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Overview

What is Appian?

Appian 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.

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Automation Platform

Rating: 10 out of 10
December 19, 2023
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Appian is being used by a department in my company, it usually helps us solve business problems provided by various customers. And automating their daily processes with low-co...
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Consultant
Appian2 years of experience

Great Low code - no code Workflow tool in the market!!

Rating: 8 out of 10
October 3, 2023
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Appian is a digital transformation tool in which it streamlines and complement human operations in order to reduce highly manual intensive tasks. It is one of the best Low cod...
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Umesh Kataria
Employee - Information Technology
Senior Manager
Genpact
Appian2 years of experience

Best Low Code Software

Rating: 9 out of 10
September 16, 2022
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
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Divya Sangtani
Engineer - Information Technology
Software Engineer
Aptclouds Software Solutions
Appian1 year of experience

Appian--reduce time and effort for employees

Rating: 8 out of 10
December 22, 2021
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
It is being used by departments with a variety of databases like Oracle, Microsoft SQL, MySQL, and IBM DB2. Operations of day-to-day tasks, from loan applications to processin...
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Sneha Gangan Manore
Engineer - Information Technology
Senior Analyst
Bank of America
Appian1 year of experience

Automate Workflow for Any Industries

Rating: 9 out of 10
December 5, 2021
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We are using Appian in the hospital to automate the workflow of patient registration, diagnosis, and treatment. It only took two weeks to implement it at the hospital. Appian ...
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Nabin Poudel
C-Level Executive - Information Technology
CEO
Curl Labs
Appian5 years of experience
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Pricing

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Appian Community Edition

$0

Cloud

Application - Input-Only

$2

On Premise
per month per user

Application - Infrequent

$9

On Premise
per month per user

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://www.appian.com/platform/pricing

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Product Demos

APPIAN DEMO RECORDING SESSION # 91-9866955524

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Appian Developer Tutorial for Beginners | Appian Training

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APPIAN DEMO

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APPIAN DEMO | Harsha Trainings |

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Features

Low-Code Development

Low-code development tools allow non developers to build simple process applications with little oversight. These tools simplify the application building process, and are frequently used for simple process applications.

9.1
Avg 8.4
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Product Details

What is Appian?

Appian provides a software development platform that combines Full-Stack Automation and enterprise low-code to rapidly deliver business applications. Appian can be used to improve customer experience, achieve operational excellence, and simplify global risk and compliance.

Appian is a platform for building enterprise software applications. Appian boasts running some of the most important processes at companies like Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Aviva, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, and the US Department of the Treasury.

Some Appian use cases include - Intelligent Business Process Management Systems (iBPMS), Dynamic Case Management (DCM), Digital Process Automation (DPA), Robotics Process Automation (RPA), and Low-code Development.

Appian Features

Low-Code Development Features

  • Supported: Visual Modeling
  • Supported: Drag-and-drop Interfaces
  • Supported: Platform Security
  • Supported: Platform User Management
  • Supported: Reusability
  • Supported: Platform Scalability

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

Appian Videos

The world’s leading enterprises trust Appian to unify humans, bots, and AI across their organization with speed and simplicity.
Ryder is the leader in commercial truck rentals and leasing, dedicated to continuous process improvement to solve customer problems, increase cost effectiveness, and ensure driver safety. Appian supports Ryder with the technology they need to deliver. Beginning with solutions ...
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FirstBank deployed Appian for intelligent case management to rapidly identify and resolve potential money laundering schemes. FirstBank ensures safety, achieves 100% compliance, and saves more than 1,000 work hours each year with the AML solution.
Alabama Power wanted to modernize their in-house energy improvement financing program. With Appian, they created the Smart Financing application, which automates and streamlines the entire financing process. Alabama Power has increased ally financing in some cases by 1200%.
In this video, Target IT and business leaders talk about their remarkable achievement and how they worked with Appian to transform customer journeys, streamline operations, and galvanize Target’s efforts to overcome the disruption that is so pervasive in the financial services industry.
Chris Lee of Merck and Evjatar Cohen of Appian delve into Merck's digital transformation with Appian. They discuss Merck's journey from siloed data and disjointed systems, to Appian's end-to-end solution providing workers with a simplified interface, unified data, and the comp...
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At Appian, we believe companies need a simpler, faster way to create powerful software. That’s why we pioneered the low-code market. Learn more about low-code in Appian CEO Matt Calkins' own words.
Hear from some of the world’s leading enterprises trust Appian to unify humans, bots, and AI across their organization with speed and simplicity.

Appian Competitors

Appian Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsWindows, Linux
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Blackberry, Mobile Web

Appian Downloadables

Frequently Asked Questions

Appian 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.

OutSystems and Pega Platform are common alternatives for Appian.

Reviewers rate Reusability and Platform Scalability highest, with a score of 9.5.

