Automation Anywhere vs UiPath
A side-by-side comparison of capabilities, autonomy, integrations, and pricing to help you choose.
Short answer: choose Automation Anywhere if you want goal-driven ai agents that orchestrate rpa bots, apis, and people (Supervised agent, enterprise); choose UiPath if you want orchestrate ai agents, rpa robots, and people on one governed automation platform (Supervised agent, enterprise).
| Automation Anywhere | UiPath | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Goal-driven AI agents that orchestrate RPA bots, APIs, and people | Orchestrate AI agents, RPA robots, and people on one governed automation platform |
| Type | product-with-agents | product-with-agents |
| Autonomy | Supervised agent | Supervised agent |
| Pricing | enterprise | enterprise · $25/mo (Basic) |
| Best for | enterprise, mid-market | enterprise, mid-market |
| Deployment | saas, self-hosted, api | saas, self-hosted, on-prem, api |
| Modalities | text, browser, api, code | text, browser, api, code |
| Models | model-agnostic, gpt, claude, gemini | model-agnostic, gpt, claude, gemini |
| Protocols | mcp, function-calling, rest-api | mcp, a2a, function-calling, rest-api |
| Integrations | Amazon Bedrock, Google Vertex AI, Azure OpenAI, OpenAI, Automation 360, Bot Store connectors | Salesforce, SAP, ServiceNow, Microsoft, Google Cloud, Azure OpenAI |
| Capabilities | 4 documented | 4 documented |
Automation Anywhere
- +Governance-first with broad compliance coverage (SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, FedRAMP, GDPR, RBAC, AI Guardrails)
- +Genuinely model-agnostic across Bedrock, Vertex, and Azure OpenAI
- +Hybrid agents plus deterministic RPA extends existing bot investments
- -Marketing autonomy claims (agents that "self-heal without manual direction") overstate real supervised deployments
- -MCP support is inbound-only today: it can be called as a server but cannot yet call external MCP servers as a client
UiPath
- +Mature deterministic RPA foundation underneath the new AI layer
- +Strong governance posture (controlled agency, auditability) fits regulated enterprises
- +Genuinely model-agnostic and standards-leaning, with MCP GA and A2A support
- -Pricing is mostly opaque; only a $25/mo Basic tier is public, with agent-unit economics undisclosed
- -Rapid agent-tooling churn through 2025 (Agent Builder migrated into Studio Web)
Which should you choose?
Automation Anywhere is goal-driven ai agents that orchestrate rpa bots, apis, and people, best for enterprise, mid-market. UiPath is orchestrate ai agents, rpa robots, and people on one governed automation platform, best for enterprise, mid-market. The right choice depends on the autonomy level you want, your existing integrations, and your budget, all compared above.