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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.

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! rowspan="2" | Name

! rowspan="2" | Developer

! colspan="5" | UI Platform / OS

! rowspan="2" {{verth|va=middle|Cloud / SAAS}}

! colspan="4" |Features

! rowspan="2" | Diagram example

! rowspan="2" | First Release

! rowspan="2" | Latest Release

! rowspan="2" {{verth|va=middle|Open source}}

! rowspan="2" | Software license

{{verth|va=bottom|Java UI}}

! {{verth|va=bottom|Windows native}}

! {{verth|va=bottom|MacOS native}}

! {{verth|va=bottom|Linux native}}

! {{verth|va=bottom|Browser based}}

! {{verth|va=bottom|Model processes}}

! {{verth|va=bottom|Execute processes}}

! {{verth|va=bottom|Monitor processes}}

!Other

Activiti

|Alfresco Software, Inc. and the Activiti developer community

| {{Ya}}

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| {{Ya}}

| {{Ya}}

| {{Ya}}

| {{Ya}}

|Modeler, Simulation, Execution. Data elements are not supported. Limited supported formats (read/saved internally in BPMN format without exporting capabilities).

|File:Activiti.PNG

|2010-05-17{{cite web|last=Alfresco|title=Alfresco launches Activiti BPMN 2.0 Business Process Engine|url=http://www.alfresco.com/news/press-releases/alfresco-launches-activiti-bpmn-20-business-process-engine|accessdate=17 September 2013}}

| {{wikidataOI|qualifier|raw|reference|Q344370|P348|P577|fetch=true}}

| {{Ya}}

| {{wikidataOI|properties|short|reference|Q344370|P275|fetch=true}}

ActiveVOS

|Informatica

| {{Ya}}

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| {{Ya}}

| {{Ya}}

| {{Ya}}

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|2005

|2014

| {{Na}}

| {{Proprietary}}

ADONIS BPM Suite

|BOC Group

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| {{Ya}}

| {{Ya}}

| {{Ya}}

| {{Ya}}

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| Modeler, Simulation, Analysis

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|1995

|2022{{cite web |url=https://docs.boc-group.com/adonis/en/process-automation/#release-history |title=Release history - version 16, 2022}}

| {{Na}}

|Proprietary / Freeware (requires registration)

Alfresco Process Services

|Alfresco Software, Inc.

| {{Ya}}

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| {{Ya}}

| {{Ya}}

| {{Ya}}

| {{Ya}}

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|2017

|2024-03-11{{cite web|url=https://hub.alfresco.com/t5/alfresco-content-services-blog/alfresco-community-edition-23-2-release-notes/ba-p/318918|title=Alfresco Community Edition 23.2 Release Notes|date=11 March 2024 }}

| {{Na}}

|Subscription. Price based on number of users, computing power and support levels.

OpenText AppWorks

|OpenText

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| {{Ya}}

| {{Ya}}

|{{Ya}}

|{{Ya}}

|{{Ya}}

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|2021 (at least){{cite web |url=https://blogs.opentext.com/whats-new-opentext-appworks/ |title=What's new in OpenText AppWorks|date=25 July 2024 }}

|2024

|{{Na}}

|Subscription.

ARIS Express

|Software AG

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| {{Ya}}

| ?

| ?

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| {{Ya}}

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|

|File:Aris Express.PNG

|2009-07-28

|2024-06-24{{cite web|url=https://ariscommunity.com/users/montse-salvador/2024-06-24-enhancing-user-experience-redesigned-aris-process-mining-interface-sr26|title=Enhancing User Experience with the Redesigned ARIS Process Mining Interface - SR26}}

| {{Na}}

| {{Free}}ware (registration needed)

BiZZdesign Architect

|BiZZdesign

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| {{Ya}}

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|

| {{Ya}}

|

| {{Ya}}

| {{Ya}}

| {{Ya}}

|Integrate with ArchiMate, User collaboration, Support for Collaboration diagrams, BPMN 2.0 XML Export & Import,

|

|2012

|2014 (standalone)
Current year (web)

| {{Na}}

| {{Proprietary}}

Bonita BPM

|Bonitasoft

| {{Ya}}

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| {{Ya}}

| {{Ya}}

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|Supports several formats (read: BPMN, jBPM, Bonita, XPDL; write: Bonita, BPMN2, PNG, JPG, GIF, PDF, BMP, SVG).

|File:Bonita simple process.png

|2001

|2024-06-25{{Cite web|title = Bonita BPM 2024.2 {{!}} Bonitasoft {{!}} Open Source Workflow & BPM software|url = https://www.bonitasoft.com/news/the-new-version-of-bonita-is-here|website = www.bonitasoft.com|accessdate = 5 June 2024}}

| {{Ya}}

| {{GPL-lic|GPLv2}}{{cite web|last=Bonitasoft|title=Download BPM Software And Documentation|url=http://www.bonitasoft.com/downloads-v2|accessdate=24 April 2017}}

