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Celonis vs SAP Signavio Process Intelligence comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 1, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
7.7
Celonis boosts ROI through process efficiency, faster order processing, client satisfaction, and automation, achieving rapid cost savings.
Sentiment score
4.8
SAP Signavio Process Intelligence boosts business outcomes through process visualization and simulation, offering impactful returns despite ROI quantification challenges.
In the first couple of years, I would not expect a return on investment because the initial setup will take more than a year if the process requires significant customization.
Senior Business Intelligence Analyst at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
In my opinion, there's a positive return on investment.
Head of Commercial Excellence at Sartorius AG
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.7
Celonis support is praised for responsiveness and expertise, though some users experience delays and require multiple interactions.
Sentiment score
5.2
SAP Signavio Process Intelligence support is effective for some, but others report delays; AI aids self-resolution, enhancing reliability.
It took more than two weeks to receive a response.
Senior Business Intelligence Analyst at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Customer service was super helpful and super responsive during the deployment.
Head of Commercial Excellence at Sartorius AG
If I have a large contract, Celonis supports the partner with architect solutions or other technical profiles.
Senior Development Manager at Lutech
Ideally, there should be separate support for different modules, particularly for organizations using several different SAP products.
Manager at Adidas
Whenever we've needed them, they're there, logging cases and providing effective updates on the cases.
Head of Business Analysis, Technology & Digital Products at a media company with 10,001+ employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.5
Celonis offers high scalability and seamless integration, effectively supporting numerous users and roles across various enterprise environments.
Sentiment score
5.6
SAP Signavio Process Intelligence is scalable for large organizations but costly for smaller entities, with complex integration challenges.
I recall that when we started using Celonis, we had a space of five terabytes and around one thousand users, and Celonis managed all of that easily.
Senior Business Intelligence Analyst at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
At the moment, I'd rate scalability six or seven out of ten.
Senior Development Manager at Lutech
Due to its inability to support multi-event logs, I have to re-extract data even if it already exists, leading to duplication.
Manager at Adidas
SAP Signavio Process Intelligence would be more suitable for bigger organizations, specifically mid to large.
Head of Business Analysis, Technology & Digital Products at a media company with 10,001+ employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.1
Celonis provides highly stable, reliable performance with minimal downtime and effectively standardizes information, despite occasional configuration challenges.
Sentiment score
7.2
SAP Signavio Process Intelligence is stable and effective, with minor issues quickly resolved and high user satisfaction reported.
It's super stable.
Head of Commercial Excellence at Sartorius AG
Regarding the stability of SAP Signavio Process Intelligence, I would give it a 10, as I find there are no stability issues.
data analyst at dbs global university
Regarding stability, there are no complaints as it is very stable.
Manager at Adidas
 

Room For Improvement

Celonis requires upgrades in flexibility, integration, user-friendliness, data handling, and pricing to address its complexities and improve usability.
SAP Signavio Process Intelligence requires UI, scalability, and integration improvements, while addressing cost and enhancing automation, AI, and blockchain.
Ultimately, I need niche expertise, combining strong SAP knowledge with Celonis competency.
Head of Commercial Excellence at Sartorius AG
It is essential for the Celonis solution to have their services and solution models integrated with GenAI.
Senior Development Manager at Lutech
Changes in Celonis are packaged as assets, and when I publish an asset, it applies to the entire package, which makes tracing history difficult.
Senior Application Developer at Fujitsu
It would be helpful if they have their e-learning content segregated for different roles—for example, training specific to business users, training for leads, and training for consultants and analysts who are going to work on the tool as developers.
Analyst III Global GBS - Process Mining at Kraft Heinz
We recently did an analysis in which we were almost going to pay 10 times the cost of a normal process mining tool if we used SAP Signavio.
Manager at Adidas
They should work on their networks and improve their servers because SAP Signavio Process Intelligence is in use more nowadays, resulting in busy servers.
data analyst at dbs global university
 

Setup Cost

Celonis is costly for SMBs, with high fees; free versions exist, but licensing needs improvement for flexibility.
SAP Signavio Process Intelligence is costly, influenced by data usage and licenses, with discounts available for SAP license holders.
I think it's relatively expensive, but it's also good.
Head of Commercial Excellence at Sartorius AG
Based on client feedback, I have heard that the pricing for Celonis is considered high.
Senior Application Developer at Fujitsu
If it is an SAP process, it becomes a little cheaper, but if it is a non-SAP process, then it becomes highly expensive.
Manager at Adidas
The pricing of SAP Signavio could always be better.
Head of Business Analysis, Technology & Digital Products at a media company with 10,001+ employees
 

