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We performed a comparison between Automation Anywhere (AA) and SAP Intelligent RPA 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 Automation Anywhere (AA) vs. SAP Intelligent RPA Report (Updated: May 2024).
772,649 professionals have used our research since 2012.
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Pros
"A valuable feature of Automation Anywhere for my needs is IQ Bot because it covers most of the semi-structured and structure data. That's where we are struggling a lot. So, IQ Bot is a very good solution to know and bring onboard for the automation of unstructured and semi-structured data.""The OCR application is excellent and has helped resolve many issues that I had been facing.""A project that we automated: A person used to spend about eight to twelve hours every week to finish the process. The bot finishes it in half an hour. Now, the person just reviews it, then passes along the information. This has helped our organization because originally EMEA and APAC would not receive the files the same day that they were processed. But because the bot only takes a half an hour, everyone can now receive the files on the same day.""The best part about Automation Anywhere is the easy to use UI. It's very user-friendly. You have everything that you want in front of your eyes. You just have to drag and drop, then build your logic accordingly.""One thing I really like is the the recorder where you can connect with multiple systems. The OCR is also good.""The most valuable feature of our solution is the cognitive computing because that is coming onto stream a lot faster than you would think. What used to be in the middle of, "Can this be done or not?", is becoming, "It can be done." We are getting some incredible straight through processing rates with AR around healthcare and financial services.""It is very user-friendly. The AI capability that nowadays I am seeing in Automation Anywhere is very good. They have plug-and-play AI solutions.""This solution is easy to use and easy to learn compared to Blue Prism, UiPath, and others."

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"Contextor is a good solution for a Citrix environment. It's the first with this tool. Other tools provide the same functionality, but not with the Citrix environment.""The initial setup of SAP Contextor is easy.""Scalability is fine. It is pretty nice.""It is remarkably easy to configure and code, and it doesn't require an extensive technical background or coding expertise.""The standout features of SAP Intelligent RPA are its flexibility and integration capabilities.""Most of the details are already in the help portal and SAP notes are available. It is well documented as part of the product support.""The most valuable feature of SAP Contextor is that everyone is in one place in the program that I need."

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Cons
"We had several issues when trying to connect the different components, due to our firewalls. They were eventually solved by our internal IT and the AA technical team.""Some of the machine learning (ML) components are still in development. They deployed many of them, but they are doing some improvements on the machine learning part.""Their OCR is a bit expensive.""There is an issue with security where users can see the values in the credential vault.""It may sound a little funny or weird, but one thing that we are thinking is we have to go to various websites and pick up relevant data from various websites using the bot. That is something we have seen that none of the bots have been able to really do it because the back-end of those websites do not allow bots to scrap through all these websites and get the relevant data in one place. We would like to see how the bot companies would crack this idea. But, that's why I said, this look weird because of the legal reasons why this cannot be done. This is something that I am looking forward to.""Their Community Edition is awful. Every second day, it will fail. It will become corrupt.""An option should be provided to disable the flow and dual-mode since those are not used often by the developers, and hence take up extra space on the screen.""I would like to see more bots available right out-of-the-box in the SAP area. For example, if you take the overall OTC in our organization, we have to contact 15 teams. Even if we provide one big bot for the OTC, it won't work. It will not be used by one person. So if there could be more specific bots out-of-the-box, that would be really helpful."

