We performed a comparison between Appian and HCL Domino 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."Process culture is making noise inside the organization because now, everybody knows that their time is being monitored."
"Form building capabilities and well thought out process modelling are key points to this product."
"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."
"It reduces development time in half making us more efficient."
"What I found most valuable in Appian is that it lets you drill down on multiple things through the structure of the reporting and UI side. It's also low-code, yet it results in quick deliverables."
"It's a stable product."
"The application life cycle is very clear. I started learning it and giving some workshops to my team. Creating the users and the building is very structured. Documentation is nice and it's easy to learn."
"The Application Designer is very user friendly. There are also lot of plug-ins that you can use and, for the most part, they are free."
"It serves as a centralized solution that fulfills all my requirements from operating my email server to managing various aspects of my operations."
"We have been able to set up a portal using a special XPage application that gives our customers access to this system."
"The most valuable features of the solution are security and integration."
"HCL Domino is the best product from a security point of view."
"They offer good support and provide a roadmap."
"The DAOS feature is the most valuable. It helps to save some of my storage."
"This solution can be used for workflow application so that applications can be easily developed."
"I find the HCL Domino server scalable."
"It is difficult to set up the on-premise version."
"A point of improvement would be the SAIL forms. The built-in tool used to generate forms does not have debugging support (to view local variables as they change on live preview, and step-by-step valuation) which is a big drawback for form development. Moreover, the script language used to build SAIL forms does not support inheritance or lambda expressions (functions as arguments of other functions), which makes the code base more verbose."
"There are four areas I believe Appian could improve in. The first is a seamless contact center integration. Appian does not have a contact center feature. The second is advanced features in RPA. The third would be chatbot and email bot integration—while Appian comes with chatbot and email bot, it's not as mature as it should be, compared to the competition. The fourth area would be next best action, since there is not much of this sort of feature in Appian. These are all features which competitors' products have, and in a mature manner, whereas Appian lacks on these four areas. I see customers who are moving from Appian to Pega because these features are not in Appian."
"The biggest areas of improvement would be in facilitating team development, DevOps, and integration with typical tools used in enterprise development (Jenkins, Subversion, etc.)"
"If we could calculate the amount of data that will be realized, it would help us a lot."
"It is also not easy to learn. Training tutorials could be improved."
"The solution could improve by being more responsive when dealing with large quantities of data. Additionally, they can make the decision or rules engine better. It cannot handle too many rules or too many decisions at once."
"The documentation needs to be improved."
"HCL Domino could improve by having integration with other solutions, such as Microsoft 365."
"Designing a new template could provide a refreshed visual experience for users without significant changes to the underlying functionality."
"Recently, IBM sold the product to HCL. Since Pakistan and India have some problems on a domestic level, we were actually considering replacing it with Indian products from the organization. We're just facing some regulatory issues."
"HCL Domino needs to be more user-friendly."
"When you compare with Microsoft Exchange, the UI could be more user-friendly."
"They should provide its integration with other AI applications."
"An area for improvement in HCL Domino is security. New enhancements in the IT industry mean that security should be improved. The HCL Domino GUI also needs improvement."
"For me, the one thing missing is a really good reporting engine."
Appian is ranked 6th in Rapid Application Development Software with 58 reviews while HCL Domino is ranked 17th in Rapid Application Development Software with 18 reviews. Appian is rated 8.4, while HCL Domino is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Appian writes "Low resource consumption, easy setup, and stable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HCL Domino writes "A stable and versatile enterprise solution consolidating various functions like email, collaboration, and application development in a user-friendly manner". Appian is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, Camunda, ServiceNow, OutSystems and Pega BPM, whereas HCL Domino is most compared with Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Power Apps, HCL Notes, Zimbra Collaboration and Microsoft Exchange Online. See our Appian vs. HCL Domino report.
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