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Appian Finops

FOCUS-aligned FinOps view for Appian: per-user / per-app / per-month subscription priced by named edition (Standard / Advanced / Premium). Primary cost drivers are user seats, app count, and AI Actions consumption (200K/500K/1M monthly cap by edition). RPA bot count and data-source row counts are tier-included rather than separately metered.

Appian Finops is the FinOps profile for Appian on the APIs.io network, aligned with the FinOps Foundation Framework.

It defines 5 billable meters, billed in USD, on a annual cycle, and pricing category tiered subscription.

The profile maps 8 FOCUS columns for cost-allocation reporting.

Tagged areas include FinOps, FOCUS, Low Code, Process Automation, and RPA.

Category: Low-Code / Process Automation Pricing: Tiered Subscription Billing: Annual FOCUS v1.3
FinOpsFOCUSLow CodeProcess AutomationRPA

Framework Alignment

Framework
Data Spec

Charge Categories

PurchaseUsageAdjustment

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
ChargeCategory
Purchase
InvoiceIssuerName
Appian Corporation
PricingCategory
Tiered Subscription
ProviderName
Appian
PublisherName
Appian Corporation
ServiceCategory
Low-Code / Process Automation
ServiceName
Appian Platform

Meters

user_seats
Unit: seat
Active named users on the Appian platform per month
applications
Unit: app
Distinct apps in scope of the per-user-per-app subscription
ai_actions
Unit: action
AI Actions consumed against the monthly tier allotment (Copilot, Agent Studio, DocCenter)
rpa_bot_runs
Unit: bot-run
RPA bot executions against the bot allotment
portal_traffic
Unit: session
Portal end-user sessions for cost attribution where portals are the primary surface

Sources