Celonis

Celonis approaches this category from the data side rather than the modelling side, and the distinction is worth understanding before comparing it with a BPM suite. It does not exist to draw target processes and govern them; it exists to reveal how processes actually run by reading event data out of the systems that already record them. The platform builds what Celonis calls a dynamic, real-time digital twin of operations.

Architecturally it is three layers: the Data Core, a high-performance infrastructure that extracts from any source and queries billions of records; the Context Model, which combines process data with business knowledge; and the Build Experience for creating solutions on top. Work divides into Analyze, understanding how processes truly run and running simulations and what-if scenarios; Design, re-engineering processes and defining workflows and guardrails; and Operate, monitoring adherence and orchestrating AI alongside people. More than 1,400 companies use it. Note that Celonis now markets itself around industrialising Enterprise AI rather than process mining or BPM, though that underlying capability is what it does. No pricing is published.