Bonita vs Conductor

Bonita8.7Visit Conductor8.6Visit

Higher score Bonita #5 in Process Orchestration Software 8.7/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 0 of 4 features Visit Bonita

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Conductor #6 in Process Orchestration Software 8.6/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 0 of 4 features Visit Conductor

• Bonita fits best

  Open-source business process applications

• Conductor fits best

  Open-source durable workflows with polyglot workers

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Side by side

Feature	Bonita 8.7/10 Visit ↗	Conductor 8.6/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.7	8.6
Ranking	#5 in Process Orchestration Software	#6 in Process Orchestration Software
Best for	Open-source business process applications	Open-source durable workflows with polyglot workers
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Free
Starting price	—	Free plan
Free plan	✓	✓
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Self-hosted, Cloud
Platforms	Web, Windows, macOS, Linux	Web
Support	Community, Docs	Community, Docs
Integrations	20 integrations	9 integrations
Built for	Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Bonita 0/4 · Conductor 0/4
Human tasks & approvals	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Long-running workflows	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Workflow versioning	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Audit logs	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Specs
Deployment model	Hybrid	Not checked yet
Concurrent runs	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Visual BPMN modeling with workflow execution and human task management Open-source free plan with customizable interfaces and no time limit REST, enterprise, cloud, messaging, CRM, and AI integrations	Persists task progress for recovery after failures or restarts Supports workers and SDKs across seven listed programming languages Combines event triggers, retries, approvals, observability, and sub-workflows
Cons	Bonita Free is limited to 150 process instances per month Key enterprise capabilities require the Bonita Enterprise plan The broad BPM toolset may exceed the needs of simple workflows	Self-hosted deployment requires Docker- or JVM-based infrastructure The OSS distribution does not include the visual workflow editor Its broad orchestration model may exceed simpler automation needs
Our verdict	Bonita is a business process automation and BPM platform for organizations managing complex, regulated, or mission-critical operations. It brings together visual BPMN modeling, process application and UI design, workflow execution, human… Read the review →	Conductor is an open-source orchestration platform for microservices, AI agents, and durable workflow graphs. It defines versioned workflows as task graphs, runs them across services and workers, and persists task progress for recovery… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Bonita — where it wins

  • Visual BPMN modeling with workflow execution and human task management
  • Open-source free plan with customizable interfaces and no time limit
  • REST, enterprise, cloud, messaging, CRM, and AI integrations

  Where it doesn't

  • Bonita Free is limited to 150 process instances per month
  • Key enterprise capabilities require the Bonita Enterprise plan
  • The broad BPM toolset may exceed the needs of simple workflows

• Conductor — where it wins

  • Persists task progress for recovery after failures or restarts
  • Supports workers and SDKs across seven listed programming languages
  • Combines event triggers, retries, approvals, observability, and sub-workflows

  Where it doesn't

  • Self-hosted deployment requires Docker- or JVM-based infrastructure
  • The OSS distribution does not include the visual workflow editor
  • Its broad orchestration model may exceed simpler automation needs

• Bonita8.7/10 · Free plan

  A capable open-source BPM platform for teams building and governing complex workflows.

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• Conductor8.6/10 · Free plan

  A flexible self-hosted orchestrator for durable, event-driven service workflows.

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