Together

| TogetherSoft => Borland => Micro Focus

| {{Ya}}

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| {{Ya}}

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| {{wikidataOI|qualifier|raw|reference|Q379327|P348|P577|fetch=true}}

| {{Na}}

| {{Proprietary}}/Shareware

Camunda Platform

|Camunda GmbH

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| {{Ya}}

| {{Ya}}

| {{Ya}}

| {{Ya}}

| {{Ya}}

| 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

|File:Camunda-platform-bpmn-model.png

|2013-08-31

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| {{Ya}}

|{{free|Apache License 2.0}}

Enterprise Architect

|Sparx Systems

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| {{Ya}}

| {{some

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| {{some|}}

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| {{Ya}}

| {{Ya}}

| {{Ya}}

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|2000

|2024-09-27{{cite web|url=https://sparxsystems.com/forums/smf/index.php?topic=48037.0|title=Enterprise Architect 16.1 - Build 1628}}

| {{Na}}

| {{Proprietary}}{{cite web|last=Sparx System's Enterprise Architect|title=Enterprise Architect End User License Agreement (EULA)|url=http://www.sparxsystems.com.au/products/ea/eula.html|accessdate=18 September 2013}}

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|Flowable Modeler

|Flowable and the Flowable community

| {{Ya}}

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| {{Ya}}

| {{Ya}}

| {{Ya}}

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|File:Flowable-model.png

|2017-10-13{{cite web|last=Flowable|title=Flowable 5.22.0 release|url=https://blog.flowable.org/2016/10/13/flowable-5-22-0-release/|accessdate=20 July 2018}}

|2024-01-17{{cite web|last=Flowable|title = Flowable 7.0.1 release| website=GitHub |url=https://github.com/flowable/flowable-engine/releases/tag/flowable-7.0.1|accessdate=5 September 2024}}

| {{Ya}}

| {{Free|Apache License 2.0{{cite web|last=Flowable|title=Flowable Source Code|website=GitHub |url=https://github.com/flowable/flowable-engine/blob/master/LICENSE|accessdate=20 July 2018}}}}

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|IBM Blueworks Live

|IBM

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| {{Ya}}

| {{Ya}}

| {{Ya}}

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| {{Na}}

| Freemium

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|System Architect

|IBM => UNICOM Global

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| {{Ya}}

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|Enterprise Architecture tool

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|2024{{cite web|url=https://www.unicomsi.com/assets/unicom-system-architect-11-4-11-2-web.html |title=System Architect® 11.4.11.2 Released}}

| {{Na}}

| {{Proprietary}}

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|Imixs-BPMN

|Imixs

| {{Ya}}

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| {{Ya}}

| {{Ya}}

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|File:Imixs-bpmn-example01.png

|2015

|2024-08-03{{cite web|last = Imixs-BPMN|title = Release imixs-workflow-6.0.7 | website=GitHub |url = https://github.com/imixs/imixs-workflow/releases/tag/imixs-workflow-6.0.7|accessdate = 2024-09-05}}

| {{Ya}}

|{{GPL-lic|GPLv2}}

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|jBPM

|Red Hat

| {{Ya}}

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| {{Ya}}

| {{Ya}}

| {{Ya}}

| {{Ya}}

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|2010-12-13

|{{wikidataOI|qualifier|raw|reference|Q286227|P348|P577|fetch=true}}

| {{Ya}}

|{{free|Apache License 2.0}}

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|LucidChart

|Lucid Software Inc

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| {{Ya}}

| ?

| {{Ya}}

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|2011

|updated twice a month

| {{Na}}

|Proprietary - 14-day free trial on team accounts / Free professional accounts for educators and students / Free version

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|MagicDraw

|No Magic

| {{Ya}}

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| {{Ya}}

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|2007-09-24

|2024{{cite web |url=https://docs.nomagic.com/display/NMDOC/2024x+Refresh1+Version+News |title=2024x Refresh1 Version News - No Magic products}}

| {{Na}}

| {{Proprietary}}/Shareware

|-

|Microsoft Visio

|Microsoft

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| {{Ya}}

|

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| {{Ya}}

| {{Ya}}

| {{Ya}}

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|Read: MS Visio, Write: MS Visio, EMF, PDF.

|File:Visio.png

|

|2024{{cite web| url=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 |title=Visio for the web: FAQ}}

| {{Na}}

| {{Proprietary}}

|-

|Modelio

|Modeliosoft (SOFTEAM Group)

| {{Ya}}

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| {{Ya}}

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|Includes BPMN, UML, ArchiMate SysML, Java round trip code generation, documentation, TOGAF, XSD, WSDL.

|File:Modelio.PNG

|2009

|2022-03-23{{Cite web|title = Modelio 341 - Modelio 4.1 - Modelio Community Forge|url = http://forge.modelio.org/projects/modelio3/wiki/Modelio_341|website = forge.modelio.org|accessdate = 2016-01-11}}

| {{Ya}}

|{{GPL-lic|GPLv3}}{{cite web|last=Modelio|title=About Mmodelio / License|url=https://www.modelio.org/about-modelio/license.html|accessdate=7 August 2015}}

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|OmniGraffle

|Omni Group

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| {{Ya}}

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| {{Ya}}

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|2001

|2021

| {{Na}}

| {{Proprietary}}

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|Software Ideas Modeler

|Dusan Rodina

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| {{Ya}}

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| {{Ya}}

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| {{Ya}}

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|2009-Aug

|2024-Aug{{cite web |url=https://www.softwareideas.net/ |title=Software Ideas current version: 14.65, released: August 19, 2024 |access-date=2024-09-06}}

| {{Na}}

| {{Proprietary}}

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|yEd

|yWorks

| {{Ya}}

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| {{Ya}}

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|2013-03

|2024

| {{Na}}

| {{Free}}ware

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!Name

!Developer

! colspan="5" | UI Platform / OS

! {{verth|va=top|Cloud / SAAS}}

! colspan="4" |Features

!Diagram example

!First Release

!Latest Release

! {{verth|Open source}}

!Software license

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Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) tools