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Celonis vs Process Mining Group ProM comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Celonis
Ranking in Process Mining
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
60
Ranking in other categories
AI Data Analysis (10th)
Process Mining Group ProM
Ranking in Process Mining
13th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.5
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Process Mining category, the mindshare of Celonis is 12.6%, down from 20.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Process Mining Group ProM is 2.1%, up from 1.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Process Mining Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Celonis12.6%
Process Mining Group ProM2.1%
Other85.3%
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Featured Reviews

Prateek Rao - PeerSpot reviewer
PARTNER & MANAGING DIRECTOR at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Process intelligence has transformed procurement and order cycles and delivers measurable savings
Celonis can improve in several areas. The initial data modeling and continuous real-time ingestion, especially from non-standard legacy systems, can still be complex and quite resource-intensive, requiring a steep PQL learning curve for non-technical users. Simplifying the interface for business stakeholders would significantly accelerate the process. I think introducing a natural language to query interface would allow business users to query data without writing long PQL. Streamlining guided onboarding flows and offering modular plug-and-play dashboard templates tailored to specific roles would shorten ramp-up time for daily users. I think more transparent and predictable consumption-based pricing models would be helpful as data volume scaling can get costly quickly. I would also love to see native, real-time streaming connectors for unstructured data such as emails and support tickets. The learning curve for new users of Celonis is one of the pain points I raised earlier, and I find it to be quite steep.
Roland Bijvank - PeerSpot reviewer
Lecturer Informatics at Hogeschool Utrecht
Powerful tool, beneficial process mining variants, and scalable
The initial setup of Process Mining Group ProM was easy for me. However, I have been an application manager for quite some time and I am not comparable to the average person. I was able to install the solution within a few minutes. Additionally, we use the solution for summer school, we have to develop course material around it.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution offers a very good user interface."
"I like that the product allows users to connect to different source systems like SAP, ServiceNow, and Salesforce."
"Celonis assists me in optimizing processes, reducing throughput times, and identifying automation opportunities."
"Celonis is a great tool and is clearly the leader in process mining."
"One of the vital features is the solution's easy integration with varying sources"
"I have seen a positive impact of Celonis in my organization, as I receive many testimonials from clients mentioning that process mining has genuinely helped, especially through Celonis."
"What I found most valuable in Celonis is the ease of use. I also like that users can compare and contrast and derive any KPIs, keep track and see what's happening within the process via Celonis."
"The most valuable features are process mining, task mining, business analytics, and machine learning."
"The most valuable feature of Process Mining Group ProM is the toolkit it provides all kinds of variants of process mining. They have one option that you can visualize which processes you mine, and that's a very powerful tool."
 

Cons

"They should provide a community edition license so that everyone can deploy or install it on their own system and get more hands-on experience with the product."
"The solution must be more user-friendly."
"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."
"It should be more flexible. It is not particularly flexible in the way it works, and it is quite rigid. It has some very strong structures that you have to follow. It could certainly be made more user-friendly to understand and should have fewer requirements for manipulation of the data to create the visualizations. We should also get better support from Celonis, and they also need to make the licensing model slightly different."
"There are a few things about Celonis that need improvement."
"It would be helpful if they could categorize processes into tier levels."
"They could provide artificial intelligence where, based on data they collect from reference cases, they could give us suggestions."
"One area for improvement is that, while Celonis has existing APIs for some domains like accounts, it lacks ready-made ones for others, like financial services. This means we need to customize our data channels so the data can be used by Celonis."
"Process Mining Group ProM could improve user-friendliness and the error messages that are provided are not helpful for end users."
 

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."
"Though Celonis is a bit pricey, it is worth it."
"Evaluating the price of the solution can be a difficult question. It is all about the business case and the return of the investments. That is typically how we also see this type of solution. It depends very much on the return. The entry-level is focused on enterprise size companies, for the SMB segment is it is out of their range. It is definitely expensive."
"Celonis is cost-effective."
"The solution is expensive."
"Once we try to scale it up, the product becomes expensive."
"The solution requires an annual license. There is room for improvement because it is priced for organizations and not for individuals. For an individual, it would be too expensive for them to use it."
"Celonis has the highest pricing in the process mining domain."
"Process Mining Group ProM is an open-source solution that is free from the University of Eindhoven. Additionally, students can use it for one month after they have done some practicing with it."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
17%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Computer Software Company
7%
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Small Business
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Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise47
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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 is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Celonis?
Celonis pricing is premium and scales primarily on data ingestion volume (APC/Data Capacity) and process scope rather than user seats, with entry deployments typically running $100K to $250K annual...
What needs improvement with Celonis?
Celonis can improve in several areas. The initial data modeling and continuous real-time ingestion, especially from non-standard legacy systems, can still be complex and quite resource-intensive, r...
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