Fortra's Automate vs Robocorp comparison

Fortra and Sema4.ai are both solutions in the Robotic Process Automation (RPA) category. Fortra is ranked #4 with an average rating of 8.6, while Sema4.ai is ranked #31. Fortra holds a 2.8% mindshare in RPA, compared to Sema4.ai’s 1.0% mindshare. Additionally, 97% of Fortra 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 Feb 15, 2026

Fortra's Automate and Robocorp are two leading automation solutions competing in the automation category. Fortra's Automate seems to have the upper hand for smaller enterprises due to its ease of use and cost-efficiency, while Robocorp appeals to developers with its flexibility and support for complex tasks.

Features: Fortra's Automate offers a user-friendly drag-and-drop interface, robust error handling, and centralized management. It is beneficial for smaller businesses seeking simple automation without coding expertise. Robocorp, leveraging Python, facilitates custom library creation and diverse integrations, making it ideal for developers aiming for advanced automation opportunities.

Room for Improvement: Fortra's Automate could improve its interface navigation, cloud functionality, and integration capabilities. Enhancements in error reporting and community support would also be advantageous. Robocorp should focus on developing more user-friendly interfaces and optimizing deployment and documentation to assist developers and users better.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Fortra's Automate supports primarily on-premise deployments, with some cloud options and is praised for effective customer service, although a modernized interface is desired. Robocorp, favoring cloud-centric deployment, offers flexibility for cloud-native businesses and has responsive technical support, though detailed documentation could be improved.

Pricing and ROI: Fortra's Automate provides competitive pricing with a one-time licensing fee advantageous for smaller enterprises seeking predictable costs and swift ROI. Robocorp's pay-as-you-go model offers cost-efficiency with no upfront costs but requires diligent budget management to maximize ROI and accommodate scaling operations.

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Automation Anywhere

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Robotic Process Automation (RPA) category, the mindshare of Automation Anywhere is 5.4%, down from 9.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Fortra's Automate is 2.8%, up from 1.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Robocorp is 1.0%, down from 1.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Automation Anywhere	5.4%
Fortra's Automate	2.8%
Robocorp	1.0%
Other	90.8%

Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

Featured Reviews

Venkat Sivaprakash

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.

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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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Sitarama B

Sr Cognitive / RPA Consultant at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees

Using Python in Robocorp enhances performance

In terms of licenses, there is a return on investment in that area. Other products are charged based on the licenses. However, Robocorp is not doing it that way. They are charging based on a run basis. Therefore, in that way, the company might benefit in terms of license costs and the return on investment, considering what they are putting in and what they are getting out of it.

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Quotes from Members

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Pros

"It helps in improving employee productivity, morale, and retention, as automation removes the tedious parts of work and frees up often stretched-thin employees for more meaningful and creative work."

"After using AA for some of the flows, we identified that the execution time was reduced by 70% when compared to the other automation tool that we have been using for 8 years."

"Pulling data from web pages using Object Cloning has been an absolute delight."

"Support for Automation Anywhere is wonderful; I had an issue related to Chrome not working with the latest update, and they helped me extensively and even came on call to support me."

"This most valuable features of this solution are the drag-and-drop interface, and it is easy to code."

"I am confident that we are saving several million dollars as a result."

"AA has improved our efficiency and saved on manual hours because no manual interaction is required."

"Automation Anywhere overall is a great tool for automation, as it provides a lot of flexibility to work with different other applications."

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

"Fortra's Automate has effectively replaced the workload of an entire employee, saving us significant time and money."

"The key benefit of Fortra's Automate is that it is quite effective with the automation of repetitive IT and business workflows, which is the primary use case we feel is perfect for Fortra's Automate, and it significantly reduces manual intervention."

"The benefits I have gained from using Fortra's Automate include reduced manual intervention, saving a lot of time and enabling me to accomplish much more work than would have been possible with individuals, with very minimal errors."

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

"The solution is continuously adding more integrations to help with workflows and bot and task creation."

"I would recommend Automate because it has made my work much easier."

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

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"Time complexity is reduced and the execution speed is much higher."

"I have worked with UiPath and Automation Anywhere previously. Robocorp offers an improved development style and support as well as flexibility of its tools. You can easily develop custom libraries in Robocorp."

"The ability to create separate organizations on this platform makes it easier to bill each of the clients separately."

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

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

"It's easy to deploy bots via the API helper in Control Room. Robocorp's debugging features are also robust. It shows you a lot of data."

