Is there any equivalent feature to BPMN UserTask available in AWS Step functions?

Question

We have our old 'Camunda based Spring boot application' which we currently deployed it into kubernetes which is running in an AWS EC2 Instance. This application acts as a backend for an angular based UI application.

Now we need to develop a new application similar to the above, which needs to interact with UI. Our process flow will contain some UserTasks (BPMN) which will wait until manual interaction performed by human user via angular UI.

We are evaluating the possibility of using AWS stepfunctions instead of Camunda, if possible. I googled but unable to find a concrete answer.

Is AWS stepfunctions have any feature similar to BPMN/Camunda's UserTask ?

Answer 1

Short answer: No.

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Long answer:

After a whole day of study, I decided to continue with CamundaBPM because of below reasons.

1. AWS step-functions don't have an equivalent feature of UserTask in BPMN. Step functions supports minimal human intervention via sending emails/messages by using AWS SQS(simple queue service) and AWS SNS(simple notification service).

Refer this link for full example. This manual interaction also based on 'task token'. So this interaction is limited to basic conversational style.

2. Step-function is NOT coming with in-built database & data management support, the developer has to take care of designing database schema, creating tables, their relationship etc.

On the other hand, Camunda is taking care of creating tables, their relationship, saving & fetching data.

3. No GUI modeler is available in step-functions, instead you need to draw workflow in a JSON-like language. This will be very difficult if your workflow becomes complex.

Drawing workflow in Camunda is just drag-and-drop using it's modeler.