FlutterFlow vs. Oracle APEX

FlutterFlow is great at introducing a non-programmer into the technical world of app building. Since you can add in custom code, functionalities, and ultimately export the source code you are basically limitless and terms of what you can create

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Based on our organization's experience, Oracle APEX is a versatile and powerful tool, but its suitability depends on specific business needs, technical requirements, and the nature of the application being developed. Scenarios where Oracle APEX fits well: Business Process Automation/Workflows Reporting and Dashboards for Data Analytics AI based systems such as Select AI Chatbots for data insights based on LLMs Native-like Mobile Applications using PWA feature of APEX Scenarios where Oracle APEX may be less appropriate: Very Complex and highly interactive applications Use cases based on a non-oracle Database

• Design
• Use friendliness
• Out-of-the-box integrations
• Ability to own the source code

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• 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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• I'd like to see more integrations

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• 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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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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I love the company. I honestly wished I could invest in it.

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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.

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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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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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I made a through research of what is available. I'd say, in my opinion, other platforms don't allow you the freedom of customization. Additionally, their apps are poorly responsive and poorly designed.

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Our company was preparing a comparison of Oracle APEX against other low-code technologies. The focus was primarily on Mendix and Microsoft Power Apps. As with any technology, each platform has its pros and cons. I would choose Oracle APEX because clients often already have an Oracle database, but they don't always realize they can use it with Oracle APEX. This easily accessible platform is a great web-based interpretation of the database.

• Saving of time
• Introduced me to the world of programming
• It's worth the price considering it's saving you hundreds of hours of hard coding

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• There have been numerous cases where solution development using Oracle's "RAD Stack" (ORDS, RDBMS & APEX) has saved many ten's of thousands of dollars in cost that would have otherwise been incurred by following vendor recommendation and/or other alternatives.
• Impact on overall business objectives has been completely positive: low cost of maintenance, seamless easy upgrades, reduced development time

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