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"One way SAP Intelligent RPA could improve is by integrating built-in DI services for document processing.""The initial setup is of medium complexity. It is neither too hard nor too simple. You need some background in SAP and an understanding of it.""I would like to see a better capacity for unstructured data, for example, PDF, or text within images.""I found that the SAP scripting of a program is easier than SAP Contextor.""SAP Contextor could improve by automating some processes.""For potential features or improvements, one aspect I would suggest enhancing is the flexibility of the extraction process.""There should be more of an error, like a proper error feature, in future releases. Sometimes, we don't understand why that automation is not learning what, like, where it is stuck, or what is the reason like, or what is the criteria we are missing to add. So a proper error message would be helpful."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "Pricing is too high for small-scale groups. The Control Room yearly fee is high, making it difficult to break even."
  • "Automation Anywhere is competitive... Pega is somewhat comparable, but Pega also requires a lot more infrastructure and a lot more experience to get up and running."
  • "Automation Anywhere is costlier than the general competition. That is aligned with the share of the market it has."
  • "They're very flexible around pricing and licensing."
  • "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 just did a round of price comparison on a global scale and found it's so hard to compare the license prices. But, Automation Anywhere, in general, is on the same price level as the other vendors, a bit lower in some cases."
  • "If you look at the capital expenditure, Automation Anywhere is number two to UiPath. But if you take a long-term view, on a scalable model of a large number of bots coming out, it slowly goes on to become the costliest tool. There is something they can do about that. The capital expenditure goes out right at the point of buying the tool. For Automation Anywhere, I would need to spend $20,000. UiPath can give me something for $6,000, while Blue Prism will come in at $300,000."
  • "It's cheaper than other similar solutions."
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  • "This is not a tool or software with a license as others are. The SaaS model is based on the usage of the tool."
  • "The initial cost might seem higher, but over time, with continued use over five or ten years, the cost tends to decrease, making it a more economical choice."
  • "The pricing is not that expensive. It is manageable."
  • "It all comes with a bundle right now. Having advanced features, it is competitively priced."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:It depends on your use case. Is it simply to automate a couple of processes? Is it to augment a human team? AA is very good in certain situations but lacks in others. For me, it's more the team that… more »
    Top Answer:From my experience using AA tool, it depends on the applications that you want to automate, because there some applications that AA has limitations for, such as the Oracle. For web-based applications… more »
    Top Answer:It is a highly preferred RPA tool. You can check my Automation Anywhere Review to know more.
    Top Answer:The standout features of SAP Intelligent RPA are its flexibility and integration capabilities.
    Top Answer:The pricing for SAP Intelligent RPA operates on a model that considers power usage and transactions per job. It is adaptable based on the number of cases and the specific needs of our business. The… more »
    Top Answer:One way SAP Intelligent RPA could improve is by integrating built-in DI services for document processing. Currently, users might have to use external AI tools, but having these services within SAP… more »
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    Also Known As
    Automation Anywhere, Testing Anywhere, Automation Anywhere Enterprise
    SAP Contextor, Contextor
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    Overview

    Automation Anywhere is the leader in intelligent automation solutions that put AI to work across every aspect of an organization. The company’s Automation Success Platform is powered with specialized AI, generative AI and offers process discovery, RPA, end-to-end process orchestration, document processing, and analytics, with a security and governance-first approach. Automation Anywhere empowers organizations worldwide to unleash productivity gains, drive innovation, improve customer service and accelerate business growth. The company is guided by its vision to fuel the future of work by unleashing human potential through intelligent automation.

    Learn more at http://www.automationanywhere.com/.

    SAP Intelligent Robotic Process Automation lets you automate enterprise business processes. Design process automations within the Cloud Studio by creating end-to-end workflows. Generate packages from these automations into the Cloud Factory powered by SAP BTP to configure and execute these packages with Agents. Agents running on workstations can work as a digital assistant (attended automation) or as a digital worker (unattended automation).

    SAP Intelligent RPA enables business users and technologists to become citizen developers. With powerful yet intuitive low-code and no-code capabilities, the solution supports you in driving automation by tapping into the expertise of citizen developers.

    Sample Customers
    Google, Linkedin, Cisco, Juniper Networks, DellEMC, Comcast, Mastercard, Quest Diagnostics
    BNP Paribas, Societe Generale, Kabel Deutschland, Orange, Carrefour
    Top Industries
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    Computer Software Company29%
    Financial Services Firm22%
    Manufacturing Company12%
    Pharma/Biotech Company6%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm14%
    Computer Software Company13%
    Manufacturing Company11%
    Comms Service Provider5%
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    Computer Software Company16%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    Educational Organization7%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    Company Size
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    Small Business16%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise73%
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    Small Business20%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise68%
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    Small Business29%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise57%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business24%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise61%
    Buyer's Guide
    Automation Anywhere (AA) vs. SAP Intelligent RPA
    May 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Automation Anywhere (AA) vs. SAP Intelligent RPA and other solutions. Updated: May 2024.
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    Automation Anywhere (AA) is ranked 3rd in Robotic Process Automation (RPA) with 491 reviews while SAP Intelligent RPA is ranked 17th in Robotic Process Automation (RPA) with 7 reviews. Automation Anywhere (AA) is rated 8.4, while SAP Intelligent RPA is rated 7.2. The top reviewer of Automation Anywhere (AA) writes "Automation Co-Pilot enables us to present details from CRM for business management on one page". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP Intelligent RPA writes "Enhanced streamlining and optimization of the business processes with reduced operational costs, improved data accuracy, and increased overall productivity". Automation Anywhere (AA) is most compared with Microsoft Power Automate, UiPath, Blue Prism, Tricentis Tosca and OpenText UFT One, whereas SAP Intelligent RPA is most compared with UiPath, Microsoft Power Automate, Blue Prism Cloud and Blue Prism. See our Automation Anywhere (AA) vs. SAP Intelligent RPA report.

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