Gartner® Hype Cycle™ for Enterprise Process Automation, 2025
Mapping the next era of orchestrated automation
The latest Gartner Hype Cycle for Enterprise Process Automation charts 18+ innovations spanning orchestration, AI agents, low-code platforms, and event-driven architectures to help engineering and architecture leaders prioritize where to invest next.
What you'll learn
We believe the following areas represent key insights and opportunities for automation leaders:
- Top opportunities for 2025–2029: Understand which process automation technologies are delivering value today, and which will mature in the next five years.
- The rise of agentic automation: See how AI agents and multi-agent systems are reshaping automation strategies and development lifecycles.
- The orchestration imperative: Discover why Enterprise Process Orchestration is emerging as a foundational capability for unifying automation across tools and AI systems.
Enterprise Process Orchestration: Position on the Hype Cycle
The 2025 Gartner Hype Cycle for Enterprise Process Automation, Enterprise Process Orchestration is positioned on the rising slope of the “Peak of Inflated Expectations.
- The technology is gaining rapid traction as orchestration becomes the architectural backbone for coordinating processes, APIs, and automations across enterprise systems.
- It remains early in mainstream adoption, but organizations are already seeing measurable value as orchestration becomes the foundation for AI-driven and agentic automation.
- Gartner expects Enterprise Process Orchestration to reach the Plateau of Productivity within 2–5 years, signaling a near-term maturity timeline compared to many other innovations in the report.
That means:
By 2029, 80% of enterprises with mature automation practices will pivot to consolidated platforms, such as business orchestration and automation, that orchestrate business processes and agentic automation.
Gartner, Hype Cycle for Enterprise Process Automation, 2025, Arthur Villa, Saikat Ray, 11 July 2025.
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