ABBYY Vantage vs SAP Intelligent RPA comparison

ABBYY and SAP are both solutions in the Robotic Process Automation (RPA) category. ABBYY is ranked #7 with an average rating of 8.5, while SAP is ranked #8 with an average rating of 8.0. ABBYY holds a 1.3% mindshare in RPA, compared to SAP’s 2.4% mindshare. Additionally, 93% of ABBYY users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 87% of SAP users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 4, 2024

SAP Intelligent RPA and ABBYY Vantage are automation tools offering unique advantages. SAP Intelligent RPA is favored for ease of integration due to its connection with the SAP ecosystem, while ABBYY Vantage excels in document processing, making it ideal for businesses needing advanced features.

Features: SAP Intelligent RPA supports pre-built automations, strong SAP application integration, and efficient SAP-centric operations. ABBYY Vantage offers AI-driven document extraction, excellent recognition features, and advanced processing technologies.

Room for Improvement:SAP Intelligent RPA could improve its adaptability outside the SAP ecosystem, enhance non-SAP integrations, and simplify deployment in broader environments. ABBYY Vantage might refine its cloud-based solutions, improve initial setup efficiency, and offer more robust language support.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: ABBYY Vantage offers flexibility in deployment with cloud and on-premise options and strong customer service. SAP Intelligent RPA provides robust support within SAP environments but may require more setup effort for non-SAP deployments.

Pricing and ROI: SAP Intelligent RPA has competitive pricing for SAP infrastructure users, leading to cost-effective scaling and favorable ROI. ABBYY Vantage may require higher initial costs but offers strong ROI through high document processing accuracy and efficiency.

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ABBYY Vantage vs. SAP Intelligent RPA

September 2025

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Automate

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Robotic Process Automation (RPA) category, the mindshare of Automate is 2.0%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ABBYY Vantage is 1.3%, up from 1.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP Intelligent RPA is 2.4%, up from 1.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Automate	2.0%
ABBYY Vantage	1.3%
SAP Intelligent RPA	2.4%
Other	94.3%

Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

Featured Reviews

Jane Rachma Kiniti

IT Project Manager at Labo des histoires

Automate has streamlined workflows and increased efficiency with powerful automation

The best features of the solution are the flexible automation features, it is rich with beautiful connectors, and it is easy to use with little to no coding knowledge required to get started, so anybody can use the tool. The intuitive interface of Automate has an intuitive design, which makes it easy to learn and use even without a strong technical background, and it has a drag-and-drop interface, which makes everything so easy and straightforward. The error handling capabilities in complex automation tasks are powerful, as it handles all types of tasks, whether complex or simple. I've never faced any problems even when dealing with complex tasks, so everything is super smooth and highly reliable, even when dealing with big tasks, as it has never slowed down. Automate's compatibility with existing IT infrastructure has impacted our business operations positively by providing smooth integration with other software that we use, such as Gmail, Jira, and Microsoft 365 apps, which gives us a unified platform instead of having to keep switching from one software to another, saving a lot of time and streamlining the whole workflows. The automated analytics have helped improve our business processes since it has increased our efficiency by automating our everyday tasks, freeing up time for us to focus more on strategic activities such as analyzing data and developing new business strategies. It is also cost-saving. By minimizing manual labor, it decreases human errors that can lead to costly mistakes. By automating the tasks, it helps to save costs, and it also improves our accuracy by reducing these errors to ensure that tasks are done almost perfectly.

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Amr Hammad

Managing Director at a computer software company with 11-50 employees

Enables efficient information extraction with strong OCR capabilities

The solution itself is valuable due to its ability to classify and extract information with embedded OCR, which is good. ABBYY has a very good OCR in both Arabic and English. Additionally, they have a new version called Vantage, which is cloud-based. However, we still work with the old version because most of our clients are government entities.

