Camunda Valuable Features

Joscelyn Jean - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Solution Architect at a government with 10,001+ employees

We can easily define and deploy business processes. Camunda provides the tools that allow business people to design business processes. We don't have to have developers for it. It is so easy to use that our business people can go into the tool and model their business processes. We get time to do other things than just designing business processes. They are called business processes because it is the business that's driving them. So, it is better that they can design them because they're the right people to design them. The tool is great for that.

Transition-wise also, it is good. For example, if you have a defined business process with an invoice, and then for some reason, the business people decide that they want to add the business rules in their business process, they just can take the latest version of the business process, add the business rule, and easily deploy the new process to Camunda. Magically, all the new invoices will go to the new process, and the old ones will remain until all the invoices are processed. It is very easy to transition between all those business process definitions. These are the two most interesting features that Camunda provides.

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arjones - PeerSpot reviewer
CTO at ank Platform

The BPMN diagram is valuable. For our use case of transferring money from one account to another, the connections have to be done in the traditional financial ways. There are a lot of unexpected errors and a lot of instability with this kind of system, and we are using Camunda in order to have clear flows. With BPMN, I can show a flow to my business partner, and the business team can easily understand what's going on. The technical team can understand what the implementation is, and we can model different errors and the process for recovering from these errors. For example, it is very common that you make a transaction, but you don't have a response from a bank. You sent the money, but the bank didn't confirm this. Such errors have to be handled because it may mean that you have to do a reverse transaction. We are able to solve a lot of orchestration problems by using Camunda. Most of them are related to payments or sending and receiving money.

The feature where you can have dynamic tables with values and actions inside the BPMN is very good when you don't have all the possible responses. We may think that the payment system is very robust, but it is not. Sometimes, we receive an error code that we weren't expecting, and this kind of solution helped a lot with that.

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AJ
Staff Software Engineer at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees

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.

We have used a couple of connectors, including the Kafka connector a lot because we have mostly a Kafka-based architecture. The connectors are really seamless. They just fit in. They don't require you to make a lot of changes to your existing infrastructure. That's what connectors are primarily meant for, to enable enterprise-level integrations. We also build out custom connectors for our use cases.

In addition to Kafka, we can easily integrate it using any microservice or legacy microservice. All you need to do is include their library and put in a couple of annotations on your existing methods, and they can act as Camunda workers. You can transform your existing code into Zeebe components and that requires very minimal coding. We are also working on building more connectors, and that will smooth out further adoption of this technology within our ecosystem. We can orchestrate almost any remote system if it's accessible over the network and it implements any protocol. If it's reachable, we should be able to orchestrate it via the Camunda platform.

In terms of its ease of use for engineers, it's pretty easy. We have an engineer who joined us two weeks back and he has been onboarded. He's able to make changes in the BPMN. That's very important for modifying business processes.

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BN
Product Owner at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees

One reason we selected Camunda or Cloud/DB is that it comes with the support of the BPM 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. That's why we went for that part. We were very early adopters of this solution. We introduced it even before version one was out. We hope that going forward, on the scalability side, we have the potential to scale the platform for future demand.

It's lightweight. It comes with a lot of flexibility, which, on the other hand, means that you have to have certain knowledge to handle features. You have the potential to change things, and it's easy to introduce new functionalities or new features to the platform. 

It's open source, which was another key factor for choosing Camunda. Its being open source helps us to understand the platform better and also integrate better with the platform.

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MS
Principal Consultant at Palmira

We are using the BPMN engine of Camunda; we are not using the user interface. We are using just the engine, the back end of this. For us, it is working quite well.

The stability of the solution is quite good.

Technical support is good for getting alerts about bugs.

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KB
BPM Technical Referent at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The most important thing about Camunda is that it's open source. It's a tool that is tuned to our pro profile concept, which suits our preferences and project needs. It's been really beneficial for us. 

The connectors available on Camunda Platform have responded to all our requirements, such as sending emails, and SMS, making web service calls, API integration, and handling show requests. 

Additionally, we were able to connect it with the Docker platform, allowing us to use containers that meet our performance needs. 

