Appian vs n8n

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 1.3 for n8n, 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 1.3)
You need SOC 1 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)
heavy-duty workflow automation and process orchestration

Choose n8n if…

AI answers describe it more positively (57% vs 38% positive)
You need a self-hosted or on-premises option
You need GDPR coverage
Avoids vendor lock-in and offers self-hosting

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 3

Metric	Appian	n8n
Visibility score	19.6%	1.3%
Change vs last week	down−1%	down−1.6%
Rank in Low-Code & No-Code	#6	#40
Share of voice	5.4%	0.6%
Mentions this run	31	4
Positive in AI answers	38%	57%

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

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

Appian −1pp · n8n −1.5999999999999999pp over 1 weekly runs.

Engine by engine

Appian leads on 3 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

21.9%

1.9%

AI Mode

20.2%

Perplexity

16.9%

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Head to head in AI answers

1 engine answers name both brands

1Appian ranked higher

0n8n ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	Appian	n8n
Best low-code platform with AI features	Perplexity	#5	#8

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	Appian	n8n
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	Hosted on n8n Cloud or self-hosted on-prem or with Docker.
Integrations	—	2000+
Compliance	SOC 1, SOC 2, SOC 3, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, FedRAMP Moderate, FedRAMP High, DISA IL5 provisional authorization	SOC 2, GDPR
Support	Appian Customer Success program, Appian Guarantee for first app delivery in 8 weeks or less	Forum support on all plans, Email support on Enterprise, Dedicated support with SLA on Enterprise
Founded	1999	2019
Headquarters	McLean, Virginia	Berlin, Germany
Employees	1,001–5,000	51–200
Funding	IPO on Nasdaq (APPN) at $12 per share · $85M raised	Series C · $240M raised
Best for	Large enterprises and government bodies running complex, document-intensive, high-volume processes that depend on operational context	Technical teams that want the flexibility of code with the speed of no-code.