Appian vs Kissflow

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 7.7 for Kissflow, 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 7.7)
AI answers describe it more positively (38% vs 17% positive)
You need ISO 27001 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 Kissflow if…

You need ISO/IEC 27001 or GDPR or CCPA coverage
rapid business process automation
conversational and agentic AI app generation
unified enterprise process automation

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 3

Metric	Appian	Kissflow
Visibility score	19.6%	7.7%
Change vs last week	down−1%	down−5%
Rank in Low-Code & No-Code	#6	#13
Share of voice	5.4%	2.3%
Mentions this run	31	13
Positive in AI answers	38%	17%

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

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

Appian −1pp · Kissflow −4.999999999999999pp over 1 weekly runs.

Engine by engine

Appian leads on 3 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

21.9%

AI Mode

20.2%

Perplexity

16.9%

15%

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Head to head in AI answers

7 engine answers name both brands

7Appian ranked higher

0Kissflow ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	Appian	Kissflow
Alternatives to the most popular low-code platform	AI Mode	#2	#8
Best low-code platform with AI features	ChatGPT	#6	#9
How much does a low-code platform cost per month?	AI Mode	#6	#7
Which low-code platform has transparent pricing?	Perplexity	#7	#9
Official website of the top low-code platform vendors	ChatGPT	#4	#13
Official website of the top low-code platform vendors	AI Mode	#4	#5
Official website of the top low-code platform vendors	Perplexity	#4	#14

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	Appian	Kissflow
Pricing model	Per seat	—
Entry price	Contact sales	—
Free plan	Yes	—
Deployment	Appian Cloud, with a separate Government Cloud for federal customers, plus self-managed and hybrid options	Public and private cloud hosting
Compliance	SOC 1, SOC 2, SOC 3, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, FedRAMP Moderate, FedRAMP High, DISA IL5 provisional authorization	SOC 1, SOC 2, SOC 3, ISO/IEC 27001, HIPAA, GDPR, CCPA
Support	Appian Customer Success program, Appian Guarantee for first app delivery in 8 weeks or less	Dedicated support throughout transformation, Training and enablement for teams, Hands-on implementation
Founded	1999	2003
Headquarters	McLean, Virginia	Wilmington, Delaware, United States
Employees	1,001–5,000	201–500
Funding	IPO on Nasdaq (APPN) at $12 per share · $85M raised	Angel · $1M raised
Best for	Large enterprises and government bodies running complex, document-intensive, high-volume processes that depend on operational context	Large enterprises and IT teams that build and govern custom internal apps on one platform.