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Directus vs BPMN Kit

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Directus compared with BPMN Kit
DetailDirectus logo DirectusBPMN Kit logo BPMN Kit
What it doesCollaborative backend and self-hostable headless CMS over any database Open-source toolkit for building, simulating, and deploying business process diagrams with code and AI
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Pricing modelNot given Open source
PricingCore plan free with 3 seats and 25 collections. Team plan $499/month with 10 SSO seats and 50 collections. Enterprise plan with custom pricing. Open Innovation Grant available free for organizations under $5M revenue and 50 employees. Free, MIT-licensed
Key features
  • REST and GraphQL API generation
  • No-code admin interface
  • Digital asset manager
  • Real-time updates via WebSockets
  • Visual editing with live preview
  • Role-based access control
  • AI Assistant for translations and content creation
  • Native MCP server
  • Customizable dashboards
  • Fluent TypeScript API for BPMN authoring
  • Automatic layout with Sugiyama engine
  • Type-safe element guards
  • Roundtrip fidelity preserving extensions
  • Zero third-party dependencies
  • DMN decision table builder
  • Camunda form generation
  • In-process BPMN simulator
  • LLM-friendly compact format
  • Camunda 8 REST client with 180 methods
What makes it different
  • Works over any existing database without abstraction layer
  • AI agents operate under same access policies as human users
  • Self-hostable with cloud option included
  • Teams can work independently on shared data without manual synchronization
  • Full backend operational in minutes
  • Write BPMN diagrams as code with 13 lines of TypeScript instead of 41 lines of XML
  • Works across browsers, Node, Deno, Bun and edge runtimes with no dependencies
  • Direct Camunda 8 deployment with OpenAPI connector generation
  • AI-friendly format for LLM-driven diagram generation
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Open sourceNot given Not given
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Public APINot given Not given
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)74 no change since last check8 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)361
Citation Flow (Majestic)5126
Referring domains (Majestic)289419

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