# IBM Business Automation Workflow vs jBPM

| Attribute | IBM Business Automation Workflow | jBPM |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 7.3 (15% (low)) | 35.9 (16% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 37 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 0 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 6,305 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true,"air_gapped":true,"self_hosted":true}` | - |
| description.long | An enterprise platform that automates business processes using AI capabilities to improve efficiency and reduce operational costs. | 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. |
| integrations.count | 5 | - |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"IBM watsonx Orchestrate"},{"name":"Claude"},{"name":"Microsoft Copilot"},{"name":"Enterprise Content Management"},{"name":"IBM Business Automation Insights"}]` | - |
| language.primary | - | Java |
| license.spdx | - | Apache-2.0 |
| pricing | `{"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}` | `{"type":"open_source","sourceUrl":"https://www.jbpm.org","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T15:30:38.609Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | no | - |
| pricing.model | commercial | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | unknown | free |
| pricing.transparent | no | - |
| release.cadence_days | - | 114 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/apache/incubator-kie/releases/tag/10.2.0","date":"2026-04-28T18:04:30Z","type":"stable","version":"10.2.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/incubator-kie/releases/tag/10.1.0","date":"2025-07-08T21:52:39Z","type":"stable","version":"10.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/incubator-kie/releases/tag/10.0.0","date":"2024-12-11T18:01:59Z","type":"stable","version":"10.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/incubator-kie/releases/tag/9.44.0.Final","date":"2023-09-06T12:26:31Z","type":"stable","version":"9.44.0.Final"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/incubator-kie/releases/tag/8.44.0.Final","date":"2023-09-05T16:28:58Z","type":"stable","version":"8.44.0.Final"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/incubator-kie/releases/tag/9.43.0.Alpha","date":"2023-08-17T08:39:45Z","type":"stable","version":"9.43.0.Alpha"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/incubator-kie/releases/tag/8.43.0.Final","date":"2023-08-17T21:00:45Z","type":"stable","version":"8.43.0.Final"}]` |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fapache%2Fincubator-kie&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Business Process Management)

| Capability | IBM Business Automation Workflow | jBPM |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **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 2026-09-01T15:14:54.608Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*