We are into the financial industry. We have 14 different business units using Automation Anywhere, including HR, digital finance, pensions, and similar areas, primarily within the financial sector.
Lead Solutions Architect at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Enables diverse business units to automate with ease and integrate applications efficiently
Pros and Cons
- "It's easy to use, and with less experience, anyone with the business knowledge can automate easily."
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
It's easy to use, and with less experience, anyone with the business knowledge can automate easily. We can see that it's beneficial to integrate other applications and use the API to trigger any of the Automation Anywhere bots from the client-specific application.
What needs improvement?
The monitoring and reporting aspects are currently not very standardized, specifically regarding the on-premises setup. I’m not entirely sure if the cloud version has the necessary capabilities. If something goes wrong or is about to go wrong, it doesn’t help to only rely on dashboards or monitoring tools to assess the situation.
Additionally, businesses typically want detailed reporting. Right now, we lack the ability to monitor transaction-level statuses and tracking, which is a significant limitation.
Their support also needs improvement.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the solution for around eight years.
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What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Performance-wise, it is okay now. Stability-wise, if they add new features and AI-related stuff, there are hiccups in each release. They used to do monthly releases as well as quarterly releases. Clients aren't confident due to issues in each release.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I would rate it an eight out of ten for scalability.
How are customer service and support?
Technical support also has a pricing model. With non-premium support, it is hard to get immediate responses. Premium support responds immediately.
I would rate their support a five out of ten as the resolution is delayed.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have used UiPath and Power Automate. Automation Anywhere is user-friendly for business users, while UiPath is more suited for programmers due to complexity. Power Automate has powerful document automation. Pricing is a drawback for Automation Anywhere compared to Power Automate.
How was the initial setup?
The setup can be pretty easy unless there are multiple components integrated or organization-specific standards.
For a single server in a regular control room, it may take a couple of hours. When implementing a control room and IQ Bot, it may take approximately five hours.
What about the implementation team?
Usually, one person is required to maintain our infrastructure, making it easy to upgrade and resolve any issues. I do all infrastructure-related things in my organization.
For maintenance, we need downtime from the business, usually on weekends for prod, and a platform outage for non-prod environments.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
When comparing automation tools like UiPath, Power Automate, and Automation Anywhere, Power Automate often comes out as the most cost-effective option. Recently, I've noticed that Automation Anywhere has been charging separately for its various components, such as APIs, agentic processes, and business document automation. This pricing model has led many clients to reconsider their choices, especially those with limited budgets.
I've observed a significant trend where not only financial clients but also smaller businesses are migrating back to Power Automate due to its affordability. Power Automate offers a premium plan starting at just $25 per user, making it a more accessible choice for many organizations.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate this solution an eight out of ten because of their support.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
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Last updated: Jul 15, 2025
Flag as inappropriateRPA Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Interface simplicity enables quick bot development for non-tech users
Pros and Cons
- "The feature I appreciate the most about Automation Anywhere is the interface."
- "When I used this tool in the bot, it did not work. I got this issue when using the document automation learning instance."
What is our primary use case?
My use cases involve working as an employee and RPA consultant. We use Automation Anywhere to solve the problems of businesses. They decide their problem, and then we automate accordingly, and that's what we are doing.
What is most valuable?
The feature I appreciate the most about Automation Anywhere is the interface. I come from a non-tech background. Automation Anywhere was easy for me to understand, and I started developing bots very quickly. The actions in Automation Anywhere were also nice and easy for me to understand and use. It is easy for business users who don't have any technical skills to learn how to use Automation Anywhere.
Regarding the learning curve of Automation Anywhere, I started learning it with the help of Automation Anywhere University and also the bot game provided by Pathfinder. It took me around one to one and a half months to learn everything and started implementing it, which helped me become permanent in the company.
What needs improvement?
I find it very good and nice to use. However, recently, I had a problem using the IQ Bot processor for text extraction. When I used this tool in the bot, it did not work. I got this issue when using the document automation learning instance. If I run the IQ Bot preprocessor first and then use document automation, it fails to give any output. We contacted Automation Anywhere for help, but we had to find another solution, so this is an area for improvement in the Automation Anywhere platform.
