ABBYY Timeline vs Cortado

ABBYY Timeline is a process intelligence platform for understanding and improving business processes. It supports discovery, analysis, monitoring, prediction, and simulation, combining process mining with task mining and desktop recording to connect user activity with process details. The platform reconstructs end-to-end processes as an interactive digital twin and includes over 25 pre-built analysis tools. It can analyze event data from databases, CSV files, spreadsheets, transaction logs, ERP systems, and message logs. Connections include SAP, Alteryx, FlexiCapture, and ODBC sources such as Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, and PostgreSQL. Its API can connect third-party systems, upload data, retrieve process statistics, and embed Timeline features in other applications. Deployment options include cloud and self-hosted Windows or Linux systems. Security documentation describes encryption in transit and at rest, two-factor authentication, and role-based authorization. The 30-day trial offers unlimited access to the full range of features. Pricing is on request; there is no free plan.

Cortado is a free, open-source tool for interactive process discovery and process mining. It imports event logs in .xes format and initial process models in .ptml format. A variant explorer lets users inspect event logs visually and choose process behavior for discovery. Users can build an initial model from selected behavior, extend it with further behavior, and edit models manually while they are in progress. Discovered models can be exported as .ptml or .pnml files. Cortado supports temporal performance analysis both with a model and independently of one, and it supports conformance checking. The application combines an Angular frontend embedded in an Electron executable with a Python backend. Its repository lists the GPL-3.0 license. Standalone builds are listed for Windows 10/11, Linux, and macOS with Apple Silicon only. Help pages for selected functions are available in the tool, and the project invites questions and custom requests by email. The software metadata says administrator rights may be required to run it. The project identifies v1.12.1 as its latest release and gives the release date as June 25.