This article provides a comparison of Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) tools.
General Note: all tools do support BPMN Version 2.0.
Name Developer UI Platform / OS rowspan="2" Features Diagram example First Release Latest Release rowspan="2" Software license OtherActivitiAlfresco Software, Inc. and the Activiti developer community Modeler, Simulation, Execution. Data elements are not supported. Limited supported formats (read/saved internally in BPMN format without exporting capabilities).2010-05-17 ActiveVOSInformatica 20052014 ADONIS BPM SuiteBOC Group Modeler, Simulation, Analysis19952022 Proprietary / Freeware (requires registration)Alfresco Process ServicesAlfresco Software, Inc. 20172024-03-11 Subscription. Price based on number of users, computing power and support levels.OpenText AppWorksOpenText 2021 (at least)2024Subscription.ARIS ExpressSoftware AG ? ? 2009-07-282024-06-24 ware (registration needed)BiZZdesign ArchitectBiZZdesign Integrate with ArchiMate, User collaboration, Support for Collaboration diagrams, BPMN 2.0 XML Export & Import,20122014 (standalone)Current year (web) Bonita BPMBonitasoft Supports several formats (read: BPMN, jBPM, Bonita, XPDL; write: Bonita, BPMN2, PNG, JPG, GIF, PDF, BMP, SVG).20012024-06-25 Together TogetherSoft => Borland => Micro Focus /SharewareCamunda PlatformCamunda GmbH 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 tool2013-08-31 Enterprise ArchitectSparx Systems 20002024-09-27 Flowable ModelerFlowable and the Flowable community 2017-10-132024-01-17 FluxnovaFINOS BPMN 2.0 support DMN support BPMN & DMN Modeler REST & Java APIs w/ OpenAPI documentation RPA orchestration UI for monitoring and support 2025-11-17 https://github.com/finos/fluxnova-bpm-platform/releases/tag/v1.0.0 2025-11-17 https://github.com/finos/fluxnova-bpm-platform/releases IBM Blueworks LiveIBM FreemiumSystem ArchitectIBM => UNICOM Global Enterprise Architecture tool2024 Imixs-BPMNImixs 20152024-08-03 jBPMRed Hat 2010-12-13 LucidChartLucid Software Inc ? 2011updated twice a month Proprietary - 14-day free trial on team accounts / Free professional accounts for educators and students / Free versionMagicDrawNo Magic 2007-09-242024 /SharewareMicrosoft VisioMicrosoft Read: MS Visio, Write: MS Visio, EMF, PDF.2024 ModelioModeliosoft (SOFTEAM Group) Includes BPMN, UML, ArchiMate SysML, Java round trip code generation, documentation, TOGAF, XSD, WSDL. 20092022-03-23 OmniGraffleOmni Group 20012021 PragmaDev ProcessPragmaDev Step by step execution as well as stochastic simulation based on BPSim.Nov 13, 2019Nov 18, 2025 FreemiumSoftware Ideas ModelerDusan Rodina 2009-Aug 2024-Aug yEdyWorks 2013-032024 wareNameDeveloper UI Platform / OS FeaturesDiagram exampleFirst ReleaseLatest Release Software license
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