We have implemented it for an existing production application called Click End Connect, which is used for Orange Shops. Click End Connect allows users to view available mobile devices, select the shop that best suits their needs, and collect the chosen device within two hours without having to wait in the shop. The application handles stock verification and ticket collection processes seamlessly.
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An amazing product when everything is set up the way that it is supposed to.
What do you like best about the product?
Automation of processes. Using BPMN as a standard language and end product/results are very satisfying. Easy to navigate through the different existing components and sharing the instances seen in Operate for example.
What do you dislike about the product?
We can not really collaborate and in groups. Sometimes there are a lot of issues with the way it is set up with elasticsearch, but that could be an internal/self-hosted thing.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Standardising and automating processes within the company. The gap also between the technical and non-technical is lower therefore the learning curve is less steep compared to someone who has to learn how to code to automate their processes.
Powerful tool to connect business flows and the technology driving them
What do you like best about the product?
Visiblity into the flow from a less-technical perspective (nodes) makes it significantly easier to understand. You can quickly see where a process is, where it might be stuck, where it's going next. You also have a lot of troubleshooting capabilities within the system if developed correctly. It can act as a one stop shop to find out what the problem is and how to get it going in the right direction again. Camunda Optimize is also a great addition to the other product features. I love being able to quickly build reports that tell me how my process is working and how much value it's delivering to my company.
What do you dislike about the product?
Due to the high-cost potential with each node (charged per work item on each node), our processes have been using less and less nodes. This is problematic because you lose all of the quick visibility into the process, which is what I love about it. We just don't see as much of the process anymore, so we're losing some value there. When we have an issue with Camunda, finding the source of the problem isn't always the easiest. We're improving our understanding of how the system works (on-prem version), but some of it is a limiation with our organziation and having enough application admin resources.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Orchestrated workflows historically had lots of preliminary work that each development team had to do, which takes up valuable development time. It was also not standardized at our organization for how to orchestrate workflows. From a product development perspective, monitoring and visibility into the orchestrated flows was difficult and we had to rely on several systems in order to troubleshoot problems.
Camunda is the best workflow orchestration engine
What do you like best about the product?
Camunda is one of the best workflow orchestration engine i used, its very light weight and open source.Not only creating the business models it helps to create decision models . These can be integrated very easily using spring boot micro services.
What do you dislike about the product?
I would like to see if we can create a user or system task adhocly in camunda running instance in future . This is something available in some of the old workflow engines which camunda is not supporting , when we migrated the app from old workflow tool to camunda this is the only feature i see its missed in camunda bitbwe managed with workaround of creating a new instance with same businesskey but there are some use cases which doesnt help through this workaround . I would love to see this feature in camunda
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Performance improvement compare to other workflow engine, developer friendly unlike other tools which are having toomuch dependency.Easily we can test the models or decisions
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What do you like best about the product?
Workflow baed mechanism helps the product to track the statuses
What do you dislike about the product?
Some times its very difficult the track the issues or errors
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
workflow
Best workflow and decision automation platform
What do you like best about the product?
It supports standadized BPMN, visualization of. Workflow is also amazing. Its cloud agnostic and If SAAS offering not suitable then it also come up with on-premise solution.
What do you dislike about the product?
Not much documentation/tutorials available and product support can be better.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It eases the process automation which in past required a lot of effort and not much cost effective.
Provides excellent documentation and Camunda cockpit acts as a powerful dashboard, offering a comprehensive view of processes
What is our primary use case?
How has it helped my organization?
We have the Camunda Platform's cockpit, which is a key component of the Camunda Platform. By utilizing the Camunda cockpit, we can define stages and collect valuable data, including key performance indicators (KPIs). This allows us to identify areas of weakness that can be improved upon.
The BPM (Business Process Management) cycle follows a pattern of collecting data, making improvements, executing processes, and then continuously refining them with the input of the entire team. The Camunda cockpit serves as a powerful tool provided within Camunda Platform. It acts as a dashboard, offering all the necessary information and key performance indicators required for effective monitoring and decision-making.
What is most valuable?
The most important thing about Camunda is that it's open source. It's a tool that is tuned to our pro profile concept, which suits our preferences and project needs. It's been really beneficial for us.
The connectors available on Camunda Platform have responded to all our requirements, such as sending emails, and SMS, making web service calls, API integration, and handling show requests.
Additionally, we were able to connect it with the Docker platform, allowing us to use containers that meet our performance needs.
What needs improvement?
There is something that could be improved, particularly the availability of a drag-and-drop front-end tool for the workflow designer. When building interfaces, there are limited tools to work with, especially when dealing with different types of tasks, such as user tasks and system tasks. It would be beneficial to have something like the latest version of Ondula, which offers more flexibility and ease of use.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using Camunda for five years now. We collaborated with a company called Schema in Paris, which provided us with support when needed and integrated closely with us. Camunda was the first product we put into production, and it has been quite successful.
We are currently using the seventh version of Camunda. We haven't upgraded to the eighth version yet. However, we are studying the possibility of migrating to the new version, especially the cloud-based variant with DB platform integration, among other features.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is a stable solution if you have a properly configured server, regardless of the server type you are using (e.g., Apache, Nginx, or others), Camunda remains stable.
As long as you have a good configuration, you shouldn't face any significant problems.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It is a scalable solution. We use four containers for our production environment. It is scalable and easy to maintain.
We haven't encountered any problems with scalability during both the testing and deployment phases.
