Comparison

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.

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Appian55
Zoho Forms54
Score
Vioscale score
Appian55 / 100low · 47%updating
Zoho Forms54 / 100low · 42%updating
Pricing
Free tier
Appian
Zoho Forms
Model
Zoho Formsfree
Price level
Appianunknown
Zoho Formsfree
Transparent
Appian
Zoho Forms
Integrations
Count
Appian18
Zoho Forms8
Security
Fedramp
Appian
Zoho Forms
Gdpr
Appian
Zoho Forms
Hipaa
Appian
Zoho Forms
Iso27001
Appian
Zoho Forms
Pci
Appian
Zoho Forms
Soc2
Appian
Zoho Forms
Reliability
Sla pct
Appian99.99
Zoho Forms
Market
Availability

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for workflow forms. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capabilities
Conditional multi step approval routing
Appian-
Zoho Forms-
SSO employee login restriction
Appian-
Zoho Forms-
PDF document generation from inputs
Appian-
Zoho Forms-
Electronic signature collection native
Appian-
Zoho Forms-
Offline mobile app data collection
Appian-
Zoho Forms-
Sql database and ERP read write sync
Appian-
Zoho Forms-
Kanban board process tracking UI
Appian-
Zoho Forms-
Salesforce hubspot CRM data sync
Appian-
Zoho Forms-
HIPAA compliance medical encryption
Appian-
Zoho Forms-
SOC2 type ii
Appian-
Zoho Forms-
ISO 27001
Appian-
Zoho Forms-
Pricing model
Appian-
Zoho Forms-

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.

Independently observed

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.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Appian

Subscription

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
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Zoho Forms

FreeFree tier
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Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Appian
Zoho Forms
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Appian
Zoho Forms
Self-hosted
Appian
Zoho Forms
On-premise
Appian
Zoho Forms
Hybrid
Appian
Zoho Forms

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (1)
  • Google

Appian

18 total - 17 not shared
  • Salesforce
  • Microsoft SharePoint
  • DocuSign
  • AWS
  • Azure
  • Google Cloud
  • Microsoft Dynamics
  • SAP
  • Oracle
  • NetSuite
  • Box
  • Workday
  • SuccessFactors
  • QuickBooks
  • Xero
  • Snowflake
  • Apache Kafka
Independently observed

Zoho Forms

8 total - 7 not shared
  • YouTube
  • Zoho Creator
  • Zoho CRM
  • Zoho Books
  • Catalyst
  • Zoho Cliq
  • Zoho RPA
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.