Blue Prism Cloud vs Robocorp comparison

SS&C Blue Prism and Sema4.ai are both solutions in the Robotic Process Automation (RPA) category. SS&C Blue Prism is ranked #6 with an average rating of 8.3, while Sema4.ai is ranked #14 with an average rating of 8.0. SS&C Blue Prism holds a 1.4% mindshare in RPA, compared to Sema4.ai’s 1.9% mindshare. Additionally, 97% of SS&C Blue Prism users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 84% of Sema4.ai users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 4, 2024

Blue Prism Cloud and Robocorp compete in the robotic process automation (RPA) category. Robocorp has the upper hand with its flexible Python-based approach, which aids AI integration and cost-efficiency.

Features: Blue Prism Cloud is noted for its stability, security, and rapid deployment capabilities, with minimal coding requirements making it accessible for non-technical users. It integrates well with major cloud platforms and industry-specific compliance templates. Robocorp's flexibility through Python enables easy AI and data science integration and includes strong debugging features. Its cost-effective model with a community edition and pay-as-you-use allows accessibility for varying needs.

Room for Improvement: Blue Prism Cloud struggles with ease-of-use issues and complex pricing models, proving challenging for smaller enterprises. Enhancements in AI and OCR features are necessary. Robocorp faces deployment complexity, limited standard libraries, and a reliance on Python for customization. Improvements in user interface, documentation, and storage efficiency are necessary.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Blue Prism Cloud offers hybrid and public cloud deployment but lacks product flexibility. Its customer service garners positive reviews, though some users report support restrictions. Robocorp, primarily within public cloud settings, provides appreciated technical support and documentation but needs better integration with third-party tools.

Pricing and ROI: Blue Prism Cloud is perceived as high-priced with a complicated licensing structure, better suited for large enterprises. Though ROI is acknowledged, users find it less affordable. Robocorp's cost-effective pay-as-you-use model is attractive for smaller budgets and offers notable business process automation benefits over competitors.

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Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Robotic Process Automation (RPA) category, the mindshare of Automate is 1.7%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Blue Prism Cloud is 1.4%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Robocorp is 1.9%, down from 2.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Anabel Marco

Account Director at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

Automates processes efficiently with cost-effective scaling and robust customer support

Web scraping is quite good since it offers a lot of possibilities. Another important feature for me is its compatibility with MBI, the Power that is ISEQUADO Centers. I appreciate the ability to scale and increase the number of bots or studios without additional expense. Automate's non-reliance on additional orchestrators makes it quite cost-effective.

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Aaron Ingram

Director at Real Capital Solutions

Automates accounts payable process with no human interaction and saves 100% time

Edge browser extensions could be made slightly more resilient. It would be nice if they could package new libraries for end users rather than have them search for libraries. The extension resiliency would be huge. If we're looking for intelligent document processing and OCR functionality, we haven't found them yet.

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Deepak Kumar Software

Associate Vice President at Rishabh Software

Highly stable product but complex configuration

We are a full-stack company that utilizes Robocorp for our own projects and to deliver solutions to our clients. However, my job role is less technical and more about business acquisition The deployment process is an area for improvement. It would be great if they could make it a bit easier in…

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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

"The pricing is excellent. I would give them perfect marks in that regard."

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

"The interface is simple, user-friendly, and very intuitive."

"I would rate the technical support as a nine out of ten because it is quite fast and courteous."

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

"The product effectively handles all the tasks we require."

"I actually quite liked the no-coding functionality."

"A great feature that you seldom see in these kind of systems is the ability to use a database as trigger to launch a task. This is something I asked for a few years ago and that was added."

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"If I look at the top four, I believe it is far more user-friendly than the other competition."

"This solution comes with a lot of good features."

"Blue Prism offers the whole package for LPR developers. It's a useful tool to automate anything. As an LPR developer, I think the most important feature is that it lets you get anything into blocks of code that you can use anywhere."

"The most valuable feature of Blue Prism's Virtual Workforce is that it is quite stable."

"It's easy to use, the interface, the the the the queries is which we use. It's user friendly."

"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."

"The product itself is quite mature."

"Ability to see the blueprint of the design executed alongside the actual process."

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"It offers high scalability and enables automation in ways that haven't been possible before."

"As a developer, I found it easy to integrate third-party applications with Robocorp. I have previous experience with Selenium, and I found the Robocorp framework to be accessible because it uses Python and Selenium keywords."

"Robocorp is based on Python, so you can use Python scripts and create libraries for your use cases. Building libraries and custom scripts for a particular client and general use cases is easy. We can reuse those scripts for other clients, so we start seeing benefits quickly."

"The price is good."

"I can use it as a library by importing Python scripts, allowing me to access its many features while working with coding."

"It supports Python runtime because of that, runtime also improves."

"The product has a valuable business process automation feature."

"The process execution and all features are very good."

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Cons

"Some companies have asked for voice integration. This is likely part of the roadmap."

"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 documentation is not that great."

"The documentation for errors needs improvement as many of the error messages we receive are very vague."

"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."

"The technical support could be better. We suffer from language barriers, as we are in Argentina."

"Some challenges include the system being too loaded or delayed in taking instructions and responding quickly as needed."

"I believe we need to test various OCR tools that assist in evaluating, let's say, six different customer resyncs. We analyze their spending patterns and documentations, but current OCR support has limitations, requiring highly standardized documents, which isn't always the case. With a more advanced OCR system, we could improve processes related to credit risk management and legal matters. We're exploring how to integrate Fortra's Automate with our CRM platform, taking cues from instances where Salesforce seamlessly merged with Automate. However, we use a different CRM, Insight for New Enterprise, and we're seeking ways to connect the automation process within our CRM. We aim for the automation to continue smoothly, even in instances where traditional automation methods might face hurdles."

