We performed a comparison between Blue Prism and Fortra's Automate based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Robotic Process Automation (RPA) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The overall package from Blue Prism is valuable. I cannot pinpoint one certain part."
"It offers assessments by way of a robotics or automation readiness assessment tool, which was quite helpful."
"It is good for transactions that are very straightforward. It works very nicely with the structured data. It is user-friendly. It is easy to implement and easy to understand."
"The object design way of implementing things actually brings a lot of reusability for us because you can design your objects once and leverage them in multiple automations."
"The new features that have come out have been great."
"Blue Prism is stable enough."
"There are simple things you can put in place that help you understand workflow and how implementation acts."
"The tool's user interface is very intuitive."
"This product is quite easy to install, learn, and use, with our new employees being able to start using it in projects for clients after only two weeks of internal training."
"I find it very user-friendly. Our IT department and other departments can seamlessly collaborate without requiring extensive training. As a business department, we particularly value this aspect, as our team doesn't consist of many IT users. However, we couldn't solely rely on a drag-and-drop approach to implement and utilize the solution within our departments."
"The most valuable features for my client are timing and scheduling."
"A great feature that you seldom see in these kind of systems is the ability to use a database as trigger to launch a task. This is something I asked for a few years ago and that was added."
"We have found the pricing to be very reasonable."
"It gives us a central place to schedule tasks and run them distributed."
"The best feature of Automate is its ease of use, which is a major selling point."
"I actually quite liked the no-coding functionality."
"Emerging technologies adoption is a challenge for every organization, especially the products which address productivity/automation."
"Lotus Notes automation should be easier to understand."
"We would like to see intelligent process automation that integrates RPA and machine learning."
"The UI is more complicated than other tools."
"Technical support is in need of improvement."
"The initial setup and deployment could be simplified."
"It's not very easy to use. There is some learning curve that you need to manage as an individual."
"My clients report that there is a little bit of a challenge regarding the cost-benefit ratio."
"It would be an improvement if Automate had better stability tools, whether by recommending a certain amount of memory because it can be a memory hog at times."
"The technical support could be better. We suffer from language barriers, as we are in Argentina."
"They do not encrypt passwords, so this is an issue with HIPAA compliance."
"Some companies have asked for voice integration. This is likely part of the roadmap."
"While this solution is continually improving, as it is now, the user interface could use improvement when I compare it to a product like UiPath."
"We really need a free development environment for customers. Building and testing automation on production isn't ideal."
"I believe we need to test various OCR tools that assist in evaluating, let's say, six different customer resyncs. We analyze their spending patterns and documentations, but current OCR support has limitations, requiring highly standardized documents, which isn't always the case. With a more advanced OCR system, we could improve processes related to credit risk management and legal matters. We're exploring how to integrate Fortra's Automate with our CRM platform, taking cues from instances where Salesforce seamlessly merged with Automate. However, we use a different CRM, Insight for New Enterprise, and we're seeking ways to connect the automation process within our CRM. We aim for the automation to continue smoothly, even in instances where traditional automation methods might face hurdles."
"The documentation is not that great."
Blue Prism is ranked 4th in Robotic Process Automation (RPA) with 86 reviews while Fortra's Automate is ranked 5th in Robotic Process Automation (RPA) with 21 reviews. Blue Prism is rated 7.8, while Fortra's Automate is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Blue Prism writes "Way more efficient for debugging than other tools but the UI is complicated". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortra's Automate writes "Can automate several processes with only one bot and is easy to implement, administer, and use". Blue Prism is most compared with Microsoft Power Automate, UiPath, Automation Anywhere (AA) and Pega Robotic Process Automation, whereas Fortra's Automate is most compared with Microsoft Power Automate, UiPath, MOVEit and Automation Anywhere (AA). See our Blue Prism vs. Fortra's Automate report.
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For any RPA tool it required have a generic /universal governance model where
1. sponsor or Head of RPA implementation
2. Business analysts
3.Architects(solution/technical)
4.Developers ( Full stack - Build, Test and SIT)
5.Scrum master or Sprints head or Project manager
6. QA ( Test automation) - optional
Above generic governance model/structure roles for handling any kind of RPA process.
One proven way to implement centralized automation management is via a CoE. The best practices of Robotic Process Automation states that the use of bots doesn’t increase negative risks for the organization in the development of reusable solutions. The responsibilities of a Centre of Excellence will depend on the exact governance model used. The most common activities include the following:
Business Continuity Requirements:
To have backup or disaster recovery machines for the critical RPA processes with load balancing using central orchestration in different clusters.
For any of the RPA there is orchestration tool which handles all the initiation and processing from one location have it maintained well from risks and disasters with load balancing.
This will helps in business continuity.