Headquarters
Bellevue, WAFounded
2006CEO / Founder
Neal GottsackerEmployees
1001-5000Funding
AcquiredProducts
1 product listedAvg. AI Score
7.7/10Website
nintex.com/Profile updated
Nintex was founded in 2006 in Australia and is now headquartered in Bellevue, Washington. The company builds software for process management and workflow automation, allowing organizations to map, manage, and automate business processes without extensive custom coding.
The Nintex Process Platform includes tools for process mapping, workflow automation, robotic process automation, document generation, e-signature, and low-code application development. The company has expanded through acquisitions, including Promapp (process mapping), EnableSoft (RPA, via Foxtrot), AssureSign (e-signature), and K2 (workflow and forms), broadening its offering beyond its origins as a workflow add-on for Microsoft SharePoint.
Nintex has operated under private equity ownership, with Thoma Bravo acquiring a majority stake in 2018. The company has gone through multiple leadership changes over the years and serves enterprise customers across industries including financial services, healthcare, and government, competing with vendors such as Pega, Appian, and Microsoft Power Automate.
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Who Nintex competes with, and how they differ.
Power Automate ships bundled into Microsoft 365/Azure licensing, undercutting Nintex on cost for enterprises already on that stack, while Nintex sells a standalone, platform-agnostic workflow and process automation suite (it began as a SharePoint workflow add-on before decoupling from Microsoft).
9 products reviewed on TopReviewedAppian centers on a single unified low-code app-development and case-management platform with its own data fabric, while Nintex assembles best-of-breed modules acquired since 2018 (K2 forms/workflow, Promapp process mapping, Foxtrot/Kryon RPA) under PE ownership.
1 product reviewed on TopReviewedPega pairs BPM with native CRM and AI-driven customer engagement, targeting large regulated enterprises like banking and insurance, whereas Nintex targets broader mid-market to enterprise process automation without a native CRM layer.
1 product reviewed on TopReviewedCamunda is a developer-first, open-source BPMN process orchestration engine sold to technical/engineering teams, while Nintex sells a low-code, business-user-facing workflow, process-mapping, and RPA suite.
1 product reviewed on TopReviewedUiPath is a dedicated RPA and agentic-automation leader with a far larger bot deployment base, competing directly with the RPA layer Nintex added through its EnableSoft/Foxtrot (2019) and Kryon (2022) acquisitions rather than with Nintex's broader BPM/workflow platform.
1 product reviewed on TopReviewedServiceNow's Now Platform centers on IT service management, HR, and customer-service workflows within its own system of record, overlapping with Nintex at the edges of enterprise process automation rather than in document-centric BPM and process mapping.
1 product reviewed on TopReviewedKey milestones in Nintex's history, with sources.
CEO Amit Mathradas Departs for Five9; Chairman Stephen Elop Named Acting CEO
Mathradas announced he would leave Nintex to become CEO of Five9 starting Feb. 2, 2026, after nearly three years leading the company; Nintex board chair Stephen Elop stepped in as acting CEO.
geekwire.comCompletes Acquisition of Low-Code Platform Skuid
Nintex closed its acquisition of Skuid, a low-code cloud application development platform, following a definitive agreement announced December 12, 2023.
prnewswire.comNames Amit Mathradas Chief Executive Officer
Nintex named Amit Mathradas, former Avalara COO, as CEO, succeeding Eric Johnson who had led the company for five years since Thoma Bravo took majority ownership.
thomabravo.comAcquires Process Discovery Innovator and RPA Leader Kryon
Nintex acquired Kryon, a process discovery and robotic process automation (RPA) vendor ranked a leader by Forrester and IDC alongside UiPath, Automation Anywhere, and Blue Prism.
prnewswire.comTPG Capital Agrees to Majority Investment
Nintex announced a definitive agreement to sell a majority stake to TPG Capital; Thoma Bravo, the prior majority owner since 2018, agreed to make a new equity investment and retain a significant minority interest. Deal terms were not disclosed.
prnewswire.comCompletes Acquisition of K2 Software, Inc.
Nintex completed its acquisition of K2 Software, a digital process automation vendor; at the time Nintex served over 10,000 customers, more than half the Fortune 500, and generated over $200 million in annual recurring revenue. This was Nintex's third acquisition since Thoma Bravo became majority investor in early 2018.
thomabravo.comAcquires Robotic Process Automation Provider EnableSoft, Maker of Foxtrot RPA
Nintex acquired EnableSoft, maker of Foxtrot RPA, adding robotic process automation capability to its workflow and process management platform. Deal terms were not disclosed.
prnewswire.comAcquires Process Management Leader Promapp
Nintex acquired Promapp, an Auckland, New Zealand-based business process management and visual process mapping software company. Deal terms were not disclosed.
prnewswire.comThoma Bravo Completes Majority Investment
Thoma Bravo completed its acquisition of a majority interest in Nintex from prior majority owner TA Associates, which retained a minority stake. Financial terms were not disclosed.
thomabravo.comNintex Founded in Melbourne, Australia
Nintex was founded in 2006 in Melbourne, Australia, as a workflow automation vendor for SharePoint; it later relocated its headquarters to Bellevue, Washington and moved its platform to the cloud in 2013.
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