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"The cost is a bit high. Other tools are much cheaper."

"Blue Prism Cloud could improve by having more innovations for the solution, such as more capability. I am looking for cloud-based services, such as Power Automate that we can recommend for cloud customers. UiPath and Automation Anywhere have more innovation in their solution."

"We have limited integrations in place, and my objective is to integrate Sentinel. However, there are constraints as some individuals have only one or two options for SIM integration solutions. Given the urgency of quick resolutions in today's landscape, prevention and detection are crucial. While these measures provide significant security, it's equally important to focus on response and recovery. In the case of a ransomware attack, it's not enough to solely prevent and detect. Once detection is in place, a response model should be implemented to automate the process and minimize the time required for tasks, such as creating investigation reports. In the past, it would take approximately seven to eight days to create an investigation report for a specific attack, including writing a case study. This process can be streamlined and improved through the automation of contextual investigation reports. By saving base templates and content, including screenshots and attack details, automation can be achieved. We are currently working on integrating Microsoft WAF and Excel for this purpose, but having a built-in tool would be ideal."

"I wouldn't call Blue Prism user-friendly. It's one of its downfalls. They would benefit from having drag and drop functionality, for example. It would make them a strong competitor in the space. There needs to be less reliance on coding for customization, similar to Microsoft's Power Automate."

"Blue Prism Cloud is a solid product that fulfils its intended functions well. Although there is room for improvement, it has integrated various cognitive and intelligent document processing features into a single product. But needs to effectively automate RPA processes despite some initial challenges addressed through product updates and new features."

"Pricing for Blue Prism Cloud is a pain as it's a little higher."

"Edge browser extensions could be made slightly more resilient. It would be nice if they could package new libraries for end users rather than have them search for libraries."

"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."

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"I don't like the complexity of deployment."

"The solution could be more stable."

"The standard libraries in Robocorp should be more advanced."

"Robocorp is still in development, so most of the keywords are a bit confusing. I have to alter lots of automation steps between processing and development. However, Selenium is due for an update soon, and Robcorp is addressing some of the limitations caused by the previous Selenium version."

"There are certain libraries in Python, such as those dealing with PDF automation and word files, that require the presence of certain external dependencies in the environment to be successfully used."

"They should fully develop Robocorp Studio because it would attract a lot of people to the Robocorp platform."

"It would be better if it were more user-friendly for non-technical users. It would be better if they had some drag-and-drop features to create logic."

"I preferred the user interface in the older versions. When troubleshooting, it's sometimes hard to find details about where things went wrong. You need to search a little harder. It takes more clicks to get to where you want to go. It can be somewhat confusing. When you run a process that fails, it takes you somewhere you may not expect."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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

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

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

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

"From a distributor's perspective, one of the biggest selling points of Automate is its price point."

"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."

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

"I believe the price falls within a reasonable range, which significantly influenced our decision regarding the product. This aspect is crucial for any technological solution, especially in our country where enterprises might be hesitant to invest heavily in something untested or uncertain about its practicality and potential returns."

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"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."

"We found the pricing reasonable, and it aligned with our budgetary requirements."

"I rate the platform’s pricing a seven out of ten."

"When compared with UiPath, I believe it will be difficult for Blue Prism to maintain its market share."

"The licensing structure is complex and the minimum contract length is three years."

"I am not sure how we are set up today, but I recall we had an annual License."

"Blue Prism Cloud's cost is very high."

"Pricing can be negotiated in situations where there will be heavy usage."

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"Robocorp is much better in terms of pricing compared to UiPath."

"The price is cheaper than other competitors. I would rate the cost as one out of five."

"You don't have to pay for the license. You have to pay for the time you use it."

"In terms of licenses, there is a return on investment in that area."

"It's a cost-effective solution."

"The solution is a very affordable price."

"The pricing is fine."

"The product has good pricing."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

14%

Computer Software Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

Healthcare Company

Computer Software Company

17%

Financial Services Firm

16%

Educational Organization

10%

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

13%

Manufacturing Company

Comms Service Provider

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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?

I am a consultant and I am making a lot of processes in human resources, payroll, certifications, trainings, web scra...

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

The pricing is quite good compared to its competitors. Competitors are often more expensive than Automate. I would ra...

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What do you like most about Blue Prism Cloud?

It's easy to use, the interface, the the the the queries is which we use. It's user friendly.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Blue Prism Cloud?

If we utilize Blue Prism's full capabilities, then it is cost-effective. Otherwise, the pricing can seem high. It req...

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What needs improvement with Blue Prism Cloud?

Decipher, one of their solutions, is a waste of time. Other than that, there's nothing specific I can think of.

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What do you like most about Robocorp?

The product has a valuable business process automation feature.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Robocorp?

The product has good pricing. They offer an efficient pay-as-you-go pricing model. There are different models for ent...

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What needs improvement with Robocorp?

The platform's documentation could be better.

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Also Known As

HelpSystems Automate, Automate

Blue Prism Thoughtonomy Virtual Workforce, Blue Prism Virtual Workforce, Thoughtonomy Virtual Workforce

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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.

Fortra

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.

SS&C Blue Prism

Most robotic process automation initiatives fail to get off the ground because the current drag-and-drop offerings are expensive and frustrating for developers. Robocorp is a Python-based open source stack for automating applications and processes. Automate any task you can imagine with hundreds of keywords and libraries with performance, scalability, and security built-in. Our cloud robots can run on any platform from any machine, and scale horizontally to ensure mission-critical processes complete as efficiently as possible. Getting started is free, and our resource-based pricing ensures your costs are always straightforward - no matter how much your implementation grows.

Sema4.ai

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

Cabot Credit Management, Hovis, Utilita

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