Bonita vs erwin Data Modeler by Quest comparison

Bonitasoft and erwin by Quest are both solutions in the Business Process Design category. Bonitasoft is ranked #10 with an average rating of 8.2, while erwin by Quest is ranked #9 with an average rating of 8.1. Bonitasoft holds a 4.5% mindshare in BPD, compared to erwin by Quest’s 2.2% mindshare. Additionally, 96% of Bonitasoft users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of erwin by Quest users who would recommend it.

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erwin Data Modeler by Quest

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95% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 3, 2024

Bonita and erwin Data Modeler by Quest compete in business process management and data modeling, respectively. Bonita leads with superior workflow customization and automation, while erwin Data Modeler's advanced data management tools set it apart.

Features: Bonita offers a user-friendly process automation tool, extensive third-party connectivity, and customizable workflows. erwin Data Modeler's strengths lie in powerful data visualization, comprehensive impact analysis, and robust metadata management.

Room for Improvement: Bonita could enhance integration customization for advanced use cases, improve documentation clarity for complex tasks, and extend support for non-standard platforms. erwin Data Modeler would benefit from streamlining data model version comparisons, improving reverse engineering effectiveness for larger models, and offering broader cloud database compatibility.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: erwin Data Modeler facilitates smooth deployment and proactive customer support, with ample technical resources. Bonita provides flexible deployment options, focusing on personalized solutions and high responsiveness in customer support.

Pricing and ROI: Bonita presents a competitive pricing structure with low setup costs and quick ROI via optimized workflows. erwin Data Modeler requires higher initial investment but offers substantial returns through improved data integrity and quality over time.

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Categories and Ranking

Bonita

Ranking in Business Process Design

10th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Business Process Management (BPM) (14th), Process Automation (12th)

erwin Data Modeler by Quest

Ranking in Business Process Design

9th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Enterprise Architecture Management (3rd)

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Business Process Design category, the mindshare of Bonita is 4.5%, up from 3.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of erwin Data Modeler by Quest is 2.2%, down from 2.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Business Process Design

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Paparao Nadipineni

Architect at Evoke

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.

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JorgeSanz

Data Governance Senior Advisor at Abu Dhabi National Oil Company

Streamline data modeling and automate network changes for increased efficiency

The initial setup depends on the tool if you are using the data model environment. Stopping the server could be complex and require strong expertise. If you have everything set up and configured, Erwin is straightforward. You can deploy it in a few hours. In our case, it took a couple of months to address internal conditions, assign machines, and set up everything for the services. I rate the initial setup a six out of ten, where one is difficult and ten is easy.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Its user-friendliness, along with the availability of comprehensive and clear documentation on the website is the most valuable."

"We use the tool to validate and give access to the users. It is for access management."

"It is a great product that is powerful in developing applications."

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

"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."

"I really enjoy using the workflow management."

"This product is very easy-to-use and user-friendly."

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

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"The solution is excellent in providing a visual representation of a database and can generate DDL for implementing changes. We use DDL for logical purposes to review with business people, ensuring they have the required fields for processing. We also use it as a data dictionary for the physical data model to understand all the purposes of the terms. This helps us map the logical and physical terms with the business definition to understand our data."

"They have a lot of features and the most up-to-date technology integration, which I haven't seen in other products."

"Another feature of erwin is that it can help you enforce your naming standards. It has little modules that you can set up and, as you're building the data model, it's ensuring that they conform to the naming standards that you've developed."

"We can create mappings in erwin and possibly data dictionaries."

"Quest can create conceptual and physical data models to facilitate effective communication between business and IT. It can also integrate expertise from various engineering and database systems within your organization to enhance data management and administration."

"It has centralized storage so that a data model can be shared by different teams."

"It is a scalable solution...The technical support team is fine."

"We had some data integration projects, where we needed to integrate it for about 100 databases. Doing that manually is crazy; we can't do that. With erwin, it was much easier to identify which tables and columns could be used for the integration. That means a lot in terms of time and effort as well as my image to the customer, because they can see that we are providing value in a very short time."

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Cons

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

"The main issue with Bonita is that the workspace crashes sometimes."

"Installation could be made easier."

"I would like to improve the product's load balancing."

"The interface is advanced and quite good, but it could improve."

