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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

    Klippa

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AKlippa is a cloud-based accounting solution that helps small to large enterprises manage expenses and process digital receipts or invoices. It comes with a centralized dashboard, which enables users to gain insights into the business expenses of employees or projects using actionable metrics and generate real-time reports. Klippa allows organizations to automatically detect fraud in financial transactions and approve/reject expenses submitted by employees, streamlining business…

    $2.49

    per user, per month

    Tungsten TotalAgility

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/ATungsten TotalAgility brings cognitive capture capabilities to the hands of business analysts and non-technical users to solve content-centric challenges, including classification and extraction from financial documents, contracts, forms and other information-intensive documents.N/A
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    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
    Simple
    $2.49
    per user, per month
    Effective
    $3.99
    per user, per month
    Premium
    $4.99
    per user, per month
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    Pricing Offerings
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    Free Trial
    YesYesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequiredNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsThe Premium contains all of the features: Submit through app, website and e-mail Stored in the cloud with 10 years retention Use categories, cost centers and tags Reimburse travel expenses with the Google Maps integration Approval through various authorization flows Integration with your accounting system or ERP Chat, mail, and phone support Text recognition (OCR) Dedicated account manager Automatic fraud detection Match creditcard statements automatically Custom connections and integrations
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    96%
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    91%
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    Features
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    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Appian and Klippa and Tungsten TotalAgility
    Feature
    Appian
    8.1
    9 Ratings
    4% above category average
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    Dashboards8.29 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports8.59 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports7.69 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Process Engine
    Comparison of Process Engine features of Appian and Klippa and Tungsten TotalAgility
    Feature
    Appian
    7.4
    9 Ratings
    2% above category average
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    Process designer7.99 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Process simulation6.49 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Business rules engine6.49 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    SOA support8.29 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Process player7.39 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Form builder7.69 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Model execution8.59 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Score8.3 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation
    Score9 out of 10
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    IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
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    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.4
    (139 ratings)
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    8.0
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    Likelihood to Renew
    8.5
    (19 ratings)
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    Usability
    8.7
    (95 ratings)
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    Support Rating
    8.4
    (118 ratings)
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    In-Person Training
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Online Training
    6.0
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    Implementation Rating
    1.0
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    User Testimonials
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    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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    Klippa
    Klippa does well with invoices without graphics and logos. If you can convince your suppliers to remove their branding and submit plain company names it will perform better. One issue that I could not overcome was when a supplier used "SO" (for Sales Order) as the prefix for an invoice. Every time the OCR ran it deciphered this as "S0" S-Zero. I wouldn't downgrade my rating based on that though. My one significant disappointment was I was led to believe that they would tailor the template for us. There was some minor work around our local tax rules but when it got to specific coding for our purchase order numbers the work ceased. To be fair, I may have misunderstood the scope of what changing these templates was included in the agreement. Either way, we could work around it so it wasn't a major flaw.
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    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    The platform is an excellent solution for companies looking for a workflow automation system that can be used across departments and its return on investment becomes apparent once it is introduced in production for a business. Its ability to route work tasks dynamically between employees and outside parties, implement SLAs, and get information to a back-end source is excellent.
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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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    Klippa
    • Identifies invoice numbers.
    • Extracts text from any angle - 45 degrees and upside down.
    • Extracts line items from a printed invoice.
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    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    • Ease of use. The drag and drop configuration to create the processes makes the product easy to use and configure. Most of the icons are intuitive on what they are and how to use them. The use of the colored icons for each value also helps to know that that value is looking for.
    • Forms. The capture forms are easy to create and maintain. A new field can be added to the Extraction group and then the capture form is regenerated and that field is automatically added to the form with all the proper attributes. If an additional check box or field is added to the form, that field stays when regenerated. This differs from KTA 6.0.
    • Kofax has done pretty well integrating all the pieces of Kofax into one product. KC (Kofax Capture), KIC (Kofax Import Connector), KTM (Kofax Transformation Module with OCR), and workflow are all combined into KTA (Kofax Total Agility). This lets all of these features work together in one product. Kofax does keep adding more to the functions that maybe were left out original version. This makes Kofax Total Agility a robust product.
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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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    Klippa
    • More flexibility in tailoring the templates to suit individual customers.
    • Better documentation around the API; as I recall it was hard to find.
    • Commercial follow up. No one has contacted me since my initial purchase.
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    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    • Exception management within the platform can certainly be improved upon. If a job is suspended for any particular issue integrations can be put in place to attempt to handle them but it is kludgy and does not always work as anticipated.
    • The administration interface is based on Microsoft Silverlight which limits it to certain versions of Internet Explorer and the interface has seen better days. Their other application, Kofax Kapow, has a much more mature and intuitive interface. This supposedly is being replaced in the next major iteration but I have doubts it will be successfully done.
    • The product is expensive. It is also the Cadillac of workflow platforms with document transformation built in. In many cases the product can do what you want it to do but there may be other more cost effective platforms.
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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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    Klippa
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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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    Klippa
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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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    Klippa
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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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    Klippa
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    Online Training
    Appian
    Very boring; hard to get through quickly, but rather effective in demonstrating the use of the platform.
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    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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    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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    Klippa
    Klippa is optimised for invoices. Wins hands down.
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    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    Kofax TotalAgility is a beast of a package that gives you a thousand ways to tackle a problem, but it may not be the best platform for your needs. It is more of an enterprise platform that integrates well with other systems with moderate development time. Other packages may be cheaper, easier, and faster to implement depending on needs.
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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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    Klippa
    • To early to tell, our app has been delayed due to other COVID related activities.
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    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    • Kofax TotalAgility is very expensive. Some customers have reported that using the KTA workflow has increased productivity and has a good ROI overall. The customers have not shared true numbers for me to give details.
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    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

    Klippa Screenshots

    Screenshot of User Interface of KlippaScreenshot of Klippa Starting PageScreenshot of Uploading Business Expense with KlippaScreenshot of Submiting Business Expense with KlippaScreenshot of Approving Business Expense with KlippaScreenshot of Matching Credit Card Statement with Klippa