I had problems while using the OCR and document information together. If I use OCR and document information separately in another bot, they work perfectly, but if I combine them and run them in the same bot, it does not run.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Automation Anywhere for more than nine months.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Regarding performance and stability, I don't find any errors; it's quite good. We don't have to worry about the performance of the automation; it works quite well for me.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
When it comes to scalability, I would give it ten out of ten. It's easy to call the bot in the processing tasks, and the input-output variable is also very easy to use. You just need to understand it first, and then it's very easy to call the bot inside the bot.
How are customer service and support?
I contacted technical support once when I had issues with the OCR and document automation part. I reached out for technical help from Automation Anywhere, but the solution provided was not clear, so we had to use an alternate way to automate those tasks. I would rate their technical support an eight out of ten. I deduct two points because the solution was not provided.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
For automating tasks, I have only used Automation Anywhere. In Automation Anywhere, I have connected other applications such as PostgreSQL and Python.
How was the initial setup?
The deployment is very easy for me.
It takes only two to three minutes to deploy a bot from the dev environment to the UAT and then to the prod environment. It's quite easy to develop the bot.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I am not aware of the pricing, but I have heard that it's very costly.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate Automation Anywhere a nine out of ten. I'm only using Automation Anywhere. I'm learning it, and it's very easy for me to learn.
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Last updated: Jul 21, 2025
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Procurement Specialist at Cleanshelf Supermarkets Limited
Automation of customer service tasks drives business growth through productivity
Pros and Cons
- "Automation Anywhere stands out because it has brought productivity to the organization, improved customer service, accelerated business growth, and allowed for faster innovation."
- "For people who don't have technical skills, Automation Anywhere may take time when it comes to browsing or loading time, and sometimes becomes very buggy with unwanted failures."
What is our primary use case?
My use case for Automation Anywhere is for vendor, customer service automation for the organization to drive improved customer service that relates to business growth.
What is most valuable?
The best features in Automation Anywhere are that it is easy to use and easy to suggest, and it's a wonderful product because it is very handy and it makes life easy. It is definitely a tool to use in our development when it comes to our businesses, which is retail. The features that I appreciate in Automation Anywhere are that it automates and inputs AI, which we call artificial intelligence.
Automation Anywhere stands out because it has brought productivity to the organization, improved customer service, accelerated business growth, and allowed for faster innovation. When it comes to AI, it offers an AI process automation that empowers and drives productivity and faster innovation whenever it is incorporated with artificial intelligence.
Automation Anywhere has improved our organization in terms of customer service, and there is an improvement in customer service and faster innovation, especially when it comes to innovating the ways of doing business.
What needs improvement?
For people who don't have technical skills, Automation Anywhere may take time when it comes to browsing or loading time, and sometimes becomes very buggy with unwanted failures.
Automation Anywhere has room for improvement in cost because it's high, and it can be a drawback for small industries or organizations that are coming up. Also, adopting Robotic Process Automation looks high, so it can be improved; perhaps the cost could be adjusted to favor even the small industries that are coming up. The browsing loading time in Automation Anywhere should be addressed, which sometimes can bring unwanted failures.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the solution for about two and a half years, three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The stability of Automation Anywhere is good, and I rate it eight or nine out of 10.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Automation Anywhere is scalable. I would rate the scalability of Automation Anywhere an eight.
How are customer service and support?
I do use the Automation Co-pilot. Co-pilot makes work easier, and the time required to do work is really reduced, resulting in accomplishing more in just a few moments.
Co-pilot helps to increase productivity because whenever you use it, there's time saving and the energy that was supposed to be used for other things can be redirected to other tasks within the organization. In half a day or a few hours, Automation Anywhere saves me time, so as an organization, we are at least somewhere better in terms of productivity.
Regarding technical support, they are doing good work and work closely with customers to design solutions that align with organizational goals as well as improve efficiency. I give the support from Automation Anywhere a nine out of ten.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We haven't really tried other products because Automation Anywhere was required when we began this organization, and when we first tried it, we saw it working better for us; thus, the integrity of it is good.
How was the initial setup?
Currently, in my organization, we have about four departments using Automation Anywhere. Automation Anywhere doesn't require any maintenance. I purchased Automation Anywhere through a direct purchase.
What about the implementation team?
The deployment of Automation Anywhere involves a support team that assists in deploying the product in our systems and makes the process automation easier while also helping other staff understand the product.
What was our ROI?