"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."

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

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Cons

"We're in a digital world where everything's evolving. AI is coming out, so just looking at keeping moving, introducing new innovations into the product, nothing specific. The Automation Anywhere teams seem to know what the customers want."

"The conversion time of invoices to JSON File should take less time using AA2019 IQBot, the report file creation feature should be added into IQ Bot A2019."

"The pricing, setup cost, and licensing of the platform are the worst. This is my major concern and complaint."

"The initial setup was complex because we had to make sure all the security aspects were approved by our leadership."

"When you are implementing it initially, it's challenging as there's a lot of change management."

"We had a major issue when it came to single sign-on. We couldn't get it working. There was a bug in Automation Anywhere that eventually got solved just a few weeks back. However, we have not implemented it. We have had hiccups with the single sign-on, but otherwise it was a smooth setup. We are not using single sign-on because of this bug."

"We would like to see more capability for integration and more customization available with some features."

"I would like to have a command that allows me to add code, like C#. As a developer, this would be helpful."

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

"Error messages should be better. For error status, there should be better documentation because a lot of times, error messages that you get are quite vague. For example, you get a message saying that the workflow has run into an unknown status, which is vague. It just tells you that it failed, but you don't know how or why it failed. It makes debugging difficult."

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

"The areas that have room for improvement in Fortra's Automate include the reporting and analytics functionality, where the analytics could be more detailed."

"Each RPA product is not mature enough."

"There are many things that need to be improved. The security needs to be improved."

"It's possible that they could use a stronger community for seeking guidance and help."

"Areas that have room for improvement in Fortra's Automate include that advanced transformations sometimes require custom scripts, as the pure no-code option is limited."

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"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."

"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."

"We use the latest version of the process studio and it takes up a lot of CPU storage. In our case, this has been up to 14 GB of storage."

"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."

"The deployment process is complex and not straightforward, especially for legacy modernization."

"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."

"The solution could be more stable."

"The platform's documentation could be better."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Its cost is good."

"They give us a good deal on the licensing because we bundle and customize things. If you ask to get a bulk business deal, you will receive more benefit. If you take other products from the suite, like IQ Bot, you can also receive a deal on the licensing."

"We would like to use Citrix going forward. We use Bot Runners to scale up, and it gets to be expensive. Using Citrix, it can mitigate costs."

"Automation Anywhere is expensive."

"If it is saving FTE and Generating a good ROI then it is Worth Investing."

"Cost-wise, it is fine. A lot of medium businesses prefer Automation Anywhere. The development cost is also lower."

"Roughly, as of today, it is around $250,000 annually."

"Including the AWS setup and everything per license, it costs us around $10,000 on an annual basis. I believe that is pretty reasonable considering the teams that we have."

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"I'm only involved in running the product and maintaining the systems, so I can't speak to the cost."

"The pricing is quite reasonable. We can run the process with one bot. The limitation is at the server level because they have some resources, and sometimes that is enough. It isn't too expensive, so you can get a good return off of one, and you can also have a pack of five bots that is quite competitive."

"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 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."

"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."

"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."

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"The solution is a very affordable price."

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

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

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

"The product has good pricing."

"It's a cost-effective solution."

"The pricing is fine."

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

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

14%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Construction Company

11%

Outsourcing Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Manufacturing Company

Outsourcing Company

Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

14%

Computer Software Company

10%

Construction Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	157
Midsize Enterprise	82
Large Enterprise	558

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	32
Midsize Enterprise	14
Large Enterprise	10

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	6
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	4

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...

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From my experience using AA tool, it depends on the applications that you want to automate, because there some applic...

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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.

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When we installed Fortra's Automate, I was present. We use Automate Plus, and we are running about 20 bots or instanc...

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Also Known As

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

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Overview

Automation Anywhere offers ease of use, robust system connectivity, and GenAI-driven document automation through a cloud-native platform, significantly enhancing productivity across multiple industries with advanced AI features.

Delivering a comprehensive suite of tools designed for easy integration and rapid deployment, Automation Anywhere drives efficiency by reducing costs and automating repetitive tasks. Its cloud-native platform supports broad industry adoption, including advanced AI features like process automation and Co-Pilot, streamlining complex workflows with minimal technical skills required. Users benefit from robust integration capabilities, which facilitate seamless interaction with multiple systems. However, there is room for improvement in areas such as user-friendliness for beginners, stability, flexible licensing, and enhanced OCR functionality. Organizations in sectors such as banking, finance, manufacturing, and healthcare gain from the improved operational efficiency and ROI Automation Anywhere offers.

