We performed a comparison between Appian and Microsoft Azure App Service 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."It has created executable requirements and speeds up the SDLC process greatly."
"Compared to other code tools that I've seen, Appian has a more robust rules engine"
"The agile manner that we require to create our workflows. This is probably the most critical part of our solution and the time it takes to start processing the solution."
"The tool is very flexible."
"Low code development: Code can be developed pretty quickly which leads to less turnaround time for automation of business processes."
"The tech support is quite good."
"Technical support is helpful."
"Appian is a very low code platform. It's very easy to learn and use."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the easy deployment, the scalability, and the Azure maintenance."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Azure App Service is autoscaling and resource grouping. Additionally, the integration works well, it is easy to do."
"What I found most valuable in Microsoft Azure App Service is that it's a PaaS. I also like that it supports Docker and multiple frameworks so that you can work on Java, Ruby on Rails, PHP, and Python."
"I like that it's a ready-to-use, out-of-the-box solution that provides all of the necessary functions for customers, such as codes that can be quickly switched from the production version, or from test and DEV versions to production."
"This solution is easy to deploy."
"One valuable feature of Azure App Service for us is its integration with Azure DevOps, which we heavily rely on in our development process."
"The solution overall is very good."
"The product is scalable."
"The solution could improve robotic process automation."
"There could be a scope of enhancement for capturing the variety of use cases."
"Authoring tool is slow to use resulted in limitations on how quickly solutions can be built."
"Appian is easy to set up, but JBoss is complex. JBoss is the application server for running Appian."
"We'd like improved functionality for testing new devices."
"If that had more DevOps capabilities, it would be an excellent product."
"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."
"It is difficult to set up the on-premise version."
"Microsoft Azure App Service needs some improvement in the scaling area."
"App Service sometimes becomes very slow to respond, and it can be difficult to find the issue causing this."
"If you are not using the product properly, then it can cost you a lot of money. Hence, you need to make sure that you choose the services wisely. You need to make sure that you have a budget and have some alerts associated with it. The tool's cost can easily go high if you don't consider these things properly. You need to review your existing subscription."
"Microsoft Azure App Service has a lot of complexity because there are a lot of options and functionality. It is simple to become confused, there are many technical elements to learn before you can utilize the solution. If they could make the solution easier to use it would be a benefit."
"The setup is complex if you have no experience."
"Sometimes we face problems, but those are technical problems in Microsoft, bugs or something doesn't work as expected, but that's normal."
"The outbound connectivity is not great."
"When trying to scale up, it has a limitation, specifically an upper limitation. In general, scalability should be improved."
Appian is ranked 6th in Rapid Application Development Software with 58 reviews while Microsoft Azure App Service is ranked 7th in Rapid Application Development Software with 38 reviews. Appian is rated 8.4, while Microsoft Azure App Service is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Appian writes "Low resource consumption, easy setup, and stable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Azure App Service writes "A solution with great server management and helps improve performance". Appian is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, Camunda, ServiceNow, OutSystems and SAP Signavio Process Manager, whereas Microsoft Azure App Service is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, Oracle Application Express (APEX), ServiceNow, Pega BPM and Adobe ColdFusion. See our Appian vs. Microsoft Azure App Service report.
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