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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jul 23, 2026

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Categories and Ranking

Automation Anywhere
Sponsored
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
661
Ranking in other categories
Business Process Management (BPM) (2nd), Robotic Process Automation (RPA) (2nd), Process Mining (1st), Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) (1st), Agentic Automation (1st), Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies (2nd), AI Legal & Compliance (1st), AI Finance & Accounting (1st), AI Procurement & Supply Chain (1st)
AutoGen
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
AI Agent Builders (11th)
Microsoft Foundry
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.7
Number of Reviews
20
Ranking in other categories
AI Development Platforms (5th), Low-Code Development Platforms (9th), Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) (10th), AI Agent Builders (3rd)
 

Featured Reviews

Venkat Sivaprakash - PeerSpot reviewer
Management Consultant at Accenture
Has significantly improved document-driven workflows and reduced processing time across finance and HR functions
Automation Anywhere has evolved significantly and upgraded itself to provide agentic AI and AI-based automation solutions for document automation. The product has matured considerably over time. We can create workflows that can call an API. We can include prompts in particular workflows for ChatGPT-related functions, connecting to an LLM and RAG to perform tasks. For document automation, modern features are available to train documents, ensuring high accuracy and repeatability over time. The system is very easy to use. I recently completed a course in document automation, typically designed for people involved in coding and technical aspects. Though I understand coding comprehensively, I don't do actual coding. The course was very accessible. Currently, extensive coding isn't necessary due to the hybrid model incorporating GenAI aspects, low-code, no-code capabilities, APIs, and numerous pre-built objects in Automation Anywhere. The features include GenAI-driven prompting methods and workflow creation capabilities. In these workflows, we can create decision boxes and call APIs without coding. We simply pull objects, drop them, connect them, and add minimal coding when needed. The most crucial aspect isn't coding but rather sizing the automation and fleshing out the details. Automation Co-pilot takes notes and performs automated analysis. It can extract details from videos, summarize conversations, and provide detailed information. During calls, it identifies instructions and performs tasks such as preparing reports and reconciliation. Automation Anywhere can also connect with Microsoft Co-pilot. Through Co-pilot, real-time operations can be executed, allowing direct interaction between vendors and automation through this component.
Marián Lojka - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Manager, Data Architect Accenture Technology at Accenture
Framework has streamlined multi-agent monitoring and now delivers clear, actionable log insights
I appreciate the AutoGen Studio team builder, which is good, but it could be even better. I do not understand the versioning from Microsoft; the version is 0.4, which has been available since February 2025. There are already multiple platforms on the internet for creating AI agent systems, and I think AutoGen is not as mature as it could be. The challenges that other customers might encounter while setting up this solution include understanding how the framework works. The documentation is somewhat available, but it is not perfect, and there are not many running examples because it is new. There is no community yet, so you might be dealing with issues specific to how to use the framework properly to achieve the desired outcomes.
Sudhakar Pyndi - PeerSpot reviewer
Data, Analytics & Ai Senior Director, Enterprise Architecture at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
Document processing has accelerated contract reviews and enabled rapid development of AI-driven supply chain solutions
With regard to security, compliance, or governance features in Azure AI Foundry, this is something that we have started looking into, primarily using Microsoft Purview for our governance, data governance. There is this new module called DSPM for AI, and we are exploring it while trying to operationalize it with different policies and so forth, but we're still not where we want to be on the governance, AI governance side. It's a process and a path, and we are trying to work through that right now. Azure AI Foundry can be improved from the governance perspective, as a lot can be done. The promising part is the recent announcement on the Foundry control plane. A couple of days back, there was an announcement regarding it bringing in some of the gaps that were on the platform, so it's a really positive direction in terms of where it's going. More governance is what is lacking, but the control plane will really play a big role there.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Automation Anywhere has not only my organization but several customers as well, particularly the organizations from the automobile industry, benefitted in their vision to transform their business objective towards the path of digital transformation."
"We have been able to reduce the amount of repetitive tasks completed by operations, allowing individuals to move onto tasks which cannot yet be automated."
"In one of the use cases, we used to have around 300 tickets per month which has been reduced to almost zero now."
"Most of the features of Automation Anywhere (AA) are good, but one big feature which I really like is its OCR (optical character recognition) feature."
"We're finding time savings as a benefit. One example would be a customer service rep who might get a question about an order, and it's usually through email. It can take a good three to seven business days to answer a customer's question about their order. When we automate it, it takes hours, if not minutes."
"The OCR feature in Automation Anywhere is the best I have encountered, even better than Google."
"We found that Automation Anywhere was the easiest to use, and their offer was much more appealing compared to the other products, so that's why we ended up choosing them."
"One thing I really like is the the recorder where you can connect with multiple systems. The OCR is also good."
"The features contributing most to operational efficiency with AutoGen are part of the framework that allows you to create AI agents in an accelerated way and the communication between those agents in the same manner."
"The features of Azure AI Foundry that I appreciate the most include the model catalog and the capability to deploy all of these different models, especially now that they've added Anthropic, which was the big one that was missing."
"The most beneficial feature for enhancing our customer experience is that it is easy to use for them and for us to implement."
"The most beneficial feature of Azure AI Foundry for enhancing customer experience is the ability to use Azure Functions to call things outside of Azure AI Foundry, making it more comprehensive as a feature."
"Having Azure AI Foundry as a tool has benefited our organization significantly because our team has five data scientists, and this type of tool makes everything much faster."
"These features have benefited our organization by allowing us to release new products and new offerings this year, accelerate our growth, and quickly drive our AI agents into customers' hands."
"From my experience, there are features that stand out for me, as the fact that it connects to ConnectWise is strong and integration is the strongest part."
"With the introduction of Microsoft Foundry and the models and the flexibility, I think it has been a simple plug and play or no-code, low-code kind of feasibility which a developer is getting."
"Azure AI Foundry has helped reduce the time taken for AI app and agent development cycles by approximately 50% for one use case."
 

