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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Appian

    Score7.6 out of 10
    N/AAppian is a low-code development and business process management platform. It features drag-and-drop design for app building, automated work processes, unified data management, and cloud-based deployment.

    $0

    FantasySalesTeam (discontinued)

    Score5.5 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Dynamics 365 - Gamification is the product formerly known as FantasySalesTeam, was a sales gamification platform acquired by Microsoft (August, 2015). The product has been discontinued since September 2021.N/A
    Pricing
    AppianFantasySalesTeam (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
    Appian Community Edition
    $0
    Application - Input-Only
    $2
    per month per user
    Application - Infrequent
    $9
    per month per user
    Application - Standard
    $75
    per month per user
    Platform
    Custom Quote Priced per user with unlimited apps.
    minimum 100 users, no maximum
    Unlimited
    Custom Quote Priced per development with unlimited apps.
    unlimited
    Platform
    Custom Quote Priced per user with unlimited apps.
    Minimum 100, no maximum
    Unlimited
    Custom Quote Priced per development with unlimited apps.
    Unlimited
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AppianFantasySalesTeam (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    AppianFantasySalesTeam (discontinued)
    Considered Both Products
    Appian
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    95%
    Would buy again
    38 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    32 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    37 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    25 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    91%
    Implementation went as expected
    30 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    AppianFantasySalesTeam (discontinued)
    Low-Code Development
    Comparison of Low-Code Development features of Appian and FantasySalesTeam (discontinued)
    Feature
    Appian
    9.1
    75 Ratings
    8% above category average
    FantasySalesTeam (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Visual Modeling8.873 Ratings00 Ratings
    Drag-and-drop Interfaces8.972 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform Security9.271 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform User Management8.872 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reusability9.575 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform Scalability9.573 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sales Gamification
    Comparison of Sales Gamification features of Appian and FantasySalesTeam (discontinued)
    Feature
    Appian
    -
    Ratings
    FantasySalesTeam (discontinued)
    7.2
    1 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Sales contest templates00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Custom sales contests00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Team competitions00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Contest flexibility00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Sales rep view00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Game notifications & updates00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Social competition / Game collaboration00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Sales performance reporting00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    TV streaming00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
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    AppianFantasySalesTeam (discontinued)
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    Zoho Creator
    Score9.5 out of 10
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    AppSheet
    Score9 out of 10
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    Enterprises
    OutSystems
    Score7.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    AppianFantasySalesTeam (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.4
    (139 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.5
    (19 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.7
    (95 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.4
    (118 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    6.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    1.0
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    AppianFantasySalesTeam (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Appian
    Appian works great for automating manual processes and integrating multiple systems through its toolset. It gives great flexibility for establishing rules for approvals, routings, escalations, and the like. Because of the low code toolset, it's very easy to deploy and make changes as needed as processes evolve and as the organization learns to utilize the system better. Minimal maintenance is required to support the applications build on the platform. Some of the automated testing integration with tools like Jenkins is limited so that may be an issue for some.
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    Discontinued Products
    This is a great way to help show people's progress to others. I also liked the way we can set up rewards for those that hit the target. It would be nice to be able to have the data into PowerBI as well since most people are moving reports and KPI's in PowerBI.
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    Pros
    Appian
    • Allows at a glance workflow documentation which assists in the need we have for information readiation.
    • Drag and drop interface for workflow development greatly speeds our apps time to market.
    • Using the advanced features of Appian, we are able to create working sites in a fraction of the time it would take to do so using "traditional" development.
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    • Easy to setup
    • Easy for people to view the dashboard
    • Great KPI's out of the box
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    Cons
    Appian
    • Search issues when type ahead and database search are used in the same field.
    • Buttons implementation where user is require[d] to click on the button description - if clicks on the button outside that text - button will not work.
    • Problems with using certain off-the-shelf performance tools like WebLoad or Neoload. That is because of different dynamic variables being used internally in Appian - which these tools are unable to correlate. We are still investigating using other tools like Jmeter to overcome dynamic correlation problem for performance testing.
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    • Sometimes the workflows did not fire correctly
    • Creating custom KPI's are harder to setup
    • Wish to have these in a PowerBI
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Appian
    We recently renewed our license with Appian. We are convinced that its flexibility, relative ease of use, the support they provide, there mobile advancements and their general willingness and desire to see us succeed all contributed to our reason to renew our agreement with Appian
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    Usability
    Appian
    Appian is a low code environment, because of this, a very good visual interface is required. Appian is providing a feature-rich dashboard [that] we can use for building the dashboards and other interfaces. Appian also provides patches and releases to enhance these features. A developer can start off development just by going through a basic course from the Appian learning community.
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    It was easy for end users to use the system, or be able to put in on a TV to show the reports. I did not give it a 9 or 10 as the usability for an admin. It takes a good amount of time and knowledge around where to go to to do your job.
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    Support Rating
    Appian
    Appian is one of the leading low code business automation platforms that support RPA, decision rules, case management, workflow automation, and machine learning all in a single bundle. But it is also harder to implement and replace the traditional business process.
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    I gave it a seven rating for support. The support we used was just the whitepapers and documentation that Microsoft provides. Microsoft does very well in its documentation. I think its pretty simple to install and configure the system, it's pretty basic on getting it setup.
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    In-Person Training
    Appian
    As analyst I participated in a developer boot camp. At times it was hard to keep up but most of the time it made sense. Trainer took the time to explain and slowed pace down to answer questions etc.
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    Online Training
    Appian
    Very boring; hard to get through quickly, but rather effective in demonstrating the use of the platform.
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    Implementation Rating
    Appian
    It was really seamless. SaaS in the true definition of the word. We logged on and started using the product. Very easy.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Appian
    Appian has enormously transformed and keeps on updating the product every quarter to meet the latest needs of the world with new innovations & technologies being integrated within the platform. What gives more pleasure than a product that keeps on continuous[ly] improv[ing]?
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    We used MS Dynamics 365 Gamification because we did not have a Power BI team. The dashboards and animations are better than just having a dashboard. It was also nice to have the KPI's already built, where we did not have to build them to do something so simple. Liked how easy the updates were between the Dynamics system.
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    Return on Investment
    Appian
    • I believe it has negatively impacted our release dates. There may have been a misunderstanding as to the learning curve, even though it is "low code."
    • The look and feel of the applications created using Appian have uniformity and it's easier to have "reuse" between applications.
    • There is less developer control when it comes to features. I think this mainly has to do with the amount of plugins available. I would think there should be many more available plugins. But again, our use case is probably different than most others.
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    Discontinued Products
    • It helped us close more cases.
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    ScreenShots

    Appian Screenshots

    Screenshot of Low-Code DevelopmentScreenshot of Business Process Management SuiteScreenshot of Dynamic Case ManagementScreenshot of Mobile App DevelopmentScreenshot of Appian RPA with Blue Prism