We performed a comparison between Appian and Asana based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Camunda, Apache, Pega and others in Business Process Management (BPM)."Rapid development with low-code makes it easier to quickly get apps implemented and the time to break-even and ROI is much faster."
"It has very flexible adaptation and the ability to save and automate processes."
"Another advantage of this tool is its reports and records. You can maintain dashboards, layouts. If you with a Java solution, it takes six months time. If you use this tool, you can finish in one or one and a half months' time."
"Appian also has very flexible local integration."
"The product has a very good mobile app."
"The setup is easy."
"It's a stable product."
"It is really simple to create a new app, and I like the data-centric aspect of the BPM tool."
"Asana's most valuable aspect is its ability to consolidate all tasks and projects onto a single board, allowing for seamless navigation through timelines from start to finish. Additionally, it enables the inclusion of key stakeholders and provides a private communication channel for discreet discussions. The organizational component of Asana is particularly beneficial, including its coding features."
"Asana is a very simple interface for project managers to figure out, providing all the functions they need."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"It has helped our departments maintain visibility."
"I like how easy it is to use the rules within Asana."
"My task box displays all of our tasks, organized by day, helping us to focus on what needs to be done each day."
"By using this software, I have adaptability in my work, and it can improve the production of our company."
"It is pretty comprehensive when it comes to the different views that it gives you. It gives you a Gantt chart view, calendar view, board view, and list view. It is kind of helpful to have different types of views and see how it views your different tasks. I appreciate being able to do that. The biggest thing is that it is extremely user friendly. Asana is pretty intuitive. Someone who is not tech-savvy can kind of catch on quickly. It is better than other tools like Smartsheet. Some of the other tools like Microsoft Project and Excel are great tools, but you have to invest a lot of time to learn them, which is not the case with Asana."
"What could be improved is more on the front end perspective, like the user interface and the mobile application aspect."
"Lacks integration with other products."
"There could be a scope of enhancement for capturing the variety of use cases."
"Offline capabilities and responsive capabilities could be better. The mobility features of Appian platform are still evolving."
"Even though the company has made great improvements in online documentation, featuring rich material which includes case studies of real-life use cases, the material could definitely be better in quality and coverage of use cases."
"Appian is easy to set up, but JBoss is complex. JBoss is the application server for running Appian."
"The reporting is not as good as in similar products. They could also improve the dashboards."
"The graphical user interface could be easier to use. It should be simplified."
"We don't get enough notifications."
"More features can be added."
"For large teams, scalability should be improved."
"It would be great if Asana could create a library for each project within the interface."
"We tried, but we haven't been successful with it. If people don't have the training, it is not easy to use. You need to make sure that the people are trained to use the system. They can provide more resources in the form of webcasts and videos that people can use to train themselves and understand how to use it."
"There could be some improvements in terms of how projects or day-to-day work is organized. One of the challenges when it comes to rolling out to an enterprise is the way the projects are organized. It has a kind of setup where you have different projects and tasks, but it is not as organized as Smartsheet when it comes to organizing projects or different teams. It can get really cluttered really fast. JIRA has another suite to submit the support tickets. It would be good if Asana could branch out to incorporate some kind of workflow. It is great for collaboration and recording work, but there isn't any workflow. It would be useful if they can map out a workflow of who approves what. This is kind of a big ask, and it is not geared towards that."
"It's hard to integrate Asana into other parts of the company workflow, so integration is an area for improvement."
"If you have been using a tool like Jira for many years, it make time some time to get used to the minimalist layout in Asana."
Appian is ranked 4th in Business Process Management (BPM) with 57 reviews while Asana is ranked 3rd in Project Management Software with 43 reviews. Appian is rated 8.4, while Asana 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 Asana writes "Stands out with portfolios, easy setup, and real-time information, but needs big improvement when it comes to workflows, automation, and dashboards". Appian is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, OutSystems, Camunda, ServiceNow and Pega BPM, whereas Asana is most compared with Microsoft Azure DevOps, Microsoft Project, Wrike, monday.com and Jira.
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