We performed a comparison between Automation Anywhere and Microsoft Power Automate based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison of Results: Based on the parameters we compared, Automation Anywhere seems to be a slightly superior solution. All other things being more or less equal, our reviewers found Microsoft Power Automate’s automation capabilities and technical support documents to be lacking. Some users feel that Automation Anywhere’s documentation could also be improved.
"Automation Anywhere is very simple to use. The features are very simple and the application light. Overall I love it."
"Unattended use is its most valuable feature."
"The ease of use is its most valuable feature."
"Automation Anywhere has improved my organization by automating many rule-based and nonjudgmental processes in domains like telecommunications, human resources, financial services, and daily or monthly reporting."
"There have been a lot of challenges in terms of interfacing with the customer ERPs. So, we have been building tools and interfaces using bots to write back into these custom ERPs. Specifically, in the area where I work, this has been very helpful."
"This solution has decreased the time that our employees spend on manual processes."
"This solution is easy to use and generates a quick response."
"It improves accuracy and reduces manpower. It is easy to learn."
"This solution improved the reporting in our organization. The financial department was doing a lot of copy pasting from different sources to create financial reports. Through ProcessRobot, we were able to automate all those copy pasting and produce all those financial reports overnight."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to integrate across multiple systems."
"The product is very reliable and very easy to use."
"With the desktop version, we can automate many things. The ability to do a lot of things is one of the most valuable features."
"The pricing of the solution is competitive, which is good for the Romanian market."
"The initial setup is pretty straightforward."
"It helps with the feedback mechanism, where we need to determine the relevant team and obtain their email addresses."
"It's an intuitive product. It's not overly technical."
"The technical support has been a little slow to respond to our inquiries."
"The OCR component should allow integration with 3rd party OCR. This way we can use the best of breed solution along with AA or allow better control over OCR packages to be customized."
"Most of the Excel commands such as filtering and removing duplicates are not available."
"Automation Anywhere's network has room for improvement."
"If you want to use Chrome then there are three or four additional steps that need to be completed."
"There is room for improvement in terms of costs and procurement considerations."
"The capability of understanding and extracting documents is not very good."
"MetaBot still needs to be optimized, though Version 11.3 did integrate all the commands into it. We are not able to see all the lines of code which are executed in MetaBot."
"Power Automate is too complicated - it forces you to go through extra tasks instead of streamlining your workflow."
"How long it takes to deploy will depend on how confident you are with your development. The development itself is not easy."
"When you are doing desktop automation, they do not have a clear structure to create the code."
"If the product had onscreen help, it would be easier to learn and use."
"The tool must be more stable."
"These products have some limitations, such as the need to build some custom controls in PCF or use the JSON format."
"Not suitable for connecting other applications like browsers and third party applications."
"I would like more integration with other tools. It integrates well with Microsoft products, but there should be more integration with other platforms and tools, such as chatbots."
Automation Anywhere (AA) is ranked 3rd in Robotic Process Automation (RPA) with 491 reviews while Microsoft Power Automate is ranked 2nd in Robotic Process Automation (RPA) with 123 reviews. Automation Anywhere (AA) is rated 8.4, while Microsoft Power Automate is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Automation Anywhere (AA) writes "Automation Co-Pilot enables us to present details from CRM for business management on one page". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Power Automate writes "Provides valuable integration with other Microsoft tools". Automation Anywhere (AA) is most compared with UiPath, Blue Prism, Tricentis Tosca, IBM Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and Pega Robotic Process Automation, whereas Microsoft Power Automate is most compared with UiPath, Blue Prism, IBM Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Tungsten RPA and Fortra's Automate. See our Automation Anywhere (AA) vs. Microsoft Power Automate report.
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