not be an issue.
  • At least in Argentina and Brazil, you can not find as many programmers with experience in APEX as you can find with other technologies.
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Likelihood to Renew
8base
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Oracle
I felt very comfortable using Oracle Application Express from the start. I designed my data model and quickly developed the basic CRUD pages for master tables. Then I designed the main functionality and was able to test and deploy it in a couple of days work. I will probably share the app with other members of the team and continue adding some features in the short term.
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Usability
8base
No answers on this topic
Oracle
its easy to use as a developer and applications designed using apex are easy and intuitive to use as an end user. Even non-coders can build good applications, the more code you can write the more you can enhance the application but you can get up and running quickly with almost no technical know how.
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Support Rating
8base
No answers on this topic
Oracle
Very active and knowledgeable community support includes quick and helpful responses from the Oracle employees on the product development team. I've never had to raise an official support request - everything is dealt with via forums and user groups - or via direct emails. The supposrt commuinty is one of the great things about Apex.
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Implementation Rating
8base
No answers on this topic
Oracle
Using it on the cloud is really simple, the entire process of configuring and provisioning an Oracle Database takes only a few minutes (less than 10) and then Oracle APEX is already deployed on the database, so you just have to start using it. I would strongly recommend using APEX on Oracle Cloud Free Tier.
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Alternatives Considered
8base
No answers on this topic
Oracle
Obviously Oracle Application Express cannot replace WebLogic in terms of creating domains but it is not designed to do that. We can use this tool to prototype and later develop a product using the Oracle WebLogic platform. We selected Oracle Application Express due to the ease of learning, and not having to buy licenses to use it.
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Return on Investment
8base
  • It is stable in its security.
  • Simple development has allowed us to handle less wasted time.
  • Short-term goals are easily met.
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Oracle
  • In the mid-size organization, we had a BI tool that had a significant license cost involved. With Oracle back-end we were able to switch to APEX and move all reporting at literally zero cost.
  • For Oracle PL/SQL users the learning curve is very quick and easy, there are ready templates that you can start with and eventually create complex reports.
  • You can track authorization and authentication on data editing and usage. High performance as it is native oracle sql codes.
  • Centralized data capturing, makes your datawarehouse writable for lookup tables or reference tables.
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