Camunda vs IBM Case Foundation comparison

Camunda and IBM are both solutions in the Business Process Management (BPM) category. Camunda is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.4, while IBM is ranked #31 with an average rating of 8.0. Camunda holds a 16.5% mindshare in BPM, compared to IBM’s 0.5% mindshare. Additionally, 89% of Camunda users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 86% of IBM users who would recommend it.

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86% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 15, 2025

IBM Case Foundation and Camunda compete in workflow automation and business process management. Camunda has the upper hand in adaptability and faster implementation.

Features: IBM Case Foundation offers advanced integration with enterprise systems, excels in complex case scenarios, and provides detailed analytics. Camunda is known for its lightweight deployment, flexibility, and easy integration with environments like microservices and cloud-native architectures.

Room for Improvement: IBM Case Foundation can improve its implementation timeline, user interface design, and accessibility for non-technical users. Camunda could enhance ease of customization for less technical personnel, expand its feature set for enterprise environments, and provide more detailed documentation for advanced configuration.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: IBM Case Foundation provides a feature-rich, complex deployment model supported by comprehensive customer service. Camunda offers a streamlined deployment process with swift adaptation but may require more technical expertise for customization, with satisfactory customer support.

Pricing and ROI: IBM Case Foundation involves high upfront costs and aligns with large-scale needs, leading to longer ROI timelines. Camunda offers a subscription pricing model with lower initial expenses and promising ROI, appealing to businesses seeking rapid deployment and cost-effective scalability.

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Categories and Ranking

Camunda

Ranking in Business Process Management (BPM)

1st

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Business Process Design (1st), Process Automation (1st)

IBM Case Foundation

Ranking in Business Process Management (BPM)

31st

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the Business Process Management (BPM) category, the mindshare of Camunda is 16.5%, down from 21.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM Case Foundation is 0.5%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Business Process Management (BPM) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Camunda	16.5%
IBM Case Foundation	0.5%
Other	83.0%

Business Process Management (BPM)

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FABIO NAGAO

Chief Technology Officer at Looplex SA

Reduces costs with hardware abstraction and simplifies scaling

There is an issue where, in some situations, I need to scale up by observing both CPU and memory usage of containers, yet under the current options available at Amazon, this is not possible. I have to choose between monitoring CPU or memory to scale my solution. Not every software is built for deployment as a container service, although the current architecture trend is changing this.

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Nouman Nawaz

Deputy Director - IT(Plans) at DHA Lahore

Mature product in terms of security and stable product

The architecture is a bit difficult, but in BAW, they introduced the Business Automation Workflow. It's a bit easier compared to Case Manager. Currently, we use Case Manager, so it's a bit difficult to upgrade and handle, but BAW is comparatively much better and easier to handle. The limitation is only for customization because IBM doesn't support it. In some scenarios, if you want some business processes to be customized, we have already spoken two or three times with IBM representatives that we have to customize some of the features in this business process. They would say that if you want to do this automation at your own end, then okay, fine, go ahead, but we are not supporting all this customization. The only thing is the customization because it's a complete standard application.

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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

"It is very user-friendly compared to IBM BPM. It's much simpler – it's more streamlined. That means even non-technical departments can use it."

"The speed and execution of DMN was a big selling point for us. It's very good at conducting business processes that are easily modeled and presented in a way that's easy to understand."

"It's user friendly, much better than most tools I have seen."

"The visibility – the diagrams you create – and then being able to automate based on them are valuable features. It's easy to explain and comprehend, and the integration aspects are valuable."

"The ease with which I can define workflows is most valuable. The latest updates and flexibility that it provides around a task activity are interesting for me."

"One valuable feature of the solution is its flexibility."

"We have the ability to modify the product if we need to, and that comes in handy whenever we need to add new functionality and features."

"It is open-source. It supports microservice orchestration. This is what we are really interested in. We can customize our products depending on the use cases."

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"Flexible and the ability to divide search screens, and to search for documents. The ECM feature inside the system is great."

"The only thing is that we can easily track where the application is in the process, from manual to automation."

"The most valuable features are those involving decision making, analysis, and anything related to event documents because those processes are related to content as well."

"It provides us the capability of producing business processes for documents that are launched immediately when a document comes into the repository."

"The solution is scalable."

"The client and the IBM content navigation are the solution's most valuable features."

"It's very easy."

"A valuable feature includes seamless integration with the document management system, along with robust capabilities in analytics and reporting."

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Cons

"I would say that Camunda should actually focus on small cases as well. There's a lot of space out there, for small businesses. If they can, they should cater to them."

"Lacking in forms visualization."

"The cockpit features of the Camunda Platform can be improved to make it a bit more user-friendly, in terms of providing a bit more user experience for non-technical users. There could be some additional documentation added."

"I don't like the UI of the Camunda Platform, I have found the Signavio solution to be much better for me to create the process designs and execute them. Additionally, I have found the tools in the Camunda Platform are not compatible with some of my other tools. They should improve this in the future."

