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Hyland RPA vs Microsoft Power Automate comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Automation Anywhere
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Ranking in Robotic Process Automation (RPA)
2nd
Ranking in Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies
2nd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
668
Ranking in other categories
Business Process Management (BPM) (2nd), Process Mining (1st), Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) (1st), Agentic Automation (1st), AI Legal & Compliance (1st), AI Finance & Accounting (2nd), AI Procurement & Supply Chain (1st)
Hyland RPA
Ranking in Robotic Process Automation (RPA)
37th
Ranking in Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies
35th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Microsoft Power Automate
Ranking in Robotic Process Automation (RPA)
4th
Ranking in Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies
10th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
134
Ranking in other categories
Process Mining (4th), Agentic Automation (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Robotic Process Automation (RPA) category, the mindshare of Automation Anywhere is 4.9%, down from 8.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Hyland RPA is 1.2%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Power Automate is 5.3%, down from 16.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Automation Anywhere4.9%
Microsoft Power Automate5.3%
Hyland RPA1.2%
Other88.6%
Robotic Process Automation (RPA)
 

Featured Reviews

Nadeem K. - PeerSpot reviewer
Rpa Developer at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
Automation has freed teams from repetitive finance and supply tasks and supports global operations
In the current organization, we had trouble initially because I think the documentation and support could be better than what it is now. This is one difference between Automation Anywhere and other RPA tools such as UiPath. In UiPath, if you have an issue, you go to the UiPath website and search for it, and you get lots of help materials. In Automation Anywhere, you do not get exactly what you are looking for. You get a very large number of results when you search for something, and from this large result set, you have to filter out what you need, or only partial information will be available. User handbooks are available for each product. In that regard, I would say Automation Anywhere is lagging compared to other RPA tools. It is difficult to get hold of their customer support team. I want to clarify that it is not a matter of us building logic on Automation Anywhere and it failing. When it is a product-related issue, they have to give us support because we only know how to develop within Automation Anywhere. We do not know how to fix Automation Anywhere itself. Whenever we have an issue, trying to get in touch with them always takes three to four business days.
reviewer1638135 - PeerSpot reviewer
Works at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
A scalable solution which is easy to install and use
I do not use the solution personally as I am not the end-user. It is merely one of the solutions that we offer to our customers. We act as consultants, solution providers. We have around 60 customers who are using the solution. I would, for sure, recommend the solution to others. I consider the profile of the project to be quite good at the moment. I rate Another Monday as a nine out of ten.
BK
Sr. General Manager , Global IT Services at a non-profit with 5,001-10,000 employees
No-code workflows have streamlined daily operations and support seamless cross-application automation
Microsoft Power Automate's no-code workflows help my team in daily operations to a great extent. Automating a particular activity may not be so useful, but when you connect the whole workflow, then it starts helping a lot. I cannot say much about the best features in Microsoft Power Automate because I have not used it personally, but first of all, it is very easy, it is a low-code platform, and Microsoft has a lot of integration with Microsoft technologies, making it very easy to connect with MS Teams and different Microsoft products, including MS Azure. From that point of view, it provides a lot of connectivity options. From a cost point of view, Mendix is much more costly compared to Microsoft Power Platform, allowing us to develop applications very quickly.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The ability to automate repetetive tasks and processing that should not require human intervention."
"With Automation Anywhere, our clients can get their work done fast and in an automated manner."
"The recorders are highly beneficial when automating web scraping or web automation tasks."
"It has improved the efficiency and reliability of the data in the systems."
"The best feature is its ability to combine Automation Anywhere with AI to build intelligent bots."
"Automation is very important if you want to grow your business to the next level because of the transparency, speed, and scalability for any organization."
"UI and document automation are two features I like. Document automation is helpful because it simplifies extracting and putting data into different ERP systems. I have three or four use cases for document automation. I also like the recorder objects feature, which was called object learning in the previous version, and screen scraping."
"By automating most of our LOB's on the healthcare side and putting it on production, we have saved millions of dollars and were also able to achieve FTE benefits."
"The initial setup is very quick."
"The solution is very easy to use."
"Its complete integration with Microsoft tools and the inclusion of the CRM are the most valuable features."
"Using WinAutomation helps us to reduce our resource costs."
"This is definitely a product that I can recommend."
"The product is very stable."
"Microsoft Power Automate has helped our organization by making processes faster."
"We have talked to Microsoft. We're a large company and we're talking to Microsoft on a regular basis. We have a partner we talk to when it comes to Automate. We are absolutely satisfied with technical support."
"The interface is user-friendly."
"You can create a flow, and it can be shared across different environments."
 

