How much does Camunda cost in 2026?
Quick Answer: Camunda pricing as of July 2026: the Camunda 8 SaaS page shows just two tiers — Free (€0 forever, 5 user seats, unlimited BPMN/DMN modeling, plus a 30-day trial of the agentic/orchestration cluster features, US Central region) and Enterprise (custom/contact sales). There is no public "Starter" SaaS tier and no published paid price. Self-hosted Camunda remains free. The Enterprise edition now foregrounds newer capabilities — agentic end-to-end orchestration, Camunda Copilot, SAP integration, RPA, and Intelligent Document Processing — with 24x7 support and high-volume process instances.
Camunda Pricing (as of July 2026)
| Option | Cost | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Self-Hosted (Community) | $0 | Open source; Zeebe engine, BPMN/DMN, Operate, Tasklist (you run Kubernetes) |
| Free (SaaS) | €0 forever | 5 user seats, unlimited BPMN/DMN modeling; 30-day trial of the agentic/orchestration (cluster) features, then modeling-only (US Central) |
| Enterprise (SaaS) | Custom (contact sales) | Agentic end-to-end orchestration, Camunda Copilot, SAP, RPA, Intelligent Document Processing, 24x7 support |
The 2026 SaaS pricing page shows only Free and Enterprise — there is no public "Starter" tier and no published paid dollar/euro figure. The Free SaaS tier is €0 forever (5 seats, unlimited modeling) with a 30-day cluster-features trial. Self-hosted Camunda is free (Apache-2.0), with the usual infrastructure and DevOps cost.
Self-hosted cost (Community)
Free in licensing, but infrastructure and staffing are real: a Kubernetes cluster ($200-$800/mo), Elasticsearch ($100-$400/mo), monitoring ($50-$150/mo), plus 0.25-0.5 FTE of platform engineering. A typical self-hosted production deployment runs $350-$1,350/month in infrastructure before labour.
How Camunda compares
| Platform | Self-host | Cloud entry |
|---|---|---|
| Camunda | Free (Apache-2.0) | SaaS Free €0 → Enterprise custom |
| Temporal | Free (MIT) | Cloud from $100/mo |
| Apache Airflow | Free | Managed hourly (MWAA/Astronomer) |
| Prefect | Free | Cloud from $100/mo |
Camunda and Temporal are the closest process-orchestration comparables; both offer free self-hosting with paid cloud, and the choice often turns on BPMN (Camunda, business-readable) vs code-first (Temporal).
Editor's Note: We evaluated Camunda 8 SaaS for a logistics company automating shipment tracking — a ~$65K/year Professional quote at 500,000 process instances/month versus roughly $350/month incremental for self-hosted Camunda 7 on their existing Kubernetes, where the deciding factor was DevOps capacity, not sticker price. Re-checked July 2026: the Camunda 8 SaaS page now shows only Free (€0, 5 seats) and a custom Enterprise (no public Starter or paid figure), with Enterprise leaning into agentic orchestration, Copilot, SAP, RPA, and IDP — so budget Enterprise as a sales conversation, and keep self-hosting on the table if you have the platform team. — Rafal Fila, ShadowGen
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