We performed a comparison between Mendix and Oracle Application Express (APEX) based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Rapid Application Development Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
"The development environment is model-driven. We can use the information from this for our business engineers to make the information models, and they can also execute the model."
"The pricing is very clear, with no hidden fees."
"There is a free version of the solution you can use."
"I find the fast development speed and low cost to be very valuable features of Mendix. It's a smart solution for busy developers when we need to apply new changes or fixes quickly. Mendix helps to save time and meet project deadlines faster."
"It is a development platform which assists in accelerating your developmental lifecycle. This is one of its most valuable features. This solution also offers a good set of components that are readily available."
"The features that I have found most valuable with Mendix are its business process management and its minimal low code, both from an interface perspective and from a process perspective."
"The most valuable features are the decorative style, model-driven development, and the fact that Mendix validates flows. Mendix is quick to develop because it's a low-code platform. It's very robust, flexible, open, and scalable. It's for a low-code customer. The tooling is also really good and it has mobile capabilities."
"There are free online learning and certifications if a user would like to learn more and better understand the solution."
"This is a good application for quickly creating public applications."
"The product is easy to use."
"The solution's most valuable aspect is its Graphics Form Design."
"You can customize the solution to create a console where only business users can access and download files if they want to extract the data."
"The solution can efficiently translate from English to another language including Arabic using the XLIFF format."
"The solution is easy to handle. The tool has helped us develop many applications since it supports SQL and NoSQL languages. We are familiar with this language. Also, the solution’s interface design and database design are very easy. It is not so much complex. I have no experience working with other solutions."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The virtual patching feature is valuable."
"It could use a more comprehensive widget creation studio in the IDE."
"There should be more integration with engineering applications and tighter integration for user authentication, such as single sign-on, etc. They have some of that. It just could be stronger."
"There are not enough developers who are using Mendix. The knowledge base available online and in the market is not as rich as other competitors."
"Overall, integration with the enterprise ecosystem needs improvement."
"Mendix is slightly less scalable than I'd like."
"A constraint of Mendix is that you have to look for the required plugins which takes up development time. There are a limited number of Mendix experts in the market."
"Needs multiple database connections so an app can directly read/write data to/from multiple databases. This would enable easy splitting of big applications that have complex entity relationships."
"What is lacking is the support of higher level modeling features, like the modeling you do is relatively low level, yet it is still close to programming. We would like to see a more business-oriented modeling environment, like BPMN."
"There is a problem with security because the applications store passwords in the configuration files."
"The problem of sending emails arises when Oracle Application Express (APEX) is inside Oracle Cloud Infrastructure since it is a bit complicated or difficult to understand where to take care of the setup part to be able to just send out emails properly."
"Connecting with Oracle and the relation with Oracle at the database as a procedure needs improvement."
"Oracle should implement vertical and horizontal data segmentation in APEX's security framework, so Dev teams don't need to do any heavy lifting in the APEX screens. This is a common issue in enterprise apps. It would be nice to seamlessly integrate Git repositories into the development process since the current solution can result in overlapping work or an eventual overwrite. The provided example apps are great, but they could benefit from some added documentation in the "explanation screens"."
"Fixing bugs is difficult because of how the HTML code is generated. It is not always broadly compatible with browsers."
"The solution does not support the Linux platform."
"The solution’s pricing is high if you use it on the OCA platform. It’s also a little bit costly. However, if we use it on an on-premises Oracle database, the pricing is cheaper."
"It has a bit of a strict framework, you have to make all the time adjustments in their JavaScript. Another downside is that it's only available for Oracle databases."
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Mendix is ranked 5th in Rapid Application Development Software with 48 reviews while Oracle Application Express (APEX) is ranked 2nd in Rapid Application Development Software with 52 reviews. Mendix is rated 8.4, while Oracle Application Express (APEX) is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Mendix writes "Low-code, helpful support, and great native mobile capability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle Application Express (APEX) writes "An easy-to-use format that is flexible and scalable". Mendix is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, OutSystems, Appian, ServiceNow and Salesforce Platform, whereas Oracle Application Express (APEX) is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, Salesforce Platform, Microsoft Azure App Service, Oracle Visual Builder Cloud Service and OutSystems. See our Mendix vs. Oracle Application Express (APEX) report.
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