# Flowable vs IBM Business Automation Workflow

| Attribute | Flowable | IBM Business Automation Workflow |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 46 (18% (low)) | 7.3 (15% (low)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true,"air_gapped":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | An enterprise platform that automates business processes using AI capabilities to improve efficiency and reduce operational costs. |
| integrations.count | - | 5 |
| integrations.list | - | `[{"name":"IBM watsonx Orchestrate"},{"name":"Claude"},{"name":"Microsoft Copilot"},{"name":"Enterprise Content Management"},{"name":"IBM Business Automation Insights"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"CH","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | - |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Community Edition","features":["BPMN","CMMN","DMN","Unlimited automation models"],"description":"Open source engines for evaluation and developer learning","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Case Platform","features":["BPMN, CMMN, DMN","Users and RCPI packages","High availability & scalability","Enterprise security","Low-code modeling","Reporting & analytics","Visual design and debug","Content management","Configurable task management"],"contactSales":true},{"free":false,"name":"Agentic Case Platform","features":["All Case Platform features","Agents at runtime","Orchestrator AI agents","Knowledge AI agents with RAG","Document AI agents","Utility AI agents","Evaluator agents","Guardrail agents","A2A agents","External agents (Azure AI Foundry, AWS Bedrock, Agentforce)","LLM support (OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Anthropic, compatible models)","AI-assisted modeling and generation","Cloud-native deployment","Headless mode"],"description":"Case Platform plus enterprise AI agent orchestration harness","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free Community Edition. Enterprise plans by contact sales.","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.flowable.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T12:19:52.779Z"}` | `{"summary":"30-day free trial available","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://www.ibm.com/products/business-automation-workflow","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T12:51:37.831Z","freeTrialDays":30}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | no |
| pricing.model | freemium | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | low | unknown |
| pricing.transparent | no | no |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |

## Capabilities (Business Process Management)

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

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T15:20:28.847Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*