BPM Consultant at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Real User
Provides the flexibility of a BPMS through BPMN and DMN
Pros and Cons
  • "The flexibility characteristic in a BPMS, through BPMN and DMN, is undoubtedly the most interesting feature for our business."
  • "I think it would be important to internationalize the Cockpit and the Admin as well as with the Tasklist."

What is most valuable?

The flexibility characteristic in a BPMS, through BPMN and DMN, is undoubtedly the most interesting feature for our business.

How has it helped my organization?

Together with a Java component we develop, where we register municipal, state, and federal holidays, we then do all SLA control during the execution of a process, avoiding countermeasures and improving the relationship with the client.

What needs improvement?

I think it would be important to internationalize the Cockpit and the Admin as well as with the Tasklist.

Another important improvement would be to invest in the creation of more types of fields in the Camunda Modeler so that you could dynamically build more complex forms, such as native type arrays, and customized arrays of objects.

For how long have I used the solution?

We have been using it for two years.

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What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I did not encounter stability problems.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

On one occasion, we did automated tests with Selenium. After, we had a fairly large number of processes running in the engine and this slowed the performance, but did not represent a case in production.

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Vice President, Co-founder of Brazilian Chapter at a non-profit with 51-200 employees
Vendor
Some of the valuable features include lightweight architecture and coverage of BPMN, CMMN, and DMN standards.

What is most valuable?

  • Lightweight architecture and scalable
  • Wide coverage of BPMN, CMMN and DMN standards in both modeling and execution
  • Free use as open source
  • Excellent tool for modeling diagrams
  • Option to get enterprise services such as service level agreement, bug fixes, patch releases and priority to request features.

Some of most important Enterprise features are process instance history, graphical interface to process instance modification/migration, heatmap analysis, decision table live editing, and access for best practices documentation.

How has it helped my organization?

  • Knowledge management
  • Replacement of manual tasks by automatic decisions
  • Improvement in the speed of work queues
  • Orchestration of services with more precise information
  • Happy customers with better services

What needs improvement?

Navigation between diagrams directly from the shapes Call Activity, Business Rules Task, Decision Task, Case Task, and Process Task.

For how long have I used the solution?

We have used this solution since 2015.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Even in the community versions the product is very stable and with excellent scalability results.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The lightweight architecture permits us to scale better than other traditional BPM solutions. The use of Spring Boot and Docker is a modern approach to manage this scalability and high availability.

How are customer service and technical support?

Technical support for this solution was excellent. We received support directly from the guys next to the engineering team in Berlin.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We knew that we needed to invest in a new solution due to ROI and customer satisfaction. When selecting a vendor, we look for a good road map, scalability and a stable version.

How was the initial setup?

Installing the server side is easy. Just click on Download button at the site, unzip and run. The modeling tools can be downloaded and run on premises or directly from the cloud.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Camunda and Red Hat were on our shortlist.

What other advice do I have?

Compare this tool with BPM and Drools.

Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Yes, we are Implementation partners for Brazilian customers.
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Java Developer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
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Tech stack could be up-to-date. ​It is easy to build a simple process without any knowledge of programming.
Pros and Cons
  • "It is quite easy to build a simple process without any knowledge of programming."
  • "Customization and tech stack could be up-to-date."

What is most valuable?

It is quite easy to build a simple process without any knowledge of programming. On the other hand, if you want to customize the platform and processes to your specific use case, you also have the possibility to do that. 

How has it helped my organization?

It gave us an opportunity to optimize our current flows by migrating them to the Camunda platform.

What needs improvement?

Customization and tech stack could be up-to-date.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have used this solution for approximately three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

None.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It is possible to adjust all the aspects of this platform, if you know what you are doing.

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E-Commerce Business Partner at a tech vendor with 501-1,000 employees
Real User
Exceptional interface for process design, stable, and straightforward installation
Pros and Cons
  • "Camunda Platform has a very good interface for workflow and business process design."
  • "When trying to design rule tables the solutions graphical user interface could improve, it could be more user friendly."

What is our primary use case?

We used the Camunda Platform workflow engine for a service eCommerce platform.

What is most valuable?

Camunda Platform has a very good interface for workflow and business process design.

What needs improvement?

When trying to design rule tables the solutions graphical user interface could improve, it could be more user friendly.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the Camunda Platform for approximately three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Camunda Platform is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Camunda Platform is best suited for enterprise-sized companies.

We have approximately 50 people using this solution. We do not plan to increase usage at this time.

How are customer service and support?

I have not needed to use the support.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We have previously used JBPM.

How was the initial setup?

The installation is not difficult.

I would rate the ease of install level an eight out of ten.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

We pay for the license of this solution annually.

What other advice do I have?

I recommend this solution to others.

I rate Camunda Platform an eight out of ten.

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Founder at a tech vendor with 1-10 employees
Real User
The modeler and REST APIs are valuable, but the user interface needs improvement
Pros and Cons
  • "The modeler is useful for creating the flow. The way to access the data through their REST API is also valuable. This is what we're using right now."
  • "The user interface needs some polishing because it is too technical for end-users to use it."

What is our primary use case?

We are doing some development around Camunda, so it is not live right now. It is for a local government organization that wants to map some specific processes on Camunda.

I am using its latest version.

What is most valuable?

The modeler is useful for creating the flow. The way to access the data through their REST API is also valuable. This is what we're using right now.

The way to create workflows is straightforward, which is one of the major benefits of the Camunda platform.

What needs improvement?

The user interface needs some polishing because it is too technical for end-users to use it.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this solution for one month.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It has been stable so far. There is no problem with it.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We have not yet scaled it or integrated it.

How are customer service and support?

We just use the forums that they have.

How was the initial setup?

It took a while, but I believe it was more related to us; it was not specific to Camunda.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

We're using the open-source version for now.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We just roughly touched Apache Kafka.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate it a seven out of 10 because the user interface lacks in some areas.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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