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Comparison of Business Process Model and Notation modeling tools
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<h2 id="general">General</h2> <p><i>Note: all tools do support BPMN Version 2.0.</i> </p> <table><tbody><tr><th rowspan="2">Name</th><th rowspan="2">Developer</th><th colspan="5">UI Platform / OS</th><th rowspan="2">Cloud / SAAS</th><th colspan="4">Features</th><th rowspan="2">Diagram example</th><th rowspan="2">First Release</th><th rowspan="2">Latest Release</th><th rowspan="2">Open source</th><th rowspan="2">Software license</th></tr><tr><th>Java UI</th><th>Windows native</th><th>MacOS native</th><th>Linux native</th><th>Browser based</th><th>Model processes</th><th>Execute processes</th><th>Monitor processes</th><th>Other</th></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Activiti_(software)/y9owRXv9">Activiti</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Alfresco_(software)/az4Qht9e">Alfresco Software, Inc.</a> and the Activiti developer community</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Business_process_modeling/AXeF4U24">Modeler</a>, <a href="/facts/Business_process_modeling/AXeF4U24">Simulation</a>, <a href="/facts/Business_process_modeling/AXeF4U24">Execution</a>. Data elements are not supported. Limited supported formats (read/saved internally in BPMN format without exporting capabilities).</td><td></td><td>2010-05-17<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></td><td>2025-02-03<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Apache_License/5AeIjas8">Apache License</a> 2.0<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/ActiveVOS/qMd2DYWJ">ActiveVOS</a></td><td>Informatica</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>2005</td><td>2014</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Proprietary_software/9zcskxYL">Proprietary</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/ADONIS_(software)/gyedwcTh">ADONIS BPM Suite</a></td><td>BOC Group</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Business_process_modeling/AXeF4U24">Modeler</a>, <a href="/facts/Business_process_modeling/AXeF4U24">Simulation</a>, Analysis</td><td></td><td>1995</td><td>2022<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></td><td></td><td>Proprietary / Freeware (requires registration)</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Alfresco_(software)/az4Qht9e">Alfresco Process Services</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Alfresco_(software)/az4Qht9e">Alfresco Software, Inc.</a></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>2017</td><td>2024-03-11<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></td><td></td><td>Subscription. Price based on number of users, computing power and support levels.</td></tr><tr><td>OpenText AppWorks</td><td><a href="/facts/OpenText/PoGvt3jC">OpenText</a></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>2021 (at least)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></td><td>2024</td><td></td><td>Subscription.</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/ARIS_Express/cy5SgCAb">ARIS Express</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Software_AG/UYBP9GQX">Software AG</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>?</td><td>?</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>2009-07-28</td><td>2024-06-24<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></td><td></td><td>Freeware (registration needed)</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/BiZZdesign_Architect/8XRMLetP">BiZZdesign Architect</a></td><td><a href="/facts/BiZZdesign/hFoYjBjx">BiZZdesign</a></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Integrate with <a href="/facts/ArchiMate/sIG8AW1G">ArchiMate</a>, User collaboration, Support for Collaboration diagrams, BPMN 2.0 XML Export & Import,</td><td></td><td>2012</td><td>2014 (standalone)Current year (web)</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Proprietary_software/9zcskxYL">Proprietary</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Bonita_BPM/aYR6jwnN">Bonita BPM</a></td><td>Bonitasoft</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Supports several formats (read: BPMN, jBPM, Bonita, XPDL; write: Bonita, BPMN2, PNG, JPG, GIF, PDF, BMP, SVG).</td><td></td><td>2001</td><td>2024-06-25<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/GNU_General_Public_License/S75KhLSX">GNU GPL</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Together_(software)/lebJoMkq">Together</a></td><td>TogetherSoft => <a href="/facts/Borland/crI5pTzW">Borland</a> => <a href="/facts/Micro_Focus/LuuMMtYQ">Micro Focus</a></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>2013-11-28<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Proprietary_software/9zcskxYL">Proprietary</a>/Shareware</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Camunda/XQM1cUPP">Camunda</a> Platform</td><td>Camunda GmbH</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>2.0 import and export, support for DMN 1.3, collaborative BPMN & DMN editing, REST & Java APIs, OpenAPI documentation, orchestration of RPA bots, reporting on processes executed by Camunda or by an external tool</td><td></td><td>2013-08-31</td><td>2024-10-08<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Apache_License_2.0/5AeIjas8">Apache License 2.0</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Enterprise_Architect_(software)/ND88VrMT">Enterprise Architect</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Sparx_Systems/lBeXejgh">Sparx Systems</a></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>2000</td><td>2024-09-27<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Proprietary_software/9zcskxYL">Proprietary</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Flowable/l1S1oTlM">Flowable