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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Aurea Process

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AAurea Process (formerly CX Process) from Aurea Software in Austin is a business process management offering, based on Savvion BPM.

    $200,000

    per year

    Oracle APEX

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/AOracle 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

    Oracle BPM Suite

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AThe Oracle Business Process Management Suite is an integrated environment for developing, administering, and using business applications centered around business processes.N/A
    Pricing
    Aurea ProcessOracle APEXOracle BPM Suite
    Editions & Modules
    License
    $200,000
    per year
    Oracle APEX Application Development
    $0.32
    OCPU per hour
    Oracle Autonomous Transaction Processing - Exadata Storage
    $118.40
    Terabyte storage capacity per month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Aurea ProcessOracle APEXOracle BPM Suite
    Free Trial
    NoYesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Aurea ProcessOracle APEXOracle BPM Suite
    Considered Multiple Products
    Aurea
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    Oracle
    Chose Oracle APEX
    APEX is more efficient, more flexible and nicely integrates with pl/sql (packages, funktion, procedures) - and cost free
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    Oracle
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    100%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    90%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    83%
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    Implementation went as expected
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    89%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Aurea ProcessOracle APEXOracle BPM Suite
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Aurea Process and Oracle APEX and Oracle BPM Suite
    Feature
    Aurea Process
    5.3
    1 Ratings
    37% below category average
    Oracle APEX
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle BPM Suite
    6.0
    5 Ratings
    25% below category average
    Dashboards6.01 Ratings00 Ratings6.04 Ratings
    Standard reports6.01 Ratings00 Ratings6.05 Ratings
    Custom reports4.01 Ratings00 Ratings6.04 Ratings
    Process Engine
    Comparison of Process Engine features of Aurea Process and Oracle APEX and Oracle BPM Suite
    Feature
    Aurea Process
    5.8
    1 Ratings
    36% below category average
    Oracle APEX
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle BPM Suite
    7.4
    6 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Process designer6.01 Ratings00 Ratings8.06 Ratings
    Process simulation7.01 Ratings00 Ratings7.06 Ratings
    Business rules engine5.01 Ratings00 Ratings9.06 Ratings
    SOA support5.01 Ratings00 Ratings8.06 Ratings
    Process player7.01 Ratings00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
    Model execution5.01 Ratings00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
    Support for modeling languages00 Ratings00 Ratings7.04 Ratings
    Form builder00 Ratings00 Ratings4.05 Ratings
    Collaboration
    Comparison of Collaboration features of Aurea Process and Oracle APEX and Oracle BPM Suite
    Feature
    Aurea Process
    4.0
    1 Ratings
    70% below category average
    Oracle APEX
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle BPM Suite
    6.0
    4 Ratings
    33% below category average
    Social collaboration tools4.01 Ratings00 Ratings6.04 Ratings
    Content Management Capabilties
    Comparison of Content Management Capabilties features of Aurea Process and Oracle APEX and Oracle BPM Suite
    Feature
    Aurea Process
    4.0
    1 Ratings
    68% below category average
    Oracle APEX
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle BPM Suite
    7.0
    3 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Content management4.01 Ratings00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    Low-Code Development
    Comparison of Low-Code Development features of Aurea Process and Oracle APEX and Oracle BPM Suite
    Feature
    Aurea Process
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle APEX
    8.5
    27 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Oracle BPM Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Visual Modeling00 Ratings7.726 Ratings00 Ratings
    Drag-and-drop Interfaces00 Ratings8.427 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform Security00 Ratings8.827 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform User Management00 Ratings8.326 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reusability00 Ratings9.027 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform Scalability00 Ratings8.927 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Medium-sized Companies
    TIBCO® BPM Enterprise
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    User Ratings
    Aurea ProcessOracle APEXOracle BPM Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.5
    (44 ratings)
    8.0
    (8 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    6.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (8 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Aurea ProcessOracle APEXOracle BPM Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Aurea
    The tool has potential. Its capabilities and visual aspects could be considered rather basic but this might improve, particularly if the business intelligence/analytics aspect is leveraged. Once running well, it could allow (perhaps smaller) companies to successfully improve their customers' experiences through digitalizing customer journey - and we all know that customer loyalty goes a long way. However, whether or not the tool is comprehensive enough to deliver this for larger companies with more complex, multi- and omni-channel interactions is yet to be seen...
    Incentivized
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    Oracle
    If you need to develop an application very quickly, without unnecessary lengthy specifications or business requirements, something you need right away, while utilizing all the capabilities of the Oracle database, APEX is the right choice. Thanks to the many components you use from the vast Oracle APEX library, working with this tool is exceptionally pleasant, fast, and effective.
