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Director at Biz Thrive
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An execution management and process mining solution with a useful "spaghetti" process feature
Pros and Cons
  • "I like the spaghetti it throws off when configuring the sequence of processes and tracking the endpoint. I also like the variation from these defined processes and what is being observed on the ground. I'm exploring the root cause analysis a lot these days, and it seems to be quite interesting. But again, there are a lot of external dependencies on that. But I think the spaghetti, and the one that shows the variation and the performance gap, is something which I really like."
  • "I would really appreciate it if Celonis had significant compatibility with robotic process automation solutions. Once they define the process and understand it, streamline it, optimize it, and take inputs around it. When they reconfigure the process, there should be good compatibility with any of the automation tools, wherein I can integrate for robotic process automation, where I can streamline many of these processes on the application itself. Today, I need to extract this process and reload it into other tools, like UiPath, to integrate them with Automation Anywhere. If this tool can provide that efficiency, that would be great. I'm a data analytics guy. I lead a data analytics team. So technically, I would primarily look at if this can give me a visualization opportunity and integrate that in terms of the data."

What is our primary use case?

I use Celonis for some of the requirements needed to complete my tasks as a data analyst.

What is most valuable?

I like the spaghetti it throws off when configuring the sequence of processes and tracking the endpoint. I also like the variation from these defined processes and what is being observed on the ground. 

I'm exploring the root cause analysis a lot these days, and it seems to be quite interesting. But again, there are a lot of external dependencies on that. But I think the spaghetti, and the one that shows the variation and the performance gap, is something which I really like.

What needs improvement?

I would really appreciate it if Celonis had significant compatibility with robotic process automation solutions. Once they define the process and understand it, streamline it, optimize it, and take inputs around it. When they reconfigure the process, there should be good compatibility with any of the automation tools, wherein I can integrate for robotic process automation, where I can streamline many of these processes on the application itself.

Today, I need to extract this process and reload it into other tools, like UiPath, to integrate them with Automation Anywhere. If this tool can provide that efficiency, that would be great. 

I'm a data analytics guy. I lead a data analytics team. So technically, I would primarily look at if this can give me a visualization opportunity and integrate that in terms of the data.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been working with Celonis for more than four years.

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What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Stability is quite adequate for our requirements. I have not faced a massive glitch, which I need to be concerned about.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I have not tried to scale it because we just have it in a couple of people's systems. We have not seen any challenges at this point in time, and our usage is limited to a small team. We have about 15 users.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I've used other tools, like the IBM tool and SAP Signavio, and I think UiPath is good. Ignoring the lack of automation capabilities, I think Celonis is pretty nice. I prefer Celonis because of its user-friendliness, visualization and process comparison, spaghetti, and user reviews. I think it's much more comfortable.

How was the initial setup?

I never had any challenges in setting up the Celonis. I don't think it was difficult.

What about the implementation team?

I implemented this solution.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The price could be better. If you ask a customer, they will always say it's highly-priced. In my personal opinion, the cost can be at the lower end. I think it's suitable for large organizations at this point in time.

What other advice do I have?

On a scale from one to ten, I would give Celonis an eight.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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Quality Assurance and Business Process Manager at Zar
Real User
Top 20
Excellent customer support and unique features helped us list purchases and find materials
Pros and Cons
  • "Celonis’ Process Cockpit is valuable."
  • "The price is high for us."

What is our primary use case?

I use the full process to list purchases for materials, as well as accounts receivable and accounts payable.

How has it helped my organization?

Celonis helped me with its credit management app and credit customers. The solution lists customers over order, and helps us find customers over credit. The solution also helps with price analytics and to find any material from one vendor.

Colleagues don’t use clear invoices in SAP, so we use all of them in Excel files and import them in SAP, but Celonis helped us to improve this process. After using Celonis, they should record a clear invoice for each financial document, And after that, I can monitor customer behavior.

What is most valuable?

Celonis’ Process Cockpit is valuable.

What needs improvement?

I prefer to see S/4HANA in the marketplace. With Celonis it’s a CU app for HANA, but it's for ECC for all of them. Using the other apps and connections is limited for us. For example, we need inventory management, and we use the S/4HANA, but we don’t have any application and connection for this process in the marketplace. This is a gap for my business.

For how long have I used the solution?