Modeler</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Flowable/l1S1oTlM">Flowable</a> and the Flowable community</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>2017-10-13<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a></td><td>2024-01-17<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Apache_License/5AeIjas8">Apache License</a> 2.0<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/IBM_Blueworks_Live/05NMob7r">IBM Blueworks Live</a></td><td><a href="/facts/IBM/QszA7nwd">IBM</a></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Freemium/ofbqmWgu">Freemium</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/System_Architect/sp0F6m3S">System Architect</a></td><td><a href="/facts/IBM/QszA7nwd">IBM</a> => <a href="/facts/UNICOM_Global/IF7UTrLu">UNICOM Global</a></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Enterprise Architecture tool</td><td></td><td></td><td>2024<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Proprietary_software/9zcskxYL">Proprietary</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Imixs-Workflow/mPTJFP3c">Imixs-BPMN</a></td><td>Imixs</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>2015</td><td>2024-08-03<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/GNU_General_Public_License/S75KhLSX">GNU GPL</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/JBPM/fuzabPgC">jBPM</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Red_Hat/5rhmBLBa">Red Hat</a></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>2010-12-13</td><td>2023-07-19<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Apache_License_2.0/5AeIjas8">Apache License 2.0</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/LucidChart/n8zBTVYc">LucidChart</a></td><td>Lucid Software Inc</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>?</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>2011</td><td>updated twice a month</td><td></td><td>Proprietary - 14-day free trial on team accounts / Free professional accounts for educators and students / Free version</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/MagicDraw/us2Sr2Ky">MagicDraw</a></td><td><a href="/facts/No_Magic/Jht7YIIn">No Magic</a></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>2007-09-24</td><td>2024<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Proprietary_software/9zcskxYL">Proprietary</a>/Shareware</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Microsoft_Visio/xvyc8v0L">Microsoft Visio</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Microsoft/nGIDDXdx">Microsoft</a></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Read: MS Visio, Write: MS Visio, EMF, PDF.</td><td></td><td></td><td>2024<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Proprietary_software/9zcskxYL">Proprietary</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Modelio/EY3k0xKC">Modelio</a></td><td>Modeliosoft (SOFTEAM Group)</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Includes BPMN, UML, ArchiMate SysML, Java round trip code generation, documentation, TOGAF, XSD, WSDL.</td><td></td><td>2009</td><td>2022-03-23<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/GNU_General_Public_License/S75KhLSX">GNU GPL</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23"><sup>23</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/OmniGraffle/TeVQuwoS">OmniGraffle</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Omni_Group/bQsLq6Lg">Omni Group</a></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>2001</td><td>2021</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Proprietary_software/9zcskxYL">Proprietary</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Software_Ideas_Modeler/dkIUswfm">Software Ideas Modeler</a></td><td>Dusan Rodina</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>2009-Aug</td><td>2024-Aug<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24"><sup>24</sup></a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Proprietary_software/9zcskxYL">Proprietary</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/YEd/KSB1xopt">yEd</a></td><td>yWorks</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>2013-03</td><td>2024</td><td></td><td>Freeware</td></tr><tr><th>Name</th><th>Developer</th><th colspan="5">UI Platform / OS</th><th>Cloud / SAAS</th><th colspan="4">Features</th><th>Diagram example</th><th>First Release</th><th>Latest Release</th><th>Open source</th><th>Software license</th></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Alfresco. "Alfresco launches Activiti BPMN 2.0 Business Process Engine". Retrieved 17 September 2013. <a href="http://www.alfresco.com/news/press-releases/alfresco-launches-activiti-bpmn-20-business-process-engine" target="_blank">http://www.alfresco.com/news/press-releases/alfresco-launches-activiti-bpmn-20-business-process-engine</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Release 8.7.0". 3 February 2025. Retrieved 20 February 2025. <a href="https://github.com/Activiti/Activiti/releases/tag/8.7.0" target="_blank">https://github.com/Activiti/Activiti/releases/tag/8.7.0</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Activiti. "Activiti 5.13 User Guide". Retrieved 17 September 2013. <a href="http://www.activiti.org/userguide/index.html#license" target="_blank">http://www.activiti.org/userguide/index.html#license</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Release history - version 16, 2022". <a href="https://docs.boc-group.com/adonis/en/process-automation/#release-history" target="_blank">https://docs.boc-group.com/adonis/en/process-automation/#release-history</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Alfresco Community Edition 23.2 Release Notes". 