Automation Anywhere has improved our organization in terms of customer service, and there is improvement in customer service and faster innovation, especially when it comes to innovating the ways of doing business.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Automation Anywhere has room for improvement in cost because it's high, and it can be a drawback for small industries or organizations that are coming up. Also, adopting Robotic Process Automation looks high, so it can be improved; perhaps the cost could be adjusted to favor even the small industries that are coming up.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We haven't really tried other products because Automation Anywhere was required when we began this organization, and when we first tried it, we saw it working better for us; thus, the integrity of it is good.
What other advice do I have?
The vendor can contact me if they have any questions about my review. I would be interested in being a reference for the vendor. I would recommend Automation Anywhere because it's easy to suggest and it's a good product. I would rate Automation Anywhere a nine out of 10 compared to other similar products.
The automation of workflows, APIs, applications, and documents in Automation Anywhere is good. I spend about half a day to a day on maintaining bots in Automation Anywhere. It is easy to upgrade Automation Anywhere, but when it comes to the costs incurred when upgrading the product, it can be a drawback; it sometimes takes time because we need the funds to upgrade the system. However, when it comes to upgrading, it is very easy.
Training a non-technical employee on Automation Anywhere will take a day or two days, depending on what you're trying to train them.
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Last updated: Jul 16, 2025
Flag as inappropriateCybersecurity Specialist at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
Automates data entry tasks with seamless AI integration and has a user-friendly interface.
Pros and Cons
- "The best features of Automation Anywhere are having a user-friendly interface and the ability to integrate AI."
- "The best features of Automation Anywhere are having a user-friendly interface and the ability to integrate AI, and APIs and services like OpenAI's ChatGPT can be integrated, enhancing its functionality."
- "The website can be buggy at times, and I would like to see improvements in latency and slow response times."
- "The website can be buggy at times, and I would like to see improvements in latency and slow response times."
What is our primary use case?
I primarily use Automation Anywhere for automating manual data entry tasks, such as customer data validation and supply chain management. I have used it for managing a large volume of customer entries, such as handling one lakh customer entries efficiently.
How has it helped my organization?
It saves time and is efficient in data entry for my company. Previously, tasks took more time, but now the process is easier with the software.
What is most valuable?
The best features of Automation Anywhere are having a user-friendly interface and the ability to integrate AI. Additionally, APIs and services like OpenAI's ChatGPT can be integrated, enhancing its functionality. It stands out for its efficiency and ease of integration.
What needs improvement?
The website can be buggy at times, and I would like to see improvements in latency and slow response times.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Automation Anywhere for about one year in my office.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I rate the stability of the solution as a nine out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I rate the scalability of the solution as an eight out of ten.
How are customer service and support?
I have never contacted technical support as there have been no issues.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Before Automation Anywhere, I used testing software in BrowserStack.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup took about a day, and while it was initially a bit complex, it eventually became easier.
What was our ROI?
The solution saves about sixty percent of my time and approximately fifty thousand rupees per month.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Although the pricing is somewhat expensive, it is worth it for the value provided.
What other advice do I have?
I recommend Automation Anywhere because it is beginner-friendly, allowing anyone to learn it easily in their organization.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
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Last updated: Sep 20, 2025
Flag as inappropriateEasy to use, quick to learn, and simplifies processes while reducing errors
Pros and Cons
- "The built-in features, such as the connector builder and AI development tools, are easily accessible, keeping the software up-to-date."
- "Stability is great."
- "I would like to see better and more technical use cases for the AI features, showing how to build them instead of repeated general examples."
- "The main request I have for Automation Anywhere is to focus more on technical demonstrations."
What is our primary use case?
I use it for a variety of shared service applications. It helps manage the volume of processing and handle many incoming ticket requests. I also utilize it for invoice processing, aiding AR collections, and some reporting. There is quite a variety of applications for Automation Anywhere.
What is most valuable?
I like the web-based development and the control room interface, which is robust and works well. Importantly, I experience fewer errors with finding screen elements to interact with when compared to other automation software.
Automation Anywhere presents fewer maintenance issues.
The built-in features, such as the connector builder and AI development tools, are easily accessible, keeping the software up-to-date.
Before joining, I observed it to be a robust program with immediate visible benefits. I had fifty bots running, effectively demonstrating their workload. The hard parts, like recognizing ROI, building a backlog, and setting up internal infrastructure and governance, were already completed. Having done this elsewhere, I appreciate these accomplishments.
