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We performed a comparison between ABBYY Vantage and Blue Prism 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.
To learn more, read our detailed ABBYY Vantage vs. Blue Prism Report (Updated: March 2024).
765,234 professionals have used our research since 2012.
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Pros
"The whole idea of designing your own templates is pretty much the bread and butter of the product, but that's really the best part because you can design flexible templates.""The OCR is the best on the market.""The most valuable feature of ABBYY FlexiCapture is the accuracy of the general extractions.""The ability to extract and insert data, then structuralize it into the actionable format, would be the most valuable.""We like the fact that this solution is enterprise-ready, so it can be deployed on-premises, scale it, etc.""Allows us to run through documents and extract information.""The UI is user-friendly and ABBYY Vantage supports over 100 languages.""ABBYY Vantage has been designed as a user-friendly solution, making the setup process require only a couple of days."

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"The solution is way more efficient for debugging than other tools.""I like the solution’s simplicity in process and objects. The solution has very clear guidelines and demarcation on processes and objects which is not present in other tools. The tool’s architecture is also very simple and clear. The product’s licensing model is also very simple. Other tools do not have such a simple licensing model.""The technical support is very good.""Blue Prism currently supports SQL Servers and structured data.""We have integrated the product with our centralized infra-monitoring tool, which gives us real-time insights into BOT health and also the health of the underlying resources.""The way you design the flow and configure the activities for the bot is very useful if you are working with any of the BPM or local platforms.""For one, it's easy to set up, and once it gets running it can handle multiple processes in an efficient manner. It's a very robust system.""We started with a very small team and small projects. As the project started getting success with Blue Prism we have a large number of teams now just for automating all the business procedures. Larger time was saved after automating the processes."

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Cons
"We would like the workflow building within this solution to be more transparent, which would allow us to model the process.""The system does not always train itself to recognize data properly.""Could be simplified, particularly the UI.""The integration with UiPath is not good. I would like to see more documentation and guides to help gain more in-depth knowledge of how to use ABBYY FlexiCapture.""In IRISXtract, we can have master data, and we can set the master data. There are more options for taking any data and comparing it with master data. For a project, they have a dump from SAP for validation. This feature is there in ABBYY, but it is not extensive like IRISXtract. ABBYY is capturing the data, but there are not a lot of options to validate the captured data. It would be helpful if there are more options for validating the captured data in ABBYY FlexiCapture.""The accuracy changes depending on the scenario so you need to test it before committing to this solution.""The solution needs more web or cloud-based development.""There are certain controls like radio buttons and checkboxes that when reading PDFs, really doesn't go well with the RPA."

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"If that bot is running 24/7, we have to allocate people 24/7, 24 hours a day. The cost of support can be quite high.""They cannot do assisted automation. That is a drawback because that technology is very old now.""The upgrades could be managed better. I would also like to see more true AI development and machine learning.""We had a lot of challenges managing authentication and reusing or using external authentication providers.""I would like to see wider integration with other products.""All of the processes that we've automated have been completed successfully, and the bots are able to process them as expected.""Our primary challenge at present is that we are finding it difficult to get additional business insights into existing processes so that we can identify where we need to improve.""This solution is lacking attended automation, which is the worst thing about this solution."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "For us, the price is reasonable."
  • "We did not go with the licensed version of this solution."
  • "The price of this ABBYY FlexiCapture is a bit expensive and the price is based on how many documents have been captured. For example, one or two million captures."
  • "Its price is a little bit high and can be lower. Its licensing is very expensive. I don't remember exactly, but for each page, it is about four or seven cents, which is too expensive."
  • "Most of our customers have purchased an annual license and if you have multiple developers from other companies, you can assign the license on a monthly basis to developers."
  • "It is expensive as compared to UiPath. We pay for the licensing and the page count."
  • "It is more on the reasonable side as compared to the competition that I am aware of. I'm not an expert on pricing schemes for all sorts of things, but when we offer them a solution, we like to say we're agnostic. So, we offer more than one solution when possible. Amongst the ones that we've offered, ABBYY usually is the more reasonable solution on a big scale. On a small scale, they're all pretty similar. As far as I understand, you pay a license for a number of pages, and that's pretty much it. It has just the rate per page, and it decreases as you scale."
  • "Its price should be a little lower. It is a lot higher than the competition, and if they just break the gap a little, then more people might jump onto their product. Their price is definitely a deterrent in the few cases that I remember. They have monthly and yearly options, and if you want, they also have per project and per page options. They do charge extra for different types of installation. They have the standalone, which is pretty straightforward and a lot cheaper than the server installation. Server installation gives you a lot more, and it gives you control over the environment."
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  • "Blue Prism is pretty steep compared to the others, much more than Automation Anywhere."
  • "We really don't bear the costs. The cost is borne by the customer. It runs into about $100,000 per year per customer for Blue Prism. We normally budget around $30,000 for the first year for the hardware, setup, and people cost."
  • "Other than your infrastructure, in terms of servers that you have to set up, I don't think that there are any costs in addition to the standard licensing fees."
  • "Compared to other tools on the market, it is one of the most expensive."
  • "The pricing is really good for an enterprise-level solution. It's quite scalable and it's quite comparable with the market."
  • "Our licensing fees are approximately $5,000 USD per year."
  • "The licensing fees are low compared to other tools."
  • "Blue Prism is less expensive than some of the other RPA solutions."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The solution's technical support is very supportive.
    Top Answer:ABBYY Vantage is a bit of an expensive tool. The payment model for ABBYY Vantage is such that a user needs to make payments for the number of pages consumed with the help of the tool.
    Top Answer:ABBYY Vantage is a product that does not include the Arabic language. From an improvement perspective, ABBYY Vantage should include the Arabic language.
    Top Answer:Hello Netanya, it depends on your needs and your expertise.  In my humble opinion you can start a big RPA project implementation with Blue Prism which is stable and mature software, in order to serve… more »
    Top Answer:I'm very familiar with UiPath and the RPA industry: was hired by Daniel Dines in 2015 when there were 35 employees and left in 2019 when there were 3K+. I'm a big believer in the product, leadership… more »
    Top Answer:Blue Prism provides both on-premises and cloud versions.
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    Also Known As
    ABBYY FlexiCapture
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    Overview

