Bonita vs SAP Signavio Process Manager comparison

Bonitasoft and SAP are both solutions in the Business Process Design category. Bonitasoft is ranked #17, while SAP is ranked #5 with an average rating of 8.8. Bonitasoft holds a 3.0% mindshare in BPD, compared to SAP’s 6.5% mindshare. Additionally, 96% of Bonitasoft users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 90% of SAP users who would recommend it.

Bonita

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96% willing to recommend

SAP Signavio Process Manager

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90% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 3, 2024

Bonita and SAP Signavio Process Manager compete in business process management. SAP Signavio Process Manager appears superior due to its comprehensive features and robust deployment capabilities, offering long-term value.

Features: Bonita offers intuitive process modeling, flexibility in execution, and integration capabilities. SAP Signavio Process Manager provides collaborative process design, extensive process mining tools, and analytics functionalities.

Room for Improvement: Bonita could enhance its deployment complexity, improve training resources, and expand feature sets. SAP Signavio Process Manager might benefit from simplifying its integration process, improving initial setup, and enhancing cost efficiency.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Bonita ensures straightforward deployment with quick implementation and supportive customer service. SAP Signavio Process Manager, although more complex, offers strong integration support and extensive training resources.

Pricing and ROI: Bonita offers cost-effectiveness with a lower entry barrier, favoring fast ROI in simpler scenarios. SAP Signavio Process Manager justifies higher setup costs through extensive features and operational efficiencies, translating to strategic long-term ROI.

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Categories and Ranking

Bonita

Ranking in Business Process Design

17th

Ranking in Business Process Management (BPM)

29th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Process Automation (27th)

SAP Signavio Process Manager

Ranking in Business Process Design

5th

Ranking in Business Process Management (BPM)

10th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2026, in the Business Process Design category, the mindshare of Bonita is 3.0%, down from 4.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP Signavio Process Manager is 6.5%, down from 9.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Business Process Design Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
SAP Signavio Process Manager	6.5%
Bonita	3.0%
Other	90.5%

Business Process Design

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Paparao Nadipineni

Architect at Evoke

A simple and lightweight college course automation system with third-party integrations

The initial setup is straightforward and can be completed with the environment within an hour. First, take the latest from the git repository and check the git code to the monitor studio and a bar file, a deployable Bonita archive file. Then, take that process to the Bonita server, running at runtime on another server. Finally, deploy and enable it by selecting the proper organization.

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Sravani Bodanapu

Intelligent Ops Journey Expert at ANZ Banking Group

Process modeling has standardized complex banking workflows and drives data‑driven automation decisions

I would assess the impact of process modeling features on operational transparency as a four. I give it a four because of how well the platform could be utilized if one has a license or would be able to access it via collaborative features, and as well be able to communicate, making it less people dependent and more process dependent. A small gap of one is only because if the map has to be shared or if somebody has to work together on a map, similar to how we have Google Forms where more than two people can make changes simultaneously, the map does not allow that. One has to close it, and the next partner can only access the map after I close it. The existing changes are lost if they click on ignore or if they close the diagram. This is one feature which is sometimes bothersome. The gap of one is something that is personal feedback from my end. If someone is a newbie and they are building a map for the first time, they definitely go through a training module. But if somebody is jumping right in to build a map for the first time, which I did more than a couple of years ago, I felt that given the extent to which we have artificial intelligence capabilities right now, it would be nice if whenever you are saving a diagram and if I build it incorrectly in terms of adhering to BPMN 2.0, errors are shown, which is really nice. There are errors and warnings that need to be corrected to adhere to the standards. It is great that it allows me to save, but in order to correct the errors, if I do not understand what the error is trying to tell me. For example, sometimes it says that the element is named wrong. I understand that; it is a verb and noun that is a requirement. But sometimes it says the edge folding is not clear, and despite trying several times, I still do not get it. SAP could consider having AI capabilities to suggest how it can be done immediately on the screen itself, perhaps in the form of a virtual assistant or something. Today, for larger errors, I go to Google to check it and try to understand. If an assistant tells me that I think the arrow may be placed wrong, I think that would help me. It would save time and help me from looking up multiple dictionaries to understand what it is trying to say. At the moment, we are not integrating SAP Signavio Process Manager with existing ERP systems because internally I think we are using multiple enterprise resource planning tools. Because of that, there is a restraint to connect it with SAP Signavio Process Manager, and there is a lot of concern in terms of how data could be used because we work in a banking environment. We are not leveraging, and we have SAP S/4HANA. It would be great if there is a data lake that connects to the process, but at the moment, we do not do that. Every time we build a process, it is picked up by a different team, and they try to connect it with the data lake. It is a great feature which I think can be leveraged, but with the range of legacy systems that the company is using today, there is not much I can comment about how the ERP can be leveraged internally.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"Customer Service: Very good, also the commercial team !Technical Support: Perfect ! and the community is a great help also"

"In general, Bonita is a very good solution."

