We performed a comparison between Appian and SAP Signavio Process Manager 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."Low code development: Code can be developed pretty quickly which leads to less turnaround time for automation of business processes."
"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 also has very flexible local integration."
"Good workflow engines that bridge the gaps of processes."
"Technical support is quite responsive."
"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."
"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."
"It's a stable product."
"The solution provides data mining and AI features."
"The most valuable feature is that you can customize it completely with all of the attributes that you need."
"In my opinion, the most valuable feature is the editor and its ease of use, and when people are looking at it, they can make comments about changes that need to be made."
"The feature that I like the most is the collaboration hub, where every user or every employee can see the process in the overview."
"Process Manager supports end-to-end transformation. Students can better understand end-to-end activity and processes as well as how they are run. For teaching, it's process discovery, then modeling, and finally optimization and simulation, partly. Typically, we showcase some simulation of the processes, and this is where we finish. That is why we validate that it's properly designed, but also what are the outcomes of modeled processes. There are also options for discussion on process optimization."
"I like the collaboration and the real-time aspects of it."
"Process Manager is really helpful in building process maps. Creating them is really easy; the program is user-friendly."
"It is a very scalable solution."
"It is also not easy to learn. Training tutorials could be improved."
"Offline capabilities and responsive capabilities could be better. The mobility features of Appian platform are still evolving."
"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."
"The biggest areas of improvement would be in facilitating team development, DevOps, and integration with typical tools used in enterprise development (Jenkins, Subversion, etc.)"
"It needs better integration with our existing application ecosystem."
"There is no UI customization possible."
"We'd like improved functionality for testing new devices."
"Appian has a few areas for improvement, which my organization raised with the Appian team. One is the Excel output which is limited to fifty columns when it should be up to two hundred or three hundred columns."
"There is a need for more varied access packages. The access packages that I have used are not cheap enough. They also provide a complete set of tools that are not always used. Sometimes, you need more segregated things, e.g., Signavio includes functionality for a company that has not yet matured. Since there are no basic packages, the company must pay for a package that is not fully used. Typically, process management is started in a company of a certain maturity."
"For us, it would help a lot if this solution had floating licenses."
"The reporting is too slow and there is a limit of 250 processes."
"Technical support has been somewhat challenging; there hasn't been much visibility on how to create a ticket or integrate with SAP."
"There is room for improvement in the reporting function. At the moment, for example, while it is possible to report on how many users you had in the last month, you can't use it to tell you how many users you had from the first week to the second week. This is really a drawback because when you have an activity to promote Signavio or BPI, it would be good to be able to measure how many people you had in the system."
"I would like to see more integration with the process manager in terms of the workflow accelerator."
"Two executives cannot work on one modeling process simultaneously."
"The performance metrics appearing in the collaboration hub needs to be improved."
Appian is ranked 4th in Business Process Management (BPM) with 57 reviews while SAP Signavio Process Manager is ranked 8th in Business Process Management (BPM) with 57 reviews. Appian is rated 8.4, while SAP Signavio Process Manager is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Appian writes "Low resource consumption, easy setup, and stable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP Signavio Process Manager writes "Has many functionalities and is used to model processes to the former operating model". Appian is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, OutSystems, Camunda, ServiceNow and Microsoft Azure App Service, whereas SAP Signavio Process Manager is most compared with Celonis, ARIS BPA, Camunda, Visio and ADONIS. See our Appian vs. SAP Signavio Process Manager report.
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