Dapr vs Flowable
Dapr
dapr.ioFlowable
flowable.comSide by side
| Figure | Dapr | Flowable |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $1,199/mo | $99/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 5 |
| Spec score · Process Orchestration Software | 9.2 (#1) | 9.1 (#2) |
| AI agents | Dapr enables AI agents to reason, call tools, and recover from failure with checkpointed plans. | The Agentic Case Platform includes governed runtime agents, guardrails, observability, evaluators and model-provider flexibility. |
| Deployment | Dapr applications run on Kubernetes or self-hosted on virtual or physical machines across cloud and edge environments. | Flowable engines can run embedded in a Java application or as services on a server, cluster, or in the cloud. |
| Integrations | Official integrations include AWS, Azure, KEDA, GitHub Actions, the Dapr Kubernetes Operator, Kratix Marketplace, and Argo CD. | The connector catalog lists 30 connectors, including Salesforce, SharePoint, ABBYY, GenAI, RPA Framework and Apache Camel. |
| Support | Diagrid pricing lists portal, email and Slack support, unlimited support calls, onboarding support and tiered response times for commercial offerings. | Flowable lists Silver, Gold, and Platinum support levels, with support hours and incident response times varying by level. |
Plans
Dapr
- Cloud FreeFree
- Dedicated Cloud$1,199 a month
- BYOC$1,599 a month
- Enterprise ServerPriced on request
Flowable
- Community EditionFree
- Flowable Open SourceFree
- Flowable Platform$99 a month
- Agentic Case PlatformPriced on request
- Case PlatformPriced on request
In their own words
Dapr
Dapr is an open-source runtime that provides APIs for durable workflows and distributed application services. Its workflows handle long-running stateful processes with retries, timers, human approvals, and sagas. Dapr also supports AI agents using checkpointed plans to recover after failures. Service invocation offers HTTP or gRPC communication with discovery, tracing, and error handling; additional APIs cover pub/sub, state, actors, jobs, secrets, configuration, bindings, distributed locks, and cryptography. Dapr runs as a sidecar process or container, keeping its runtime code out of application code. It can run on Kubernetes or self-hosted on Windows, Linux, or macOS machines, including physical and virtual machines across cloud and edge environments. Security includes mTLS encryption in transit, access policies, and automatic certificate rotation. Stable SDKs are available for.NET, Python, Java, Go, PHP, and JavaScript. Dapr is free and open source. Separate paid options include Dedicated Cloud starting at $1,199 a month and BYOC starting at $1,599 a month; both list a first 14 days free.