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AntWorks CMR+ vs Blue Prism comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

AntWorks CMR+
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) (16th)
Blue Prism
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
91
Ranking in other categories
Robotic Process Automation (RPA) (5th), Agentic Automation (4th)
 

Featured Reviews

Rick Koo - PeerSpot reviewer
Digital Technology Leader at Mercer
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.
Pavan-Sharma - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Impressive flexibility and support enhance integration and performance
The best feature of Blue Prism that I value the most is the simplicity of their pricing and licensing model, which is easy to understand. The tool is very robust and, being a pioneer in the sector, it is also very stable, particularly in finance where many companies rely on Blue Prism for its reliability and security standards. From a developer perspective, I find developing on Blue Prism simple, clean, and intuitive, making maintenance considerably easier compared to other tools. These AI features have helped in developing scalable and flexible solutions for my customers, as I worked on use cases that involved natural language processing to turn free text into structured data, enabling automation of previously unautomatable tasks. Additionally, I processed voice feedback for sentiment analysis and information extraction, making interactions more intuitive and voice-driven for customers.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The automation provided by this solution has saved us a lot of time."
"The automation provided by this solution has saved us a lot of time."
"Pattern recognition ultimately helps us to circumvent the problems in dealing with format variability in documents and allows us to capture the right data."
"Blue Prism has a lot of flexibility to integrate with other enterprise applications"
"It works very well for batch processing at the backend. Scalability-wise, it is very robust. It is also stable."
"Blue Prism is very good at doing background processing."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to do surface automation, allowing interaction with legacy systems where terminal emulation is still in use."
"It's a stable and reliable solution, we haven't had any issues with instability."
"The multi-bot architecture is very flexible."
"By automating repetitive tasks, we are able to save a lot of time and there are also fewer human errors."
"Blue Prism is a mature, stable product with lots of built-in features."
 

Cons

"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."
"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."
"Its image recognition or the OCR part should be improved. The quality has improved in the latest version, but some of the handwritten documents are not that accurate. Its interaction with the Citrix environment should also be improved. Their technical support should also be improved."
"I believe that there could be more community support, or there could be more support for developers like us from Blue Prism. Blue Prism provides a lot of documentation, but there is a lack of support."
"The deployment of the bots should be much faster and more intuitive."
"Blue Prism is quite costly."
"They should add more OCR engines to it."
"For developers, they should have some kind of recording feature."
"One of the things that the developers have said is that it's quite slow, and quite cumbersome when layered over Java-based solutions."
"We would like to see intelligent process automation that integrates RPA and machine learning."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is really good, and it's based on usage."
"This is a very expensive product and this is the reason that they're losing their market share."
"With Blue Prism, there are no additional fees"
"The license for Blue Prism is very straightforward, we only need one license."
"It is expensive for us. It should be cheaper for a market like ours. We are based in India."
"To use Blue Prism, there is a need to pay INR 15,000 per customer."
"The solution is expensive."
"The pricing is really good for an enterprise-level solution. It's quite scalable and it's quite comparable with the market."
"I would rate the solution's pricing a seven out of ten."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
20%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
6%
University
6%
 

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Small Business18
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise74
 

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Coca-Cola, Walgreens, American Express, Royal Bank of Canada, Pfizer, Shop Direct, O2, Siemens, Ascension Healthcare, Jaguar Land Rover
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