Appian Recognized as a Leader in IDC MarketScape 2025 for Business Automation Platforms
On September 30, 2025, Appian (NASDAQ: APPN) was officially recognized as a leader in the IDC MarketScape Worldwide Business Automation Platforms 2025 vendor assessment. This designation emphasizes Appian's commitment to revolutionizing business processes through artificial intelligence (AI). Within the IDC MarketScape report, it was noted that "Appian supports the development of AI agents and offers guidance for user interactions with LLM (Large Language Models)."
Appian has spent years seamlessly embedding AI into business workflows, enhancing speed, adaptability, and intelligence across various sectors. The recent enhancements now further boost these capabilities with innovative features like the Agent Studio, which facilitates the creation and management of AI agents; the AI Document Center for smart document processing; and Smart Search, an AI-driven semantic search tool that accesses records via Appian's unified data fabric.
Sanat Joshi, Executive Vice President of Product Solutions at Appian, commented on this achievement, stating, "The real power of AI lies in its integration into core business processes. We believe Appian has continuously focused on optimizing critical operations, and being recognized by IDC MarketScape as a leader in business automation platforms underscores our dedication to purpose-driven AI integration and governance. By allowing AI agents and intelligent automation to work in tandem, we empower our clients to accelerate operations and responsibly scale the benefits of AI throughout their organizations, yielding measurable business impacts."
The Appian platform empowers organizations to coordinate and transform their most critical business processes. By incorporating advanced AI capabilities into every layer of process automation, Appian enables businesses to achieve greater impact, agility, and insights. Recently, Appian also sponsored the IDC InfoBrief (doc. n. EUR153306825, June 2025) to illustrate how business processes and automation platforms create a robust foundation for organizations to identify, develop, and implement AI capabilities. This leads to systems that not only augment the value from automation efforts but also provide measurable impacts from AI initiatives. The report further highlights how organizations in banking, insurance, government, and healthcare sectors are already employing AI and the challenges they face in this evolving landscape.
For deeper insights, access the IDC InfoBrief titled "Embedding AI into Processes to Drive Business Impact" (doc #EUR153306825, June 2025).
About IDC MarketScape
The IDC MarketScape vendor assessment model is meticulously designed to provide a comprehensive overview of the competitive landscape of technology and service providers in a specific market. The research employs a rigorous scoring methodology based on qualitative and quantitative criteria, resulting in a visual depiction of each vendor's position in the market. The IDC MarketScape framework enables meaningful comparisons of product and service offerings, capabilities, strategies, and current and future success factors within the technology vendor market. Additionally, this framework offers technology buyers a comprehensive 360-degree evaluation of both current and potential vendors’ strengths and weaknesses.
About Appian
Appian is recognized as the Company of Processes, offering a software platform that assists organizations in enhancing their workflows to reduce costs, enrich customer experiences, and secure strategic advantages. With a commitment to customer success, Appian services many of the world's largest enterprises across various industries. For further information, visit appian.com [NASDAQ: APPN]. Follow Appian Iberia on LinkedIn, X for the latest updates.