What is Celonis?
Celonis is the best-known process mining platform. It extracts event logs from ERP and CRM systems like SAP, rebuilds how your processes really run, and flags where they lose time and money, usually with a data team or an implementation partner running it.
How Caddi's approach is different
Caddi is the end-to-end process automation solution. It doesn't stop at discovering your processes: it also builds the automation that replaces them and governs every run.
- Cheaper. Free to start. No six-figure contract, no data-volume pricing.
- Faster. Findings in 15 to 30 minutes. No event logs, desktop agents or consultants.
- Agentic first. The AI forms hypotheses about how your work runs and validates each one against your data.
- Build it right away. The person who does the work builds the automation. No IT project.
- Governed. Every run and decision is logged and reviewable. No black box.
The main Celonis alternatives in 2026 are Caddi, Microsoft Power Automate Process Mining, UiPath Process Mining, SAP Signavio, IBM Process Mining, ABBYY Timeline, Apromore and Skan.ai. Celonis and most of its competitors cover Discover: they map a process from event logs and show where it slows down. Then they stop, and the automation becomes an IT project, an RPA team or another vendor, with nothing governing what gets built. Caddi is the one option that runs the whole way: Discover finds the work in the tools you already use, Automate lets the ops person who does the work build the automation, and Govern logs every run and every decision.
Celonis alternatives and pricing at a glance
Most process mining vendors do not publish prices. Where a figure below is not published, it comes from third-party reports and is labeled that way. Contracts vary by data volume, process scope and region, so treat the unpublished numbers as ranges, not quotes.
| Tool | How it finds work | Published price | Free tier | Builds the automation (Automate) | Governs the automations (Govern) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caddi | Connected tools (read only) | Individual $0; Team $250/user/mo; Business $6,500/mo; Enterprise custom | Yes: Individual, one user, no time limit, Discover + Automate | Yes: the ops person teaches it once; runs as verified code over APIs | Yes (Team and up): every run and decision logged and reviewable |
| Celonis | Event logs | Quote only; third-party reports ~$80k to $95k/yr entry, $150k to $250k/yr per process area | No published free tier | Partly: action flows trigger simple steps; real builds go to data/IT teams or partners | No: monitors the process, not automations built elsewhere |
| Power Automate Process Mining | Event logs + desktop task mining | Premium $15/user/mo incl. 50MB/user mining; add-on $5,000/tenant/mo per 100GB | Trial only | Partly: makers or IT build flows in Power Automate | Partly: admin center and CoE tooling, run by IT |
| UiPath Process Mining | Event logs | Quote only; third-party reports ~$50k to $200k/yr | No published free tier | Hand-off: RPA developers build bots in UiPath Studio | Partly: bot monitoring in a separate UiPath product |
| SAP Signavio | Event logs (SAP-centric) | Quote only; third-party reports low six figures to ~$700k/yr | No published free tier | No: SAP projects, SAP Build or a partner | No |
| IBM Process Mining | Event logs | SaaS from $4,250/mo (20GB, 3 business users + 1 analyst); on-prem from $2,885/mo | 1GB trial | No: automation built separately in IBM RPA | No |
| ABBYY Timeline | Event logs | Quote only | No published free tier | No: hand-off to an RPA or IT team | No |
| Apromore | Event logs | Quote only (enterprise edition) | Open-source community edition | No | No |
| Skan.ai | Desktop capture (agent on each machine) | Quote only | No published free tier | No: build handed to an RPA or IT team | No |
Why a Celonis alternative has to do more than mine
Every tool in that table can tell you where the time goes. Very few can do anything about it. The real cost of process mining is rarely the license: it is the months between “we found it” and “it runs on its own,” spent on data engineers, an implementation partner, an RPA developer queue and a separate monitoring setup. If you are replacing Celonis, ask each vendor what happens the day after the insight.
Event logs vs. the tools you already use
Celonis, Signavio, IBM and UiPath find work by extracting event logs from an ERP or CRM, then modeling them. That is powerful at SAP scale and heavy everywhere else. Task miners like Skan.ai install an agent on each desktop to record screens. Caddi Discover does neither: it reads the activity already in the tools a firm has connected (Clio, NetDocuments, iManage, Outlook and M365, Gmail, Salesforce, Wealthbox, Redtail, Box, DocuSign and more), under the access the user already has, read only. It forms hypotheses about which processes are running, checks them against the data, and shows only what the data supports. A first pass usually takes 15 to 30 minutes.