Cons

"The Automation Anywhere University courses have helped us, but it could improve some things, like how the courses are designed."
"Business processes are more complex and require experts to be brought in to automate."
"I would like a couple more features where I can talk and the line comes up automatically. I can just put on a mic, like in "Ok Google". With "Ok Google", I can tell it to please open an Excel spreadsheet with the header read. If this is there, then I don't even need to sit on a computer, I can just dictate my commands and it will automatically come up."
"They should do more on the cognitive side. If they can keep adding more features, that would be their greatest advantage."
"They are already working on this: The boom of generative AI, the next-gen technologies, including advanced AI and ML technologies, are in the roadmap. I would like to see more and more AI integration and a bit more analytics. That would be great."
"When it comes to reading email, this solution is unstable and improvements need to be made."
"We would like to see the scalability improve from a local perspective."
"Having some more pre-mapping and pre-setup analysis of what you're going to be doing with it would be helpful."
"The solution should come with language customization, which would simplify its use for our customers."
"Things need to be improved with respect to RPA kinds of solutions and it requires a level of stabilization that is currently lacking."
"It is not very stable."
"The solution is difficult to customize. I would like to see more flexibility when it comes to using different kinds of activities."
"Power Automate could be improved by adding an internal fuzzy lookup or fuzzy match feature."
"Sometimes it can be difficult to share flows for multiple users to edit."
"Some automation features on some programs did not work smoothly, so that's a negative feature."
"It would be difficult to do a supplier onboarding with Power Automate, whereas you could do it with Nintex, and this is a big drawback."
"Creating unattended bots is quite expensive."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The setup and licensing cost is affordable, and it is not exaggerated like UiPath."
"We are currently negotiating a contract. Depending upon that, we will definitely look at increasing usage."
"It saves me around $100,000 a year."
"The Community Edition is a good offering from the company."
"The enterprise version is expensive for small businesses and individual users."
"Pricing is a bit high when compared to other available tools; however, the tool is worth the cost."
"I am using that Automation Anywhere Master Certification for version 11. Recently, this has been updated in Automation Anywhere University. Until this month, it's free to use. There are no charges. That's why I would like to complete it this month."
"The price of Automation Anywhere is a little higher than some of the competition, such as UiPath. However, depending on the use case and other factors we are able to receive some discounts."
"There is no licensing fee for our customers."
"The price of the solution is reasonable."
"I give the cost a three out of ten."
"The price is right. If you have Office 365 It's included."
"The licensing model is flexible in that you can pay per automation or per user. My client receives a discount because of the large number of users and pays approximately $15 for each one."
"The license cost could be better."
"I am not aware of the recent pricing model, but during the time that I was using this solution is was reasonable."
"Currently, we are using the free license for testing. After everything is done, we'll buy the license."
"The price of the solution is reasonable. I rate the pricing a five out of ten."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Outsourcing Company
14%
Comms Service Provider
12%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Comms Service Provider
19%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Construction Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Computer Software Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business162
Midsize Enterprise86
Large Enterprise566
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business50
Midsize Enterprise18
Large Enterprise67
 

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.
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RPA that Bots can run without centralized control?
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Also Known As

Automation Anywhere, Testing Anywhere, Automation Anywhere Enterprise, Agentic Process Automation System (Now Certified for WorkSpaces)
Another Monday
Power Automate, Microsoft Flow, MS Power Automate, WinAutomation by Softomotive, ProcessRobot by Softomotive, Minit
 

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Sample Customers

Google, Linkedin, Cisco, Juniper Networks, DellEMC, Comcast, Mastercard, Quest Diagnostics
ING, Vodafone, T-Mobile, Billbox
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
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