We performed a comparison between Appian and Microsoft Azure App Service 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."Recently, we added Appian Process Mining, Appian Portals, and now Appian RPA."
"Even with an on-premise implementation, the scalability is still high, so it is easy to scale up."
"It reduces development time in half making us more efficient."
"Process Modeling enables creation of business process workflows. You can create complex business workflows in a visual manner, and it is also easy to debug/monitor."
"The setup is easy."
"Compared to other code tools that I've seen, Appian has a more robust rules engine"
"Appian's most valuable feature is that we can create end-to-end process workflows with minimum turnaround."
"The most productive aspect of Appian lies in its ability to develop interfaces, particularly user interfaces. Creating user interfaces is highly productive, when these interfaces are integrated with the original database. In such cases, using record types proves to be a very efficient method of handling data. The synergy between interfaces and record types enhances productivity."
"The best feature is scalability, which allows you to target potential clients worldwide by connecting the application to a local server. This makes the application readily accessible, and the response time will be much better."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the easy deployment, the scalability, and the Azure maintenance."
"Enroll in some kind of formal training, not from Microsoft, but from a partner, and keep up with the change because the Azure platform changes a lot."
"The cost is reasonable."
"The solution is very simple to set up."
"One valuable feature of Azure App Service for us is its integration with Azure DevOps, which we heavily rely on in our development process."
"Some of the features I found valuable are auto-scaling, SSL integration, cost-effectiveness, and the certificates provided by Microsoft Azure App Service."
"The Logic Apps and Azure functions are very robust."
"Lacks integration with other products."
"I would like to see more complete university tools. For example, with UiPath, I have had a good experience related to a free course in order to provide some users some different levels of knowledge. This extra training helps users not only use the solution but to develop further within the tool."
"Appian could improve their customer-facing initiatives."
"The product’s pricing could be improved from the developers' perspective."
"While Appian is generally flexible, it's rigid in some ways. It takes longer to do something that isn't available out of the box."
"I would like to see more features for enterprises. They would also benefit from adding documentation and training on their site."
"We'd like improved functionality for testing new devices."
"The biggest areas of improvement would be in facilitating team development, DevOps, and integration with typical tools used in enterprise development (Jenkins, Subversion, etc.)"
"Extended uptime and improved speed would be beneficial for both development purposes and the free tier of the service. Currently, the uptime is limited to a few hours per day, which could be increased to provide more continuous and efficient usage."
"In terms of room for improvement, ease of deployment would be an area that needs some focus. Azure does provide out-of-the-box deployment features, but I found that deploying to an App Service instance can be better in terms of more tools that could be available to perform a deployment."
"I would like to see some significant improvement in the technical support provision for this solution."
"Microsoft Azure App Service has a lot of complexity because there are a lot of options and functionality. It is simple to become confused, there are many technical elements to learn before you can utilize the solution. If they could make the solution easier to use it would be a benefit."
"There is still room for improvement in terms of the maturity of the solution. Everything is available that we need, but the issue is that they are still upgrading. Even though they have Azure applications and automation services, they still need to mature more. There are many things that need to mature and the road map for this is quite long, taking another three to eight years to have a mature solution."
"The solution needs better integration capabilities on the network side."
"Sometimes we face problems, but those are technical problems in Microsoft, bugs or something doesn't work as expected, but that's normal."
"In terms of improvement, the technical support could be better."
Appian is ranked 6th in Rapid Application Development Software with 58 reviews while Microsoft Azure App Service is ranked 8th in Rapid Application Development Software with 38 reviews. Appian is rated 8.4, while Microsoft Azure App Service is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Appian writes "Low resource consumption, easy setup, and stable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Azure App Service writes "A solution with great server management and helps improve performance". Appian is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, Camunda, ServiceNow, OutSystems and SAP Signavio Process Manager, whereas Microsoft Azure App Service is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, Oracle Application Express (APEX), ServiceNow, Pega BPM and Adobe ColdFusion. See our Appian vs. Microsoft Azure App Service report.
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