2014-11-06T12:42:00Z

What advice do you have for others considering Appian?

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Blagoj Trajkovski - PeerSpot reviewer
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Top 10
2023-10-24T07:43:56Z
Oct 24, 2023

I recommend Appian to others and rate it a nine out of ten.

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Gowtham Thotapalli - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 20
2023-07-03T08:56:08Z
Jul 3, 2023

I am using the latest version of Appian. Appian is deployed on Appian's own cloud in our organization. Appian has a very strong workflow engine compared to other solutions like OutSystems and Mendix. I would definitely recommend Appian to someone who is looking for strong workflow and process capabilities. However, I recommend other platforms like OutSystems and Mendix to someone looking to build their own mobile app or looking for a lot more flexibility with respect to user experiences. Appian is a pretty good tool. It's a low-code platform where you can start building your applications pretty fast. It has got really good workflow capabilities and a very good process engine. The solution has started integrating with cognitive services, RPA, and other services, which are probably at their initial stages, but the platform's roadmap is really good. Appian is definitely a platform to explore if you are considering a low-code platform to be part of your tech portfolio. Overall, I rate Appian a seven out of ten.

Vladimir Vasilev - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
2023-04-07T14:24:34Z
Apr 7, 2023

We have the solution implemented in our firm. New users need to understand the technical aspects of the product in order to take full advantage. I'd rate the solution ten out of ten.

AS
Real User
Top 10
2023-03-16T08:52:07Z
Mar 16, 2023

I'm an end-user. We are using the latest version of the solution. While there are a lot of factors when it comes to choosing a solution like this, Appian is a very robust platform, and it does offer advanced use cases. If you are more into Microsoft, however, Power Apps may be a better option. I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.

RM
Real User
Top 20
2023-02-28T13:10:32Z
Feb 28, 2023

I give the solution a nine out of ten. We have multiple environments. We can move our application from one environment to another environment through a governance process and approval through the application manager. The solution is easy to maintain and very configurable.

Kiran Jorwekar - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 10
2023-01-18T14:46:51Z
Jan 18, 2023

I'm using Appian right now. My organization uses the 22.3 and 22.4 versions of Appian in production and the sandbox environment. In the organization, Appian is deployed on a SaaS environment. Deploying the solution requires two people. Appian is a good solution, so I'm giving it nine out of ten. My organization is an Appian partner.

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JM
Real User
Top 20
2022-10-11T14:11:20Z
Oct 11, 2022

It's a good, solution, that is easy to use. If you are a large corporation, go for it. I would rate Appian a nine out of ten.

Mason Turvey - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 20
2022-07-27T18:12:07Z
Jul 27, 2022

I would advise setting up your standards beforehand and identifying which teams are going to be responsible for the governance side of things. You need to identify a tech focus team that's going to be handling that. Once you have that built pretty solid, going from there, if you're targeting a citizen development model, then you can start pouring out into citizen development. If you're sticking within IT and app development and building a low code team, you have to set standards beforehand and make sure everybody is on the same page. I would rate it a seven out of ten. It is a pretty good solution. I haven't yet seen any major drawbacks. There are other competitors that offer more specialized solutions, but as a general solution, it takes the lead.

LC
Real User
Top 20
2022-07-17T20:07:30Z
Jul 17, 2022

I rate this solution a seven out of ten. I would recommend taking the tutorials and courses. There is a lot of material available to learn how to use and take maximum advantage of the application.

VijayS1 - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
2022-06-22T18:23:00Z
Jun 22, 2022

Appian is a good solution if you are going to implement BPM or automation into your organization. It can work on a small scale and scale larger afterward. I would rate Appian an eight and a half out of ten overall.

SajeevNair - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 20
2022-06-16T09:45:41Z
Jun 16, 2022

Anybody thinking of implementing Appian should have an enterprise-wide roadmap. If you're doing an enterprise-wide digital transformation, Appian is worthwhile, but not for just one or two use cases because the license costs are higher. I would rate Appian as nine out of ten.

Pankaj  Khera - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5
2022-05-30T11:47:00Z
May 30, 2022

I rate Appian eight out of 10.