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Keerthana Jayathran

SAP BTP Developer at Wipro Limited

Offers integration of the document extraction service into SAP ALC, enabling the direct upload and extraction of details

I found that SAP Intelligent RPA can be somewhat unstable when using SAP GUI. When we upgraded from SAP GUI version 7.50 to version 7.70, we had to update our SAP Intelligent RPA screens even though the screens were the same. This was difficult and time-consuming. The one I would like to see is in context with the screens, if they are using the same SAP UI, and if it updates, it should not be changed. At least it should be able to identify the screen. There should be more of an error, like a proper error feature, in future releases. Sometimes, we don't understand why that automation is not learning what, like, where it is stuck, what the reason is, or what the criteria we are missing to add. A proper error message would be helpful.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"I like the interface; it makes managing automation easy. We can set different schedules and templates for each task."

"I find it very user-friendly. Our IT department and other departments can seamlessly collaborate without requiring extensive training. As a business department, we particularly value this aspect, as our team doesn't consist of many IT users. However, we couldn't solely rely on a drag-and-drop approach to implement and utilize the solution within our departments."

"The most valuable features for my client are timing and scheduling."

"Fortra's Automate performs the job effectively and has the capability to alert us of any issues."

"We have found the pricing to be very reasonable."

"The intuitive interface of Automate has an intuitive design which makes it easy to learn and use even without a strong technical background, and it has a drag and drop interface which makes everything so easy and straightforward."

"The best feature of Automate is its ease of use, which is a major selling point."

"The automated analytics have helped improve our business processes since it has increased our efficiency by automating our everyday tasks, freeing up time for us to focus more on strategic activities such as analyzing data and developing new business strategies."

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"Identifies and extract relevant elements from a document."

"Its ease of use is valuable. It is easy to use and configure."

"Verification station is a really good feature. It allows part-owners to be able to take a look at what comes out of the tool after a document, such as an invoice, is run through ABBYY. It also allows them to update it if there are any mistakes. So, it kind of gives them a little more control over what goes through the system and lessens the errors."

"I like the flexibility of the layout. For example, for the documents that we're using, this is the main feature that is very useful and makes it flexible for extraction."

"The advantage of this tool is that it is a proven product. A lot of other products are quite new in the market."

"The solution's technical support is very supportive."

"Allows us to run through documents and extract information."

"ABBYY Vantage has reduced our data because it can classify and extract information from documents."

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"Contextor is a good solution for a Citrix environment. It's the first with this tool. Other tools provide the same functionality, but not with the Citrix environment."

"The most valuable feature of SAP Contextor is that everyone is in one place in the program that I need."

"Most of the details are already in the help portal and SAP notes are available. It is well documented as part of the product support."

"The initial setup of SAP Contextor is easy."

"It is a stable solution...It is a scalable solution."

"The standout features of SAP Intelligent RPA are its flexibility and integration capabilities."

"Scalability is fine. It is pretty nice."

"It is remarkably easy to configure and code, and it doesn't require an extensive technical background or coding expertise."

Cons

"The OCR for Hebrew text needs to be improved."

"It would be an improvement if Automate had better stability tools, whether by recommending a certain amount of memory because it can be a memory hog at times."

"There is a lack of good development for artificial intelligence, such as machine learning."

"I currently have three bugs open with them that I don't know if they are addressed in the new release."

"The intelligent automation feature could be improved. It's interesting because it's simple, but the automation quality isn't always good. It's easy to use, but sometimes you need to make a slight improvement to the automation, and that's not so easy."

"The workflow for variables could be better. The input and output of task-level variables could be made a little clearer in terms of passing those around from one task to another upon success, etc. Things like that could be a little easier potentially."

"I would like to see some better web automation, a wizard like the one in the product WinAutomation would be very nice."

"I would prefer not having to log in to update a ticket; being able to respond via email would be beneficial."

More Automate cons

"The accuracy changes depending on the scenario so you need to test it before committing to this solution."

"In the future, I would like to see integration with Google Sheets."

"Not a ten because sometimes some documents have handwritten data. If this improved, I would rate it a ten out of ten."

"Quite complex, particularly for those who are not tech savvy."

"Could be simplified, particularly the UI."

"It's important to incorporate image detection for signatures or other handwriting elements."

