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Bonita Platform

Overview

What is Bonita Platform?

Bonita is an open-source business process and workflow management platform created by the French National Institute for Research in Computer Science. It is available as a free community edition or as a commercial subscription product.

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Recent Reviews

BonitaSoft BPM review.

10 out of 10
January 08, 2024
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We use BonitaSoft as our workflow and low code/no code platform. We've implemented it for business processes like logistics, supply chain, …
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Bonita for BPM !

10 out of 10
December 23, 2022
Incentivized
Bonita platform is used for an HR portal, including data and process from HR and others entity, using connector extensions to get and put …
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BonitaSoft review

5 out of 10
May 17, 2022
Incentivized
Building a solution to modelize client processes and use Bonita API to link our Bonita model with our custom micro-services.
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9 out of 10
May 17, 2022
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Bonita Platform is a process manager and process orchestrator that is used to control the business process and create an organized …
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Bonita at a glance

7 out of 10
December 29, 2021
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For workflow automation to save time and cost, which will be an ongoing process and change based on business requirements. We are …
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Popular Features

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  • Process designer (52)
    8.7
    87%
  • Business rules engine (42)
    8.1
    81%
  • Form builder (48)
    7.9
    79%
  • Model execution (48)
    7.6
    76%

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Pricing

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What is Bonita Platform?

Bonita is an open-source business process and workflow management platform created by the French National Institute for Research in Computer Science. It is available as a free community edition or as a commercial subscription product.

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  • No setup fee
For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://www.bonitasoft.com/pricing

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  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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What is Kure?

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Features

Reporting & Analytics

Users can report on and analyze usage, performance, ROI, and/or other metrics of success.

7.2
Avg 8.1

Process Engine

Designing and building process models

7.7
Avg 8.4

Collaboration

Collaboration tools allowing BPM experts to collaborate on model design

6.9
Avg 8.2

Content Management Capabilties

Lightweight tool for managing content

6.8
Avg 8.1
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Product Details

What is Bonita Platform?

Bonitasoft supports digital operations and modernization of information systems with Bonita, an open-source and extensible platform for automation and optimization of business processes.

Presented as easy to handle and integrate into heterogeneous information systems, Bonita accelerates development and deployment of process automation projects, service orchestration and application development. This is made possible by its low code capabilities, reusable components, and unified deployment on-premise and on the cloud.

CIOs can confront both short-term challenges (often from requests from business teams who wish to support their business development), and the long-term challenge of modernizing IT to deliver on business needs and customer expectations.

Open-source, extensible and integrated, Bonita is based on an architecture that clearly separates the process, data and user interface layers. All project team members can collaborate to develop, deploy and maintain sustainable processes in line with the expectations of business users. Project governance, specific to each company, is respected by a clear separation between visual programming and coding capabilities. Each project team member can leverage their specific know-how and skills to add value. The technologies used do not require learning new languages ​​or methods, but instead rely on commonly used components such as Java, enterprise services such as SSO and LDAP, continuous delivery, and the ability to develop in SDKs. These capabilities avoid the need for additional resources.

The use of BPMN, reusable components, numerous extension points, deployment on premise or in the cloud all help guarantee rapid and agile developments.

Complex business processes become visible with centralized monitoring. Traceability, execution control and reduced risk of errors allow teams to focus on optimizing and improving operational efficiency on an ongoing basis.

Bonita Platform Features

Process Engine Features

  • Supported: Process designer
  • Supported: Business rules engine
  • Supported: SOA support
  • Supported: Support for modeling languages
  • Supported: Form builder
  • Supported: Model execution

Collaboration Features

  • Supported: Social collaboration tools

Reporting & Analytics Features

  • Supported: Dashboards
  • Supported: Standard reports
  • Supported: Custom reports

Content Management Capabilties Features

  • Supported: Content management

Bonita Platform Screenshots

Screenshot of Process designed in Bonita BPM StudioScreenshot of Bonita BPM project overviewScreenshot of Fully customized end user interfaceScreenshot of Bonita BPM Admin App

Bonita Platform Video

The Bonita platform for digital process automation

Bonita Platform Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsWindows, Linux, Mac
Mobile ApplicationMobile Web
Supported CountriesWorldwide
Supported LanguagesEnglish, French, Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

Bonita is an open-source business process and workflow management platform created by the French National Institute for Research in Computer Science. It is available as a free community edition or as a commercial subscription product.

