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Agiloft Workflow and BPM vs Appian comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 25, 2026

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

Categories and Ranking

Agiloft Workflow and BPM
Ranking in Business Process Management (BPM)
53rd
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.7
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Appian
Ranking in Business Process Management (BPM)
8th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
65
Ranking in other categories
Process Automation (9th), Rapid Application Development Software (13th), Low-Code Development Platforms (7th), Process Mining (6th), Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies (10th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Business Process Management (BPM) category, the mindshare of Agiloft Workflow and BPM is 0.5%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Appian is 3.2%, down from 5.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Business Process Management (BPM) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Appian3.2%
Agiloft Workflow and BPM0.5%
Other96.3%
Business Process Management (BPM)
 

Featured Reviews

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Professor - General Management and Project Management at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
Easy to use with a high degree of security and excellent flexibility
Any kind of software has its issues and any kind of software can improve. Agiloft does not have a good user interface. It can surely improve. Usually, the users don't like its interface. However, once they understand the potential of this platform, they love it. As it is a very sophisticated solution, it's not the easiest one to use. There are other platforms that are much easier to use even though Agiloft presents itself as a low-code platform where you don't need to program. To configure a solution, for example, to create a BPM, is not that simple. They also are implementing some features based on artificial intelligence that seems to be very, very powerful, however, the price of using artificial intelligence in the systems for our reality and I'm talking about the Brazilian market - is very expensive. In practical terms, it doesn't seem to me that it is feasible to use due to the price. I don't have any information about any organization that it's using Agiloft in Brazil with artificial intelligence features. Another important feature for us that sometimes is an issue is that usually when you build your workflow you need access to a lot of documents, and these documents come in several formats. Sometimes you have Microsoft Office documents and sometimes you have PDFs. You have also many drawn files. Sometimes when you need to see the content of any file, it's very easy. You just click and it opens. However, when it comes to special kinds of files, you may have some problems integrating software that allows you to visualize what's inside the file.
Shad Bhowmik - PeerSpot reviewer
Finance Specialist at a government with 5,001-10,000 employees
Automated remittance workflows have boosted speed and accuracy but still need geo-tagging improvements
Remittance is a crucial part of my integral operation, so any disruption would majorly impact our clients. After switching to Appian, we never faced any disruption as it is reliable and we can generate data at any point in time, quite faster than other tools in my personal opinion. Regulators can ask for data from us at any time, and with Appian, we download data from our Appian tools to share it with them whenever they ask. I would share a real-life example: a customer's transaction processed more than a year ago. Suddenly the customer came back asking for all the details. In our previous tool, it was quite difficult to generate transaction details from over a year ago; however, while using Appian, we can pull up data using different key search fields, such as a customer's cell phone number, remittance tracking number, or MT103 reference number. We shared it with the customer instantly, and the customer was surprised we could provide all the details in such a short time. It added reputational value for our organization, thanks to Appian.You have pointed out two major things: time-saving and reduction of error, which are key points while processing remittance. Previously, while using another tool, it was quite time-consuming to process remittance, but after switching to Appian, it can extract data from MT103, eliminating the need for manual data entry. The process has become fully automated. 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. In terms of error detection, since Appian extracts data from MT103, the extraction rate is quite good, and the error rate is negligible, lower than 0.001%. We can share accurate, error-free data with the regulator, which is essential for us. Appian benefits us significantly. After receiving an MT103, we check what the remitter is, the amount, if it is under threshold for processing, and if it is from a high-priority remitter or client. Since Appian extracts data from MT103 messages and identifies top-level clients from the database, it can notify us to process their transactions with priority. Due to automated data extraction, there are fewer instances of error. In our previous tool, we reported regulatory data to the central bank manually and often received complaints about invalid purpose codes due to manual data entry. Appian handles this automatically, and after switching, our error rate has dropped significantly, resulting in positive feedback from the Central Bank of Bangladesh regarding our reduced error rates. This has greatly enhanced our organization's reputation. Appian is fully on-premises, and we have our own system.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"You can use Agiloft as a central point to store all the information of an enterprise and all the workflows."
"It's very safe. It has a high degree of security, much better than many other solutions I have researched."
"The features I find most valuable in Appian are the IDP and the Composer."
"Compared to other code tools that I've seen, Appian has a more robust rules engine"
"Appian's most valuable feature is that we can create end-to-end process cloud native workflows with minimum turnaround."
"Where Appian stood out was the full stack integration."
"The solution's most valuable features are the regular periodic and quarterly updates, they are very useful updates. They keep improving the solution more often, and that helps the platform or code always be up to date with the latest features."
"Write to Data Store Entity - Saving data in SQL databases is done easily using entities. Entities (CDTs in Appian terminology) define relationships and target schema tables via XSD files."
"If anyone has to work on a BPM, then it's the best tool, and it's currently the market leader in terms of BPM in our country."
"Technical support has been amazing overall."
 

Cons

"Agiloft does not have a good user interface. It can surely improve."
"​Appian is easy to set up, but JBoss is complex. JBoss is the application server for running Appian."
"The initial setup is fine once you get your head around it, but there is a steep learning curve."
"It is difficult to set up the on-premise version."
"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."
"It has it's own built-in UI components and doesn't provide much flexibility to customize or extend those components."
"The ability of the interface to load automatic data is not great."
"The UI of the application has been completely overhauled within the past couple years, but the tools for developing the new interface have not yet been updated."
"The performance is pretty good, but the distortions need to be optimized in order for it to work well."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The last time I saw the information it was something around $50 to $60 per month per user."
"Licensing of Appian is less expensive when compared to other BPMs in the market."
"I think that if somebody is really serious at looking at business value, then by all means, the product is well worth the value. You get representative business value for the price that you pay for the product, and for the implementation of the product."
"It is fully managed, and I don't believe there are any additional expenses."
"The price of this solution is a little high here in Mongolia."
"Appian is very flexible in their pricing. In general, Appian's pricing is much, much lower when compared to competition like Pega or other products. Appian also has a flexible licensing model across geographies. Pega usually goes with a single licensing cost—which is a US-based cost—for all global customers, and it's costly. Whereas Appian has a different regional licensing cost model and it can be cheaper, depending on geography. So Appian's licensing is very flexible, and cheaper when compared to other competition."
"The license is not very cheap. It's on the expensive side."
"The pricing can be a little confusing to customers."
"More flexibility in the licensing model is still needed because initially there were customers who are looking at only one or two use cases of business areas, but now the business areas are changing and there is a larger scope. One license model may not fit everyone. They need to be a little more flexible on the licensing model."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
19%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
8%
Computer Software Company
7%
 

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Company SizeCount
Small Business20
Midsize Enterprise9
Large Enterprise46
 

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Appian BPM, Appian AnyWhere, Appian Enterprise BPMS
 

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