How was the initial setup?
It is not overly complex to set up and implement if you are already a Java developer. For Java developers, it is quite straightforward and manageable.
However, if you are, for example, a PHP developer or someone working with a different technology stack without Java skills, it may be a bit challenging to get started with Camunda. In such cases, I would recommend seeking assistance or guidance.
Camunda is a highly documented platform. I really appreciate that aspect. When I started working with Camunda, I made sure to read all the documentation for the APIs and other related information. It's a well-documented tool.
What about the implementation team?
The deployment process utilizes DevOps practices. We make use of tools like Docker, which are suitable for various platforms and easy to use.
The deployment usually takes around five minutes. This includes steps such as packaging, configuring the environment, installing the application, and allowing the server to start. The entire procedure is completed within five minutes.
Moreover, it can be managed by a single engineer or developer who has experience with CI/CD, DevOps platforms, Docker, and related technologies.
Although not a junior developer, one knowledgeable person can handle the deployment process. In our case, we had one individual who handled the deployment for us, and for subsequent applications, each of us was responsible for maintaining our own application.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
There were some features that were only available in the paid version, not in the community version we used. For instance, we implemented an interface ourselves to view the history of our process instances because the historical data functionality was not accessible.
It is available, but it is part of the enterprise edition, which requires a paid license. We didn't have the option to purchase licenses as we migrated to open-source tools.
So we had to customize our interfaces and tools using the Camunda API to replace the functionality found in the enterprise edition. That's how we managed it.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We have compared Camunda with the Bonita platform, and Camunda came out as the preferred choice in terms of features and functionality.
What other advice do I have?
I recommend developing their expertise and skills with BPM. They should have a deep understanding of architecture. Starting with good releases is important because it allows users to become familiar with powerful tools and solutions.
If you encounter a real problem, it is crucial to have a well-configured environment, whether it's a web server or any other production platform. Implementing BPM with good practices and optimization is key.
Overall, Camunda can be a powerful tool to work with when used in an optimized and well-implemented manner.
Overall, I would rate Camunda Platform an eight out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
Business and developers talking the same language
What do you like best about the product?
With Camunda we got more visibility of our business process, we got a way to write executable documentation im a way that it never will be outdate, and i cant think of a single meeting today without opening some BPMN or writing a new one on Camunda modeles, because it really is the language that connect us all, business people and developers talking the same language. Other BPMS solutions offered some of this but most of them wants you to go full low code, and we technical people know that youll hit a big wall when you start to have complex cases. With Camunda we have the freedom to do what we do with the technologies we already love. Theres not a single person with a title like "Camunda Developer" at my company, because everyone of our java developers or other languages use camunda as a tool on their belt.
What do you dislike about the product?
I think the only downside you can think as of now is the migration from 7 to 8, for us old heavy users. But camunda and community is working hard on bring solutions to help us migrate this, and we know the benefits from the new model, camunda 8 solve scalability problems that maybe you didnt had on your current load, but they are thinking big here. It will be even harder to any other BPMS solution compares in performance to what Camunda became.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Process visibility, same language between business people and developers
Advantages and disadvantages of Camunda Platform
What do you like best about the product?
Most upsides are:
- configurability,
- ablity to orchestrate different sources (APIs, services, business logic, etc)
- bringing IT and business closer together
There are no competitors to Camunda, you either using Camunda, or do not use orchestrator.
- configurability,
- ablity to orchestrate different sources (APIs, services, business logic, etc)
- bringing IT and business closer together
There are no competitors to Camunda, you either using Camunda, or do not use orchestrator.
What do you dislike about the product?
Most downsides are:
- pricing :(
- lack of C8 community edition
- problems with efficiency with C7
- lack of RabbitMQ sending/receiving message
- C8 product inmaturity (in terms of features)
- pricing :(
- lack of C8 community edition
- problems with efficiency with C7
- lack of RabbitMQ sending/receiving message
- C8 product inmaturity (in terms of features)
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Up to this point, those were my businness cases:
- transport and logistics process,
- handling full authorization process of application,
- sales processes,
- articles publishing processes.
- transport and logistics process,
- handling full authorization process of application,
- sales processes,
- articles publishing processes.
Lightweight but powerfull
What do you like best about the product?
Camunda 8 is a lightweight but powerful workflow automation platform that enables businesses to streamline their processes and increase efficiency. It offers a range of features and tools that allow users to model, execute, monitor, and optimize their workflows. Even it was build with Saas in mind it supports on-premis installation which becomes more and more a rare feature. From a developer perspective its ease of use is one of the standout features for me.
What do you dislike about the product?
One challenging point is if you developed with camunda 7 and you got quiet familiar with execution listeners it could be hard to find an appropriate alternative for your execution listeners patterns.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Camunda automate manual processes and reducing the time an deffort required to complete them.
bpm expert
What do you like best about the product?
Innovation: camunda really stands out in terms of innovation as compared to other products in the market and is constantly evolving and taking new cases into considerations.
What do you dislike about the product?
Camunda 8 still requires more documentation on its capabilities. Initially we had to find a lot of things just by trying different flows in the modeler.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Camunda has helped us in moving existing client worklfows to digital seemlessly. It has helped many of our clients improve those processes afterwards. The modeler has helped us in explaining the workflows from developers to upper management. Camunda 8 has been an amazing tool for implementing onboarding for a client that had a lot of integrations.
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