AutomationEdge vs Blue Prism comparison

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AutomationEdge and SS&C Blue Prism are both solutions in the Robotic Process Automation (RPA) category. AutomationEdge is ranked #18 with an average rating of 7.0, while SS&C Blue Prism is ranked #5 with an average rating of 9.0. AutomationEdge holds a 1.4% mindshare in RPA, compared to SS&C Blue Prism’s 3.7% mindshare. Additionally, 88% of AutomationEdge users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 89% of SS&C Blue Prism users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 4, 2024

Blue Prism and AutomationEdge compete in the robotic process automation (RPA) category. Blue Prism appears to have the upper hand for complex processes due to its robust capabilities, while AutomationEdge offers strong desktop automation and integration options.

Features: Blue Prism is known for its extensive automation capabilities, allowing for robust exception handling, surface automation, and creating custom objects, facilitated by a stable platform and an effective control room for management. AutomationEdge is praised for its desktop automation, concurrent processing, and advanced functionalities like OCR, AIM, and chatbot capabilities, which are supported by comprehensive integration options.

Room for Improvement: Blue Prism's areas for improvement include a need for advanced AI capabilities and better integration support, with concerns surrounding high licensing costs and weaker community support. Suggestions include enhanced attended automation features. AutomationEdge requires stabilization and improved community support, along with better pricing models and increased programming language support.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Blue Prism offers flexible deployment options on clouds and on-premises, though inconsistent customer support and costly technical help can impede deployment processes. AutomationEdge shares similar deployment flexibilities but struggles with inadequate customer support, leading users to resort to third-party or community forums for assistance.

Pricing and ROI: Blue Prism is generally perceived as an expensive solution with high licensing and maintenance costs, though it promises significant ROI potential. AutomationEdge presents a more competitive pricing model with modular options, appealing to smaller businesses and providing a quicker ROI, beneficial for scaling automation efforts.

To learn more, read our detailed AutomationEdge vs. Blue Prism Report (Updated: September 2026).

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Automation Anywhere

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Robotic Process Automation (RPA) category, the mindshare of Automation Anywhere is 4.9%, down from 8.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of AutomationEdge is 1.4%, up from 1.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Blue Prism is 3.7%, down from 7.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Automation Anywhere	4.9%
Blue Prism	3.7%
AutomationEdge	1.4%
Other	90.0%

Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

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Venkat Sivaprakash

Management Consultant at Accenture

Has significantly improved document-driven workflows and reduced processing time across finance and HR functions

Automation Anywhere has evolved significantly and upgraded itself to provide agentic AI and AI-based automation solutions for document automation. The product has matured considerably over time. We can create workflows that can call an API. We can include prompts in particular workflows for ChatGPT-related functions, connecting to an LLM and RAG to perform tasks. For document automation, modern features are available to train documents, ensuring high accuracy and repeatability over time. The system is very easy to use. I recently completed a course in document automation, typically designed for people involved in coding and technical aspects. Though I understand coding comprehensively, I don't do actual coding. The course was very accessible. Currently, extensive coding isn't necessary due to the hybrid model incorporating GenAI aspects, low-code, no-code capabilities, APIs, and numerous pre-built objects in Automation Anywhere. The features include GenAI-driven prompting methods and workflow creation capabilities. In these workflows, we can create decision boxes and call APIs without coding. We simply pull objects, drop them, connect them, and add minimal coding when needed. The most crucial aspect isn't coding but rather sizing the automation and fleshing out the details. Automation Co-pilot takes notes and performs automated analysis. It can extract details from videos, summarize conversations, and provide detailed information. During calls, it identifies instructions and performs tasks such as preparing reports and reconciliation. Automation Anywhere can also connect with Microsoft Co-pilot. Through Co-pilot, real-time operations can be executed, allowing direct interaction between vendors and automation through this component.

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Jajati Panda

Software Engineer at Apmosys

Delivers increased productivity and streamlines fraud processing in banking, though technical support could be faster

Before AutomationEdge, we had to hire coder-level experts with Java or Python knowledge. This approach took considerable time and required error handling to automate processes. With this tool, all processes are automatically handled with errors, and no-code automation is available. The cost for a developer is now significantly lower. Previously, we hired highly efficient developers with high salary packages. The license cost of 5 to 10 lakhs per year for one person to automate is equivalent to a person's annual salary. With the license and a developer hired at 3 to 5 lakhs, we can automate 40 to 50 processes.

