We performed a comparison between Appian and Oracle BPEL based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Process Automation solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It is really simple to create a new app, and I like the data-centric aspect of the BPM tool."
"The most valuable features of Appian are workflow management and the ease with which you can build the UI."
"Technical support has been amazing overall."
"With low-code, we don't need a lot of coding, and then from the plumbing perspective, there is a complete CI/CD pipeline that exists within Appian that can be leveraged for open deployment."
"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."
"What stands out are the speed of the product, the quick, easy development, and visual diagramming."
"Process culture is making noise inside the organization because now, everybody knows that their time is being monitored."
"The solution has a lot of strong features for the financial industry, it is very easy to use."
"What I find the most valuable about Oracle BPEL is that it saves me time."
"The product has everything we need."
"It would be nice if you could create your own customized apps when the business needed them."
"The performance is pretty good, but the distortions need to be optimized in order for it to work well."
"The product’s pricing could be improved from the developers' perspective."
"There could be a scope of enhancement for capturing the variety of use cases."
"The solution could use some more tutorials to help brand new users figure out how to use the product effectively."
"Form creation and SAIL proprietary language still basically require programming. The claim a BA type can do everything is hogwash."
"The graphical user interface could be easier to use. It should be simplified."
"The reporting is not as good as in similar products. They could also improve the dashboards."
"Some user-defined functions for transformation must be added to the next release of the solution."
"In the next release, I would like to see REST improved and new technologies for microservices. I'd like to see more containers for separating containers."
Appian is ranked 3rd in Process Automation with 57 reviews while Oracle BPEL is ranked 16th in Process Automation with 2 reviews. Appian is rated 8.4, while Oracle BPEL is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Appian writes "Low resource consumption, easy setup, and stable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle BPEL writes "A highly scalable solution that provides various features for the execution of business processes". Appian is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, OutSystems, Camunda, ServiceNow and Pega BPM, whereas Oracle BPEL is most compared with Camunda, BizTalk Server and Bonita. See our Appian vs. Oracle BPEL report.
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