Camunda vs Informatica Cloud API and App Integration comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Camunda
Ranking in Business Process Management (BPM)
1st
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
73
Ranking in other categories
Business Process Design (2nd), Process Automation (1st)
Informatica Cloud API and A...
Ranking in Business Process Management (BPM)
20th
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
Business-to-Business Middleware (12th), API Management (25th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2024, in the Business Process Management (BPM) category, the mindshare of Camunda is 23.1%, up from 21.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Informatica Cloud API and App Integration is 0.6%, down from 1.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Business Process Management (BPM)
Unique Categories:
Business Process Design
12.8%
Process Automation
32.6%
API Management
0.2%
 

Featured Reviews

BN
Nov 16, 2022
Supports BPMN, integrates well, and saves time
They should focus more on enterprise challenges. We are using the enterprise license, and I would like to see more interactions with Camunda. The enterprise license should cover enterprise challenges. We would need more touchpoints so that Camunda understands better what's going on at the enterprise level. That's an area where Camunda could improve. They can understand the challenges of an enterprise and try to come up with solutions from their side for the enterprise. As an enterprise license owner, if we have some ideas for features, we expect them to release the features faster than now. So, a bit faster feature release is an area for improvement. There should be a multi-tenant solution for the platform where it supports multiple organizations on one platform instead of having to spin up multiple clusters for each organization. There should be an easy way to integrate different departments into one platform without having to operate multiple platforms. The operations should be easier with the enterprise solution. It should not create more overhead for the operations people. Another improvement area is the licensing model. We are yet to find out a smart licensing model for Camunda. We are mainly using the CP engine, and we require only a support and service contract, but this is not yet possible. Their licenses were probably made 10 or 20 years ago, but we need tailor-made licenses for the implemented use case. As a platform owner, I have to provide our customers with a static price tag. The price should not increase exponentially, and we should be able to tell them that we are not overcharging them. If the cost gets too high, it's likely to not be used in the future.
SUDHIR KUMAR RATHLAVATH - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 26, 2023
Provides data governance and offer good scalability, with a significant performance boost when moving from on-prem to the cloud
There are a few improvements which can be done. So those are on data governance and making an image of each object that is being created on top of Informatica, I mean, on top of applications. So those need areas to be improved. The logging methods are really traditional. So logging, in order to track any operations happening on this interface, will catch a log file. That needs to be more precise. In future releases as well, I would like to see additional features. So there is no platform where code conversion can happen easily. For example, if you want to move Informatica jobs in various areas, it's quite easy and straightforward. But still, you require some manual intervention for code changes that need to be done throughout the platform. So these things need to be improved. And other things are the compatibility of other services. For example, if you have a running Spark code and you want to run the Spark code into Informatica IICS, which is not compatible, so you need to rewrite the whole syntax to make it compatible. So those are the areas that really need improvement.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The platform's approach to BPMN modeling is straightforward and versatile, making it easy to adopt and use effectively."
"Ease of use and ability to streamline a process model."
"The headless nature of the Camunda Platform is something that has helped us to build our own logic and platforms on it."
"I love that Camunda is a very developer-friendly platform, and my customers have evaluated the pricing as reasonable."
"Its flexibility stands out as the most valuable feature."
"Camunda is a scalable product."
"Camunda seems to have a lot of traction, maturity, and stability. It also matches the need for agile development."
"The most valuable features are that it's lightweight, can be embedded in existing Java code, and keeps track of the workflow state and the instances that we need."
"The interface is really good."
"The interface has a great look and feel, and the functionality is so easy."
"The OAuth feature is the most valuable feature for authentication."
"The application integration will give you more flexibility when dealing with APIs."
 

Cons

"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."
"I would like to have a feature for audit logging, audit logs and audit log management. And some history of use for the audit logs."
"The Camunda Modeler installation poses a challenge, requiring local installation, which doesn't help collaboration like other online tools, for instance."
"In the latest version, there are certain workflow nodes that are missing. Camunda should bring those back, or rather, develop them quickly."
"I think it would be important to internationalize the Cockpit and the Admin as well as with the Tasklist."
"When you search for Camunda BPM resources or books on how to utilize Camunda BPM, it is lacking. When it comes to Alfresco, there are thousands of resources that can help you to utilize within AWS and its Group Services. I would like to see the usage of Camunda BPM on Amazon Web Services be improved."
"I would like to see better pricing."
"I'm from the .NET world and I would like to use it, rather than Java."
"There could be a lot more application integration."
"There's no direct way to connect to Amazon APIs from Informatica Cloud."
"The pricing model is problematic."
"The setup is complex."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Licensing costs are anywhere from $80,000 to $100,000 USD per year."
"The price of the solution is reasonable."
"When compared with the proprietary products, the pricing costs are much less, even though it is an enterprise edition."
"Camunda's pricing is good."
"We're using the free version. We used the Enterprise version for some time. If I compare free versus what we paid at that time, the Enterprise version costs a lot. For the additional functionality that we got with the Enterprise version, it was too costly."
"There is a bit of scope for improvement in how the licensing and pricing are done. They are based on the number of processing instances you execute on the cluster... but on the self-hosted mode, the pricing model should be customized."
"Camunda is a cheaply priced product, making it one of its major USPs."
"The most attractive feature of the product is that it is open source."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
26%
Computer Software Company
14%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Government
6%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Computer Software Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Insurance Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Informatica Cloud Api and App Integration?
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What needs improvement with Informatica Cloud Api and App Integration?
There are a few improvements which can be done. So those are on data governance and making an image of each object that is being created on top of Informatica, I mean, on top of applications. So th...
 

Also Known As

Camunda BPM
Cloud Application Integration, Cloud Application Integration, Cloud Extend, Informatica API and Application Integration
 

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Sample Customers

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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