Is Appian or UiPath better?

Neither clearly leads. Appian starts at On request and UiPath at $25/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.

Which is cheaper, Appian or UiPath?

Appian starts at On request and UiPath at $25/month.

Does Appian or UiPath run on more platforms?

Appian runs on Web, iOS, Android. UiPath runs on Desktop, Web.

What is Appian best used for?

Appian is most often used for a regulated enterprise (financial services, government, insurance) automating case management processes that need a full audit trail, a company deploying rpa bots alongside low-code apps and wanting both in one licensed platform, an organisation whose process data volume is large enough that the standard tier's 4 million row cap is a real constraint worth planning for, a business wanting embedded ai actions inside workflow steps rather than bolted on separately. Of those, a regulated enterprise (financial services, government, insurance) automating case management processes that need a full audit trail and a company deploying rpa bots alongside low-code apps and wanting both in one licensed platform are not what UiPath is typically brought in for.

What can Appian do that UiPath cannot?

Appian covers Low-code process designer, Robotic process automation, AI process automation, Data fabric. UiPath covers Desktop RPA, Cloud RPA, Task mining, AI capabilities. Both handle Process mining.

No-Code · head to head

Appian vs UiPath

Appian

No-Code

Low-code process automation platform priced per user, per app, per month, with tier limits on data and AI volume

From: On request
Rated: -

Full review Website

UiPath

Automation Integration

The leading platform for business process automation

From: $25/month
Rated: -

Full review Website

The short version

Each has a real cost: Appian cost multiplies on three axes at once, users, apps and month, so deploying several apps to overlapping user populations produces a bill that is not obvious from any single per-user headline figure.; UiPath the Basic plan from $25 per month caps the tenant at 5 Basic users, 5 Plus users, 1 Pro user and 2 unattended robots
They diverge on capability: Appian covers Low-code process designer, UiPath covers Desktop RPA.
Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Appian and UiPath actually diverge.

Attributes where Appian and UiPath differ
Attribute	Appian	UiPath
Starting price	On request	$25/month
Pricing model	Per user, per app, per month, escalating across Standard, Advanced and Premium tiers	subscription
Platforms	Web, iOS, Android	Desktop, Web
Category	No-Code	Automation Integration
Founded	Unknown	2005

Identical on both: free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Appian

Low-code process designer
Robotic process automation
AI process automation
Data fabric
Portals

Only in UiPath

Desktop RPA
Cloud RPA
Task mining
AI capabilities
Monitoring
Analytics
500+ connectors
Enterprise systems

Both cover

Process mining

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Appian

A regulated enterprise (financial services, government, insurance) automating case management processes that need a full audit trailnot UiPath
A company deploying RPA bots alongside low-code apps and wanting both in one licensed platformnot UiPath
An organisation whose process data volume is large enough that the Standard tier's 4 million row cap is a real constraint worth planning fornot UiPath
A business wanting embedded AI actions inside workflow steps rather than bolted on separatelynot UiPath

UiPath

Robotic process automation and business automationnot Appian
Enterprise-wide deployment and process optimizationnot Appian
UI automation and intelligent document processingnot Appian
Large-scale automation programs with custom requirementsnot Appian

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Appian

Cost multiplies on three axes at once, users, apps and month, so deploying several apps to overlapping user populations produces a bill that is not obvious from any single per-user headline figure.
Each tier has hard caps on data rows, RPA bots and monthly AI actions, so a workload can force a tier upgrade purely from data or automation volume growth, independent of user count.
No dollar figures are published anywhere on Appian's own site; every real price point comes from a sales negotiation, making early-stage budget comparison against OutSystems or Mendix difficult.
The platform's strength in process orchestration and case management is less useful for teams that mainly want simple departmental data apps, where the pricing and capability are overkill.
Exceeding the 200,000 (Standard) or 1,000,000 (Premium) monthly AI action allowance requires a renegotiation, so AI-heavy workflows carry real usage risk beyond the base subscription.

