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PROS

Appian is a low code platform that allows rapid development and deployment, enabling businesses to quickly bring technology solutions to market.
Appian excels at process automation, offering features that streamline BPM, RPA, and AI, enhancing organizational productivity.
Appian's technical support receives high praise for responsiveness and effectiveness, enhancing user experience and satisfaction.
Appian provides seamless integration with various systems and data sources, supporting comprehensive process management.
Appian's updates and enhancements, released regularly, ensure users have access to cutting-edge features and improved performance.

CONS

Appian needs better integration with existing application ecosystems.
Form creation and SAIL proprietary language require programming skills, which challenges the claim that a BA type can manage everything.
Appian could improve its subscription licensing to be more cost-effective for new prospects.
Robotic process automation features in Appian could be enhanced.
The setup of the on-premise version of Appian is difficult, with a steep learning curve.
 

Appian Pros review quotes

SB
Finance Specialist at a government with 5,001-10,000 employees
Dec 14, 2025
Previously we could process only five to ten transactions within an hour, but now, after switching to Appian, we can process about 100 transactions in an hour, making it 10 times faster.
GT
Lead Architect at First Abu Dhabi Bank P.j.s.c
Oct 20, 2026
As an integrator, I believe the biggest advantage of Appian is its workflows and sequence modeling flows, which are very powerful and can be linked to external applications.
Kunal Sharda - PeerSpot reviewer
Director & Key Managerial Personnel at Newlight Technology Solutions Private Limited
May 15, 2025
The technical support for Appian rates as 10 out of 10 because they have a great support team.
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RM
Technology Leader of Appian at a retailer with 11-50 employees
Mar 28, 2025
The most beneficial aspect of Appian is its data management capabilities and the process engine in general.
Nitin-Agarwal - PeerSpot reviewer
Delivery Manager (Intelligent Business Automation) - Pega at Persistent Systems
Jan 27, 2025
It is easy for me to define the process and create configurable workflows.
reviewer2751576 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director, Digital Customer Experience at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
May 12, 2026
The features I find most valuable in Appian are the IDP and the Composer.
BG
Associate Consultant at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Mar 7, 2025
Appian is a stable product and works very well.
Srimanta Pandit - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant at Protiviti consulting
Apr 15, 2024
The tool is very flexible.
Pankaj  Khera - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr AVP - EXL Digital at EXL Services
Feb 19, 2024
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.
Devashish Mishra - PeerSpot reviewer
Client Partner at Peristent Systems
Apr 21, 2023
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.
 

Appian Cons review quotes

SB
Finance Specialist at a government with 5,001-10,000 employees
Dec 14, 2025
On a scale of 1 to 10, I would rate Appian a 7.5.
GT
Lead Architect at First Abu Dhabi Bank P.j.s.c
Oct 20, 2026
I see drawbacks with Appian Corporation in that every workflow has its own complexities. Workflows can be heavy, and deployments can have issues, making it problematic to run them, obtain resources, and work on them.
Kunal Sharda - PeerSpot reviewer
Director & Key Managerial Personnel at Newlight Technology Solutions Private Limited
May 15, 2025
Appian is a great tool for internal use cases where the users are company employees, but it has room to improve for use cases where the users are public facing, where anonymous users could come to a site and run a business workflow or interact with some data.
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RM
Technology Leader of Appian at a retailer with 11-50 employees
Mar 28, 2025
I would like to see more enhancement in the user interface to allow more freedom in designing the sites and pages.
Nitin-Agarwal - PeerSpot reviewer
Delivery Manager (Intelligent Business Automation) - Pega at Persistent Systems
Jan 27, 2025
If there is a very complex process that includes a lot of data transitioning and memory-centric processes, it consumes a lot of memory.
reviewer2751576 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director, Digital Customer Experience at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
May 12, 2026
I think Appian could improve by adding its own native GenAI and agentic capabilities.
BG
Associate Consultant at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Mar 7, 2025
Initially, without much coding, I can easily handle five thousand records. However, for more than five thousand records, I have to manage with some coding.
Srimanta Pandit - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant at Protiviti consulting
Apr 15, 2024
It is difficult to set up the on-premise version.
Pankaj  Khera - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr AVP - EXL Digital at EXL Services
Feb 19, 2024
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.
Devashish Mishra - PeerSpot reviewer
Client Partner at Peristent Systems
Apr 21, 2023
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.