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We performed a comparison between Camunda and IBM Business Automation Workflow based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Business Process Management (BPM) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Camunda vs. IBM Business Automation Workflow Report (Updated: April 2024).
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Pros
"The architecture is good because it's a headless workflow. I can create my own frontend, and it's fully API-based.""The most valuable feature is the scheduling.""It has been a stable solution so far since it meets our needs, including data modeling, which we need to do before we embark on analyzing and optimizing the business processes.""We like the idea of working with Cawemo because it enables us to keep on working, remotely or not. It allows us to collaborate between areas. It's easy to model and easy to use""The most valuable features are the workflow, the task list, and the modeler where we use VPN.""There's this graphic that tells you how many lines or how many tickets are in each step. In that way, you know where you stand. I find this feature very valuable.""The solution is useful for small projects.""Using the BPMN helps us to have a common shared communication language when discussing processes."

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"No matter what somebody's technical experience level is, the tool can start adding value immediately. Even if that is just an analyst who doesn't have any technical background, they can use some of these no quote accelerators to get things from ideation to deployment in a matter of minutes.""Its interface is well-designed and user-friendly""IBM Business Automation Workflow is useful for helping us design custom user interfaces and processes we require.""It is the only product that includes capture content management and a process suite, as well as rules in RPA.""The most valuable feature of IBM Business Automation Workflow is cost management.""This product is tightly integrated with the RPA automation process.""The dashboards are helpful because you can display reports directly on your screen.""The workflow of BAW's automation is handled inside of BPM, so we can see what state it is at and how things are processing through."

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Cons
"The solution's pricing and scalability could be improved.""Process interfaces between diagrams could be improved.""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.""As we experienced some difficulties in the beginning, deployment took almost a month.""Lacking in forms visualization.""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.""The product must provide more videos and training materials.""The product does not have a dictionary."

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"From what I understand, in the next release they're actually going to combine all of this together as one integrated solution... If we could have one unified way to build a solution, that would really help.""Improvements could be made in debugging and troubleshooting.""The main improvement would be to make it easier to implement and deploy so that customers can kick it off and run quickly.""The initial setup is actually a really complicated process.""I feel that the features are not user-friendly.""The development UI is sometimes a little slow.""IBM Business Automation Workflow is not a very user-friendly solution.""IBM Business Automation Workflow could improve the integration."

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  • "It is less cost-prohibitive than other solutions on the market. This solution was in our price range."
  • "We are using the open-source version of this solution."
  • "Camunda is much cheaper."
  • "I use the open-source free version."
  • "The open-source version of the product is free to use."
  • "The cost of this solution is better than some competing products."
  • "Licensing costs are anywhere from $80,000 to $100,000 USD per year."
  • "We use the open-source version, which can be used at no cost."
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  • "The solution has saved us time."
  • "There is still a relatively high total cost of ownership to actually implement, support, and stand up solutions."
  • "Nowadays, clients are looking at pricing as one of the major factors. For IBM products, they always think it is expensive for them. We are still educating our clients on the IBM FlexPoints licensing."
  • "When you compare with Laserfiche and M-Files, IBM is expensive."
  • "Licensing varies by use-case."
  • "IBM Business Automation Workflow has a flexible pricing mode, but the price is expensive. The price of the solution reflects the quality of the solution which is very high. The technical support is an additional cost."
  • "Our license is on a three-year term."
  • "It is on the expensive side, but it provides excellent supportability and an ecosystem that is proven to be a great fit for our organization."
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    Top Answer:We researched both IBM solutions and in the end, we chose Business Automation Workflow IBM BPM has a good user interface and the BPM coach is a helpful tool. The API is very useful in providing… more »
    Top Answer:The most valuable feature of IBM Business Automation Workflow is cost management.
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    Camunda BPM
    Business Automation Workflow
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    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.

    IBM Business Automation Workflow combines business process management and case management capabilities in one workflow solution. It integrates the capabilities of business process and case management into a single workflow offering. It unites information, process, and users to provide a 360-degree view of work to drive more successful optimized business outcomes. IBM Business Automation Workflow on Cloud provides the same capabilities that are offered in the IBM Business Automation Workflow offering, all within a ready-to-use, cloud-based environment that is hosted in IBM Cloud data centers and managed by IBM.

    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
    Key Bank, Barclays, Control€xpert, MIR Insurance Brokers, Conqord Oil
    Top Industries
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    Computer Software Company23%
    Financial Services Firm19%
    Comms Service Provider13%
    Government13%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm25%
    Computer Software Company13%
    Manufacturing Company6%
    Insurance Company6%
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    Financial Services Firm64%
    Computer Software Company14%
    Engineering Company7%
    Government7%
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    Financial Services Firm34%
    Computer Software Company12%
    Insurance Company7%
    Government7%
    Company Size
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    Small Business46%
    Midsize Enterprise21%
    Large Enterprise33%
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    Small Business18%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise70%
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    Small Business24%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise62%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business15%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise74%
    Buyer's Guide
    Camunda vs. IBM Business Automation Workflow
    April 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Camunda vs. IBM Business Automation Workflow and other solutions. Updated: April 2024.
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    Camunda is ranked 1st in Business Process Management (BPM) with 69 reviews while IBM Business Automation Workflow is ranked 13th in Business Process Management (BPM) with 21 reviews. Camunda is rated 8.2, while IBM Business Automation Workflow is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Camunda writes "Open-source, easy to define new processes, and easy to transition to new business process definitions". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM Business Automation Workflow writes "Good for case management, integration capabilities but lacks stability". Camunda is most compared with Apache Airflow, Bizagi, Pega BPM, IBM BPM and ADONIS, whereas IBM Business Automation Workflow is most compared with IBM BPM, Apache Airflow, IBM Case Foundation, AWS Step Functions and Nintex Process Platform. See our Camunda vs. IBM Business Automation Workflow report.

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