Proof Infrastructure vs Workflow Automation
Workflow automation runs and orchestrates processes. Proof Infrastructure produces independently verifiable Proof Artifacts of the authenticated events those processes emit — evidencing that the step events were recorded and in order. One makes work happen; the other makes its events verifiable.
Proof Infrastructure
Produce verifiable evidence of the authenticated step events a process emits, and their order.
Workflow automation
Design, run, and orchestrate multi-step business processes and integrations.
Side by side
Workflow automation
Strengths
- Powerful orchestration, branching, and integrations.
- Operational visibility and monitoring.
- Automates repetitive multi-step work.
Limitations
- Status is a claim you must trust the engine to report.
- Records can be edited within the platform.
- Hard to prove execution to an external party.
Proof Infrastructure
Strengths
- Evidences each step event was recorded, in order.
- Verifiable by parties outside the workflow platform.
- Tamper-evident evidence of the reported events.
Limitations
- Does not orchestrate or run the workflow itself.
- Requires emitting a Proof Artifact per step event.
When each approach fits
Choose workflow automation
Use workflow automation to design and run business processes efficiently.
Choose Proof Infrastructure
Use Proof Infrastructure when you must give regulators, partners, or auditors verifiable evidence of the events those processes emit.
How they complement each other
Workflow automation runs the process and emits an event at each step; Proof Infrastructure makes those step events independently verifiable — combining operational efficiency with verifiable evidence.
Related concepts
See it in action
Inspect a Proof Artifact and run independent verification in the live demo.