Camunda, the leader in process orchestration and automation, has released its 2025 State of Process Orchestration and Automation Report, revealing 82% of organisations fear ‘digital chaos’ due to increasingly complex, interconnected and automated processes.
The report highlights that organisations now manage an average of about 50 endpoints to execute tasks that are part of a process in their business. This is an increase of 19% over the past five years and is contributing to growing business risk.
According to the report, a lack of control has increased compliance risks for 82% of organisations, while 77% report higher risks of core business processes failing. Alarmingly, 82% believe that, if these risks go unchecked, they could lead to what could be described as ‘Automation Armageddon’.
“End-to-end process orchestration and automation are critical to delivering business outcomes. However, today’s digital infrastructures and processes are both complex and interdependent, making it a significant challenge,” said Kurt Petersen, Senior Vice President, Customer Success, at Camunda.
“In a constantly evolving landscape, organisations often struggle with siloed tools and technologies, which hinder their ability to streamline operations or achieve full visibility. Without decisive action, automation programmes risk overwhelming organisations with fragile solutions, lack of comprehensive governance, excessive total cost of ownership, and increasingly reduced agility to meet changing business needs.
“Ultimately, companies who can’t get their automation under control will lose out to savvy competitors who have mastered process orchestration and automation.”
