We performed a comparison between Appian and Salesforce Platform 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 feature is business automation."
"The solution has a lot of strong features for the financial industry, it is very easy to use."
"Good workflow engines that bridge the gaps of processes."
"Form building capabilities and well thought out process modelling are key points to this product."
"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."
"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."
"Technical support has been amazing overall."
"It reduces development time in half making us more efficient."
"The presentation is clear and easy to comprehend."
"Scalability to configure and integrate."
"The stability has been great."
"A great platform to import, manage and save customer data."
"The most valuable feature is ease of use."
"Intuitive to work with and the overall fundamental of the platform is very strong."
"The standard sales and marketing tools that Salesforce provides on the platform are the most valuable."
"It is very user-friendly, and intuitive, it will lead you and take you to the next steps."
"The product’s pricing could be improved from the developers' perspective."
"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."
"Lacks integration with other products."
"Native mobile capabilities or hybrid mobile app capabilities are very limited. Things like offline sync, offline storage, access to smartphone device features, etc. are not supported by the Appian platform yet."
"The solution could use some more tutorials to help brand new users figure out how to use the product effectively."
"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 biggest areas of improvement would be in facilitating team development, DevOps, and integration with typical tools used in enterprise development (Jenkins, Subversion, etc.)"
"The integration of Salesforce with other solutions could be improved."
"I would like to have integration with Google."
"It could be maybe a bit more user-intuitive."
"It is quite expensive. It has gotten to that point where it is a lot more pricey. It has kind of got its own proprietary language for development. It is probably never going to change, but if it had a more market language for development, it would be easier to find developers. They come at a premium cost, so it is expensive."
"I want more analytics in the platform and the addition of AI-based models, for example, predictive feedback. The Salesforce Platform needs to be more intelligent and intuitive to make it a great solution."
"Salesforce Platform could improve the UI and the responsiveness of their servers. The UI needs to be made user-friendly for all users."
"The reporting for Salesforce could be approved. It is a manual process and it would be useful to have a guide or videos on how to generate reports or any other cool things that you could do with the platform."
"The solution is a bit expensive."
Appian is ranked 6th in Rapid Application Development Software with 57 reviews while Salesforce Platform is ranked 9th in Rapid Application Development Software with 80 reviews. Appian is rated 8.4, while Salesforce Platform is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Appian writes "Low resource consumption, easy setup, and stable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Salesforce Platform writes "Reliable with good reporting and custom dashboards". Appian is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, OutSystems, Camunda, ServiceNow and IBM BPM, whereas Salesforce Platform is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, Oracle Application Express (APEX), Microsoft Azure, ServiceNow and Amazon AWS. See our Appian vs. Salesforce Platform report.
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