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Bonita BPM vs vCenter Orchestrator 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

Bonita BPM
Ranking in Process Automation
29th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
27
Ranking in other categories
Business Process Design (16th), Business Process Management (BPM) (26th)
vCenter Orchestrator
Ranking in Process Automation
22nd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
51
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Process Automation category, the mindshare of Bonita BPM is 2.0%, down from 3.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of vCenter Orchestrator is 0.9%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Process Automation Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
vCenter Orchestrator0.9%
Bonita2.0%
Other97.1%
Process Automation
 

Featured Reviews

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…
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Hybrid Cloud Engineer at RealPage
Boosts operational efficiency with flexible workflows and reliable cluster management
We currently use vCenter Orchestrator's pre-built workflow templates for our IT processes. The templates are flexible, allowing us to create and convert processes simply and manage patches. Regarding integration capabilities, we do not integrate any third-party tools. We exclusively use VMware products. The integration within the VMware infrastructure is limited to Single Sign-On (SSO). I have not created any workflows in vCenter Orchestrator as workflows are only used for change management. I have not encountered any drag and drop interface. The version control and logging features of vCenter Orchestrator have significantly improved the reliability of our automated processes, particularly during upgrades or patching to the cluster-wise. Previously, it would be done on a one-to-one cluster or one-to-one host basis, but now we only need to monitor it for upgrading or patching the entire cluster. I cannot comment on the pricing and licensing of vCenter Orchestrator as these aspects are managed by our onsite counterpart. Overall, I rate vCenter Orchestrator 8 out of 10. The rating reflects occasional delays in support response times and portal stability issues.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"With Bonita BPM, you can run the process (as it will in the final stage) immediately after the design stage, giving you 100% control over the quality of your processes and flows."
"Development of forms and flows."
"Bonita is user-friendly."
"Customer Service: Very good, also the commercial team !Technical Support: Perfect ! and the community is a great help also"
"Studio provides an opportunity to get early feedback from real users and quickly change the process and forms."
"The solution is stable. Even the older versions are stable."
"We use the tool to validate and give access to the users. It is for access management."
"In general, Bonita is a very good solution."
"We don't need the assistance of integrators or consultants."
"The solution is stable."
"VMware is very powerful, stable, and very reliable."
"The solution's most valuable feature is its good automation features."
"The most valuable feature is that this solution is complete, and you don't need any add-ons."
"The most valuable feature is affinity rules."
"In regards to the workflows, the fact that we can actually have a full dashboard library of all the existing workflows on this is great, as we can see all the workflows and what all the actions do and can work with scripts."
"We have excellent technical support, and they have always been helpful when we have needed them."
 

Cons

"The main issue with Bonita is that the workspace crashes sometimes."
"There could be an improvement in IoT connectivity."
"It would be nice to have a wizard to help walk through the development process and create a backbone."
"Bonita must add a rule engine. We are a 360-degree partner of Bonita. We can integrate with any kind of rule engine. We have a dashboard related to engine performance, but getting a configurable dashboard for the Buildium or transactional data will add value."
"The dashboard has limited features."
"Bonita can improve by offering more flexibility. The developer does not receive the code of the application to modify it. Most of the other solutions I have used allow the developers to change or improve the code that is generated."
"Bonita can improve by offering more flexibility."
"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."
"After the change from perpetual licensing to subscriptions, the cost model changed."
"The only point for improvement is the price, which has increased by 135%, making it very expensive."
"The solution could be a little bit less expensive. It used to be cheaper, but now it is very costly and the license model counts by the processor."
"The solution needs to integrate with Cloud facilities like AWS and Azure."
"The only problem with the product is that it is very expensive, making it an area where improvements are required."
"It could be integrated with third-party hypervisors."
"It is practically difficult at this stage to really comment on the improvisations of V central. But more tech events and PoC cases would help the EA to design better solutions and utilization."
"The licensing is expensive and should be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"You pay an annual fee and can have an unlimited number of processes and users."
"The Community Edition comes free of charge."
"The price of the solution is reasonable."
"We are using the Community Version, which can be used free of charge."
"Price to service ratio with Bonita BPM is good."
"I believe this is a very good financial choice."
"The Enterprise edition is very expensive."
"I am using the free version of Bonita."
"vCenter Orchestrator is an expensive solution."
"The product is expensive."
"The licensing module is somewhat complex. Calculating the cost is complicated. Many of our clients are unclear about the billing system and the traffic metering."
"The concept of hyper-convergence is smart. I don't know if it can be applied with less cost to be more affordable for small or medium-sized companies. The cost is a very important factor for it. We are currently depending on SAN storage. However, the hyper-converged solutions are depending on the storage within the hosts, such as vSAN in the VMware. It is a smart solution."
"We renew the solution's license every one or two years."
"My company needs to make yearly payments towards the licensing costs attached to the product."
"vCenter Orchestrator is a very expensive solution."
"vCenter Orchestrator could be more affordable."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
16%
Computer Software Company
10%
Government
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Outsourcing Company
17%
Construction Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Marketing Services Firm
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business14
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise11
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business18
Midsize Enterprise13
Large Enterprise20
 

Questions from the Community

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...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for vCenter Orchestrator?
We're running a low-profile budget. This is not our main focus on investment technology, so we're trying to reduce costs due to the change from perpetual to subscription licenses.
What needs improvement with vCenter Orchestrator?
For our environment, I do not see any areas of vCenter Orchestrator that could be improved or enhanced. We are currently satisfied with the orchestrator. If any improvements are needed, I will prov...
What is your primary use case for vCenter Orchestrator?
My usual use cases for vCenter Orchestrator involve managing all the ESXi hosts from the US, as we have almost 1200 to 1500 ESXi hosts.
 

Also Known As

Bonita BPM
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Overview

 

Sample Customers

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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