Valuable Features

Celonis enhances process mining with automation, AI optimizations, and analytics, offering seamless integration and insights for efficient decision-making.
SAP Signavio Process Intelligence offers seamless integration, efficient process management, user-friendly features, and data-driven insights for optimized operations.
Celonis is also beneficial for its built-in apps that streamline tasks from legacy applications, facilitating daily operations and improving efficiency.
Senior Application Developer at Fujitsu
It provides a visualization of the process itself, giving a very good synthesis of performance and helping me find improvements.
Head of Commercial Excellence at Sartorius AG
It's the first solution that combines business competence and capabilities with technological capabilities.
Senior Development Manager at Lutech
The real-time process visualization feature of SAP Signavio Process Intelligence has been really useful to get that first draft, that first picture that starts more detailed analysis and specific task areas.
Head of Business Analysis, Technology & Digital Products at a media company with 10,001+ employees
SAP Signavio Process Intelligence has an upper hand compared to other solutions because the integration from other software is far better in SAP.
data analyst at dbs global university
The best feature of SAP Signavio Process Intelligence is that it is not just Process Intelligence; it's a complete suite that comes with insights and mapping.
Analyst III Global GBS - Process Mining at Kraft Heinz
 

Categories and Ranking

Celonis
Ranking in Process Mining
2nd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
55
Ranking in other categories
AI Data Analysis (7th)
SAP Signavio Process Intell...
Ranking in Process Mining
5th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2025, in the Process Mining category, the mindshare of Celonis is 18.4%, up from 17.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP Signavio Process Intelligence is 8.1%, up from 6.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Process Mining Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Celonis18.4%
SAP Signavio Process Intelligence8.1%
Other73.5%
Process Mining
 

Featured Reviews

PB
Senior Business Intelligence Analyst at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Process mining has transformed invoice prioritization and reduced duplicates across finance workflows
One of the valuable features is Action Flow. Another feature I appreciate is the Simulation Report that Celonis provides, which allows me to identify and predict future analysis. Celonis has also moved into Views, which is very interactive for business users, and these are the features I appreciate the most. With Action Flow, I addressed an issue where vendors were not receiving real-time status updates on their invoices. I created an Action Flow that provides vendors with real-time status information on their current invoices sent to our company. After implementing this Action Flow, our normal ServiceNow ticketing has been reduced by 70 percent, and vendors are utilizing the Action Flow extensively. Regarding the Simulation Report, I used it to show the business what would happen if we changed some automation rates in the process, added more FTEs, or removed FTEs. I demonstrated to the business that if they changed these parameters by a certain number, they would see projected outcomes. Through this simulation, we identified that our cycle time was reduced by two days in one of the AR processes. Additionally, our invoices became prioritized, and the number of duplicate invoices was drastically reduced because we check for duplicates before posting and remove any duplicates. There have been many other savings, including P&L savings and cost reductions during the implementation of Celonis use cases.
PD
Manager at Adidas
Process visualization and collaboration enhance decision-making but improvements in licensing and support are needed
It is effective in real-time, although there are a few shortcomings. For example, in SAP Signavio, if you have two or three systems through which your process is flowing and it creates a multi-event log, that is where SAP Signavio has its shortcoming as it doesn't support multi-event logs. The seamless connection with various data sources impacts the ability to generate accurate and actionable insights, especially if it is SAP as your source system, making it pretty easy. However, if it goes beyond SAP, that is when it becomes difficult and ineffective with respect to cost. For example, we recently did an analysis in which we were almost going to pay 10 times the cost of a normal process mining tool if we used SAP Signavio. What they are doing is counting the number of records and processes dealt with, which may not accurately reflect your data. This issue particularly arises when your data is lean, as the number of records can become inflated, leading to expensive charges that are not recommended for non-SAP tools, especially for real-time data streams. The license structure of SAP Signavio Process Intelligence should be improved for the next release. For example, charging by the number of records becomes inefficient, particularly for systems where comments may be numerous and irrelevant to the actual usage of the data.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
15%
Computer Software Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Energy/Utilities Company
6%
Computer Software Company
25%
Manufacturing Company
15%
University
9%
Energy/Utilities Company
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise38
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise13
 

Questions from the Community

Which is better - Signavio Process Manager or Celonis?
SAP Signavio Process Manager is a very robust industrial-grade business process modeling tool. It is easy to use and does not require too much technological involvement. This solution has a collabo...
What do you like most about Celonis?
Celonis, especially for high-risk finance-related processes, helped us make precise decisions and uncover hidden values within our architecture. It was one of the most significant values our busine...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Celonis?
Based on client feedback, I have heard that the pricing for Celonis is considered high. However, as a developer, I am not directly involved in the pricing aspect.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SAP Signavio Process Intelligence?
The pricing of SAP Signavio could always be better. There are always discounts to be had.
What needs improvement with SAP Signavio Process Intelligence?
What I would improve in SAP Signavio Process Intelligence is the speed at which we can connect different data sources to it, and also understanding more around when a record is truly a record, beca...
What is your primary use case for SAP Signavio Process Intelligence?
We have various different use cases at the moment. The reason we use SAP Signavio Process Intelligence is because it cuts down on workshop time for capturing process and assists us with process sim...
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Anheuser-Busch InBev, AXA, Bayer, Cisco, Deloitte, Deutsche Telekom, Hitachi, Kellogg's, Lufthansa, and Whirlpool
NBN, T-System, Transurban, Audi BKK, Taifun, Met Office, Esquel Group, Sivantos, Consensus, Sirona
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