Camunda vs Oracle BPEL comparison

Camunda and Oracle are both solutions in the Process Automation category. Camunda is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.4, while Oracle is ranked #33 with an average rating of 7.0. Camunda holds a 24.8% mindshare in PA, compared to Oracle’s 0.7% mindshare. Additionally, 89% of Camunda users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 75% of Oracle users who would recommend it.

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89% willing to recommend

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75% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 15, 2025

Oracle BPEL and Camunda are both key players in business process management, aiming to enhance organizational efficiency. While Oracle BPEL is appreciated for its pricing and support, Camunda is preferred for its superior features, which justify its overall cost.

Features: Oracle BPEL offers enterprise application integration, strong BPEL standards support, and extensive monitoring capabilities. Camunda stands out with strong BPMN support, user-friendly design, and deployment flexibility across environments, making it adaptable to various business processes.

Room for Improvement: Oracle BPEL can improve its ease of deployment and streamline its setup process. Additionally, enhancing its user interface would make it more accessible. Expanding its range of integration options could also be beneficial. Camunda could enhance its reporting capabilities, simplify setup for users less familiar with BPMN, and provide more advanced customization options to meet diverse enterprise needs.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Both Oracle BPEL and Camunda offer comprehensive deployment options. Oracle BPEL's setup is more complex, presenting challenges but is supported by extensive assistance. Camunda's lightweight architecture enables faster deployment and adaptability, with satisfactory customer service solutions supporting its ease and speed of deployment.

Pricing and ROI: Oracle BPEL involves a higher setup cost, suitable for large enterprise environments, leading to a strong ROI. Camunda's lower initial cost and scalable pricing align with usage, improving process efficiency and reducing operational costs, making its ROI potential appealing for flexible budgets.

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Categories and Ranking

Camunda

Ranking in Process Automation

1st

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Business Process Design (1st), Business Process Management (BPM) (1st)

Oracle BPEL

Ranking in Process Automation

33rd

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the Process Automation category, the mindshare of Camunda is 24.8%, down from 28.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle BPEL is 0.7%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Process Automation Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Camunda	24.8%
Oracle BPEL	0.7%
Other	74.5%

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FABIO NAGAO

Chief Technology Officer at Looplex SA

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.

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Jozef Ivanic

Senior Business Analyst at a manufacturing company with 201-500 employees

Support for human tasks despite challenges with protocols and adapters

It depends on your needs. Oracle BPEL is suitable for enterprise-wide systems. However, if you're building something smaller or don't know precisely what you need, it's better to start with something smaller. Oracle is a comprehensive bundle, and buying it exclusively for Oracle BPEL doesn't make sense. I'd rate the solution six 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

"Camunda is a scalable product."

"I've found the active community most valuable but it also provides you with a lot of other features."

"Provides an easy way to integrate with the architectural environment."

"It is a scalable product. I would rate the scalability a ten out of ten."

"The graphical interface is very beneficial."

"It is an absolutely stable solution."

"The biggest difference between Camunda and Bonita might be that Camunda is simpler and more flexible for setting, though we are at the beginning and need to experiment."

"I think that the positives of Camunda Platform are that our customers can start with the free version. I think it is the most important."

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"What I find the most valuable about Oracle BPEL is that it saves me time."

"The solution is very seamless and fast."

"The product has everything we need."

"The most valuable feature is the support for human tasks."

Cons

"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 think that Camunda can try to do better when it comes to solving the complexities of all the products in its software stack."

"I think it would be important to internationalize the Cockpit and the Admin as well as with the Tasklist."

"It has a Postgres database at the backend, and it is very difficult to scale if you increase the number of processes running. We did hit some barriers. We were able to overcome them, but it was a problem. Camunda has another product called Camunda Cloud, which supposedly doesn't have the same scalability problems, but we are not using Camunda Cloud because the set of features is smaller than Camunda On-Premises. So, its scalability can be improved. Because it has a single database, it is more difficult to scale if you have a huge success."

"Initially, installation was challenging, but recent improvements have made it much easier."

"Customization and tech stack could be up-to-date."

