Workflow Server by Optimajet is a ready-to-run workflow application that you deploy into your own infrastructure. It ships as a Docker image and as a downloadable package, comes with an admin panel and a drag-and-drop workflow designer, and is driven over HTTP by two APIs. Inside it runs the Workflow Engine library, so it executes the same schemes, activities, transitions, and timers. Version 9.2.1 (June 2026) carries Workflow Engine 21.1.3, targets .NET 8, and runs on Windows, Linux, and macOS.
The rest of the family works differently. The .NET workflow engine is a development tool you embed and call from C#, and its free tier, Workflow Engine Free, lets you evaluate it without talking to anyone. Workflow Engine NEO is still that library, with a ready Workflow Engine HTTP API and full multitenancy added, for teams building their own .NET service. Workflow Server is the service, already built. The Optimajet FAQ sums it up, “Workflow Engine is a development tool. Workflow Server is a ready-to-use product. Workflow Engine is cheaper than Workflow Server.” The full matrix is on the product comparison page.