There are a lot of good built-in features like the connector builder. The AI aspects are very good. The software is keeping up with the times and I appreciate the new features they add.
It's easy for new users with no experience. You can learn quickly. You can also use pre-built packages that allow you to build a bot without much experience. There's Automation Anywhere University to assist as well. All of the tools are there to build a very robust robot. There is a learning curve within development. However, if you already have basic programming skills or a basic understanding of how computer science works, then it's fairly easy to build the bots that you need and can incorporate advanced logic, looping, variables, and things like that. If you understand those concepts, then it's not hard at all.
We have integrated other tools or applications with Automation Anywhere. That's one of the things that RPA is really good at. I couldn't say I've integrated other applications with Automation Anywhere so much as Automation Anywhere with other applications. We're using a lot of external vendors and automating processes for those external vendors that were problematic since they didn't integrate well with others.
What needs improvement?
The main request I have for Automation Anywhere is to focus more on technical demonstrations. They do extensive marketing and explanations of new technologies, which are great - however, often less technically focused. Common use cases are frequently repeated, such as loan processing and order fulfillment. I would like to see better and more technical use cases for the AI features, showing how to build them instead of repeated general examples.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have used the solution for one year.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is rock solid. Stability is great. I have never had any concerns about downtime or other issues.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The software is very capable. I am small compared to others, however, as a higher education institution, I'm probably one of the largest as a whole. The software can scale as far as I need, with no limit other than the investment of money, development time, and effort.
How are customer service and support?
Initially, it took me some time to reach the right team for help, however, the support was knowledgeable and resolved the problem fairly quickly. Although it took a little over a week due to the tricky nature of the issue, I am generally satisfied with the support and have no significant concerns.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Neutral
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have used UiPath previously. I like Automation Anywhere better.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup was easy. It took me about a week or two to understand how to use it, and that's being generous. The concepts are straightforward and it's very similar to UiPath, beyond a few differences.
We haven't needed to update to a new version. The major update from on-prem to cloud was done before I came.
The more minor upgrades were painful, yet not at all due to Automation Anywhere. ERP updates and things like that required us to test every bot. None of that was a fault or a problem with our Automation Anywhere. The rest was relatively smooth and straightforward, and the control room updates were relatively smooth and straightforward. This last update, we had a little bit of a hiccup. However, working through support, we got a workaround until the fix can get into place.
There is some maintenance needed on the bots. That's not the software's fault. The maintenance effort is quite low compared to what I was used to.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Pricing is fine. Renegotiating our contract was challenging, however, I have a new salesperson, and I am excited about working with him.
What other advice do I have?
I'm an Automation Anywhere customer.
I have spent the last year getting a handle on Automation Anywhere, bringing five years of experience with its main competitor, UiPath. The opportunities for AI are boundless, and I am working heavily with the hospital to identify use cases. I am incorporating AI in invoice processing to extract data correctly and for image preprocessing.
Benefits form transactions, like enrollment forms for healthcare and dependent change forms, are the next focus.
I have yet to use Copilot, although I do have a use case that I'm hoping to build out.
In terms of seeing the benefits to Automation Anywhere, this particular job had already been using it for five years before I came. So the benefit had already been realized, and it was already a fairly robust program. I could see the benefit the first day I started. We already had 50 bots running, and it was very easy to see all of the work that they were doing. The hard part had already been completed in terms of recognizing ROI and building out a backlog of work, and having the infrastructure and the governance internally set up was already huge. I've done all those things before in other employers, and that takes significant time, a couple of years, to do it properly. Since that was already done, I could just hit the ground running, and we could just build more bots and make the bots that we had more robust.
I rate the product eight out of ten.
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Delivery Manager at Nokia Corporation
Improves process efficiency and accuracy, and it's fast and user-friendly
Pros and Cons
- "The best aspect is the user interface. It is very user-friendly and snappy, responding quickly compared to other available tools. It is easy to learn, and the community support is good for asking questions and getting answers."
- "Automation Anywhere has helped us with efficiency and accuracy."
- "In Automation Anywhere, the logging process is manual. We have to manually log each instance where the bot fails or the progress of a task. Automating this through a new feature would help developers simplify their development process."
- "In Automation Anywhere, the logging process is manual."
What is our primary use case?
