Appian vs Zoho Forms
No clear leader: Appian (54.8) and Zoho Forms (54.2) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.
Capabilities
Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for workflow forms. “-” means undocumented, not absent.
What each one is
The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.
Appian
Appian enables organizations to design, automate, and optimize business processes using AI-powered agents and low-code development. The platform orchestrates workflows across enterprise systems and includes intelligent document processing, process intelligence, and integration capabilities.
Zoho Forms
A form creation platform that uses artificial intelligence to generate complete forms from text descriptions, convert paper and PDF documents into digital forms, and automatically extract and populate form fields from uploaded images.
Pricing
List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.
Appian
Subscription pricing per user, per month, per application. Three tiers scale from Standard to Premium with increasing limits on data capacity, automation bots, portals, and AI actions.
- StandardPer user, per month, per app
- Low-code process and application development
- Single data source
- Cloud database
- Robotic Process Automation
- One portal per app
- +6 more
- AdvancedPer user, per month, per app
- Multiple data sources
- Document record types
- Dynamic scaling for queries
- 25 RPA bots
- Unlimited portals
- +7 more
- PremiumPer user, per month, per app
- Multiple data sources with no row limit
- Document record types
- Dynamic scaling for queries
- Transparent data encryption for synced record types
- Unlimited RPA bots
- +7 more
Platform & deployment
Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.
Integrations
What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.
Appian
- Salesforce
- Microsoft SharePoint
- DocuSign
- AWS
- Azure
- Google Cloud
- Microsoft Dynamics
- SAP
- Oracle
- NetSuite
- Box
- Workday
- SuccessFactors
- QuickBooks
- Xero
- Snowflake
- Apache Kafka
Zoho Forms
- YouTube
- Zoho Creator
- Zoho CRM
- Zoho Books
- Catalyst
- Zoho Cliq
- Zoho RPA
Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.