"In the latest version, there are certain workflow nodes that are missing. Camunda should bring those back, or rather, develop them quickly."

"The initial setup can be complex for business users."

"The support definitely can be improved. Apart from that, the language should be extendable to other platforms. If I want to write, I'll run a different platform, like Python code on top of it, or COBOL code on top of it, and it should support those languages."

"Like all BPM tools, they're very bad with proprietary UIs. In general, anyone who uses BPM tools should not expect to use their proprietary UI."

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"The service as it currently stands is out-of-date and lacks flexibility."

"The solution can be quite expensive."

"90% of the feedback we receive states that the UI is not very user-friendly."

"We are now using microservices but there are some areas where the coordination with FileNet is problematic."

"The interface needs to be more user-friendly."

"Once a workflow is launched then it stays static forever, which is a problem because if there is a change in the business then you cannot change the workflow."

"There is a need for more open and flexible integration capabilities, allowing seamless collaboration with a broader spectrum of business process management solutions, beyond the confines of IBM's document management offerings."

"IBM needs to update the user interfaces of all its products to make them more intuitive and accessible to beginners. Compared to Microsoft products, IBM solutions are less user-friendly. IBM programs are hard to master. It's a problem in my region because it's hard to find IT staff who can work with IBM."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"In Africa, the cost of deployment is an important factor to consider since it adds to the overall cost. This might be the only drawback to using it."

"When compared with the proprietary products, the pricing costs are much less, even though it is an enterprise edition."

"We have an annual subscription to this solution."

"We are using the paid edition because there is no separate support and service license yet. We are yet to find a suitable licensing model for Camunda because we only use the engine, and we have implemented our solution around Camunda Cloud. So, we are mainly interested in the support and service, and that's what we mainly use in the paid edition."

"We use the open-source version, which can be used at no cost."

"We are using the community version. There is no licensing cost."

"Camunda Platform is an open-source product."

"It is less cost-prohibitive than other solutions on the market. This solution was in our price range."

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"Pricing is in the mid-range, it is not cheap, but it's not expensive."

"The price falls in the middle range—not overly expensive but not extremely affordable either."

"This is not an expensive solution and we are using the standard license."

"IBM Case Foundation is a little expensive."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

26%

Computer Software Company

13%

Government

Insurance Company

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Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	41
Midsize Enterprise	15
Large Enterprise	29

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	5
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	6

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What do you like most about IBM Case Foundation?

A valuable feature includes seamless integration with the document management system, along with robust capabilities in analytics and reporting.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Case Foundation?

The tool is expensive for my customers; it is very expensive, more than other solutions. Some customers say it is more expensive. The license cost for Cloud Pak is per user and increases with the n...

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What needs improvement with IBM Case Foundation?

We face some challenges with IBM Case Foundation from our customers, particularly with administration and configuration. We face many issues and open tickets with IBM regarding that, especially som...

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Also Known As

Camunda BPM

Case Foundation, FileNet Business Process Manager

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Overview

Camunda revolutionizes process orchestration by enabling seamless automation and integration with AI, human tasks, and existing systems while ensuring security and governance.

Built for collaboration between business and IT, Camunda empowers organizations to manage complexity, boost efficiency, and maintain competitive advantage. With a clientele of over 700 top organizations like Atlassian, ING, and Vodafone, Camunda is a trusted partner in designing, orchestrating, automating, and refining critical business processes to accelerate digital transformation. Its open-source nature, ease of use, and REST API integration make it a versatile choice for various needs.

What are Camunda's key features?

Lightweight Architecture: Offers streamlined and efficient process management.
Scalability: Supports growth and complexity in operations.
Flexibility with BPMN, CMMN, and DMN Standards: Ensures adaptability to different process modeling needs.
Open-Source: Encourages customization and user-specific enhancements.
Graphical Process Modeling: Intuitive interface for designing and automating processes.

What benefits or ROI should users look for?

Enhanced Efficiency: Streamlines processes for optimized performance.
Seamless Integration: Ensures smooth workflow across different systems.
Improved Collaboration: Facilitates effective cooperation between business and IT.
Customizability: Adapts to specific user requirements and system environments.

In banking, Camunda automates processes and manages transactions, while in telecommunications, it optimizes service orders. Governmental and public sectors benefit from workflow automation. Organizations often use either the enterprise edition or the open-source version to create APIs and manage business rules effectively.

Camunda

IBM Case Foundation is for organizations that need to harness unstructured information and integrate it with business processes to drive critical business decisions. It enables organizations to create, manage and optimize case-based processes and is designed to decrease development costs while significantly improving process performance. Case Foundation links specific pieces of content with a structured workflow. It's an on ramp for organizations that choose to move from document-centric workflow solutions to the advanced capabilities of IBM Case Manager.

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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

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