# Process mining: 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 a mid-market 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/

**Standing:** Apromore leads with 19% of first choices; verdict contested. 58 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| # | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apromore | 19% | 3% | 37 |
| 2 | Microsoft Power Automate Process Mining | 14% | 14% | 21 |
| 3 | IBM Process Mining | 14% | 27% | 37 |
| 4 | UiPath Process Mining | 10% | 10% | 50 |
| 5 | Microsoft Power Automate | 5% | 7% | 14 |
| 6 | SAP Signavio Process Intelligence | 3% | 30% | 47 |
| 7 | Celonis Process Intelligence Platform | 3% | 52% | 64 |
| 8 | PM4Py | 2% | 29% | 14 |
| 9 | ProM | 2% | 33% | 15 |

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

- Claude Haiku 4.5: Microsoft Power Automate; alternatives Apromore, ProcessMind, QPR ProcessAnalyzer
- GPT-5.4 mini: UiPath Process Mining; alternatives Celonis Process Intelligence Platform, SAP Signavio Process Intelligence
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Microsoft Power Automate Process Mining; alternatives Apromore, KYP.ai, UiPath Process Mining
- Perplexity Sonar: Microsoft Power Automate Process Mining; alternatives SAP Signavio Process Intelligence, UiPath Process Mining
- Grok 4.1 Fast: Microsoft Power Automate; alternatives Apromore, UiPath Process Mining
- Mistral Small: Celonis Process Intelligence Platform; alternatives SAP Signavio Process Intelligence, UiPath Process Mining
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Microsoft Power Automate Process Mining, UiPath Process Mining; alternatives Mindzie, Minit, ProcessMind
- Llama 4 Maverick: ProcessMaker
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Everflow Process Intelligence, ProcessMaker; alternatives SAP Signavio Process Intelligence, UiPath Process Mining
- Kimi K2: Microsoft Power Automate Process Mining, Mindzie; alternatives Apromore, MEHRWERK, QPR ProcessAnalyzer
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Mindzie; alternatives ABBYY Timeline, Apromore, Microsoft Power Automate
- MiniMax M2.5: Apromore, Celonis Process Intelligence Platform; alternatives IBM Process Mining, Microsoft Power Automate Process Mining, UiPath Process Mining
- GPT-6 Luna: Apromore; alternatives Power Automate Process Mining, SAP Signavio Process Intelligence, UiPath Process Mining
- Muse Glimmer 30B: Decisions, ProcessMaker; alternatives Microsoft Power Automate Process Mining, Noxus

## Sources the answers cite

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

- processmind.com: 43 answers, 54 citations
- bardeen.ai: 36 answers, 54 citations
- g2.com: 28 answers, 55 citations
- learn.g2.com: 27 answers, 30 citations
- guideflow.com: 25 answers, 26 citations
- processexcellencenetwork.com: 24 answers, 31 citations
- solutionsreview.com: 23 answers, 23 citations
- erpresearch.com: 22 answers, 27 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://processmind.com/resources/blog/the-best-process-mining-tools-of-2026 (29 answers)
- https://bardeen.ai/best/process-mining-tools (27 answers)
- https://guideflow.com/blog/process-mining-tools (25 answers)
- https://learn.g2.com/best-process-mining-software (23 answers)
- https://erpresearch.com/erp-add-ons/process-mining (21 answers)
- https://bardeen.ai/best/process-intelligence-software (20 answers)
- https://solutionsreview.com/business-process-management/key-takeaways-2024-gartner-magic-quadrant-for-process-mining-tools (20 answers)
- https://superkind.ai/blog/ai-process-mining-tools (17 answers)
- https://historytools.org/ai/process-mining-software-comparison (16 answers)
- https://kyp.ai/process-mining-software-comparison (15 answers)

## Warned against

- Celonis Process Intelligence Platform: 33 of 64 labels negative. "What to Avoid (Unless You Have the Budget) ... Celonis | $60K–$100K/year + $40K–$80K implementation | Case-volume pricing adds up fast; opaque enterprise sales" (Kimi K2, direct prompt)
- IBM Process Mining: 10 of 37 labels negative. "What I would avoid on a limited budget: Celonis, IBM Process Mining, and similar enterprise suites" (GPT-5.4 mini, budget prompt)
- SAP Signavio Process Intelligence: 14 of 47 labels negative. "SAP Signavio | $150K–$700K/year | Heavy SAP-native positioning; enterprise price tags" (Kimi K2, direct prompt)
- ProM: 5 of 15 labels negative. "Avoid Academic or Open-Source Tools (e.g., ProM) for Production Use" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, 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.