Bizagi is a low-code process automation platform that stopped selling on-premises licenses in 2022 and now runs as a cloud PaaS. Pages here cover self-hosted Flowable, Operaton or CIB seven instead.
Comparing Bizagi's low-code automation with Flowable's BPMN, CMMN and DMN engines: modeling, forms and the work portal Bizagi provides, what Flowable's open-source edition leaves to your developers, and cloud PaaS against self-hosting.
For Bizagi users who want an engine they host with a usable task interface: CIB seven's built-in task list, process monitoring and user management, Camunda 7 compatible models, paid LTS editions, and the forms and data model work still to rebuild.
Moving processes from Bizagi to Flowable: exporting diagrams as BPMN 2.0 XML, re-adding the extended attributes the export drops, rebuilding forms, business rules and the data model, and running old and new processes side by side until cases close.
For organizations that must keep process automation on their own servers now that Bizagi sells only its cloud PaaS: which open-source engines run fully on premises or air-gapped, and what support and upgrade model replaces Bizagi's.
Cost of ownership by component: a Bizagi Cloud subscription against Flowable's free engines or commercial editions, hosting, rebuild of forms and UI, migration, support and the developers a code-first engine needs.
What Bizagi lets you take out: BPMN 2.0 XML and XPDL diagram exports from Modeler and Studio, what each format keeps or drops, and the process data, forms and rules you must document by hand before leaving.
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