Automation Anywhere vs Kognitos (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Automation Anywhere grades higher than Kognitos: 2.4 against 2.2 out of 4.0.
Checked Nov 12, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
Automation Anywhere grades higher on the free plan and features. Kognitos grades higher on platforms. They get the same grade on value for money and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Automation Anywhere
RPA and agentic process automation for enterprises
Which one is for you
Pick Automation Anywhere if
- Fits if you are a student or developer learning RPA
- Works for a small business under the Community Edition limits
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want a price for a bigger rollout, as none is published
- Tight if your company is above the machine, user or revenue limits of Community Edition
- Watch out: platform support was read only for Community Edition
- Too light for a phone-first job, as only Windows and Mac were listed
Pick Kognitos if
- Fits if you run finance or operations processes and want them written down in plain English
- Makes sense if you want to try a free workspace before any contract
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you need a published price, as paid use is quoted by sales
- Watch out: the free workspace's limits are not stated on the pages read
- Tight if you want short terms, since contracts are annual or multi-year and shorter terms are for pilots
- Watch out: the security claims on the page, such as SOC 2 and HIPAA, are the vendor's own
How we grade them
| 2.4GPAAutomation AnywhereFair | 2.2GPAKognitosFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CNo paid prices are published, and the old pricing page returns 404. It sits in the middle. | CPaid pricing is quoted by sales and priced by transactions and agent complexity, so there is no figure to compare with the category. |
| Free plan and trial | BCommunity Edition is free with no credit card, giving cloud access to Automation 360. It is limited to small businesses by machines, users or revenue. | CA free workspace lets you write and run automations, but the FAQ states no limits, so we can't say where it stops. |
| Features | BRPA, agentic automation, document automation and a co-pilot. Nothing in the listing shows a gap in the core work. | CEnglish-as-code automation, exception handling and prebuilt AI employees. The listing shows enterprise system connections but no published usage caps. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. Building bots and workflows has a learning curve. | CNo store rating on record, and you learn how to describe processes and connect SAP, Oracle or NetSuite. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWindows and Mac only were read, for Community Edition. No phone apps or integrations list. | BWeb, with connections to SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, Workday and Salesforce. |
| Best for | RPA for a small business or learner | writing back-office automations in plain English |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Automation Anywhere and Kognitos. How we grade
Where they differ
- Automation Anywhere also covers documents.
- Kognitos also covers no-code.
At a glance
| Automation Anywhere | Kognitos | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | Not published | Free workspace; paid use is consumption-based and quoted by sales |
| Free plan | Community Edition: free, no credit card, for students, developers and small businesses within stated size limits. | A free workspace where you can sign up, write automations in plain English and run them. The FAQ states no limits. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| macOS | ||
| Windows | ||
| Made by | Automation Anywhere | Kognitos |
| Price read from | automationanywhere.com | kognitos.com |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Nov 12, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Automation Anywhere
- No paid prices are published; the old pricing page returns 404.
- Community Edition use by organizations is limited by machines, users or annual revenue.
- Platform support was read only for Community Edition: Windows and Mac.
Kognitos
- Paid pricing is not published. The FAQ describes consumption-based pricing, and a quote comes from the sales team.
- The vendor offers enterprise contracts with annual and multi-year terms; shorter terms are mentioned only for pilots and mid-market.
- Security claims such as SOC 2, HIPAA and GDPR readiness come from the vendor's own FAQ.
- The free workspace's limits are not stated on the pages read.
Key features
Automation Anywhere
- RPA software
- Software bots automate repetitive tasks.
- Agentic process automation
- The site lists AI Agent Studio and a Process Reasoning Engine.
- Prompt-to-Automate
- Community Edition can build automations from natural language as well as drag-and-drop.
- Document automation
- Extracts data from documents using generative AI.
- Automation Co-Pilot
- AI-powered assistant listed as a product.
Kognitos
- English as Code
- Automations are written as plain-English instructions rather than code or screen-scraping bots, so business users can build and maintain them.
- Exception handling
- When an agent meets an exception it pauses, a person answers in plain English, and the run resumes from where it stopped. The vendor says the answer is kept for next time.
- Deterministic execution
- The vendor says agents follow the process as defined and log each decision, and it describes the engine as neurosymbolic rather than a pure language-model agent.
- Prebuilt AI Employees and apps
- The navigation lists 61 AI Employee roles and more than 100 apps, with solutions for finance, banking, healthcare and manufacturing.
- Enterprise system connections
- The FAQ says Kognitos connects to SAP and more than 200 other enterprise systems, including Oracle, NetSuite, Workday and Salesforce.
Plans
Automation Anywhere
Community Edition$0
Free cloud access to Automation 360; the page limits small-business use by machine, user or revenue thresholds.
Kognitos
Free workspace$0
Sign up, build automations in plain English and run them without a paid engagement. The FAQ does not state usage limits.
EnterpriseCustom
Consumption-based: priced by transactions processed and agent complexity, with annual or multi-year contracts, quoted by sales.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Automation Anywhere or Kognitos?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Automation Anywhere publishes no starting price, and Kognitos starts at Free workspace; paid use is consumption-based and quoted by sales.
Which has a free plan, Automation Anywhere or Kognitos?
As of Nov 12, 2026, both Automation Anywhere and Kognitos have a free plan.
Which platforms do Automation Anywhere and Kognitos run on?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Automation Anywhere lists macOS and Windows apps and only Kognitos lists a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.