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    Oracle
    Oracle BPM is well suited to organizations and environments that have a good understanding of their business processes and organizational structures. Trying to introduce a tool such as Oracle BPM into the organization without a good grasp on how the business operates is a recipe for disaster as the implementation will uncover all of the dirty secrets of an organizations business processes and bring them to light. BPM is not to be utilized for smaller service orchestrations or technical service implementations, these should be handled by the Oracle SOA Suite using the BPEL process manager, leaving BPM to handle the organizational business processes, referring to and including lower level services and BPEL processes as needed.
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    Pros
    Aurea
    • Face-lifted platforms: CX Messenger (formerly Sonic), CX Monitor (formerly Actional), CX Process (formerly Savvion)
    • User-friendly UI
    • Relatively painless implementation
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Oracle
    • Oracle BPM [Suite] can support unlimited number of cases. No limitations in cases raised.
    • Oracle Weblogic can handle multiple traffic. [It] can handle lots of heavy load[s].
    • Oracle BPM has extensive integration with database[s]. Huge number[s] of customization can be created.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Aurea
    • Standard edition is significantly lighter touch than the (pricier) Enterprise version
    • There are similar solutions on the market that are competitively prices and offer positive user experience
    • Data migration can be tricky at times
    Incentivized
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    Oracle
    • Can't think of any - the Application Express development team does a fantastic job adopting and supporting emerging trends with each new release.
    • Requires Oracle RDBMS; i.e., is not portable to other RDBMS platforms. On the surface this may seem like a con but it is as it should be - Oracle database is best RDBMS available and tight integration with Oracle RDBMS promotes creation of reliable performant apps.
    Incentivized
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    Oracle
    • Oracle BPM is left behind by other tools more modern in terms of user experience, usability and ability to integrate with everything else.
    • To really harvest the potential of Oracle BPM you need to do it in JDeveloper and with ADF. This restricts its usage to very technical people.
    • The administration of the Oracle BPM tools has really put a burden on our team. It is running on Weblogic and we experience issues very often either with performance or with a bad configuration of the system.
    • As with all Oracle products, the price can be an issue for smaller shops.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Aurea
    No answers on this topic
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Oracle
    In many scenarios it should have provided more features. It took a lot of effort while debugging, making it difficult to maintain.
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    Usability
    Aurea
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    Oracle APEX is an ultra flexible, low code platform having a great easy of use, superior customization capabilities, scalable and provides a very good application and data security. It also has lot of AI capabilities as well as modern features such as GeoLocation maps, Automation capabilities, Workflow approval features and Mobile application capabilities using PWA like features.
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    Oracle
    Not easy to debug errors.
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    Support Rating
    Aurea
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Oracle
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    Implementation Rating
    Aurea
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Oracle
    Overall satisfactory
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    Alternatives Considered
    Aurea
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    Oracle APEX has delivered a strong positive ROI by significantly reducing development time, lowering costs, and improving operational efficiency through automation and real-time reporting. While there are some limitations around frontend flexibility and DevOps, the overall business value—especially in data-driven enterprise applications—has been substantial.
    Incentivized
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    Oracle
    We evaluated Bonita and found that it might fit a smaller-sized company better; we found that Oracle BPM Suite scaled much more evenly. We almost went with one of the competitors, but in the end chose Oracle BPM Suite after we factored in the cost of VMware licensing. There are literally tons of analytics on the back end which are great for upper management, but not so much for average users, but this fits our business model quite well.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Aurea
    • As our customers vary in size and maturity, the ROI ranges accordingly.
    • For younger, smaller businesses this is a useful tool. Digitalization of he customer journey has certainly helped save time and efforts in many cases.
    • For more mature market players the tool is not always comprehensive enough. Dashboard and report personalization take time and efforts, and sometimes it feels that a dedicated BI tool would be a more suitable solution.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Oracle
    • You'll most certainly need a deep dive and extensive training before your users can even think of using the product and they are very expensive.
    • Lack of documentation makes it very difficult to manage the application if any error is encountered which will result in you ending up hiring a dedicated person to look into the application once it's deployed.
    • For a very large org., if properly implemented and used, it can help identify the cost-intensive and inefficient processes.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Aurea Process Screenshots

    Screenshot of CX Platform enables leading companies to modernize, automate, and monitor their back office by bridging legacy SOA solutions to modern micro-service and container-based architectures.