AntWorks CMR+ vs Blue Prism Cloud comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

AntWorks CMR+
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) (17th)
Blue Prism Cloud
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
39
Ranking in other categories
Robotic Process Automation (RPA) (7th)
 

Market share comparison

As of June 2024, in the Robotic Process Automation (RPA) category, the market share of AntWorks CMR+ is 0.3% and it decreased by 3.4% compared to the previous year. The market share of Blue Prism Cloud is 1.0% and it increased by 24.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Robotic Process Automation (RPA)
Unique Categories:
Intelligent Document Processing (IDP)
0.8%
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Featured Reviews

Rick Koo - PeerSpot reviewer
May 10, 2022
Leading-edge NLP capabilities, efficient training of machine learning models, and the automation saves us significant time
The machine learning capability is good. The algorithm helps us to get the right data with less training effort. The technology seems to be a little bit ahead of the standard NLP software. They use more pattern recognition, rather than basing everything on reading static text. The problem with relying on an unchanging text is that it can depend on things such as the formatting, and where things appear within a document. This solution can process complex formats, which is helpful for us because we get a lot of PDFs and they come in many different formats. As an example, a carrier might include a list of their rates in a table, whereas a different carrier will write their rates into a paragraph, and yet another will put them into some sort of graphic. If you only capture text then you will only capture part of that data. Pattern recognition ultimately helps us to circumvent the problems in dealing with format variability in documents and allows us to capture the right data. When it comes to predicting what it is that a document needs manual intervention, CMR Plus does it pretty well. They have a QA cycle that is usually able to highlight such data. The content recognition ability, in terms of giving us only the data that we need and nothing else, is pretty good. It has a positive effect on our efficiency and by extension, it impacts our infrastructure costs.
KP
Dec 21, 2022
Secure, robust, quick, and intelligent; even non-coders can use it
The initial setup for Blue Prism Cloud is easy if you have a technical background. It's a ten out of ten, setup-wise, but if you come from a non-technical background, the setup is a seven out of ten. How long Blue Prism Cloud deployment takes depends on different phases. The first POC machine will be set up for normal development and testing. Once that's done, the timeline is around one to two months for POC testing. Once the POC is done, the technical phase starts, where you set up the complete infrastructure as required in the project, which takes less than a month. Lastly, you need to deploy and run on robotics all processes and requirements for development, and that takes another three months to complete, depending on your automation process.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Pattern recognition ultimately helps us to circumvent the problems in dealing with format variability in documents and allows us to capture the right data."
"The automation provided by this solution has saved us a lot of time."
"With Blue Prism, I like the feature that you build, I don't know the exact name now, but blocks or standards can be reduced later. You configure, for example, the CRM system, and you create a standardized manner of inputting data into the CRM system that you can reuse later. I'm not sure what that's called, but I enjoy it whether it's a feature or not."
"The ease of building automation and the development environment"
"One of the most valuable features is automating manual and repetitive business processes, streamlining operations and reducing manual labour."
"The user performance is the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable feature is the customizability."
"The platform is user-friendly and easy to learn in a low-code environment."
"The solution works well overall."
"If I look at the top four, I believe it is far more user-friendly than the other competition."
 

Cons

"We would like to see the overall accuracy increase from approximately 70% to perhaps 85%."
"It would be very helpful to have a simple and extensive training guide, or training model, to help learn how to work with the product."
"The vendor does not make their pricing clear when you are searching for it, which is something that needs to be improved."
"I wouldn't call Blue Prism user-friendly. It's one of its downfalls. They would benefit from having drag and drop functionality, for example. It would make them a strong competitor in the space. There needs to be less reliance on coding for customization, similar to Microsoft's Power Automate."
"We have limited integrations in place, and my objective is to integrate Sentinel. However, there are constraints as some individuals have only one or two options for SIM integration solutions. Given the urgency of quick resolutions in today's landscape, prevention and detection are crucial. While these measures provide significant security, it's equally important to focus on response and recovery. In the case of a ransomware attack, it's not enough to solely prevent and detect. Once detection is in place, a response model should be implemented to automate the process and minimize the time required for tasks, such as creating investigation reports. In the past, it would take approximately seven to eight days to create an investigation report for a specific attack, including writing a case study. This process can be streamlined and improved through the automation of contextual investigation reports. By saving base templates and content, including screenshots and attack details, automation can be achieved. We are currently working on integrating Microsoft WAF and Excel for this purpose, but having a built-in tool would be ideal."
"Pricing for Blue Prism Cloud is a pain as it's a little higher."
"The AI part is currently missing in Blue Prism Studio... It would be good if the AI part is included in Blue Prism Studio, which can make it much more efficient and good to work."
"The product’s licensing cost is expensive compared to other tools in the market."
"Improvement should be per customer requirements."
"Blue Prism could be more efficient in its resource use. Having one LPR agent per virtual machine wastes resources. If we could execute many applications at the same time, it would improve and optimize the resource used."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is really good, and it's based on usage."
"I rate the platform’s pricing a seven out of ten."
"Pricing can be negotiated in situations where there will be heavy usage."
"The price is very competitive when you are comparing to other providers."
"When compared with UiPath, I believe it will be difficult for Blue Prism to maintain its market share."
"There are many RPA solutions available from different vendors and the pricing for Blue Prism is competitive."
"We found the pricing reasonable, and it aligned with our budgetary requirements."
"Blue Prism comes at a higher price point compared to other solutions on the market."
"The default configuration does not include large-scale log injection, but if you require, such integration, it may incur additional costs per gigabyte. I don't have the exact pricing information for log injection, but it is possible that it varies depending on the volume of data. While there may be a basic service included, additional features might come at an extra cost. When working with cloud environments like VMs, calculating costs involves considering factors such as usage duration, network traffic, inbound and outbound data transfer, as well as network access control. The pricing structure for cloud coverage solutions follows a similar pattern, although specific pricing details would need to be obtained separately."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Computer Software Company
9%
Government
8%
Financial Services Firm
20%
Computer Software Company
16%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
5%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

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What do you like most about Blue Prism Cloud?
It's easy to use, the interface, the the the the queries is which we use. It's user friendly.
What needs improvement with Blue Prism Cloud?
Improvement should be per customer requirements.
 

Also Known As

ANTstein
Blue Prism Thoughtonomy Virtual Workforce, Blue Prism Virtual Workforce, Thoughtonomy Virtual Workforce
 

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Sample Customers

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Cabot Credit Management, Hovis, Utilita
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