A system for comparing recurring processes, the system comprising: one or more processors; and one or more computer-readable media having stored thereon instructions that are executable by the one or more processors to configure the computer system to compare recurring processes, wherein the recurring processes include computing operations performed at various times according to a user defined scheduling, including instructions that are executable to configure the computer system to perform at least the following: automatically identify, from a plurality of instances of recurring processes, a subset of recurring process instances having one or more commonalities, wherein automatically identifying the subset of recurring process instances having one or more commonalities comprises identifying similar process definitions across recurring process instances, wherein identifying similar process definitions across the recurring process instances includes identifying when the recurring process instances were executed; display the subset of recurring process instances having one or more commonalities to a user in a user interface; receive user input at the user interface selecting a first recurring process instance from the subset of recurring process instances; receive user input at the user interface selecting a second recurring process instance from the subset of recurring process instances; automatically identify differences in the first and second recurring process instances; and present the differences (216, 220) in the graphical user interface to the user. one or more processors; and one or more computer-readable media having stored thereon instructions that are executable by the one or more processors to configure the computer system to compare recurring processes, wherein the recurring processes include computing operations performed at various times according to a user defined scheduling, including instructions that are executable to configure the computer system to perform at least the following: automatically identify, from a plurality of instances of recurring processes, a subset of recurring process instances having one or more commonalities, wherein automatically identifying the subset of recurring process instances having one or more commonalities comprises identifying similar process definitions across recurring process instances, wherein identifying similar process definitions across the recurring process instances includes identifying when the recurring process instances were executed; display the subset of recurring process instances having one or more commonalities to a user in a user interface; receive user input at the user interface selecting a first recurring process instance from the subset of recurring process instances; receive user input at the user interface selecting a second recurring process instance from the subset of recurring process instances; automatically identify differences in the first and second recurring process instances; and present the differences (216, 220) in the graphical user interface to the user. automatically identify, from a plurality of instances of recurring processes, a subset of recurring process instances having one or more commonalities, wherein automatically identifying the subset of recurring process instances having one or more commonalities comprises identifying similar process definitions across recurring process instances, wherein identifying similar process definitions across the recurring process instances includes identifying when the recurring process instances were executed; display the subset of recurring process instances having one or more commonalities to a user in a user interface; receive user input at the user interface selecting a first recurring process instance from the subset of recurring process instances; receive user input at the user interface selecting a second recurring process instance from the subset of recurring process instances; automatically identify differences in the first and second recurring process instances; and present the differences (216, 220) in the graphical user interface to the user.