I have worked on automation for several clients and organizations. In my previous organization, we automated several business processes related to governance. Currently, I am working with Nokia. Here at Nokia, we are performing data reconciliations, including financial data, procurement data, and asset-related data. To achieve this, we fetch data from systems like SAP and custom applications. Instead of manually navigating multiple screens in SAP, we use the RPA Automation tool to handle these activities. We are essentially automating these processes.
We are exploring an automated system that can help our production support system resolve tickets more efficiently. We have the data of or the history of multiple incidents raised in the past two or three years. We would like to utilize this data to resolve new tickets and provide the steps for resolution. When a ticket is there, the automated system can identify the solutions and automatically implement those suggestions to fix the ticket. We have not implemented it yet.
At the moment, we do not have any use cases for Generative AI, but we are looking into it.
How has it helped my organization?
Automation Anywhere has helped us with efficiency and accuracy. We cannot achieve the same level of efficiency and accuracy through manual tasks. There are also cost savings. Manually performed tasks are financially demanding.
Automation Anywhere is easy to learn. People who are not technical can also get started with this tool. They can explore and slowly adapt to the tool. They do not need too much expertise, but having technical expertise can be an advantage. Overall, Automation Anywhere is fairly good for non-technical people.
We have integrated SAP and web applications with Automation Anywhere. We have also automated using the APIs. Its integration is good and has improved over time. It is evolving and getting easier for us to integrate with external applications.
We have had a lot of time savings. We have 40 to 50 bots.
What is most valuable?
The best aspect is the user interface. It is very user-friendly and snappy, responding quickly compared to other available tools. It is easy to learn, and the community support is good for asking questions and getting answers. Training camps are provided by Automation Anywhere. I recently attended the document automation training camp. In 2025, we are going to attend the AI agent training camp. The community and the training around the tool have been beneficial.
What needs improvement?
In Automation Anywhere, the logging process is manual. We have to manually log each instance where the bot fails or the progress of a task. Automating this through a new feature would help developers simplify their development process. That is my suggestion.
About a year or two ago, debugging was challenging in Automation Anywhere. If you had multiple task bots with a parent task and a child task, there were issues during debugging. Automation Anywhere took the feedback and fixed it in the next releases.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Automation Anywhere for over five years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Most of the time, I do not encounter problems with the control room. On a scale of one to ten, I would rate it a nine, but I have had issues with IQ Bot. I would rate IQ Bot's stability an eight out of ten due to some service instability. For example, it sometimes fails to communicate with RabbitMQ. Automation Anywhere's control room is very stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It is scalable. Scalability also depends on how we code or develop the bots. We have 45 different use cases, and most of them are multi-bot, so I do not see any issues with the scalability. I would rate it a nine out of ten for scalability.
How are customer service and support?
I would rate it an eight out of ten. Most of the time, when I raise cases for help with the Automation Anywhere vendor, I receive good help at the right time. However, sometimes I receive automated responses, which are not helpful and cause delays. Despite this, I generally get good support, so I can rate customer service an eight out of ten, but there is room for improvement.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have used Blue Prism and Power Automate as well. In Blue Prism, logging is simple because it is automatic. Automation Anywhere is more snappy and faster in response. It also has inbuilt document automation, whereas Blue Prism does not have the inbuilt OCR capability. Overall, Automation Anywhere is a better solution than Blue Prism.
Power Automate is a very slow tool. If you have to open any flow, it takes a lot of time to load. This issue is not there in Automation Anywhere. It is more capable than Power Automate.
How was the initial setup?
Currently, we have two control rooms. One is an on-prem control room, and the other one is a SaaS or cloud control room. We are using both.
The SaaS option is evidently easier because we do not need to manage servers, issues, or restart services. We prefer SaaS for these reasons.
In terms of maintenance, the platform upgrade from one version to another version is not difficult. We started with version 21 of A360, and we are currently on version 35. Most of the updates in the SaaS environment are automatic and happen during the night hours. Most of the time, we have not seen any issues. They went smoothly, but sometimes, there were some terminations and other issues. If those issues are also taken care of, it will be very smooth.
For the SaaS control room, there is not much maintenance. We are doing maintenance only in terms of the code. In terms of platform, we do not need any maintenance for the SaaS control room. For the on-prem control room, there is a lot of maintenance. Sometimes, the services go down, or the communication between the application and database server has problems.
