Camunda vs jBPM comparison

About the platform

Camunda is a popular BPM platform for automating business processes and making decisions. It is open source in Java.

jBPM is a BPM platform for executing business processes, managing business rules and complex event processing. It is open source in Java.

Who is suitable for

It is suitable for enterprise-scale businesses, as well as companies with a large number of business processes and a high level of complexity. Camunda is aimed at developers.

It is suitable for medium-sized businesses, as well as companies with a large number of business processes and a high level of complexity. jBPM is more focused on collaborative work on processes. It has built-in Git functionality. The interface is richer and clearer.

Notation support

Camunda supports business process modeling notations and global standards BPMN 2.0, CMMN 1.1, DMN 1.1. In a visual environment, you can create any business process using notations, and the application will execute it.

jBPM focuses on the BPMN 2.0 specification, a global standard for business process modeling. Supports CMMN 1.1, DMN 1.1, DRL, Solver.

Opportunities

Camunda features:
• business process modeling;
• business process management;
• email integration;
• task management;
• collaboration;
• BRMS;
• data display;
• analysis of business processes;
• displaying an indicator of the efficiency of business processes.

JBPM features:
• business process modeling;
• business process management;
• email integration;
• task management;
• collaboration;
• BRMS;
• project lifecycle management;
• analysis of business processes;
• tracking changes in business processes;
• displaying an indicator of the efficiency of business processes.

System components

The Camunda platform consists of a set of applications (Modeler, Tasklist, BPMN Engine, DMN Engine, Cockpit, Admin, Optimize) and includes tools for modeling and executing business processes.

jBPM includes tools for creating business processes (BPMN2), adaptive case management (BPMN2 and CMMN), business optimization (Solver), decision management (DMN), and business rules (DRL).

Technical features

Camunda supports the latest version of Java and any of the JVM languages: Kotlin, Scala, etc.

JBPM is written in Java and released under the Apache License 2.0. It works with the help of a web editor and the Eclipse plugin.

The ability to scale and improve

Camunda is designed to work in a cluster and is therefore easy to scale. The possibility of refinement is present.

jBPM is also scalable. The possibility of refinement is present.

Productivity

Camunda has higher performance and is generally faster in terms of the number of business processes launched every second.

When it comes to large implementations, jBPM is also suitable for high-load projects.