bpmn.io vs Engage Process

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.

Engage Process is a process management platform for mapping and analysing processes to support organisational improvement. Its Modeler uses drag-and-drop tools to design current and future process maps, checks syntax and provides calculations and side-by-side comparisons for assessing proposed changes. AI import can turn documents containing process descriptions or images into maps. Teams can import BPMN 2.0 maps from applications such as BPMOne and Microsoft Visio, then export maps to BPMN, Visio, Word, Excel, PowerPoint or PDF. Publishing a process from Modeler to Viewer creates a digital handbook with work instructions, details and hyperlinks to the organisation’s IT environment. Subscriptions include unlimited Azure data storage and support by phone or email. The company says the Modeler is hosted in Microsoft Azure and displays an ISO 27001 Certified badge. Engage Process runs on Android, iOS, web and Windows, and supports single sign-on when included. A free 30-day Modeler trial is available. Modeler Professional costs $78 a month for one user; Modeler Team costs $119 a month for three accounts, with one user logged in at a time.