Automation Anywhere vs UiPath (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, UiPath grades higher than Automation Anywhere: 2.6 against 2.4 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 5, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
Automation Anywhere grades higher on value for money. UiPath grades higher on features and platforms. They get the same grade on the free plan 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
UiPath
Enterprise platform for RPA, AI agents and process orchestration
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 UiPath if
- Fits if your company runs on old desktop apps, since the robots work the screens like a person would
- Works for IT teams that have to host it themselves, which Standard and Enterprise allow
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you just want two web apps to talk to each other, as that's a job for Zapier or n8n
- Not for you if you want to see a price first, because Standard and Enterprise are quoted by sales
- Tight if you're on Basic, with 2 robots, 1 tenant, European hosting only and unattended RPA as an add-on
- Watch out: the pricing page says Basic is changing soon and doesn't say what its $25 is charged per
- Pricey if you want self-healing automation, an extra on Standard, or live process monitoring, which needs Enterprise
How we grade them
| 2.4GPAAutomation AnywhereFair | 2.6GPAUiPathGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CNo paid prices are published, and the old pricing page returns 404. It sits in the middle. | DBasic is $25 a month, the top of this category's range, and for that you get 2 robots, 1 tenant and European hosting only, with unattended RPA as an add-on. Everything people actually come to UiPath for, agents, document processing, Maestro, waits on Standard, and Standard's price comes from a sales call. |
| 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. | BCommunity is free forever: you build and run real automations in Studio, with Maestro Automate and Maestro Orchestrate, and ask the forum when you're stuck. One person could live on it. The listing doesn't print its limits, so how far it stretches we can't say. |
| Features | BRPA, agentic automation, document automation and a co-pilot. Nothing in the listing shows a gap in the core work. | ARobots that work screens on Windows and Mac, Citrix and legacy systems included, then AI agents, document processing, process mining, and Maestro modeling a process in BPMN across robots, agents and people. A Healing Agent patches broken automations at runtime, at extra cost on Standard. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. Building bots and workflows has a learning curve. | CNo rating on record, and this is a platform rather than an app. Robots, Studio, tenants, BPMN models: all of it wants learning before a single thing runs. Autopilot turning a plain-English prompt into a workflow is the one shortcut on offer. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWindows and Mac only were read, for Community Edition. No phone apps or integrations list. | BStudio Web in a browser, desktop across Windows, Mac and Linux, and your own Kubernetes or Linux machines on Standard and Enterprise. It hooks up to Citrix, CyberArk, Azure Key Vault and coding assistants. No phone apps on the listing at all. |
| Best for | RPA for a small business or learner | robots that work old desktop apps for big companies |
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 UiPath. How we grade
Where they differ
- UiPath is self-hostable, according to its own site.
- Automation Anywhere also covers documents.
At a glance
| Automation Anywhere | UiPath | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | Not published | $25 per month (Basic plan; billing basis not stated) |
| Free plan | Community Edition: free, no credit card, for students, developers and small businesses within stated size limits. | Community plan, free forever: build and run automations with UiPath Studio, Maestro Automate and Maestro Orchestrate, with support from the community forum. |
| Free trial | None listed | 60-day free trial of the Standard plan |
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| Made by | Automation Anywhere | UiPath |
| Price read from | automationanywhere.com | uipath.com |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Oct 5, 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.
UiPath
- Standard and Enterprise prices are not published; both are quoted by UiPath's sales team.
- Basic is capped at 5 Basic, 5 Plus and 1 Pro user, 2 robots and 1 tenant, and is hosted only in UiPath's European region.
- The pricing page says Basic is evolving and an updated plan is coming soon, and it does not state what the $25 starting price is charged per.
- Self-healing automation is an extra purchase on Standard, and live process monitoring, simulation and customer-managed encryption keys need Enterprise.
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.
UiPath
- UI automation with robots
- Robots work with screens and data the way a person would, using AI Computer Vision and selectors on Windows and macOS, and reach legacy systems and virtual environments such as Citrix.
- Studio and Studio Web
- Automations are built low-code or code-first. Studio Web creates and edits them in the browser, and the desktop experience works across Windows, macOS and Linux.
- Agents and Maestro
- Agents handle variable work that fixed rules cannot. Maestro models a process in BPMN and orchestrates agents, robots, API workflows and human tasks within it.
- Autopilot and Healing Agent
- Autopilot turns natural-language prompts into workflows, code and expressions. Healing Agent suggests fixes for broken automations and repairs UI issues at runtime.
- Document processing and mining
- From the Standard plan, UiPath classifies and extracts data from documents and communications, and offers Process Mining, Task Mining and Automation Hub.
- Cloud, dedicated or self-hosted
- Automation Cloud is the SaaS version. Standard and Enterprise can instead be self-hosted on your own Kubernetes or Linux machines, and Enterprise can buy a dedicated cloud.
Plans
Automation Anywhere
Community Edition$0
Free cloud access to Automation 360; the page limits small-business use by machine, user or revenue thresholds.
UiPath
Community$0
Free forever. Build and run automations with UiPath Studio, Maestro Automate and Maestro Orchestrate, with help from the community forum.
BasicFrom $25
per month; the page does not say what the price is per
Basic personal automations for up to 5 Basic, 5 Plus and 1 Pro user and 2 robots, hosted in the European region, with Bronze Support. Unattended RPA is an add-on.
StandardCustom
Adds agents, document processing, Maestro orchestration, governance controls and your own identity provider, with no limits on scale. Starts with a 60-day free trial.
EnterpriseCustom
Adds self-healing UI automation, live process monitoring and simulation, your own encryption keys and credential vaults, and multi-region hosting.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Automation Anywhere or UiPath?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Automation Anywhere publishes no starting price, and UiPath starts at $25 per month (Basic plan; billing basis not stated).
Which has a free plan, Automation Anywhere or UiPath?
As of Nov 12, 2026, both Automation Anywhere and UiPath have a free plan.
Which platforms do Automation Anywhere and UiPath run on?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only UiPath lists a web app and a Linux app. Both list macOS and Windows apps. 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.