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The BPM platform everyone actually understands.
Model without BPMN training. Connect silos instead of managing them. Centrally control audits and improvements. process era makes process management accessible to everyone – from clerks to CISOs.
What is process era
BPM that makes process work simple for everyone
We're a BPM start-up on a mission to make process work accessible to everyone — through the simplest documentation, AI-assisted modelling and improvement, and representations that go beyond flowcharts. process era is the bridge between BPM expertise and business teams.
Simplest Modelling
Document processes without a BPMN degree — understandable for every department.
Beyond Flowcharts
One source — views for audit, training, improvement, and automation.
Integrated Improvement
The only tool that builds in process improvement — not just modelling.
AI Quality Suggestions
AI detects weak spots and proposes concrete improvements to your model.
The software that truly enables BPM teams.
process era builds the BPM bridge between documentation, improvement, quality, and compliance.
Process Modeling
Process modeling in natural language — whether you're a BPM expert or a domain specialist. process era handles the design and documentation for you.
- 100% participation for everyone: no BPMN expertise required
- Real-time collaboration
- Full freedom while staying compliant with BPMN 2.0
One Process — 9 Views
Processes have many perspectives — for automation, improvement, training, and audits. process era extends the flowchart view with use-case-specific representations such as SIPOC, MAKIGAMI, RASIC, VCD, Turtle, OCPM, VSM, and more. All generated from the same dataset, so your documentation always stays in sync.
- Visualization at the push of a button — seconds instead of hours for new perspectives
- Avoid inconsistencies between different views
- More complete process models thanks to multiple perspectives
Smart Process Quality Assurance
AI-powered, process era checks your process documentation for consistency, completeness, and compliance. It's like a co-pilot giving you instant feedback — so your documentation is right from the start, and stays right.
- Real-time process validation while modeling
- Automatic detection of inconsistencies — across processes!
- Built on standards from APQC, ISO 33020, VDA A-SPICE, and more
Process Improvement
Process improvement is no longer about pinning comments on diagrams. It's a central backlog where risks and improvement ideas surface automatically, prioritized by AI — so your BPM experts solve problems instead of hunting for them.
- Integrated improvement backlog
- AI-powered prioritization
- Central management of improvement ideas
Hosted in Europe — independent of US tech
Our infrastructure runs on IONOS in Germany, and our AI model is Mistral — self-hosted on European servers. No US cloud, no data outflows, full GDPR compliance by design.
Built to Plug Into Everything You Already Run
process era connects to identity providers, your enterprise architecture and the workflow tools your teams use every day.
Already Using Another BPM Tool?
We import standard BPMN models and ship dedicated migrators for the most common process tools — custom attributes, categories and hierarchies included.
Choose Your process era Path
For companies that treat BPM as a core capability — not a checkbox. Partner with us to build process excellence.
Partner Program
Work directly with our team to operate BPM at the level your organization expects. Shape the platform while you run your processes on it.
Just 4 pilot slots left for Q4 2026
Talk to us
We create the optimal pricing plan for your company based on your team size and requirements. Contact us for a process-optimized offer.
What's included:
- AI Process Modeling
- Improvement Backlog
- Multi-Modeler
- Weekly Feedback Call
- Out-of-the-box EAM & GRC Tool
- On-Site Consulting Workshops
- Roadmap Access & Co-Decision
Feature Roadmap
What we're building next with our partners — deeper integrations and enterprise-grade capabilities.
In Development
- AI Validation
- Automated Improvement Backlog
- Advanced security (SSO, SAML)
- Enterprise analytics & reporting
- Easy Model Import/Export
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Frequently Asked Questions
Get answers to common questions about process era and process modeling.
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Our Vision
We make knowledge usable for everyone — through processes.
Mission: by building the most intuitive BPM platform for humans and machines alike.
Meet the Team
A passionate team of process experts, engineers, and designers committed to making your work easier and more effective.
Dr. Tom Hohenadl
Co-Founder & CEO
PhD in Business Process Management and Senior Business Process consultant with 10 years of experience in modelling, improving and automating of processes.
Jules Rau
Co-Founder & CTO
Full-Stack Developer with a passion for user experience and simplicity in everything he does. Helping businesses develop scalable solutions for >10 years.
Our Values
Simplicity First
Processes and their management are inherently complex – the tool for the job must not be. That is why an outstanding, intuitive user experience sits at the heart of everything we build. We remove unnecessary hurdles and evolve our platform through continuous user feedback. The result is a tool that adapts to people, not the other way round.
Process Knowledge for Everyone
Process management must not be a closed shop. Everyone on your team should be able to document processes, edit them and draw valuable knowledge from them – without first having to master complex expert notations. To enable genuine collaboration, we do without rigid modeller licences. You decide freely who may see and edit how much – for a company where everyone actively shapes its processes.
An Open Platform
Process documentation is not an end in itself. Processes only unfold their true value once they are actively lived in day-to-day work – right where people and machines interact anyway. That is why we see ourselves as an open platform that goes far beyond an isolated SaaS solution. Our open interfaces embed your process knowledge seamlessly into your existing work environment: whether in Microsoft Teams, your intranet search or directly in your in-house GPT.
Further resources
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From the blog
Practical know-how on process modeling, BPMN, SIPOC and more.
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