Appian vs Glide

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 4.8 for Glide, and ranks ahead in 100% of the answers that name both.

Choose Appian if…

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (19.6 vs 4.8)
AI answers describe it more positively (38% vs 15% positive)
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)

Choose Glide if…

You need SOC 2 Type 2 or GDPR or CCPA coverage
Flat tiers pricing suits your budget better than per seat
Free plan for simple data-driven apps
Good for mobile-first MVPs

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 3

Metric	Appian	Glide
Visibility score	19.6%	4.8%
Change vs last week	down−1%	down−2.7%
Rank in Low-Code & No-Code	#6	#22
Share of voice	5.4%	1.7%
Mentions this run	31	11
Positive in AI answers	38%	15%

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

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

Appian −1pp · Glide −2.7pp over 1 weekly runs.

Engine by engine

Appian leads on 3 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

21.9%

6.7%

AI Mode

20.2%

Perplexity

16.9%

7.8%

AppianGlide

Head to head in AI answers

3 engine answers name both brands

3Appian ranked higher

0Glide ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	Appian	Glide
What are the best Low-Code & No-Code tools in 2026?	Perplexity	#7	#10
Compare the leading Low-Code & No-Code platforms	Perplexity	#4	#13
Which Low-Code & No-Code vendors do analysts recommend?	Perplexity	#4	#13

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	Appian	Glide
Pricing model	Per seat	Flat tiers
Entry price	Contact sales	Free; paid from $25 / mo
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Deployment	Appian Cloud, with a separate Government Cloud for federal customers, plus self-managed and hybrid options	Cloud-hosted web and mobile (PWA) apps, hosted on Google Cloud Platform in Iowa, USA.
Integrations	—	1045+
Compliance	SOC 1, SOC 2, SOC 3, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, FedRAMP Moderate, FedRAMP High, DISA IL5 provisional authorization	SOC 2 Type 2, GDPR, CCPA
Support	Appian Customer Success program, Appian Guarantee for first app delivery in 8 weeks or less	Help Center, Community, Human support, Priority support
Founded	1999	2018
Headquarters	McLean, Virginia	San Francisco, California, USA
Employees	1,001–5,000	51–200
Funding	IPO on Nasdaq (APPN) at $12 per share · $85M raised	Series A · $20M raised
Best for	Large enterprises and government bodies running complex, document-intensive, high-volume processes that depend on operational context	Operations and back-office teams that run on spreadsheets and need internal apps quickly.