    ABBYY Vantage™ is a next-gen Intelligent Document Processing platform (IDP) designed for digital workforces. ABBYY Vantage™ uses artificial-intelligence-based technologies to process structured, semi-structured, and unstructured documents. ABBYY's award-winning IDP platform (Vantage™) automatically captures, extracts, and classifies the information contained within business documents, turning it into actionable data to fuel other business systems and accelerate digital transformation.

    This intelligent content intelligence platform complements automation tools like robotic process automation (RPA) and business process automation (BPA) with machine-learning and artificial intelligence capabilities to continuously enhance accuracy and improve the outcomes of automated processes.

    ABBYY Vantage provides a flexible layout and easy-to-use interface. The platform is a an advanced AI-OCR (optical character recognition).

    ABBYY Vantage Features

    • AI Skills that process any document. The platform’s core set of AI Skills is a foundation for processing all types of documents - printed, PDFs, barcodes, signatures, and checkboxes - be they structured or unstructured.

    • You can design trained “Skills” or choose pre-trained ones from the ABBYY Marketplace. Choose Skills for invoices, purchase orders, W-2 forms, utility bills, and many other documents to leverage automation and save time and costs.

    • No code is necessary when designing skills to process structured and unstructured documents.

    • Strong analytics skills. You can track, measure, and analyze the performance of deployed Skills. By doing this, you can improve document processing automation.

    • Seamless integration with other systems. ABBYY Vantage™ easily integrates with automation platforms such as Automation Anywhere, Blue Prism, UiPath, and other RPA and BPA solutions. It also integrates with chatbot and mobile app tools.

    • Machine learning for continuous improvement. The platform’s AI Skills continuously improve and become more accurate over time. The system will learn document variations and collect statistical data, improving the process on the go.

    How does ABBYY Intelligent Document Processing work?

    1. Start by picking a Skill from the ABBYY Marketplace or train a new Skill.
    2. Pick any document.
    3. The system will extract data within your document and delivers output to be ingested by any business system.

    ABBYY Vantage™ use cases

    The easy-to-use, no-code Vantage platform can be utilized to set up and train Document, Classification, and Process Skills for just about any document type and flow. Intelligent Document Processing made simple and accessible. Some examples of documents ABBYY can process include:

    • Utility bills: Extracts the supplier’s name, statement date, customer name, and address.

    • Personal earning statement: ABBYY Vantage can extract data from pay stubs and help you verify an individual’s earnings and employment status.

    • 1040: Captures the data from 1040 forms for tax processing purposes. Includes name, amounts, filing status, and other details.

    • Identity documents: Extracts information from 10,000 different identity documents from 248 different countries.

    • Remittance: It can capture headers, footers, and in-line details from payment documents.

    • Arrival notice: Captures data from shipping documents, including the consignee, shipper, parties, carriers, and other relevant details.

    You can use Vantage™ to digitize, automate, and process almost any type of document. It can be especially effective for a number of use cases, including:

    • Customer onboarding and due diligence, including Know Your Customer (KYC).

