Adalo vs Appian

Which one do AI engines recommend, and how do they differ on price, fit and features?

The short answer

Appian is the stronger AI pick in Low-Code & No-Code: it has a visibility score of 19.6 versus 1.8 for Adalo, and ranks ahead in 100% of the answers that name both.

Choose Adalo if…

AI answers describe it more positively (100% vs 38% positive)
Flat tiers pricing suits your budget better than per seat
20% annual subscription savings

Choose Appian if…

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (19.6 vs 1.8)
You need SOC 1 or SOC 2 or SOC 3 or ISO 27001 or HIPAA or PCI DSS or FedRAMP Moderate or FedRAMP High or DISA IL5 provisional authorization coverage
You prefer a larger, established vendor (1,001–5,000 employees)
Per seat pricing suits your budget better than flat tiers

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 3

Metric	Adalo	Appian
Visibility score	1.8%	19.6%
Change vs last week	up+0.1%	down−1%
Rank in Low-Code & No-Code	#35	#6
Share of voice	0.5%	5.4%
Mentions this run	3	31
Positive in AI answers	100%	38%

The stronger value in each row is marked with a ✓.

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

Adalo +0.10000000000000009pp · Appian −1pp over 1 weekly runs.

Engine by engine

Appian leads on 3 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

3.1%

21.9%

AI Mode

20.2%

Perplexity

2.2%

16.9%

AdaloAppian

Head to head in AI answers

1 engine answers name both brands

0Adalo ranked higher

1Appian ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	Adalo	Appian
What are the best Low-Code & No-Code tools in 2026?	Perplexity	#17	#7

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	Adalo	Appian
Pricing model	Flat tiers	Per seat
Entry price	Free; paid from $65 / mo	Contact sales
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Deployment	On-premise deployment via the Adalo Blue enterprise plan	Appian Cloud, with a separate Government Cloud for federal customers, plus self-managed and hybrid options
Integrations	5500+	—
Compliance	—	SOC 1, SOC 2, SOC 3, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, FedRAMP Moderate, FedRAMP High, DISA IL5 provisional authorization
Support	Help Docs, Community Forum, Submit a Ticket, Ask the support team	Appian Customer Success program, Appian Guarantee for first app delivery in 8 weeks or less
Founded	2018	1999
Headquarters	St. Louis, Missouri, United States	McLean, Virginia
Employees	11–50	1,001–5,000
Funding	Series A · $10M raised	IPO on Nasdaq (APPN) at $12 per share · $85M raised
Best for	Businesses, freelancers, agencies and startup founders who want to build iPhone, Android and web apps without a development team	Large enterprises and government bodies running complex, document-intensive, high-volume processes that depend on operational context