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Comparison · Low-Code & No-Code · weekly run Nov 3

Appian vs Softr

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 5.4 for Softr, 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 5.4)
AI answers describe it more positively (38% vs 22% 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 Softr if…

You need SOC 2 Type II or GDPR coverage
Free plan for creating basic business apps
Beginner-friendly, little or no programming experience needed
Works with Airtable, Google Sheets, or BigQuery as a backend

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 3

Metric	Appian	Softr
Visibility score	19.6%	5.4%
Change vs last week	down−1%	down−2.5%
Rank in Low-Code & No-Code	#6	#19
Share of voice	5.4%	1.6%
Mentions this run	31	10
Positive in AI answers	38%	22%

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

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

Appian −1pp · Softr −2.5pp over 1 weekly runs.

Engine by engine

Appian leads on 3 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

21.9%

5.2%

AI Mode

20.2%

Perplexity

16.9%

11.1%

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Head to head in AI answers

3 engine answers name both brands

3Appian ranked higher

0Softr ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	Appian	Softr
What are the best Low-Code & No-Code tools in 2026?	Perplexity	#7	#11
Compare the leading Low-Code & No-Code platforms	Perplexity	#4	#14
Alternatives to the most popular low-code platform	Perplexity	#5	#15

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	Appian	Softr
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-hosted SaaS built on AWS
Compliance	SOC 1, SOC 2, SOC 3, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, FedRAMP Moderate, FedRAMP High, DISA IL5 provisional authorization	SOC 2 Type II, GDPR
Support	Appian Customer Success program, Appian Guarantee for first app delivery in 8 weeks or less	Email (support@softr.io), Community forum, Help docs, Softr Academy
Founded	1999	2020
Headquarters	McLean, Virginia	Berlin, Germany
Employees	1,001–5,000	11–50
Funding	IPO on Nasdaq (APPN) at $12 per share · $85M raised	Series A · $16M raised
Best for	Large enterprises and government bodies running complex, document-intensive, high-volume processes that depend on operational context	Non-technical business teams and departments that need client portals, CRMs, intranets and internal tools without waiting on developers.