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Joscelyn Jean - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 4, 2022
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.
arjones - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 11, 2022
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.
AJ
Sep 19, 2022
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.
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BN
Nov 16, 2022
One reason we selected Camunda or Cloud/DB is that it comes with the support of the BPMN 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.
AG
Oct 4, 2020
The best feature is the automation.
MS
Nov 14, 2022
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.
SS
Aug 5, 2020
Being able to use a Java-based solution makes the product flexible.
IS
Dec 22, 2021
I think that the positives of Camunda Platform are that our customers can start with the free version. I think it is the most important.
it_user758088 - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 19, 2017
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.
Muhammad  Yasir Arfat - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 19, 2024
It is very user-friendly compared to IBM BPM. It's much simpler – it's more streamlined. That means even non-technical departments can use it.
 

Camunda Cons review quotes

Joscelyn Jean - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 4, 2022
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.
arjones - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 11, 2022
It has a Postgres database at the backend, and it is very difficult to scale if you increase the number of processes running. We did hit some barriers. We were able to overcome them, but it was a problem. Camunda has another product called Camunda Cloud, which supposedly doesn't have the same scalability problems, but we are not using Camunda Cloud because the set of features is smaller than Camunda On-Premises. So, its scalability can be improved. Because it has a single database, it is more difficult to scale if you have a huge success.
AJ
Sep 19, 2022
While it's very scalable, it would be great if auto-scaling capabilities were added to it... one area that really could help out would be to have dynamic resizing of the cluster. Right now, you have to do capacity planning.
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BN
Nov 16, 2022
There should be a multi-tenant solution for the platform where it supports multiple organizations on one platform instead of having to spin up multiple clusters for each organization. There should be an easy way to integrate different departments into one platform without having to operate multiple platforms. The operations should be easier with the enterprise solution. It should not create more overhead for the operations people.
AG
Oct 4, 2020
The only drawback is the time that it takes to have a complete set of workflows implemented on the Camunda platform.
MS
Nov 14, 2022
The initial setup can be complex for business users.
SS
Aug 5, 2020
The solution could use some enhancements like adding connectors, improving forms and having a mobile app, but everything is an enhancement rather than a flaw.
IS
Dec 22, 2021
There are a few things that I'm missing. For instance, the user interface creator, which I know other systems have, like Aurea or Lombardi, which are IBM solutions. The interface creator, including the data model creator or some module which would allow the users who are not programmers or business consultants and who are not technically skilled in database and Java programming, to create data models and user interfaces.
it_user758088 - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 19, 2017
Like all BPM tools, they're very bad with proprietary UIs. In general, anyone who uses BPM tools should not expect to use their proprietary UI.
Muhammad  Yasir Arfat - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 19, 2024
It would be helpful to have more readily available use cases on the internet. Camunda's documentation feels less comprehensive.