We performed a comparison between Appian and IBM Business Automation Workflow based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Business Process Management (BPM) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The tool is very flexible."
"Appian is a very low code platform. It's very easy to learn and use."
"Recently, we added Appian Process Mining, Appian Portals, and now Appian RPA."
"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."
"I find the BPM the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable feature is business automation."
"It is really simple to create a new app, and I like the data-centric aspect of the BPM tool."
"There is no need to worry about vulnerabilities in the system, because Appian built a secure system."
"It performs the basic tasks that are required for the BBM solution as part of the overall integration with ECM or enterprise contact management."
"It's a flexible solution."
"It helps develop applications very quickly. Once clients get used to it and familiar with the methodology, then they don't feel so locked in. It is able to add this element of agility to our clients' software development lifecycle. That is my favorite thing about it: You're not so locked in as you used to be when developing applications."
"The business process modeling is the most valuable feature."
"IBM Business Automation Workflow provides a seamless streamlined collaboration within the organizations."
"It provides a solution for integration orchestration. This solution is for any organization in the banking, telecommunications, healthcare, manufacturing, and all domains and industries."
"The most valuable feature of IBM Business Automation Workflow is cost management."
"The solution's most valuable aspect is the fact it is highly configurable. We can do configurations very easily."
"The performance is pretty good, but the distortions need to be optimized in order for it to work well."
"If we could calculate the amount of data that will be realized, it would help us a lot."
"The reporting is not as good as in similar products. They could also improve the dashboards."
"The documentation needs to be improved."
"It would be nice if you could create your own customized apps when the business needed them."
"Authoring tool is slow to use resulted in limitations on how quickly solutions can be built."
"We have clients that want to use Office 365, Microsoft Analytics, and Power Apps. Appian just isn't the same as using something specifically designed to cater to the Microsoft Suite."
"If that had more DevOps capabilities, it would be an excellent product."
"In terms of improvement, it could be less complex."
"The setup and installation process could be made easier."
"Improvements could be made in debugging and troubleshooting."
"IBM Business Automation Workflow could improve the integration."
"IBM Business Automation Workflow is not a very user-friendly solution."
"Requires a lot of customization code writing which could be reduced."
"IBM Business Automation Workflow can improve UI flexibility and integration. Additionally, the solutions from IBM have to provide a paperless solution, allowing for digital versions of documents."
"The SCADA Systems are very sophisticated and have a hard time integrating with our older scales. The technical support in regards to the partner side needs some improvement."
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Appian is ranked 4th in Business Process Management (BPM) with 57 reviews while IBM Business Automation Workflow is ranked 13th in Business Process Management (BPM) with 21 reviews. Appian is rated 8.4, while IBM Business Automation Workflow is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Appian writes "Low resource consumption, easy setup, and stable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM Business Automation Workflow writes "Good for case management, integration capabilities but lacks stability". Appian is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, OutSystems, Camunda, ServiceNow and Pega BPM, whereas IBM Business Automation Workflow is most compared with IBM BPM, Camunda, Apache Airflow, IBM Case Foundation and Pega BPM. See our Appian vs. IBM Business Automation Workflow report.
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