UiPath

The Basic plan from $25 per month caps the tenant at 5 Basic users, 5 Plus users, 1 Pro user and 2 unattended robots
Basic tenants are hosted only in the European region
Only the Basic tier carries a published price; Standard and Enterprise require contacting sales
Self healing automation, process simulation, Elastic Robot Orchestration, bring your own encryption keys and dedicated deployments are Enterprise only
Agent capability is limited on Basic and requires Standard or Enterprise
Extra unattended robots are purchased separately on top of the plan

Pricing, plan by plan

Appian

On request

Standard$undefined/month
- Per user, per app, per month
- 4 million data row capacity
- 5 RPA bots included
Advanced$undefined/month
- Per user, per app, per month
- Higher data row capacity than Standard
- More RPA bots than Standard
Premium$undefined/month
- Per user, per app, per month
- 50 million data row capacity
- Unlimited RPA bots

UiPath

$25/month

Automation Cloud Basic$25/month
- Build and run basic personal automations
- Limited scale
- 99.9% service uptime
Automation Cloud Standard$null/month
- Enterprise automation capabilities
- Document classification and extraction at scale
- No limits to scale
Automation Cloud Enterprise$null/month
- Self-healing UI automation
- Process optimization and simulation
- Infrastructure automation
Test Cloud Standard$null/month
- Contact Sales for pricing

Which should you pick?

Choose Appian if

You need low-code process designer.
You work on Web, iOS, Android.
You also want robotic process automation.

Appian review

Choose UiPath if

You need desktop rpa.
You work on Desktop, Web.
You also want cloud rpa.

UiPath review

Questions people ask

Is Appian or UiPath better?: Neither clearly leads. Appian starts at On request and UiPath at $25/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Appian or UiPath?: Appian starts at On request and UiPath at $25/month.
Does Appian or UiPath run on more platforms?: Appian runs on Web, iOS, Android. UiPath runs on Desktop, Web.
What is Appian best used for?: Appian is most often used for a regulated enterprise (financial services, government, insurance) automating case management processes that need a full audit trail, a company deploying rpa bots alongside low-code apps and wanting both in one licensed platform, an organisation whose process data volume is large enough that the standard tier's 4 million row cap is a real constraint worth planning for, a business wanting embedded ai actions inside workflow steps rather than bolted on separately. Of those, a regulated enterprise (financial services, government, insurance) automating case management processes that need a full audit trail and a company deploying rpa bots alongside low-code apps and wanting both in one licensed platform are not what UiPath is typically brought in for.
What can Appian do that UiPath cannot?: Appian covers Low-code process designer, Robotic process automation, AI process automation, Data fabric. UiPath covers Desktop RPA, Cloud RPA, Task mining, AI capabilities. Both handle Process mining.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Appian: Does Appian publish its prices?

No dollar figures are public. It discloses the pricing mechanism, per user per app per month across three tiers, but actual rates are negotiated.

UiPath: How much does UiPath cost?

UiPath Automation Cloud Basic starts at $25/month for individuals and small teams. Standard and Enterprise tiers require contacting sales for custom pricing based on organizational needs.

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Appian: What happens if we exceed the data row cap?

Exceeding a tier's data row, RPA bot or AI action cap requires upgrading to the next tier or negotiating an add-on, regardless of user count.

UiPath: What are the limitations of UiPath's Basic tier?

The Basic tier at $25/month is limited to building and running basic personal automations at limited scale, with European region hosting only and bronze-level support. Standard and Enterprise tiers remove these limits.

Source

Appian: Is Appian a general app builder like OutSystems?

It can build general apps but is oriented more toward process automation and case management, with RPA and AI embedded as core features.

UiPath: Does UiPath charge for users and robots separately?

UiPath's pricing tiers include base costs, but users, robots, and agents may require additional purchases beyond the tier pricing, depending on organizational requirements.

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Appian vs UiPath

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UiPath

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in Appian

Only in UiPath

Both cover

What people use each for

Appian

UiPath

Where each one falls short

Appian

UiPath

Pricing, plan by plan

Appian

UiPath

Which should you pick?

Choose Appian if

Choose UiPath if

Questions people ask

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

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