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Azure Automation vs Camunda comparison

 

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

Categories and Ranking

Azure Automation
Ranking in Process Automation
20th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.2
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Camunda
Ranking in Process Automation
1st
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
78
Ranking in other categories
Business Process Design (3rd), Business Process Management (BPM) (1st), Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies (7th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Process Automation category, the mindshare of Azure Automation is 1.0%, down from 1.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Camunda is 10.9%, down from 26.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Process Automation Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Camunda10.9%
Azure Automation1.0%
Other88.1%
Process Automation
 

Featured Reviews

Anand Yadav - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager Technical support at Softcell Technologies Limited
Automation has transformed routine operations and now delivers faster, consistent remediation
The best features of Azure Automation are runbook automation, centralized job scheduling, update management, and integration with Azure services and APIs. From a security and operation perspective, we particularly value the ability to automate repetitive administrative tasks, enforce operational consistency, and execute remediation workflows at scale across multiple customer environments. Centralized job scheduling in Azure Automation allows us to run maintenance, patching, and compliance tasks across multiple customer environments from a single platform, reducing manual coordination efforts. Integration with Azure APIs enables us to automate actions such as resource provisioning, security checks, and remediation workflows, which has reduced operational efforts and improved consistency across large-scale deployments. One feature that is often overlooked in Azure Automation is how efficiently it scales across multiple subscriptions and customer environments. For managed service providers, the ability to standardize operational runbooks and reuse automation workflows across different customers delivers significant efficiency, consistency, and governance benefits.
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.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"We have seen a strong ROI from Azure Automation, as manual operational effort for recurring tasks has been reduced by approximately 50 to 60% and routine remediation and maintenance activities are completed 70 to 80% faster through automation."
"The most valuable feature of Azure Automation is the scripting."
"The most valuable part of Azure Automation is that it is a platform providing features that can be custom-used, with very wide functionalities, and the user-friendly nature and available technology can be simply applied to different technologies."
"Azure Automation brings many benefits to my company and my customers' companies because many jobs can be converted automatically through an AI agent to complete tasks."
"The best features of Azure Automation help us automate tasks for the customer and eliminate a significant amount of manual work."
"Even in the community versions the product is very stable and with excellent scalability results."
"Camunda's most valuable feature is its ability to integrate with different products."
"The speed and execution of DMN was a big selling point for us."
"By using Camunda, we could have the application process design, and we could quickly deploy the system to production and have the product early on the market."
"The headless nature of the Camunda Platform is something that has helped us to build our own logic and platforms on it."
"Using such a solution gives our clients great flexibility and a short time to market for new product implementations."
"Being able to use a Java-based solution makes the product flexible."
"We have the ability to modify the product if we need to, and that comes in handy whenever we need to add new functionality and features."
 

Cons

"From our experience, Azure Automation could be improved with better debugging and troubleshooting capabilities for complex runbooks, especially in large-scale environments."
"The solution’s user interface could be improved."
"Sometimes when integrating with third-party tools, we cannot find the proper API and must perform manual work, which requires additional development on our end."
"Deployment with Azure Automation can be challenging at times, though sometimes it is very easy."
"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."
"It lacks some preset features and configurations which would make it more plug-and-play for customers."
"The deployment model could be improved for easier implementation. More open documentation would be beneficial to understand the deployment process better and facilitate easier setup."
"Customization and tech stack could be up-to-date."
"The latency of API could be decreased."
"The GUI needs to be improved, with more configuration options."
"The setup process is a drawback as it has many dependencies, which affects our ability to migrate to Windows eleven due to security concerns."
"Support is an area that is in need of improvement."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"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."
"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."
"We are using the open-source version, free of charge. We didn't bother with the enterprise features."
"The most attractive feature of the product is that it is open source."
"The price is competitive with products like Bonitasoft and RHPAM (Red Hat Process Automation Manager). We have two versions of Camunda. The first version was open source, without support, but then we got a supported version."
"Generally, the price could be better, as well as the licensing fees."
"Camunda's pricing is good."
"Cheaper licensing and resources than competitors"
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
21%
Media Company
8%
Construction Company
7%
Computer Software Company
5%
Financial Services Firm
24%
Computer Software Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
6%
Manufacturing Company
6%
 

Company Size

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

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Azure Automation?
Any solution has room for improvement, and this one is no exception.In future updates, I believe more AI functionality could be added to Azure Automation, as AI is becoming increasingly prevalent a...
What is your primary use case for Azure Automation?
Azure Automation is typically used for development for the customer. I develop based on requirements rather than for myself.
What advice do you have for others considering Azure Automation?
I cannot identify the weak points of Azure Automation, as I am a director rather than a developer.I do not use Runbooks with Azure Automation. With only one year of experience and a small requireme...
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...
 

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Sample Customers

1. Adobe 2. BMW 3. Coca-Cola 4. General Electric 5. Johnson & Johnson 6. NBCUniversal 7. Pfizer 8. Samsung 9. Siemens 10. Toyota 11. Verizon 12. 3M 13. Accenture 14. Airbus 15. Allianz 16. American Express 17. AT&T 18. Bank of America 19. Boeing 20. Cisco 21. Dell 22. ExxonMobil 23. Ford 24. General Motors 25. IBM 26. Intel 27. JPMorgan Chase 28. Microsoft (self-use) 29. Nestle 30. Procter & Gamble 31. Shell 32. Walmart
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