Bonita vs vCenter Orchestrator comparison

Bonitasoft and Broadcom are both solutions in the Process Automation category. Bonitasoft is ranked #21 with an average rating of 7.0, while Broadcom is ranked #10 with an average rating of 8.0. Bonitasoft holds a 2.8% mindshare in PA, compared to Broadcom’s 0.7% mindshare. Additionally, 96% of Bonitasoft users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of Broadcom users who would recommend it.

Bonita

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96% willing to recommend

vCenter Orchestrator

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95% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 17, 2024

vCenter Orchestrator and Bonita compete in workflow and process management software. vCenter Orchestrator leads in virtualization management while Bonita is stronger in process management and application development.

Features: vCenter Orchestrator offers robust automation, efficient resource scheduling, and seamless integration in virtualization. Bonita stands out with its low-code platform for application development, flexibility in integrations, and ease of process management.

Room for Improvement: vCenter Orchestrator users find high costs, complex licensing, and integration with non-VMware products challenging. Bonita needs improved documentation, UI enhancements, and better debugging tools.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: vCenter Orchestrator is mainly deployed on-premises with hybrid cloud options, and it offers extensive support, albeit with mixed reviews on responsiveness. Bonita is praised for ease of implementation and flexible deployment, though technical support responsiveness is varied.

Pricing and ROI: vCenter Orchestrator's pricing is often seen as high and complex, limiting for smaller businesses despite a strong ROI in larger environments. Bonita has competitive pricing with a flexible licensing model appealing to SMBs and enterprises, with a free community edition providing cost-effective options.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Bonita

Ranking in Process Automation

21st

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Business Process Design (13th), Business Process Management (BPM) (23rd)

vCenter Orchestrator

Ranking in Process Automation

10th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Process Automation category, the mindshare of Bonita is 2.8%, down from 5.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of vCenter Orchestrator is 0.7%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Process Automation Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
vCenter Orchestrator	0.7%
Bonita	2.8%
Other	96.5%

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Mohamed Guermazi

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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Narendar Bompally

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.

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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

"I find process management and user interface designing the most valuable features."

"The user interface is easy to use."

"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."

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

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

"Development of forms and flows."

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

"Bonita is user-friendly."

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"The implementation phase for vCenter Orchestrator was easy."

"The product's integration is good, it works well with other programs and solutions."

"I like the tool's DNS feature."

"The hardware abstraction layer, being able to make the VMs portable when moving to a different platform or over a WAN."

"vCenter Orchestrator's best features are the workflows, integration with third-party applications, and the workflow library."

"The most valuable features are the graphical UI for designing the workflows and the interfaces that come out of the box."

"What I like best about vCenter Orchestrator is that it makes life easier through automation. People can request to automate all processes with vCenter Orchestrator, such as adding storage, creating VMs, removing VMs, and extending VMs."

"It is a stable solution...It is a scalable solution."

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Cons

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

"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."

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

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

"There could be an improvement in IoT connectivity."

"I have run into a lot of problems because there is not enough documentation."

"There is a need for more components in the library and additional customization options for these components."

"We are struggling a bit with integrations."

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"VMware tools would benefit from more automation. When installing our devices and servers, we often need to install the VMware tools manually. This process should be automated during the VM installation process."

"Enhancing the platform's setup process intuitiveness and offering more flexible pricing options could further improve its accessibility across different company sizes."

"I believe a transparent view and better terms of condition between Oracle and vCenter Orchestrator would be helpful."

"This is an expensive solution."

"There are no good manuals or guidelines on integrations. Hence, you need to be asking someone."

"Its technical support team takes a long time to escalate the issues."

"The solution’s pricing and integration could be improved."

"This solution needs to have more built-in workflows."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"I am using the free version of Bonita."

"The price is fair for what we are using the solution for."

"You pay an annual fee and can have an unlimited number of processes and users."

"Price to service ratio with Bonita BPM is good."

"The price of the solution is reasonable."

"The Enterprise edition is very expensive."

"The Community Edition comes free of charge."

"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."

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"We provide the VMware solution to our clients, for which they pay a perpetual license."

"Our licensing is on a yearly basis. We pay for the license and then we pay the support every year."

"vCenter Orchestrator is a very expensive solution."

"This solution is expensive and the licensing is more attractive for Haveri."

"We renew the solution's license every one or two years."

"The product is expensive."

"The licensing cost is manageable because they have different versions available, standard, essential, and advanced."

"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."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

13%

Computer Software Company

12%

Government

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

14%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Performing Arts

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	14
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	11

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	18
Midsize Enterprise	13
Large Enterprise	20

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 vCenter Orchestrator?

The stability of the product is very good.

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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.

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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...

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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.

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VMware vCenter Orchestrator simplifies the automation of complex IT tasks and integrates with VMware vCloud Suite components to adapt and extend service delivery and operational management, effectively working with existing infrastructure, tools and processes.

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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.

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