Appian vs Pega

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 2 for Pega, 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 2)
AI answers describe it more positively (38% vs 20% positive)
You need SOC 1 or SOC 2 or SOC 3 or FedRAMP Moderate or FedRAMP High or DISA IL5 provisional authorization coverage
heavy-duty workflow automation and process orchestration

Choose Pega if…

You need SOC 1 Type II or SOC 2 Type II or ISO 42001 or ISO 22301:2019 or ISO 9001 or CSA or Cyber Essentials or Cyber Essentials Plus or HITRUST or GDPR or FedRAMP or IRAP coverage
You prefer a larger, established vendor (5,000+ employees)
Strong fit for workflow automation, RPA, case management, and decisioning
Named among leading low-code vendors in analyst evaluations

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 3

Metric	Appian	Pega
Visibility score	19.6%	2%
Change vs last week	down−1%	down−0.9%
Rank in Low-Code & No-Code	#6	#34
Share of voice	5.4%	0.9%
Mentions this run	31	6
Positive in AI answers	38%	20%

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

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

Appian −1pp · Pega −0.6000000000000001pp over 1 weekly runs.

Engine by engine

Appian leads on 3 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

21.9%

4.1%

AI Mode

20.2%

Perplexity

16.9%

AppianPega

Head to head in AI answers

6 engine answers name both brands

6Appian ranked higher

0Pega ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	Appian	Pega
Best low-code platform for enterprise	ChatGPT	#4	#8
Compare the leading Low-Code & No-Code platforms	ChatGPT	#4	#8
Which Low-Code & No-Code vendors do analysts recommend?	ChatGPT	#4	#7
Which Low-Code & No-Code vendors do analysts recommend?	Perplexity	#4	#10
Official website of the top low-code platform vendors	ChatGPT	#4	#7
Official website of the top low-code platform vendors	Perplexity	#4	#7

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	Appian	Pega
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	Cloud (Pega Cloud, fully managed SaaS)
Integrations	—	200+
Compliance	SOC 1, SOC 2, SOC 3, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, FedRAMP Moderate, FedRAMP High, DISA IL5 provisional authorization	SOC 1 Type II, SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, ISO 42001, ISO 22301:2019, ISO 9001, CSA, PCI DSS, Cyber Essentials, Cyber Essentials Plus, HITRUST, GDPR, FedRAMP, HIPAA, IRAP
Support	Appian Customer Success program, Appian Guarantee for first app delivery in 8 weeks or less	—
Founded	1999	1983
Headquarters	McLean, Virginia	Waltham, Massachusetts, United States
Employees	1,001–5,000	5,000+
Funding	IPO on Nasdaq (APPN) at $12 per share · $85M raised	IPO
Best for	Large enterprises and government bodies running complex, document-intensive, high-volume processes that depend on operational context	Large enterprises in regulated industries that need governed workflow automation and decisioning