Compare Appian vs Fortra

Appian

Based on 60 reviews.

Fortra

Based on 157 reviews.

Overview

Appian Technology, Inc,, formerly ZyMOS Corporation, was a semiconductor manufacturing company located in Sunnyvale, California. It mainly designed and produced VGA integrated circuits. ZyMOS was founded in 1978 and changed its name to Appian Technology Inc. on November 1, 1990. On 1987 ZyMOS introduced a POACH 82x3x multifunction peripheral series, a virtually first chipset for cloning IBM AT. Intel soon licensed this chipset to support Intel 80286 sales.

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Sample Customers

Appian

Hansard Global plc, Punch Taverns, Pirelli, Crawford & Company, EDP Renewables, Queensland Government Department of State Development, Infrastructure and Planning (, Bank of Tennessee

Appian RPA

empark, talan, liverpool, ayesa, aeromexico, teknei

Fortra's Automate

Aldergrove Financial Group, Preferred Health Professionals, Mindbeam Technologies, First Credit Union in British Columbia, Vestcom International, Prime Liberty Benefits, University of Tampa, CNLBancshares, World Precision Instruments, BJ's Restaurants, Globe Pequot Press, Accudata Technologies, Norton Healthcare, Pacific Toxicology Laboratories

Popular Solutions

Appian

16 reviews

Appian RPA

1 reviews

Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT

16 reviews

Fortra's JAMS

23 reviews

Fortra's Automate

11 reviews

Top Industries

Educational Organization

28%

Financial Services Firm

16%

Computer Software Company

11%

Government

Financial Services Firm

14%

Computer Software Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

Healthcare Company

Quotes From Member Reviews

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Most Helpful Reviews

Devashish Mishra
Client Partner at Peristent Systems
My clients use Appian for workflow automation that spans many verticles. The solution can be deployed on-premise and...
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MikahSellers
Partner at a non-tech company
We were automating customer experience workflows for the contact center, including systems like CRM, service desk...
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Rob Grafrath
VP, Enterprise Systems at Capio
Our primary use case is for file automation: detecting the presence of files, moving files from one system to...
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Earl Diem
Sr. Manager - Performance and Automation Engineering at PSCU Financial Services
We use it for trading files with partners over the internet, partners with whom we don't have a VPN connection. And...
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Anabel Marco
Account Director at Software Greenhouse
One use case is to automate single sign-on for different applications with the Active Directory. When people change...
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Venugopal Janga
Solutions & Data Architect at AstraZeneca
We have several use cases. We use it for exchanging files. We use it as a file or SFTP type of storage for B2B type...
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Anonymous User
Cyber Security Engineer at a tech services company
I use it a lot for independent research. I have a copy with me on my Kali box. There’s a good reason that it’s...
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Customer Service

