Comparison of Business Process Model and Notation modeling tools

This article provides a comparison of Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) tools.

General

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Note: all tools do support BPMN Version 2.0.

Name Developer UI Platform / OS
Cloud / SAAS
Features Diagram example First Release Latest Release
Open source
Software license
Java UI
Windows native
MacOS native
Linux native
Browser based
Model processes
Execute processes
Monitor processes
Other
Activiti Alfresco Software, Inc. and the Activiti developer community           Modeler, Simulation, Execution. Data elements are not supported. Limited supported formats (read/saved internally in BPMN format without exporting capabilities).
 
2010-05-17[1] 2019-07-03[2]   Apache License 2.0[3]
ActiveVOS Informatica         2005 2014   Proprietary
ADONIS BPM Suite BOC Group         Modeler, Simulation, Analysis 1995 2022[4]   Proprietary / Freeware (requires registration)
Alfresco Process Services Alfresco Software, Inc.           2017 2024-03-11[5]   Subscription. Price based on number of users, computing power and support levels.
OpenText AppWorks OpenText           2021 (at least)[6] 2024   Subscription.
ARIS Express Software AG   ? ?  
 
2009-07-28 2024-06-24[7]   Freeware (registration needed)
BiZZdesign Architect BiZZdesign           Integrate with ArchiMate, User collaboration, Support for Collaboration diagrams, BPMN 2.0 XML Export & Import, 2012 2014 (standalone)
Current year (web)
  Proprietary
Bonita BPM Bonitasoft       Supports several formats (read: BPMN, jBPM, Bonita, XPDL; write: Bonita, BPMN2, PNG, JPG, GIF, PDF, BMP, SVG).
 
2001 2024-06-25[8]   GNU GPL[9]
Together TogetherSoft => Borland => Micro Focus => OpenText     2009-07-04   Proprietary/Shareware
Camunda Platform Camunda GmbH           2.0 import and export, support for DMN 1.3, collaborative BPMN & DMN editing, REST & Java APIs, OpenAPI documentation, orchestration of RPA bots, reporting on processes executed by Camunda or by an external tool
 
Camunda Platform BPMN model snippet
2013-08-31 2022-04-12[10]   Apache License 2.0
Enterprise Architect Sparx Systems         2000 2024-09-27[11]   Proprietary[12]
Flowable Modeler Flowable and the Flowable community        
 
Flowable BPMN model snippet
2017-10-13[13] 2024-01-17[14]   Apache License 2.0[15]
IBM Blueworks Live IBM         Freemium
System Architect IBM => UNICOM Global   Enterprise Architecture tool 2024[16]   Proprietary
Imixs-BPMN Imixs      
 
2015 2024-08-03[17]   GNU GPL
jBPM Red Hat           2010-12-13 2023-07-19   Apache License 2.0
LucidChart Lucid Software Inc   ?   2011 updated twice a month   Proprietary - 14-day free trial on team accounts / Free professional accounts for educators and students / Free version
MagicDraw No Magic     2007-09-24 2024[18]   Proprietary/Shareware
Microsoft Visio Microsoft         Read: MS Visio, Write: MS Visio, EMF, PDF.
 
2024[19]   Proprietary
Modelio Modeliosoft (SOFTEAM Group)     Includes BPMN, UML, ArchiMate SysML, Java round trip code generation, documentation, TOGAF, XSD, WSDL.
 
2009 2022-03-23[20]   GNU GPL[21]
OmniGraffle Omni Group     2001 2021   Proprietary
Software Ideas Modeler Dusan Rodina       2009-Aug 2024-Aug[22]   Proprietary
yEd yWorks     2013-03 2024   Freeware
Name Developer UI Platform / OS
Cloud / SAAS
Features Diagram example First Release Latest Release
Open source
Software license

References

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  1. ^ Alfresco. "Alfresco launches Activiti BPMN 2.0 Business Process Engine". Retrieved 17 September 2013.
  2. ^ APS & Activiti - Blog (3 July 2019). "Activiti Cloud 7.1.0.M2 released!". Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  3. ^ Activiti. "Activiti 5.13 User Guide". Retrieved 17 September 2013.
  4. ^ "Release history - version 16, 2022".
  5. ^ "Alfresco Community Edition 23.2 Release Notes". 11 March 2024.
  6. ^ "What's new in OpenText AppWorks". 25 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Enhancing User Experience with the Redesigned ARIS Process Mining Interface - SR26".
  8. ^ "Bonita BPM 2024.2 | Bonitasoft | Open Source Workflow & BPM software". www.bonitasoft.com. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  9. ^ Bonitasoft. "Download BPM Software And Documentation". Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  10. ^ Camunda. "Camunda Platform 7.17.0 Release". GitHub. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  11. ^ "Enterprise Architect 16.1 - Build 1628".
  12. ^ Sparx System's Enterprise Architect. "Enterprise Architect End User License Agreement (EULA)". Retrieved 18 September 2013.
  13. ^ Flowable. "Flowable 5.22.0 release". Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  14. ^ Flowable. "Flowable 7.0.1 release". GitHub. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  15. ^ Flowable. "Flowable Source Code". GitHub. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  16. ^ "System Architect® 11.4.11.2 Released".
  17. ^ Imixs-BPMN. "Release imixs-workflow-6.0.7". GitHub. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
  18. ^ "2024x Refresh1 Version News - No Magic products".
  19. ^ "Visio for the web: FAQ".
  20. ^ "Modelio 341 - Modelio 4.1 - Modelio Community Forge". forge.modelio.org. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
  21. ^ Modelio. "About Mmodelio / License". Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  22. ^ "Software Ideas current version: 14.65, released: August 19, 2024". Retrieved 2024-09-06.