We performed a comparison between Appian and Microsoft Powerapps based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison of Results: Based on the parameters we compared, Microsoft Powerapps seems to be the superior solution. Our reviewers find that Appian’s need for integration improvement makes Microsoft Powerapps the better choice.
"The most valuable feature is business automation."
"The initial setup is easy."
"Appian helps you do a lot of things. It's easy to configure and build an application platform, and it offers a lot of features that you find in an RPA solution. It's flexible so you can reuse it for a variety of use cases."
"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."
"The most valuable features are the low coding and low code data."
"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."
"Even with an on-premise implementation, the scalability is still high, so it is easy to scale up."
"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 solution is stable and reliable."
"You can easily connect Power Apps with other databases, like Excel, SharePoint, SQL, etc."
"We get feedback on a real-time basis, which is actually very useful for us."
"Time to market is most valuable because you can make apps pretty fast. It also has pretty good integration."
"The most valuable feature is the completeness of the concept. It is not restricted by where you are allowed to use it and that is its greatest strength."
"The product is very user-friendly."
"It's very easy to build an app using this solution."
"The solution becomes easier the set up once you get used to it."
"Architecture of product and scalabiility issues."
"There could be a scope of enhancement for capturing the variety of use cases."
"It would be useful if they could create an academy or forum in the future to help active users answer questions they have about the solution."
"Authoring tool is slow to use resulted in limitations on how quickly solutions can be built."
"The solution could improve robotic process automation."
"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 more features. For example, a way to connect to our viewing database, to record, and more interface and component design."
"We'd like improved functionality for testing new devices."
"You can't add too many filters onto anything you build, otherwise, it will be very slow and it will affect your performance."
"Microsoft PowerApps is not responsive in nature."
"The portal and canvas apps need to be improved and brought up to speed."
"I have always felt that you need an IT background to use this solution."
"Integration with databases and other tools needs to be improved."
"The area where this product can be improved is the documentation. When we get stuck it's with the documentation when we are not able to find the codes we need."
"The fact that we couldn't share that with our other organization or outside of the organization, consisting of our colleagues in the joint ventures, was a weakness of the solution."
"One of the major problems with it is what PowerApps calls the delegation warning. Regardless of what platform, data source, et cetera, that you're using, you can't retrieve more than 2000 records."
Appian is ranked 6th in Rapid Application Development Software with 57 reviews while Microsoft Power Apps is ranked 1st in Rapid Application Development Software with 77 reviews. Appian is rated 8.4, while Microsoft Power Apps is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Appian writes "Low resource consumption, easy setup, and stable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Power Apps writes "Low-code, low learning curve, and reduces manpower". Appian is most compared with OutSystems, Camunda, ServiceNow, Pega BPM and Mendix, whereas Microsoft Power Apps is most compared with Mendix, Oracle Application Express (APEX), ServiceNow, OutSystems and Microsoft Azure App Service. See our Appian vs. Microsoft Power Apps report.
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