# Process mining for enterprise buyers: what AI models recommend, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. Asked as "process mining tool" and as "process intelligence platform", six framings each, to fourteen models with search on, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. Added to the October 2026 Edition on October 4, 2026; its answers are read by the distilled judge (ai-indexes-judge-qwen3-14b-run3), not the claude-opus-5 judge of the earlier categories. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/operations/process-mining/enterprise/

**Standing:** Celonis Process Intelligence Platform leads with 67% of first choices; verdict clear leader. 45 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| # | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Celonis Process Intelligence Platform | 67% | 15% | 72 |
| 2 | Microsoft Power Automate Process Mining | 20% | 15% | 20 |
| 3 | SAP Signavio Process Intelligence | 7% | 18% | 66 |
| 4 | IBM Process Mining | 4% | 18% | 45 |
| 5 | UiPath Process Mining | 0% | 23% | 61 |
| 6 | Microsoft Power Automate | 0% | 20% | 20 |
| 7 | Apromore | 0% | 27% | 22 |
| 8 | ARIS | 0% | 25% | 12 |

## Each model's first choice on the direct prompt

- Claude Haiku 4.5: Celonis Process Intelligence Platform; alternatives IBM Process Mining, SAP Signavio Process Intelligence, UiPath Process Mining
- GPT-5.4 mini: Celonis Process Intelligence Platform; alternatives IBM Process Mining, Power Automate Process Mining, SAP Signavio Process Intelligence, UiPath Process Mining
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Celonis Process Intelligence Platform; alternatives IBM Process Mining, SAP Signavio Process Intelligence, UiPath Process Mining
- Perplexity Sonar: Celonis Process Intelligence Platform; alternatives IBM Process Mining, SAP Signavio Process Intelligence, UiPath Process Mining
- Grok 4.1 Fast: Celonis Process Intelligence Platform; alternatives SAP Signavio Process Intelligence, UiPath Process Mining
- Mistral Small: Celonis Process Intelligence Platform; alternatives SAP Signavio Process Intelligence, UiPath Process Mining
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Celonis Process Intelligence Platform; alternatives Apromore, Microsoft Power Automate, SAP Signavio Process Intelligence, UiPath Process Mining
- Llama 4 Maverick: no first choice
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Celonis Process Intelligence Platform; alternatives Microsoft Power Automate, SAP Signavio Process Intelligence, UiPath Process Mining
- Kimi K2: Celonis Process Intelligence Platform; alternatives Apromore, SAP Signavio Process Intelligence, UiPath Process Mining
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Celonis Process Intelligence Platform; alternatives Microsoft Process Advisor, SAP Signavio Process Intelligence, UiPath Process Mining
- MiniMax M2.5: Celonis Process Intelligence Platform, SAP Process Mining by Celonis; alternatives IBM Process Mining, Microsoft Process Mining, Signavio
- GPT-6 Luna: Celonis Process Intelligence Platform; alternatives SAP Signavio Process Intelligence, UiPath Process Mining
- Muse Glimmer 30B: Celonis Process Intelligence Platform; alternatives SAP Signavio Process Intelligence, UiPath Process Mining

## Sources the answers cite

81 of 84 answers came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- bardeen.ai: 43 answers, 64 citations
- processmind.com: 39 answers, 44 citations
- guideflow.com: 35 answers, 35 citations
- kyp.ai: 32 answers, 36 citations
- erpresearch.com: 30 answers, 39 citations
- learn.g2.com: 30 answers, 30 citations
- dupple.com: 29 answers, 29 citations
- processexcellencenetwork.com: 27 answers, 32 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://guideflow.com/blog/process-mining-tools (35 answers)
- https://bardeen.ai/best/process-mining-tools (32 answers)
- https://processmind.com/resources/blog/the-best-process-mining-tools-of-2026 (31 answers)
- https://dupple.com/learn/best-ai-process-mining-tools (29 answers)
- https://learn.g2.com/best-process-mining-software (27 answers)
- https://erpresearch.com/erp-add-ons/process-mining (26 answers)
- https://kyp.ai/process-mining-software-comparison (25 answers)
- https://superkind.ai/blog/ai-process-mining-tools (25 answers)
- https://bardeen.ai/best/process-intelligence-software (23 answers)
- https://thectoclub.com/tools/best-process-mining-software (20 answers)

## Warned against

- UiPath Process Mining: 14 of 61 labels negative. "Tools to Avoid ... UiPath Process Mining | Consumption-based "Platform Units" make forecasting difficult" (Kimi K2, budget prompt)
- SAP Signavio Process Intelligence: 12 of 66 labels negative. "Tools to Avoid ... SAP Signavio | $150K–$700K annually; pricing scales with users and modules" (Kimi K2, budget prompt)
- Celonis Process Intelligence Platform: 11 of 72 labels negative. "Avoid consumption-based tools (Celonis, UiPath) if predictable TCO is your primary vendor selection criteria" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, budget prompt)
- IBM Process Mining: 8 of 45 labels negative. "IBM Process Mining is noted for regulated and hybrid-cloud environments, but smaller teams may struggle with license minimums or deployment complexity." (Mistral Small, negative prompt)

## Record

- Method: https://it-ai-index.com/methodology/
- Raw judge labels and full responses: https://it-ai-index.com/data/
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, it-ai-index.com.