Srimanta Pandit
Senior Consultant at Protiviti consulting
The technical support is not excellent, but it is good.
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VijayS1
Head of digital transformation at Maantic
Technical support with Appian is good, however there is room for improvement.
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Mason Turvey
Robotic Process Automation Engineer at a logistics company
I did not go through tech support too often, but when we reached out to more of a technical account managing team,...
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Somnath-Ghosh
Solution Architect and LowCode Practice Lead at a tech services company
Technical support is very good. As a partner, we receive very good support from Appian.
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SajeevNair
Chief technology officer at Conneqt Digital
Appian's technical support could improve, especially their response turnaround.
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RAVIRANJAN
Project Manager at Telus Digital
Technical support is helpful. Their SLA is very good. IIf your system, your cloud, is down, which normally does not...
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Imane Bousaad
IA&RPA Engineer at Admiral
Technical support is very helpful. I've also uncovered a lot of documentation that can help me. It would be ideal if...
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Pankaj Khera
Sr AVP - EXL Digital at EXL Services
The customer service and support are very responsive. We haven't faced many issues, but when we have, the support...
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Blagoj Trajkovski
Enterprise Integration Business Manager at IWConnect
We can resolve many issues with the help of their community and documentation or in-house trial and error.
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Pankaj Khera
Sr AVP - EXL Digital at EXL Services
There can be some improvement in support, start giving customer more importance than process
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Anonymous User
Practice Head at a computer software company
We have premium support from Appian. I rate the support of Appian a five out of five.
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Anonymous User
Vice President - Appian Lead Designer at a financial services firm
Appian technical support is generally good, especially for high severity issues. They are usually able to quickly...
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Vanessa-Blazquez
Advanced App Engineering Sr Manager at a tech services company
I have had no concerns with customer service.
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Anonymous User
CTO Digital Division at a computer software company
Technical support is great. Every service request is answered within the hour. It's very, very exceptional.
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Anonymous User
Enterprise Architect at a computer software company
Appian has good support.
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Anonymous User
 IT senior consultant
Their technical support is good. There is a community which will, for the most part, answer problems. But if you have...
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Gregg Lipson
Senior Business Analyst at a university
Poor. Very helpful at times and willing to go above and beyond, but very expensive, so overall poor.
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Anonymous User
Head of Publishing Solutions at a media company
According to my understanding, the technical support team is quite impressive. It's fine; there's no need to improve...
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Anonymous User
Advisor in Business Transformation Programs at a tech vendor
I rate the technical support a ten out of ten. They are very good.
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Anonymous User
Manager Software Projects at a computer software company
Currently, we don't have much of a need for technical support. I personally have never been in touch with them. I...
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Anonymous User
Regional Sales Director at a tech services company
I have not had any reason to call tech support, but my peers that I've talked with, who have interfaced with tech...
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Anonymous User
Deputy Director at a tech services company
Due to the fact that we haven't had any issues yet, and we've been using the solution for a short amount of time, we...
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Anonymous User
IT Advisor to Banks at a financial services firm
The tech support is quite good. Maybe it is not as good as large enterprise vendors, especially when it comes to more...
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Anonymous User
Practice Leader - Digital Process Automation at a computer software company
I would rate the technical support of Appian about a seven out of ten because there is definitely room for...
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Paul Parisi
Enterprise Architect at Mobiliser
Customer Service: Average, although a small responsive team Appian has been fast growing stretching their ability to...
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Anonymous User
Intelligent Automation Engineer at a manufacturing company
Technical support is good. They are responsive and were able to resolve my issues. I would rate the technical support...
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Anonymous User
Project Manager and Technical Leader at Exus
Technical support is considered good, and various levels of support can be selected.
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Anonymous User
BPM Developer at a wholesaler/distributor
We've had good support from the Appian team. They have a good support model and are easy to reach.
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Anonymous User
Tech Consultant at a tech consulting company
Customer Service: Excellent. Smaller companies like Appian tend to value customer service as a competitive advantage....
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Anonymous User
Senior account executive at a tech services company
Customer service in the Philippines is rated around a seven due to response times and the lack of a direct support line.
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BahatiAsher Faith
Software Developer at Appnomu Business Services
Their support is excellent. You can raise a support ticket, and within four hours, you'll have a response. Because...
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MehboobQureshi
Practice Manager at Saapatech
The technical support is very bad. Support has to be drastically improved.
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Akinwale Sekiteri
Managing Partner at Teksphere Global Services Limited
Initially, I had concerns about its technical support due to the time zone difference with the US-based team,...
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Earl Diem
Sr. Manager - Performance and Automation Engineering at PSCU Financial Services
The help has always been great. Anytime we have had an issue, the response has been good and they've been on top of...
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Scott Basham
Senior Consultant at Concentrix
The tech support is fantastic; they're highly responsive, skilled, and knowledgeable. We usually get a good response...
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Anabel Marco
Account Director at Software Greenhouse
I rate Fortra customer service eight out of 10. We are based in Barcelona, where they have their European...
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MehboobQureshi
Practice Manager at Saapatech
Support is the challenge. There is no straightforward support for the solution.
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Joshua Rule
Senior Integration Consultant at a computer software company
I never interacted with the solution's technical support, but their website was pretty robust with knowledge articles.
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KIM TERRY BUENAVENTURA
Technical Engineer at a tech services company
I rate Fortra's support nine out of 10. I've reported bugs to Fortra support. The issues take time and can't be fixed...
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Rob Grafrath
VP, Enterprise Systems at Capio
When I find room for improvement, I log a ticket with JAMS. So, I have logged plenty of tickets. I would rate support...
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Pei Wang
Consulting Manager at a computer software company
Tech support for JAMS is generally good, with responsive and helpful engineers. However, there have been instances...
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Omayra Marchany
Chief Administrative Officer at rpa total centroamerica
Technical support is a bit of an issue. We have our technical support team from Argentina. We can't even speak the...
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Anonymous User
Security Architect at a comms service provider
There was a couple of guys in the team that were on top of it when it came to the tech support. They only hire the...
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Sukhbir Singh
IT Service Management Professional - Applications at a tech vendor
I would give technical support a rating of 10/10. They are very knowledgeable.
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FranciscoSosa Garcia
RPA Architect & RPA Product Owner at Francisco Sosa
While, in general, technical support was good, the knowledge base on offer was awful. The online support, that kind...
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Anonymous User
Lead Technical Support Engineer at a insurance company
In the past, the tech support that we got from Globalscape was very good. As of late, it has been far less impressive...
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Venugopal Janga
Solutions & Data Architect at AstraZeneca
Their technical support is good. There are two or three levels of support. Recently, they have assigned a Technical...
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HarrySun
Development Manager at CREDIT-SUISSE-SERVICES-IN
When I have an issue that I don't know how to fix, I just send an email to them. They are very responsive and...
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Anonymous User
Senior IT Security Analyst at a retailer
Tripwire’s technical support has always been excellent.
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PrakashSrivastava
JAMS Admin at a energy/utilities company
Whenever I contact JAMS technical support with questions, I typically receive answers via online chat the same day....
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Harry Sham
Senior Director of Applications and Deployment Services at Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
It was great working with Ryan. He always answered my emails and was great at pointing me in the right direction.
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Anonymous User
Systems Administrator at a local government
Their technical support has been great. I've contacted them during business hours as well as after business hours...
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Koffi Martial Assouman
Pre-Sales Support Engineer at GTN (Groupe de Technologies et de Negoce)
We're really satisfied with customer service and support.
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Anonymous User
IT Manager at a transportation company
I've contacted customer support several times to restore licensing after rebuilding our server and recovering the...
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Anonymous User
Software Security Architect
I never had the opportunity to communicate with technical support or order support, so I am not familiar with their...
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Ramesh-D
Senior IT Developer at a energy/utilities company
Fortra's Automate has good documentation and a lot of videos available. We were also given training. So, overall,...
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Sean
Sr. SE Manager at a tech vendor
From my experience, the solution's technical support is good. I can open a ticket directly with the partner or...
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Sacha Lostun
Systems Analyst at bercell integrated technologies
Technical support is very good.
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Vincent Kwok
Data Architect at San Francisco Public Works
Reach out to their support, because they're support is really good. I would give HelpSystems IT support a nine out of...
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Anonymous User
Head IT Engineering and Infrastructure at a tech services company
Technical support has been fine.
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