We performed a comparison between Appian and OpenText 360 for SharePoint based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Business Process Management (BPM) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."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."
"It is really simple to create a new app, and I like the data-centric aspect of the BPM tool."
"The most valuable features are the low coding and low code data."
"The process models provide self-documenting systems."
"What I found most valuable in Appian is that it lets you drill down on multiple things through the structure of the reporting and UI side. It's also low-code, yet it results in quick deliverables."
"Form building capabilities and well thought out process modelling are key points to this product."
"Technical support has been amazing overall."
"Appian also has very flexible local integration."
"OpenText 360's best features are platform independence and its performance when searching large numbers of documents."
"The collaborative environment for long-term archival or record management is great."
"We have manual processes, so the workflow enables us to automate a number of these processes."
"The most valuable feature of OpenText 360 for SharePoint is its performance. The solution is one of the best in the market if you search the internet."
"It has a lot of flexibility, and Microsoft does come up with some new additions from time to time."
"The fact that you can see and create something that fits your business is the most valuable thing in this platform. It is a customizable product, so it fits your needs."
"The fact that it allows for the internal sharing of information is very good."
"We concentrate on the legal industry, such as legal libraries. It's the most structured solution we have used and implemented for five years."
"Appian could be improved by making it a strict, no-code platform with free-built process packs."
"It is difficult to set up the on-premise version."
"The reporting is not as good as in similar products. They could also improve the dashboards."
"It would be nice if you could create your own customized apps when the business needed them."
"Lacks business rules management as part of the solution."
"Architecture of product and scalabiility issues."
"The performance is pretty good, but the distortions need to be optimized in order for it to work well."
"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."
"The user interface could definitely be improved."
"Its licensing needs to be simplified. Currently, its licensing is very complex. It contains a number of pieces, and you have to be an expert in reading all the conditions in the license. They should simplify the licensing and make it easier to understand. It would make a customer's life easier."
"If I have to really create an internal knowledge management portal, if I have to compare SharePoint and WordPress, WordPress is far, far better in regard to the SharePoint option."
"OpenText 360 is generally stable, though there are sometimes issues with document size or format."
"The graphical user interface had to be more user-friendly. It's not as intuitive."
"I would like for there to be even more integrations in the next release and I believe that the price could go down a bit."
"Integration is an area where the solution lacks."
"The platform's workflows could be more intuitive and easier to use."
Appian is ranked 4th in Business Process Management (BPM) with 58 reviews while OpenText 360 for SharePoint is ranked 15th in Business Process Management (BPM) with 13 reviews. Appian is rated 8.4, while OpenText 360 for SharePoint 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 OpenText 360 for SharePoint writes "A great, collaborative environment with scalability for many products". Appian is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, OutSystems, Camunda, ServiceNow and Pega BPM, whereas OpenText 360 for SharePoint is most compared with Apache Airflow, IBM BPM, Bizagi, Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) Forms and Camunda. See our Appian vs. OpenText 360 for SharePoint report.
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Appian, Open Text and Oracle are good BPMs, but they require significant participation from specialists for their implementation, and more importantly for their continuous improvement, which makes them costly.
On the other hand, other BPMs such as Bizagi claim to not need any programming to design, implement and run the processes, but this is generally only the case with very simple processes or when the automations are minimal.
For a BPMS to be able to create complex processes without requiring programming, it must internally contain the options that allow the same possibilities as the programming.
Every BPMS in the market offers help tools (which are increasingly more powerful) to make the modeling easier, but it is very difficult that they are capable of completely substituting the programming.
From my experience, AuraPortal is the only BPM solution that requires absolutely no programming.
It must be taken into account that selecting the right BPM solution greatly depends on the project at hand, and that the comparatives are always subjective, but here is a report about the most well known BPMs in the market where AuraPortal has been ranked in the top position:
www.auraportal.com
Thanks Andy..your inputs are helpful...
Many Thanks
Pratyush
Hi Pratyush,
I don't know about pricing relative to competitors. Sorry.
Re: ECM, yes, definitely.. Check out this link: www.appian.com
Best regards,
Andy
Thanks Andy. Would you have an idea as to how Appian priced compared to other BPM suit? Does it also offer Enterprise content management capabilities?
Many Thanks
Pratysuh
Hi Pratyush, fyi: www.bizagi.com
In 2007 I've modeled new loan processes for a online bank with this tool. I've worked together with the CEO of bizagi, Gustavo Gomez!
You're welcome
Kurt
Our only experience is with Appian, for which we are a Value Added Service Provider, and with a smaller, Google Docs-based workflow engine called KiSSFLOW. If you're considering the former then the latter won't meet your needs, so let's focus on Appian.
We became involved with Appian because of how impressed we were with its BPM Suite in terms of its portability, functionality and easy-to-learn customization capabilities. Basically, it can do what you need it to do, it is available where you and your users need it to be and setting up workflows is a snap.
Let me know if we can help you.
Thanks Kurt. I have never heard Bizagi. I would appreciate of you can put your Bizagi experience in your response. Maybe that may turn out to be better proposition for us...
Many Thanks
Pratyush
Hi, I'm sorry but I don't have any experience with Apian, Open Text and Oracle BPM Solutions. Only with Bizagi! I hope You will get better answers