What is process mining software?
Process mining software rebuilds how your processes actually run from system event logs or desktop activity, and shows where the time goes. Most of it stops there: building the automation is a separate project.
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 leading process mining software in 2026 is Caddi, Celonis, SAP Signavio, UiPath Process Mining, Microsoft Power Automate Process Mining, IBM Process Mining, ABBYY Timeline and Apromore, with Skan.ai, Mimica and KYP.ai covering task mining. Nearly all of them cover Discover only: they find and measure the work, then hand it to an IT project, RPA developers or a partner to build, with nothing governing what gets built. Caddi is the one tool that runs end to end: 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.
Process mining tools and prices at a glance
Only a few vendors publish prices. Where a figure is not published, it comes from third-party reports and is labeled that way. The “how it finds work” column matters as much as price: event logs need a data team, desktop capture needs an agent on every machine, and connected tools need neither.
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Mimica | Desktop capture (agent on each machine) | Quote only | No published free tier | No: build handed to an RPA or IT team | No |
| KYP.ai | Desktop capture (agent on each machine) | Quote only | No published free tier | No: build handed to an RPA or IT team | No |
What process mining software does, and where it stops
Process mining reconstructs how work actually flows, usually from the event logs an ERP or CRM records. Task mining fills the gap with desktop recordings. Both answer the same question: where does the time go? Neither answers the next one: who turns the finding into an automation, and who watches that automation once it runs? That hand-off, to data engineers, an implementation partner, an RPA developer queue or another vendor, is where most of the value leaks out. It is also why process intelligence programs so often end in a slide deck.
Three ways to find the work
- Event logs (Celonis, Signavio, UiPath, IBM, ABBYY, Apromore, Power Automate): extract logs from ERP and CRM systems, model them, analyze variants and conformance. Deep, and built for teams with data engineers.
- Desktop capture (Skan.ai, Mimica, KYP.ai, plus the task mining modules of the larger suites): an agent on each employee machine records clicks and screens. Sees legacy desktop work, at the cost of installing and managing that agent.
- Connected tools (Caddi Discover): 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 11 best process mining tools in 2026
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
Celonis
Best for: Large enterprises mining ERP processes with a data team and an implementation partner · Pricing: Quote only; third-party reports ~$80k to $95k/yr entry, $150k to $250k/yr per process area
Strengths
- The category leader in event-log mining depth
- Conformance checking and variant analysis at ERP scale
- Action flows can trigger simple follow-up steps
Trade-offs
- Needs data engineers to extract and model event logs
- Real automation is a separate build by IT, a partner or another tool
- Among the most expensive options
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
- Strong for order-to-cash and procure-to-pay
Trade-offs
- Fixes become SAP projects, SAP Build work or partner engagements
- Priced for large SAP estates
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 into a UiPath automation pipeline
- Pairs with UiPath task mining
Trade-offs
- Building still means RPA developers in UiPath Studio and a CoE queue
- Bots that replay UI steps break when screens change
Microsoft Power Automate Process Mining
Best for: Microsoft 365 and Dynamics shops on 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
Trade-offs
- Makers or IT still build and fix the flows
- Storage-based add-on pricing climbs with data volume
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) with 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
- Build handed to an RPA or IT team; no governance of what gets built
Mimica
Best for: Teams mapping desktop tasks to hand to an RPA team · Pricing: Quote only
Strengths
- Turns desktop recordings into task maps
- Useful input for an RPA backlog
Trade-offs
- An agent on every employee machine
- Stops at the map; the build goes to RPA developers or IT
KYP.ai
Best for: Operations leaders measuring desktop productivity and capacity · Pricing: Quote only
Strengths
- Activity and capacity analytics across teams
- Sees work across desktop applications
Trade-offs
- An agent on every employee machine
- Measures activity; automation is someone else's project
| Typical process mining tool | Caddi | |
|---|---|---|
| How it finds work | Event logs or desktop agents | Discover reads connected tools, read only |
| Setup | Log extraction and modeling, or agent rollout | Connect tools under your existing access |
| Time to first finding | Weeks to months | Usually 15 to 30 minutes |
| Who runs it | Data team, analysts, CoE | The ops team |
| Who builds the automation | IT, RPA developers or a partner | The ops person who does the work (Automate) |
| Governance of automations | Not covered, or a separate product | Govern: every run and decision logged and reviewable |
| Pricing | Mostly quote only; five to six figures a year | Free Individual; Team $250/user/mo |
| ERP-scale mining and conformance | Yes (event-log tools) | No |
How to choose process mining software
- Event logs, a data team and ERP scale: Celonis, SAP Signavio or IBM Process Mining. They are built for conformance and variant analysis at that size.
- A Microsoft shop: Power Automate Process Mining, the cheapest published entry.
- An existing UiPath RPA program: UiPath Process Mining, which feeds your RPA developers directly.
- Desktop-only legacy work with no logs: task mining with Skan.ai, Mimica or KYP.ai.
- 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 first.
Weighing a specific vendor? Read Celonis alternatives, Caddi vs. Celonis and Caddi vs. Power Automate Process Mining. For the category, see process mining, task mining and process intelligence. Plans and prices are on the pricing page.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the best process mining software in 2026?
For ERP-scale event-log mining with a data team, Celonis, SAP Signavio and IBM Process Mining lead. For Microsoft shops, Power Automate Process Mining is the cheapest published entry. For UiPath RPA programs, UiPath Process Mining. For desktop-only work, task mining tools like Skan.ai, Mimica and KYP.ai. For professional services back offices without a data team, Caddi is the one product that covers Discover, Automate and Govern: it finds the work in the tools you already use, lets the person who does it build the automation, and logs every run and decision.
How much does process mining software cost?
Published prices: Power Automate Premium is $15 per user per month with 50MB of mining storage per user (add-on $5,000 per tenant per month per 100GB); IBM Process Mining SaaS starts at $4,250 per month; Caddi's Individual plan is $0 and Team is $250 per user per month. Celonis, UiPath Process Mining and SAP Signavio are quote only; third-party reports put Celonis at roughly $80,000 to $95,000 per year to start, UiPath Process Mining at roughly $50,000 to $200,000 per year, and Signavio from low six figures to around $700,000 per year.
What is the difference between process mining and task mining?
Process mining reconstructs a process from event logs recorded by systems like an ERP or CRM. Task mining records what people do on their desktops with an agent installed on each machine. Caddi Discover is a third approach: it reads the activity already in the tools a firm has connected, read only, with no event-log extraction and no desktop agents.
Do process mining tools build automations?
Mostly no. Process mining tools find and measure the work, then hand off to an IT project, RPA developers, an implementation partner or another vendor. Some offer partial steps (Celonis action flows, Power Automate flows built by makers, UiPath bots built by RPA developers). Caddi builds the automation itself: the ops person teaches it once over a screen-share and Caddi runs it as verified code over APIs across 150+ tools.
Is there free process mining software?
Apromore has an open-source community edition for event-log mining, and IBM offers a 1GB trial. Caddi's Individual plan is free with no time limit and includes Discover and Automate for one user.
What are the main process mining companies?
Celonis, SAP (Signavio), UiPath, Microsoft (Power Automate Process Mining), IBM, ABBYY (Timeline) and Apromore in event-log process mining; Skan.ai, Mimica and KYP.ai in task mining; and Caddi, which finds work from connected tools and then builds and governs the automation.