Appian
Enterprise workflow automation and system integration using AI and low-code development
- Vendor
- Appian
- Also known as
- appian
Available worldwide
What is Appian?
A platform designed for enterprises to automate complex business processes, integrate disparate systems, and rapidly develop mission-critical applications through visual development tools and AI-powered automation.
Appian pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
Subscription per user per month with three tiers. Free Community Edition available for personal development.
Standard
- ai_actions_per_month
- 200K
- rows_per_record_type
- 4M
- document_pages_per_month
- 50000
- Low-code process and application development
- Single data source in Data Fabric
- Cloud Database
- One portal per app
- Mobile Apps
- RPA
- Basic AI features
Advanced
- ai_actions_per_month
- 500K
- rows_per_record_type
- 20M
- Multiple data sources
- Document record types
- Dynamic query scaling
- Unlimited portals
- AI Skills with email and document classification
- Intelligent document extraction
- Kafka integration available
Premium
- ai_actions_per_month
- 1000000
- rows_per_record_type
- None
- Unlimited rows per record type
- Transparent data encryption for synced record types
- Offline Experiences
- CSS Profiles
- Autoscale for Process
- Agent Studio with Generative AI
- Snowflake and Kafka integration
What Appian does
The capabilities that matter for workflow forms, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Conditional multi step approval routing
- -
- SSO employee login restriction
- -
- PDF document generation from inputs
- -
- Electronic signature collection native
- -
- Offline mobile app data collection
- -
- Sql database and ERP read write sync
- -
- Kanban board process tracking UI
- -
- Salesforce hubspot CRM data sync
- -
- HIPAA compliance medical encryption
- ✓
- SOC2 type ii
- -
- ISO 27001
- -
- Pricing model
- Flat subscription per seat
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
Integrations (18)
Independently observed- Salesforce
- Microsoft SharePoint
- DocuSign
- AWS
- Azure
- Google Cloud
- Microsoft Dynamics
- SAP
- Oracle
- NetSuite
- Box
- Workday
- SuccessFactors
- QuickBooks
- Xero
- Snowflake
- Apache Kafka
Security & compliance
Independently observed- SOC 2active
- FedRAMPactive
- HIPAAactive
Appian FAQ
Common questions about Appian, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is 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. It is indexed under Workflow Forms.
Is Appian free?
Appian offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans are also available: Standard, Advanced and Premium. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
What platforms does Appian support?
We have confirmed browser-based access to Appian. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.
Can Appian be self-hosted?
Yes. Appian can be deployed cloud / SaaS, hybrid, on-premise and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.
What does Appian integrate with?
We have confirmed 17 integrations for Appian, including Salesforce, Google, Microsoft SharePoint, DocuSign, AWS, Azure, Microsoft Dynamics and SAP, plus 9 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
What security certifications does Appian have?
We have independently confirmed SOC 2, HIPAA and GDPR for Appian. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Appian not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.
Appian alternatives
Other workflow forms we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- Zoho Formsmedium · 50%
- FormstackA no-code platform for automating document generation and building web forms without codingmedium · 53%
- JotformConnect your forms to popular business applications and serviceslow · 36%
- Process StreetUnified workflow automation with built-in compliance controlslow · 41%
- CamundaA platform for designing and running automated processes that connect systems, people, and AI agents across cloud, self-hosted, and SaaS environmentsmedium · 52%
- NintexA unified platform for orchestrating workflows, systems, and AI-driven automation at scalelow · 8%
Compare Appian
Side by side against other workflow forms, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Appian, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Security posture | 70 | 0.07 | 5.1 | ✓ |
| Price level | 80 | 0.05 | 4.2 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 50 | 0.07 | 3.6 | ✓ |
| Pricing transparency | 25 | 0.08 | 2.1 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 37 | 0.04 | 1.5 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 29 | 0.05 | 1.4 | ✓ |
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All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 6 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 60% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Pricing model: flat_subscription_per_seat · Hipaa compliance medical encryption: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-09-04 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 18 | mediumsource · 2026-08-17 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-09-04 · 75% |
Pricing
Reliability
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sla pct | 99.99 | mediumsource · 2026-09-04 · 60% |
Security
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