We performed a comparison between Appian and Zoho Creator 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 tool is very flexible."
"The tech support is quite good."
"This is the most complete solution of its kind."
"The low code functionality and being able to get applications faster to customers or to the market are valuable."
"Appian's most valuable features are the quick time it takes to develop for the market. It's easy and faster than other BPM solutions."
"It's heavy on business processing in terms of logic, process workflows, and primarily on the process design modeler. Appian is really great at that. In terms of the full stack set from a low-code platform perspective, it's definitely an eye opener since it can be deployed via mobile app and on the web as well."
"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."
"Appian also has very flexible local integration."
"It has a simple user interface, not so difficult to use. You can add AI models, integration, and third-party connections."
"Zoho Creator is easy to design and accessible for any business purpose. The solution is priced low and helps you meet business requirements. You can write a script based on requirements and trigger it whereby the customer will receive notifications. It is a customizable application."
"While using Zoho Creator, we can establish alternative interfaces to connect with Zoho applications. This enables us to run desired automation and workflows without exhausting the API limits."
"Zoho Creator is a flexible open platform that is good for development in a complex environment that other platforms may not support. It isn't a challenge for me to develop any kind of complex application in Zoho."
"It is a very, very scalable tool."
"The product’s MIS feature is very valuable to us."
"The solution's flexibility and quick turnaround are valuable."
"Can access information from other Zoho packages and you can write custom scripts."
"Appian has a few areas for improvement, which my organization raised with the Appian team. One is the Excel output which is limited to fifty columns when it should be up to two hundred or three hundred columns."
"It is also not easy to learn. Training tutorials could be improved."
"It has it's own built-in UI components and doesn't provide much flexibility to customize or extend those components."
"There could be a scope of enhancement for capturing the variety of use cases."
"One room for improvement is the ease of UI UX development, like in OutSystems and Mendix."
"The solution needs more features. For example, a way to connect to our viewing database, to record, and more interface and component design."
"Something I would like to see improved is an SQL database connection."
"If we could calculate the amount of data that will be realized, it would help us a lot."
"I would like to see a simpler layout and interface. I would also like to see Zoho CRM and Zoho Campaigns integrated with the product."
"Could have more pre-built integrations for pulling data from the wider Zoho ecosystem as well as other systems."
"Though the pricing level is low compared to other products in the market, I suggest they allow portal users to pay for the solution based on their requirements."
"When you're developing database-type applications, there is no way to see the actual database tables. They call them forms, and I don't like that. Zoho should also provide better user guides."
"Sometimes technical support does not answer our queries."
"The layout of the form site needs some improvements because you can only create a basic layout and templates in the forms."
"They still don't have a PDF conversion feature."
"We face issues while moving from one form to another form. We have a negative impression of the tool's support since they do not provide us assistance with our queries. They don't have solid answers to our questions."
Appian is ranked 6th in Rapid Application Development Software with 58 reviews while Zoho Creator is ranked 12th in Rapid Application Development Software with 19 reviews. Appian is rated 8.4, while Zoho Creator 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 Zoho Creator writes "The solution provides accessible and high functionality at a competitive price point". Appian is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, Camunda, ServiceNow, OutSystems and Pega BPM, whereas Zoho Creator is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, Mendix, Oracle Application Express (APEX), Caspio and OutSystems. See our Appian vs. Zoho Creator report.
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