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Camunda vs ELMA 365 comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Camunda
Ranking in Business Process Management (BPM)
1st
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
79
Ranking in other categories
Business Process Design (3rd), Process Automation (1st), AI Orchestration Frameworks (3rd), Agentic Automation (8th), AI Agent Builders (9th), Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies (8th)
ELMA 365
Ranking in Business Process Management (BPM)
57th
Average Rating
0.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
CRM (74th), Robotic Process Automation (RPA) (63rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Business Process Management (BPM) category, the mindshare of Camunda is 7.1%, down from 19.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ELMA 365 is 0.6%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Business Process Management (BPM) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Camunda7.1%
ELMA 3650.6%
Other92.3%
Business Process Management (BPM)
 

Featured Reviews

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.
PT
Senior Customer Success Manager at Precio Fishbone Vietnam
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

"One valuable feature of Camunda is that it's an open BPM, so it was easier for users and developers to work together to define the rules and define the process, given their BPM and standard architecture."
"Being able to use a Java-based solution makes the product flexible."
"Because it's a complete solution, you can start modeling to automate processes."
"The number of client implementations and cross-language capabilities to support multiple frameworks is very pluggable compared to Pega. It's also more portable."
"The most valuable features are the management of internal processes, the ability to execute from design and the model for internal processes, the ability to make processes visible, and the ability to have information about the current state of each instance."
"We are documenting all of the processors and VPN. Then we are sharing it with our business users."
"They keep on coming up with different features, which is helping us a lot."
"The best feature is the automation."
"A lot of customers, when we introduce this kind of product into their organization, it provides a lot of analytics."
 

Cons

"If Camunda could develop something that creates user forms that would be a great feature to have. They also need to improve the UI."
"It would be helpful if the solution had additional out-of-the-box activities."
"The product must provide more videos and training materials."
"Lacking in forms visualization."
"Initial setup can be quite complex."
"I think it would be important to internationalize the Cockpit and the Admin as well as with the Tasklist."
"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."
"While it's very scalable, it would be great if auto-scaling capabilities were added to it... one area that really could help out would be to have dynamic resizing of the cluster. Right now, you have to do capacity planning."
"Customers want improved productivity."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We pay for the license of this solution annually."
"The license is quite expensive, which is why we went with the community version."
"Camunda's pricing is good."
"The product's price depends on the number of processes that need to be automated or where the orchestration part needs to be used. The product is affordable for medium and large enterprises."
"Its price is decent. Everything is included in the license. The Community version is also good to start with. We are using the Community version."
"Camunda is a cheaply priced product, making it one of its major USPs."
"Compared to other software, Camunda Platform is quite cost-effective."
"While the license isn't budget-friendly, careful consideration and calculated planning for a significant number of licenses can make it more cost-effective."
"I rate the solution's pricing a five out of ten."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
23%
Computer Software Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Construction Company
20%
Computer Software Company
18%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Comms Service Provider
12%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business43
Midsize Enterprise15
Large Enterprise30
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Questions from the Community

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Comparisons

 

Also Known As

Camunda BPM
ELMA BPM
 

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Sample Customers

24 Hour Fitness, AT&T Inc., Atlassian, Autodesk, Barclays, BNP Paribas, CapitalOne, Commerzbank AG, Deutsche Telekom, Fujitsu, Gainsight, Generali, Goldman Sachs, Provinzial, NatWest Group, Panasonic, R-Kom, Swisscom AG, VHV Group, Warner Music, WellPoint, Zalando
Air Astana, GS Nanotech, Kapital Bank, Mriya Resort & SPA, Obninskorgsintez, VestaBank, pwc, Zarubezhneft, lockobank, Rosatom
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