Flowable vs jBPM

Flowable and jBPM, two business process management tools, were a bit like interstellar ships—each perfectly suited to its own peculiar orbit. Flowable, the sleeker of the two, boasted a lightweight design and enough scalability to handle everything from the smallest galactic outpost to a sprawling enterprise space station. It came with all the bells and whistles one might need: workflow automation, decision-making modules and case management tools that made it as easy as pushing a button to plot a course through the murky nebula of business processes. Its visual modeling interface was so user-friendly that even Zog the Forgetful could design a process without accidentally activating the self-destruct.

Meanwhile, jBPM lumbered in with the reassuring heft of a veteran starcruiser. Part of the JBoss fleet, it cruised effortlessly through the Java galaxy, where its tight integration with Java ecosystems made it the go-to choice for Java developers. Sure, it supported BPMN 2.0 for process modeling like any respectable BPM tool, but it also brought along friends like CMMN and DMN for good measure. If your organization already had a Java-heavy crew, jBPM was the ideal choice—an old reliable starship where you could leverage the power of the Java engine without getting sucked into the black hole of incompatibility.

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