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Automation Anywhere

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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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YoussefJaafar

Senior Software Development Engineer & Ai ) Engineer at a outsourcing company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Multi-agent orchestration has transformed how I build reliable, testable AI assistants

The best things to improve about IBM watsonx Orchestrate are better debugging across multiple agent workflows. When several agents and tools collaborate, troubleshooting can get complicated. I would want an even clearer end-to-end trace showing exactly why agent A delegated to agent B, why a tool was selected, what context was passed, where latency occurred, and where the failure originated. IBM already has strong execution tracing, but this can always be more developer-friendly. I also want stronger automated evaluation and regression testing; every time I modify a prompt, model, tool description, or agent, I want to know whether I broke something else. IBM introduced AgentOps and simulated user evaluations, but I would expand that further with easier CI/CD style regression suites and business-specific KPIs such as task completion, routing accuracy, hallucination rate, and tool call success. I also want more predictable agent routing; in multi-agent systems, two agents may have overlapping capabilities, so the orchestrator sometimes must infer which one is appropriate based on descriptions. IBM itself provides guidance on writing agent descriptions to improve routing accuracy, but I would want stronger routing controls, confidence scores, deterministic fallback rules, and easier visualization of why a particular agent was selected.

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Vishal Savajiani

Senior Analyst at DXC Technology

Low-code workflows have transformed how we automate processes and build enterprise apps

First and foremost, ServiceNow Now Platform allows us to do a low-code or no-code platform, which is the wonderful first feature. On top of that, if you want to do some customization along with the low-code and no-code, you can do it. Beyond that, if you write a full-fledged customized code and make your functionality, you can do it. Workflow is there, and we can automate our workflows. Flow is there as an option. Apart from workflow and flow, we have many business rules and script includes. These are all the technical components and features of ServiceNow Now Platform that allow us to achieve our objective. ServiceNow Now Platform offers a very easy feature that we call workflow or flow. Using workflow or flow, we can customize industry workflows. The development on that flow is very simple, and you can use drag and drop functionality. If you want to do some scripting, you can do it. This is an awesome feature of ServiceNow Now Platform that allows us to develop or automate any flow in quick time. Internally, ServiceNow Now Platform uses a lot of AI features and machine learning features. This makes it more wonderful. AI and machine learning are the core of ServiceNow Now Platform, and they are using it heavily. It is making a lot of impact on deliverables. You can develop anything whatever you want on ServiceNow Now Platform. If you understand ServiceNow Now Platform capabilities, you can develop a full-fledged application on ServiceNow Now Platform easily. You don't have to write scratch code or do any database operations. You just need to create tables and forms, which are very easy to develop if you are familiar with ServiceNow. Everything is on one platform, so it is a single source of data that you can find on ServiceNow itself for the overall enterprise. ServiceNow Now Platform offers a reporting feature very well. Along with the reporting, they are offering workspace and dashboard. All these UI interfaces you can use to extract precise information for your customer. This is really helping the customer make decisions with the precise and versatile reports. You can have a list report view, a graph report view, or a pie chart. All these features can be developed quickly and used in ServiceNow. This is where ServiceNow Now Platform makes a lot of difference.

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Pros

"My clients have seen ROI, as what would take them two to three days in work is now taking them two to three hours."

"What Automation Anywhere does exceptionally well is allowing users—especially those without a technical background—to navigate easily, and if you know how to work with Excel or Word, you can simply type commands in plain English like 'save Excel' or 'open Excel' to find the corresponding actions."

"With the help of Bot, it has increased the productivity of the current process and we do not need to spend more time on error resolution and rectification."

"Working with the Automation Anywhere application is very easy in our environment."

"It most benefitted us in converting daily routine tasks into automated processes at minimal cost with available infrastructure."

"The advantage of Automation Anywhere is that you don't necessarily have to come from a programming background."

"The most valuable feature of this solution is the automation of manual tasks, which save us time."

"We have installed Automation Anywhere on AWS, Azure, and GCP, which works well."