"There is always room for improvement in any product. Some of the configurations for the machine learning models for invoice reading are fairly complicated. There is so much customization that is possible with that sort of thing, so it makes sense that there are a lot of options, but some of the more important ones can be a little better streamlined or more upfront. Currently, machine learning models are a little bit difficult to configure satisfactorily."

"The solution needs more web or cloud-based development."

More ABBYY Vantage cons

"The tool's licensing has been kind of a challenge...At the moment, the tool does not offer different licensing models to users."

"For potential features or improvements, one aspect I would suggest enhancing is the flexibility of the extraction process."

"There should be more of an error, like a proper error feature, in future releases. Sometimes, we don't understand why that automation is not learning what, like, where it is stuck, or what is the reason like, or what is the criteria we are missing to add. So a proper error message would be helpful."

"SAP Contextor could improve by automating some processes."

"I found that the SAP scripting of a program is easier than SAP Contextor."

"I would like to see a better capacity for unstructured data, for example, PDF, or text within images."

"The initial setup is of medium complexity. It is neither too hard nor too simple. You need some background in SAP and an understanding of it."

"One way SAP Intelligent RPA could improve is by integrating built-in DI services for document processing."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I like the way this solution is priced because you can buy a license, or you can buy the software outright."

"The cost is a bit high for a small business like ours, but we manage with Fortra's Automate."

"From a distributor's side, one of the biggest selling points is its price point. Without going into any numbers, compared to UiPath, Automation Anywhere, and Blue Prism, we're significantly cheaper. The main difference is that other competitors usually charge you per process. However, in Automate's case, it's priced per bot. So, a bot can run multiple processes at the same time, but you are only priced for a single bot."

"Once you buy the software, you just pay for the support for backend help."

"While solutions like UiPath and Blue Prism cost around $11,000-$12,000 for each license, this product costs around $7,000 and you can keep it forever."

"It has gone up in price. The price of Fortra's Automate has increased since we first started using it. It does a lot but also costs a lot. It was a lot more affordable before Fortra owned the software."

"Compared to other products, the pricing model for this solution is much more convenient, flexible, and adaptable to the Portuguese reality."

"It comes with a package that costs approximately $20,000 USD per year."

More Automate pricing and cost advice

"Its price is a little bit high and can be lower. Its licensing is very expensive. I don't remember exactly, but for each page, it is about four or seven cents, which is too expensive."

"The licenses for this solution are payable on a yearly basis, and are transferable from one year to the next, if they go unused. The license payment also includes a number of support hours from the vendor."

"It costs 5,000 Euro per year for one license. There are almost 500,000 pages available, so I think the price is good for what we have. It's worth the money."

"It is expensive as compared to UiPath. We pay for the licensing and the page count."

"I'd give ABBYY Vantage's pricing a rating of seven out of ten."

"It is moderately priced."

"The price per page is high."

"Its price should be a little lower. It is a lot higher than the competition, and if they just break the gap a little, then more people might jump onto their product. Their price is definitely a deterrent in the few cases that I remember. They have monthly and yearly options, and if you want, they also have per project and per page options. They do charge extra for different types of installation. They have the standalone, which is pretty straightforward and a lot cheaper than the server installation. Server installation gives you a lot more, and it gives you control over the environment."

More ABBYY Vantage pricing and cost advice

"The initial cost might seem higher, but over time, with continued use over five or ten years, the cost tends to decrease, making it a more economical choice."

"It all comes with a bundle right now. Having advanced features, it is competitively priced."

"This is not a tool or software with a license as others are. The SaaS model is based on the usage of the tool."

"The pricing is not that expensive. It is manageable."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

11%

Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

Performing Arts

Computer Software Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Manufacturing Company

Comms Service Provider

Manufacturing Company

12%

Computer Software Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

Energy/Utilities Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	18
Midsize Enterprise	8
Large Enterprise	4

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	13
Midsize Enterprise	10
Large Enterprise	29

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	3
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	4

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about HelpSystems AutoMate?

We use it for specific cases, mainly secure file transfers, which are vital for us. And it works for us.

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What is your primary use case for HelpSystems AutoMate?

My main use case for Automate is to deliver enterprise-scale script execution jobs, which means we are using Automate...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Fortra Automate?

