Camunda vs F5 BIG-IQ comparison

Camunda and F5 are both solutions in the Process Automation category. Camunda is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.4, while F5 is ranked #27 with an average rating of 7.3. Camunda holds a 15.7% mindshare in PA, compared to F5’s 0.8% mindshare. Additionally, 89% of Camunda users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 75% of F5 users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 28, 2025

Camunda and F5 BIG-IQ compete in process automation and network management, respectively. Camunda has the upper hand in business process automation due to its strong support for BPMN, DMN, and CMMN standards, while F5 BIG-IQ excels in network management with its centralized control of BIG-IP devices.

Features: Camunda supports BPMN, DMN, and CMMN standards and offers flexibility in customizing processes. It includes process automation, integration capabilities, and a REST API. Camunda is cost-effective with strong open-source community support and enterprise-level features like process instance history and heatmap analysis. F5 BIG-IQ focuses on network management, offering centralized control of BIG-IP devices, load balancing, and security through WAF. It is well-suited for infrastructure networking and management.

Room for Improvement: Camunda could enhance its interfaces and forms designer and offer better support beyond Java. Expanding documentation for seamless integration is suggested. F5 BIG-IQ would benefit from GUI improvements and simplified management processes, providing more deployment options, especially in high availability environments.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Camunda supports deployment on private, public, and hybrid clouds with extensive community support, though professional support can be inconsistent. F5 BIG-IQ is primarily on-premises, offering robust technical support with strong engineering team involvement. Camunda's customer support is collaborative, while F5 BIG-IQ's is direct and centralized.

Pricing and ROI: Camunda's open-source version offers a cost-effective solution, attractive for businesses leveraging enterprise features, though enterprise support can be costly with high process instance counts. It reduces development time and operational costs. F5 BIG-IQ provides a budget-friendly solution with a simpler pricing structure and good ROI for robust network management needs.

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Categories and Ranking

Camunda

Ranking in Process Automation

1st

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Business Process Design (1st), Business Process Management (BPM) (1st), Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies (3rd), AI Software Development (2nd), AI Customer Support (61st), AI IT Support (4th)

F5 BIG-IQ

Ranking in Process Automation

27th

Average Rating

7.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Process Automation category, the mindshare of Camunda is 15.7%, down from 28.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of F5 BIG-IQ is 0.8%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Process Automation Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Camunda	15.7%
F5 BIG-IQ	0.8%
Other	83.5%

Process Automation

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CristianoGomes

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.

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Bikale Kassu

Manager for Implementation and Administration at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Has faced challenges with visibility and technical support but allows centralized management of multiple sites

The configuration part is complex for F5 BIG-IQ. The simplicity and visibility part needs improvement. The dashboard, especially the analytics part, needs to be more simple and presentable. For the security part, it is difficult to present to our management, so we have to capture it and prepare manual reporting options rather than getting them directly from the system. The automation part in F5 BIG-IQ is limited; we are still using it only for load balancing for some services. We haven't integrated it with our Accesso or implemented any automation options. The setup process for F5 BIG-IQ would rate a five out of ten.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It is a scalable product. I would rate the scalability a ten out of ten."

"Before Camunda, we had a lot of people interacting with the invoice daily, and with Camunda, those people are now handling only more complex checks and validations, and our processing time for an invoice is reduced from about 30 days to 10 days with about 70% saving of time."

"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 system integrators, and the value of Camunda for us is that it's easy to integrate into the products and applications we provide for our customers."

"The flexibility is great."

"The speed and execution of DMN was a big selling point for us. It's very good at conducting business processes that are easily modeled and presented in a way that's easy to understand."

"We are documenting all of the processors and VPN. Then we are sharing it with our business users."

"The best feature is the automation."

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"The reporting feature is quite good."

"Features like AFM, the gateway, and Global DNS are the coolest features that save work for us."

"We use this solution on a daily basis, and it is very stable."

"F5 BIG-IQ is a central management system for the BIG-IP."

"The most valuable features are load balancing and WAF."

"The best aspect of the solution is that we can have everything integrated with a rather large capacity in order to personalize and configure specific rules."

"Their technical support is perfect, they were so supportive, the guys are great and they would do anything for you."

"F5 BIG-IQ has always provided us with great support."

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Cons

"The setup process is a drawback as it has many dependencies, which affects our ability to migrate to Windows eleven due to security concerns."

"In the future, I would like to see better transactional integrity."

"I do think that Camunda can try to do better when it comes to solving the complexities of all the products in its software stack."

"Probably one area I look forward to has to do with AI and how Camunda sees the AI angle on workflow."

