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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Automation Anywhere (AA) and Blue Prism Cloud 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 Automation Anywhere (AA) vs. Blue Prism Cloud Report (Updated: March 2024).
767,995 professionals have used our research since 2012.
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Pros
"The Control Room for the bots and its ability to connect bots with APIs are the most valuable features.""Earlier users were converting the unstructured data from the PDF into the structured format to process the task but now, this activity is replaced by IQ Bot.""From the customer's perspective, the biggest benefits are automation of the security and monitoring systems.""Automate Anywhere can just mimic what a human does.""With Discovery Bot, we can even have our business people enabled with process finding and do an evaluation on whether it can be converted into an opportunity.""It has the ability to tag different components within the automation. We built it to track the ROI and stability of the product.""One of the most valuable features is object cloning, the ability to get into websites and do things faster.""The support team responds quickly."

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"The technical support team of Blue Prism Cloud is very good...I rate the support a ten out of ten.""It’s scalable.""Blue Prism is well known for being used in banking and security organizations. Its security is superior compared to UiPath and other RPA tools.""The solution works well overall.""It is more secure for complex implementations.""The most valuable feature is the customizability.""It's easy to use, the interface, the the the the queries is which we use. It's user friendly.""Ability to see the blueprint of the design executed alongside the actual process."

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Cons
"It is not easy to integrate APIs with Automation Anywhere without a good knowledge of APIs.""Room for improvement is more on the IQ Bot side: How quickly we can adopt and deploy it?""Vertical connecting lines would be appropriate within the code, and a collapse/expand feature for code blocks would be ideal.""The Control room audit logs should be moved to an archive for those that are more than six months old.""Bringing a DevOps model for bot implementation integrated through private bot store might be a good idea to improve the tool.""The IQ Bot is pretty immature, in regards to AI and machine learning. I would like them to add additional logic.""It is not always predictable 100% of the time. While it has improved with each version, some unexplained issues still exist.""Setting up Automation Anywhere is a bit complex."

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"Blue Prism Cloud could improve by having more innovations for the solution, such as more capability. I am looking for cloud-based services, such as Power Automate that we can recommend for cloud customers. UiPath and Automation Anywhere have more innovation in their solution.""I believe they need to become more competitive within the market in order to maintain their market share. We were essentially a Blue Prism shop and sold Blue Prism, but because of the price point, many clients are now looking at competitors.""There's a need to deal with unstructured input with RPA.""Selecting the right business processes that are stable enough to automate can be challenging.""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.""I think that there are some improvements in the product performance that are needed in Blue Prism Cloud...The initial setup of the product needs a lot of time and effort.""I personally would like the solution to be supporting more languages.""The issue is that it is not dynamic or intelligent."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "Pricing is too high for small-scale groups. The Control Room yearly fee is high, making it difficult to break even."
  • "Automation Anywhere is competitive... Pega is somewhat comparable, but Pega also requires a lot more infrastructure and a lot more experience to get up and running."
  • "Automation Anywhere is costlier than the general competition. That is aligned with the share of the market it has."
  • "They're very flexible around pricing and licensing."
  • "They give us a good deal on the licensing because we bundle and customize things. If you ask to get a bulk business deal, you will receive more benefit. If you take other products from the suite, like IQ Bot, you can also receive a deal on the licensing."
  • "We just did a round of price comparison on a global scale and found it's so hard to compare the license prices. But, Automation Anywhere, in general, is on the same price level as the other vendors, a bit lower in some cases."
  • "If you look at the capital expenditure, Automation Anywhere is number two to UiPath. But if you take a long-term view, on a scalable model of a large number of bots coming out, it slowly goes on to become the costliest tool. There is something they can do about that. The capital expenditure goes out right at the point of buying the tool. For Automation Anywhere, I would need to spend $20,000. UiPath can give me something for $6,000, while Blue Prism will come in at $300,000."
  • "It's cheaper than other similar solutions."
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  • "Pricing can be negotiated in situations where there will be heavy usage."
  • "The licensing structure is complex and the minimum contract length is three years."
  • "We pay about $15,000 per quarter in licensing costs. We don't have to pay for any other extra costs. There isn't, for example, an extra cost for technical support. We just pay the licensing."
  • "There are many RPA solutions available from different vendors and the pricing for Blue Prism is competitive."
  • "Annual licensing costs were somewhere between $5,000 - $10,000 for the development tool. For the control tower, I think fees were about $50,000 annually."
  • "This solution comes at a medium to high price point. They need to work on their pricing to enable smaller enterprises to get the benefit of using the product."
  • "When compared with UiPath, I believe it will be difficult for Blue Prism to maintain its market share."
  • "Blue Prism comes at a higher price point compared to other solutions on the market."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:It depends on your use case. Is it simply to automate a couple of processes? Is it to augment a human team? AA is very good in certain situations but lacks in others. For me, it's more the team that… more »
    Top Answer:From my experience using AA tool, it depends on the applications that you want to automate, because there some applications that AA has limitations for, such as the Oracle. For web-based applications… more »
    Top Answer:It is a highly preferred RPA tool. You can check my Automation Anywhere Review to know more.
    Top Answer:It's easy to use, the interface, the the the the queries is which we use. It's user friendly.
    Top Answer:Improvement should be per customer requirements.
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    Also Known As
    Automation Anywhere, Testing Anywhere, Automation Anywhere Enterprise
    Blue Prism Thoughtonomy Virtual Workforce, Blue Prism Virtual Workforce, Thoughtonomy Virtual Workforce
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    Overview

