bpmn.io vs HEFLO

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.

HEFLO is a cloud-based business process management platform for modeling, documenting, publishing, and automating workflows. It supports BPMN 2.0, process landscape design, PDF documentation generation, and online portal publishing. Users can automate processes by configuring graphical elements with little or no coding. HEFLO says its ChatGPT integration drafts diagrams and workflows from short descriptions for analysts to review and refine. Its responsive interface supports smartphones, tablets, and computers, and a mobile app is available for reviewing and approving tasks. Enterprise lists REST and JSON web service integration, including apps such as Zapier, as well as DocuSign and DeepL integrations. Listed safeguards include AES-256 encryption at rest, TLS 1.2 or higher in transit, and AWS KMS-managed keys. HEFLO states that it operates under a contractual availability SLA above 99%. The free Academic plan supports diagrams; Lite pricing is purchased in the application, and Enterprise pricing is available by contacting sales.