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Celonis vs FortressIQ comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 1, 2024
 

Categories and Ranking

Celonis
Ranking in Process Mining
3rd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
50
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
FortressIQ
Ranking in Process Mining
12th
Average Rating
4.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the Process Mining category, the mindshare of Celonis is 38.1%, down from 39.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of FortressIQ is 3.8%, down from 6.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Process Mining
 

Featured Reviews

Shaif Tazir - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers easy integrations, end-to-end process view and an EMS feature to identify inefficiencies
Celonis' data engineering processes should be transformed into a low-code structure. Excessive coding is still required across the Starter Kits, where the market is focusing on low-code automation or transformations. The tool's UI should also be more intuitive. The data engineering pipeline within Celonis is highly technical. The interface in future versions of Celonis can have a drag-and-drop format with a more intuitive configuration. If you check other solutions like Power BI, business professionals can use it without technical experience, but usually, the same person won't be able to use Celonis freely. In the standard deployment of Celonis, you will need one project manager, an expert value architect, and two or three developers to manage the design pipeline. If your organization has a partner for executing all the Celonis pipelines, then it must be ensured that a COE is assigned in-house for hypercare needs. For instance, if some KPIs need to be changed or if irrelevancy is found, maintenance needs to be implemented every year or every six months for KPI adjustments and rebuilding of sources or logic. The aforementioned maintenance tasks for Celonis are usually carried out by an in-house COE; without a COE, maintenance can become challenging.
Sean Ammon - PeerSpot reviewer
The product has good process mining capabilities, but it is very expensive
We are one of the three organizations across Europe and Africa that are certified implementers of FortressIQ. People who would like to use the solution must choose the right partner to implement. Some tweaking still needs to happen around the commercial model and the pricing structures. Even though the product is good, it's very difficult for customers to pay for it. It defeats the purpose if we have a good product but no one can afford to pay for it. Overall, I rate the tool a seven out of ten.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Celonis is intuitive, powerful, and user-friendly."
"Cause analyzer is a very good feature."
"Celonis has helped me to identify and prioritize process improvement areas. Because we understand the end-to-end lead time, including waiting times and areas where rework happens, we can see the performance bottlenecks."
"The solution offers very good division management."
"It performs well for connecting multiple processes."
"The training material is good. The information is very systematic, detailed, and comprehensive. They have a training video for almost every single thing, which makes it easier to know how to use the tool."
"We have found the Orient Explorer to be a valuable feature."
"I like the spaghetti it throws off when configuring the sequence of processes and tracking the endpoint. I also like the variation from these defined processes and what is being observed on the ground. I'm exploring the root cause analysis a lot these days, and it seems to be quite interesting. But again, there are a lot of external dependencies on that. But I think the spaghetti, and the one that shows the variation and the performance gap, is something which I really like."
"The support is responsive and reliable."
"The process mining capability of the solution is valuable."
 

Cons

"The pricing policy is not affordable in Ukraine."
"The Process Query Language (PQL) native language used in Celonis needs improvements. It has most of the process-related functions but we have queries from clients that cannot be done in PQL."
"The task mining feature of Celonis needs improvement because it's more challenging than it looks."
"The support costs are very high."
"They could provide artificial intelligence where, based on data they collect from reference cases, they could give us suggestions."
"They are killing the customers with high licensing prices. The tool’s pricing could be cheaper. Small enterprises wouldn’t be able to afford the tool."
"The data modeling features could be more intuitive."
"The tool must have better process graphs."
"The way the commercial model of the product is structured must be improved."
"Another aspect that needs improvement is the domain definition."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Celonis is expensive. It's not for mid or low-sized enterprises because the license price is high. Overall, it's quite pricey compared to anything else that I have heard about. But the good thing is that they don't charge per user. They charge for the data model."
"The solution is quite expensive."
"The cost would be a concern for a certain category of customers. Flexible cost models would help smaller players be able to adapt Celonis into their business operations."
"Once we try to scale it up, the product becomes expensive."
"Celonis is expensive, but it is functional."
"Though Celonis is a bit pricey, it is worth it."
"I was not involved in that, but I am sure it was cost-effective for them. That's why they made the decision to take it."
"The solution’s pricing is high when compared to other process mining tools."
"The pricing is reasonable."
"The solution is very expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
13%
Computer Software Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Energy/Utilities Company
6%
Manufacturing Company
21%
Computer Software Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Retailer
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
 

Questions from the Community

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...
What do you like most about Celonis?
Celonis, especially for high-risk finance-related processes, helped us make precise decisions and uncover hidden values within our architecture. It was one of the most significant values our busine...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Celonis?
The price is a little bit expensive when compared to others. That said, it offers features that other competitors don't have.
What do you like most about FortressIQ?
The support is responsive and reliable.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for FortressIQ?
The pricing is reasonable, and the application functions as expected. However, the dissatisfaction stems from the application not meeting my expectations in terms of performance or functionality.
What needs improvement with FortressIQ?
The solution was initially presented to us as a tool to understand processes effectively. However, a significant issue emerged when the process slightly deviated from the first one I processed. It ...
 

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Sample Customers

Anheuser-Busch InBev, AXA, Bayer, Cisco, Deloitte, Deutsche Telekom, Hitachi, Kellogg's, Lufthansa, and Whirlpool
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