Appian solves our BPM requirements
Updated March 05, 2019
Appian solves our BPM requirements
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Appian
Appian is being used as our primary BPM product.
- Rapid application development
- Low code development
- Quick applications to manage workflow
- Fast screen mockups
- Change control and version control is lagging
- Integration testing is difficult
- Plugins are more difficult to develop than they should be
- Positive impact is fast delivery
- Another positive is web based development so now development environment setup required
- Easy to learn
The Microsoft 365 suite is very powerful but Appian is easier to use once the initial concepts are understood.
Appian Feature Ratings
Using Appian
45000 - Either Administrative staff or Students use it for paper form replacement or workflow.
The Appian installation is setup as a SaaS solution so we don't support the product as such other than to administer it.
- Building case management applications
- Replacing paper forms with electronic forms
- Creating portals of information by reading from other datasource like web services and ESB sources
- Works really well as a replication mechanism between databases
- Allows us to connect to multiple datasource depending on the application need
- Auto generates scripts to generate tables changes for the backend
- We would like to look into the BluePrism to improve legacy system integration
- The CI/CD potential in the new version looks very promising
- The quick apps are something we would like to allow end users to use in the future
Evaluating Appian and Competitors
Not Sure
- Price
- Product Features
- Vendor Reputation
We wanted a product with a good reputation and good support. Appian has exceeded our expectations in this regard.
I think the evaluation resulted in the correct product choice so I believe we would not change our evaluation process.
Appian Implementation
- Implemented in-house
Change management was minimal - It was really easy to get implemented. Within a couple of days we were using Appian for development. All we had to do was update firewalls, authentication and user management.
- No major issues. User access management was not great but we were able to get a solution working within a couple of days.
Appian Support
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
Quick Resolution Good followup Knowledgeable team Problems get solved Kept well informed No escalation required Immediate help available Support understands my problem Support cares about my success Quick Initial Response | None |
Yes - It was investigated and flagged as fixed in the next release. We have also had version rollbacks for bugs and both have been handled seamlessly.
We have had production issues with memory consumption which had started effecting system performance. The Appian team has been proactive and informed us of the issues prior to us experiencing downtime and performance degradation. This was exceptional service.
Using Appian
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
Like to use Relatively simple Easy to use Technical support not required Well integrated Quick to learn Convenient Feel confident using Familiar | Inconsistent |
- Building interfaces
- Building web services
- Processing XML and JSON is very easy
- It takes a while to learn all the functions to be productive
- Saving data to the database was not initially intuitive but is easy once understood
- External access management is cumbersome if trying to integrate into existing access management systems like AD etc.
Yes - The pages built are automatically mobile friendly and look really good without having to a have a dedicate mobile application (which is available as well for additional functionality). We have never had the need to use the mobile application other than to test it.