Bonita vs vCenter Orchestrator comparison

Bonitasoft and VMware are both solutions in the Process Automation category. Bonitasoft is ranked #12 with an average rating of 8.2, while VMware is ranked #10 with an average rating of 8.1. Bonitasoft holds a 4.9% mindshare in PA, compared to VMware’s 0.2% mindshare. Additionally, 96% of Bonitasoft users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of VMware users who would recommend it.

Bonita

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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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Categories and Ranking

Bonita

Ranking in Process Automation

12th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Business Process Design (10th), Business Process Management (BPM) (14th)

vCenter Orchestrator

Ranking in Process Automation

10th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Process Automation category, the mindshare of Bonita is 4.9%, down from 5.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of vCenter Orchestrator is 0.2%, down from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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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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David Villota

EMEA Hosting Engineer at Yanfeng Automotive

Provides automatic monitoring capabilities that save time for users

In my company's IT environment, we use the tool to deploy production environments for products, including live manufacturing systems. The product improves my company's IT automation processes since we can use fewer resources currently. In my company, we need to spend less time considering that vCenter Orchestrator monitors everything. In general, we don't have to be present in our company to do active monitoring. Automatic monitoring is available for everything with vCenter Orchestrator, so we have proactive alerts in our company. The most valuable feature of the product in streamlining our company's workflow stems from the fact that we need to spend fewer resources and less time in general. Our company can spend time on more effective tasks like working with the plans to improve processes and so on, instead of taking care of the systems. The benefits of the product's integration capabilities were useful for HPE. My company has HPE infrastructure, and we are keen to integrate everything into the host, VMware ESXi. It is really important to have an easy integration method that allows for everything to be installed easily in a matter of minutes. I was not involved in the product's setup process. My colleague took care of the product's setup process. From what I know, I can say that the product's setup phase was straightforward. Some custom setups were to be done manually in the tool, but everything was well documented. I recommend the product to those who plan to use it. One of the benefits of the product is that it is a low-cost and stable solution that offers a lot of resources. I rate the overall tool a nine out of ten.

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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 really enjoy using the workflow management."

"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."

"The user interface is easy to use."

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

"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."

"Compared to other products on the market, Bonita presents a pretty acceptable level of robustness."

"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 most valuable feature is workflow automation."

"The most crucial feature of vCenter is its scalability. We can use it to expand our network, so we don't have to report our client devices. The network configuration features are also helpful because we can migrate entire networks."

"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."

"The open, flexible architecture has brought in the agile computing environment along with better Dr capabilities. Automation management and operational tasks across VMware and third-party applications, like our HMIS and other business productivity applications, have delivered peace of mind."

"Technical support is helpful."

"We can manage and relocate resources easily."

"It's 100% stable, it's always stable. We haven't had any bugs. The solution works very well and we haven't had any problems."

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Cons

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

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

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

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

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

"It is missing some important features that other products have."

"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."

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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."

"The price of this product is high and could be improved."

"It is too expensive. One of the main issues is the price."

"The solution needs to integrate with Cloud facilities like AWS and Azure."

"There can be compatibility issues."

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

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

"I liked the previous client better than the current web client of vCenter Orchestrator, though my colleagues like the client now. The technical support for vCenter Orchestrator needs improvement."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"I am using the free version of Bonita."

"The Community Edition comes free of charge."

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

"I believe this is a very good financial choice."

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

"The price of the solution is reasonable."

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

"The Enterprise edition is very expensive."

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"vCenter Orchestrator could be more affordable."

"The price is reasonable, and one of the reasons that this product was selected."

"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 pay a yearly fee, based on our entries."

"My company needs to make yearly payments towards the licensing costs attached to the product."

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

"vCenter Orchestrator is a very expensive solution."

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

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

16%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Educational Organization

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

23%

Financial Services Firm

17%

Government

12%

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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?

After the change from perpetual licensing to subscriptions, the cost model changed. We are considering alternatives since we lost the perpetual aspect, and support is changing.

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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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