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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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

"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."

"We have been able to save costs using this solution compared to the product we used before."

"The flexibility characteristic in a BPMS, through BPMN and DMN, is undoubtedly the most interesting feature for our business."

"It is simple to use. The user experience is very good."

"Camunda is the best among similar solutions like JBPM and Activiti."

"Having knowledge of the BPM and monitoring process has proven to be very beneficial, as I am currently engaged in documenting processes for Clientele."

"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."

"The number of client implementations and cross-language capabilities to support multiple frameworks is very pluggable compared to Pega. It's also more portable."

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"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."

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

"The solution is scalable."

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

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

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

"The most valuable feature is its stability, which is why we are using it."

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

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Cons

"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."

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

"We have faced problems with the performance."

"The documentation could use improvement."

"We're trying to put the people from the business to do it. We are using APIs, and we have open APIs to define our APIs and the request-response that each call requires and sends. So, to base the mapping on that, there was nothing to help. I know that with some tools, such as Oracle tools, you can see the input and expected output. With drag and drop, you can take one property from the left and drag it to the right, and it does all the mapping itself, but that's not the case with Camunda. So, for me, this is something that can be improved."

"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."

"Camunda could be improved by making it easier to modify a process. You can program it to follow a process, but it is difficult to modify the process when the application is in use. It could also be improved by making it easier to use the visual platform without needing to be informed on that. Sometimes, we programmers haven't used it in the past, and it's a bit difficult to learn it."

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

More Camunda cons

"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."

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

"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."

"The place of improvement is merging or combining all of the workflow functionality into one seamless tool. Now, there are multiple installations that are different. Case Foundation, before you can put Case Manager and you've got IBM BPM, and the roadmap is there to merge them altogether. But that's the struggle at the moment, it's having multiple installations and disparate workflow applications."

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

"There are some features that could be enhanced like the document viewer"

"The solution can be quite expensive."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price of the solution is reasonable."

"We use Camunda's community edition, which is free."

"Its price is decent. Everything is included in the license. The Community version is also good to start with. We are using the Community version."

"There is a bit of scope for improvement in how the licensing and pricing are done. They are based on the number of processing instances you execute on the cluster... but on the self-hosted mode, the pricing model should be customized."

"We are using the open-source version of this solution."

"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."

"Cheaper licensing and resources than competitors"

"The license is quite expensive, which is why we went with the community version."

More Camunda pricing and cost advice

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

"IBM Case Foundation is a little expensive."

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

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

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

27%

Computer Software Company

14%

Government

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

20%

Insurance Company

12%

University

10%

Government

10%

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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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