What are the important features of Automation Anywhere?

Ease of Use: Simplifies automation tasks with a user-centric interface.
Robust Connectivity: Provides seamless integration with multiple systems.
GenAI-Driven Document Automation: Leverages AI to automate document management.
Process Automation & Co-Pilot: Enhances workflow automation with advanced AI.
Cloud-Native Platform: Enables rapid deployment and integration.

What benefits should be evaluated in reviews?

Time Savings: Automation drastically reduces manual processing time.
Cost Efficiency: Decreases overall operational costs by automating tasks.
Productivity Enhancement: Streamlines workflows with AI-driven tools.
Improved Integration: Enhances ability to work with multiple systems.
Scalability: Supports growth with a flexible cloud-native architecture.

In the insurance industry, Automation Anywhere is utilized for automating processes such as enrollment management and compliance checks. Its applications extend to supply chain management, financial transactions, and business performance monitoring across sectors like banking, finance, manufacturing, and healthcare, helping organizations to automate routine tasks, improve efficiency, and reduce costs.

Automation Anywhere

Fortra's Automate offers a user-friendly platform for task automation, featuring a drag-and-drop interface that aids in scheduling, file management, and integrating with services like Azure and AWS.

Fortra's Automate provides substantial ease in automating complex tasks through its intuitive design. It offers seamless integration capabilities, especially with Azure and AWS, and comes equipped with strong error handling. Cost-effective and requiring minimal coding, it supports a broad range of industries by effectively automating tasks such as HR operations, invoice management, and data processing across servers.

What features stand out in Fortra's Automate?

Drag-and-Drop Interface: Simplifies task setup and automation without deep coding expertise.
Scheduling and File Management: Ensures efficient, automated handling of tasks and file transfers.
Integration Capabilities: Works with platforms like Azure and AWS for enhanced performance.
Error Handling: Offers solid solutions to manage and resolve task execution errors.
Minimal Coding: Facilitates automation with limited coding requirements, broadening accessibility.

What benefits should users consider in reviews?

Cost-Effectiveness: Provides affordable licensing options for diverse businesses.
Operational Efficiency: Enhances productivity by automating repetitive tasks, reducing manual errors.
Versatility: Adapts well across sectors like banking, healthcare, and transportation.
Robust Support: Offers extensive assistance with automation features.
IT Compatibility: Easily integrates into existing IT infrastructures.

In industries such as healthcare and transportation, Fortra's Automate facilitates the automation of client management, HR operations, and data processing, boosting efficiency. Banks utilize it for managing extensive invoice workflows, while distribution sectors rely on its capabilities for insurance checks and system support. Its applicability across servers makes it a valuable tool for any sector seeking to reduce manual workload and improve task accuracy.

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Robocorp offers a developer-friendly platform that integrates Python-based RPA solutions for seamless deployment and fast processing, enhancing automation efforts across industries.

Robocorp's strength lies in its API-based deployment, robust debugging, and Python architecture, making it easy to integrate with third-party applications. Users value its affordability and enhanced development style, supporting custom libraries and efficient data management. Challenges include a need for simplified navigation, better IP handling, and region selection options. Improvements are desired in CPU storage consumption and overall stability, with calls for more external package integration, intuitive IDE, and drag-and-drop features. Deployment, documentation, and library enhancements are priorities for better end-user support, including advanced SAP automation capabilities.

What are the key features of Robocorp?

Seamless Deployment: Easily deploy RPA processes through APIs.
Python-Based Architecture: Leverage Python for automation tasks.
Custom Libraries: Create tailored libraries for specific needs.
Separate Billing: Flexibility in client billing arrangements.
Data Management: Efficient handling of sensitive information.

What benefits do users typically highlight in reviews?

Affordability: Cost-effective solution for businesses.
Fast Processing: Quick execution of automated processes.
Developer Friendly: Easy integration with existing systems.
Flexible Orchestration: Enhanced control over automation tasks.

Robocorp supports diverse industry applications, primarily in RPA process development for insurance, financial services, and banking portal management. It also caters to test automation, data processing, payroll management, and cloud-based deployments. The platform's open-source library, Python integration, and cross-platform support facilitate tasks like data entry, invoice and order processing, and ETL operations, generating valuable financial insights efficiently and at scale.

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Sample Customers

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

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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