Until now, I have not specified any other tech products except Microsoft Power Automate, N8N, and Make.com that I've ...

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What do you like most about ABBYY Vantage?

Vantage is flexible and customizable. It's a low-code/no-code tool, so you don't need to get into detailed coding. Yo...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ABBYY Vantage?

I would say the pricing is in the middle. It's neither high nor low.

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What needs improvement with ABBYY Vantage?

The vendor invoice processing skill of ABBYY Vantage could be enhanced by adding more fields that are commonly used a...

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What do you like most about SAP Contextor?

The standout features of SAP Intelligent RPA are its flexibility and integration capabilities.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SAP Contextor?

The pricing for SAP Intelligent RPA operates on a model that considers power usage and transactions per job. It is ad...

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What needs improvement with SAP Contextor?

The tool's licensing has been kind of a challenge. If the tool can bring up a usage-based licensing model, it would b...

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Also Known As

HelpSystems Automate, Automate

ABBYY FlexiCapture

SAP Contextor, Contextor

Overview

Automate offers a user-friendly solution with a drag-and-drop interface for efficient task automation and integration with major platforms like SAP and Azure, making it ideal for quick deployment with minimal coding and training.

Automate provides powerful features for businesses seeking efficient automation, offering compatibility with databases, email integration, and cloud platforms. Its simple interface supports both beginners and experienced users, simplifying tasks like invoice processing, HR automation, and data transformation. Cost-effective pricing and flexible licensing enhance its appeal while integration capabilities and scheduling tools ensure smooth workflow automation.

What are Automate's Key Features?

Drag-and-Drop Interface: Simplifies automation with intuitive design.
Integration Capabilities: Connects with platforms like SAP and Azure for seamless data flow.
Database and FTP Triggers: Enhances automation potential through direct data interaction.
Efficient Scheduling: Automates tasks with precise timing and control.
Web Scraping: Automates data extraction for quick analysis and reporting.

What Benefits and ROI Should Users Expect?

Rapid Deployment: Minimizes coding efforts for quick implementation.
Cost-Effectiveness: Offers flexible pricing models to suit budget constraints.
Operational Efficiency: Reduces manual workloads and enhances productivity.
Comprehensive Integration: Facilitates improved data management across systems.
Scalability: Adapts to growing business needs with ease.

In industries such as healthcare, banking, and logistics, Automate is used for tasks like invoice payment automation, data transformation, and task automation. This leads to streamlined processes and reduced manual workload, illustrating its value in enhancing operational efficiency through diversified workflows.

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ABBYY Vantage is an industry-leading low-code Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) platform that uses state-of-the-art AI and machine learning to automate document-centric business processes.

Businesses use Vantage to efficiently and reliably automate the manual, error-prone tasks of capturing and extracting data from documents, so they can immediately deliver accurate, process-ready content into their business systems—RPA, BPM, ERP, etc., and improve decision-making and insights. Pre-trained AI extraction models help organizations get a head start in efficiently automating document processing across various use cases and departments with 90% accuracy right from the get-go. Additionally, ABBYY's best-in-class OCR technology enables organizations to securely integrate large language models (LLMs) and generative AI through Retrieval-augmented Generation (RAG).

By utilizing ABBYY IDP organizations achieve significant efficiency gains, cost reduction and operational excellence.

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ABBYY Vantage Capabilities

Start today, with any document - Process documents of any kind—structured, semi-structured, or unstructured, and all types of data, including handwriting, barcodes, and check boxes.
Ingest documents from any source - Easily send documents from email, mobile devices, correspondence, or file repositories to Vantage for processing.
Access pre-trained models for 150+ use cases - Fast track automation with pre-trained AI models. Visit the ABBYY Marketplace to explore available models – e.g. invoices, purchase orders, W-2 forms, utility bills and many more.
Design and train extraction models - Low-code skill designer allows citizen developers to design, train, and publish AI models for any document type.
Integrate with any intelligent automation system - Out-of-the-box integration with Microsoft Power Automate, SharePoint, Blue Prism, UiPath, Automation Anywhere, and others.
Achieve 100% accuracy with HITL verification - Include manual verification in your process flow to handle exceptions and provide input to further optimize the extraction models.
Improve accuracy with continuous learning - Vantage models become more accurate over time with new document variations and human-in-the-loop review.
Monitor and analyze document processes - Track performance of deployed skills to continuously improve straight-through processing rates.

