Skyvern vs UiPath

Skyvern

• Operations teams collecting invoices or reports from vendor portals that have no API
• Developers replacing selector-based Selenium or Playwright scripts
• Teams that need to self-host browser automation

UiPath

• Enterprises automating work across legacy desktop applications
• Programs that combine robots, AI agents and human approvals
• Organizations that need a dedicated or self-hosted deployment

Skyvern

• The cloud Free plan is 5,000 credits, about 170 actions, and the pricing page does not show it renewing each month.
• 2FA and TOTP support, team workspaces, residential proxies and state or city targeting start on Pro at $149 a month.
• Custom code blocks, human-in-the-loop steps and HIPAA compliance are listed only under Enterprise.
• The self-hosted edition is AGPL-3.0 and needs your own LLM provider; proxies, anti-bot measures and CAPTCHA solving are described as part of Skyvern Cloud.

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.

Skyvern

Vision-based browser agents

Agents combine computer vision with LLM reasoning to read a page, so a workflow keeps working after a site changes its layout. Each run has a summary of the actions taken and why.

Several ways to build a workflow

Describe the task to a copilot in plain English, upload a written procedure, record yourself doing it in a browser, or assemble blocks in a visual editor.

Logins, 2FA and CAPTCHAs

A credential vault stores passwords and 2FA codes without exposing them to the LLM, and connects to 1Password and Bitwarden. Runs can pass TOTP prompts and solve CAPTCHAs.

Structured data extraction

Data pulled from a site is returned in a schema you define, as JSON or CSV, and documents can be downloaded from portals that sit behind a login.

Proxies and geo-targeting

Cloud runs go through datacenter or residential proxies, with targeting by country on the lower plans and by state or city on Pro and Enterprise.

API, SDKs and MCP

Workflows can be triggered through a REST API, Python and TypeScript SDKs or webhooks, and Skyvern can act as a tool for MCP-compatible clients such as Claude and Cursor.

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.

Skyvern

• Open source (self-hosted)$0

  The AGPL-3.0 project from GitHub, installed with pip or Docker Compose and run on your own machine or server with your own LLM provider.

• Free$0

  Skyvern Cloud with 5,000 credits (about 170 actions), 1 concurrent run, datacenter proxies, webhooks and community support.

• Hobby$29

  per month

  30,000 credits a month (about 1,200 actions), 10 concurrent runs, a basic CAPTCHA solver, stored credentials and email support.

• Pro$149

  per month

  150,000 credits a month (about 6,200 actions), 25 concurrent runs, team workspaces, 2FA and TOTP support, residential proxies and priority support.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Custom credits, 100 concurrent runs, HIPAA compliance, a SOC 2 report, custom code blocks, human-in-the-loop steps and a dedicated Slack channel.

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.