We performed a comparison between Adobe ColdFusion and Appian 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."No need to import libraries from outside the environment."
"The ability to write SQL queries was very helpful as we did not need to bother our DBAs in writing stored procedures for simple tasks."
"I would like to say that its best feature is its different kinds of connectors. We have lots of in-built connectors."
"Apart from providing a mature, reliable, consistent platform, Adobe also offers outstanding customer service and product support."
"My client has been able to improve productivity with the use of the tool. The solution has them develop several tools that addressed their specific needs. They have become more efficient and safe with the use of the product."
"I find it to be the easiest server-side technology for website development. It easily integrates with virtually everything– from web APIs to NoSQL databases to RSS and XML services."
"We save enormous amounts of time in development using this tool."
"This tool was very easy learn, yet powerful enough to manage many sites on a single instance."
"What stands out are the speed of the product, the quick, easy development, and visual diagramming."
"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."
"Technical support is quite responsive."
"Good workflow engines that bridge the gaps of processes."
"The most valuable features are the low coding and low code data."
"Appian also has very flexible local integration."
"The solution has a lot of strong features for the financial industry, it is very easy to use."
"The process models provide self-documenting systems."
"Need to be able to Be able to inject Python, Java, Groovy, or PHP code into a CFML page."
"ColdFusion’s third-party authentication is currently limited to just a couple of companies, like Google and Facebook, and a few third-party SAML authenticators. From my personal perspective, adding LinkedIn and Microsoft would greatly benefit me."
"There is not much third party authenticators in this solution"
"The solution needs to improve its adaption capability with a third-party company. I want to see more communities or open knowledge resources with the tool."
"Previously when I was trying to create some data, it was very difficult to get real-time data from Workfront."
"Installation of the server software was formidable due the number of configurable options."
"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."
"It would be nice if you could create your own customized apps when the business needed them."
"What could be improved is more on the front end perspective, like the user interface and the mobile application aspect."
"It is difficult to set up the on-premise version."
"There is no UI customization possible."
"Lacks business rules management as part of the solution."
"While Appian is generally flexible, it's rigid in some ways. It takes longer to do something that isn't available out of the box."
"Even though the company has made great improvements in online documentation, featuring rich material which includes case studies of real-life use cases, the material could definitely be better in quality and coverage of use cases."
Adobe ColdFusion is ranked 20th in Rapid Application Development Software with 6 reviews while Appian is ranked 6th in Rapid Application Development Software with 57 reviews. Adobe ColdFusion is rated 8.6, while Appian is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Adobe ColdFusion writes "An easy-to-setup tool that can be used to automate repetitive tasks". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Appian writes "Low resource consumption, easy setup, and stable". Adobe ColdFusion is most compared with Oracle Application Express (APEX), Microsoft Azure App Service, Microsoft Power Apps, GitHub CoPilot and ServiceNow, whereas Appian is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, OutSystems, Camunda, ServiceNow and Pega BPM. See our Adobe ColdFusion vs. Appian report.
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