Bonita Reviews

We are in the early stages of testing this solution. It is used for business process automation.

One of the most valuable features is you can create without coding, it is a low code platform.

There could be an improvement in IoT connectivity.

I have been using this solution for a couple of days.

We have used Novacura.

The installation was easy.

We have an internal team that does the implementation of Bonita.

The price of the solution is reasonable.

We have evaluated Pega.

I rate Bonita seven out of ten.

I have been using Bonita to develop processes using the Bonita Studio. We have only been using it for simple, object console processes. 

The user interface is better than all of the open-source BPMs that I have tried.

I have run into a lot of problems because there is not enough documentation. They should include more examples, as well as sample source code.

We have to relied on community support because we are using the open-source version. There are community websites available to help.

We are using the Community Version, which can be used free of charge.

I was having some trouble running my processes so I have compared Bonita with some other open-source BPM solutions.

In general, Bonita is a very good solution. It is open-source and has a good UI. I find that it is the best in terms of management for BPM features.

I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.

The solution has good graphics and a good user interface.

The community edition has limited module functionality. If they could release some of the functionality that's available in the enterprise edition that would be helpful to those learning to use the solution.

I've been using the solution for three years.

The solution is stable. Even the older versions are stable.

I'm not a developer and the community edition is limited, so I can't speak to the scalability of the solution. I'm the only user of the solution in the company. Currently, I'm testing it to see how it works.

I've never had to contact technical support.

We didn't previously use a different solution.

The community version of the solution is very straightforward to set up. It was quick to deploy on the desktop.

We use the on-premises deployment model and the Bonita Community Edition of the solution.

I can recommend the solution. It's very robust. I'd rate it seven out of ten; I'd rate it higher if the community edition was able to offer more collaboration capabilities.

I use this as part of my solution for BPM (Business Process Management) development. 

The most useful feature for me is using Bonita as part of my modeling process. I use Bizagi and Bonita together to create the process, pages, and forms.

In my experience, the response with the desktop application and the mobile application lag a bit and the product needs to improve in that way. I should be able to type the text — for example, type the CSS — and the code should generate automatically with little lag at all. This would make Bonita much better.

I think Bonita is a powerful BPM but it seems to be lacking some features compared to other products. First, they need to improve the form builder and the page designer. If I could add to the product, there are features I think would make it more complete. For example, I recently researched ProcessMaker and it has additional features for the framework, support desk, and a workflow engine. Bonita does not have a workflow engine and I don't think that Bonita can connect to the API through other systems or not. If it doesn't have that ability to connect to web API to test their service, testing seems incomplete. So Bonita is easy to use but it seems to be missing some powerful features that competing products have. 

I think the most important feature I would like to add is a mobile version of the Bonita application. The organization manager, or other executives in the organization, need to be able to connect to the BPMS with a mobile application when they are outside of the company. It's very important that the BPMS supports a mobile application with full access to all of the features. For example, if I am in sales and I have a Bluetooth device, I need to be able to access all parts of the application from remote locations and it should be responsive. 

Bonita is stable. The view of the resulting web pages is not always right in either the mobile or desktop version and needs revision for improving response time. But the product itself is stable.

Really I use two products at the same time for business process management. I think Bizagi is a powerful software or tool for organization, but Bonita is user-friendly and easy-to-use — easier to use for development. Bizagi has a lot of features that Bonita doesn't have. Together they have all of the functionality I need. 

The product installed easily and it was not hard to get started using it.

I did the installation myself.

For my R&D, I used trial versions to compare Bonita with the other BPMs like Bigazi, Appian, BPM Anywhere and Oracle Suite. After comparisons, I chose Bonita for my application because it was easy-to-use.

On a scale from one to ten where ten is the best, based on my experience, I would give it an eight. It is not a ten because it needs to improve in feature availability.

I am using it in a development/pre-production environment for testing.

not used in production.

I really enjoy using the workflow management tool.

We are workiong hard to get integrations nailed down.

I can't evaluate it yet as it has has not been moved into any UAT or production environment.

