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4.2 out of 5
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Appian mindshare

As of January 2025, the mindshare of Appian in the Business Process Management (BPM) category stands at 6.5%, up from 6.3% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Educational Organization
29%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Computer Software Company
10%
Government
6%
Manufacturing Company
5%
Insurance Company
4%
Healthcare Company
3%
Real Estate/Law Firm
3%
University
2%
Retailer
2%
Media Company
2%
Comms Service Provider
2%
Energy/Utilities Company
2%
Non Profit
1%
Outsourcing Company
1%
Construction Company
1%
Legal Firm
1%
Hospitality Company
1%
Pharma/Biotech Company
1%
Wholesaler/Distributor
1%
Transportation Company
1%
Consumer Goods Company
1%
Logistics Company
1%
Performing Arts
1%

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Devashish Mishra - PeerSpot user
Client Partner at Peristent Systems
Verified user of Appian
Apr 25, 2023
Product discussed: Many versions
Low resource consumption, easy setup, and stable

Pros

"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."

Cons

"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."
Srimanta Pandit - PeerSpot user
Senior Consultant at Protiviti consulting
Verified user of Appian
Apr 22, 2024
Flexible, improves operational efficiency, and reduces the time taken to complete processes

Pros

"The tool is very flexible."

Cons

"It is difficult to set up the on-premise version."
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Pankaj  Khera - PeerSpot user
Sr AVP - EXL Digital at EXL Services
Verified user of Appian
Mar 8, 2024
Facilitates quick and efficient application development with minimal coding required but has limitations regarding the use of external components

Pros

"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. "

Cons

"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."
Mason Turvey - PeerSpot user
Robotic Process Automation Engineer at a logistics company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Verified user of Appian
Aug 6, 2022
Stands out with its integration capabilities, but the backend modeling can be streamlined a little bit

Pros

"It has good integrations. We were looking for out-of-the-box integration with both on-prem and publicly accessible data sources. We needed integration with the cloud, OData, our REST API feed, and then on-prem passthrough to go to a SQL database or on-prem APIs through Azure local deployment, etc."

Cons

"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. "
Somnath-Ghosh - PeerSpot user
Solution Architect and LowCode Practice Lead at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Verified user of Appian
May 25, 2022
Contains valuable features like Appian Process Mining, Appian Portals, and Appian RPA

Pros

"Recently, we added Appian Process Mining, Appian Portals, and now Appian RPA. "

Cons

"One room for improvement is the ease of UI UX development, like in OutSystems and Mendix. "
RAVIRANJAN - PeerSpot user
Project Manager at Telus Digital
Verified user of Appian
May 25, 2022
Low-code with good reliability and good workflows

Pros

"The initial setup is easy."

Cons

"There could be a scope of enhancement for capturing the variety of use cases."
Vladimir Vasilev - PeerSpot user
Digital Lead at Baker Tilly
Verified user of Appian
Apr 8, 2023
Product discussed: 23.1
Excellent support with a quick development cycle and competitive pricing

Pros

"Technical support has been amazing overall. "

Cons

"If we could calculate the amount of data that will be realized, it would help us a lot. "
Gowtham Thotapalli - PeerSpot user
Solutions Architect at Persistence System
Verified user of Appian
Jul 6, 2023
The solution has a very strong workflow engine, but it needs to improve its UI capabilities

Pros

"The most valuable features of Appian are workflow management and the ease with which you can build the UI."

Cons

"One of the areas that Appian is working on is to improve its UI capabilities and give more flexibility to the UI."