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Camunda vs IBM Business Automation Workflow comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 18, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
7.8
Camunda improves ROI by reducing costs, enhancing efficiency, saving time, and offering robust BPMN and DMN integration tools.
Sentiment score
7.5
IBM Business Automation Workflow boosts ROI through license savings, productivity enhancements, cost reductions, and high user satisfaction.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.2
Camunda's support is helpful but inconsistent, with enterprise users benefiting more, while smaller businesses face pricing and support challenges.
Sentiment score
5.7
IBM Business Automation Workflow's support varies, with reliable technical assistance but inconsistent response times and challenges in on-premises environments.
They provide better support for the enterprise edition.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
6.9
Camunda offers scalability with technologies like Spring Boot and Docker, though database dependencies and auto-scaling improvements remain challenges.
Sentiment score
7.8
IBM Business Automation Workflow is scalable, reliable for enterprise operations, and supports both on-premises and cloud deployments effectively.
Camunda offers a high level of scalability, especially when using its SaaS model, which manages and scales implementations automatically.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.8
Camunda is highly stable and reliable, often scoring 7-10 in stability, with minor issues in integrations and configurations.
Sentiment score
7.7
IBM Business Automation Workflow is considered stable with proper setup, despite initial challenges and occasional bugs reported by users.
There haven't been any significant outages in my experience with Camunda.
 

Room For Improvement

Camunda users seek better navigation, customization, integrations, documentation, security, language support, performance, visualization, and support services improvements.
IBM Business Automation Workflow needs improvements in UI, analytics, setup, support, and integration for a streamlined user experience.
More open documentation would be beneficial to understand the deployment process better and facilitate easier setup.
 

Setup Cost

Camunda's enterprise version is costly, prompting many to choose the free edition or seek alternatives for advanced features.
IBM Business Automation Workflow is seen as costly but provides flexible licensing and significant value, justifying the investment.
There is a licensing cost for using the SaaS model and Enterprise edition of Camunda.
 

Valuable Features

Camunda offers lightweight, flexible BPMN 2.0 compliance, open-source access, microservices orchestration, and user-friendly tools for process automation.
IBM Business Automation Workflow enhances efficiency and agility with seamless AI integration for improved process management and user-friendly configurability.
 

Categories and Ranking

Camunda
Ranking in Business Process Management (BPM)
1st
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
76
Ranking in other categories
Business Process Design (2nd), Process Automation (1st)
IBM Business Automation Wor...
Ranking in Business Process Management (BPM)
14th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
23
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the Business Process Management (BPM) category, the mindshare of Camunda is 22.1%, up from 21.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM Business Automation Workflow is 2.2%, down from 2.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Business Process Management (BPM)
 

Featured Reviews

Peter Broucke - PeerSpot reviewer
Support is good (even the basic one), documentation is readily available and matches the need for agile development
Probably one area I look forward to has to do with AI and how Camunda sees the AI angle on workflow. I know they're working on that or at least communicating about it. They already have versions to run on the cloud, so they've tackled that. We're looking at what they will come up with otherwise. As long as the product gets enough traction and evolves, we're happy. With open source, you can monitor what's happening. If the product is being left by many customers, that's a sign. We're also users of Camunda, and you can watch one of our guides' presentations in the States about one of our implementations. Our focus now is on developing service management and DMN APIs for the platform. AI is something we take into consideration, but we'll see what additional benefits it could bring and how to interconnect it with our data or AI engineering.
Michael-CHUNG - PeerSpot reviewer
Not a very user-friendly solution, though it provides good cost management
We use IBM Business Automation Workflow for operational workflows The most valuable feature of IBM Business Automation Workflow is cost management. IBM Business Automation Workflow is not a very user-friendly solution. It would be better if the solution provided LCNC support. IBM Business…
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
27%
Computer Software Company
14%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Government
6%
Financial Services Firm
37%
Computer Software Company
10%
Government
8%
Manufacturing Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

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What do you like most about IBM Business Automation Workflow?
The most valuable feature of IBM Business Automation Workflow is cost management.
 

Also Known As

Camunda BPM
Business Automation Workflow
 

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Sample Customers

24 Hour Fitness, Accruent, AT&T Inc., Atlassian, CSS Insurance, Deutsche Telekom, Generali, Provinzial NordWest Insurance Services, Swisscom AG, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, VHV Group, Zalando
Key Bank, Barclays, Control€xpert, MIR Insurance Brokers, Conqord Oil
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