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SW
Founder at Simpro Tech

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

The BPM has been of real help because I'm knowledgeable about the BPM and monitoring process. I've been in the process of documenting processes for Clientele. 

Although I have acquired knowledge about process automation, I am facing a challenge in implementing it for one of my clients due to various reasons such as some of them still using legacy systems or undergoing changes in their core banking software. However, I am eagerly looking forward to the opportunity to implement a process automation solution for one of my clientele.

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Anmol Rane - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Business Analyst at Allianz

The best feature related to the product is that it offers users a zero-code or no-code platform, so people can use the product without being developers or knowing Java or other microservices.

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JL
Architect intégrateur des processus d'affaire at a government with 10,001+ employees

The UI is very user-friendly compared to other products. The native, vanilla UI is very interesting and intuitive to use. It's user-friendly when it comes to modernizing a business process. 

The connectors provided by Camunda work correctly for mapping out and connecting processes. Our strategy is always to use out-of-the-box products.

It exposes a REST API that it can facilitate and make it easy to integrate with other systems.

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Hemed Kaore - PeerSpot reviewer
CUSTOMS OFFICER at Tanzania Revenue Authority

The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is flexible. I want to see if the tool is good enough for my company to continue with its use or if there are some limitations. If, at our company, we are sure that it would take us to complete your business processes engineering exercise up to the level of enterprise architecture, then we would really be able to appreciate the tool. I am unsure of the product's capabilities because I am unfamiliar. I want to get someone experienced enough to suggest to me which is the best choice for a BPM tool.

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Alexey Nakonechnyy - PeerSpot reviewer
Deputy CEO at Integrity

Its flexibility stands out as the most valuable feature. I am content with its courses and the support team.

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PedroPeres1 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head Of Architecture at Syone

Camunda provides an easy way to integrate with the architectural environment and it offers us flexibility.  

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SK
VP and Principal Architect at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

The architecture is good because it's a headless workflow. I can create my own frontend, and it's fully API-based. Our approach is more flexible, so I can use the Camunda API to generate my own workflow blueprint. 

Additionally, it's cloud-ready as we have deployed it on the Kubernetes container platform, which aligns with our cloud-first architecture. These are the aspects we like about Camunda from the IT side.

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Teguh Surya - PeerSpot reviewer
AVP B2B Business Process Excellence at Hutchison 3 Indonesia

The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the area revolving around process modeling. It is possible to take care of the process modeling with BPMN. I think the most beneficial feature of the product is that the tool serves as a process orchestration platform and also helps in the area of process automation.

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SA
Delivery Manager at a computer software company with 201-500 employees

The workflow builder is valuable. The graphical interface is very beneficial. We can build whatever workflow we need. Currently, we are integrating the solution with our document management system. It acts as a repository for the documents. Inbound and outbound integrations are very easy.

The solution fulfills our implementation needs. The interface is user-friendly compared to Oracle. The solution is well-known in Egypt. Even government sectors are switching to Camunda. There are a lot of materials available. The technical team did a lot of self-study. Now, we can integrate the solution with our document management system and implement the processes we need. I rate the documentation a nine out of ten.

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Yogesh Naik - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Software Engineer at Deserve

Camunda's process diagram creation and deployment is very easy. You can model the business processes very easily in Camunda.

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Adeilton Oliveira - PeerSpot reviewer
Engineering Manager at Ocean Batteries

The tool's most valuable feature is BPMN diagrams and the possibility to automate processes.

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PawanSingh2 - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Solution Architect at Marsh & McLennan Companies

The most valuable features are the workflow, the task list, and the modeler where we use VPN.

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LucasOlmos - PeerSpot reviewer
CTO at Tech-House

Camunda's most valuable feature is its ability to integrate with different products.

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SS
Associate Artist at Thoughtschools

The most valuable feature of Camunda Platform is its Microservices architecture, which is easily integrable with APIs.

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CP
MEA Head at Aaseya IT Services Pvt. Ltd.

One valuable feature of the solution is its flexibility. Unlike low-code platforms or those with predefined design patterns, Comunda allows for custom changes, providing the freedom to customize.

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TanishGupta - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer at Razorpay

Process BPMN is an important feature where you can write your code.

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