Apache ODE (Orchestration Director Engine) executes business processes written following the WS-BPEL standard. It talks to web services, sending and receiving messages, handling data manipulation and error recovery as described by your process definition. It supports both long and short living process executions to orchestrate all the services that are part of your application.

JBoss jBPM is a framework that delivers workflow, business process management (BPM), and orchestration in a scalable and flexible product. It enables enterprises to model and automate business processes that involve people, applications, and services.

The distinctive sign of JBoss jBPM is the power of choice it gives to analysts and developers. A generic process execution platform lies at the core of the product. Multiple process definition languages are built on top: BPEL, jPDL and Pageflow. Each comes with a unique feature set.