We performed a comparison between Appian and Studio Creatio 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."This is the most complete solution of its kind."
"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."
"Appian also has very flexible local integration."
"The application life cycle is very clear. I started learning it and giving some workshops to my team. Creating the users and the building is very structured. Documentation is nice and it's easy to learn."
"There is no need to worry about vulnerabilities in the system, because Appian built a secure system."
"It has created executable requirements and speeds up the SDLC process greatly."
"The Application Designer is very user friendly. There are also lot of plug-ins that you can use and, for the most part, they are free."
"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."
"The business process management is definitely the most valuable feature. What Creatio ended up doing with their software solution is giving you the power, in your own hands, in a way that is incredibly intuitive and well-structured."
"The pre-configured CRM functionalities regarding the accounts management and contact activities is very good. It's easy to develop workflows."
"Studio Creatio is a very good and complete solution. It is very stable, and for customers who need a good response time, in the public cloud, Creatio provides the possibility to have a private server for a high level of transactions and good response time. Their support is great. They are very good, and they know the solution very well. Their response time is also great."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is its simplicity."
"It is a low-code platform, that is very intuitive."
"The most valuable features of the solution are its CRM functionality and the fact that it is a no-code solution"
"Creatio also provides us with scalability, performance and agility."
"The low-code tools and business process management that Creatio provides are useful for our internal processes. It is also very easy to use."
"It has it's own built-in UI components and doesn't provide much flexibility to customize or extend those components."
"Native mobile capabilities or hybrid mobile app capabilities are very limited. Things like offline sync, offline storage, access to smartphone device features, etc. are not supported by the Appian platform yet."
"The UI of Appian is more internal. Recently, there has been an addition of an external user portal for the customer-facing stuff. It's still coming out."
"The biggest areas of improvement would be in facilitating team development, DevOps, and integration with typical tools used in enterprise development (Jenkins, Subversion, etc.)"
"Appian is easy to set up, but JBoss is complex. JBoss is the application server for running Appian."
"We'd like improved functionality for testing new devices."
"The reporting is not as good as in similar products. They could also improve the dashboards."
"While Appian is generally flexible, it's rigid in some ways. It takes longer to do something that isn't available out of the box."
"I can have several types of contacts, customers, employees, partners, and so on, and I would like to have a different view for each type of contact in the list view. Currently, there is no way to configure this. This is something I would like Creatio to improve. In this time of COVID, it is very important that all such solutions improve omnichannel communications and omnichannel marketing. Companies need to communicate with customers by using not just the phone number and email but also by using social networks. All companies today need artificial intelligence, machine learning, the internet of things, and social communication."
"HRM is an area where Studio Creatio lacks and needs to improve."
"Studio Creatio is a new product in the market, making its lack of maturity an area of concern."
"Creatio needs to stabilize their marketplace."
"The way bpm's infrastructure works, you can only have one data source on a page. It has to be connected to the object and you're pretty much locked in at that point... If you want to connect anything other than what exists in that object to that object, you're going to have to create a completely new home for it in that object."
"It does not have the ability to run one single large process."
"It appears that at times, our partners might be using Google Translate, resulting in translations lacking context and not being entirely understandable."
"Numerous options can make implementation confusing."
Appian is ranked 4th in Business Process Management (BPM) with 56 reviews while Studio Creatio is ranked 27th in Business Process Management (BPM) with 12 reviews. Appian is rated 8.4, while Studio Creatio is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Appian writes "Low resource consumption, easy setup, and stable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Studio Creatio writes "Leveraging process automation and advanced tools for streamlined operations". Appian is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, OutSystems, Camunda, ServiceNow and Pega BPM, whereas Studio Creatio is most compared with Oracle Visual Builder Cloud Service, Mendix, Microsoft Power Apps, Bizagi and Zoho Creator. See our Appian vs. Studio Creatio report.
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