"Like all BPM tools, they're very bad with proprietary UIs."

"It would be better if the tool were made less reliant on Java."

"The cockpit features of the Camunda Platform can be improved to make it a bit more user-friendly, in terms of providing a bit more user experience for non-technical users. There could be some additional documentation added."

"The initial setup can be complex for business users."

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"They could use YAML or JSON if they wanted to make it a little bit easier for us."

"F5 BIG-IQ should improve by being a complete certificate management solution because currently, it is only for Venafi."

"I had trouble with high availability deployment in my environment."

"Integration with VAS is something that they need to work on."

"I had trouble with high availability deployment in my environment."

"I would like the product to be cheaper."

"For stability, F5 BIG-IQ rates a two or three because currently we are integrating it with our third party as a port forwarding service. We created many VIPs, but on average, weekly, we lose three to five connections, making the troubleshooting part a headache for us."

"If they had a GUI interface for creating security rules then it would make it easier."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"I think Camunda BPM can improve their licensing costs. It isn't easy to find clients with Camunda BPM licenses mainly because it's quite expensive."

"In Africa, the cost of deployment is an important factor to consider since it adds to the overall cost. This might be the only drawback to using it."

"There is an open-source version available, that in its core features (workflow and decision engine, modeler) is exactly the same as in the enterprise version."

"Camunda is a cheaply priced product, making it one of its major USPs."

"Compared to other software, Camunda Platform is quite cost-effective."

"The license is quite expensive, which is why we went with the community version."

"We use a community version."

"The cost of this solution is better than some competing products."

More Camunda pricing and cost advice

"Users have to pay an annual subscription fee for the solution's iSeries."

"I would like the product to be cheaper."

"F5 BIG-IQ is a cheap solution."

"There is only one licensing fee for F5 BIG-IQ and everything is included in the price."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

24%

Computer Software Company

12%

Government

Insurance Company

Financial Services Firm

19%

Marketing Services Firm

12%

Comms Service Provider

Healthcare Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	43
Midsize Enterprise	15
Large Enterprise	29

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	9
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	4

Questions from the Community

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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...

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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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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for F5 BIG-IQ?

From the pricing perspective, F5 BIG-IQ rates an eight out of ten as it's reasonably priced.

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What needs improvement with F5 BIG-IQ?

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What is your primary use case for F5 BIG-IQ?

Currently for WAF, we are moving to another device, F5. We are not using Imperva. F5 BIG-IQ is the Web Application Firewall we're currently using, but regarding the Imperva products, now we are flo...

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Overview

Camunda revolutionizes process orchestration by enabling seamless automation and integration with AI, human tasks, and existing systems while ensuring security and governance.

Built for collaboration between business and IT, Camunda empowers organizations to manage complexity, boost efficiency, and maintain competitive advantage. With a clientele of over 700 top organizations like Atlassian, ING, and Vodafone, Camunda is a trusted partner in designing, orchestrating, automating, and refining critical business processes to accelerate digital transformation. Its open-source nature, ease of use, and REST API integration make it a versatile choice for various needs.

What are Camunda's key features?

Lightweight Architecture: Offers streamlined and efficient process management.
Scalability: Supports growth and complexity in operations.
Flexibility with BPMN, CMMN, and DMN Standards: Ensures adaptability to different process modeling needs.
Open-Source: Encourages customization and user-specific enhancements.
Graphical Process Modeling: Intuitive interface for designing and automating processes.

What benefits or ROI should users look for?

Enhanced Efficiency: Streamlines processes for optimized performance.
Seamless Integration: Ensures smooth workflow across different systems.
Improved Collaboration: Facilitates effective cooperation between business and IT.
Customizability: Adapts to specific user requirements and system environments.

In banking, Camunda automates processes and manages transactions, while in telecommunications, it optimizes service orders. Governmental and public sectors benefit from workflow automation. Organizations often use either the enterprise edition or the open-source version to create APIs and manage business rules effectively.

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F5® BIG-IQ® Centralized Management provides a unified point of visibility and control for the entire F5 portfolio, ensuring administrators remain aware on the pulse of F5 devices, modules, and licenses and enabling them to deliver optimal application availability, performance, and security.

BIG-IQ manages policies,licenses, SSL certificates, BIG-IP images, and configurations for F5 appliances and for the following BIG-IP moduals across hardware and virtual editions:

BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager™ (LTM)
F5 Advanced Web Application Firewall™ (WAF)
BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager™ (AFM)
F5 SSL Orchestrator®
F5 DDoS Hybrid Defender®
BIG-IP Access Policy Manager® (APM)
F5 Secure Web Gateway Services
BIG-IP DNS

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

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