Appian vs. Datamatics TruBot

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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Best suited for: 1. Processing complex, bulk and multiple source of data 2. working with SQL Database 3. Automating any web browser based activities Not appropriate: 1. Automation of mMacro based excel utilities

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• 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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• Datamatics RPA TruBot's intelligent component helps business owners to make smart decisions. It is integrated with cognitive capabilities and application programming interface.
• Datamatics RPA TruBot automates a high volume of rule-based tasks in a short span of time and accuracy, which allows employees to perform high value tasks.
• Datamatics RPA TruBot gives analytics, which help in timely reporting, which leads to streamlining the processes.

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• 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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• The tool is not very compatible [with the] cloud. They heavily rely on on-premises deployment. [It would be nice to have more] cloud adoption.
• The license model needs to be modified. Licenses should not be tied to a machine or a user, instead, they should be with the number of active instances.

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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

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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It's really a good platform and they always create a unique way to solve the issue.

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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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Datamatics is ready to do the process studies and give you solutions from their side.

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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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Very boring; hard to get through quickly, but rather effective in demonstrating the use of the platform.

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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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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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The [Datamatics] RPA TruBot is more simple and easy to understand for a nontechnical person as compared to the Microsoft Azur Systems. Also, [Datamatics] RPA TruBot is more cost-effective and provides better support as compared to the Microsoft Azur Systems. [Datamatics] RPA TruBot provides free training sessions, where else [Azur Systems] provides paid certifications.

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• 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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• [It] reduced the number of working hours required.
• [It] increased [the] employee and customer satisfaction rate.
• [It] increased efficiency by three-fold.

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