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Camunda vs SS&C Blue Prism comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 2, 2025

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 Design
1st
Ranking in Business Process Management (BPM)
1st
Ranking in Process Automation
1st
Ranking in Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies
3rd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
78
Ranking in other categories
AI Software Development (2nd), AI Customer Support (8th), AI IT Support (6th)
SS&C Blue Prism
Ranking in Business Process Design
15th
Ranking in Business Process Management (BPM)
16th
Ranking in Process Automation
13th
Ranking in Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies
19th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
5.7
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
Medical Insurance Claims Software (2nd), Insurance Claims Processing (3rd), Document Management Software (8th), Low-Code Development Platforms (14th), Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) (11th), Loan Management Software (3rd), Document Automation Software (3rd), AI Customer Experience Personalization (8th), AI Finance & Accounting (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Business Process Design category, the mindshare of Camunda is 9.3%, down from 12.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SS&C Blue Prism is 0.9%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Business Process Design Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Camunda9.3%
SS&C Blue Prism0.9%
Other89.8%
Business Process Design
 

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.
VikasKumar16 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Auditor at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Has defined complex workflows and handled detailed automation scenarios efficiently
It requires extensive knowledge if somebody wants to work on SS&C Blue Prism, compared to other tools. The downside is you need to be very aware of the tool. You need to know how to write the workflow and have a detailed understanding of SS&C Blue Prism. It takes more time to learn compared to other tools in the market which are more user-friendly.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The platform's approach to BPMN modeling is straightforward and versatile, making it easy to adopt and use effectively."
"Provides an easy way to integrate with the architectural environment."
"We can share, discuss, and develop the model together — from a distance. It's really helped us during these times of isolation."
"I've found the active community most valuable but it also provides you with a lot of other features."
"The product has a good task management engine."
"Camunda seems to have a lot of traction, maturity, and stability. It also matches the need for agile development."
"I can use any other tools to create services and the UI, and then use them together with the Camunda BPMN engine."
"The flexibility characteristic in a BPMS, through BPMN and DMN, is undoubtedly the most interesting feature for our business."
"Some important features include the language capabilities, which are crucial since RPA has to read the documents provided by the customer."
"We have a lot of customer requests on a daily basis for different use cases, and we have different processes for that."
"The key feature of SS&C that I find valuable is the general workflow visibility."
"I find the design studio, where I can build the automation, and the control room feature, which allows me to run and monitor the automation, to be the most useful."
 

Cons

"Camunda Platform's customer support could be improved because their response is quite slow."
"When you search for Camunda BPM resources or books on how to utilize Camunda BPM, it is lacking. When it comes to Alfresco, there are thousands of resources that can help you to utilize within AWS and its Group Services. I would like to see the usage of Camunda BPM on Amazon Web Services be improved."
"I think Camunda is focusing too much on the SaaS offering right now and not much on improving and developing the product itself."
"They have a migration plugin that can be used to migrate from one BPM to another BPM. It is in the beta stage since last year. If they can make it available in the market, it would be great. We are going to have a couple of migration projects for migrating from IBM BPM to Camunda, and this plugin would be useful. I have already discussed this with them two weeks ago and asked them to look into this and add it as a feature. We are expecting this plugin to be available in the next version. This is the only requirement we have at present. They keep on coming up with different features, which is helping us a lot. Its latest release that came out last month was awesome."
"Process interfaces between diagrams could be improved."
"I would like to see the forms engine available in the open-source version of this solution."
"If they could build some scripts or some configuration to get it up and running in a Docker environment, that would be good. I didn't find anything when on Docker, however, maybe they have something and I didn't see it yet."
"Collaborations and process documentation in Camunda Platform are areas with shortcomings that need improvement."
"There is a need for improved integration with external systems in SS&C."
"I noticed that it lacks the ability to automatically record the process steps like some of its competitors."
"Blue Prism is more costly than UiPath in terms of robotic licenses and orchestrators."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I use the open-source free version."
"Camunda Platform is an open-source product."
"Cheaper licensing and resources than competitors"
"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's pricing is good."
"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."
"The license is quite expensive, which is why we went with the community version."
"Licensing costs are anywhere from $80,000 to $100,000 USD per year."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
26%
Computer Software Company
12%
Insurance Company
6%
Government
6%
Financial Services Firm
18%
Retailer
17%
Government
10%
Computer Software Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business43
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 is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SS&C Blue Prism?
The pricing was not particularly competitive. It wasn't flexible for different geographies. For instance, in Africa, they didn't have a different pricing model to account for affordability. The pri...
What needs improvement with SS&C Blue Prism?
It requires extensive knowledge if somebody wants to work on SS&C Blue Prism, compared to other tools. The downside is you need to be very aware of the tool. You need to know how to write the w...
What is your primary use case for SS&C Blue Prism?
My main use case for SS&C Blue Prism is automating business processes in different areas of the company, for legacy application automations, for SAP, different web services, and we provide that...
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

Camunda BPM
SS&C AWD
 

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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
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