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Celonis vs SAP Signavio Process Intelligence comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 1, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
7.0
Celonis drives substantial ROI through cost savings, efficiency, process improvements, and business transformation, with multimillion-dollar financial impacts.
Sentiment score
4.8
SAP Signavio Process Intelligence boosts business outcomes through process visualization and simulation, offering impactful returns despite ROI quantification challenges.
In the first couple of years, I would not expect a return on investment because the initial setup will take more than a year if the process requires significant customization.
Senior Business Intelligence Analyst at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Automated exception handling cut manual process touchpoints by approximately 30 to 40%, saving approximately 15,000 to 20,000 operational labor hours annually.
Partner & Managing Director at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
In my opinion, there's a positive return on investment.
Head of Commercial Excellence at Sartorius AG
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
5.8
Celonis offers responsive support through various channels, though some users face delays and varying help based on contract size.
Sentiment score
5.2
SAP Signavio Process Intelligence support is effective for some, but others report delays; AI aids self-resolution, enhancing reliability.
It took more than two weeks to receive a response.
Senior Business Intelligence Analyst at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Celonis customer support is really good; they investigate concerns thoroughly and provide solutions or troubleshooting steps, which I find helpful.
Process Mining Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Other times I do not get much clarity on the support from the team.
Data Engineer at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees
Ideally, there should be separate support for different modules, particularly for organizations using several different SAP products.
Manager at Adidas
Whenever we've needed them, they're there, logging cases and providing effective updates on the cases.
Head of Business Analysis, Technology & Digital Products at a media company with 10,001+ employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.1
Celonis is highly scalable, with strong integration capabilities, preferred over Tableau and Power BI for process mining.
Sentiment score
5.6
SAP Signavio Process Intelligence is scalable for large organizations but costly for smaller entities, with complex integration challenges.
I recall that when we started using Celonis, we had a space of five terabytes and around one thousand users, and Celonis managed all of that easily.
Senior Business Intelligence Analyst at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
I recommend focusing on recent data or perhaps five years of historical data along with live data for better visibility and stability in the process.
Process Mining Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Consumption-based pricing models would be helpful because scaling can get costly quickly.
Partner & Managing Director at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Due to its inability to support multi-event logs, I have to re-extract data even if it already exists, leading to duplication.
Manager at Adidas
SAP Signavio Process Intelligence would be more suitable for bigger organizations, specifically mid to large.
Head of Business Analysis, Technology & Digital Products at a media company with 10,001+ employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.9
Celonis is highly stable, with minor connectivity issues resolved by upgrades, offering reliable and secure performance for users.
Sentiment score
7.2
SAP Signavio Process Intelligence is stable and effective, with minor issues quickly resolved and high user satisfaction reported.
It's super stable.
Head of Commercial Excellence at Sartorius AG
Celonis is stable.
Management Data Engineer & Governance Senior Analyst at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Regarding the stability of SAP Signavio Process Intelligence, I would give it a 10, as I find there are no stability issues.
data analyst at dbs global university
Regarding stability, there are no complaints as it is very stable.
Manager at Adidas
 

Room For Improvement

Celonis' high cost, complex setup, and integration challenges deter users, who seek improvements in usability, support, and documentation.
SAP Signavio Process Intelligence requires UI, scalability, and integration improvements, while addressing cost and enhancing automation, AI, and blockchain.
Ultimately, I need niche expertise, combining strong SAP knowledge with Celonis competency.
Head of Commercial Excellence at Sartorius AG
It is essential for the Celonis solution to have their services and solution models integrated with GenAI.
Senior Development Manager at Lutech
The most important area for improvement is the automation part.
Data Engineer at Baker Hughes
It would be helpful if they have their e-learning content segregated for different roles—for example, training specific to business users, training for leads, and training for consultants and analysts who are going to work on the tool as developers.
Analyst III Global GBS - Process Mining at Kraft Heinz
We recently did an analysis in which we were almost going to pay 10 times the cost of a normal process mining tool if we used SAP Signavio.
Manager at Adidas
They should work on their networks and improve their servers because SAP Signavio Process Intelligence is in use more nowadays, resulting in busy servers.
data analyst at dbs global university
 

Setup Cost

Celonis pricing is high, especially for scaling enterprises, with costs rising with users and data, but free versions exist.
SAP Signavio Process Intelligence is costly, influenced by data usage and licenses, with discounts available for SAP license holders.
I think it's relatively expensive, but it's also good.
Head of Commercial Excellence at Sartorius AG
Based on client feedback, I have heard that the pricing for Celonis is considered high.
Senior Application Developer at Fujitsu
creating a data model for one process will differ in cost if you add more data models for additional processes.
Process Mining Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
If it is an SAP process, it becomes a little cheaper, but if it is a non-SAP process, then it becomes highly expensive.
Manager at Adidas
The pricing of SAP Signavio could always be better.
Head of Business Analysis, Technology & Digital Products at a media company with 10,001+ employees
 

