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Camunda vs Pega Customer Service comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Camunda
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
78
Ranking in other categories
Business Process Design (1st), Business Process Management (BPM) (1st), Process Automation (1st), Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies (3rd), AI Software Development (1st), AI Customer Support (61st), AI IT Support (4th)
Pega Customer Service
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.0
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
CRM (35th)
 

Featured Reviews

CristianoGomes - PeerSpot reviewer
Owner at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Supports long-running asynchronous processes effectively but has not evolved much in recent years
I think Camunda is focusing too much on the SaaS offering right now and not much on improving and developing the product itself. I did not see any innovations on that aspect, especially for the open-source version. I was making some tests recently and the tool seemed pretty much the same as it was three or four years ago. Since they made the move to cloud deployment in a more SaaS-oriented way, they do not invest too much in the community version. To be honest, it did not change much from the Activiti initial version. Activiti was pretty much what Camunda is today. They invested a lot on Zeebe and made it the engine for their SaaS cloud version. Camunda itself, the embedded engine, did not evolve too much. They could invest more on that.
Kishore-Panathula - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Architect-CLSA at Wipro Limited
Unified customer service has provided real-time insights and supports flexible, intuitive workflows
We have a customer service application for customer service in a smaller group, and for most purposes, we use the direct platform. It is a unified channel that depends upon the business. We do not use all channels, but we leverage them wherever they are applicable. The interface is intuitive and depends upon the business. Whenever there is a request for information, we come up with a design and then provide the opportunity to see if it is usable or if they would prefer it in another fashion. Out of the box, it is acceptable. It has all the features required for supporting the customer service side. Although we are not using the voice feature, it gives people the flexibility to interact and get real information. Real-time information is available. It includes both a dashboard and the customer service front desk UI.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"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."
"The architecture is good because it's a headless workflow. I can create my own frontend, and it's fully API-based."
"When I compare it to other BPM tools, like IBM, it is great, open source, and free when you use the community version."
"We have been able to save costs using this solution compared to the product we used before."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to share the logic within the rules engine with the business, so you can put it up for everybody to read."
"The most valuable features are the management of internal processes, the ability to execute from design and the model for internal processes, the ability to make processes visible, and the ability to have information about the current state of each instance."
"The product has a good task management engine."
"The headless nature of the Camunda Platform is something that has helped us to build our own logic and platforms on it."
"It has all the features required for supporting the customer service side, and although we are not using the voice feature, it gives people the flexibility to interact and get real information with real-time information available."
"The product is scalable. It works efficiently for changing existing features."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is case management and different configurations."
"Pega Customer Service is scalable."
"The technical support provided for all the solutions from Pega is of the same quality since they have their own internal teams and the same mechanisms, which are good for dealing with issues of different users."
 

Cons

"I think Camunda is focusing too much on the SaaS offering right now and not much on improving and developing the product itself."
"I do think that Camunda can try to do better when it comes to solving the complexities of all the products in its software stack."
"The only drawback is the time that it takes to have a complete set of workflows implemented on the Camunda platform."
"I think it would be important to internationalize the Cockpit and the Admin as well as with the Tasklist."
"On the other hand, if I were rating it for use by the public then I would rate it a three out of ten."
"Customization and tech stack could be up-to-date."
"The latency of API could be decreased."
"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."
"The licensing cost could also be improved."
"Improvements are always required, but at this moment, the UI is the key area that is not flexible enough for us."
"The only concern I have seen about the product is its prices."
"Pega JVM function needs to be improved."
"The product's pricing needs improvement."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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 use the open-source version, which can be used at no cost."
"The license is quite expensive, which is why we went with the community version."
"We are using the open-source version of this solution."
"While the license isn't budget-friendly, careful consideration and calculated planning for a significant number of licenses can make it more cost-effective."
"We are using the community version. There is no licensing cost."
"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."
"It is less cost-prohibitive than other solutions on the market. This solution was in our price range."
"The solution provides licenses to users either based on the number of users or the number of cases that an end user creates."
"The tool's pricing is flexible, and I rate it four to five out of ten."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
24%
Computer Software Company
11%
Government
6%
Insurance Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
28%
Computer Software Company
13%
Construction Company
9%
Performing Arts
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business43
Midsize Enterprise15
Large Enterprise29
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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...
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...
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...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Pega Customer Service?
The setup cost depends upon the business. We do not use all channels, so it depends, but we leverage them wherever they are applicable.
What needs improvement with Pega Customer Service?
Improvements are always required, but at this moment, the UI is the key area that is not flexible enough for us. From the implementation side, it is still at the higher end. However, I do not have ...
What advice do you have for others considering Pega Customer Service?
The organization uses internal applications. The overall review rating for this solution is nine out of ten.
 

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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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