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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Appian

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/AAppian is a low-code development and business process management platform. It features drag-and-drop design for app building, automated work processes, unified data management, and cloud-based deployment.

    $0

    Bonita Platform

    Score4 out of 10
    N/ABonita is an open-source business process and workflow management platform created by the French National Institute for Research in Computer Science. It is available as a free community edition or as a commercial subscription product.N/A
    Pricing
    AppianBonita Platform
    Editions & Modules
    Appian Community Edition
    $0
    Application - Input-Only
    $2
    per month per user
    Application - Infrequent
    $9
    per month per user
    Application - Standard
    $75
    per month per user
    Platform
    Custom Quote Priced per user with unlimited apps.
    minimum 100 users, no maximum
    Unlimited
    Custom Quote Priced per development with unlimited apps.
    unlimited
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AppianBonita Platform
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details
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    Community Pulse
    AppianBonita Platform
    Considered Both Products
    Appian
    No answer on this topic
    Bonitasoft
    Chose Bonita Platform
    Bonita has a community version, open-source, so it´s easy to test the benefits of process automation for any enterprise. Bonita Platform is also very near to Java architecture, so the learning curve for developers is not difficult, and they only need to understand how processes …
    Incentivized
    Chose Bonita Platform
    Implementing Bonita was more cost effective than the other options.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    95%
    Would buy again
    38 Answers
    92%
    Would buy again
    23 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    32 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    21 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    37 Answers
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    24 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    25 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    18 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    91%
    Implementation went as expected
    30 Answers
    86%
    Implementation went as expected
    19 Answers
    Features
    AppianBonita Platform
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Appian and Bonita Platform
    Feature
    Appian
    8.1
    9 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Bonita Platform
    6.4
    43 Ratings
    19% below category average
    Dashboards8.29 Ratings6.041 Ratings
    Standard reports8.59 Ratings5.540 Ratings
    Custom reports7.69 Ratings7.740 Ratings
    Process Engine
    Comparison of Process Engine features of Appian and Bonita Platform
    Feature
    Appian
    7.4
    9 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Bonita Platform
    7.7
    53 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Process designer7.99 Ratings9.052 Ratings
    Process simulation6.49 Ratings6.910 Ratings
    Business rules engine6.49 Ratings8.242 Ratings
    SOA support8.29 Ratings6.440 Ratings
    Process player7.39 Ratings6.78 Ratings
    Form builder7.69 Ratings8.148 Ratings
    Model execution8.59 Ratings6.948 Ratings
    Support for modeling languages00 Ratings9.038 Ratings
    Collaboration
    Comparison of Collaboration features of Appian and Bonita Platform
    Feature
    Appian
    -
    Ratings
    Bonita Platform
    5.9
    24 Ratings
    34% below category average
    Social collaboration tools00 Ratings5.924 Ratings
    Content Management Capabilties
    Comparison of Content Management Capabilties features of Appian and Bonita Platform
    Feature
    Appian
    -
    Ratings
    Bonita Platform
    6.8
    34 Ratings
    17% below category average
    Content management00 Ratings6.834 Ratings
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    AppianBonita Platform
    Small Businesses
    Bizagi
    Score8.3 out of 10
    Process Street
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation
    Score9 out of 10
    TIBCO® BPM Enterprise
    Score8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation
    Score9 out of 10
    IBM Business Automation Workflow
    Score10 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    AppianBonita Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.4
    (139 ratings)
    8.2
    (53 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.5
    (19 ratings)
    6.4
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    8.7
    (95 ratings)
    7.7
    (25 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.4
    (118 ratings)
    4.6
    (3 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    6.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    1.0
    (5 ratings)
    4.5
    (5 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (10 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.5
    (10 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    AppianBonita Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Appian
    Appian works great for automating manual processes and integrating multiple systems through its toolset. It gives great flexibility for establishing rules for approvals, routings, escalations, and the like. Because of the low code toolset, it's very easy to deploy and make changes as needed as processes evolve and as the organization learns to utilize the system better. Minimal maintenance is required to support the applications build on the platform. Some of the automated testing integration with tools like Jenkins is limited so that may be an issue for some.
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    Bonitasoft
    Well suited for low code/no code applications centered around approval flows. It has built-in task management for users to see their pending actions, comments, statuses, etc. It has a very nice design for process flows. Less appropriate may be for generic type applications with complex screens and logic within those screens that need a lot of data to process.
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    Pros
    Appian
    • Allows at a glance workflow documentation which assists in the need we have for information readiation.
    • Drag and drop interface for workflow development greatly speeds our apps time to market.
    • Using the advanced features of Appian, we are able to create working sites in a fraction of the time it would take to do so using "traditional" development.
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    Bonitasoft
    • Bonita seems particularly suited for processes requiring a great deal of human interaction. Its user model allows you to control access to business processes in a fine-grained way. This allows for business processes to move smoothly between users and services as the process advances.
    • The definition and usage of custom forms from the latest version of Bonita seems particularly powerful. It allows for a thorough customization of the look-and-feel and does not require complex developments.