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Tanweer Alam

Technology Architect at Infosys

Automation has delivered secure banking workflows and handles complex client applications efficiently

If we are talking about how Blue Prism has impacted the accuracy and speed of data processing in my tasks compared to UiPath, it is better than UiPath. There is no doubt about it. I will definitely recommend Blue Prism to other users and companies because, as I mentioned, when comparing UiPath and Blue Prism, I find that UiPath offers multiple online training opportunities. Compared to Blue Prism, I see that all the training materials, small videos, and diplomas are more readily available in UiPath, but I do not think everything is as accessible in Blue Prism. My overall rating for Blue Prism is ten out of ten because I worked almost five years in Blue Prism and my experience has been good.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"We have hundreds of cases a day. There were around two to three employees who were just moving a case from one state to another. This was a repetitive, tedious job, which was frustrating for the employees. It helps to have the bot doing this work now. We have immediately seen effects, so this is a good use for it."

"AA has indirectly helped in re-engineering processes, which has made them more robust and efficient, and this has helped the business immensely."

"Having no restriction for any single programming language is very useful."

"The best feature is the Capture action. If we want to capture the whole process, we can do it in a single shot."

"By using this solution for RPA, we can automate a lot of business processes, which helps achieve less time to market."

"It frees individuals up from mundane tasks so they can concentrate on being more active and creative other things that they need to do."

"The OCR feature in Automation Anywhere is the best I have encountered, even better than Google."

"With Automation Anywhere, our clients can get their work done fast and in an automated manner."

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"Attended versus unattended automation in AutomationEdge has benefited my organization significantly."

"The ability to automate our processes with external plug-ins and zero code is the most valuable feature."

"It is a valuable tool for developing efficient solutions, especially in finance and banking."

"If we want to change your processes, we can code it from scratch, making it a beneficial feature of the product."

"AutomationEdge is really easy to use because the workflows are simple."

"We can quickly adapt to our end users."

"The product's most valuable feature is the executor."

"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten...I rate the technical support of the solution a nine out of ten."

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"It helps us reduce the number of people involved in mundane tasks, and in the case of Absa it has really impacted them, the way the customer interacts with the organization when it comes to certain processes."

"Although the solution may look complicated it actually has a lot of features and user space to work out of."

"I think Blue Prism is a wonderful product."

"Stability-wise, I haven't heard any complaints from our clients."

"We like the reliability and robustness of Blue Prism."

"It's fast to get up and running if you use a cloud deployment."

"Blue Prism is a mature, stable product with lots of built-in features."

"The most valuable feature is the ability to do surface automation, allowing interaction with legacy systems where terminal emulation is still in use."

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Cons

"Also, we're seemingly plagued with certain technological issues or bugs."

"I would like the support to be faster. Their response time is one to two days. Their customer care could be faster."

"The debugger is also a weakness of the tool, forcing the developer to use error handling or message box to map errors. Few applications take more time for loading when integrated."

"Apart from the Chrome issue, which took them maybe a week to fix, we lost a lot of processes during that time, but it just happens unfortunately."

"The overall product in Automation Anywhere is good, but they need to improve a little bit on the overall architecture side."

"One improvement would be to implement a log mechanism within the workflow, similar to other automation tools. Currently, the log mechanism uses a text file. If we want to monitor a process, we need to check manually."

"The AI centricity is a bit behind compared to the way we see Microsoft and AWS doing it. This is the feedback that I have also given to them. They need to expand themselves to provide more services than just RPA. Only RPA may not be enough for us, and it would not be our preferred choice for an automation tool."

"There is definitely some room for improvement there. It is sort of a hit and miss with their support engineers, you have some really good ones and some that aren't."

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"While I find AutomationEdge generally stable, I believe that stability needs to be improved a little."

"AutomationEdge's primary issue is its price point, especially compared to other products."

"The ease of use is the main thing on which they really have to focus. If they want to go against the giants, it should be improved in ease of use, and it should be more user-friendly. It would be helpful because everyone should be empowered irrespective of whether they know how to code or not. They should enhance its user interface and make it more intuitive."

"With other automation solutions in the market, we can simulate the process in our notebooks where the solution creates the code for us, but with AutomationEdge we can't do this."

"With the solution, customizing software can be time-consuming."

"There are some shortcomings in the product's stability that need improvement."

"Regarding stability and reliability, AutomationEdge is mid-range. When compared with other tools such as Automation Anywhere and UIPath, they are more stable than AutomationEdge."

"In the future, they should have a similar version for the cloud and on-premises, and the installation should be flawless within few minutes."

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"At this moment, Google Chrome is a massive issue within the toolset, due to the way Google Chrome receives updates regularly but Blue Prism is unable to cope."

"One thing I definitely did not like about Blue Prism was the challenge regarding unstructured data related to some applications or some PDFs."

"We've found some challenges with Blue Prism, particularly when interacting with certain applications. The element inspection feature could be improved, especially for more complex applications."

"They can add a reporting feature."

"In the next release of this solution, I would like to see support for attended robots."

"I would like to see the interface of Blue Prism refreshed."