I’ve worked with Celonis for about one year.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We had a bad connection with SAP for two or three days. After we upgraded to SAP 2022, we have probably had a problem connecting Celonis and SAP. And now the stability is not good. We consulted technical support about this problem and I’m waiting for answers. I rate Celonis’ stability a six or seven out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

My company has 36 users on Celonis.

How are customer service and support?

I’ve contacted Celonis’ customer support once and it was a good experience.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

I rate the initial setup for Celonis an eight out of ten because it is easy. Also, everyone monitors updates. Celonis had an update for connection, extraction and data models, Celonis became much easier to use.

We need one day to install the connection and extract and one day to install any apps. We need six people to deploy the solution, with two analysts, two admins, two people from the IT team and two people working with the network.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The price is high for us. I rate the pricing a ten out of ten.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

I’ve tested Process Diamond and a local software in my country.

What other advice do I have?

When I see another person who works in a similar company, I recommend Celonis. But the price is too high for our country and is a problem for us. I rate Celonis an eight out of ten.

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Senior Manager - Technology at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Impressive transaction logs, good visibility, and functionality
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable feature of this solution is the PTS service."
  • "Celonis should have the ability to automate in the next release, in my opinion."

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature of this solution is the PTS service.

Once you have completed the analytics and deployed it on an ongoing basis, it will continue to provide the KPIs, dashboards, and whatnot. As we work on projects, we track what improvements are occurring, which is the most important part. Not so much the action flows.

Celonis is the market leader, but I believe it is not truly Celonis, it is all about the transaction logs.

What needs improvement?

Nothing comes to mind in terms of improvement. I believe they are pretty much convinced, and they do a good job at it, nothing comes to mind that they should improve on. 

In my opinion, because Celonis is not automated, this is something that should be considered. They will, I believe, be required to do so in the future. They can have the best possible part and potentially an automation solution if they do the scripting. However, it is not an automation tool; rather, it is a process mining solution. They're doing process mining, so they might as well do automation.

Celonis should develop their machine learning. That is an area that could improve.

Celonis should have the ability to automate in the next release, in my opinion.

The price could be scaled down a bit to be cheaper.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been working with Celonis for more than one year.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Celonis is a stable solution.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I believe this is due to how easy it is to locate the transaction log on a single system. And if you can find more and more businesses. If more of the process is on ERT, scaling is simple. 

The scale is determined by the number of tables required, whether SAP or Oracle. However, I believe that processes in real life do not exist solely in one system. It's not just on the system of record; there are other add-ons and all, and that's where the integration needs to take place.

We assist our clients with deployment. There are approximately 5,000 or more regular users.

How are customer service and support?

We have no prior experience with technical support.

How was the initial setup?

I believe that is where the majority of the effort should be directed because garbage in, garbage out. One must cleanse the data, which I believe is true for any process mining. Because all of the businesses will lack the necessary tables. I believe that requires effort.

It's straightforward, but that's the point. That is where one must focus the most. Because if you set up tables incorrectly, everything else will be incorrect.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Celonis is expensive, but it is functional.

I would rate it a three out of five.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

My technical team has evaluated Microsoft and UiPath, but right now we are heavily partnering with Celonis.

What other advice do I have?

It's a useful tool, and I would recommend it to others who are interested in using it.

I would rate Celonis a nine out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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AVP, Technology & Solutions at Cygnet Infotech
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
Great execution management and process intelligence
Pros and Cons
  • "My two favorite features are execution management and process intelligence, which provide 360-degree data."
  • "It would be helpful if they could categorize processes into tier levels."

What is our primary use case?

Celonis helps to understand the processes within a company. For example, if you are an insurance company, you can use it to check how the end user or the person who's doing data entry of underwriting is performing their tasks. You can also analyze the flow of insurance and determine how it should be done. This can help you reduce your costs by 30 to 40 percent. 

Additionally, you can use Celonis to define and optimize your existing processes. By doing this, you can derive the perfect process mapping and customer claims processing can be streamlined. Celonis can be used for various processes, including underwriting, procurement, and end-customer claims.

How has it helped my organization?

We have around 110 to 120 developers under that, or multiple teams are there. They tend to do a lot of specific work for Celonis or process mining.

What is most valuable?

My two favorite features are execution management and process intelligence, which provide 360-degree data. These are my favorite features because they offer an implementation strategy for specific processes and provide recommendations. It's like having an expert provide a solution for a mining problem.

What needs improvement?