    • The web interface and administration section have greatly improved in the latest versions. Installation and configuration of processes has become more flexible and more structured. The administration section gives a good view on failed processes, allowing to analyse problems in an efficient way.
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    Cons
    Appian
    • Search issues when type ahead and database search are used in the same field.
    • Buttons implementation where user is require[d] to click on the button description - if clicks on the button outside that text - button will not work.
    • Problems with using certain off-the-shelf performance tools like WebLoad or Neoload. That is because of different dynamic variables being used internally in Appian - which these tools are unable to correlate. We are still investigating using other tools like Jmeter to overcome dynamic correlation problem for performance testing.
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    Bonitasoft
    • There is a learning curve beyond the boot camps that needs to be addressed with more structured curriculum.
    • The full stack technologies are industry standard, but these [are] challenging to learn and could use a learning path and orientation. There's probably opportunity for third-parties here to help with learning and adoption.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Appian
    We recently renewed our license with Appian. We are convinced that its flexibility, relative ease of use, the support they provide, there mobile advancements and their general willingness and desire to see us succeed all contributed to our reason to renew our agreement with Appian
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    Bonitasoft
    We just renewed our license
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    Usability
    Appian
    Appian is a low code environment, because of this, a very good visual interface is required. Appian is providing a feature-rich dashboard [that] we can use for building the dashboards and other interfaces. Appian also provides patches and releases to enhance these features. A developer can start off development just by going through a basic course from the Appian learning community.
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    Bonitasoft
    Bonita Platform has allowed us to develop GUI relatively fast using its UI Designer while being able to seamlessly integrate our business logic in Java in a BPMN2 process diagram. It gives a nice productivity boost but still requires programming know-how to be able to deliver the final solution to your business problems.
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    Performance
    Appian
    No answers on this topic
    Bonitasoft
    Engine itself is efficient enough for most cases I dealt with. It can also be extended by clustering. I have done performance tests with JMeter and only managed to induce the crash of... JMeter. If there are efficiency issues they usually concern bad design/implementation of created apps or bottlenecks in integrated systems. Although I have met two cases with efficiency loss.
    1. Java 7 related PermGen saturation caused by big number of installed apps (there is no jar dependency reusal between apps option).
    2. Big number of waiting event handlers in processes stresses the database.
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    Support Rating
    Appian
    Appian is one of the leading low code business automation platforms that support RPA, decision rules, case management, workflow automation, and machine learning all in a single bundle. But it is also harder to implement and replace the traditional business process.
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    Bonitasoft
    It was sometimes difficult to get support on Bonita API.
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    In-Person Training
    Appian
    As analyst I participated in a developer boot camp. At times it was hard to keep up but most of the time it made sense. Trainer took the time to explain and slowed pace down to answer questions etc.
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    Bonitasoft
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Appian
    Very boring; hard to get through quickly, but rather effective in demonstrating the use of the platform.
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    Bonitasoft
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Appian
    It was really seamless. SaaS in the true definition of the word. We logged on and started using the product. Very easy.
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    Bonitasoft
    Nothing in particular
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    Alternatives Considered
    Appian
    Appian has enormously transformed and keeps on updating the product every quarter to meet the latest needs of the world with new innovations & technologies being integrated within the platform. What gives more pleasure than a product that keeps on continuous[ly] improv[ing]?
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    Bonitasoft
    RHPAM is maybe a very good BPM process engine but is very limited to build a complete application.
    We also try site soft W4 which needs more developments to build an application. We finally choose Bonita which is easier to get ready with.
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    Scalability
    Appian
    No answers on this topic
    Bonitasoft
    Respect of BPMN standard over the long term. Good enhancements by Bonitasoft for new use cases, for example the introduction of a real form editor even if it has been technically difficult to manage. Once done though, we have far greater possibility of human interaction.
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    Return on Investment
    Appian
    • I believe it has negatively impacted our release dates. There may have been a misunderstanding as to the learning curve, even though it is "low code."
    • The look and feel of the applications created using Appian have uniformity and it's easier to have "reuse" between applications.
    • There is less developer control when it comes to features. I think this mainly has to do with the amount of plugins available. I would think there should be many more available plugins. But again, our use case is probably different than most others.
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    Bonitasoft
    • Case management provided as better tracking which help us to meet SLAs.
    • Auto email notification helps to address "Where are my request" answers which eventually increased our customer delight index.
    • By using the third-party integration, we are able to provide visibility w.r.t end to end request status.
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    ScreenShots

    Appian Screenshots

    Screenshot of Low-Code DevelopmentScreenshot of Business Process Management SuiteScreenshot of Dynamic Case ManagementScreenshot of Mobile App DevelopmentScreenshot of Appian RPA with Blue Prism

    Bonita Platform Screenshots

    Screenshot of process designed in Bonita BPM StudioScreenshot of Bonita BPM project overviewScreenshot of Fully customized end user interfaceScreenshot of Bonita BPM Admin AppScreenshot of Bonita Process Insights