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Azure Automation vs Bonita BPM comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 7, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Azure Automation
Ranking in Process Automation
22nd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.2
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Bonita BPM
Ranking in Process Automation
25th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
27
Ranking in other categories
Business Process Design (16th), Business Process Management (BPM) (25th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Process Automation category, the mindshare of Azure Automation is 1.1%, down from 1.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Bonita BPM is 2.3%, down from 3.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Process Automation Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Azure Automation1.1%
Bonita BPM2.3%
Other96.6%
Process Automation
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer1017936 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Database / Data Management Expert at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
Automation has reduced manual work and supports efficient customer-focused development
Any solution has room for improvement, and this one is no exception.In future updates, I believe more AI functionality could be added to Azure Automation, as AI is becoming increasingly prevalent across all solutions. Sometimes when integrating with third-party tools, we cannot find the proper API and must perform manual work, which requires additional development on our end. We encounter these issues occasionally.
Mohamed Guermazi - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Director / Project Manager at I-way
The user interface is easy to use, and the product performs well, but the dashboard and the monitoring features are limited
We use the product to design workflows. We model and install them on the server. We use the Community edition The modeling features are easy. The performance of the tool is good. The user interface is easy to use. I have used the product for complex processes and sub-processes successfully. The…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The most valuable feature of Azure Automation is the scripting."
"The best features of Azure Automation help us automate tasks for the customer and eliminate a significant amount of manual work."
"Azure Automation brings many benefits to my company and my customers' companies because many jobs can be converted automatically through an AI agent to complete tasks."
"The most valuable part of Azure Automation is that it is a platform providing features that can be custom-used, with very wide functionalities, and the user-friendly nature and available technology can be simply applied to different technologies."
"Flexible and drag-and-drop type of UI is very valuable. The integrations are also very good. You can build workflows very quickly, which is my favorite activity. By using the GUI, you can build the entire mechanism, notifications, and all this kind of stuff."
"Development of forms and flows."
"Bonita is simple and lightweight and is flexible to integrate with third-party systems. The UI is now flexible, whereas it was previously rigid. Any technology can be used as a frontend, including ReactJS, Angular, and others."
"I find process management and user interface designing the most valuable features."
"In general, Bonita is a very good solution."
"The solution is easy to use."
"Bonita is user-friendly."
"We use the tool to validate and give access to the users. It is for access management."
 

Cons

"Deployment with Azure Automation can be challenging at times, though sometimes it is very easy."
"Technical support could be improved."
"The solution’s user interface could be improved."
"Sometimes when integrating with third-party tools, we cannot find the proper API and must perform manual work, which requires additional development on our end."
"So Bonita is easy to use but it seems to be missing some powerful features that competing products have."
"The initial setup is not easy compared to other products."
"The support is mandatory to access all features (Subscription), maybe they can have a different business model."
"I have run into a lot of problems because there is not enough documentation."
"There is a considerable learning curve."
"The community edition has limited module functionality."
"The interface is advanced and quite good, but it could improve."
"The price is good, but I do not like the process instance annual quantity pricing base used today."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The Enterprise edition is very expensive."
"The product's pricing is acceptable. Pricing is yearly."
"Price to service ratio with Bonita BPM is good."
"The price is fair for what we are using the solution for."
"have installed the image of Bonita BPM on Amazon AWS and there is just one option to use and pay for."
"You pay an annual fee and can have an unlimited number of processes and users."
"I believe this is a very good financial choice."
"The Community Edition comes free of charge."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
18%
Media Company
8%
Construction Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Comms Service Provider
11%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business14
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise11
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Azure Automation?
Any solution has room for improvement, and this one is no exception.In future updates, I believe more AI functionality could be added to Azure Automation, as AI is becoming increasingly prevalent a...
What is your primary use case for Azure Automation?
Azure Automation is typically used for development for the customer. I develop based on requirements rather than for myself.
What advice do you have for others considering Azure Automation?
I cannot identify the weak points of Azure Automation, as I am a director rather than a developer.I do not use Runbooks with Azure Automation. With only one year of experience and a small requireme...
How does Bonita compare with Camunda Platform?
One of the things we like best about Bonita is that you can create without coding - it is a low-code platform. With Bonita, you can build the entire mechanism using the GUI, it’s that simple. You c...
 

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Sample Customers

1. Adobe 2. BMW 3. Coca-Cola 4. General Electric 5. Johnson & Johnson 6. NBCUniversal 7. Pfizer 8. Samsung 9. Siemens 10. Toyota 11. Verizon 12. 3M 13. Accenture 14. Airbus 15. Allianz 16. American Express 17. AT&T 18. Bank of America 19. Boeing 20. Cisco 21. Dell 22. ExxonMobil 23. Ford 24. General Motors 25. IBM 26. Intel 27. JPMorgan Chase 28. Microsoft (self-use) 29. Nestle 30. Procter & Gamble 31. Shell 32. Walmart
Ofelia, the company formerly named Bonitasoft, was founded in 2009 and serves more than 130 organisations across 40 countries. It has two products, Ofelia Agentic and Bonita BPM. Bonita BPM is available in an open source community edition and in a commercial subscription edition.
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