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 8.3, while IBM is ranked #33 with an average rating of 8.0. Camunda holds a 21.3% mindshare in BPM, compared to IBM’s 0.4% 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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89% willing to recommend

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86% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 9, 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)

33rd

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Business Process Management (BPM) category, the mindshare of Camunda is 21.3%, up from 21.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM Case Foundation is 0.4%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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

"When I compare it with other BPM tools, like IBM, it is great, open source, and free when you use the community version."

"It has an open BPM"

"One reason we selected Camunda or Cloud/DB is that it comes with the support of the BPMN notation, which helps to define processes in a standard manner. Another reason was that Camunda Cloud, as the name says, is designed for a new cloud era."

"The integration with almost any language, product, and even human tasks, is valuable. It's very seamless to integrate into existing systems. It doesn't require you to rewrite a lot of your existing system. That's where it really stands out."

"It is quite easy to build a simple process without any knowledge of programming."

"The most valuable features are the management of internal processes, the ability to execute from design and the model for internal processes, the ability to make processes visible, and the ability to have information about the current state of each instance."

"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."

"Camunda seems to have a lot of traction, maturity, and stability. It also matches the need for agile development."

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"The most valuable feature is the content manager part of the file as it is very stable, robust, and reliable."

"It's very easy."

"The content management is great."

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

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

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

"Case Foundation provides a strong security boost."

"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."

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Cons

"I would like to see the forms engine available in the open-source version of this solution."

"The migration strategy needs to be improved."

"It would be better if the tool were made less reliant on Java."

"Would be helpful if there were additional out-of-the-box activities."

"I would like to have a feature for audit logging, audit logs and audit log management. And some history of use for the audit logs."

"In the future, I would definitely like to see the process administration (migration, audit, tracking) and process evaluation (optimize) features added to the community edition."

"In the future, I would like to see better transactional integrity."

"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."

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"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."

"The limitation is only for customization because IBM doesn't support it."

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

"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."

"Comparing the solution with other interfaces, IBM BPM is much better than Case Foundation. They need to make this solution's interface more user-friendly."

"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

"The evaluation of my customers on pricing is that it is reasonable."

"We pay for the license of this solution annually."

"The cost of this solution is better than some competing products."

"I think Camunda BPM can improve their licensing costs. It isn't easy to find clients with Camunda BPM licenses mainly because it's quite expensive."

"Camunda Platform is an open-source product."

"Cheaper licensing and resources than competitors"

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

"I tried to get some information about buying the license for the solution, but I found it kind of hard to understand the business model."

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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."

"IBM Case Foundation is a little expensive."

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

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

27%

Computer Software Company

14%

Government

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

20%

Insurance Company

12%

University

10%

Government

10%

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By reviewers

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Midsize Enterprise

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Questions from the Community

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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 do you prefer - Appian or Camunda Platform?

Appian is fast when building simple to medium solutions. This solution offers simple drag-and-drop functionality with easy plug-and-play options. The initial setup was seamless and very easy to imp...

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Which would you choose - Camunda Platform or Apache Airflow?

Camunda Platform allows for visual demonstration and presentation of business process flows. The flexible Java-based option was a big win for us and allows for the integration of microservices very...

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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?

It was affordable, but right now, ten years later, the cost of the product is extremely high. That's why we are looking for another product.

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Also Known As

Camunda BPM

Case Foundation, FileNet Business Process Manager

Overview

Camunda enables organizations to orchestrate processes across people, systems, and devices to continuously overcome complexity and increase efficiency. A common visual language enables seamless collaboration between business and IT teams to design, automate, and improve end-to-end processes with the required speed, scale, and resilience to remain competitive. Hundreds of enterprises such as Atlassian, ING, and Vodafone orchestrate business-critical processes with Camunda to accelerate digital transformation. To learn more visit camunda.com.

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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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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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