Caddi vs. CelonisCaddi finds more of the work than Celonis, because most ops work happens in email and spreadsheets, not ERP logs.
Celonis is event-log process mining: it maps how your processes run from ERP data and shows where they leak, then hands the fix to data engineers or a partner. Caddi is end-to-end AI process automation: it discovers the work in the tools you already use, the person who does it builds the automation, and every run is governed.
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Jason AlafganiUpdated Sep 23, 2026
Most of the work never reaches an ERP log.
Intake, client onboarding and billing follow-ups happen in Outlook, the DMS and spreadsheets. An event table can't count hours that were never recorded there.
Mines event logs extracted from SAP and other systems at a scale few tools match, usually with a data team or an implementation partner.
Discover connects to the tools you already use, read only, and ranks the repeated work by hours. No pipeline to build, and first findings usually arrive in 15 to 30 minutes.
Knowing where it leaks doesn't patch it.
Once the leak is on the dashboard, someone still has to build the fix, and that someone is rarely on the ops team.
Action flows handle alerts and simple write-backs; rebuilding the manual work goes to data engineers, a partner or another tool.
The ops person hits Build next on the finding and describes the workflow in chat. Caddi builds it as verified code over APIs, with no IT project.
The process is watched. The automations aren't.
When the fix is built somewhere else, its runs live in that tool's logs, if anywhere.
Tracks process KPIs; automations built elsewhere are governed wherever they were built.
Govern logs every run and decision in the same product, traceable to source. Known steps run as code the same way every time, with AI only where the work needs judgment.
Frequently asked questions
What are the best Celonis alternatives?
It depends on what you need after the insight. If you need event-log mining at ERP scale, the usual Celonis competitors are SAP Signavio, UiPath Process Mining, Power Automate Process Mining and IBM Process Mining. If you want the work found, automated and governed in one product without a data team, Caddi is the alternative: Discover reads the tools you already use, the ops person who does the work builds the automation in Automate, and Govern logs every run and decision.
How much does Celonis cost?
Celonis does not publish pricing. Third-party reports put entry contracts at roughly $80,000 to $95,000 per year (about 100GB of data and 10 users) and a single process area at $150,000 to $250,000 per year, before implementation partner fees. Caddi publishes its pricing: Individual is free with Discover and Automate included, and Team is $250 per user per month and adds Govern.
Is there a free version of Celonis?
Celonis has offered a limited free tier with small data volumes, but the full platform is sold as an annual commitment, usually alongside an implementation partner. Caddi Individual is free for one user with no time limit, and it includes both Discover and Automate, so you can find a workflow and build the automation without a contract.
Does Celonis build automations?
Partly. Celonis action flows and Studio apps can trigger steps from inside the platform, like sending an alert or updating a record when a KPI slips. Automating the underlying work end to end is usually a separate build by data engineers, an implementation partner or another automation tool. In Caddi, the ops person who does the work teaches Caddi once over a screen-share and Caddi builds it as verified code over APIs.
Is Caddi a cheaper alternative to Celonis?
For professional services back offices, yes. Caddi starts free and Team is $250 per user per month, with no event-log extraction and no implementation partner. Celonis is built for Global 2000 companies mining SAP-scale processes, and its pricing reflects that. If you need order-to-cash or procure-to-pay mining across millions of ERP events, Celonis is the stronger tool; Caddi does not do conformance checking or variant analysis at that scale.
Caddi vs. Celonis: which should I choose?
Choose Celonis if you have a data team, an SAP-heavy ERP estate and a transformation budget, and the goal is optimizing high-volume order-to-cash or procure-to-pay processes. Choose Caddi if you are an ops team at a law firm, RIA, accounting firm or insurer that wants the repeated work found in the tools it already uses, built by the person who does it, and governed run by run.