11 March 2024. <a href="https://hub.alfresco.com/t5/alfresco-content-services-blog/alfresco-community-edition-23-2-release-notes/ba-p/318918" target="_blank">https://hub.alfresco.com/t5/alfresco-content-services-blog/alfresco-community-edition-23-2-release-notes/ba-p/318918</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"What's new in OpenText AppWorks". 25 July 2024. <a href="https://blogs.opentext.com/whats-new-opentext-appworks/" target="_blank">https://blogs.opentext.com/whats-new-opentext-appworks/</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"Enhancing User Experience with the Redesigned ARIS Process Mining Interface - SR26". <a href="https://ariscommunity.com/users/montse-salvador/2024-06-24-enhancing-user-experience-redesigned-aris-process-mining-interface-sr26" target="_blank">https://ariscommunity.com/users/montse-salvador/2024-06-24-enhancing-user-experience-redesigned-aris-process-mining-interface-sr26</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"Bonita BPM 2024.2 | Bonitasoft | Open Source Workflow & BPM software". www.bonitasoft.com. Retrieved 5 June 2024. <a href="https://www.bonitasoft.com/news/the-new-version-of-bonita-is-here" target="_blank">https://www.bonitasoft.com/news/the-new-version-of-bonita-is-here</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>Bonitasoft. "Download BPM Software And Documentation". Retrieved 24 April 2017. <a href="http://www.bonitasoft.com/downloads-v2" target="_blank">http://www.bonitasoft.com/downloads-v2</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>"MicroFocus - Together 12.6 Release Notes". <a href="https://www.microfocus.com/documentation/together/126/Together12.6%20Release%20Notes.html" target="_blank">https://www.microfocus.com/documentation/together/126/Together12.6%20Release%20Notes.html</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>"8.6 Release notes". Retrieved 13 March 2025. <a href="https://docs.camunda.io/docs/reference/release-notes/860/" target="_blank">https://docs.camunda.io/docs/reference/release-notes/860/</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>"Enterprise Architect 16.1 - Build 1628". <a href="https://sparxsystems.com/forums/smf/index.php?topic=48037.0" target="_blank">https://sparxsystems.com/forums/smf/index.php?topic=48037.0</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>Sparx System's Enterprise Architect. "Enterprise Architect End User License Agreement (EULA)". Retrieved 18 September 2013. <a href="http://www.sparxsystems.com.au/products/ea/eula.html" target="_blank">http://www.sparxsystems.com.au/products/ea/eula.html</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>Flowable. "Flowable 5.22.0 release". Retrieved 20 July 2018. <a href="https://blog.flowable.org/2016/10/13/flowable-5-22-0-release/" target="_blank">https://blog.flowable.org/2016/10/13/flowable-5-22-0-release/</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:15"><p>Flowable. "Flowable 7.0.1 release". GitHub. Retrieved 5 September 2024. <a href="https://github.com/flowable/flowable-engine/releases/tag/flowable-7.0.1" target="_blank">https://github.com/flowable/flowable-engine/releases/tag/flowable-7.0.1</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:16"><p>Flowable. "Flowable Source Code". GitHub. Retrieved 20 July 2018. <a href="https://github.com/flowable/flowable-engine/blob/master/LICENSE" target="_blank">https://github.com/flowable/flowable-engine/blob/master/LICENSE</a> <a href="#fnref:16" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:17"><p>"System Architect® 11.4.11.2 Released". <a href="https://www.unicomsi.com/assets/unicom-system-architect-11-4-11-2-web.html" target="_blank">https://www.unicomsi.com/assets/unicom-system-architect-11-4-11-2-web.html</a> <a href="#fnref:17" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:18"><p>Imixs-BPMN. "Release imixs-workflow-6.0.7". GitHub. Retrieved 2024-09-05. <a href="https://github.com/imixs/imixs-workflow/releases/tag/imixs-workflow-6.0.7" target="_blank">https://github.com/imixs/imixs-workflow/releases/tag/imixs-workflow-6.0.7</a> <a href="#fnref:18" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:19"><p>"Release 7.74.1". 19 July 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023. <a href="https://github.com/kiegroup/jbpm/releases/tag/7.74.1.Final" target="_blank">https://github.com/kiegroup/jbpm/releases/tag/7.74.1.Final</a> <a href="#fnref:19" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:20"><p>"2024x Refresh1 Version News - No Magic products". <a href="https://docs.nomagic.com/display/NMDOC/2024x+Refresh1+Version+News" target="_blank">https://docs.nomagic.com/display/NMDOC/2024x+Refresh1+Version+News</a> <a href="#fnref:20" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:21"><p>"Visio for the web: FAQ". <a href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/visio-for-the-web-faq-e6647040-2fca-42ec-9fa5-d16a4e39e0ee?ui=en-us&rs=en-us&ad=us" target="_blank">https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/visio-for-the-web-faq-e6647040-2fca-42ec-9fa5-d16a4e39e0ee?ui=en-us&rs=en-us&ad=us</a> <a href="#fnref:21" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:22"><p>"Modelio 341 - Modelio 4.1 - Modelio Community Forge". forge.modelio.org. Retrieved 2016-01-11. <a href="http://forge.modelio.org/projects/modelio3/wiki/Modelio_341" target="_blank">http://forge.modelio.org/projects/modelio3/wiki/Modelio_341</a> <a href="#fnref:22" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:23"><p>Modelio. "About Mmodelio / License". Retrieved 7 August 2015. <a href="https://www.modelio.org/about-modelio/license.html" target="_blank">https://www.modelio.org/about-modelio/license.html</a> <a href="#fnref:23" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:24"><p>"Software Ideas current version: 14.65, released: August 19, 2024". Retrieved 2024-09-06. <a href="https://www.softwareideas.net/" target="_blank">https://www.softwareideas.net/</a> <a href="#fnref:24" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>