We performed a comparison between Appian and Bonita based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Process Automation 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."
"There is a version coming out every six months with performance improvements."
"Since implementing we have had a faster time to solution, with fewer resources needed."
"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."
"The product's most valuable feature is the low code aspect of development. We can develop an end-to-end VPN solution using a single platform."
"It provides us with real-time data on all connected systems in terms of how they're integrated with each other and how they are performing in a workflow manner."
"Appian is easy to install and set up, and it does not come out with your audit. It has accessible process orchestration and process management. With Appian, the time to market is much faster."
"Appian has many valuable features, the first being the ease of development—rapid development. Second, the process of learning the product and tool is faster when compared to its peers in the market. It's closer to low-code, and while it's still not very easy, it's more low-code than other products in the industry. Appian has a good user interface, a seamless model user interface, which comes without additional coding. It can also integrate with multiple systems."
"The most valuable features of Bonita are the connectors, detailed documentation, and web applications. The documentation was useful because it is how I learned how to use it."
"Its user-friendliness, along with the availability of comprehensive and clear documentation on the website is the most valuable."
"The user interface is easy to use."
"One of the most valuable features is you can create without coding, it is a low code platform."
"This product is very easy-to-use and user-friendly."
"The user interface is better than all of the open-source BPMs that I have tried."
"Bonita is user-friendly."
"Development of forms and flows."
"Architecture of product and scalabiility issues."
"It would be nice if you could create your own customized apps when the business needed them."
"Authoring tool is slow to use resulted in limitations on how quickly solutions can be built."
"What could be improved is more on the front end perspective, like the user interface and the mobile application aspect."
"Appian could be improved by making it a strict, no-code platform with free-built process packs."
"I wouldn't say their response time is long, but it could be quicker."
"I would like to see more features for enterprises. They would also benefit from adding documentation and training on their site."
"Form creation and SAIL proprietary language still basically require programming. The claim a BA type can do everything is hogwash."
"I have run into a lot of problems because there is not enough documentation."
"There is a considerable learning curve."
"Automation in vacation of a human resources replacement would be a good improvement in the product."
"There is a need for more components in the library and additional customization options for these components."
"The dashboard has limited features."
"I would like to improve the product's load balancing."
"We are struggling a bit with integrations."
"The community edition has limited module functionality. If they could release some of the functionality that's available in the enterprise edition that would be helpful to those learning to use the solution."
Appian is ranked 3rd in Process Automation with 56 reviews while Bonita is ranked 12th in Process Automation with 27 reviews. Appian is rated 8.4, while Bonita is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Appian writes "Low resource consumption, easy setup, and stable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Bonita writes "A simple and lightweight college course automation system with third-party integrations". Appian is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, OutSystems, Camunda, ServiceNow and Pega BPM, whereas Bonita is most compared with Camunda, Bizagi, IBM BPM, Apache Airflow and Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect. See our Appian vs. Bonita report.
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