What about the implementation team?
We have seven to eight developers and three to four production support resources. Building a bot is not an easy process. It is a lengthy process. The duration depends on the use case. It can take from one month to three to four months to develop one automation.
We have a separate platform team that helps us in terms of the platform issues. We have a development team, and we have a production support team. So everyone has their own responsibilities and roles.
We have about 45 use cases deployed in production.
What other advice do I have?
I would definitely recommend Automation Anywhere. I have been using it for the last five years, and it is one of the leading RPA tools in the market.
Their community support is excellent. If we encounter challenges, we can rely on the community for help. There are ample training programs and an Automation Anywhere university to facilitate learning. The solution is reliable.
I would rate Automation Anywhere a nine out of ten. Some features, such as automatic logging, could be improved. It has the potential to become the best tool.
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Robotic Process Automation Developer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Deployment and maintenance become smoother with integrated features and user-friendly experience
Pros and Cons
- "The thing I appreciate most about Automation Anywhere is how integrated the aspects of it are."
- "The features of Automation Anywhere improve my company by making deployment and maintenance of our automations a smoother process overall."
- "I don't find a lot outside of the internal community forum."
- "When I post questions, I seldom get answers fast, and when I do, there are inconsistencies with the existing documentation."
What is our primary use case?
As a financial institution, a lot of collections activity processing, invoices, and billing related to our collections activities is my primary use case for Automation Anywhere. That's really where I've been focused for these past few weeks. We're expanding into very ground-level things, consolidating reports from multiple systems, doing these basic use cases to start.
How has it helped my organization?
The features of Automation Anywhere improve my company by making deployment and maintenance of our automations a smoother process overall. We can make changes much quicker when we need to and it's definitely simpler for other affiliated people in the company to understand, including those who might not be working in the systems daily. It's put together efficiently enough that it's user-friendly for non-professional developers to handle.
What is most valuable?
The thing I appreciate most about Automation Anywhere is how integrated the aspects of it are. I also worked with another platform in a different company for two years and it wasn't nearly as integrated, and it required a lot of effort and time trying to get everything to communicate together, from version controlling and deployment. The simple act of engaging was more complex.
Regarding the development environment, I'm really pleased with Automation Anywhere and enjoy using it. One place I find regular struggles is with basic documentation, including details about different commands or applications that are natively in the system. I tend to have to do test development on my own to find answers that should probably be in the documentation. That does slow things down, but once I get the information I need, it's really great to use overall.
What needs improvement?
To make it a ten, I would suggest more access to basic information, maybe more distributed use of it on the web. I don't find a lot outside of the internal community forum. It doesn't get much attention or use on Stack Overflow or other public community platforms. The responsiveness and amount of community engagement needs improvement. When I post questions, I seldom get answers fast. When I do, I am usually just directed to the standard documentation, which I have already reviewed and found to be lacking the answers to my questions.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using the solution for two years at my current role, and a total of about four years altogether.
How was the initial setup?
The deployment has been pretty smooth. We haven't had an issue with anything. Mostly, it's getting all of our internal security and things like that locked in so that we can go through.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I don't have any specifics about the pricing. It's not in my area.
What other advice do I have?
We are not using Automation Anywhere AI feature set at the moment. We just took the training courses in the past few weeks and are learning about it, and I'm hoping to get hands-on sessions to get experience using the tools. Right now, we're looking forward to developing some use cases that we can start engaging.
The biggest challenges for me and my company in the age of AI stem from being a financial institution and credit union, which creates a particularly conservative environment. This takes more evangelism to get adopted, as financial institutions tend to have more regulatory compliance issues that we must be very conscientious of, so we have to proceed slower on that front.
AI governance is definitely getting attention and discussion in my company. Everyone has accepted that it's going to be a huge part of the landscape in the very near future, so it's important to ensure we have everything managed and planned within compliance for protecting private, personal information.
With our department structure, I personally don't utilize the Automation Anywhere COE, or Center of Excellence manager. I believe our managers and business analysts do, but that's not something as a developer I get involved with.
We haven't deployed any document automation in our current processes. We've done extensive exploration and have paid contracts for a certain number of documents, but we haven't had a beneficial, deployable use case yet. We know they're there, but we have easier tasks to tackle first.
