We performed a comparison between Appian and Asana based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Camunda, Apache, Pega and others in Business Process Management (BPM)."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."
"Compared to other code tools that I've seen, Appian has a more robust rules engine"
"Form building capabilities and well thought out process modelling are key points to this product."
"It's a stable product."
"Low code development: Code can be developed pretty quickly which leads to less turnaround time for automation of business processes."
"The low code functionality and being able to get applications faster to customers or to the market are valuable."
"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."
"The technical support is excellent."
"The ability to share projects and tasks among team members appears to be the most valuable feature."
"The ability to build subtasks and break things down off of our major tasks has been very valuable. It is very stable and extremely scalable. The initial setup is very simple."
"I love the way it monitors all of the current and past projects, and it sends notifications to keep everything on the track."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is its project management tracking systems."
"My task box displays all of our tasks, organized by day, helping us to focus on what needs to be done each day."
"The solution scales well."
"The general UI shows progress and data analytics for all projects in progress."
"Asana has helped me (as an individual contributor) organize my daily work and given me a way to plan for longer term objectives."
"Offline capabilities and responsive capabilities could be better. The mobility features of Appian platform are still evolving."
"It is difficult to set up the on-premise version."
"We would like to see more reduced latency. We would like to make sure that the scale-out factor will be much more as workloads come in."
"The reporting is not as good as in similar products. They could also improve the dashboards."
"The solution could use some more tutorials to help brand new users figure out how to use the product effectively."
"Appian could be improved by making it a strict, no-code platform with free-built process packs."
"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 wouldn't say their response time is long, but it could be quicker."
"In Asana, there's no way to add a custom date field."
"You need to have an action plan, otherwise, it won't be as effective."
"We'd like the capability to be able to set up weekly reminders."
"We have not used Asana on our private server. We have been using the cloud solution. We need an on premise solution for government agencies."
"The documentation could be enhanced by incorporating more visually informative videos that demonstrate how to accomplish specific tasks. While Asana's community support is valuable for answering questions, finding precise answers often requires sifting through multiple posts. Having concise and explanatory videos would greatly improve the user experience. When searching on platforms like Google, there are many individuals sharing their approaches to using Asana. However, the information provided is often not directly applicable to one's specific needs. Therefore, it would be advantageous to have comprehensive video tutorials that address common user queries. This would provide a more efficient and intuitive way of accessing information, especially when it comes to learning how to navigate and utilize Asana's features effectively."
"In some instances, there were subtasks where more than one person needed to review it, but I could only assign it to one person. I would have to create a subtask under a subtask and then assign it to other people. This could be improved."
"If you have been using a tool like Jira for many years, it make time some time to get used to the minimalist layout in Asana."
"Their workflows and automation could use a big improvement. I don't even know if they have anything in that regard right now. I would really love to see a way where you can send custom alerts based on a task's completion or status change or an approval coming through. I would love to see a way to get some low-code functionality into Asana because right now, that is a big miss."
Appian is ranked 4th in Business Process Management (BPM) with 57 reviews while Asana is ranked 3rd in Project Management Software with 43 reviews. Appian is rated 8.4, while Asana 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 Asana writes "Stands out with portfolios, easy setup, and real-time information, but needs big improvement when it comes to workflows, automation, and dashboards". Appian is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, OutSystems, Camunda, ServiceNow and Pega BPM, whereas Asana is most compared with Microsoft Project, Wrike, Microsoft Azure DevOps, monday.com and Jira.
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