patchley
Patchley turns workshops, interviews, text, and uploaded process descriptions into flowcharts or BPMN 2.0 diagrams during process-capture sessions.
What patchley is
Patchley turns workshops, interviews, text, and uploaded process descriptions into flowcharts or BPMN 2.0 diagrams during process-capture sessions. Users can edit diagrams on a canvas, set detail levels, and define pools, lanes, shape types, and data elements for the AI. Individual diagrams can be consolidated into process landscapes linked to source sessions, with variants compared across teams and sites. Patchley generates SOPs and control documentation, supports customer templates, and provides pain-point and quantitative analysis. It is designed to create structured process models rather than meeting notes, and to feed existing BPM suites. The service describes import-ready XML for Adonis, GBTEC, and Signavio, names Camunda as an automation engine, and exports BPMN 2.0 XML. It runs on the web and offers a free plan, a €15.00-per-user monthly Professional plan, and Enterprise pricing on request.
Good
- Generates BPMN 2.0 diagrams
- Editable process canvas
- Creates traceable process landscapes
- Generates SOPs and control documentation
- Free plan available
Watch out
- Free plan limited to five generations
- Free audio input limited to two minutes
- Free text input limited to 200 words
Who it suits
Patchley suits consultants, analysts, and process teams that regularly map workflows. It also targets industries including energy, finance, logistics, automotive, and healthcare.
Verdict
Patchley focuses on converting process conversations into editable models, documentation, and analysis rather than ordinary meeting notes. Its free tier enables limited trials, while Professional and Enterprise plans add broader workflow capabilities.
Plans and prices
From patchley's own pricing page, checked 9 Oct 2001.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 5 diagram generations · flowchart or BPMN 2.0 · up to 2 minutes of audio input · up to 200 words of text input · forever |
| Professional | €15 a month | Unlimited diagram generations · automatic subprocess detection and process split · edit and refine diagrams · AI refinement · modeling guidelines · per seat / month |
| Enterprise | Priced on request | API access · large-scale seat deployments · custom integrations · specific modelling standards · onboarding · deployment options · contact us |
The facts
Each one read from patchley's own pages, with the date it was checked.
The company
- Company
- The product is operated by patchley UG (haftungsbeschränkt), registered in Obertshausen, Germany.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Headquarters
- Obertshausen, Germanychecked 28 Sep 2001
What it does
- Diagram editing
- Users can edit diagrams on the canvas, set detail levels, and define pools, lanes, shape types, and data elements for the AI to use.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Documentation and analysis
- It generates SOPs and control documentation from captured processes, supports customer templates, and offers pain point and quantitative analysis.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Industries
- The site names energy, finance, logistics, automotive, and healthcare among the industries Patchley is designed to serve.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Integrations
- Patchley describes import-ready XML for Adonis, GBTEC, and Signavio, and names Camunda as an automation engine; enterprise plans offer API access and custom integrations.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Languages
- Patchley says its AI understands and speaks any language in capture sessions; the product and website are offered in English, German, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, and Arabic.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Not a meeting recorder
- Patchley says it produces structured process models rather than meeting notes and is designed to feed existing BPM suites rather than replace them.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Process capture
- It can generate flowcharts or BPMN 2.0 diagrams from conversations, text, and uploaded process descriptions.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Process landscapes
- Patchley consolidates individual diagrams into process landscapes traceable to their source sessions, with variants comparable across teams and sites.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Security and hosting
- Patchley says it is hosted and operated in the EU on German infrastructure, uses EU-headquartered LLM providers, and runs on an ISO 27001-certified data center within the provider’s applicable certification scope.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Support
- Patchley offers a demo and says its team will guide users through setup; its enterprise offering also lists onboarding.checked 9 Oct 2001
- What it does
- Patchley turns workshops and interviews into BPMN 2.0 diagrams, process landscapes, SOPs, and quantitative process analysis live in the meeting.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Who it is for
- The Professional plan is described for consultants, analysts, and process teams that map processes regularly.checked 9 Oct 2001
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