I would like to see additional features, such as starting up a kind of prototype based on the domain. For example, in the insurance domain, they could provide templates for top-tier processes. Currently, we are stating our own processes.

Additionally, it would be helpful if they could categorize processes into tier levels, such as tier one, two, and three, and provide guidance on aligning oneself accordingly. This could be useful in considering costs and other factors.

For how long have I used the solution?

We are using version 2022.4.4 of Celonis.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The stability is great. I would rate it a nine out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It is a scalable solution. The number of users varies from 10 to 12 because that's set up for the mining team

How are customer service and support?

The customer support is pretty good. They provide both on-call and email support, and they also have a good library of troubleshooting guides to refer to.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is straightforward.

What about the implementation team?

For the last two years, my team and I have been working on the deployment processes.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

We have a yearly subscription model. They started with nice protection, but it is pretty high now.

What other advice do I have?

For anyone doing process mining, this is the top tool available. It is the best one.

Overall, I would rate it an eight out of ten. The only drawback is the lack of domain-specific templates based on tier levels.

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Global digital manager at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
A fast and scalable process mining solution with a useful intuitive UI
Pros and Cons
  • "For the amount of information that it processes, it works relatively fast. I like the visual presentation and the interface is intuitive. I also like that Celonis has a learning academy."
  • "The price could be better, but complexity is the biggest problem. Celonis is quite easy to operate once the customizations are done. You need a large amount of skill and knowledge to work with the tool. You need to understand it and know more than the basics."

What is our primary use case?

We use Celonis for process mining, discovery, credit management, billing, cash application. Also insights from Celonis are being used to support major ERP implementation project

How has it helped my organization?

Firstly, we discovered the process and were able to see the real picture. We were able to see how much and where the real process deviates from the standards that we assumed. 

Secondly, we were also able to trigger improvement initiatives using Celonis to change performance operations where it was required the most.

Thirdly, we were able to use Celonis insights to create our strategy as it provided the base for quantitative process features. It gave us insights into how much, when, and how many different notions happened within our process.

We use those three to formulate our strategy and scope and plan our resources for implementing the strategy.

What is most valuable?

For the amount of information that it processes, it works relatively fast. I like the visual presentation and the interface is intuitive. I also like that Celonis has a learning academy.

What needs improvement?

Complexity is the biggest problem. You need a large amount of skill and knowledge to work with the tool. You need to understand it and know more than the basics. 

It takes a huge amount of effort to build a good dashboard in Celonis because of the complexities of understanding how all those different processes work together, calculate them, and build them in Celonis.

If you need to do something custom or create an analysis on your own, you'll need to learn a lot, and it'll take weeks. This is not a self-service tool. Let's be honest. Many companies say that they have thousands of Celonis users, and this is probably true. But I don't really think that Celonis is an application that should be used in the organization by general operational people. This is more a tool for global process owners or process improvement functions. 

In future I would like to see alerts, better self-service capabilities, and cross-applicational KPIs in the next release.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have used Celonis within the last 18 months.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Celonis is fairly stable. I would say it's reliable, and I would give it four out of five. Celonis depends on the underlying database, and probably in the cloud, it's going to be a different story than what we have experienced. Overall consider it as a stable solution, but we definitely had some problems not so long ago. I definitely wouldn't give it five out of five.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Scalability is very good. We have about 30 active users. Their roles are the global process owner team, the operational team who actually runs the process, and the strategic consultant for process improvement.

The product is actually being used every week. We have plans to increase our user base by building a superuser community to leverage it more. But we're not planning to expand it to new user groups or new processes.

How are customer service and technical support?

Technical support is good. I would give them a four out of five. Our support isn't with Celonis. We have the COE model. Our support organization is different from the Celonis organization. The ITL sourcing company supports the product, and it's not necessarily Celonis.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was complex. We went with the standard setup, and then we did some customization at the end. This approach eventually gave us the dashboards that we wanted.

What about the implementation team?

There were three to five people in a team that deployed this solution. It took over a year to implement Celonis. But some of this was probably related to our infrastructure and not the product. It was quite a lengthy implementation.

What was our ROI?

I think we got a return on our investment. We have not done any formal calculation of our ROI, but one of our use cases was really where we found large processing efficiency through Celonis. It indicated a very high rate in one country, and we ran the improved initiative there. Now, we see a reduction there. Orders are getting faster, clients are happier, and we can also redeploy the resources to process something else.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Celonis is expensive. It's not for mid or low-sized enterprises because the license price is high. Overall, it's quite pricey compared to anything else that I have heard about. But the good thing is that they don't charge per user. They charge for the data model.