"The deployment of the bots should be much faster and more intuitive."

"The domain in regards to cognitive abilities and the use of processing activity needs improvement."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It costs up to $1,200 per license."

"If we talk about the automation RPA. it definitely has worked very well for us. I'm talking about giving good savings, about more than 180 FTE savings, after implementing more than 200 plus bots. It has worked well. As an organization, it has supported us very well, and also for our customers."

"On a scale of one to ten with ten being the most expensive, I rate the price of Automation Anywhere an eight out of ten."

"The certifications are free of cost."

"It is the most economically friendly and it provides you with a lot of functions."

"I am not involved in the pricing, but based on what I hear from our central RPA team, it is not very expensive; it is also not cheap. Its price is in the midrange."

"It's the best RPA tool, but the pricing could be improved."

"Pricing is affordable and I would recommend beginning with the Starter Package."

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"Pricing can be made better. Currently, I think the pricing is based on the market. The pricing also depends on the business partners that offer you the solution."

"Price-wise, AutomationEdge is pretty affordable, making it not so expensive when you compare this with other tools in the market."

"I give the price of the solution a nine out of ten."

"It is expensive but its value can justify the cost."

"The product is available at the lowest price."

"The licensing for this solution should have a more competitive pricing model. The price is in the top five of similar products."

"If you are looking for a budget solution, you can consider AE. It has all the features. Scaling it is way easier because of the cost itself."

"We have a three-year contract that is paid on a yearly basis."

"Its pricing is okay. Its price is pretty similar to the price of other tools."

"Blue Prism is quite costly."

"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."

"Blue Prism is a bit higher priced compared to other payment-related or investment-related solutions. At the same time, it also provides more security than those solutions, specifically for the banking and insurance sectors."

"The tool’s licensing is on a monthly basis."

"Blue Prism is an expensive solution, especially in Southeast Asia, while in Europe and the UK, it can be considered moderate in terms of cost."

"The pricing is really good for an enterprise-level solution. It's quite scalable and it's quite comparable with the market."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Outsourcing Company

14%

Comms Service Provider

12%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Construction Company

16%

Comms Service Provider

11%

Financial Services Firm

Outsourcing Company

Financial Services Firm

17%

Outsourcing Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Construction Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	162
Midsize Enterprise	86
Large Enterprise	565

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	12
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	4

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	18
Midsize Enterprise	7
Large Enterprise	77

Questions from the Community

How good is Automation Anywhere for RPA processes?

It depends on your use case. Is it simply to automate a couple of processes? Is it to augment a human team? AA is ver...

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How good is Automation Anywhere for RPA processes?

From my experience using AA tool, it depends on the applications that you want to automate, because there some applic...

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How good is Automation Anywhere for RPA processes?

It is a highly preferred RPA tool. You can check my Automation Anywhere Review to know more.

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What needs improvement with AutomationEdge?

In AutomationEdge, I think there could be improvements. I have not used it in maybe two months, but in the past, you ...

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What is your primary use case for AutomationEdge?

My use cases for AutomationEdge include using two automations in my actual employment or company. I use it to create ...

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What advice do you have for others considering AutomationEdge?

I have not used the AI capabilities of AutomationEdge because in the workflows I need to create, I do not need to use...

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Should I choose Blue Prism or Microsoft Power Automate?

Hello Netanya, it depends on your needs and your expertise. In my humble opinion you can start a big RPA project imp...

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I am evaluating Blue Prism and UiPath for RPA for my company. Which one do you recommend?

I'm very familiar with UiPath and the RPA industry: was hired by Daniel Dines in 2015 when there were 35 employees an...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Blue Prism?

If I rate the satisfaction with Blue Prism licensing cost from one to ten, I can mention eight to nine for satisfacti...

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Automation Anywhere, Testing Anywhere, Automation Anywhere Enterprise, Agentic Process Automation System (Now Certified for WorkSpaces)

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Overview

Automation Anywhere offers ease of use, robust system connectivity, and GenAI-driven document automation through a cloud-native platform, significantly enhancing productivity across multiple industries with advanced AI features.

Delivering a comprehensive suite of tools designed for easy integration and rapid deployment, Automation Anywhere drives efficiency by reducing costs and automating repetitive tasks. Its cloud-native platform supports broad industry adoption, including advanced AI features like process automation and Co-Pilot, streamlining complex workflows with minimal technical skills required. Users benefit from robust integration capabilities, which facilitate seamless interaction with multiple systems. However, there is room for improvement in areas such as user-friendliness for beginners, stability, flexible licensing, and enhanced OCR functionality. Organizations in sectors such as banking, finance, manufacturing, and healthcare gain from the improved operational efficiency and ROI Automation Anywhere offers.

What are the important features of Automation Anywhere?