GT
Real User
Top 20
2022-05-25T17:06:04Z
May 25, 2022

We are using the latest version of the solution. I'm a business partner with Appian. I'm an integrator. If a potential new user is going to evaluate it, they should look at the whole picture, not at the specific features. All in all, Appian gives the best coverage of all the features needed for an automation platform. It comes bundled with RPA and VPN and low-code and process-mining discovery and document intelligence and portal for external users and the data capabilities, data visualization capabilities, which no other tool gives, gives them in one package. They should look for and interview users of Appian to understand the product as well. There are a lot of different ideas in the market. The reason I chose to go with the Appian is the reason that it best suits businesses that wants to jump to the next era to perform the digital transformation in the smoothest way, in the most complete way. This is the benefit of Appian. I'd rate the solution ten out of ten.

RAVIRANJAN - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5
2022-05-16T13:42:01Z
May 16, 2022

We would recommend this product to others. From a low code BPM platform, I would rate the solution around nine out of ten.

Somnath-Ghosh - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5
2022-05-11T13:10:40Z
May 11, 2022

I would rate this solution 8 out of 10.

MM
Real User
Top 5
2022-05-08T13:19:03Z
May 8, 2022

We are customers and end-users. We don't have a partnership with Appian. I'm not sure which version of the solution we're using at this time. I'd rate the product nine out of ten. We are quite happy with its capabilities.

AR
Real User
2022-04-12T19:29:27Z
Apr 12, 2022

I would advise others there are multiple solutions in the market, low code solutions, BPM solutions, and case-finding solutions. There are multiple factors that make a good solution, such as ease to use, configuration, faster time to deploy, development and deploy scalability, and manageability. These are all factors that I would consider when purchasing a solution. I rate Appian an eight out of ten.

DL
Real User
Top 20
2022-03-31T21:13:00Z
Mar 31, 2022

I would give Appian a rating of eight out of ten.

VB
Real User
2022-01-12T17:01:00Z
Jan 12, 2022

My advice before starting to implement this solution you need to consider what you want to do in Appian because everything is not possible. Sometimes when you think BPM process, you think that the interface application is the same, but it's not. I would rate Appian an 8 out of 10.

TC
Real User
2022-01-04T21:26:57Z
Jan 4, 2022

I would rate this solution 9 out of 10. For someone who is looking to implement Appian, my advice is definitely don't think twice. I mean, if you need automation, definitely there's a solution that would cater to their needs. As long as they know what they want or what they need to digitize, Appian would be there to support the transformation that their corporation or their company would be needing in the future. My advice is don't be scared of the changes and be open to the digital shift.

IC
Real User
2022-02-08T13:47:54Z
Feb 8, 2022

You must consider what your use cases will be and ensure that there is a fit, because it is not a cheap option, you must ensure that you get a good return on investment. I would rate Appian a seven out of ten.

AlanGulle - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
2021-12-27T20:04:49Z
Dec 27, 2021

I would rate this solution 8 out of 10. My humble advice to someone who is looking to implement this solution is that they need to replicate. It's a so-called no-code platform, but it's not no-code because it has its own coding site. That's why they need to build one of their own solutions with Appian first to understand the how-to-dos first and become more confident. Luckily, the learning curve is not that steep.

VK
Real User
2021-12-08T14:13:38Z
Dec 8, 2021

I would rate Appian an eight out of ten. If you are looking for a fast, rapid rollout of applications and you have multiple medium-scale and small-scale processes that you want to roll out at a faster pace, with ease of maintenance, then Appian is a good product to go with. Appian can also be leveraged for large-scale implementation—for example, financial service customers, for loan origination or claims organization—but you would really need to understand your requirements in order to achieve this with Appian. Whereas with Pega, it has framework for loan originations and everything, which Appian doesn't come with. Appian is a plain vanilla product, and if you go for a large-scale core implementation, then you should have enough information and requirements to capture it. Appian is best suited to mid-scale and small-scale processes and a rapid rollout.

GT
Reseller
2021-10-20T15:37:16Z
Oct 20, 2021

I recommend Appian because I've had experience with other solutions and I know this is the best. I rate this solution nine out of 10.

ND
Real User
2021-09-28T09:01:35Z
Sep 28, 2021

I rate Appian an eight out of ten.

NB
Real User
2021-08-23T23:52:03Z
Aug 23, 2021

I would recommend this solution to others. I rate Appian a nine out of ten.

SS
Consultant
2021-05-24T15:36:02Z
May 24, 2021

Other than the pricing concerns, it's a really great platform. If you're considering using Appian, my advice is to work with people that have experience building solutions with it, because that's going to lead to fewer problems down the line. Overall, on a scale from one to ten, I would give Appian a rating of nine. It's a great business management platform.

