Celonis Process Intelligence Platform vs IBM Process Mining

Celonis Process Intelligence Platform9.3Visit IBM Process Mining8.8Visit

Higher score Celonis Process Intelligence Platform #1 in Workflow Analytics 9.3/10 Free plan · pricing on request Free plan✓ 3 of 3 features Visit Celonis

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IBM Process Mining #4 in Workflow Analytics 8.8/10 30-day trial Free trial✓ 1 of 3 features Visit IBM

• Celonis Process Intelligence Platform fits best

  Enterprise teams seeking broad process intelligence

• IBM Process Mining fits best

  Enterprises needing prescriptive, object-centric mining

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Side by side

Feature	Celonis Process Intelligence Platform 9.3/10 Visit ↗	IBM Process Mining 8.8/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.3	8.8
Ranking	#1 in Workflow Analytics	#4 in Workflow Analytics
Best for	Enterprise teams seeking broad process intelligence	Enterprises needing prescriptive, object-centric mining
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Paid
Starting price	Free plan · pricing on request	$2,885/mo
Free plan	✓ (best)	—
Free trial	—	30 days
Deployment	Cloud	Self-hosted
Integrations	20 integrations	2 integrations
Features Celonis Process Intelligence Platform 3/3 · IBM Process Mining 1/3
Process discovery	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Conformance checking	✓	✓
Automation recommendations	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Specs
Data connection method	Connectors	Not checked yet
Deployment	Cloud	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Discovers process paths and surfaces bottlenecks, root causes, and KPI impacts Checks conformance and benchmarks processes across units or dimensions Connects with business systems and analytics tools including Power BI and Tableau	Combines conformance checking, root-cause analysis and process monitoring Adds prescriptive mining, simulation and what-if analysis Offers SaaS and on-premises deployment options
Cons	Pricing depends on process-mining needs and requires contacting sales Cloud deployment may not suit organizations seeking on-premises platform hosting Its broad process-intelligence scope may exceed simpler analytics needs	On-premises pricing starts at $2,885 per month SaaS pricing is $4,250 per month with annual billing Published integrations name ERP and CRM systems only
Our verdict	Celonis Process Intelligence Platform brings event data and business context together to help organizations understand how processes run and where they can improve. It is aimed primarily at enterprise teams in areas such as finance, supply… Read the review →	IBM Process Mining helps organizations analyze how workflows run across enterprise systems. Its feature set suits enterprises that need more than process visualization: it includes conformance checking, prescriptive process mining, an… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Celonis Process Intelligence Platform — where it wins

  • Discovers process paths and surfaces bottlenecks, root causes, and KPI impacts
  • Checks conformance and benchmarks processes across units or dimensions
  • Connects with business systems and analytics tools including Power BI and Tableau

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing depends on process-mining needs and requires contacting sales
  • Cloud deployment may not suit organizations seeking on-premises platform hosting
  • Its broad process-intelligence scope may exceed simpler analytics needs

• IBM Process Mining — where it wins

  • Combines conformance checking, root-cause analysis and process monitoring
  • Adds prescriptive mining, simulation and what-if analysis
  • Offers SaaS and on-premises deployment options

  Where it doesn't

  • On-premises pricing starts at $2,885 per month
  • SaaS pricing is $4,250 per month with annual billing
  • Published integrations name ERP and CRM systems only

• Celonis Process Intelligence Platform9.3/10 · Free plan · pricing on request

  A broad process analytics platform for enterprise teams working to understand complex operations.

  Visit CelonisFull verdict →
• IBM Process Mining8.8/10 · 30-day trial

  Prescriptive process mining with simulation, conformance checks and monitoring.

  Visit IBMFull verdict →