Valuable Features

Celonis offers user-friendly process mining, integration, real-time analytics, and automation tools for optimizing efficiency and identifying savings opportunities.
SAP Signavio Process Intelligence offers seamless integration, efficient process management, user-friendly features, and data-driven insights for optimized operations.
Celonis is also beneficial for its built-in apps that streamline tasks from legacy applications, facilitating daily operations and improving efficiency.
Senior Application Developer at Fujitsu
The standout feature of Celonis is definitely the Process Intelligence Graph, which creates a living digital twin across multiple systems and provides the operational context needed for effective AI and automation.
Partner & Managing Director at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
It provides a visualization of the process itself, giving a very good synthesis of performance and helping me find improvements.
Head of Commercial Excellence at Sartorius AG
The real-time process visualization feature of SAP Signavio Process Intelligence has been really useful to get that first draft, that first picture that starts more detailed analysis and specific task areas.
Head of Business Analysis, Technology & Digital Products at a media company with 10,001+ employees
SAP Signavio Process Intelligence has an upper hand compared to other solutions because the integration from other software is far better in SAP.
data analyst at dbs global university
The best feature of SAP Signavio Process Intelligence is that it is not just Process Intelligence; it's a complete suite that comes with insights and mapping.
Analyst III Global GBS - Process Mining at Kraft Heinz
 

Categories and Ranking

Celonis
Ranking in Process Mining
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
60
Ranking in other categories
AI Data Analysis (9th)
SAP Signavio Process Intell...
Ranking in Process Mining
5th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Process Mining category, the mindshare of Celonis is 12.9%, down from 22.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP Signavio Process Intelligence is 5.3%, down from 9.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Process Mining Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Celonis12.9%
SAP Signavio Process Intelligence5.3%
Other81.8%
Process Mining
 

Featured Reviews

Prateek Rao - PeerSpot reviewer
Partner & Managing Director at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Process intelligence has transformed procurement and order cycles and delivers measurable savings
Celonis can improve in several areas. The initial data modeling and continuous real-time ingestion, especially from non-standard legacy systems, can still be complex and quite resource-intensive, requiring a steep PQL learning curve for non-technical users. Simplifying the interface for business stakeholders would significantly accelerate the process. I think introducing a natural language to query interface would allow business users to query data without writing long PQL. Streamlining guided onboarding flows and offering modular plug-and-play dashboard templates tailored to specific roles would shorten ramp-up time for daily users. I think more transparent and predictable consumption-based pricing models would be helpful as data volume scaling can get costly quickly. I would also love to see native, real-time streaming connectors for unstructured data such as emails and support tickets. The learning curve for new users of Celonis is one of the pain points I raised earlier, and I find it to be quite steep.
PD
Manager at Adidas
Process visualization and collaboration enhance decision-making but improvements in licensing and support are needed
It is effective in real-time, although there are a few shortcomings. For example, in SAP Signavio, if you have two or three systems through which your process is flowing and it creates a multi-event log, that is where SAP Signavio has its shortcoming as it doesn't support multi-event logs. The seamless connection with various data sources impacts the ability to generate accurate and actionable insights, especially if it is SAP as your source system, making it pretty easy. However, if it goes beyond SAP, that is when it becomes difficult and ineffective with respect to cost. For example, we recently did an analysis in which we were almost going to pay 10 times the cost of a normal process mining tool if we used SAP Signavio. What they are doing is counting the number of records and processes dealt with, which may not accurately reflect your data. This issue particularly arises when your data is lean, as the number of records can become inflated, leading to expensive charges that are not recommended for non-SAP tools, especially for real-time data streams. The license structure of SAP Signavio Process Intelligence should be improved for the next release. For example, charging by the number of records becomes inefficient, particularly for systems where comments may be numerous and irrelevant to the actual usage of the data.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
17%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Computer Software Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
17%
Computer Software Company
17%
Energy/Utilities Company
7%
Outsourcing Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise47
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise13
 

Questions from the Community

Which is better - Signavio Process Manager or Celonis?
SAP Signavio Process Manager is a very robust industrial-grade business process modeling tool. It is easy to use and does not require too much technological involvement. This solution has a collabo...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Celonis?
I am not heavily involved in that particular aspect, but I have heard that Celonis is somewhat expensive.
What needs improvement with Celonis?
Celonis can improve in several areas. The initial data modeling and continuous real-time ingestion, especially from non-standard legacy systems, can still be complex and quite resource-intensive, r...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SAP Signavio Process Intelligence?
The pricing of SAP Signavio could always be better. There are always discounts to be had.
What needs improvement with SAP Signavio Process Intelligence?
What I would improve in SAP Signavio Process Intelligence is the speed at which we can connect different data sources to it, and also understanding more around when a record is truly a record, beca...
What is your primary use case for SAP Signavio Process Intelligence?
We have various different use cases at the moment. The reason we use SAP Signavio Process Intelligence is because it cuts down on workshop time for capturing process and assists us with process sim...
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Anheuser-Busch InBev, AXA, Bayer, Cisco, Deloitte, Deutsche Telekom, Hitachi, Kellogg's, Lufthansa, and Whirlpool
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