Cons

"In a cost-sensitive industry like banking, where automation needs to prove clear ROI, a more flexible pricing structure would assist organizations in expanding automation more aggressively without feeling constrained by budget considerations."
"Automation Anywhere is not as flexible as Process Studio."
"One of the things that we did was purchase the solution originally through IBM, as they had an value-added layer on top of it. Once we had another group come on, they purchased additional bots directly from Automation Anywhere, and they wouldn't integrate well. We had to uninstall the solution that we had purchased from IBM and reinstall those bots to move forward."
"I would like to see integration better integration with Excel and SAP."
"The initial setup was a bit difficult and took more time than expected."
"The license cost is high and needs improvement."
"The data migration could be better."
"The cost of this solution can be improved."
"I do not understand the versioning from Microsoft; the version is 0.4, which has been available since February 2025. There are already multiple platforms on the internet for creating AI agent systems, and I think AutoGen is not as mature as it could be."
"I would improve Azure AI Foundry by adding more functions within Foundry itself, as right now it is quite basic in what it does."
"On a very common end or whatever is available on the basic pricing, I think Microsoft tools are priced on a higher side compared to its competitors."
"In Azure AI Foundry, I did not see many tools inside to test it that can really help us. I wish there were more tooling."
"Azure AI Foundry can be improved from the governance perspective, as a lot can be done."
"Azure AI Foundry can be improved by adding educational features."
"My experience with Azure AI Foundry's pricing, setup cost, and licensing was a mess."
"I do see some disadvantages that could be improved. The document management side of it needs work."
"One of the big things Azure AI Foundry could improve is continuously evolving the governance elements and how, while I know they exist, the more control we can have over different elements and observation of what different agents are doing, the better."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It has good licensing costs which are average for the market."
"If you are looking into Automation Anywhere, get the Community Edition and play with it."
"The pricing is fair. My company is part of a big organization, so the pricing is very advantageous."
"Considering the cost, it is a bit high, but worth the price because the output accuracy is high."
"I find the license pricing to be competitive and reflective of the pricing models throughout the RPA space, and I believe there is a lot of value in continuing to maintain the free community edition platform."
"It's the best RPA tool, but the pricing could be improved."
"It is affordable for us."
"Our annual licensing costs for the entire company are $100,000."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
13%
Outsourcing Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Construction Company
10%
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Outsourcing Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Construction Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business157
Midsize Enterprise82
Large Enterprise558
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Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise15
 

Questions from the Community

How good is Automation Anywhere for RPA processes?
It depends on your use case. Is it simply to automate a couple of processes? Is it to augment a human team? AA is ver...
How good is Automation Anywhere for RPA processes?
From my experience using AA tool, it depends on the applications that you want to automate, because there some applic...
How good is Automation Anywhere for RPA processes?
It is a highly preferred RPA tool. You can check my Automation Anywhere Review to know more.
What needs improvement with AutoGen?
I appreciate the AutoGen Studio team builder, which is good, but it could be even better. I do not understand the ver...
What is your primary use case for AutoGen?
My use cases for AutoGen involve using it as the framework for building agentic AI systems. AutoGen is a framework fo...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Azure AI Foundry?
I am overall satisfied with the licensing cost; that is fine.
What needs improvement with Azure AI Foundry?
There is always scope for improvement regarding Azure AI Foundry, but I am still in exploring mode. The future update...
What is your primary use case for Azure AI Foundry?
I am developing AI agents using Azure cloud. I do not utilize Azure AI Search or RAG Bing grounding; I use AI agent.
 

Also Known As

Automation Anywhere, Testing Anywhere, Automation Anywhere Enterprise, Agentic Process Automation System (Now Certified for WorkSpaces)
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Sample Customers

Google, Linkedin, Cisco, Juniper Networks, DellEMC, Comcast, Mastercard, Quest Diagnostics
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