We performed a comparison between Appian and Asana based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Camunda, Apache, Pega and others in Business Process Management (BPM)."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."
"Appian also has very flexible local integration."
"The product's most valuable feature is the low code aspect of development. We can develop an end-to-end VPN solution using a single platform."
"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."
"Appian is a very low code platform. It's very easy to learn and use."
"Appian's most valuable feature is that we can create end-to-end process workflows with minimum turnaround."
"The solution has a lot of strong features for the financial industry, it is very easy to use."
"This is the most complete solution of its kind."
"My task box displays all of our tasks, organized by day, helping us to focus on what needs to be done each day."
"What I like most about Asana is its simplicity. For example: we're not the only ones using it, and we onboard our customers to it, and normally, they have no questions."
"The ability to share projects and tasks among team members appears to be the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is its project management tracking systems."
"The tool has a lot of integrations."
"The most valuable feature of Asana is the tracking of comments and documents in one place."
"It’s a great way to communicate plans and progress across the business and is flexible about how much detail I include and how I present it."
"Asana has significantly reduced the number of emails we exchange because we can access the project directly. It organizes all the tasks related to each project, assigns them to staff with due dates, and tracks progress."
"It would be useful if they could create an academy or forum in the future to help active users answer questions they have about the solution."
"Authoring tool is slow to use resulted in limitations on how quickly solutions can be built."
"My only request is that they decrease the license costs."
"They should provide more flexibility so designers can create a more picture perfect device."
"We would like to have more granular control for interface styling."
"There could be a scope of enhancement for capturing the variety of use cases."
"There are some restrictions with respect to using external components within Appian. So, for example, if we do not have a particular feature available, there's a long cycle of getting approvals and all of that. That does not offer flexibility, which definitely can be improved on."
"The UI of Appian is more internal. Recently, there has been an addition of an external user portal for the customer-facing stuff. It's still coming out."
"Having a quick way to do video inside the platform or video communication could be very handy."
"Some updates are outdated, and their functionalities can affect the end outcomes."
"It would be great if Asana could create a library for each project within the interface."
"The documentation for integration could be improved. We require more information to facilitate the integrations."
"In some instances, there were subtasks where more than one person needed to review it, but I could only assign it to one person. I would have to create a subtask under a subtask and then assign it to other people. This could be improved."
"If you have been using a tool like Jira for many years, it make time some time to get used to the minimalist layout in Asana."
"Some customizations and functions are still not available, however, so far, they haven't been a deal killer."
"The product must reduce the information on the interface."
Appian is ranked 4th in Business Process Management (BPM) with 57 reviews while Asana is ranked 3rd in Project Management Software with 43 reviews. Appian is rated 8.4, while Asana 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 Asana writes "Stands out with portfolios, easy setup, and real-time information, but needs big improvement when it comes to workflows, automation, and dashboards". Appian is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, OutSystems, Camunda, ServiceNow and Pega BPM, whereas Asana is most compared with Microsoft Project, Wrike, Microsoft Azure DevOps, monday.com and Jira.
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