We performed a comparison between Appian and Bizagi based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Process Automation solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It provides us with real-time data on all connected systems in terms of how they're integrated with each other and how they are performing in a workflow manner."
"The initial setup is easy."
"There is no need to worry about vulnerabilities in the system, because Appian built a secure system."
"Appian helps you do a lot of things. It's easy to configure and build an application platform, and it offers a lot of features that you find in an RPA solution. It's flexible so you can reuse it for a variety of use cases."
"It reduces development time in half making us more efficient."
"The setup is easy."
"Appian also has very flexible local integration."
"The low code functionality and being able to get applications faster to customers or to the market are valuable."
"Bizagi is really great for beginners because it's user-friendly and you can learn in it quickly, whereas other similar software are harder."
"The main feature of Bizagi is the speed to which we can automate processes and how we can modify them without a strong impact on the end users."
"Great mapping feature that's easy to use."
"The most beneficial features of Bizagi for our business processes are its seamless connectivity between process elements and its ability to automate tasks and perform simulations."
"I like the integration part, and I also like how they use the database, such as the data when they implement all the data side, and how you can easily integrate it with their widgets."
"The user interface is pretty good."
"One of the features I like is that when drawing any task, when putting a task on the process model canvas, I can simply click on it and see the other task icons for that task. It's just one quick, simple, straightforward connectivity from task to task."
"It has an easy to use interface which final users accepted with much more enthusiasm than our ERP (SAP)."
"Appian could improve their customer-facing initiatives."
"Occasionally, certain pre-made modules may not be necessary and customers may desire greater customization options. Instead of being limited to pre-designed features, they may prefer a more flexible version that allows for greater customization."
"There should be more flexibility for the developers to choose the look and feel of the UI. They should have a better ability to design their widgets and customize them with different colors, shapes, and sizes. That is a limitation that could be improved upon."
"My only request is that they decrease the license costs."
"The reporting is not as good as in similar products. They could also improve the dashboards."
"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 UI of Appian is more internal. Recently, there has been an addition of an external user portal for the customer-facing stuff. It's still coming out."
"We have migrated to the cloud, but there are a lot of issues while integrating with the cloud. There are a lot of things to improve with the cloud and reporting. We were previously working with on-premise solutions, and we had access to a lot of things, but with the cloud, they changed a lot of functionalities. Some of the things we know, but with some of the things, we are having difficulties."
"They should improve the migration process between major versions, from version 9 to 10, we had to redo our implementation."
"I'm not really satisfied with the reporting aspect."
"There could be more documentation."
"The open source version lacks the option to publish."
"I would like to see simulation as a free feature again. In version 3.3 it was free, but in 4.0 it isn't."
"The product must make automation easier."
"It works slowly on the cloud, sometimes."
Appian is ranked 3rd in Process Automation with 58 reviews while Bizagi is ranked 7th in Process Automation with 78 reviews. Appian is rated 8.4, while Bizagi 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 Bizagi writes "A flexible, customizable solution that reduced time to market, but the UI and customer support could be better". Appian is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, OutSystems, Camunda, ServiceNow and Oracle Application Express (APEX), whereas Bizagi is most compared with Camunda, Visio, Bonita, Microsoft Power Apps and Visual Paradigm. See our Appian vs. Bizagi report.
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