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."Compared to other code tools that I've seen, Appian has a more robust rules engine"
"The product has a very good mobile app."
"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."
"Appian is easy to install and set up, and it does not come out with your audit. It has accessible process orchestration and process management. With Appian, the time to market is much faster."
"The process models provide self-documenting systems."
"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."
"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."
"The most valuable features are the low coding and low code data."
"The most important thing is Zoho Creator's functionality. Other cloud platforms cannot provide its functionality."
"The solution's flexibility and quick turnaround are valuable."
"It has a simple user interface, not so difficult to use. You can add AI models, integration, and third-party connections."
"Zoho Creator is a flexible and powerful solution. I like the tool's advanced modification feature which helps to modify its layout and setup scripts."
"Zoho Creator can be integrated with other platforms easily."
"It is very easy to build applications on the product."
"I just like the simplicity of it."
"Zoho Creator boasts a multitude of impressive features, but one of the most outstanding is its flexibility in creating interactive reports and pages. With Zoho Creator, users have the ability to utilize HTML and CSS to create visually appealing pages that are rich in information, utilizing data from the system itself. This exceptional feature provides a remarkable advantage and adds immense value to Zoho Creator."
"I would like to see more features for enterprises. They would also benefit from adding documentation and training on their site."
"The reporting is not as good as in similar products. They could also improve the dashboards."
"There should be more flexibility for the developers to choose the look and feel of the UI. They should have a better ability to design their widgets and customize them with different colors, shapes, and sizes. That is a limitation that could be improved upon."
"There could be a scope of enhancement for capturing the variety of use cases."
"The solution could improve robotic process automation."
"My only request is that they decrease the license costs."
"One room for improvement is the ease of UI UX development, like in OutSystems and Mendix."
"The ability of the interface to load automatic data is not great."
"They should allow for more UI customization."
"The layout of the form site needs some improvements because you can only create a basic layout and templates in the forms."
"The user interface and the user experience should be improved."
"The UI must be improved."
"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."
"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."
"Zoho provides different channels for support, like chat and email. There's also a multi-brand support self-service support portal, but it's time-consuming to deal with it. If we create a portal on Zoho, we need to pay an additional cost per user. It's a flexible platform, but there are limitations, such as the EBI. We need to purchase additional EBIs and other features that some businesses require. If we are developing complex applications, we need to set up many virtual automation and use API calls."
"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."
Appian is ranked 6th in Rapid Application Development Software with 56 reviews while Zoho Creator is ranked 12th in Rapid Application Development Software with 18 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, OutSystems, Camunda, ServiceNow 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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