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Oracle APEX

Overview

What is Oracle APEX?

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…

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Recent Reviews

Awesome APEX

10 out of 10
October 23, 2019
Incentivized
APEX is being used by our Financial department as well as HR supporting a variety of applications. It is a wonderful tool supporting a …
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Popular Features

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  • Reusability (22)
    9.6
    96%
  • Platform User Management (22)
    9.4
    94%
  • Platform Security (22)
    9.1
    91%
  • Drag-and-drop Interfaces (22)
    8.0
    80%

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Pricing

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Oracle APEX Application Development

$0.32

Cloud
OCPU per hour

Oracle Autonomous Transaction Processing - Exadata Storage

$118.40

Cloud
Terabyte storage capacity per month

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://apex.oracle.com/en/learn/gettin…

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Product Demos

Application Express Demo

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EBS-APEX - Demo EBS Extensions Using APEX Applications

YouTube

Introduction to Oracle Application Express (APEX) Tutorial

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Oracle Application Express

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Pharmacy Online demo built in Oracle Application Express from http://dbswh.com

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Features

Low-Code Development

Low-code development tools allow non developers to build simple process applications with little oversight. These tools simplify the application building process, and are frequently used for simple process applications.

9.2
Avg 8.6
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Product Details

What is Oracle APEX?

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

Oracle APEX Competitors

Oracle APEX Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

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

PostgreSQL are common alternatives for Oracle APEX.

Reviewers rate Visual Modeling and Reusability highest, with a score of 9.6.

The most common users of Oracle APEX are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Comparisons

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Reviews and Ratings

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Lisandro Fernigrini | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Right now I created a small app to track pending/ongoing tasks using APEX on the newly available Oracle Cloud Free Tier. I decided to create it to simplify how I manage and execute my daily tasks in order to be able to both track advance and manage dependencies between tasks. I use Trello to keep boards with simple tasks but managing dependencies was something not simple to achieve, so I decided to try a solution that solved my problems while starting to use APEX.
  • The UI is very easy to use, and you can choose from a number of templates for each "screen" you design.
  • You can design basic CRUD screens without knowing the "details" (technology) under the hood.
  • It's easy to test. Just one click, and the page you are working on is executed.
  • Deployment on an OnPremise DB is not so simple. You need to follow many steps (that's why I used the Cloud version!).
I would definitively use APEX for small (department size) applications that can be developed and maintained by a small development team, without a complex design/develop/test/deploy process.
Also, to generate all basic CRUD on complex applications, rather than programming them using other languages (Java. c#, etc) and having more complex deployment processes.
Low-Code Development (6)
83.33333333333334%
8.3
Visual Modeling
70%
7.0
Drag-and-drop Interfaces
80%
8.0
Platform Security
90%
9.0
Platform User Management
90%
9.0
Reusability
70%
7.0
Platform Scalability
100%
10.0
  • I am currently using it myself, since some of the tasks and activities I perform daily were hard to follow up using my company tools. I did not perform an ROI analysis since I developed it in my free time just to simplify my daily work, but I'm really happy with the results I obtained in a few days of development.
I did not evaluate any other Rapid Application Development tool. I wanted a quick and simple solution just for my personal use so I directly tried using APEX since I work with Oracle databases and have a good background on the SQL and PL/SQL languages. I am currently replacing a couple of Trello boards where I used to follow up the task, since I can now manage tasks dependencies.
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I developed a small app to track tasks, I'm currently using it myself
Currently we do not have in-house support. The application was developed and deployed on Oracle Cloud Free Tier so all admin task are automated and handled directly by Oracle Cloud. I developed some new features / enhancements and also fixed a bug once I discovered it, but the business rules of the app are really simply and no additional work is foreseen.
  • Follow up tasks with multiple dependencies
  • I plan to add other devops staff as users
  • Replace traditional CRUD pages developed using C# with CRUD pages hosted on APEX for our Oracle based modules.
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.
No
  • Price
  • Product Features
  • Product Usability
Since it is a free to use product, that can be deployed to any existing Oracle Database (or use it on the cloud) I decided to use it to create a small app that help me track daily tasks. It may be later moved to a database hosted in any company server if we decide to use the app with other company employees.
No, I would not change the evaluation / selection process. It was a "direct" one, since I was looking for a free product that could be deployed locally (my own PC, hosting an Oracle XE database instance), on a company (on-premise) server or even on the cloud, and APEX clearly fitted into this criteria.
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.
  • Implemented in-house
No
Change management was minimal
Since I'm the only user of current app, and I'm using it as a test to improve the way I can track some complex task status, change management was not required since we still did not change the current company process. In the future if we decide to integrate this with existing task management software it may require adapting the process and the app.
  • To use it locally (on my own PC) it requires a DB instance (I already have an Oracle XE database for prototyping / testing) but the deployment process was not easy, having to decide between different ways to install that require different actions. I preferred to use the CLOUD version of the product that does not require any install / deploy.
I did not required support from Oracle, I used to community forums to get some details on specific things I wanted to do and was able to find what I was looking for.
Not Available
No
Fortunately, I did not have the need to ask for support with Oracle.
It was really simple for me, with a strong background on DB programming (SQL, PL/SQL, T-SQL) but almost no User Interface or frontend experience to design, develop and deploy in few days a simple but efficient application.
Most of the pages I designed required no technical knowledge on the database nor SQL or PL/SQL languages.
  • Page Templates
  • None
Yes, but I don't use it
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