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Bonita vs Camunda comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 15, 2025

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
Ranking in Business Process Design
11th
Ranking in Business Process Management (BPM)
17th
Ranking in Process Automation
15th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
27
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Camunda
Ranking in Business Process Design
1st
Ranking in Business Process Management (BPM)
1st
Ranking in Process Automation
1st
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
77
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the Business Process Design category, the mindshare of Bonita is 4.1%, up from 4.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Camunda is 11.6%, up from 11.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Business Process Design Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Camunda11.6%
Bonita4.1%
Other84.3%
Business Process Design
 

Q&A Highlights

NC
Nov 15, 2021
 

Featured Reviews

Paparao Nadipineni - PeerSpot reviewer
A simple and lightweight college course automation system with third-party integrations
The initial setup is straightforward and can be completed with the environment within an hour. First, take the latest from the git repository and check the git code to the monitor studio and a bar file, a deployable Bonita archive file. Then, take that process to the Bonita server, running at runtime on another server. Finally, deploy and enable it by selecting the proper organization.
FABIO NAGAO - PeerSpot reviewer
Reduces costs with hardware abstraction and simplifies scaling
There is an issue where, in some situations, I need to scale up by observing both CPU and memory usage of containers, yet under the current options available at Amazon, this is not possible. I have to choose between monitoring CPU or memory to scale my solution. Not every software is built for deployment as a container service, although the current architecture trend is changing this.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Compared to other products on the market, Bonita presents a pretty acceptable level of robustness."
"One of the most valuable features is you can create without coding, it is a low code platform."
"The user interface is better than all of the open-source BPMs that I have tried."
"The solution is easy to use."
"Bonita is user-friendly."
"The most valuable features of Bonita are the connectors, detailed documentation, and web applications. The documentation was useful because it is how I learned how to use it."
"This product is very easy-to-use and user-friendly."
"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."
"The architectural part of Camunda for workflow design is highly valuable, especially the Camunda Modeler, which allows quick process design and implementation."
"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."
"We can share, discuss, and develop the model together — from a distance. It's really helped us during these times of isolation."
"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."
"The most valuable feature is that, with a visual system, you can try to have a process client before beginning the programming for the application."
"The Camunda BPMN Platform is very flexible and gives several options to deploy and scale it."
"When I compare it with other BPM tools, like IBM, it is great, open source, and free when you use the community version."
"The interface and the number of connectors that they provide are the most valuable features. The support here, it's kind of okay. But the main thing is with the number of connectors and the UI, the user interface."
 

Cons

"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."
"Installation could be made easier."
"There is a considerable learning curve."
"The main issue with Bonita is that the workspace crashes sometimes."
"We are struggling a bit with integrations."
"I should be able to park the tasks that are within a process in a kind of container, and dynamically, a super admin should be able to connect these processes. This kind of feature might be helpful."
"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."
"It is missing some important features that other products have."
"The latency of API could be decreased."
"The product's initial setup phase is difficult for beginners."
"The product must provide more videos and training materials."
"Lacking in forms visualization."
"If there were some industry templates it would have helped significantly, because it is similar to a process map for a domain. That is what we are currently creating, a domain-relevant process map."
"Collaborations and process documentation in Camunda Platform are areas with shortcomings that need improvement."
"It is not difficult to change existing processes. The difficulty was in integration, for example, to call an external web API, and in the security capabilities, to use a vault for secrets. That was difficult."
"Initially, installation was challenging, but recent improvements have made it much easier."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We are using the Community Version, which can be used free of charge."
"have installed the image of Bonita BPM on Amazon AWS and there is just one option to use and pay for."
"The price is fair for what we are using the solution for."
"Price to service ratio with Bonita BPM is good."
"Licensing cost for the Enterprise edition comes out to be around 40,000 a year. There is also a Community edition, which is free. Some customers can go for the Community edition, but some of them require the Enterprise edition. Big companies go for the Enterprise edition, which comes with a lot of additional features such as a mobile app."
"You pay an annual fee and can have an unlimited number of processes and users."
"The product is not cheaper, not costlier; it is reasonable. Bonita’s license is very flexible, with options to meet the needs of different customers and clients. Previously, it was less flexible, but now, many different licensing options are available."
"The price of the solution is reasonable."
"We are using the open-source version of this solution."
"It is less cost-prohibitive than other solutions on the market. This solution was in our price range."
"We pay for the license of this solution annually."
"The price of the solution is reasonable."
"In Africa, the cost of deployment is an important factor to consider since it adds to the overall cost. This might be the only drawback to using it."
"We have an annual subscription to this solution."
"Camunda is a cheaply priced product, making it one of its major USPs."
"I tried to get some information about buying the license for the solution, but I found it kind of hard to understand the business model."
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Answers from the Community

NC
Nov 15, 2021
Nov 15, 2021
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 can build workflows very quickly and the integrations are very good. They offer a community version, which can be used for free. However, the community edition of Bonita has very limited module functio...
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Shibu Babuchandran - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 2, 2021
In a broad perspective when you compare Camunda & Bonita they have the below features: Camunda features: BPM Workflow Automation Automation Project Management Task Management Bonita features: BPM Workflow Automation
Nov 15, 2021
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 can build workflows very quickly and the integrations are very good. They offer a community version, which can be used for free. However, the community edition of Bonita has very limited module functionality. If there was more functionality available from the enterprise edition, this would make Bonita an easier solution to learn. We have experienced some problems due to lack of documentation; more would be better, as would sample source code. Camunda allows for visual demonstration and presentation of business process flows. The flexible Java-based option was a big win for us and allows for the integration of microservices very quickly. This solution is very stable with a free open-source version that is very good. The automation of this solution is great. Camunda can be challenging in terms of initial setup. It seems to take a long time for completed workflows to be implemented on the Camunda Platform. The learning curve for this solution can be pretty steep. A mobile app would be a welcome enhancement to this solution. Process interfaces between diagrams could be improved and better template options would be welcomed. Conclusion After researching both these solutions closely, we chose the Camunda Platform. We feel Camunda is very stable, excellent at tracking bugs, and has a powerful BPMN engine. Camunda Platform is very developer-friendly and has helped us optimize our business process and achieve our productivity and profitability goals. We found Camunda Platform to be very portable. The cross-language capabilities support multiple frameworks and the number of client implementations make Camunda Platform very pluggable and a very good choice for us.
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Educational Organization
8%
Government
7%
Financial Services Firm
26%
Computer Software Company
13%
Government
6%
Insurance Company
6%
 

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 Business41
Midsize Enterprise15
Large Enterprise29
 

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 do you like most about Bonita?
The user interface is easy to use.
Which do you prefer - Appian or Camunda Platform?
Appian is fast when building simple to medium solutions. This solution offers simple drag-and-drop functionality with easy plug-and-play options. The initial setup was seamless and very easy to imp...
Which would you choose - Camunda Platform or Apache Airflow?
Camunda Platform allows for visual demonstration and presentation of business process flows. The flexible Java-based option was a big win for us and allows for the integration of microservices very...
What do you like most about Camunda Platform?
The solution is useful for small projects.
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

Bonita BPM
Camunda BPM
 

Interactive Demo

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Overview

 

Sample Customers

With more than 1000 customers in 75 countries, and its ecosystem of more than 120,000 members, Bonitasoft is the largest provider of open-source Business Process Management, Low-code and Digital Transformation software worldwide.
24 Hour Fitness, Accruent, AT&T Inc., Atlassian, CSS Insurance, Deutsche Telekom, Generali, Provinzial NordWest Insurance Services, Swisscom AG, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, VHV Group, Zalando
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