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"IBM watsonx Orchestrate helped my team move from building every AI workflow from scratch to using reusable agents, tools, and integrations; this meant APIs, authentication logic, knowledge sources, and business actions could be packaged once and then reused across multiple use cases instead of being built for each assistant."

"It is a very stable solution."

"The integration feature has simplified our multi-tool ecosystem. The inbuilt integrations significantly improve our solution delivery timelines. Also, standardized adapters and integration adapters reduce failure rates due to compatibility. This boosts productivity and eases maintenance."

"The level of automation within the platform is great."

"The simplicity is great, and based on my experience with other solutions in the market, the most important is the simplicity of implementing all the features that we have in ServiceNow and helping customers to simplify the work process in the daily journeys that they have."

"ServiceNow offers a lot of features when it comes to IT service management and IT operations management. What interested me in ServiceNow was that a lot of service management."

"ServiceNow Now Platform is clearly more futuristic and much better to integrate with all other applications."

"It can integrate anywhere, and you can make any kind of workflow."

"ServiceNow is highly scalable from a customization point of view, allowing for the building of portals, adding and configuring widgets, and designing workflows as preferred."

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Cons

"The key area where improvement can happen is understanding the different perspectives and different industries that they're serving in terms of industry-wise use cases."

"Automation tools have a lot of dependency on the environment, particularly on machines. Reducing this dependency could increase success."

"I would like to see more bots available right out-of-the-box in the SAP area."

"Though IQ Bot is the most powerful and effective cognitive OCR platform for data extraction in the market, still, there is a lot of scope for improvement as there are a lot of non-standard documents which do not give a high straight-through processing rate and accuracy."

"Automation Anywhere can be improved by offering more integration with many more applications."

"One of the important drawbacks of Automation Anywhere is that it needs to be able to show the automated process as a single flowchart."

"Our tool is a bit slow, as it's a legacy tool. Automation Anywhere is having some issues when running back."

"Currently, there are some vulnerabilities in security that need attention in Automation Anywhere."

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"The best things to improve about IBM watsonx Orchestrate are better debugging across multiple agent workflows."

"As for what can be improved, the licensing and the pricing models are confusing. There are a lot of hidden costs in all these; it's a bit costly."

"The solution doesn't allow users to create custom tables, which would be a big improvement."

"What I didn't like in the ServiceNow Now Platform is testing, particularly with Visual Studio. It had a bad integration with Visual Studio because you can't compile and run it from there. You have to debug on your own and then find out where the error is through test scripts. The testing component in the ServiceNow Now Platform isn't that great. What I'd like to see in the next version of the ServiceNow Now Platform is an improvement in testing and writing scripts, and if there was a feature to just run it from the modules, then that would be great, instead of finding the error manually and checking where it is."

"The analytics should be more readily available on the base product."

"The pricing model is complex and needs to be both lowered and simplified."

"The price is a bit high and can be a bit of a barrier for some customers."

"The basic reporting system is rather static."

"When it comes to integration, it can be complex compared to other tools I'm currently using."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"There may be room for the product to be more competitively priced to excel in the market."

"The pricing and licensing are definitely moderate to costly but easily recoverable by achieving ROI quickly."

"Automation Anywhere's price is considerably better than UiPath's."

"The cost is affordable, which makes an easy barrier to entry for the RPA market."

"In terms of pricing, it's not at all cheap, and that's a concern. The licensing cost is very high. While I don't know the exact prices of other tools, Microsoft offers the lowest pricing for its RPA platform compared to UiPath and Automation Anywhere."

"Our licensing costs are setup on an annual basis."

"Automation Anywhere pricing and licensing are competitive compared to the other automation vendors."

"It's somewhat pricier than some of the other tools that we've used, and the breakout between the different applications is also somewhat costly. If they can make it a little more cost-effective or bundle packages a little bit more, that would be beneficial."

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"ServiceNow is not open source, so there is a license you must pay. As for how much it costs, what I have observed is that it often depends on your subscriptions."

