Leave Appian. Keep the workflows.
Appian's per-user low-code pricing plus RPA bot add-ons means your bill scales with both people and processes. We rebuild your process models and bots as code on infrastructure you own.
3-year savings (20 bots)
$324,000
vs Appian effective $13K/bot/yr
Why teams leave Appian
The four reasons we hear most often.
Reason 01
Per-user low-code pricing
Appian bills by user (and tier), so internal-facing process apps get expensive as you roll them out. The platform you built on becomes the platform you can't afford to expand.
Reason 02
RPA as an add-on to the suite
Appian RPA (ex-Jidoka) is a bolt-on to the low-code platform. You're paying for the suite to get the bots.
Reason 03
Proprietary process model
Process models, expression rules (SAIL), and records live in Appian's engine. Portable conceptually, locked in practically.
Reason 04
Cloud + governance overhead
Environments, plug-ins, and governance ride Appian Cloud with its own limits and admin model.
The math
What Appian actually costs.
Public list pricing plus the add-ons most teams end up buying. Implementation and admin overhead extra.
| Line item | Cost |
|---|---|
Appian per-user (Enterprise) | $75+ / user / mo |
RPA bot add-on | $$ per bot |
Implementation / partner year one | $100–300K |
AI / IDP add-ons | $$ tiered |
| Real all-in | ~$13,000 effective per bot / yr, all-in |
What we migrate
Every record.
Every field.
Specifically, from Appian RPA. Nothing is left behind to "migrate later."
- Process models and SAIL expression rules
- Records, data types (CDTs), and integrations
- RPA robots and tasks
- Decision tables and business rules
- Document generation and IDP models
- Approvals, tasks, and SLA logic
- Reports and dashboards
Our recommendation
Replace Appian with n8n (open source).
For Appian's connect-and-orchestrate workflows, n8n (self-hosted) gives you the visual builder and integration breadth without per-user pricing. Heavier, long-running processes we move to Temporal; RPA tasks run via Python/Playwright. Records and decisioning become a real database plus readable code you own.
Not the right fit?
We also build fully bespoke automations, deploy Robot Framework / n8n / Temporal to other estates, and integrate with whatever you're keeping. The audit covers the choice.
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Stop renting your bots.
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