We performed a comparison between Adobe ColdFusion and Appian based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Rapid Application Development Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The ability to write SQL queries was very helpful as we did not need to bother our DBAs in writing stored procedures for simple tasks."
"We save enormous amounts of time in development using this tool."
"I find it to be the easiest server-side technology for website development. It easily integrates with virtually everything– from web APIs to NoSQL databases to RSS and XML services."
"Apart from providing a mature, reliable, consistent platform, Adobe also offers outstanding customer service and product support."
"I would like to say that its best feature is its different kinds of connectors. We have lots of in-built connectors."
"This tool was very easy learn, yet powerful enough to manage many sites on a single instance."
"No need to import libraries from outside the environment."
"My client has been able to improve productivity with the use of the tool. The solution has them develop several tools that addressed their specific needs. They have become more efficient and safe with the use of the product."
"Appian has many valuable features, the first being the ease of development—rapid development. Second, the process of learning the product and tool is faster when compared to its peers in the market. It's closer to low-code, and while it's still not very easy, it's more low-code than other products in the industry. Appian has a good user interface, a seamless model user interface, which comes without additional coding. It can also integrate with multiple systems."
"The low code functionality and being able to get applications faster to customers or to the market are valuable."
"Since implementing we have had a faster time to solution, with fewer resources needed."
"The most valuable features of Appian are workflow management and the ease with which you can build the UI."
"It has very flexible adaptation and the ability to save and automate processes."
"With low-code, we don't need a lot of coding, and then from the plumbing perspective, there is a complete CI/CD pipeline that exists within Appian that can be leveraged for open deployment."
"It's heavy on business processing in terms of logic, process workflows, and primarily on the process design modeler. Appian is really great at that. In terms of the full stack set from a low-code platform perspective, it's definitely an eye opener since it can be deployed via mobile app and on the web as well."
"Appian also has very flexible local integration."
"ColdFusion’s third-party authentication is currently limited to just a couple of companies, like Google and Facebook, and a few third-party SAML authenticators. From my personal perspective, adding LinkedIn and Microsoft would greatly benefit me."
"Installation of the server software was formidable due the number of configurable options."
"There is not much third party authenticators in this solution"
"Need to be able to Be able to inject Python, Java, Groovy, or PHP code into a CFML page."
"The solution needs to improve its adaption capability with a third-party company. I want to see more communities or open knowledge resources with the tool."
"Previously when I was trying to create some data, it was very difficult to get real-time data from Workfront."
"Lacks business rules management as part of the solution."
"Something I would like to see improved is an SQL database connection."
"They should provide more flexibility so designers can create a more picture perfect device."
"My only request is that they decrease the license costs."
"Appian could improve their customer-facing initiatives."
"It is difficult to set up the on-premise version."
"If we could calculate the amount of data that will be realized, it would help us a lot."
"There could be a scope of enhancement for capturing the variety of use cases."
Adobe ColdFusion is ranked 21st in Rapid Application Development Software with 6 reviews while Appian is ranked 6th in Rapid Application Development Software with 58 reviews. Adobe ColdFusion is rated 8.6, while Appian is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Adobe ColdFusion writes "An easy-to-setup tool that can be used to automate repetitive tasks". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Appian writes "Low resource consumption, easy setup, and stable". Adobe ColdFusion is most compared with Oracle Application Express (APEX), Microsoft Power Apps, GitHub CoPilot, Microsoft Azure App Service and ServiceNow, whereas Appian is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, Camunda, ServiceNow, OutSystems and Pega BPM. See our Adobe ColdFusion vs. Appian report.
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