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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

    Salesforce Lightning Components & Developer Experience

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AThe Salesforce Platform is designed for building and deploying scalable cloud applications with managed hardware provisioning and app stacks. Lightning Web Components are used by developers to build reusable UI components.

    $25

    Per User Per Month

    Wavenet ahasa

    N/AN/Aahasa® is a Cloud-based platform that enables users to integrate and operate containerized applications using Kubernetes. Using the ahasa® platform, enterprises can design, integrate and deploy containerized applications, in their choice of either a Public Cloud such AWS, or a Private Cloud such as VMware. The platform changes the way mobile Operators, communication service providers and enterprises will consume software applications online.N/A
    Pricing
    AppianSalesforce Lightning Components & Developer ExperienceWavenet ahasa
    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
    Starter
    $25.00
    Per User Per Month
    Plus
    $100.00
    Per User Per Month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AppianSalesforce Lightning Components & Developer ExperienceWavenet ahasa
    Free Trial
    YesNoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details
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    Community Pulse
    AppianSalesforce Lightning Components & Developer ExperienceWavenet ahasa
    Considered Multiple Products
    Appian
    Chose Appian
    The biggest pros of Salesforce are:
    - the ability to create sandboxes
    - refresh data from prod to sandbox
    Incentivized
    Chose Appian
    Appian is leaner and provides a quicker deployment. Pega has "off-the-shelf" solutions and is more invested in AI and robotics.
    Incentivized
    Salesforce
    No answer on this topic
    Global Wavenet
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    95%
    Would buy again
    38 Answers
    89%
    Would buy again
    25 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    32 Answers
    91%
    Delivers good value for the price
    21 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    37 Answers
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    25 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    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
    12 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    91%
    Implementation went as expected
    30 Answers
    82%
    Implementation went as expected
    14 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    AppianSalesforce Lightning Components & Developer ExperienceWavenet ahasa
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Appian and Salesforce Lightning Components & Developer Experience and Wavenet ahasa
    Feature
    Appian
    8.1
    9 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Salesforce Lightning Components & Developer Experience
    -
    Ratings
    Wavenet ahasa
    -
    Ratings
    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 Salesforce Lightning Components & Developer Experience and Wavenet ahasa
    Feature
    Appian
    7.4
    9 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Salesforce Lightning Components & Developer Experience
    -
    Ratings
    Wavenet ahasa
    -
    Ratings
    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
    Platform-as-a-Service
    Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of Appian and Salesforce Lightning Components & Developer Experience and Wavenet ahasa
    Feature
    Appian
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Lightning Components & Developer Experience
    7.2
    30 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Wavenet ahasa
    -
    Ratings
    Ease of building user interfaces00 Ratings7.030 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scalability00 Ratings8.028 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform management overhead00 Ratings8.024 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow engine capability00 Ratings8.027 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform access control00 Ratings7.028 Ratings00 Ratings
    Services-enabled integration00 Ratings7.028 Ratings00 Ratings
    Development environment creation00 Ratings7.025 Ratings00 Ratings
    Development environment replication00 Ratings6.023 Ratings00 Ratings
    Issue monitoring and notification00 Ratings7.026 Ratings00 Ratings
    Issue recovery00 Ratings6.025 Ratings00 Ratings
    Upgrades and platform fixes00 Ratings8.028 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    AppianSalesforce Lightning Components & Developer ExperienceWavenet ahasa
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.4
    (139 ratings)
    8.9
    (36 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.5
    (19 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.7
    (95 ratings)
    8.2
    (9 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.4
    (118 ratings)
    8.1
    (15 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    6.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    1.0
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    AppianSalesforce Lightning Components & Developer ExperienceWavenet ahasa
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Salesforce
    If you have a large customer base and a large amount of data on each of your customers, it is really strong in creating personalized content that your salespeople can use in their pitch meetings—and then setting up workflows for automated for lifecycle journey creations to automatically go out to customers.
    Incentivized
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    Global Wavenet
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Salesforce
    • It has a very smooth integration with Salesforce and third-party tools, ensuring easy tracking of policies and assets.
    • It also has impressive security features like used-based permissions and encrypted data.
    • Everything can be managed from a centralized place which saves a lot of time.
    Incentivized
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    Global Wavenet
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Salesforce
    • It takes a while before it recognizes bounced emails.
    • We get so many notifications from a single action. Not sure if this can be modified in the settings though.
    • Error messages are sometimes unclear which makes it hard for us to identify the problem.
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    Global Wavenet
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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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    Salesforce
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    Global Wavenet
    No answers on this topic
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Salesforce
    It's very good, but it's still living in a little bit in an older design aspect, but I think a lot of it is about to come out, just hasn't quite gotten there yet. Still a little clunky from a you have to know it to know it or you know it to use it. It takes a little bit of training to get into it. It's not quite the, anybody can come in and start using it immediately, type feel.
    Incentivized
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    Global Wavenet
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Salesforce
    I am not an administrator so there may very well be outstanding Support and I am just not privy to it. On a user level it's hard to gauge the effectiveness and responsiveness of Support because nearly everything has to go through an administrator
    Incentivized
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    Global Wavenet
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Salesforce
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    Global Wavenet
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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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    Salesforce
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    Global Wavenet
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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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    Salesforce
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    Global Wavenet
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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]?
    Incentivized
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    Salesforce
    We were previously using an older version prior to it becoming Salesforce Lightning Platform so we were well adverse on the advantages of using a CRM, to begin with. It made sense to convert to Salesforce Lightning Platform after we were given a free trial of the platform. Certain reps were chosen to experiment with it and from there a decision was made to move forward. We've been customers ever since.
    Incentivized
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    Global Wavenet
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Salesforce
    • Better visibility of Accounts and Contacts interactions makes it easier to maintain during employee transitions.
    • Tracking of current jobs and relating them to past jobs is very useful.
    • More efficient use of Sales Reps time.
    • Sales Managers have good visibility into how their people are working.
    Incentivized
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    Global Wavenet
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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