Automation Integration · pricing
Flowable pricing
Flowable publishes 2 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 31 August 2026, Flowable pricing is free across 2 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Quote
- Tiers
- 2
- Free tier
- Yes
Flowable plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flowable Open Source | Free | 4 | Entry tier |
| Flowable Enterprise | On request | 4 | Priced on request |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Flowable Open Source
FreeThe entry tier. It covers apache 2.0 licensed bpmn, cmmn and dmn engines, embeddable java library or standalone apps, no modelling studio or enterprise applications, community support only.
Flowable Enterprise
On requestOver Flowable Open Source, this tier adds:
- Modelling studio, work application and admin console
- Connectors, forms and advanced identity management
- Support with SLA and version maintenance
- No pricing published, quoted per deployment
Where Flowable stops being free
Flowable Open Source, Free
- Apache 2.0 licensed BPMN, CMMN and DMN engines
- Embeddable Java library or standalone apps
- No modelling studio or enterprise applications
- Community support only
No paid tier on record
Flowable lists a free tier and no priced tier above it in the record we hold.
What the product covers
The full Flowable feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- BPMN 2.0 engine
- CMMN case management
- DMN decision tables
- Spring Boot integration
- Modelling studio
- Task and case application
- REST APIs
- History and audit
People bring Flowable in for an insurer automating claims handling where each case follows a different path and bpmn alone cannot express it, a bank embedding process orchestration inside an existing spring boot estate rather than buying a separate platform, a team leaving activiti or jbpm that wants the same api family with active commercial maintenance, a regulated organisation needing complete process history and decision table audit trails for supervisors. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Flowable are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Automation Integration
Too few automation integration tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flowable (this page) | Free | quote | - | |
| HighByte Intelligence Hub | $18500/year | Per site per year | - | vs Flowable |
| Cyclr | $1595/month | Per month by API call volume | - | vs Flowable |
| jBPM | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Flowable |
| Alloy Automation | On request | quote | - | vs Flowable |
| Nango | Free, then $50/month | Per connection per month | - | vs Flowable |
| Meltano | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Flowable |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Flowable badges page.
Before you pay for Flowable
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 2 tiers between Free and On request, with the jump itemised above. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Flowable runs on linux, windows, docker, kubernetes, cloud, and is published by Flowable AG of Zurich, Switzerland. The full record is on the Flowable review, and the rest of the category is under best automation integration tools.
Flowable pricing questions
- How much does Flowable cost?
- Flowable publishes 2 tiers, from Free for Flowable Open Source up to On request for Flowable Enterprise. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does Flowable have a free plan?
- Yes. The Flowable Open Source tier costs nothing and covers apache 2.0 licensed bpmn, cmmn and dmn engines, embeddable java library or standalone apps, no modelling studio or enterprise applications.
- What is the difference between Flowable Open Source and Flowable Enterprise on Flowable?
- Flowable Enterprise costs On request against Free, and adds modelling studio, work application and admin console, connectors, forms and advanced identity management, support with sla and version maintenance, no pricing published, quoted per deployment.
- Which automation integration tools can I use without paying?
- 4 of the 8 automation integration tools listed alongside Flowable have a free tier: jBPM, Nango, Meltano, Decodable.
- What am I actually paying for with Flowable?
- The record lists 8 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for an insurer automating claims handling where each case follows a different path and bpmn alone cannot express it, a bank embedding process orchestration inside an existing spring boot estate rather than buying a separate platform, a team leaving activiti or jbpm that wants the same api family with active commercial maintenance.
- Does Flowable charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 2 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Flowable prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Flowable against before paying?
- The closest automation integration tools in this directory are HighByte Intelligence Hub, Cyclr, jBPM, Alloy Automation. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Flowable covering price, platforms and features.