"The support definitely can be improved. Apart from that, the language should be extendable to other platforms. If I want to write, I'll run a different platform, like Python code on top of it, or COBOL code on top of it, and it should support those languages."

"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."

More Camunda cons

"Some user-defined functions for transformation must be added to the next release of the solution."

"In the next release, I would like to see REST improved and new technologies for microservices. I'd like to see more containers for separating containers."

"The solution's integration with SAP should be seamless because some formats are not accepted in SAP but are accepted in Oracle BPEL."

"They need to have support for new protocols like GraphQL and possibly some out-of-the-box adapters for SAP and other big systems."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We are using the open-source version of this solution."

"Compared to other software, Camunda Platform is quite cost-effective."

"The evaluation of my customers on pricing is that it is reasonable."

"Camunda Platform is an open-source product."

"When compared with the proprietary products, the pricing costs are much less, even though it is an enterprise edition."

"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."

"The product's price depends on the number of processes that need to be automated or where the orchestration part needs to be used. The product is affordable for medium and large enterprises."

"We are using the community version. There is no licensing cost."

More Camunda pricing and cost advice

"The solution's pricing is moderate and not expensive."

"The product is moderately priced."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

26%

Computer Software Company

13%

Government

Insurance Company

Manufacturing Company

14%

Performing Arts

12%

Financial Services Firm

Computer Software Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	41
Midsize Enterprise	15
Large Enterprise	29

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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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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...

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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...

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What needs improvement with Oracle BPEL?

They need to have support for new protocols like GraphQL and possibly some out-of-the-box adapters for SAP and other big systems. It should be better if the SAP adapter were included in the bundle.

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What is your primary use case for Oracle BPEL?

We primarily use Oracle BPEL for process automation. It is used for workflows for documents, data transfers, and other processes implemented for our customers.

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What advice do you have for others considering Oracle BPEL?

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Camunda BPM

BPEL Process Manager

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Overview

Camunda revolutionizes process orchestration by enabling seamless automation and integration with AI, human tasks, and existing systems while ensuring security and governance.

Built for collaboration between business and IT, Camunda empowers organizations to manage complexity, boost efficiency, and maintain competitive advantage. With a clientele of over 700 top organizations like Atlassian, ING, and Vodafone, Camunda is a trusted partner in designing, orchestrating, automating, and refining critical business processes to accelerate digital transformation. Its open-source nature, ease of use, and REST API integration make it a versatile choice for various needs.

What are Camunda's key features?

Lightweight Architecture: Offers streamlined and efficient process management.
Scalability: Supports growth and complexity in operations.
Flexibility with BPMN, CMMN, and DMN Standards: Ensures adaptability to different process modeling needs.
Open-Source: Encourages customization and user-specific enhancements.
Graphical Process Modeling: Intuitive interface for designing and automating processes.

What benefits or ROI should users look for?

Enhanced Efficiency: Streamlines processes for optimized performance.
Seamless Integration: Ensures smooth workflow across different systems.
Improved Collaboration: Facilitates effective cooperation between business and IT.
Customizability: Adapts to specific user requirements and system environments.

In banking, Camunda automates processes and manages transactions, while in telecommunications, it optimizes service orders. Governmental and public sectors benefit from workflow automation. Organizations often use either the enterprise edition or the open-source version to create APIs and manage business rules effectively.

Camunda

Oracle BPEL (Business Process Execution Language) Process Manager is a tool for designing and running business processes. This product provides a comprehensive, standardsÂbased and easy to use solution for creating, deploying and managing crossÂapplication business processes with both automated and human workflow steps â all in a serviceÂoriented architecture. Oracle BPEL Process Manager is a powerful integration tool for the enterprise. Its ability to connect to external systems and process, mixed with its support for a variety of presentation technologies makes it an ideal tool for defining and implementing business process logic.

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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

Nacional Monte de Piedad IAP, Bimbo S.A. de C.V., Intelligent Pathways, DVZ Datenverarbeitungszentrum Mecklenburg-Vorpommern GmbH, Arqiva

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