"It would be nice to have a wizard to help walk through the development process and create a backbone."

"We are struggling a bit with integrations."

"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."

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"The solution's model mark could be better because it crashes sometimes."

"It would be nice to have it on the Linux platform, not just Windows. If they can support Linux, there would be a huge market for it."

"The reverse engineering in Oracle Databases needs improvement, as there are issues."

"Complete Compare is set up only to compare properties that are of interest to us, but some of the differences cannot be brought over from one version of the model to another. This is despite the fact that we are clicking to bring objects from one place to another. Therefore, it's hard to tell at times if Complete Compare is working as intended without having to manually go into the details and check everything. If it could be redesigned to a degree where it is easier to use when we bring things over from one site to another and be sure that it's been done correctly, that would be nice to have. We would probably use the tool more often if the Complete Compare were easier to use."

"In terms of improvements, support could have been better in terms of installation, especially of workgroups. We struggled quite a bit to get it up and running. Collaboration could have been better from an installation perspective, but it is trivial as compared to what we use it for. Other than that, I don't have much feedback. It works pretty well, and the fact that we've been using it for more than a decade shows that it is quite solid."

"I would like to see improved reporting and, potentially, dashboards built on top of that. Right now, it's a little manual. More automated reporting and dashboard views would help because currently you have to push things out to a spreadsheet, or to HTML, and there aren't many other options that I know of. I would like to be able to produce graphs and additional things right in the tool, instead of having to export the data somewhere else."

"There is a lack of local support in the China region."

"It is not a very stable solution. I rate the stability five out of ten."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The Community Edition comes free of charge."

"The product's pricing is acceptable. Pricing is yearly."

"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."

"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."

"have installed the image of Bonita BPM on Amazon AWS and there is just one option to use and pay for."

"The Enterprise edition is very expensive."

"The price of the solution is reasonable."

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

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"This company had bought the license for three years, and it's not an individual license. While you can buy a license for each individual, that would be very expensive. There is something called concurrent licenses where you can purchase licenses in bulk and 15 to 20 people can access the license and model. Concurrent licenses are scalable to the number of users and are proportional to the cost."

"The price of erwin Data Modeler is very expensive, in particular for this part of the world."

"There are no costs in addition to the standard licensing fees."

"Price-wise, erwin Data Modeler is okay. You can purchase a single license and it is not very expensive."

"Likewise, the solution is a little pricey."

"It is not a very expensive solution. Only the licensing and maintenance fee needs to be paid."

"erwin has this option where you pay a one-time fee and you have the license for six years, which makes sense because I don't upgrade my database engine every other year. I have an application that depends on it. This is something weird about PowerDesigner. There are no additional costs beyond the standard licensing fee."

"erwin is expensive compared to other solutions. We are paying almost $6,000 per seat a month."

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

16%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Educational Organization

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

19%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Government

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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...

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What do you like most about Bonita?

The user interface is easy to use.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Bonita?

The Enterprise edition is very expensive.

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What do you like most about erwin Data Modeler by Quest?

Forward engineering, DDL generation, reverse engineering, and reporting are the most valuable features of the solution.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for erwin Data Modeler by Quest?

The product is expensive. I rate the product’s pricing a nine out of ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive.

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What needs improvement with erwin Data Modeler by Quest?

As a documenting tool, it's solid, though its reporting could be more robust. The reporting mechanisms could be more intuitive regarding report creation. It can generate reports in CSV files, displ...

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Also Known As

Bonita BPM

erwin DM

Overview

Bonitasoft helps innovative companies worldwide deliver better digital user experiences for customers and employees. The extensible and open Bonita application platform unleashes the full potential of multidisciplinary development teams to create Living Apps: applications that allow continuous and incremental improvement, connecting tailored user interfaces with reliable back-office operations.

Bonitasoft

erwin pioneered data modeling, and erwin Data Modeler (erwin DM) remains trusted, award-winning software for data modeling and database design, automating complex and time-consuming tasks. Use it to discover and document any data from anywhere for consistency, clarity and artifact reuse across large-scale data integration, master data management, metadata management, Big Data, business intelligence and analytics initiatives – all while supporting data governance and intelligence efforts.

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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.

Premera, America Honda Motors, Aetna, Kaiser Permanente, Dental Dental Cali, Cigna, Staples

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