    Automation Anywhere is the leader in intelligent automation solutions that put AI to work across every aspect of an organization. The company’s Automation Success Platform is powered with specialized AI, generative AI and offers process discovery, RPA, end-to-end process orchestration, document processing, and analytics, with a security and governance-first approach. Automation Anywhere empowers organizations worldwide to unleash productivity gains, drive innovation, improve customer service and accelerate business growth. The company is guided by its vision to fuel the future of work by unleashing human potential through intelligent automation.

    Learn more at http://www.automationanywhere.com/.

    The Thoughtonomy Virtual Workforce is a highly flexible intelligent automation platform. It uses software to replicate the way people work in existing applications and systems, the processes they follow, and the decisions they make, to deliver automation without disruption.

    Sample Customers
    Google, Linkedin, Cisco, Juniper Networks, DellEMC, Comcast, Mastercard, Quest Diagnostics
    Cabot Credit Management, Hovis, Utilita
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company29%
    Financial Services Firm22%
    Manufacturing Company11%
    Pharma/Biotech Company6%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm14%
    Computer Software Company13%
    Manufacturing Company10%
    Comms Service Provider6%
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    Financial Services Firm21%
    Energy/Utilities Company21%
    Computer Software Company11%
    Manufacturing Company11%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm20%
    Computer Software Company16%
    Manufacturing Company9%
    Energy/Utilities Company6%
    Company Size
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    Small Business16%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise74%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise68%
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    Small Business39%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise45%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business14%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise75%
    Buyer's Guide
    Automation Anywhere (AA) vs. Blue Prism Cloud
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Automation Anywhere (AA) vs. Blue Prism Cloud and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
    767,995 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Automation Anywhere (AA) is ranked 3rd in Robotic Process Automation (RPA) with 483 reviews while Blue Prism Cloud is ranked 8th in Robotic Process Automation (RPA) with 38 reviews. Automation Anywhere (AA) is rated 8.4, while Blue Prism Cloud is rated 8.0. 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 Blue Prism Cloud writes "It helps us save on staff costs". Automation Anywhere (AA) is most compared with UiPath, Microsoft Power Automate, Blue Prism, IBM Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and Tricentis Tosca, whereas Blue Prism Cloud is most compared with Blue Prism, Microsoft Power Automate, UiPath, Robocorp and SAP Intelligent RPA. See our Automation Anywhere (AA) vs. Blue Prism Cloud report.

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