How does ABBYY Intelligent Document Processing work?

Ingest any document – structured, semi-structured and unstructured.
Vantage will automatically classify documents and assign a pre-trained AI model.
The assigned AI model will detect and extract information from the processed documents, normalize and validate the data so that it is ready to be passed on to downstream business systems.

Main use cases

Data extraction from structured, semi-structured and unstructured documents, incl. machine-readable text and handwriting. Supported document types through pre-trained AI models include insurance claims, contracts, pay slips, identity documents, invoices, purchase orders, bills of lading, delivery notes, packing lists, tax forms (1040, W-2, 1099 etc.) and more. Custom models can be trained through a low-code skill designer.
Data optimization for Generative AI through RAG. Vantage converts business documents into structured JSON files for easy integration with RAG and LLM systems like LangChain and facilitating your seamless transition to Al-driven technologies.
Conversion of SharePoint repositories into searchable, indexable text. ABBYY's AI-based OCR technology accurately converts document archives into fully searchable text for further processing.

Business processes that can be automated with ABBYY IDP

You can use Vantage to digitize, automate, and process almost any type of document. It can be especially effective for a number of use cases, including:

Customer onboarding and due diligence, including Know Your Customer (KYC).
Shipping and logistics. Automatically processing complex shipping instructions, bills of lading, freight forwarding orders, and customs clearance documentation.
Insurance claim processing. Eliminating human error and expediting the process of insurance claims.
Loan processing. Processing the “proof of” and other documents associated with loan origination.
Accounts payable automation. Expedite invoice processing, reduce manual errors and increase efficiency.

Some examples of documents ABBYY can process include:

Utility bills: Extracts the supplier’s name, statement date, customer name, and address.
Personal earning statement: ABBYY Vantage can extract data from pay stubs and help you verify an individual’s earnings and employment status.
Tax forms: Captures the data from 1040, w-2, 1099 etc. IRS forms for tax processing purposes. Includes name, amounts, filing status, and other details.
Identity documents: Extracts information from 10,000 different identity documents from 248 different regions.
Remittance: It can capture headers, footers, and in-line details from payment documents.
Arrival notice: Captures data from shipping documents, including the consignee, shipper, parties, carriers, and other relevant details.

Visit the ABBYY Marketplace to explore all available pre-trained models from ABBYY and the ABBYY partner network.

ABBYY Vantage Benefits

Optimized AI algorithms for best results at each step of the IDP process - trained neural networks, advanced machine learning, transformers and language models, natural language processing deliver consistent, reliable and accurate results.
Containerized micro-services, based on Kubernetes.
Seamless integration into any third-party system and process (BPM, RPA, ERP, etc.) through pre-built connectors or simple REST API.
Easily consumable, pre-trained document skills (AI models) fine-tuned for your industry and use case.

ABBYY

SAP Intelligent Robotic Process Automation lets you automate enterprise business processes. Design process automations within the Cloud Studio by creating end-to-end workflows. Generate packages from these automations into the Cloud Factory powered by SAP BTP to configure and execute these packages with Agents. Agents running on workstations can work as a digital assistant (attended automation) or as a digital worker (unattended automation).

SAP Intelligent RPA enables business users and technologists to become citizen developers. With powerful yet intuitive low-code and no-code capabilities, the solution supports you in driving automation by tapping into the expertise of citizen developers.

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Sample Customers

Aldergrove Financial Group, Preferred Health Professionals, Mindbeam Technologies, First Credit Union in British Columbia, Vestcom International, Prime Liberty Benefits, University of Tampa, CNLBancshares, World Precision Instruments, BJ's Restaurants, Globe Pequot Press, Accudata Technologies, Norton Healthcare, Pacific Toxicology Laboratories

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