Reviewers rate Process designer highest, with a score of 8.7.

The most common users of Bonita Platform are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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January 08, 2024

BonitaSoft BPM review.

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We liked Bonita's architecture, the open-source framework, and the licensing and support model. Maybe fewer features than other BPM platforms but easier to implement and maintain.
December 23, 2022

Bonita for BPM !

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
RHPAM is maybe a very good BPM process engine but is very limited to build a complete application.
We also try site soft W4 which needs more developments to build an application. We finally choose Bonita which is easier to get ready with.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Bonita Platform is very easy to use and more convenient when it comes to data handling. In the poTher Bpm Tools, the processing of the data is very difficult and connections are very confusing. In Bonita Platform, one can even use the customized search for the retrieval of the data from the business data model and the creation of the profiles are very good.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
ResellerIncentivized
One of the best support for BPMN Ability to extend platforms with reusable components to offer common functionality/connectivity Based on Java, used throughout our company
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
ResellerIncentivized
Bonita has a community version, open-source, so it´s easy to test the benefits of process automation for any enterprise. Bonita Platform is also very near to Java architecture, so the learning curve for developers is not difficult, and they only need to understand how processes and modeling help them to achieve the solutions they need to implement. In contrast, other BPM platforms require learning new programming languages or particularities of each platform.
December 29, 2021

Bonita at a glance

Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Bonita may be the easiest to start with without a steep learning curve, anyway on the other side it probably is not as powerful in the case you need to handle a very complicated and high volume or mission critical process. If look by the platform cost or license fee, Bonita has its advantage as well.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
ResellerIncentivized
The Bonita platform is by far the most complete and flexible solution as a BPM suite with the added advantage that the Community edition is usable for production deployment. From a cost perspective, Bonitasoft licenses the subscription edition per server with no limitations as to hardware, users, processes, etc.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Bonita Platform is very easy to use as compared with Oracle BPM. The UI part of Bonita is very efficient and easy to use. Oracle has a more complicated UI. Bonita BPM Studio is very fast and processes can be created easily. This is not true in case of other BPM tools. Bonita has excellent use case where small changes can be done on existing processes and uploaded easily without affecting existing workflows. Other platforms demand a complicated deployment scenario.
Antoine Chami | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Far better design and more intuitive than other solutions. BDM is a great tool for non IT users and help[s] them understand how structured data will improve the work. Community Edition allows us to already manipulate the software and appreciate the power of the tool. I enjoyed the Bonita camps too that help us to manipulate the first workflows.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
The Tibco solution makes it possible to manage the organization of the company in a finer and more industrialized way. But Bonita is more user-friendly and can be more easily understood by users. The Bonita solution allows a dialogue with the user around an intuitive interface. Where Tibco BPM offers more advanced functionality. Small businesses (less than 500 employees) are more likely to find themselves in the Bonita BPM solution.
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
There is no user license in Bonita. Given the opensource, we have freedom here to extend requirements that might be beyond OOTB concept. If you have to kill [an ant] you don't need a missile. I think, for simple use cases Bonita has a simplified approach to address.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Better price
  • Community package with free evaluation package so you can test main functionalities of a BPM tool
  • Subscription packages are great but are not an impediment to accomplish a task or a whole process in Bonita Business Process Management
  • Clear use of Java Code which is great because is easier to train developers in a BPM tool that uses Java as a core coding program (even when it's Low code)
Maciej Michalak | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I found Bonita BPM a more friendly environment, especially when it comes to front-end development. It is also better suited for a gradual introduction to an organization - PoC with Community edition, later upgrade to one of the subscription editions as needed. Tibco's product has partial case management support and stateful tasks, though.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Bonita BPM does have some nice visual tools. The annual maintenance is not so high and we particularly liked the visual tool to create business rules. Bonitasoft’s color-coded tools make life a bit simpler and more memorable for beginners or non-coder people. We really like Bonitasoft’s color-coded tools for creating rules.
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