    • Shipping and logistics, such as shipping instructions, bills of lading, freight forwarding orders, and customs clearance documentation.

    • Insurance claim processing, reading through OCR documents, eliminating human error, and improving the process of insurance claims.

    • Banking and finance. For instance, processing the banking documents associated with loans.

    ABBYY Vantage™ Benefits

    • Automation: Ready-to-use AI Skills designed to improve processing of documents immediately.

    • Customization: Design your own AI Skill to process specific document types.

    • Built-in Skill automation, connectors, and intelligent process assets.

    Blue Prism is an intelligent, business-developed, no-code automation platform for SaaS deployments as well as for on-premises, public cloud, multi-cloud, and hybrid environments. Unlike other automation technology, Blue Prism combines robotic process automation with expanded artificial intelligence and cognitive capabilities. Blue Prism gives users instant access to the tools you need for building and delegating automations, as well as a digital workforce that is already AI-equipped.

    With Blue Prism’s code-free RPA, deployed through use of their Robotic Operating Model, your business can scale efficiently, improve customer satisfaction, reduce costs, and augment its talent to take on new responsibilities. Blue Prism helps to accelerate operational agility and efficiency by making it easy to automate the most important processes. Allocating everyday tasks to your Digital Workforce gives you immediate increased capacity and allows your teams to focus on their strategic goals. In addition, it delivers a return on investment, increases efficiency gains, and can even introduce new revenue streams.

    “Workforce of the Future”

    Blue Prism’s all-in-one intelligent automation platform consists of:

    • Design Studio with drag-and-drop process automation building, reusable “objects” across your business, and updates to objects and processes saved throughout the process library.
    • Control Room where you can assign processes to digital workers, scale digital worker and task volume ondemand, and gain real-time transparency of process proficiencies.
    • Digital Workforce of autonomous software robots that can learn and mimic business processes like humans and are equipped with six intelligent automation skills:
      1. Knowledge and Insight - The ability to harvest, understand, and deliver insights from multiple disparate data sources.
      2. Visual Perception - The ability to read, understand, and contextualize visual information.
      3. Learning - The ability to derive contextual meaning and adapt to evolving process patterns.
      4. Planning and Sequencing - The ability to optimize workloads and identify opportunities for better outcomes.
      5. Problem-solving - The ability to autonomously solve system, logic, and business problems.
      6. Collaboration - The ability to seamlessly work with both people and systems.

    Reviews from Real Users

    Blue Prism stands out for its enterprise-level functionality, which is why many companies choose it over its competitors. PeerSpot users note that the solution is easy to use, stable, and robust scalability-wise. The security is also top-notch. One user pointed out that "One of the most powerful features in Blue Prism is exception handling. It's one of the features that really differentiates it from other platforms." Blue Prism helps businesses with everything from compliance to quality control and error-avoidance.

    Sample Customers
    Fujitsu, Plustek, Samsung, Panasonic, M-files
    Coca-Cola, Walgreens, American Express, Royal Bank of Canada, Pfizer, Shop Direct, O2, Siemens, Ascension Healthcare, Jaguar Land Rover
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    Manufacturing Company25%
    Computer Software Company25%
    Financial Services Firm21%
    Recruiting/Hr Firm4%
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    Computer Software Company16%
    Financial Services Firm15%
    Manufacturing Company9%
    Comms Service Provider7%
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    Financial Services Firm19%
    Computer Software Company16%
    Energy/Utilities Company10%
    Manufacturing Company10%
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    Financial Services Firm20%
    Computer Software Company13%
    Manufacturing Company9%
    Government6%
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    Small Business26%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise62%
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    Small Business18%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise70%
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    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise6%
    Large Enterprise76%
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    Small Business17%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise70%
    Buyer's Guide
    ABBYY Vantage vs. Blue Prism
    March 2024
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    ABBYY Vantage is ranked 9th in Robotic Process Automation (RPA) with 45 reviews while Blue Prism is ranked 4th in Robotic Process Automation (RPA) with 84 reviews. ABBYY Vantage is rated 8.0, while Blue Prism is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of ABBYY Vantage writes "Genius-level AI with very easy setup and implementation processes". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Blue Prism writes "Way more efficient for debugging than other tools but the UI is complicated". ABBYY Vantage is most compared with UiPath Document Understanding, UiPath, Microsoft Power Automate and OpenText Intelligent Capture, whereas Blue Prism is most compared with Microsoft Power Automate, UiPath, Automation Anywhere (AA), Pega Robotic Process Automation and Fortra's Automate. See our ABBYY Vantage vs. Blue Prism report.

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