"Its user-friendliness, along with the availability of comprehensive and clear documentation on the website is the most valuable."

"Development of forms and flows."

"I find process management and user interface designing the most valuable features."

"The solution is stable. Even the older versions are stable."

"Our lead generation system involves both automated and human tasks. By centralizing the workflow to our internal Bonita BPM system, we have improved the conversion rate (leads to customers) and lowered the number of leads dropped."

"The user interface is better than all of the open-source BPMs that I have tried."

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"Version management is helpful because I like to try different versions and then decide which of them should be the main model."

"The features I find most valuable are ease of use and the Collaboration Hub."

"In the case of supplier onboarding, we reduced the time from around six days of onboarding a supplier to a 24-hour service level."

"All in all, Signavio usability is excellent. Anyone can learn to use the tool quickly. This increases acceptance as employees are not facing a high learning curve. With the offered usability it is easy to model processes also live in workshops."

"The most valuable feature for me is the collaboration point of view, where everybody has a single view, or source of truth, and everybody sees the same thing. Everyone can comment, contribute, and discuss the processes itself, which makes it easier to funnel down the most value adding comments and make the relevant changes to the processes. This leads to the next best iteration or version of your process."

"SAP Signavio Process Manager is very responsive."

"In my opinion, the most valuable feature is the editor and its ease of use, and when people are looking at it, they can make comments about changes that need to be made."

"It is highly user-friendly and easy to use, even for those who are not familiar with product modeling."

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Cons

"There is a need for more components in the library and additional customization options for these components."

"The support is mandatory to access all features (Subscription), maybe they can have a different business model."

"The initial setup is not easy compared to other products."

"The solution is stable. However, we have experienced a few bugs."

"So Bonita is easy to use but it seems to be missing some powerful features that competing products have."

"The price is good, but I do not like the process instance annual quantity pricing base used today."

"I should be able to park the tasks that are within a process in a kind of container, and dynamically, a super admin should be able to connect these processes. This kind of feature might be helpful."

"At times Bonita BPM Studio crashes, intermittently."

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"The user interface can feel outdated and complex for non-technical users, so it should be improved."

"One thing that I found is in order to get us mobilized, get the processes modeled and get the right information out, we have had to use the API to create some custom reports."

"The workflow automation of the solution is an area of concern where improvements are required."

"I think the interface itself can improve a bit. I think the interface is still stuck about a decade in the past, if I may be so brutal about it. Some of the buttons are really small, so you can't even see them. I think it needs upgrading to the 21st century with apps and the way we use mobile phones."

"We would like a better way to give users the correct permissions for processes, whether to view or design."

"Signavio already offers a wonderful range of functions. If variant management and customer journeys are optimized, Signavio can definitely bask in the glory of BPM tools. We also see optimization potential in the management of licenses, e.g. no named users but rather floating licenses and integration into the company's active directory."

"For me, given I've got a lot of experience working with BPMN and other process management tools, in terms of the interface, I think there's a little bit more that can be improved to match what the conventional BPMN offers. I've been constantly trying to give this feedback to Signavio, to let them know that it needs to be more coherent with the original BPMN version of the stencil."

"I think the intuitive handling is an issue which they should be more focused on, especially as we have issues with the glossary. If you want to implement Signavio within procedures in contact with other software, it's quite difficult to integrate and you will have several points where you have to double and triple the work, because you cannot maintain the data centrally. With other solutions, we can integrate it and have only one data transfer, to import and export with other solutions. A glossary is still limiting us."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price of the solution is reasonable."

"The price is fair for what we are using the solution for."

"Licensing cost for the Enterprise edition comes out to be around 40,000 a year. There is also a Community edition, which is free. Some customers can go for the Community edition, but some of them require the Enterprise edition. Big companies go for the Enterprise edition, which comes with a lot of additional features such as a mobile app."

"The Community Edition comes free of charge."

"I am using the free version of Bonita."

"have installed the image of Bonita BPM on Amazon AWS and there is just one option to use and pay for."

"The Enterprise edition is very expensive."

"I believe this is a very good financial choice."

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"The customer Journey Modeler is more than twice the price of Process Manager, which is a lot."

"The solution is quite expensive compared to other vendors."

"This solution provides really great value for the money."

"The product is expensive."

"We are only able to use the free academic licenses because we have a financial constraint. We are not able to pay for commercial licenses to use this kind of tool."

"Lower than the competition with highly flexible licensing plans."

"Although Signavio is a feature-rich solution, it is expensive for companies who haven’t reached a certain maturity level in their process management initiatives."