Morning Inbox Triage and Matter Filing
Read each new message in Outlook, open any Docusign envelope, match it to the matter in Clio and file the executed copy to NetDocuments.
Microsoft Outlook
Docusign
Clio
NetDocumentsWhat Caddi saw
- 1,204messages read in Outlook in the last 30 days
- 418Docusign envelopes opened from those messages
- 412matters matched in Clio and filed to NetDocuments
- 6exceptions raised for review in Teams
Why it’s worth automating
Every message already names the client and the matter. The four steps are the same each time, and the tools never talk to each other, so you carry the details between them by hand.
Reads the tools you already use, read only. No event logs, no desktop agents.
- Microsoft Outlook
Gmail- Clio
- NetDocuments
iManage
Salesforce
Wealthbox
Redtail
Box- Docusign
QuickBooks
HubSpot- 150+ tools
The 8 Celonis alternatives, compared
Caddi
Best for regulated opsBest for: Professional services back offices (law, wealth, accounting, insurance) and ops teams without a data team that want the work found, built and governed in one product · Pricing: Individual $0 (Discover + Automate); Team $250/user/mo adds Govern; Business $6,500/mo
Strengths
- Discover reads the tools you already use, read only, with no event-log extraction, desktop agents or consultants
- Findings ranked by hours, each opening to its evidence
- Automate: the ops person who does the work builds it by teaching Caddi once over a screen-share, or hits Build next on a finding
- Runs as verified code over APIs across 150+ tools, so there are no UI selectors to break
- Govern: every run and every decision is logged, reviewable and traceable to source. No black box
- Free Individual plan with no time limit
Trade-offs
- Not event-log process mining: no conformance checking, no variant analysis over millions of ERP events, no simulation
- Not built for SAP order-to-cash or procure-to-pay mining, manufacturing or supply chain
- Sees the work in connected tools; activity outside them is out of view
Microsoft Power Automate Process Mining
Best for: Microsoft 365 and Dynamics shops that already license the Power Platform · Pricing: Premium $15/user/mo incl. 50MB/user mining; add-on $5,000/tenant/mo per 100GB
Strengths
- The cheapest published entry point for event-log mining
- Process and task mining in one place
- Flows can be built in the same platform
Trade-offs
- Makers or IT still build and fix the flows; the insight does not become an automation by itself
- Storage-based add-on pricing climbs with data volume
- Governance of flows is IT work through admin and CoE tooling
UiPath Process Mining
Best for: Companies already running a UiPath RPA program with a center of excellence · Pricing: Quote only; third-party reports ~$50k to $200k/yr
Strengths
- Feeds findings straight into a UiPath automation pipeline
- Pairs with UiPath task mining
- Strong fit where RPA developers are already on staff
Trade-offs
- Building still means RPA developers in UiPath Studio and a CoE queue
- Bots that replay UI steps break when screens change
- Priced and scoped for enterprise programs
SAP Signavio
Best for: SAP-centric enterprises modeling and mining ERP processes · Pricing: Quote only; third-party reports low six figures to ~$700k/yr
Strengths
- Deep SAP integration and process modeling
- Conformance and process governance for ERP processes
Trade-offs
- Fixes become SAP projects, SAP Build work or partner engagements
- Among the most expensive options in third-party reports
IBM Process Mining
Best for: IBM customers with analysts who can load and model event logs · Pricing: SaaS from $4,250/mo; on-prem from $2,885/mo; 1GB trial
Strengths
- Published starting prices and an on-prem option
- Simulation and task mining available
Trade-offs
- Analysts load the event logs; automation is built separately in IBM RPA
- Governing the resulting bots is a separate job
ABBYY Timeline
Best for: Teams already using ABBYY for document capture that want process analytics · Pricing: Quote only
Strengths
- Timeline-based process analysis
- Fits alongside ABBYY document tools
Trade-offs
- Needs event data prepared and loaded
- Automation handed to an RPA or IT team
Apromore
Best for: Research teams and data-literate analysts who want an open-source starting point · Pricing: Quote only (enterprise); open-source community edition
Strengths
- Open-source community edition to try event-log mining
- Academic roots and strong analysis methods
Trade-offs
- You bring and prepare the event logs
- No automation or governance of automations
Skan.ai
Best for: Desktop-heavy operations (legacy and virtual desktop apps) where there are no usable logs · Pricing: Quote only
Strengths
- Captures work that leaves no event log
- Maps activity across desktop applications