Ease of Use: Simplifies automation tasks with a user-centric interface.
Robust Connectivity: Provides seamless integration with multiple systems.
GenAI-Driven Document Automation: Leverages AI to automate document management.
Process Automation & Co-Pilot: Enhances workflow automation with advanced AI.
Cloud-Native Platform: Enables rapid deployment and integration.

What benefits should be evaluated in reviews?

Time Savings: Automation drastically reduces manual processing time.
Cost Efficiency: Decreases overall operational costs by automating tasks.
Productivity Enhancement: Streamlines workflows with AI-driven tools.
Improved Integration: Enhances ability to work with multiple systems.
Scalability: Supports growth with a flexible cloud-native architecture.

In the insurance industry, Automation Anywhere is utilized for automating processes such as enrollment management and compliance checks. Its applications extend to supply chain management, financial transactions, and business performance monitoring across sectors like banking, finance, manufacturing, and healthcare, helping organizations to automate routine tasks, improve efficiency, and reduce costs.

Automation Anywhere

AutomationEdge delivers automation flexibility with coding, desktop automation, and technology tools like OCR and chatbots. Cost-effective with seamless integration, it supports scripting and scalability, optimizing workflows and enhancing productivity in diverse sectors.

AutomationEdge offers robust automation through concurrency, multithreading, and a suite of tools such as predictive analytics and Excel automation. It empowers companies by automating processes, simplifying workflows, and improving operational efficiency. This platform facilitates intuitive design, integrating AI capabilities with DocuEdge and enhancing business processes. Despite its advantages, it faces challenges in stability, GUI dependence, and integration, needing further improvement in AI capabilities, SAP integration, and pricing strategies. The cumbersome installation process and limited community support are noted, requiring attention to Excel automation, modularity, and intuitive design for competitive performance.

What are the key features?

Concurrent Processing: Allows simultaneous task execution for improved efficiency.
Desktop Automation: Streamlines repetitive tasks directly on users’ desktop environments.
Multithreading: Enhances performance by processing multiple tasks at once.
OCR and Chatbots: Incorporates optical character recognition and conversational interfaces for better user interaction.
Predictive Analytics: Utilizes data-driven insights to inform better decision-making.
AI Capabilities: Powered by DocuEdge for enhanced document management.
Seamless Integrations: Connects with other tools and services smoothly to improve workflow continuity.

How does AutomationEdge provide ROI?

Increased Productivity: Automating routine tasks enables staff to focus on higher-value activities.
Cost Efficiency: Offers a cost-effective way to streamline processes.
Enhanced User Support: Provides accessible support to optimize system use and resolve issues.
Scalability: Adapts to growing business needs ensuring long-term viability.
Improved Process Optimization: Fine-tunes operations to maximize resource use.

In industries like banking and finance, AutomationEdge automates routine tasks, enhancing customer service and process management. It optimizes manual tasks, reporting, and financial operations, integrating seamlessly into sales and finance design. Companies value its ability to automate and streamline workflows in cloud or on-premises deployments, improving efficiency in data-heavy processes.

AutomationEdge

Blue Prism offers advanced automation features with integration capabilities and robust exception handling. Its scalability and reliability make it ideal for automating complex and repetitive tasks across industries like banking and manufacturing.

Providing a user-friendly design studio, Blue Prism stands out with enhanced automation features such as unassisted bots, strong security measures, and Visual Basic Objects. Its integration capabilities with analytics tools like Tableau and a simplified licensing model contribute to its appeal. Despite its complexities in UI design and training resource limitations, it remains stable and reliable. Blue Prism addresses tasks such as invoice processing and data entry, but improvements in AI, cognitive capabilities, and customer support are needed. Enhancements in OCR technology, unstructured data handling, and web-based interfaces could significantly boost its accessibility.

What are Blue Prism's most important features?

Enhanced Automation: Streamlines complex tasks with a robust interface.
Security Measures: Provides strong security protocols to safeguard processes.
Integration: Seamlessly interacts with analytics tools for data insights.
Exception Management: Facilitates easy handling of process exceptions.

What benefits or ROI should be evaluated?

Scalability: Ensures stable performance for varying organizational needs.
Licensing: Offers a straightforward model for simplified deployment.
Operational Efficiency: Reduces manual labor in complex tasks.
Cost-Effectiveness: Despite higher costs, delivers high value in automation efficiency.

Organizations in industries like finance and manufacturing harness Blue Prism to automate repetitive tasks, boosting efficiency in back-end operations. In banking and insurance, it's used for auditing, compliance, and report generation, enhancing accuracy and reducing manual efforts.

SS&C Blue Prism

Sample Customers

Google, Linkedin, Cisco, Juniper Networks, DellEMC, Comcast, Mastercard, Quest Diagnostics

Smart Dubai Government (SDG)

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

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