We performed a comparison between Appian and GitHub CoPilot 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."The most valuable features of Appian are the VPN engine, it is fast, lightweight, and easy to set up business rules. Business teams can do it by themselves. That is a very good feature."
"The product has a very good mobile app."
"SAIL (Self-Assembling Interface Layer), a scripting language provided by Appian. It is the equivalent of JS and CSS. It allows creation of complex UIs which are also responsive. With SAIL, we have a single language for both the UI logic and its appearance. UI components can be built as reusable components and used in multiple UI interfaces."
"It has very flexible adaptation and the ability to save and automate processes."
"Rapid development with low-code makes it easier to quickly get apps implemented and the time to break-even and ROI is much faster."
"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."
"There is no need to worry about vulnerabilities in the system, because Appian built a secure system."
"It's a stable product."
"The product's most valuable feature is vulnerability management features."
"When I write code, I feel like I have someone sitting with me to help me. Wherever I'm stuck, I just ask a question, and it provides guidance that I can use."
"GitHub CoPilot has good stability and performance."
"GitHub CoPilot helps us auto-complete code. The tool's context awareness benefits our projects because it identifies the context in which we are working and automatically proposes solutions that we use."
"The product's initial setup is straightforward because it's pushed through the updates."
"The product is easy to integrate."
"Initially, OpenAI is free, but you'll need to pay for it later."
"GitHub CoPilot accelerates productivity. It is an easy-to-use solution that is also helpful in saving the team's time."
"Sometimes, clients expect us to implement ERP using Appian, which is very complicated. In such cases, I don't believe that Appian is a good tool for that."
"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."
"One of the areas that Appian is working on is to improve its UI capabilities and give more flexibility to the UI."
"Appian could include other applications that we could reuse for other customers, CRM for example."
"We would like to have more granular control for interface styling."
"Offline capabilities and responsive capabilities could be better. The mobility features of Appian platform are still evolving."
"There are some restrictions with respect to using external components within Appian. So, for example, if we do not have a particular feature available, there's a long cycle of getting approvals and all of that. That does not offer flexibility, which definitely can be improved on."
"Appian could be improved by making it a strict, no-code platform with free-built process packs."
"GitHub CoPilot's alerting features need improvement."
"GitHub CoPilot's stability is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"The solution is expensive. It should also support other programming languages."
"The product's price is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"Some of the suggestions provided by GitHub CoPilot are not accurate, making it an area of concern where improvements are required."
"The suggestions provided by the product must be improved."
"There's room for improvement to ensure that suggestions align more precisely with the context of what I'm seeking, minimizing instances of unrelated or inaccurate code suggestions."
"The tool needs to focus on integration, as it is the most important aspect. I would like to see some pre-designed modules included in my projects."
Appian is ranked 6th in Rapid Application Development Software with 58 reviews while GitHub CoPilot is ranked 15th in Rapid Application Development Software with 11 reviews. Appian is rated 8.4, while GitHub CoPilot is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Appian writes "Low resource consumption, easy setup, and stable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of GitHub CoPilot writes "Though it offers good integration features, the price needs to be lowered". Appian is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, Camunda, ServiceNow, OutSystems and Pega BPM, whereas GitHub CoPilot is most compared with GitLab, Oracle Application Express (APEX), Pega BPM, ServiceNow and ServiceNow Now Platform. See our Appian vs. GitHub CoPilot report.
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