Comparison of Business Process Model and Notation modeling tools
This article provides a comparison of Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) tools.
General
Note: all tools do support BPMN Version 2.0.
| Name | Developer | UI Platform / OS | Cloud / SAAS
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Features | Diagram example | First Release | Latest Release | Open source
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Software license | |||||||
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Java UI
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Windows native
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MacOS native
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Linux native
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Browser based
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Model processes
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Execute processes
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Monitor processes
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Other | ||||||||
| Activiti | Alfresco Software, Inc. and the Activiti developer community | 
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Modeler, Simulation, Execution. Data elements are not supported. Limited supported formats (read/saved internally in BPMN format without exporting capabilities). |  |
2010-05-17[1] | 2025-02-03[2] |
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Apache-2.0[3] | ||||
| ActiveVOS | Informatica |
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2005 | 2014 | 
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Proprietary | |||||||
| ADONIS BPM Suite | BOC Group |
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Modeler, Simulation, Analysis | 1995 | 2022[4] |
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Proprietary / Freeware (requires registration) | ||||||
| Alfresco Process Services | Alfresco Software, Inc. |
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2017 | 2024-03-11[5] |
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Subscription. Price based on number of users, computing power and support levels. | ||||||
| OpenText AppWorks | OpenText |
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2021 (at least)[6] | 2024 |
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Subscription. | ||||||
| ARIS Express | Software AG |
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? | ? |
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2009-07-28 | 2024-06-24[7] |
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Freeware (registration needed) | ||||||
| BiZZdesign Architect | BiZZdesign |
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Integrate with ArchiMate, User collaboration, Support for Collaboration diagrams, BPMN 2.0 XML Export & Import, | 2012 | 2014 (standalone) Current year (web) |
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Proprietary | |||||
| Bonita BPM | Bonitasoft |
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Supports several formats (read: BPMN, jBPM, Bonita, XPDL; write: Bonita, BPMN2, PNG, JPG, GIF, PDF, BMP, SVG). |  |
2001 | 2024-06-25[8] |
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GNU GPL[9] | ||||||
| Together | TogetherSoft => Borland => Micro Focus |
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2013-11-28[10] |
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Proprietary/Shareware | ||||||||||
| Camunda Platform | Camunda GmbH |
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2.0 import and export, support for DMN 1.3, collaborative BPMN & DMN editing, REST & Java APIs, OpenAPI documentation, orchestration of RPA bots, reporting on processes executed by Camunda or by an external tool |  |
2013-08-31 | 2025-04-08[11] |
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Apache License 2.0 | ||||
| Enterprise Architect | Sparx Systems |
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2000 | 2024-09-27[12] |
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Proprietary[13] | |||||||
| Flowable Modeler | Flowable and the Flowable community |
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2017-10-13[14] | 2024-01-17[15] |
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Apache License 2.0[16] | ||||||
| IBM Blueworks Live | IBM |
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Freemium | ||||||||||
| System Architect | IBM => UNICOM Global |
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Enterprise Architecture tool | 2024[17] |
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Proprietary | ||||||||||
| Imixs-BPMN | Imixs |
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2015 | 2024-08-03[18] |
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GNU GPL | |||||||
| jBPM | Red Hat |
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2010-12-13 | 2023-07-19[19] |
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Apache License 2.0 | ||||||
| LucidChart | Lucid Software Inc |
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? |
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2011 | updated twice a month |
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Proprietary - 14-day free trial on team accounts / Free professional accounts for educators and students / Free version | ||||||||
| MagicDraw | No Magic |
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2007-09-24 | 2024[20] |
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Proprietary/Shareware | |||||||||
| Microsoft Visio | Microsoft |
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Read: MS Visio, Write: MS Visio, EMF, PDF. |  |
2024[21] |
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Proprietary | ||||||
| Modelio | Modeliosoft (SOFTEAM Group) |
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Includes BPMN, UML, ArchiMate SysML, Java round trip code generation, documentation, TOGAF, XSD, WSDL. |  |
2009 | 2022-03-23[22] |
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GNU GPL[23] | |||||||
| OmniGraffle | Omni Group |
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2001 | 2021 |
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Proprietary | |||||||||
| Software Ideas Modeler | Dusan Rodina |
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2009-Aug | 2024-Aug[24] |
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Proprietary | ||||||||
| yEd | yWorks |
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2013-03 | 2024 |
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Freeware | |||||||||
| Name | Developer | UI Platform / OS | Cloud / SAAS
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Features | Diagram example | First Release | Latest Release | Open source
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Software license | |||||||
References
- ^ Alfresco. "Alfresco launches Activiti BPMN 2.0 Business Process Engine". Retrieved 17 September 2013.
- ^ "Release 8.7.0". 3 February 2025. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
- ^ "Activiti User Guide v.6.0". Retrieved 1 June 2025.
- ^ "Release history - version 16, 2022".
- ^ "Alfresco Community Edition 23.2 Release Notes". 11 March 2024.
- ^ "What's new in OpenText AppWorks". 25 July 2024.
- ^ "Enhancing User Experience with the Redesigned ARIS Process Mining Interface - SR26".
- ^ "Bonita BPM 2024.2 | Bonitasoft | Open Source Workflow & BPM software". www.bonitasoft.com. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
- ^ Bonitasoft. "Download BPM Software And Documentation". Retrieved 24 April 2017.
- ^ "MicroFocus - Together 12.6 Release Notes".
- ^ "8.7 Release notes".
- ^ "Enterprise Architect 16.1 - Build 1628".
- ^ Sparx System's Enterprise Architect. "Enterprise Architect End User License Agreement (EULA)". Retrieved 18 September 2013.
- ^ Flowable. "Flowable 5.22.0 release". Retrieved 20 July 2018.
- ^ Flowable. "Flowable 7.0.1 release". GitHub. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
- ^ Flowable. "Flowable Source Code". GitHub. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
- ^ "System Architect® 11.4.11.2 Released".
- ^ Imixs-BPMN. "Release imixs-workflow-6.0.7". GitHub. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
- ^ "Release 7.74.1". 19 July 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ "2024x Refresh1 Version News - No Magic products".
- ^ "Visio for the web: FAQ".
- ^ "Modelio 341 - Modelio 4.1 - Modelio Community Forge". forge.modelio.org. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
- ^ Modelio. "About Mmodelio / License". Retrieved 7 August 2015.
- ^ "Software Ideas current version: 14.65, released: August 19, 2024". Retrieved 2024-09-06.