Apromore Process Mining vs Cortado

Apromore Process Mining analyzes business process data so organizations can understand, monitor, and simulate their processes. It discovers process maps and BPMN models from event logs, with overlays for activity frequency and duration. Teams can filter visually, check conformance, compare processes, and examine model differences. Simulation supports current and hypothetical scenarios on BPMN models; task mining uses desktop application data to reveal routines and potential improvements or automation opportunities. Machine-learning models can predict outcomes such as SLA violations, remaining time, next activity, and case continuation. The Integration Center includes connectors for Salesforce, SAP, ServiceNow, Oracle NetSuite, and Jira, plus JDBC/ODBC access and a REST API. A no-code interface supports scheduled ETL pipelines, transformation mappings, and incremental event-log uploads. Apromore describes SaaS access for Enterprise and cloud, on-premises, or hybrid deployment for its SAP offering. Enterprise is an annual subscription with unlimited logs and process models and technical support; pricing is on request. A 30-day trial and a free version for research or education are also described.

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.