We performed a comparison between Appian and QuickBase 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."Appian is easy to install and set up, and it does not come out with your audit. It has accessible process orchestration and process management. With Appian, the time to market is much faster."
"I find the BPM the most valuable feature."
"Even with an on-premise implementation, the scalability is still high, so it is easy to scale up."
"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."
"The technical support is excellent."
"Technical support is quite responsive."
"The setup is easy."
"The initial setup is easy."
"The usability of QuickBase largely depends on how you design your workflows within the platform. If you keep them simple and straightforward, it can be a highly usable product."
"The need for little to no code knowledge has been huge."
"It is low-code. We are able to go in and create apps quickly. It is very helpful for the size of our company. We're a mid-size company, and at this moment, we don't need anything externally. We don't have to go out and consult a consulting firm to build something from the ground up. So, the ease of that and being able to get development quickly up and running has been good for us."
"I run my own business and the solution allows me to invoice and pay for additional resources. It has helped me in terms of invoicing, quoting, and doing recruitment measures."
"Creating applications in Quickbase will take, literally, a fraction of the time it would take to create them in other database applications (which shall remain unnamed)."
"There's a lot of stability in QuickBase...I really appreciate the processing part of QuickBase, especially considering how we're able to get information in real time instead of having to wait."
"I am impressed with the product's automation which makes everything easy."
"QuickBase reminds me when a software license or a hardware support contract is near expiration so that I can initiate our company's procurement process in time and not miss a deadline."
"We'd like improved functionality for testing new devices."
"Appian is easy to set up, but JBoss is complex. JBoss is the application server for running Appian."
"We would like to see more reduced latency. We would like to make sure that the scale-out factor will be much more as workloads come in."
"The solution could improve by being more responsive when dealing with large quantities of data. Additionally, they can make the decision or rules engine better. It cannot handle too many rules or too many decisions at once."
"Something I would like to see improved is an SQL database connection."
"I would like to see more features for enterprises. They would also benefit from adding documentation and training on their site."
"Native mobile capabilities or hybrid mobile app capabilities are very limited. Things like offline sync, offline storage, access to smartphone device features, etc. are not supported by the Appian platform yet."
"The ability of the interface to load automatic data is not great."
"Third-party integration -- they are working on it and I find their brand-new still-in-beta Webhooks very promising."
"It would be beneficial for the QuickBase team to focus on improving the integration of cloud-based storage platforms within their product. In use cases like ours, where QuickBase serves as a centralized source of truth for construction projects, having seamless integration with platforms like Dropbox or OneDrive would greatly enhance the product's capabilities."
"Whenever we do onboarding, or we get new employees, there tends to be a delay of not just a week but a couple of weeks, and sometimes even a few weeks of being able to see certain new employees in the system."
"They could enhance the ability to link records between tables directly without the need for additional automation to increase space and time."
"This rule: The Maximum is 60 rules. We need to provide more in order to improve."
"The mobile app has improved, but it still needs work."
"Unfortunately, there is still no new report formatting available natively, and would still require 3rd party developers to help with that. ."
"When learning QuickBase, I noticed a shift in its cost structure. It operated on a cost-efficient model tied to the number of users, with invoicing based on applicants."
Appian is ranked 6th in Rapid Application Development Software with 58 reviews while QuickBase is ranked 16th in Rapid Application Development Software with 74 reviews. Appian is rated 8.4, while QuickBase is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Appian writes "Low resource consumption, easy setup, and stable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of QuickBase writes "Reliable, user-driven platform, that is scalable". Appian is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, Camunda, ServiceNow, OutSystems and Pega BPM, whereas QuickBase is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, Sales Creatio, Oracle Fusion Service, OutSystems and Microsoft Azure. See our Appian vs. QuickBase report.
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