Bonita vs Open-BPMN
Bonita
ofelia.comOpen-BPMN
open-bpmn.orgSide by side
| Figure | Bonita | Open-BPMN |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 2 | 1 |
| Spec score · Process Mapping Software | 8.5 (#6) | 7.8 (#14) |
| Deployment | Bonita can be deployed on-premise or self-hosted in a customer’s own infrastructure, including its own cloud, with configurable data residency. | The installation guide documents running Open-BPMN as a web application in Docker and deploying it in Kubernetes. |
| Headquarters | Paris, France | Munich, Germany |
| Integrations | Bonita Fabric lists connectors and APIs for LDAP/AD, CRM platforms, databases, UiPath, REST APIs, ERP systems and Jira. | The documentation lists Visual Studio Code, Eclipse IDE, Eclipse Theia, and standalone web applications as environments for running Open-BPMN. |
| Intended users | Bonita BPM is presented for organizations with complex, regulated or mission-critical processes, including banking and insurance, public sector, healthcare and aerospace and defense. | The site describes it for business analysts designing top-level processes and for architects and developers modeling technical processing logic. |
| Purpose | Bonita BPM is an enterprise platform for building governed process applications and orchestrating mission-critical operations. | Open-BPMN is a free, open modeling platform for creating and maintaining business process models based on BPMN 2.0. |
| Support | The product page describes premium enterprise support with direct access to senior engineers and no tiered support model. | The site directs users to its GitHub discussion forum and says users can report bugs or start discussions. |
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In their own words
Open-BPMN
Open-BPMN is a free, open modeling platform for creating and maintaining business process models based on BPMN 2.0. Its editor displays diagrams and lets users create, modify, and remove BPMN elements. The project presents it for business analysts designing top-level processes and for architects and developers modeling technical processing logic. It uses the Eclipse Public License and states that there are no license costs. Open-BPMN can run in Visual Studio Code, Eclipse IDE, Eclipse Theia, and standalone web applications. Projects can adapt the editor’s behavior and appearance using BPMN 2.0 extensions or Eclipse GLSP. The Java metamodel can generate models programmatically and import or export .bpmn files; lossless SVG export is available depending on the tooling platform. Documentation covers running it as a Docker web application and deploying it in Kubernetes. The VS Code extension requires Java 17 or higher. The project directs users to its GitHub discussion forum for questions and bug reports.