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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Oracle APEX

    Score8.8 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

    SAP BPM

    Score7 out of 10
    N/ASAP NetWeaver Business Process Management is a business process management offering and application infrastructure. It supports joint modeling of processes, central process execution via a Java-based engine, provision of interfaces for users, and integration of business rules into processes.N/A
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    Oracle APEXSAP BPM
    Editions & Modules
    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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    Oracle APEXSAP BPM
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Oracle APEXSAP BPM
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    Oracle
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    SAP
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    83%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
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    Features
    Oracle APEXSAP BPM
    Low-Code Development
    Comparison of Low-Code Development features of Oracle APEX and SAP NetWeaver BPM
    Feature
    Oracle APEX
    7.9
    23 Ratings
    6% below category average
    SAP NetWeaver BPM
    -
    Ratings
    Visual Modeling7.022 Ratings00 Ratings
    Drag-and-drop Interfaces6.823 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform Security8.723 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform User Management8.022 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reusability9.223 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform Scalability7.523 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Oracle APEX and SAP NetWeaver BPM
    Feature
    Oracle APEX
    -
    Ratings
    SAP NetWeaver BPM
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Process Engine
    Comparison of Process Engine features of Oracle APEX and SAP NetWeaver BPM
    Feature
    Oracle APEX
    -
    Ratings
    SAP NetWeaver BPM
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Process designer00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Process simulation00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Business rules engine00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    SOA support00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Process player00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Support for modeling languages00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Form builder00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Model execution00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Collaboration
    Comparison of Collaboration features of Oracle APEX and SAP NetWeaver BPM
    Feature
    Oracle APEX
    -
    Ratings
    SAP NetWeaver BPM
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Social collaboration tools00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Content Management Capabilties
    Comparison of Content Management Capabilties features of Oracle APEX and SAP NetWeaver BPM
    Feature
    Oracle APEX
    -
    Ratings
    SAP NetWeaver BPM
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Content management00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
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    Score9 out of 10
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    Enterprises
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    User Ratings
    Oracle APEXSAP BPM
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (40 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.5
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Oracle APEXSAP BPM
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Oracle
    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
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    SAP
    It is well suited when we need to integrate business processes with SAP ERP and SAP CRM - the solution can be integrated with business rules/procedures defined in SAP ERP/CRM and NetWeaver can be used to monitor the rules and flag off exceptions. When there are multiple workflows running, it tends to slow down running of these processes. Also, it entirely depends on SAP portal for it to run efficiently.
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    Pros
    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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    SAP
    • Virtual paper trail. Iterations of process and current documentation are all stored as "artifacts", leaving a great trail.
    • Configuration of users. BPM somewhat magically determines which users will be impacted and automates rules.
    • A pro (that is also a con) is the design interface. If you know what you are doing, it is incredibly powerful and malleable.
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    Cons
    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.
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    SAP
    • Live readings would be nice.
    • Easier to maneuver
    • Work with all systems with the press of one keystroke
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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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    SAP
    As a big fan of SAP in general, the BPM solution fits right in with all the other things SAP does well, and does it with incredible efficiency
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    Usability
    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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    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    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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    SAP
    We have our own tech support for systems, I would say they probably could use more training on it, I don't really think it's anything regarding the SAP system, but more the knowledge they have on the system itself. It seems to take longer for them to fix any issues we may come across.
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    Implementation Rating
    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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    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Oracle
    If you are expert in SQL and PLSQL and use Oracle Database, then the best choice is Oracle Application Express. The functionality is already complete and very easy to use, so it's useless to find another tool if you are using Oracle. You don't use Oracle APEX only if: (1) you are using other database than Oracle, and (2) your application load is unpredictable.
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    SAP
    I found the initial setup of NetWeaver is much simpler than other products especially in an SAP environment where we have SAP ERP/HRM/CRM as it can be well integrated with other SAP products. The only drawback is the need/dependency on SAP Portal. It is better suited in an environment where SAP ERP is running.
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    Return on Investment
    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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    SAP
    • Helped us harness integrated benefit from having SAP ERP/CRM by leveraging NetWeaver to define business processes/rules and monitor exceptions
    • Did not have any negative experience except for the fact that at times when multiple rules run, it can be somewhat slow
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