The most common users of Appian are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Comparisons

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Reviews From Top Reviewers

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Low Code Platform

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
July 31, 2021
SP
Shandesh Poudel
Software Engineer
Fannie Mae (Financial Services, 5001-10,000 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Appian
3 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Our engineering department has been using this product since 2017 to automate business processes. It's very lightweight, has a low code platform, and is easy to build software applications quickly. Since Appian's adoption, we were able to deliver business functionality so quickly.
Pros
  • Appian's GUI design
  • Easy to use Business Process' palettes
  • Easy to navigate within Appian - Admin console, DB, Process Design
Cons
  • Needs more robust functions libraries
  • Third party Java libraries (API) support
  • Support for user defined functions
Likelihood to Recommend
Appian will be the winner when it comes to process automation that involves various tasks e.g. user, service tasks. Appian will be less suited when it comes to API (Rest/Soap) design that involves various security patterns e.g. Token/API key (OAUTH)

Best low- code platform

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
December 06, 2021
VR
Vijay Rama Rao Dasari
Director Of Business Development
Horizon Industries, Limited (Information Services, 201-500 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Appian
8 years of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Appian to streamline the process for our organization and for our clients and make it more digitalized. Increase turnaround time, efficiency, process orchestration, return on investments, performance, intuitive applications, AI, RPA for [our] clients. We have been using it in all sectors like financial, pharma, government, insurance, life sciences, manufacturing, etc.
Pros
  • Low code automation
  • Quarterly upgrades
  • Compatibility on multiple platforms
  • Performance
Cons
  • Easy import of java libraries
Likelihood to Recommend
Appian is well suited for pretty much all the industries like financial, insurance, banking, etc. One example is to use it in [the] supply chain model of [the] pharma industry with [a] quick turnaround time. Appian is less appropriate for small-scale clients where there is less potential for automation and digitalization.

Best Low Code Software

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
September 16, 2022
DS
Divya Sangtani
Software Engineer
Aptclouds Software Solutions (Information Technology & Services, 11-50 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Appian
1 year of experience
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Pros
  • User interface
  • Platform Security
  • Cloud Based
Cons
  • Nothing
  • It's Perfect
  • It provides a lot of inbuilt features which are really helpful.
Likelihood to Recommend
Appian is best suited for those, where the number of users is not huge. The reason behind this is its cost. We can have an intra-organization app using this platform. We can also develop a backend system in Appian for public apps. For public apps, login & users cost can make it a highly costly app.

Great Low code - no code Workflow tool in the market!!

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
October 03, 2023
UK
Umesh Kataria
Senior Manager
Genpact (Information Technology & Services, 10,001+ employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Appian
2 years of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Appian is a digital transformation tool in which it streamlines and complement human operations in order to reduce highly manual intensive tasks. It is one of the best Low code base platform and we used it for Intelligent automation and Customer management. Since Power apps was more expensive with less features we used Appian to design apps in HRO processes and automated the contract generation process. It was also used in some of the intelligent automation to extract data elements from PDF documents. It can be enhanced to add functionality like sentiment analysis like we have it in other industry standard tools. Workflow automation is what it is at its best currently.
Pros
  • workflow management
  • Low code no code
  • Intelligent case management
  • integration with API
  • Dashboards and reports
Cons
  • More visualisations in the dashboard like Power BI
  • LMS based system like Celonis and certifications
  • AI & ML functionalities
Likelihood to Recommend
Best suited for intelligent automation, dashboard and report creation, workflow management. Apps creation for various processes.
Less suited for advanced level of automation, AI & ML based analysis like Neural networks, sentiment analysis. Other area of improvement is to add more visualisations and a learning based system with which one can get certified and learn more about the tool.

A good low-code automation platform

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
May 16, 2021
SM
Sana Maghzaoui
Junior Digital Transformation Consultant | BPM Consultant
Halys Digital (Information Technology & Services, 11-50 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Appian
1 year of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Hands-on experience in the Appian BPM Suite, along with Level 1 certification from the Appian corporation.
Proficient in Appian application development, process modeling, and user interface. Knowledge and experience in design and development of process model, UI screen design (tempo forms), rules, SAIL (self-assembling interface layer) Interface, Appian records and reports, data management, document management, and expression rules.
Pros
  • The best part about Appian is the low code experience and ability to link to a number of other applications for reporting, automation, data entry, and even API integration.
  • Extremely easy to learn and ramp-up other developers.
Cons
  • Database management in cloud solutions seems outdated; I'd like to see more options than MySQL.
  • Process model designers need to be modernized.
Likelihood to Recommend
It's easy-to-learn and easy-to-use for both developers and end-users. The interface is slick and powerful. Both the Appian product and the implementation team have been an excellent fit for our organization.
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