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Appian pricing
Appian publishes 3 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 1 September 2026, Appian pricing is on request across 3 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- On request
- Model
- Per user, per app, per month, escalating across Standard, Advanced and Premium tiers
- Tiers
- 3
- Free tier
- Not on record
Appian plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | On request | 5 | Entry tier |
| Advanced | On request | 5 | Priced on request |
| Premium | On request | 5 | Priced on request |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Standard
On requestThe entry tier. It covers per user, per app, per month, 4 million data row capacity, 5 rpa bots included, 200,000 monthly ai actions, one portal per app.
Advanced
On requestOver Standard, this tier adds:
- Higher data row capacity than Standard
- More RPA bots than Standard
- Higher monthly AI action allowance
- Unlimited portals per app
Premium
On requestOver Advanced, this tier adds:
- 50 million data row capacity
- Unlimited RPA bots
- 1,000,000 monthly AI actions
- Full AI feature set unlocked
What the product covers
The full Appian feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- Low-code process designer
- Robotic process automation
- AI process automation
- Data fabric
- Portals
- Process mining
People bring Appian in 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. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Appian are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in No-Code
Too few no-code tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appian (this page) | On request | Per user, per app, per month, escalating across Standard, Advanced and Premium tiers | - | |
| OutSystems | On request | Application Object consumption plus internal and external user packs | - | vs Appian |
| Mendix | Free | Per application tier (One App vs Unlimited Apps), cloud infrastructure billed separately | - | vs Appian |
| Caspio | On request | Flat monthly fee by data record volume and DataPage count, unlimited users included | - | vs Appian |
| Quickbase | On request | Per user per month, billed annually, with an enforced minimum seat count per tier | - | vs Appian |
| Zoho Creator | Free | Per user per month, billed annually | - | vs Appian |
| Thunkable | Free | Per month, tiered by AI token allowance and project count | - | vs Appian |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Appian badges page.
Before you pay for Appian
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 3 tiers between On request and On request, with the jump itemised above. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare Appian against the tools that do have one before committing.
Appian runs on web, ios, android, and is published by Appian Corporation of McLean, Virginia, United States. The full record is on the Appian review, and the rest of the category is under best no-code tools.
Appian pricing questions
- How much does Appian cost?
- Appian publishes 3 tiers, from On request for Standard up to On request for Premium. The cheapest paid tier is On request.
- Does Appian have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: Appian is listed as Per user, per app, per month, escalating across Standard, Advanced and Premium tiers. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- What is the difference between Standard and Advanced on Appian?
- Advanced costs On request against On request, and adds higher data row capacity than standard, more rpa bots than standard, higher monthly ai action allowance, unlimited portals per app.
- Which no-code tools can I use without paying?
- 5 of the 8 no-code tools listed alongside Appian have a free tier: Mendix, Zoho Creator, Thunkable, Directual, Corteza.
- What am I actually paying for with Appian?
- The record lists 6 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in 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.
- Does Appian charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 3 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Appian prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Appian against before paying?
- The closest no-code tools in this directory are OutSystems, Mendix, Caspio, Quickbase. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Appian covering price, platforms and features.