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Camunda vs ProcessMaker comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 28, 2025

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Categories and Ranking

Camunda
Ranking in Business Process Management (BPM)
1st
Ranking in Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies
3rd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
78
Ranking in other categories
Business Process Design (1st), Process Automation (1st), AI Software Development (3rd), AI Customer Support (51st), AI IT Support (5th)
ProcessMaker
Ranking in Business Process Management (BPM)
36th
Ranking in Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies
28th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.2
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the Business Process Management (BPM) category, the mindshare of Camunda is 9.3%, down from 21.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ProcessMaker is 0.9%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Business Process Management (BPM) Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Camunda9.3%
ProcessMaker0.9%
Other89.8%
Business Process Management (BPM)
 

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.
UchechiSylvanus - PeerSpot reviewer
Team Lead, Process Improvement & RPA at Fidelity Bank Plc
Works well, but its interface should be a bit more user-friendly
We use it for our process flows and levels of approvals, but I am not managing it directly Its performance, stability, and security are fine. Its interface should be a bit more user-friendly. I have been using this solution for close to a year. It is stable. It is easy to scale. We currently…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The ease with which I can define workflows is most valuable. The latest updates and flexibility that it provides around a task activity are interesting for me."
", Camunda can be a powerful tool to work with when used in an optimized and well-implemented manner."
"Camunda seems to have a lot of traction, maturity, and stability. It also matches the need for agile development."
"It's user friendly, much better than most tools I have seen."
"It is an absolutely stable solution."
"Camunda's most valuable feature is its ability to integrate with different products."
"Camunda Platform is better than IBM BPM, and Azure. It is more elaborate."
"Provides an easy way to integrate with the architectural environment."
"What I like most is the seamlessness of the workflow capabilities."
"Its performance, stability, and security are fine."
 

Cons

"In the future, I would definitely like to see the process administration (migration, audit, tracking) and process evaluation (optimize) features added to the community edition."
"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 only drawback is the time that it takes to have a complete set of workflows implemented on the Camunda platform."
"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."
"Especially when you use the open-source version, there are issues with performance."
"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."
"Initial setup can be quite complex."
"Would be helpful if there were additional out-of-the-box activities."
"Its interface should be a bit more user-friendly."
"This solution only supports basic text, but we would like to be able to insert components such as rich text, graphs, charts, pictures, and other objects."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I use the open-source free version."
"There is an open-source version available, that in its core features (workflow and decision engine, modeler) is exactly the same as in the enterprise version."
"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."
"Licensing costs are anywhere from $80,000 to $100,000 USD per year."
"It is less cost-prohibitive than other solutions on the market. This solution was in our price range."
"The license is quite expensive, which is why we went with the community version."
"Its price is decent. Everything is included in the license. The Community version is also good to start with. We are using the Community version."
"We use the free version."
"We have a yearly license."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
26%
Computer Software Company
12%
Insurance Company
6%
Government
6%
Financial Services Firm
22%
Computer Software Company
14%
Government
9%
Insurance Company
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business43
Midsize Enterprise15
Large Enterprise29
No data available
 

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Also Known As

Camunda BPM
ProcessMaker Workflow Management & BPM, ProcessMaker BPM
 

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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
Tulsa Community College, Sirius College, Mcredit Vietnam, Oregon City Schools, Lakozy Toyota, HyperCube
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