SS
Real User
2021-03-12T03:38:47Z
Mar 12, 2021

First, you have to understand the business logic behind all of your systems before you start developing and interconnecting the systems, and the process flows across the systems. That's the best advice I have. Overall, on a scale from one to ten, I would give this solution a rating of eight. In terms of the traffic, the user interface should be improved so that it provides real-time data for complex connections between systems. If that is improved, I would give this solution a higher rating. Otherwise, it's a very stable and very robust product.

HS
Real User
2021-02-04T03:06:48Z
Feb 4, 2021

We're just a customer and an end-user. We don't have a relationship with the company. Currently, we are in the middle of a test pilot. We have about 20 users experimenting with the solution as we speak. I would recommend the solution to others. However, I would advise them to measure the requirements associated with the complexity of implementation related to how much coding they need, how complex their interactions will be. These variables may be factors when choosing which tool to use. I would rate the solution at an eight out of ten.

BL
Real User
2021-01-23T16:13:36Z
Jan 23, 2021

We are Appian integration partners. We have multiple clients using Appian, although some want to move over to Microsoft. I would recommend the solution. It's quite easy to use, and the drag-and-drop functionality is great. For example, we have database records, and therefore we can easily pull the data from the database and connect and run the process. It's very easy when it's compared to previous versions. One thing to note, however, is that we do have a lot of memory. The memory has to be maintained and managed properly, otherwise, the system performance will come down. I would rate the solution at a nine out of ten. There really is nothing like it on the market right now.

HT
Real User
2020-12-04T13:33:00Z
Dec 4, 2020

If anyone has to work on a BPM, then it's the best tool, and it's currently the market leader in terms of BPM in our country. In the BPM category, I will rate 10 out of 10 for this product.

AA
Real User
2020-10-06T06:57:39Z
Oct 6, 2020

The product needs to be supported by top management for it to work. This is one of the things that we faced at the very beginning. Second, from a technical point of view, you need to have a dedicated team taking care of this from a product management point of view, not necessarily from a technical point of view because that can be outsourced. I recommend not doing the development in-house, rather to outsource it with one or two partners and the corporate team. I recommend going for the full cloud-based solution architecture rather than having part of it inside and part of it outside. If there is no issue with data sharing then I would recommend going for a fully cloud-based solution. It gives an advantage and reduces a lot of management headaches. I would rate this solution a nine out of 10.

it_user1398105 - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
2020-08-04T07:26:00Z
Aug 4, 2020

I would definitely recommend Appian. It has come a long way and it's a good product. It's entering into the area of a local application development platform. Appian is continuously making product updates every quarter. I would give Appian a rating of nine out of ten.

DF
Real User
2020-07-29T07:45:56Z
Jul 29, 2020

We don't have a business relationship with Appian. We're just customers. We're most likely using the latest version of the solution. I would definitely recommend the solution and invite other companies to try it out. They even have the trial edition. That way, you can test the solution before having to purchase the application edition. If you decide to go forward, it is $90 per user per month. They have the enterprise edition as well which is a bit more. The solution is that it's available on different devices as well, which makes it very flexible and easily adaptable to a lot of different environments, including Windows, Linux, Mac, and Android. The product also caters to all sizes of companies, whether you are small or large. I'd rate the solution nine out of ten.

EC
Real User
2019-08-23T18:17:00Z
Aug 23, 2019

This is a great product.

EZ
Real User
2019-07-05T14:34:00Z
Jul 5, 2019

In general, Appian is a great competitor in process automation. However, in my opinion, compared with IBM they lack documentation, development methodology guides (scrum is not enough for BPM adoption) organizational change management is a prerequisite for any BPM journey, real examples like IBM Redbooks, the academy is great I think that more real business cases would be better, webinars etc In my opinion, it is not good to let developers design their own business database. Normally, they are not experienced at this. Perhaps for mid-size business, there is no problem, but when you have a big business it gets complicated and a database designer is required.

PP
Consultant
Top 5Leaderboard
2014-11-06T12:42:00Z
Nov 6, 2014

Compare this product closely to open source options, IBM and Pega. For simple solutions using simple models Appian may be sufficient and would provide better ROI than investing in building a team to support a more complex tool but for complex models I'd look for a stronger tool-set.

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