"It is expensive only."

"In my opinion, it is expensive. However, they do offer favorable licensing for charities, for example."

"The product is very expensive."

"People seem to be buying the tool a lot. I think its licensing is okay."

"There are extra expenses for maintaining the product apart from the licenses."

"The pricing of this solution is done annually and it is very expensive."

"I don't have much exposure to the costs attached to the solution. I rate the product's price a six on a scale of one to ten, where one is the lowest price, and ten is the highest price since it is a costly tool."

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Top Industries

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Outsourcing Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

13%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Comms Service Provider

25%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Healthcare Company

Construction Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Outsourcing Company

11%

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Midsize Enterprise	82
Large Enterprise	558

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Questions from the Community

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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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It is a highly preferred RPA tool. You can check my Automation Anywhere Review to know more.

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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.

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IBM watsonx Orchestrate is an AI-powered solution designed to automate complex workflows across businesses, integrating seamlessly with existing systems to increase operational efficiency.

IBM watsonx Orchestrate leverages cutting-edge artificial intelligence technology, enabling businesses to streamline processes by automating repetitive tasks and freeing up human resources for more strategic work. It prioritizes ease of integration, allowing rapid deployment within existing IT infrastructures. IBM watsonx Orchestrate is recognized for its robust performance in handling large-scale workflows efficiently, providing consistent, reliable outputs that enhance productivity across departments.

What are the key features of IBM watsonx Orchestrate?

AI-Driven Automation: Automates complex tasks with precision, reducing human error.
Seamless Integration: Connects effortlessly with existing business systems.
Scalable Infrastructure: Adapts to businesses of different sizes and capacities.

What benefits does IBM watsonx Orchestrate offer?

Increased Efficiency: Streamlines operations to save time.
Cost Reduction: Minimizes operational costs with automation.
Scalability: Grows with your business needs allowing for future expansion.

Implementation of IBM watsonx Orchestrate in industries like healthcare, finance, and manufacturing highlights its versatility. In healthcare, it automates patient data handling for quick access to medical records, while in finance, it streamlines transaction processing, and in manufacturing, it enhances supply chain management efficiency.

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ServiceNow Now Platform enhances IT service management with request cataloging, incident handling, and knowledge management. Its low-code environment, integration capability, and flexible workflow automation offer a smooth user experience and scalable solutions for enterprises.

ServiceNow Now Platform is designed for seamless integration across IT service management, including incident, problem, and change management. Known for stable performance and a user-friendly interface, it supports flexible workflow automation, efficient report generation, and comprehensive data management. The platform's scalability and low-code customization create opportunities for innovative process automation, enriching user experience. While its licensing and pricing models could be more user-friendly, enhancements in mobile capabilities, AI integration, and modern UI are on demand. Additional improvements in ERP integration and technical support are also needed. The platform serves multiple sectors with configurations for enhanced process automation and service orchestration.

Which features stand out?

Request Cataloging: Streamlines service requests efficiently.
Knowledge Management: Enhances information sharing and resource access.
Incident Handling: Smooth and effective incident resolution.
Workflow Automation: Supports flexible and adaptive process flows.
Integration Capabilities: Seamlessly integrates with existing systems.
IT Service Management: Comprehensive management features for IT services.
Low-Code Environment: Allows for simple and rapid application development.
Custom Scripting: Offers tailored scripting for specific needs.

What benefits can be achieved?

Efficiency: Boosts operational efficiency with integrated workflows.
Scalability: Supports growth with scalable solutions.
User Experience: Provides a smooth and intuitive user experience.
Automation: Increases productivity with automation capabilities.
Data Management: Enhances data handling and report generation.

In diverse industries, ServiceNow Now Platform supports a variety of functions such as IT service management, customer support, workflow automation, and service delivery. Organizations employ it for HR processes, analytics, asset management, and compliance. Its strong integration capabilities allow it to be paired with existing tools, offering flexible configurations and end-user support on a global scale, making it suitable for companies across sectors.

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