"My client purchased one editor license and the collaboration hub, which covers up to a hundred people."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

15%

Computer Software Company

11%

Government

Construction Company

Manufacturing Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

Computer Software Company

Healthcare Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	14
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	11

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	17
Midsize Enterprise	6
Large Enterprise	45

Questions from the Community

How does Bonita compare with Camunda Platform?

One of the things we like best about Bonita is that you can create without coding - it is a low-code platform. With Bonita, you can build the entire mechanism using the GUI, it’s that simple. You c...

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Which is better - Signavio Process Manager or Celonis?

SAP Signavio Process Manager is a very robust industrial-grade business process modeling tool. It is easy to use and does not require too much technological involvement. This solution has a collabo...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Signavio Process Manager?

I am not aware of the pricing and licensing of SAP Signavio Process Manager in the current firm I am working for. However, in my last company, Fidelity International, I was introduced to SAP Signav...

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What advice do you have for others considering Signavio Process Manager?

I do use the collaborative workspace feature of SAP Signavio Process Manager. Our stakeholders who are outside of SAP Signavio Process Manager environment do use the collaborative feature because t...

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Also Known As

Bonita BPM

Signavio Process Editor

Overview

Bonita offers a low-code platform with user-friendly implementation, drag-and-drop capabilities, and robust connectors, making it suitable for integration, form customization, and process modeling. Its compatibility with multiple platforms supports workflow management.

Bonita stands out for its rapid cycle times, comprehensive documentation, and extensive integration capabilities. Its flexible UI supports Java modules and offers valuable process modeling and application development features. Users find it particularly efficient for business process management and workflow automation, allowing them to design, develop, and deploy processes seamlessly while leveraging its open-source nature. Despite these strengths, improvements in code flexibility, debugging, and mobile version access can enhance its performance. Better BPM and IoT connectivity, coupled with a refined cloud billing model, could add further value.

What are Bonita's most important features?

Drag-and-drop capabilities: Simplify process modeling and design.
Robust connectors: Facilitate smooth integration with third-party systems.
Flexible UI: Allows easy form customization and adaptability.
Comprehensive documentation: Supports efficient implementation and learning.
Multi-platform compatibility: Enhances flexibility by supporting diverse environments.
Open-source nature: Encourages customization and community-driven enhancements.

What benefits should users consider?

Ease of integration: Simplifies connecting with existing systems.
Accelerated development: Streamlines the application development cycle.
Workflow automation: Enhances operational efficiency and process management.
Customizability: Allows tailored solutions to meet specific needs.

Bonita is frequently implemented across sectors like manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, and finance for web application creation, testing, and user access management. Organizations utilize it in development and pre-production environments as well as educational settings for course automation and validation, adapting its features to meet sector-specific requirements seamlessly.

Bonitasoft

SAP Signavio Process Manager offers an intuitive interface focused on ease of use, facilitating collaboration and governance. It's ideal for quick adoption within organizations, supporting process mining and intelligence to drive continuous optimization.

Offering a comprehensive web-based repository, SAP Signavio Process Manager excels in governance with its intuitive drag-and-drop modeling capabilities. The Collaboration Hub fosters transparency and discussion, crucial for organizations focusing on compliance and process optimization. Users find it efficient for internal training without requiring external resources. Despite its strengths, enhancements like simultaneous editing, improved integration with non-SAP systems, and advanced reporting are desired. Organizations often use it to capture and document business processes, facilitating compliance, audits, and digital transformation efforts.

What are the key features of SAP Signavio Process Manager?

Intuitive Interface: Ensures ease of use and quick adoption within teams.
Governance and Version Control: Provides effective management and version tracking.
Drag-and-Drop Modeling: Allows seamless process modeling.
Collaboration Hub: Enhances transparency and team discussions.
Process Mining and Intelligence: Identifies inefficiencies supporting continuous improvement.

What benefits and ROI can users expect?

Quick Adoption: Facilitates easy learning and collaboration.
Process Optimization: Supports identifying inefficiencies for continuous improvement.
Compliance Support: Useful for audits and standardization.
Workflow Management: Efficient portal for distribution and management.
Enhanced Training: Simplifies onboarding of new staff.

In industries like finance, healthcare, and logistics, SAP Signavio Process Manager is used for optimizing workflows, facilitating digital transformation, and supporting strategic planning. It aids in resource management and enhances process understanding for better training and onboarding.

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Sample Customers

With more than 1000 customers in 75 countries, and its ecosystem of more than 120,000 members, Bonitasoft is the largest provider of open-source Business Process Management, Low-code and Digital Transformation software worldwide.

DHL, Coca Cola EP, Prudential, Zalando, T-Systems, Jabil, Endress+Hauser, Rakuten

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