What other advice do I have?

I would tell potential users that they really need to understand why they need this tool and have the right expectations. People tend to mix up this need and think that Celonis is a silver bullet. It's not true. 

Celonis is specific to process mining. Use it for process mining and nothing else. Be clear on these expectations with management. It's best to involve the business to really find definite KPIs. Define the metrics before the start of the project. This is essential to ensure that the insights are exactly in the area as expected. They also need to decide if they want a standard package or not.

I think we made a highly complex security system which requires a lot of software to maintain. We could have probably simplified that. If I implement Celonis again, I will be very clear and specific about our expectations. I would tell them what they should expect rather than what they have been told by consultants and managers who tend to overpromote the system.

On a scale from one to ten, I would give Celonis a nine.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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reviewer2079900 - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions Architect at a consultancy with 51-200 employees
Real User
Top 20
Easy to use, scalable, and keeps adding good features regularly
Pros and Cons
  • "What I found most valuable in Celonis is the ease of use. I also like that users can compare and contrast and derive any KPIs, keep track and see what's happening within the process via Celonis."
  • "The task mining feature of Celonis needs improvement because it's more challenging than it looks."

What is our primary use case?

I've used Celonis for process mining, and it's the same as any process mining platform. I worked on the financial processes and the management side and did some benchmarking against KPIs.

What is most valuable?

What I found most valuable in Celonis is the ease of use.

I also like that users can compare and contrast and derive any KPIs, keep track and see what's happening within the process via Celonis. 

The solution also allows different user levels, not just the C-suite level, to look at some of the cost corrections that can be done to reach goals. I find this helpful, mainly because the leadership team doesn't usually have an idea of what exactly happens in the day-to-day process, and this gives leaders good insight into what is happening and how it affects the KPIs.

What needs improvement?

The task mining feature of Celonis needs improvement because it's more challenging than it looks. The solution still has a long way to go in that area.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been on a break, but I used Celonis within the last twelve months. My experience with it is one and a half years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Celonis stability is an eight out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Celonis is a pretty scalable solution, but you must be more careful about the data you bring into the system. Do you think it's required? Otherwise, you'd have another data duplication on the cloud, where the cost could increase quickly.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I haven't used any other solution apart from Celonis.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup for Celonis is an eight out of ten, but it still depends on the data quality.

You need engineers and the development team to get the process started. Still, if you don't have the correct data, you'd spend a lot of time getting that in the proper format and extracting it from different systems.

Celonis can be fully deployed between three to six months, depending on the complexity.

What about the implementation team?

A third party implements Celonis projects for my company. I come from consulting, and I have clients on Celonis.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Pricing-wise, Celonis is a five out of ten right now because my clients just started with the solution. When my clients start looking at scaling Celonis, the cost will grow. Every user has an additional charge, and every gig of data you bring in costs extra. That's where you have to be careful when scaling the solution.

What other advice do I have?

The number of people involved in deploying Celonis depends on the scale of projects, but for one process, such as a financial end-to-end AP process, the initial development to deployment requires anywhere between three to four people, including engineers, processors, and consultants, at least.

My rating for Celonis is eight out of ten because it's coming up with many good features. Every day, there's something new about Celonis.

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Process Mining Manager at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Robust, capable of hosting a lot of data, and useful for full visibility into a process
Pros and Cons
  • "Automated root cause analysis and process explorer features are very good. It provides a lot of selections, such as process flow selection, attribute selection, etc."
  • "The way they manage the data should also be improved. There is a lot of room for improvement there because a lot of duplicated data gets created, which should be improved. There should be ease of data management and code management."

What is our primary use case?

We have been using it for process optimization. We use it for our procure-to-pay (P2P) process and accounts payable process. 

It is a complete cloud solution. It is hosted on Celonis Cloud, and we just get an instance of the solution. We are using its latest version.

How has it helped my organization?

We are trying to optimize all of our organizational processes with this solution. It gives full visibility of how a process is run end to end.

What is most valuable?

It has a strong capability for hosting a lot of data. It is quite robust. 

Automated root cause analysis and process explorer features are very good. It provides a lot of selections, such as process flow selection, attribute selection, etc.