Overall, I'd give Automation Anywhere probably an eight on a scale from one to ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Other
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Last updated: Jul 2, 2025
Flag as inappropriateRPA Developer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Makes automation easy with the user-friendly interface and has a broad community support
Pros and Cons
- "Automation Anywhere is the best among all other automation tools available in the market such as Power Automate and UiPath."
- "The main disadvantage of Automation Anywhere is its high cost."
What is our primary use case?
Currently, I'm working as a RPA developer in India. We are using Automation Anywhere to automate the repeated tasks. We have clients who provide a business problem. After the feasibility study, we design a solution architecture, and based on that, we develop the bot. For the development, we use Automation Anywhere along with many other tools such as Python, Excel scripting, and there are many more, all aimed at solving the business problem and making the end-to-end automation that our client needs.
What is most valuable?
Automation Anywhere is the best among all other automation tools available in the market such as Power Automate and UiPath. The best thing about Automation Anywhere is its simplicity and user-friendly interface, which makes it easy to create bots because they have only three sections: variables, actions, and triggers. We just set the actions and implement them in the bot.
Additionally, they provide learning courses and the 'bot game,' which is an engaging way to experience real-world and challenging problems that enhance our skills.
Furthermore, Automation Anywhere boasts a broader community compared to others, with many people discussing it online and helping solve problems. Lastly, Automation Anywhere is low-code, allowing us to feel we are doing programming while solving problems.
What needs improvement?
The license cost is quite expensive compared to other tools available in the market such as Power Automate, which offers better features at a lower license cost. The main disadvantage of Automation Anywhere is its high cost.
Another issue is that it is solely dependent on the Windows operating system, and since I am using Linux, I faced difficulties while learning Automation Anywhere because it only supports Windows environments. Comparatively, competitors such as UiPath provide cloud-based solutions that Linux users can access, making this another drawback.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Automation Anywhere for almost one year in my career.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Automation Anywhere has proven to be very stable. The instance currently running in the production environment operates almost 24 hours a day, demonstrating very good stability. I would rate its stability a nine out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
As far as scalability is concerned, I would give it five out of ten because there are multiple programming languages and tools available, and if you try to implement and integrate them in your bot, you may find limitations within Automation Anywhere. For instance, while running a Python script, I encountered difficulties passing multiple arguments in a single call, which reflects a lack of scalability features.
How are customer service and support?
I have contacted customer support for Automation Anywhere, and while their responsiveness is good, the reliability is lacking. We faced an issue where we couldn't run OCR and document automation in the same bot. The customer support team was quick to respond, but they were unable to resolve the problem we encountered during development, forcing us to seek alternative solutions. So, while customer support is responsive, it is not always effective in solving issues.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Neutral
How was the initial setup?
The deployment of Automation Anywhere is very easy.
We have three environments: development, testing, and production. We build the bot in the development environment and after building, exporting the bot is simple—just a few clicks to download the zip file. You can import that file into any other environment, including production, by clicking on the import button, and your bot is deployed. You can also schedule and run the bot in both attended and unattended modes, which adds to its ease of deployment.
Automation Anywhere does require maintenance on my end. The platform provides updates and package management. For instance, for browser automation, if you are using browser package version 1.1, you must use the same version across all environments; otherwise, the bot won't run. While it's possible to download and deploy the bot without adhering to package updates for production setup, managing package versions can still require attention. Thus, maintenance can be neither too simple nor too difficult, but it is necessary when developing with Automation Anywhere.
What other advice do I have?
The Automation Anywhere interface is very simple to use as compared to others in the market. Non-technical users can understand Automation Anywhere easily because it is easy to grasp, but if a non-technical person tries to develop or read the code to understand the business problem, it might be hard. For example, we provide a process definition document (PDD) to non-technical persons such as business analysts who may have a less technical background. This document includes a high-level overview of the process, allowing them to understand the code better. Thus, it still requires some technical knowledge to fully grasp the business problems when using Automation Anywhere.
I have not used the Co-Pilot feature explicitly, but I am currently working on a project developing an end-to-end identity automation bot, where we utilize multiple documents totaling around five thousand. In this project, we have integrated Gemini and Azure OpenAI as LLM models through APIs or by downloading and fine-tuning the models according to our use cases, which we deploy using Automation Anywhere.
I would rate Automation Anywhere an eight out of ten.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Last updated: Jul 21, 2025
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