Not evaluated yet.

For most of the issues, I can find support in the Bonita community. There are useful resources from the Bonita community. It is easy to pull information from the community.

I found it when I was searching the Internet for open source solutions. I found a couple of recommendations for Bonita so we added it to our testing platform candidates. 

The initial setup is not easy, but manageable when in virtual environment. We are testing the docker container option.

In-house

The Community Edition comes free of charge.

We are considering Bonita over other BPM solutions because of its querying tools.

Rely on the community.

I have it working with Docker and Virtual Machines.

The ability to integrate with Java modules and Java injections is an advantage over other products in the market.

Other products are much easier to get started with because they offer wizards. It would be nice to have a wizard to help walk through the development process and create a backbone. Then, after this, you can just develop and create additional features through Java injections, etc. It should be possible to develop at a higher level.

A more user-friendly interface, especially for beginners, would be a good improvement.

I have not had any negative experience with regards to the stability of the platform. I use other products, especially for Beta integration purposes, and these are not as stable as Bonita. Compared to other products on the market, Bonita presents a pretty acceptable level of robustness.

I do not have experience in scaling up the platform but I expect that it is similar to other products.

We have approximately fifty people using this solution, all of which are end users.

I did not have occasion to speak with technical support.

The solution that I used prior to this was developed in-house and it is difficult to compare because it does not exist as a market product.

The initial setup is not easy compared to other products. To me, it is acceptable, but there are other vendors who provide much more guidance for the customer.

Maybe for beginners, there are more friendly products, but for users who are a bit more experienced, and I'm not talking about experts, I think that Bonita is a pretty good choice.

I have not experienced any limitations that blocked our implementation that was agreed upon by the client.

My advice for people looking to implement this solution is to look at what Bonita can offer, and then review and compare other products. After this, gather some experience or review the market to search for experts who can facilitate or support the implementation. 

I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.

It is powerful in developing applications.

The GUI designer must be improved. When you generate a form it does not generate so well.

I have not encountered issues with stability.

I have not encountered issues with scalability.

I would rate the level of technical support as highly effective.

I did not previously use a different solution. 

This solution was relatively complex to implement.

This is a very good financial choice.

It is a great product but it has a considerable learning curve.

• Process automation with Bonita BPM is really easy.
• Price to service ratio with Bonita BPM is good.
• Forms to interact with users are really good in Bonita BPM.
• Integration with existing systems is easy with Bonita BPM connectors.
• Java integration is powerful enough to solve any complex problems.

I have solved a lot of Banking problems using Bonita BPM, from customer hiring to credit evaluation.

We have developed more than 20 processes in banking industries using the Bonita BPM platform.

Automation in vacation of a human resources replacement would be a good improvement in the product.

I have been working with Bonita BPM for five years.

I have used Bonita BPM since version 5.10. The current version is 7.5.

The product runs steadily stable every time.

It is recommendable to use a stable version. This means do not use a new version. In example, if the last version is 7.6 it is recommendable to use the last update of 7.5. This is nothing different to other softwares.

I never had scalability issues.

I rate technical support with a nine out of 10. They have two support centers and they can cover all the time zones. Depending on the level of contracted support they can answer in a day or hours.

I do not use a previous solution but I tested some others before I used Bonita BPM.

I chose Bonita because their price/service relation. You have a good value for your money invested in Bonita BPM.

Initially with version 5, it was really simple to develop our first solution. We could to program our first solution without any training course. We used a consultant service just to configure our production server.

Now, I think that a training course is a good idea to apply the better practices using the product.

The price is good, but I do not like the process instance annual quantity pricing base used today.

Nowadays, I think the price would not be good for small companies. For medium and large companies, it could still be a really good option.

We considered ProcessMaker initially, but in those times (in the year 2012), Bonita was really the best option.

If you are trying to use a BPM solution for a core business implementation, I would strongly consider to use a subscription version (a licensed one). Do not use a community edition for business core implementations: Just because of the support service. In the community edition, you will be quite alone because Bonita BPM community is not as active, like others.