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87% willing to recommend
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We performed a comparison between Blue Prism Cloud and Microsoft Power Automate based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Robotic Process Automation (RPA) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Blue Prism Cloud vs. Microsoft Power Automate Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Pros
"It is an easily scalable solution.""With Blue Prism, I like the feature that you build, I don't know the exact name now, but blocks or standards can be reduced later. You configure, for example, the CRM system, and you create a standardized manner of inputting data into the CRM system that you can reuse later. I'm not sure what that's called, but I enjoy it whether it's a feature or not.""This product has additional functionality over Blue Prism Cloud Enterprise.""If I look at the top four, I believe it is far more user-friendly than the other competition.""The reusability of the solution is excellent. It's a superior feature - far superior to any other tool on the market.""The most valuable feature of Blue Prism's Virtual Workforce is that it is quite stable.""There is no latency in the product.""Blue Prism is well known for being used in banking and security organizations. Its security is superior compared to UiPath and other RPA tools."

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"The initial setup isn't too difficult.""It is a very useful solution. You don't need to create an infrastructure in your environment just for triggers or executions. You don't need to invest in the infrastructure. With Power Automate, we can call or trigger custom web services and routines. We are also using the flow for gathering data from Microsoft Dynamics.""The most valuable features are that it is low-code and simple.""The most valuable feature is the ability to integrate across multiple systems.""I believe document reading has been beneficial when dealing with Microsoft.""This product is the best in terms of price and capabilities.""The tool is very good at implementing automation within processes. It's saved us from doing a lot of manual processes.""The approval feature is the most important feature. We also use the flow history feature. It is a very useful product as compared to other products. We can automate easily when a list is updated. We can also handle approval-related issues and integrate it with emails."

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Cons
"Blue Prism could be more efficient in its resource use. Having one LPR agent per virtual machine wastes resources. If we could execute many applications at the same time, it would improve and optimize the resource used.""They should improve the user-friendliness and they should change their business model.""The version control could be improved and made consistent. There is a discrepancy between the versions on premise and the cloud versions.""It would be useful if some of the information protocols came built within the app instead having to create them.""If Blue Prism could integrate into Azure SQL because it's essentially an on-prem code, on infrastructure as a service. So, Blue Prism has moved the infrastructure into the cloud, but they haven't necessarily moved the application into cloud-native.""Selecting the right business processes that are stable enough to automate can be challenging.""I believe they need to become more competitive within the market in order to maintain their market share. We were essentially a Blue Prism shop and sold Blue Prism, but because of the price point, many clients are now looking at competitors.""I personally would like the solution to be supporting more languages."

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"I need to have more integration capabilities from this solution.""On the governance side, there isn't enough documentation on how to govern Power Automate. People just build bespoke automation, which then becomes a problem point for different companies.""The solution is still maturing, and it's going to take time for that to happen.""It would be great if it was able to integrate more with various other platforms. It would make development easier.""The BPM component needs improvement.""This solution should be more resilient, with robots more capable of recovering after an error.""Sometimes it can be difficult to share flows for multiple users to edit.""It doesn't have any OCR capabilities."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "Pricing can be negotiated in situations where there will be heavy usage."
  • "The licensing structure is complex and the minimum contract length is three years."
  • "We pay about $15,000 per quarter in licensing costs. We don't have to pay for any other extra costs. There isn't, for example, an extra cost for technical support. We just pay the licensing."
  • "There are many RPA solutions available from different vendors and the pricing for Blue Prism is competitive."
  • "Annual licensing costs were somewhere between $5,000 - $10,000 for the development tool. For the control tower, I think fees were about $50,000 annually."
  • "This solution comes at a medium to high price point. They need to work on their pricing to enable smaller enterprises to get the benefit of using the product."
  • "When compared with UiPath, I believe it will be difficult for Blue Prism to maintain its market share."
  • "Blue Prism comes at a higher price point compared to other solutions on the market."
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  • "This solution is bundled with our Office 365, so there is no additional licensing fee."
  • "You pay for use and if you want a premium connector or adapter, but a lot of things are available for free."
  • "Power Automate is a much less expensive product than the competition."
  • "This solution is reasonably priced and offers a free trial period."
  • "There are many different ways to license it."
  • "There is flexibility in pricing."
  • "This solution can save money when used for simple tasks specifically using only Microsoft products."
  • "There is zero licensing cost. It comes with our Microsoft Office subscription."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:It's easy to use, the interface, the the the the queries is which we use. It's user friendly.
    Top Answer:Improvement should be per customer requirements.
    Top Answer:Yes, Attended Bots  which can run without centralized control Module. RPA Tools like Automation Anywhere, uiPath ,Power Automation they do support this.
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    Also Known As
    Blue Prism Thoughtonomy Virtual Workforce, Blue Prism Virtual Workforce, Thoughtonomy Virtual Workforce
    Power Automate, Microsoft Flow, MS Power Automate, WinAutomation by Softomotive, ProcessRobot by Softomotive
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    Overview

    The Thoughtonomy Virtual Workforce is a highly flexible intelligent automation platform. It uses software to replicate the way people work in existing applications and systems, the processes they follow, and the decisions they make, to deliver automation without disruption.

    Microsoft Power Automate is a powerful tool that streamlines and automates tasks within an organization. 

    It is used for workflow automation, data integration, and creating automated notifications and approvals. 

    Power Automate connects different applications and services, such as SharePoint, Excel, and Outlook, to automate data transfer and synchronization. 

    Sample Customers
    Cabot Credit Management, Hovis, Utilita
    1. Coca-Cola 2. General Electric 3. Siemens 4. Accenture 5. Deloitte 6. Johnson & Johnson 7. Ford 8. Nestle 9. Procter & Gamble 10. IBM 11. Amazon 12. Google 13. Microsoft 14. Adobe 15. Cisco 16. Oracle 17. SAP 18. Intel 19. HP 20. Dell 21. Verizon 22. AT&T 23. T-Mobile 24. Walmart 25. Target 26. Home Depot 27. McDonald's 28. Starbucks 29. Nike 30. Apple 31. Facebook 32. Twitter
    Top Industries
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    Energy/Utilities Company21%
    Financial Services Firm21%
    Computer Software Company11%
    Manufacturing Company11%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm20%
    Computer Software Company16%
    Manufacturing Company9%
    Energy/Utilities Company6%
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    Computer Software Company24%
    Financial Services Firm17%
    Manufacturing Company13%
    Government9%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm13%
    Computer Software Company12%
    Manufacturing Company10%
    Government6%
    Company Size
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    Small Business39%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise45%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business14%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise75%
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    Small Business38%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise49%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business20%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise67%
    Buyer's Guide
    Blue Prism Cloud vs. Microsoft Power Automate
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Blue Prism Cloud vs. Microsoft Power Automate and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
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    Blue Prism Cloud is ranked 8th in Robotic Process Automation (RPA) with 38 reviews while Microsoft Power Automate is ranked 2nd in Robotic Process Automation (RPA) with 123 reviews. Blue Prism Cloud is rated 8.0, while Microsoft Power Automate is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Blue Prism Cloud writes "It helps us save on staff costs". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Power Automate writes "Provides valuable integration with other Microsoft tools". Blue Prism Cloud is most compared with Blue Prism, UiPath, Robocorp, SAP Intelligent RPA and Datamatics TruBot, whereas Microsoft Power Automate is most compared with UiPath, Automation Anywhere (AA), Blue Prism, IBM Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and Jiffy.ai Automate. See our Blue Prism Cloud vs. Microsoft Power Automate report.

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