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Camunda vs ELMA 365 comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Camunda
Ranking in Business Process Management (BPM)
1st
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
77
Ranking in other categories
Business Process Design (2nd), Process Automation (1st)
ELMA 365
Ranking in Business Process Management (BPM)
41st
Average Rating
0.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
CRM (75th), Robotic Process Automation (RPA) (59th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Business Process Management (BPM) category, the mindshare of Camunda is 16.0%, down from 21.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ELMA 365 is 0.5%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Business Process Management (BPM) Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Camunda16.0%
ELMA 3650.5%
Other83.5%
Business Process Management (BPM)
 

Featured Reviews

FABIO NAGAO - PeerSpot reviewer
Reduces costs with hardware abstraction and simplifies scaling
There is an issue where, in some situations, I need to scale up by observing both CPU and memory usage of containers, yet under the current options available at Amazon, this is not possible. I have to choose between monitoring CPU or memory to scale my solution. Not every software is built for deployment as a container service, although the current architecture trend is changing this.
PT
A great ERP for medium and even small businesses
If one has experience in the ERP market, big brands like Microsoft require a lot of money over other platforms like Odoo. We can implement an on-premise model for some enterprise customers because it gives privacy and security. For other customers, we provide the cloud version. Currently, we recommend customers implement the ERP platform on the cloud environment because of the flexibility and scaling. I recommend that customers invest in a solution with the possibility of scaling in the future while providing many functions and features out of the box. In many ERPs we provide, although we would recommend ELMA as a default option for medium and even enterprise customers, they need bigger brands. ELMA 365 should be the second or third option for customers right now. I rate ELMA 365 a ten out of ten.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"I've found the active community most valuable but it also provides you with a lot of other features."
"It is quite easy to build a simple process without any knowledge of programming."
"The product has a good task management engine."
"The number of client implementations and cross-language capabilities to support multiple frameworks is very pluggable compared to Pega. It's also more portable."
"It is open-source. It supports microservice orchestration. This is what we are really interested in. We can customize our products depending on the use cases."
"Provides an easy way to integrate with the architectural environment."
"The platform's approach to BPMN modeling is straightforward and versatile, making it easy to adopt and use effectively."
"I can use any other tools to create services and the UI, and then use them together with the Camunda BPMN engine."
"A lot of customers, when we introduce this kind of product into their organization, it provides a lot of analytics."
 

Cons

"I think it would be important to internationalize the Cockpit and the Admin as well as with the Tasklist."
"Like all BPM tools, they're very bad with proprietary UIs. In general, anyone who uses BPM tools should not expect to use their proprietary UI."
"Would be helpful if there were additional out-of-the-box activities."
"The primary issue regarding the Camuto platform is its high cost of training. This is why I haven't discussed it extensively, as compared to other products that are more affordable in terms of developer training."
"There are a few things that I'm missing. For instance, the user interface creator, which I know other systems have, like Aurea or Lombardi, which are IBM solutions. The interface creator, including the data model creator or some module which would allow the users who are not programmers or business consultants and who are not technically skilled in database and Java programming, to create data models and user interfaces."
"It would be better if the tool were made less reliant on Java."
"The business model could be easier to understand."
"The support offered by the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"Customers want improved productivity."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Generally, the price could be better, as well as the licensing fees."
"It is less cost-prohibitive than other solutions on the market. This solution was in our price range."
"The evaluation of my customers on pricing is that it is reasonable."
"It is good for a startup. When we started, its price was fair, but the way we are using it to orchestrate microservices makes it expensive. When you are growing as a company, you would have more microservices, and you would have more users. There is an exponential effect when you are growing in terms of the number of conditions, processes, and users because they bill you per process. So, the price was increasing very quickly for us, and it was very difficult."
"Camunda Platform is an open-source product."
"The price of the solution is reasonable."
"Camunda has a free service as well as a commercial service. We are using the free service."
"Camunda's pricing is good."
"I rate the solution's pricing a five out of ten."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
26%
Computer Software Company
14%
Government
6%
Insurance Company
6%
Computer Software Company
37%
Financial Services Firm
27%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Comms Service Provider
4%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business41
Midsize Enterprise15
Large Enterprise29
No data available
 

Questions from the Community

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...
What do you like most about ELMA 365?
A lot of customers, when we introduce this kind of product into their organization, it provides a lot of analytics.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ELMA 365?
I rate the solution's pricing a five out of ten. It's not so cheap and not so expensive.
What needs improvement with ELMA 365?
Our customers mention three main topics when they review our product. The first point of improvement is the cost, the second one is they want improved productivity, and the last point would be cent...
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

Camunda BPM
ELMA 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
Air Astana, GS Nanotech, Kapital Bank, Mriya Resort & SPA, Obninskorgsintez, VestaBank, pwc, Zarubezhneft, lockobank, Rosatom
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