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Head-to-head · Process Mining Software

Celonis Process Mining Platform vs IBM Process Mining

  • Updated Oct 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 5 checks side by side
Higher score Celonis Process Mining Platform #1 in Process Mining Software 9.4/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Celonis
IBM Process Mining #8 in Process Mining Software 8.4/10 30-day trial Free trial✓ 3 of 4 features Visit IBM

Celonis Process Mining Platform leads on 1 check, IBM Process Mining on 0, and 4 are even. Who comes out ahead on the 5 yes/no, price and count checks where we have data for both products. The editor score weighs everything else too.

Our verdict

  • Highest scoreCelonis Process Mining Platform · 9.4/10
  • Free planonly Celonis Process Mining Platform
  • Free trialonly IBM Process Mining
  • Most featuresCelonis Process Mining Platform · 4 of 4

Celonis Process Mining Platform scores higher on our rubric for process mining software: 9.4 against 8.4 out of 10; our editors rank them #1 and #8.

Celonis Process Mining Platform offers free plan; IBM Process Mining doesn't. On deployment model, IBM Process Mining gives you Hybrid where Celonis Process Mining Platform offers Cloud.

Celonis Process Mining Platform is the better fit for enterprise teams wanting broad process intelligence. IBM Process Mining is the better fit for large enterprises needing prescriptive mining.

  • Celonis Process Mining Platform fits best

    Enterprise teams wanting broad process intelligence

  • IBM Process Mining fits best

    Large enterprises needing prescriptive mining

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Side by side

Feature Celonis Process Mining Platform 9.4/10 Visit ↗ IBM Process Mining 8.4/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 9.4 8.4
Ranking #1 in Process Mining Software #8 in Process Mining Software
Best for Enterprise teams wanting broad process intelligence Large enterprises needing prescriptive mining
Pricing model Free plan + paid Paid
Starting price — $2,885/mo
Free plan ✓ (best) —
Free trial — 30 days
Deployment Cloud Self-hosted
Integrations 12 integrations 2 integrations
Features Celonis Process Mining Platform 4/4 · IBM Process Mining 3/4
Conformance checking ✓ ✓
Root-cause analysis ✓ ✓
Process monitoring ✓ ✓
ERP connectors ✓ (best) Not checked yet
Specs
Data refresh Scheduled Not checked yet
Deployment model Cloud Hybrid
Included events Not checked yet 2e+07 events/mo
Our review
Pros
  • Covers discovery, conformance, root-cause analysis, monitoring, and simulation
  • Connects with major enterprise systems, clouds, and analytics tools
  • Free Plan includes pre-built analyses, apps, and connectors
  • Prescriptive mining, simulation and what-if analysis support action planning
  • Conformance, root-cause analysis and monitoring cover process oversight
  • SaaS and on-premises deployments support different operating models
Cons
  • The platform is focused on complex enterprise processes
  • Paid access is tailored to process-mining needs through sales
  • Its wide feature set may exceed the needs of narrow use cases
  • No free plan; the free trial lasts 30 days
  • SaaS costs $4,250 per month with annual billing
  • On-premises capacity is limited to 3 projects and 20 million events
Our verdict

Celonis Process Mining Platform is a web-based process intelligence platform for enterprise organizations. It extracts and harmonizes data from business systems, creates process models and digital twins, and helps teams examine…

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IBM Process Mining is a process intelligence platform for organizations analyzing how workflows run across ERP, CRM and other enterprise systems. It combines process modeling and analysis with conformance checking, root-cause analysis,…

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  1. Celonis Process Mining PlatformProcess Mining Software 9.4Free plan
  2. IBM Process MiningProcess Mining Software 8.430-day trial

Strengths and trade-offs

  • Celonis Process Mining Platform — where it wins

    • Covers discovery, conformance, root-cause analysis, monitoring, and simulation
    • Connects with major enterprise systems, clouds, and analytics tools
    • Free Plan includes pre-built analyses, apps, and connectors

    Where it doesn't

    • The platform is focused on complex enterprise processes
    • Paid access is tailored to process-mining needs through sales
    • Its wide feature set may exceed the needs of narrow use cases
  • IBM Process Mining — where it wins

    • Prescriptive mining, simulation and what-if analysis support action planning
    • Conformance, root-cause analysis and monitoring cover process oversight
    • SaaS and on-premises deployments support different operating models

    Where it doesn't

    • No free plan; the free trial lasts 30 days
    • SaaS costs $4,250 per month with annual billing
    • On-premises capacity is limited to 3 projects and 20 million events
  • Celonis Process Mining Platform9.4/10 · Free plan

    A broad process intelligence platform with a free starting plan and enterprise focus.

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  • IBM Process Mining8.4/10 · 30-day trial

    A broad process mining platform for enterprises that need prescriptive analysis and simulation.

    Visit IBMFull verdict →

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

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