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Comparison of Business Process Model and Notation modeling tools
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This article provides a comparison of Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) tools.

General

Note: all tools do support BPMN Version 2.0.

NameDeveloperUI Platform / OSCloud / SAASFeaturesDiagram exampleFirst ReleaseLatest ReleaseOpen sourceSoftware license
Java UIWindows nativeMacOS nativeLinux nativeBrowser basedModel processesExecute processesMonitor processesOther
ActivitiAlfresco Software, Inc. and the Activiti developer communityModeler, Simulation, Execution. Data elements are not supported. Limited supported formats (read/saved internally in BPMN format without exporting capabilities).2010-05-1712025-02-032Apache License 2.03
ActiveVOSInformatica20052014Proprietary
ADONIS BPM SuiteBOC GroupModeler, Simulation, Analysis199520224Proprietary / Freeware (requires registration)
Alfresco Process ServicesAlfresco Software, Inc.20172024-03-115Subscription. Price based on number of users, computing power and support levels.
OpenText AppWorksOpenText2021 (at least)62024Subscription.
ARIS ExpressSoftware AG??2009-07-282024-06-247Freeware (registration needed)
BiZZdesign ArchitectBiZZdesignIntegrate with ArchiMate, User collaboration, Support for Collaboration diagrams, BPMN 2.0 XML Export & Import,20122014 (standalone)Current year (web)Proprietary
Bonita BPMBonitasoftSupports several formats (read: BPMN, jBPM, Bonita, XPDL; write: Bonita, BPMN2, PNG, JPG, GIF, PDF, BMP, SVG).20012024-06-258GNU GPL9
TogetherTogetherSoft => Borland => Micro Focus2013-11-2810Proprietary/Shareware
Camunda PlatformCamunda GmbH2.0 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 tool2013-08-312024-10-0811Apache License 2.0
Enterprise ArchitectSparx Systems20002024-09-2712Proprietary13
Flowable ModelerFlowable and the Flowable community2017-10-13142024-01-1715Apache License 2.016
IBM Blueworks LiveIBMFreemium
System ArchitectIBM => UNICOM GlobalEnterprise Architecture tool202417Proprietary
Imixs-BPMNImixs20152024-08-0318GNU GPL
jBPMRed Hat2010-12-132023-07-1919Apache License 2.0
LucidChartLucid Software Inc?2011updated twice a monthProprietary - 14-day free trial on team accounts / Free professional accounts for educators and students / Free version
MagicDrawNo Magic2007-09-24202420Proprietary/Shareware
Microsoft VisioMicrosoftRead: MS Visio, Write: MS Visio, EMF, PDF.202421Proprietary
ModelioModeliosoft (SOFTEAM Group)Includes BPMN, UML, ArchiMate SysML, Java round trip code generation, documentation, TOGAF, XSD, WSDL.20092022-03-2322GNU GPL23
OmniGraffleOmni Group20012021Proprietary
Software Ideas ModelerDusan Rodina2009-Aug2024-Aug24Proprietary
yEdyWorks2013-032024Freeware
NameDeveloperUI Platform / OSCloud / SAASFeaturesDiagram exampleFirst ReleaseLatest ReleaseOpen sourceSoftware license

References

  1. Alfresco. "Alfresco launches Activiti BPMN 2.0 Business Process Engine". Retrieved 17 September 2013. http://www.alfresco.com/news/press-releases/alfresco-launches-activiti-bpmn-20-business-process-engine ↩

  2. "Release 8.7.0". 3 February 2025. Retrieved 20 February 2025. https://github.com/Activiti/Activiti/releases/tag/8.7.0 ↩

  3. Activiti. "Activiti 5.13 User Guide". Retrieved 17 September 2013. http://www.activiti.org/userguide/index.html#license ↩

  4. "Release history - version 16, 2022". https://docs.boc-group.com/adonis/en/process-automation/#release-history ↩

  5. "Alfresco Community Edition 23.2 Release Notes". 11 March 2024. https://hub.alfresco.com/t5/alfresco-content-services-blog/alfresco-community-edition-23-2-release-notes/ba-p/318918 ↩

  6. "What's new in OpenText AppWorks". 25 July 2024. https://blogs.opentext.com/whats-new-opentext-appworks/ ↩

  7. "Enhancing User Experience with the Redesigned ARIS Process Mining Interface - SR26". https://ariscommunity.com/users/montse-salvador/2024-06-24-enhancing-user-experience-redesigned-aris-process-mining-interface-sr26 ↩

  8. "Bonita BPM 2024.2 | Bonitasoft | Open Source Workflow & BPM software". www.bonitasoft.com. Retrieved 5 June 2024. https://www.bonitasoft.com/news/the-new-version-of-bonita-is-here ↩

  9. Bonitasoft. "Download BPM Software And Documentation". Retrieved 24 April 2017. http://www.bonitasoft.com/downloads-v2 ↩

  10. "MicroFocus - Together 12.6 Release Notes". https://www.microfocus.com/documentation/together/126/Together12.6%20Release%20Notes.html ↩

  11. "8.6 Release notes". Retrieved 13 March 2025. https://docs.camunda.io/docs/reference/release-notes/860/ ↩

  12. "Enterprise Architect 16.1 - Build 1628". https://sparxsystems.com/forums/smf/index.php?topic=48037.0 ↩

  13. Sparx System's Enterprise Architect. "Enterprise Architect End User License Agreement (EULA)". Retrieved 18 September 2013. http://www.sparxsystems.com.au/products/ea/eula.html ↩

  14. Flowable. "Flowable 5.22.0 release". Retrieved 20 July 2018. https://blog.flowable.org/2016/10/13/flowable-5-22-0-release/ ↩

  15. Flowable. "Flowable 7.0.1 release". GitHub. Retrieved 5 September 2024. https://github.com/flowable/flowable-engine/releases/tag/flowable-7.0.1 ↩

  16. Flowable. "Flowable Source Code". GitHub. Retrieved 20 July 2018. https://github.com/flowable/flowable-engine/blob/master/LICENSE ↩

  17. "System Architect® 11.4.11.2 Released". https://www.unicomsi.com/assets/unicom-system-architect-11-4-11-2-web.html ↩

  18. Imixs-BPMN. "Release imixs-workflow-6.0.7". GitHub. Retrieved 2024-09-05. https://github.com/imixs/imixs-workflow/releases/tag/imixs-workflow-6.0.7 ↩

  19. "Release 7.74.1". 19 July 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023. https://github.com/kiegroup/jbpm/releases/tag/7.74.1.Final ↩

  20. "2024x Refresh1 Version News - No Magic products". https://docs.nomagic.com/display/NMDOC/2024x+Refresh1+Version+News ↩

  21. "Visio for the web: FAQ". 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 ↩

  22. "Modelio 341 - Modelio 4.1 - Modelio Community Forge". forge.modelio.org. Retrieved 2016-01-11. http://forge.modelio.org/projects/modelio3/wiki/Modelio_341 ↩

  23. Modelio. "About Mmodelio / License". Retrieved 7 August 2015. https://www.modelio.org/about-modelio/license.html ↩

  24. "Software Ideas current version: 14.65, released: August 19, 2024". Retrieved 2024-09-06. https://www.softwareideas.net/ ↩