bpmn.io vs Camunda
bpmn.io
bpmn.io
Camunda
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| Figure | bpmn.io | Camunda |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 3 | 4 |
| Spec score · Process Mapping Software | 8.9 (#2) | 8.9 (#3) |
| Documentation | Official learning material includes a walkthrough, examples, starters and source-code links. | The developer hub links to Camunda 8 and 7 manuals, tutorials, REST references, Postman collections, community resources and migration guidance. |
| License | The bpmn.io license grants free permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, sublicense and sell the covered toolkits, subject to notice and watermark requirements. | Camunda 8 server components use Camunda License v1 for source code and proprietary compiled licenses; production use requires an Enterprise license, while the Desktop Modeler source is MIT licensed and connector SDK components use Apache 2.0. |
| Support | The project points users to its forum to discuss toolkit usage and report problems. | The paid production and SaaS plans list 24×7 support with SLAs, customer success, and training. |
| What it does | bpmn.io provides browser-based tools for BPMN, DMN and forms; its bpmn-js toolkit displays and edits BPMN 2.0 diagrams. | Camunda positions itself as an enterprise process-orchestration platform coordinating AI agents, people and systems across end-to-end business processes. |
Plans
bpmn.io
- bpmn.io demo applicationFree
- bpmn.io open-source toolkitsFree
- bpmn.io toolkitsFree
Camunda
- Camunda SaaS trialFree
- Self-Managed DevelopmentFree
- Camunda SaaSPriced on request
- Self-Managed ProductionPriced on request
In their own words
bpmn.io
bpmn.io is a free collection of web tools and embeddable JavaScript components for viewing, annotating, and editing BPMN 2.0, CMMN, DMN, and forms. bpmn-js handles BPMN 2.0 diagrams and can create, embed, or extend them in a browser or application. dmn-js supports DMN 1.3 decision tables, literal expressions, and decision requirement diagrams. cmmn-js works with CMMN 1.1 diagrams in modern browsers. form-js provides visual construction of JSON-based forms and a viewer for embedding forms in webpages; its editor and viewer do not perform remote interaction. Toolkits are available as pre-built packages or source code, and bpmn-js can be installed through NPM. The license permits use, copying, modification, distribution, and sale, but rendered diagrams must retain the bpmn.io watermark. The separate demo is free but has no availability guarantee, stores submitted models unencrypted, and may delete them.