Comparison

Flowable vs jBPM

No leader: the top candidate Flowable has only 0.18 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
Flowable46
jBPM36
Score
Vioscale score
Flowable46 / 100low · 18%
jBPM36 / 100low · 16%
Pricing
Free tier
Flowable
jBPM
Model
Price level
Flowablelow
jBPMfree
Transparent
Flowable
jBPM
Adoption
Dependent repos
Flowable
jBPM0
Github stars
Flowable
jBPM6,305
Activity
Commits last 30d
Flowable
jBPM37
Release
Cadence days
Flowable
jBPM114
History
Flowable
License
Spdx
Flowable
Language
Primary
Flowable
jBPMJava
Market
Availability

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for business process management. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capabilities
Deployment model
Flowable-
jBPM-
Bpmn 2 0 visual process modeling
Flowable-
jBPM-
Dmn decision model notation rules engine
Flowable-
jBPM-
Low code no code UI app builder
Flowable-
jBPM-
Human in loop form routing
Flowable-
jBPM-
Uipath automationanywhere RPA sync
Flowable-
jBPM-
Complex event processing cep
Flowable-
jBPM-
Process mining discovery tools
Flowable-
jBPM-
Salesforce sap enterprise sync
Flowable-
jBPM-
Mobile app offline task execution
Flowable-
jBPM-
SOC2 type ii
Flowable-
jBPM-
ISO 27001
Flowable-
jBPM-
Pricing model
Flowable-
jBPM-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Flowable

Combines structured process management, flexible case handling, and decision automation to orchestrate people, systems, and AI agents. Provides full auditability, compliance controls, and integration capabilities for enterprise automation at scale.

Independently observed

jBPM

A workflow and BPMN engine that enables definition and execution of business processes in a notation understandable to both business analysts and developers. It supports long-running, stateful processes including human tasks, timers, events, and error compensation for automating and monitoring end-to-end business workflows.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Flowable

SubscriptionFree tier

Free Community Edition. Enterprise plans by contact sales.

  • Community EditionFree
    • BPMN
    • CMMN
    • DMN
    • Unlimited automation models
  • Case PlatformContact sales
    • BPMN, CMMN, DMN
    • Users and RCPI packages
    • High availability & scalability
    • Enterprise security
    • Low-code modeling
    • +4 more
  • Agentic Case PlatformContact sales
    • All Case Platform features
    • Agents at runtime
    • Orchestrator AI agents
    • Knowledge AI agents with RAG
    • Document AI agents
    • +9 more
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jBPM

Open source
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Flowable
jBPM
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Flowable
jBPM
Self-hosted
Flowable
jBPM

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.