Trade-offs
- An agent on every employee machine, with the change management that brings
- Build handed to an RPA or IT team; no governance of what gets built
| Celonis | Caddi | |
|---|---|---|
| How it finds work | Event logs extracted from ERP and CRM systems | Discover reads connected tools, read only |
| Setup | Data engineering and connector work, often with a partner | Connect tools under your existing access |
| Time to first finding | Weeks to months | Usually 15 to 30 minutes |
| Who runs it | Data team, analysts, center of excellence | The ops team |
| After the insight | Hand-off to IT, RPA, a partner or another tool | Build next on the finding, in the same product |
| Who builds the automation | Data engineers, IT or an implementation partner | The ops person who does the work (Automate) |
| Governance of automations | Not covered for automations built elsewhere | Govern: every run and decision logged and reviewable |
| Pricing | Quote only; ~$80k to $95k/yr entry (third-party reports) | Free Individual; Team $250/user/mo |
| ERP-scale mining and conformance | Yes, its core strength | No |
How to choose a Celonis alternative
Start with where your work lives and who will build the fix:
- Event logs, a data team and ERP scale: stay in event-log mining. Celonis, SAP Signavio or IBM Process Mining are built for conformance and variant analysis at that size.
- A Microsoft shop: Power Automate Process Mining is the cheapest published entry and keeps everything on the Power Platform.
- An existing UiPath RPA program: UiPath Process Mining feeds your RPA developers directly.
- Desktop-only legacy work with no logs: task mining (Skan.ai, Mimica, KYP.ai) captures what event logs miss.
- A professional services back office with no data team that wants the work found, built and governed: Caddi. Discover is on the free plan, so you can see your own findings before talking to anyone.
For the head-to-heads, see Caddi vs. Celonis, Caddi vs. SAP Signavio and Caddi vs. UiPath Process Mining. For the category background, read our guides to process mining, process intelligence and the best process mining software. Plans and prices are on the pricing page.
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best Celonis alternatives in 2026?
The main Celonis alternatives are Caddi, Microsoft Power Automate Process Mining, UiPath Process Mining, SAP Signavio, IBM Process Mining, ABBYY Timeline, Apromore and Skan.ai. The event-log tools (Signavio, IBM, UiPath, Power Automate, ABBYY, Apromore) compete with Celonis on mining depth. Caddi is the alternative for teams that want the whole path in one product: Discover finds the work in the tools they already use, Automate lets the ops person who does the work build the automation, and Govern logs every run and decision.
How much does Celonis cost?
Celonis does not publish prices. Third-party reports put entry contracts at roughly $80,000 to $95,000 per year, and a single process area at roughly $150,000 to $250,000 per year, before data engineering and implementation partner costs. By comparison, Caddi's Individual plan is free (Discover and Automate included) and Team, which adds Govern, is $250 per user per month.
Is there a cheaper alternative to Celonis?
Yes. Microsoft Power Automate Premium is $15 per user per month and includes 50MB of process mining storage per user, IBM Process Mining SaaS starts at $4,250 per month, and Apromore has an open-source community edition. Caddi's Individual plan is $0, with no time limit, and includes Discover and Automate. The right choice depends on whether you need ERP-scale event-log mining or want the work found, built and governed without a data team.
Does Celonis build automations?
Partly. Celonis action flows can trigger simple steps from its insights, but real automation of a process is usually a separate build by data engineers, IT, an implementation partner or another tool. Caddi builds the automation itself: the person who does the work teaches it once over a screen-share, and Caddi runs it as verified code over APIs across 150+ tools.
Who are Celonis's main competitors?
In event-log process mining: SAP Signavio, UiPath Process Mining, Microsoft Power Automate Process Mining, IBM Process Mining, ABBYY Timeline and Apromore. In task mining (desktop capture): Skan.ai, Mimica and KYP.ai. Caddi competes on a different axis: it finds work from connected tools, then builds and governs the automation in the same product.
When is Celonis still the right choice?
When you run SAP or another ERP at scale, have a data team to extract and model event logs, and need conformance checking, variant analysis over millions of events, or order-to-cash and procure-to-pay mining. Caddi does not do event-log mining, conformance checking or simulation.