We performed a comparison between Appian and QuickBase 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's most valuable feature is the low code aspect of development. We can develop an end-to-end VPN solution using a single platform."
"Technical support has been amazing overall."
"Appian has many valuable features, the first being the ease of development—rapid development. Second, the process of learning the product and tool is faster when compared to its peers in the market. It's closer to low-code, and while it's still not very easy, it's more low-code than other products in the industry. Appian has a good user interface, a seamless model user interface, which comes without additional coding. It can also integrate with multiple systems."
"The initial setup was seamless. We didn't run into any hardships at all."
"Good workflow engines that bridge the gaps of processes."
"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."
"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 product is easy to use."
"There's a lot of stability in QuickBase...I really appreciate the processing part of QuickBase, especially considering how we're able to get information in real time instead of having to wait."
"The reporting tool: It helps in data analytics to provide the solution more efficiency."
"We have made good use of the ability in QuickBase to add multiple apps for various departments and purposes, while some apps are shared."
"QuickBase reminds me when a software license or a hardware support contract is near expiration so that I can initiate our company's procurement process in time and not miss a deadline."
"I run my own business and the solution allows me to invoice and pay for additional resources. It has helped me in terms of invoicing, quoting, and doing recruitment measures."
"Allows users have anytime/anywhere access."
"It provides a well-organized method for overseeing everything, especially considering the remote work aspect."
"One of the areas that Appian is working on is to improve its UI capabilities and give more flexibility to the UI."
"It needs better integration with our existing application ecosystem."
"We would like to have more granular control for interface styling."
"If we could calculate the amount of data that will be realized, it would help us a lot."
"The performance is pretty good, but the distortions need to be optimized in order for it to work well."
"The solution could use some more tutorials to help brand new users figure out how to use the product effectively."
"Appian could be improved by making it a strict, no-code platform with free-built process packs."
"There could be a scope of enhancement for capturing the variety of use cases."
"There is room for improvement in terms of user-friendliness."
"Its UI needs improvement. They should improve it and make it a little bit more modern. We should also be able to have more real-time information that connects with other software platforms. It has an open API, but it doesn't always connect with some of the other platforms that we would like to utilize. These are probably two of the biggest things for us, and hopefully, they will keep ensuring that in the future, they continually build QuickBase to be a little bit more efficient in that regard."
"It would be beneficial for the QuickBase team to focus on improving the integration of cloud-based storage platforms within their product. In use cases like ours, where QuickBase serves as a centralized source of truth for construction projects, having seamless integration with platforms like Dropbox or OneDrive would greatly enhance the product's capabilities."
"This rule: The Maximum is 60 rules. We need to provide more in order to improve."
"The dashboard is not organized."
"The improved developer interface in some areas can be difficult to use for complex items."
"Whenever we do onboarding, or we get new employees, there tends to be a delay of not just a week but a couple of weeks, and sometimes even a few weeks of being able to see certain new employees in the system."
"The product works constantly to modernize the platform and they have made quite a lot of strides in that. I would like them to add additional features that would help us make API calls."
Appian is ranked 6th in Rapid Application Development Software with 58 reviews while QuickBase is ranked 16th in Rapid Application Development Software with 74 reviews. Appian is rated 8.4, while QuickBase is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Appian writes "Low resource consumption, easy setup, and stable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of QuickBase writes "Reliable, user-driven platform, that is scalable". Appian is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, Camunda, ServiceNow, OutSystems and Pega BPM, whereas QuickBase is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, Sales Creatio, Oracle Fusion Service, OutSystems and Microsoft Azure. See our Appian vs. QuickBase report.
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