We performed a comparison between Apache Airflow and Appian based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Business Process Management (BPM) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Designing processes and workflows is easier, and it assists in coordinating all of the different processes."
"The product is stable."
"The most valuable feature of Apache Airflow is creating and scheduling jobs. Additionally, the reattempt at failed jobs is useful."
"The initial setup was straightforward and it does not take long to complete."
"The UI is very simple and easy to learn."
"One of its most valuable features is the graphical user interface, providing a visual representation of the pipeline status, successes, failures, and informative developer messages."
"Apache Airflow is in Python language, making it easy to use and learn."
"I found the following features very useful: DAG - Workload management and orchestration of tasks using."
"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."
"It has created executable requirements and speeds up the SDLC process greatly."
"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."
"Process Modeling enables creation of business process workflows. You can create complex business workflows in a visual manner, and it is also easy to debug/monitor."
"Good workflow engines that bridge the gaps of processes."
"The setup is easy."
"Form building capabilities and well thought out process modelling are key points to this product."
"It provides us with real-time data on all connected systems in terms of how they're integrated with each other and how they are performing in a workflow manner."
"I would like to see it more friendly for other use cases."
"Apache Airflow could be improved with the addition of more frameworks."
"The documentation must be improved."
"The solution could be improved by simplifying the integration process."
"Adding more automated components in Apache Airflow for basic things like exporting the data would be helpful."
"There is an area for improvement in onboarding new people. They should make it simple for newcomers. Else, we have to put a senior engineer to operate it."
"Apache Airflow should have better integration with cloud platforms."
"Apache Airflow could be improved by integrating some versioning principles."
"The ability of the interface to load automatic data is not great."
"One of the areas that Appian is working on is to improve its UI capabilities and give more flexibility to the UI."
"The solution needs more features. For example, a way to connect to our viewing database, to record, and more interface and component design."
"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."
"They should provide more flexibility so designers can create a more picture perfect device."
"It is also not easy to learn. Training tutorials could be improved."
"Appian could be improved by making it a strict, no-code platform with free-built process packs."
"Occasionally, certain pre-made modules may not be necessary and customers may desire greater customization options. Instead of being limited to pre-designed features, they may prefer a more flexible version that allows for greater customization."
Apache Airflow is ranked 2nd in Business Process Management (BPM) with 31 reviews while Appian is ranked 4th in Business Process Management (BPM) with 57 reviews. Apache Airflow is rated 8.0, while Appian is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Apache Airflow writes "Enable seamless integration with various connectivity and integrated services, including BigQuery and Python operators ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Appian writes "Low resource consumption, easy setup, and stable". Apache Airflow is most compared with Camunda, Informatica Cloud API and App Integration, IBM BPM, IBM Business Automation Workflow and Boomi AtomSphere Flow, whereas Appian is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, OutSystems, Camunda, ServiceNow and Pega BPM. See our Apache Airflow vs. Appian report.
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