Blue Prism vs Workato (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Blue Prism and Workato share a 2.0 GPA, neither has a free plan and their prices can't be set side by side, so the choice depends on whether you care more about the free plan, where Blue Prism grades higher, or platforms, where Workato does.
Checked Nov 12, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
They get the same grade on value for money, features and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Blue Prism
Enterprise robotic process automation, now SS&C Blue Prism
Free trial
Which one is for you
Pick Blue Prism if
- Fits if you are an enterprise team looking at RPA and want to try it first
- Works for someone who wants to learn on the local Learning Edition
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want a published price, as only Contact Us is offered
- Not for you if you are a small team, as it is sold to enterprises
- Watch out: supported operating systems are not listed on the pages read
- Watch out: the product is now branded SS&C Blue Prism, so older material may use another name
Pick Workato if
- Fits if you're a larger company wiring together many business apps
- Makes sense if you want separate development, test and production environments for automations
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want a price on the page: every edition is quoted through sales
- Tight if you're on the entry edition, with 1 concurrency in Standard
- Watch out: RPA, Private Link and advanced security are sold separately
- Not for you if you want a simple tool for one person, as it's built for company-wide programmes
- Watch out: the free sign-up button comes with no stated length or limits, so check before relying on it
How we grade them
| 2.0GPABlue PrismFair | 2.0GPAWorkatoFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CNo prices or plans are published, and a guessed pricing address returns not found. It sits in the middle. | CNo prices are published: every edition is quoted through sales. With nothing on record it sits at C, and the page says plan structures can differ by contract terms. |
| Free plan and trial | CA free trial of up to 30 days, plus a locally installed Learning Edition. The pages read do not state a card. | DThe pricing page has a Start for free sign-up button, but it doesn't say how long it lasts, what it covers or whether a card is needed. No free plan is listed. |
| Features | CDigital workers, a managed cloud edition and AI orchestration products, but the pages read do not say what the core build tools cover. | CIntegration, process automation, MCP servers, data pipelines and an agent studio on the top edition. But concurrency, on-premise agents and log retention are capped per edition: 1 concurrency in Standard, 15 in Enterprise MCP. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. Enterprise RPA means learning to build and run digital workers. | CNo store rating on record. Recipes, environments and edition limits need set-up and admin time. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb only on record. The pages do not list operating systems or integrations. | BWeb, with an API platform, on-premise agents (3, 10 or 30 by edition) and MCP servers. |
| Best for | enterprise RPA with a trial | enterprise-wide integration and automation |
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: Blue Prism and Workato. How we grade
Where they differ
- Workato also covers AI agents.
In commonWebAI featuresWorkflow automation
At a glance
| Blue Prism | Workato | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Paid |
| Starts at | Not published | Not published |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | Free trial of up to 30 days, plus a locally installed Learning Edition. | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Blue Prism Limited | Workato |
| Price read from | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Nov 12, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Blue Prism
- No prices or plans are published, and a guessed pricing address returns not found.
- It is sold to enterprises; the site's main call to action is Contact Us.
- The pages we read do not list supported operating systems or whether a browser is the main way to build automations.
- The product is branded SS&C Blue Prism, and the parent company is SS&C Technologies.
Workato
- No prices are published: every edition is quoted through sales, so no starting price is shown here.
- The page says plan structures can differ by contract terms and by when a customer joined.
- Concurrency, on-premise agents and log retention are capped per edition (for example 1 concurrency in Standard, 15 in Enterprise MCP).
- Optional add-ons such as RPA, Private Link and advanced security are sold separately.
Key features
Blue Prism
- Digital workers
- Software robots that carry out business processes, managed from a central pool and orchestrated across teams.
- Managed cloud edition
- Blue Prism Cloud is a hosted, vendor-managed platform delivered from Microsoft Azure or AWS, with upgrades handled by the vendor.
- Security certifications
- The cloud product page says it is certified to ISO 27001 and SOC 2 (Type 2), with Cyber Essentials and HIPAA compliance.
- AI and orchestration products
- The product list includes AI Agents, AI Gateway, Automation Orchestrator, Capture, Decipher IDP, Process Intelligence and Email AI.
- Training and community
- Blue Prism University offers free training, and a community and a Digital Exchange sit alongside the documentation.
Workato
- Application integration
- The Standard edition covers application integration and process automation, with recipe lifecycle management and separate development, test and production environments.
- MCP servers and gateway
- Business MCP adds pre-built MCP servers, an AI/MCP gateway and an Enterprise Skill builder on top of Standard.
- Data and API tools
- Business MCP also lists data integration (ETL, ELT, reverse ETL) and an API platform; Enterprise MCP adds data pipelines and event streams.
- Agent Studio
- Workato ONE, the top edition, adds Agent Studio, a knowledge base and an employee assistant with enterprise search.
- On-premise connectivity
- Higher editions include on-premise agents (OPAs): 3 in Business MCP, 10 in Enterprise MCP and 30 in Workato ONE.
- Security controls
- SAML SSO, MFA and role-based access control come with Standard; Enterprise MCP adds data masking, activity audit and hourly key rotation.
Plans
Blue Prism
Pricing could not be confirmed. See blueprism.com.
Workato
Pricing could not be confirmed. See workato.com.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Blue Prism or Workato?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Blue Prism has no price we could confirm, and Workato has no price we could confirm.
Which has a free plan, Blue Prism or Workato?
As of Nov 12, 2026, neither Blue Prism nor Workato has a free plan. Blue Prism has a free trial.
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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.