We performed a comparison between Appian and Microsoft Azure App Service based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Rapid Application Development Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Low code development: Code can be developed pretty quickly which leads to less turnaround time for automation of business processes."
"Recently, we added Appian Process Mining, Appian Portals, and now Appian RPA."
"Form building capabilities and well thought out process modelling are key points to this product."
"It reduces development time in half making us more efficient."
"SAIL (Self-Assembling Interface Layer), a scripting language provided by Appian. It is the equivalent of JS and CSS. It allows creation of complex UIs which are also responsive. With SAIL, we have a single language for both the UI logic and its appearance. UI components can be built as reusable components and used in multiple UI interfaces."
"What stands out are the speed of the product, the quick, easy development, and visual diagramming."
"Rapid development with low-code makes it easier to quickly get apps implemented and the time to break-even and ROI is much faster."
"Technical support is helpful."
"The cost is reasonable."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to scale the application."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Azure App Service is customization. It provides the building block from its modularity. You can add what you need with the appropriate code."
"It allows you to host your App Service on Azure and provides the ability to bypass online."
"The solution can scale."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Azure App Service is autoscaling and resource grouping. Additionally, the integration works well, it is easy to do."
"One valuable feature of Azure App Service for us is its integration with Azure DevOps, which we heavily rely on in our development process."
"The best feature is scalability, which allows you to target potential clients worldwide by connecting the application to a local server. This makes the application readily accessible, and the response time will be much better."
"Lacks business rules management as part of the solution."
"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."
"I would like to see more complete university tools. For example, with UiPath, I have had a good experience related to a free course in order to provide some users some different levels of knowledge. This extra training helps users not only use the solution but to develop further within the tool."
"One of the areas that Appian is working on is to improve its UI capabilities and give more flexibility to the UI."
"The product’s pricing could be improved from the developers' perspective."
"The performance is pretty good, but the distortions need to be optimized in order for it to work well."
"Something I would like to see improved is an SQL database connection."
"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."
"The solution needs better integration capabilities on the network side."
"Initially, there were some rare instances when the server went down because it was deployed on Linux."
"Lacking somewhat in template data flows."
"In terms of improvement, the technical support could be better."
"Extended uptime and improved speed would be beneficial for both development purposes and the free tier of the service. Currently, the uptime is limited to a few hours per day, which could be increased to provide more continuous and efficient usage."
"The logging and monitoring could improve in Microsoft Azure App Service."
"If you're on the cloud, you just get a web interface without much detail for additional configuration or the authority to configure the root or system-level configuration."
"The setup is complex if you have no experience."
Appian is ranked 6th in Rapid Application Development Software with 58 reviews while Microsoft Azure App Service is ranked 8th in Rapid Application Development Software with 38 reviews. Appian is rated 8.4, while Microsoft Azure App Service is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Appian writes "Low resource consumption, easy setup, and stable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Azure App Service writes "A solution with great server management and helps improve performance". Appian is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, OutSystems, Camunda, ServiceNow and Pega BPM, whereas Microsoft Azure App Service is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, Oracle Application Express (APEX), ServiceNow, Pega BPM and ServiceNow Now Platform. See our Appian vs. Microsoft Azure App Service report.
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