We performed a comparison between Appian and Microsoft Powerapps based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison of Results: Based on the parameters we compared, Microsoft Powerapps seems to be the superior solution. Our reviewers find that Appian’s need for integration improvement makes Microsoft Powerapps the better choice.
"The application life cycle is very clear. I started learning it and giving some workshops to my team. Creating the users and the building is very structured. Documentation is nice and it's easy to learn."
"The product has a very good mobile app."
"In terms of interface, it's very good. In terms of infrastructure, it's amazing and already using multiple tools behind the scenes. It's a low-code platform, so it's very easy to implement."
"This is the most complete solution of its kind."
"There is a version coming out every six months with performance improvements."
"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."
"The setup is easy."
"It has very flexible adaptation and the ability to save and automate processes."
"The solution allows you to use data to create excellent UI and quickly deliver an app. It speeds up production time."
"It is easy to use."
"Overall the solution is reliable."
"The UI functionality is the most valuable aspect of this solution."
"If you want something that you can use for cellphones, multiple tablets, and things like that, you can use PowerApps for the front end. It gathers all the information, and the information goes somewhere else."
"Of all of the solutions I evaluated, it was the easiest to use and deploy."
"Microsoft PowerApps allows you to simplify business processes and user experience. You can also create responsive applications and canvas apps through this solution. It's an easy to scale, stable, and low-code solution."
"The tool helps simplify tasks like conference room bookings, onboarding new employees, managing documentation processes, or handling form submissions; PowerOps can adapt to various use cases. Its ability to develop templates and seamlessly integrate data makes it a valuable tool. It can be integrated with Microsoft Copilot."
"The performance is pretty good, but the distortions need to be optimized in order for it to work well."
"If that had more DevOps capabilities, it would be an excellent product."
"There is no UI customization possible."
"A point of improvement would be the SAIL forms. The built-in tool used to generate forms does not have debugging support (to view local variables as they change on live preview, and step-by-step valuation) which is a big drawback for form development. Moreover, the script language used to build SAIL forms does not support inheritance or lambda expressions (functions as arguments of other functions), which makes the code base more verbose."
"The tool itself is pretty good, but the main area that we struggled with was the backend. The frontend development is really good, but the backend modeling can be streamlined a little bit. There are good integrations, but tying them through the data layer and then up into the frontend could be improved a little bit. It does read/write on the data source, and you can configure it to just write or just read, but there is a little bit of work involved."
"Lacks integration with other products."
"The solution needs more features. For example, a way to connect to our viewing database, to record, and more interface and component design."
"Even though the company has made great improvements in online documentation, featuring rich material which includes case studies of real-life use cases, the material could definitely be better in quality and coverage of use cases."
"You can't add too many filters onto anything you build, otherwise, it will be very slow and it will affect your performance."
"One area where the solution lacks is the limited size of the database it offers its users."
"The editor in the Web browser could be improved because it can be difficult to implement the commands in the buttons."
"I would like to see more improvement, for example, in direct collaboration."
"It would be good if this solution supports standard BPN operations. We are thinking of switching to a BPM solution next year because it is not a BPM solution."
"When it comes to PowerApps, debugging can be difficult at times. It would be beneficial to simplify it."
"They probably need to improve intelligent document processing."
"In my experience, the solution's deployment can be tricky."
Appian is ranked 6th in Rapid Application Development Software with 58 reviews while Microsoft Power Apps is ranked 1st in Rapid Application Development Software with 78 reviews. Appian is rated 8.4, while Microsoft Power Apps is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Appian writes "Low resource consumption, easy setup, and stable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Power Apps writes "Low-code, low learning curve, and reduces manpower". Appian is most compared with Camunda, ServiceNow, OutSystems, Pega BPM and Mendix, whereas Microsoft Power Apps is most compared with Oracle Application Express (APEX), Mendix, ServiceNow, Microsoft Azure App Service and Salesforce Platform. See our Appian vs. Microsoft Power Apps report.
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