What needs improvement?

Their communication related to the product roadmap should be improved. From a customer's point of view, they should communicate more about their product roadmap.

The way they manage the data should also be improved. There is a lot of room for improvement there because a lot of duplicated data gets created, which should be improved. There should be ease of data management and code management. 

Their support can also be improved. There is a lot of back and forth communication exchange with their service desk. I see a bit of improvement there.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this solution for two and a half years. I have been using it extensively during these years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It is scalable.

In terms of its users, it is not being used by a lot of end-users in our organization. It is being used by IT solution experts and business process owners. We do have plans of increasing its usage. There will be similar people using the tool, but it will be expanded to other processes of the organization.

How are customer service and support?

I have mixed feedback about their support. They are quick, but sometimes, there is a lot of exchange of questions back and forth. We also have some direct contacts through our customer success manager, and with their support, we are able to get the right technical support, but their service desk takes time. 

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We didn't use any other solution previously.

How was the initial setup?

From a product point of view, it was straightforward, but we had to undergo a lot of internal processes, which took time. It took about three months, but most of it was more from an internal process or governance point of view.

What about the implementation team?

We consulted Celonis. Our experience with them was good. Being the vendor, they, of course, have very strong knowledge. They have very strong consultants.

I'm managing it, and I have two people reporting to me. So, we have two to three people for deployment at a given time. In the future, we'll have to expand.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We didn't evaluate other options. This was our first choice. It was a top-down directive.

What other advice do I have?

They are bringing in many new features. One of the new features they have is Action Flows. It is a good feature, but we are yet to explore it extensively. We have an understanding of it, but we are yet to put it into full use. They are also working a lot on extending their process connectors. The way they're extending their process connectors is very beneficial.

It is a strong solution. My advice would be to get it implemented in strong collaboration with the solution experts. Whatever process you are working with, you should onboard the solution experts of that process because, without that, you may not get the correct results. The tool is capable, but you need to put people with the right knowledge on it.

When we started using the tool, we found a lot of cases where a certain type of non-compliance was highlighted, which is not the fault of the tool. With direct knowledge of the people or the solution experts, we understood that few cases are normal and few cases are not normal. So, you need to understand what is normal and what is not normal from solution experts. 

I would rate it an eight out of 10.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Other
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Cuneyt Ugur - PeerSpot reviewer
Robotic Process Automation Leader at Borusan Holding
Real User
Top 20
Great for process mining with good technical support and excellent stability
Pros and Cons
  • "The solution offers a very good user interface."
  • "It would help if they had more integrations and automation features."

What is our primary use case?

We are using Celonis in our process mining operations to investigate our processes performance and take actions accordingly in business core processes such as order to cach(O2C), accounts receivable and payable, purchase to pay, warehouse processes. Our primary goal work with Process Excellence and discover process improvement and automation needs.

How has it helped my organization?

We've just started to use the solution.

What is most valuable?

The solution really is a leader of the industry in the concept of process mining. They are very strong on this scope. It's their most valuable aspect.

The solution offers a very good user interface. With the dynamic interface on offer, the development of processes and dashboards is easy.

Technical support - both from the company and from the consultants we hired - is quite good.

The solution is very stable. It doesn't seem to have any bugs.

What needs improvement?

It would help if they had more integration flexibility and automation features. 

For how long have I used the solution?

We've been using the solution for about one year at this point. It hasn't been too long.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution seems to be very stable. I haven't witnessed any bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. Overall, its performance and reliability are quite good.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

it is well enough.

How are customer service and technical support?

We have a consulting company in our county that assists with technical support. They are giving support, however, Celonis is also giving support, as we need. They've allowed us to also speak directly to them if we run into issues. It is good that Celonis has enough partners in our region and that they are open to helping us directly. Therefore, we've been satisfied with the level of support on offer, and the options we have when it comes to getting assistance.

How was the initial setup?

Firts you need to install some integrator components to take data from your ERP or third party applications. You need also have third-party application consultants to complete those setups as well. But at the experts have experience how to do it well.


What about the implementation team?

We brought in consultants for the initial implementation. They helped us roll everything out.

What other advice do I have?

We're customers and end-users of the product.

We're using the latest version of the solution at this time.

In general, I would rate the solution at a nine out of ten. Overall, we've been quite happy with the product and its capabilities so far.

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Private Cloud
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