Camunda vs. ibi iProcess (discontinued)

Camunda Platform is well suited for scenarios where there are different stages in a business flow and the flow is driven by user action at each stage. For example placing of an order on an ecommerce platform. Depending on whether user was able to make the payment or not the workflow would go to dispatch or retry stage. Now the retry stage would trigger further actions like sending follow up emails etc. Likewise, dispatch stage would have a different set of actions. Since every order is important and we need to know where it stands, using Camunda Platform is imperative. Camunda Platform might not be a right choice where just a one off thing needs to be done. For example, uploading of product information by user or periodic processing of heavy images by a worker. These are all either one step processes or periodic automated processes where we can track the status without using a business modeler like Camunda Platform.

Incentivized

TIBCO iProcess is a very nice option if your process is large, complex, has a lot of cases (instances) or huge number of users. It is really performant. Also thanks to "Technology plug-ins" add-in it has wonderful integration with TIBCO Buinessworks, what opens you BPM to any kind of external system integration. But if you are managing only small, local, departmental processes it feels too big and too complex, there are other more suitable products.

Incentivized

• Task orchestration
• Freeware
• Graphical interface allows normal users to understand business process model diagrams more intuitively

Incentivized

• Performance. TIBCO iProcess is the most performant BPM I've even seen.
• Manage large workloads. It can handle tens of thousands users and groups, hundreds of thousand or million live cases.
• It can also manage very large and complex process definitions.
• Very stable, once you get your business process up and running it is very stable.

Incentivized

• Documentation - It is usually daunting for beginners because of lack of good documentation
• Simplified setup on local machine for Camunda Server would help developers test changes quickly
• Easier migration from one deployment version of a Camunda process to another deployment version would help in making changes and deploying them faster.
• Heap memory management becomes issue at times resulting in stuck processes. This needs to be resolved.

Incentivized

• It is complex to use.
• The official support for the tool is not available anymore through TIBCO.

Incentivized

It integrates all the BPM principles along with the great user interface and independent modules and engines. All the modules are separate and stand alone and thus provides easier understanding and ease of support.

Incentivized

Camunda provides pretty standard product support offerings.

iProcess is a previous generation product, it lacks OSGi and cloud so it is seen as "old". Due to this, it is difficult to choose new installations. All other options seem shiny in comparison. But regarding performance and stability, it is still unsurpassed.

Incentivized

• We've built a good business around developing and deploying Camunda for our clients over the last 7 years.
• Our clients are finding it a cost-effective way to try before they buy.
• There's an over-reliance on big offshore outsourcing shops, which hurts ROI and success rates.

• Tibco iProcess has helped automate numerous processes and reduced manual intervention to a minimal.
• High ROI.

Incentivized