Blue Prism vs Microsoft Power Automate comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 20, 2022
 

Categories and Ranking

Blue Prism
Ranking in Robotic Process Automation (RPA)
4th
Average Rating
7.8
Number of Reviews
86
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Microsoft Power Automate
Ranking in Robotic Process Automation (RPA)
2nd
Average Rating
7.8
Number of Reviews
123
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Market share comparison

As of June 2024, in the Robotic Process Automation (RPA) category, the market share of Blue Prism is 9.7% and it decreased by 14.5% compared to the previous year. The market share of Microsoft Power Automate is 24.8% and it increased by 19.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Robotic Process Automation (RPA)
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Q&A Highlights

Tarek Fanous - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 11, 2022
 

Featured Reviews

Mohamed Salah Baccouche - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 24, 2023
Way more efficient for debugging than other tools but the UI is complicated
Our company uses the solution's automation processes to develop a fleet of robots for one of our clients. To date, we have developed more than 40 robots.  We also have clients in the banking and insurance industries.  We currently use both the 6.10.2 and 7.0 versions of the solution.  The solution…
NM
Jan 29, 2020
Easy to automate processes with a short development time, but better Excel automation is needed
We are implementation service providers and this is one of the products that we provide to our clients There are several use cases for this solution including automating tender processes, compliance-related processes, and in finance, we have automated some invoicing processes. The most valuable…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable feature of Blue Prism is the control and development of the processes from one location."
"The solution enables process creation and is object oriented."
"All of the processes that we've automated have been completed successfully, and the bots are able to process them as expected."
"We have integrated the product with our centralized infra-monitoring tool, which gives us real-time insights into BOT health and also the health of the underlying resources."
"The way you design the flow and configure the activities for the bot is very useful if you are working with any of the BPM or local platforms."
"The new features that have come out have been great."
"I like the cloud features such as IADA and Decipher."
"As a developer, I liked the layout and UI, specifically referring to testing. I was able to watch the process through stages."
"Microsoft Power Automate is very easy to use."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it easily integrates with Azure DevOps."
"The tool is very good at implementing automation within processes. It's saved us from doing a lot of manual processes."
"Power Automate has allowed us to simplify the business process and improve operational efficiency."
"Currently, we are mostly using the desktop part of it for data. We are basically extracting the data and then putting it in."
"It is basically free for me because it comes with my Office 365 subscription. The main feature is that there is abundant learning material on platforms like YouTube. You can find information about whatever you want to be done in Spanish or English without a problem. It is very easy to learn. Users can start using it on their own without any former training, which is something I like about this solution."
"The ease of use and the integration with some of the existing products that we have would be its main takeouts."
"I like Power Automate because it is very easy to use for users who don't have IT knowledge."
 

Cons

"From a monitoring perspective, the way the screens are set up, or the reporting within Blue Prism, is not really user-friendly. You need a technical person to basically put that up. It's not necessarily easily viewable."
"The solution can improve by having a free license for evaluation purposes."
"I have been speaking directly with Blue Prism's engagement manager about making the solution more web-based. It's not quite there yet. Currently, the latest version is still under the beta version, so, as a customer, we don't have access to it. They are making it much more web-based, but for now, everything you have to log into requires an enterprise server — It's still more client-based than web-based."
"I would like to see machine learning functionality integrated with the automation."
"I would like to see wider integration with other products."
"Its pricing is sometimes higher. Its price can be better. Its presale support should be increased. Currently, its presale support is very less. System integrators generally position Blue Prism in front of customers. Though they have an ecosystem, they don't have people who can train for the partner ecosystem. They have to increase the presales consultants for partners. In addition, their L1 and L2 support can also be improved."
"We had a lot of challenges managing authentication and reusing or using external authentication providers."
"They should add more OCR engines to it."
"It lacks a lot of functionality that other tools have. There should be queue management, and there should also be the capability to deal with a little bit more complex automation. If it had queue support and if it was capable of doing more complex automation, it would be a much better tool."
"Sometimes, Microsoft changes the game rules, and the free tools are no longer free, which makes it too hard to explain to customers. It is a SaaS service, so the cost is calculated based on the execution hours. However, we don't know the background of this cost because we cannot touch the infrastructure. They can be more open to developers or customers about this. The infrastructure part must be open for the customers."
"During their merger, some key functions were eliminated which no longer allows it to run independently from the cloud as a standalone for other companies. For example, options to schedule and trigger have been removed. It would be nice to have these capabilities back. The flow and the connectivity between databases and so on is a bit complex as well."
"I rate the technical support from Microsoft Power Automate a four out of five."
"More OCR and AI capabilities are needed to improve the solution. Other solutions have better features, such as Blue Prism and UiPath."
"Some automation features on some programs did not work smoothly."
"There is an RPA feature gap between this solution and other more mature products."
"We expect Microsoft Power Automate to work like any other RPA software, but at present, it is fairly lax, especially in the RPA space. We have a very limited set of use cases today for Microsoft Power Automate. Microsoft should make it a full-featured RPA product like other solutions that we use, such as Automation Anywhere, Blue Prism, and UiPath. This is predominantly the area that they need to improve on. Microsoft Power Automate is quite complex to use as well, especially if you want to do advanced workflows or advanced automation. The regular simple workflows are quite easy and straightforward, but the moment you want to do something complex, it is almost impossible for one of our employees to work on it."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I would rate the solution's pricing a seven out of ten."
"Blue Prism is pretty steep compared to the others, much more than Automation Anywhere."
"The license for Blue Prism is very straightforward, we only need one license."
"I give the price of the solution a seven out of ten."
"I don't have an idea about Blue Prism, but I have an idea about UiPath. UiPath is scaling its business in different products. It has got products for intelligent document processing (IDP) to test or log integrations for chatbots. If you want to work on something like a true test automation, you have to buy a test book. In such cases, they have a predefined way of working with, implementing, or running things. This is where I see that UiPath might be a bit costly or expensive when compared to Blue Prism because UiPath charges for each and every product."
"It is expensive for us. It should be cheaper for a market like ours. We are based in India."
"They work on a big partnership kind of program with our organization, and they also give us a lot of discounts. Its price is pretty much comparable to the other solutions like UiPath and Automation Anywhere."
"There is a one-time purchase fee for this solution."
"Good price-quality relationship. Its features for its price were the best fit for our company."
"On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing two to three out of ten."
"The solution is free with Microsoft 365."
"The free version is quite good."
"This is the cheapest option among competitors. You can choose to have the RPA with attendance at $40/month with add-on's totaling about $190. There are standalone options that require someone to run the process and there are fully automated options that are integrated within the cloud."
"It has a cost-effective pricing model compared to competitors."
"This solution is bundled with our Office 365, so there is no additional licensing fee."
"Its licensing is flexible."
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Answers from the Community

Tarek Fanous - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 11, 2022
Mar 11, 2022
Adding to the answer here are the finer points: 1. Workflow technical features - a. ability to create a multi-level approval task. b. ability for the workflow engine to wait till the approval or rejection or any action is performed on the tasks. c. ability to delegate the task in the approval chain. e. Log of all activities within the workflow for the purpose of audit or tracing back the histo...
2 out of 4 answers
Shiv Chandra - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 10, 2022
Hi @Tarek Fanous,  Happy to talk you through what I have experienced in RPA.  Feel free to reach out to me via DM or LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sh...
EB
Mar 10, 2022
Hello @Okay Akdeniz, @Biswajit Mohanty, @KinjalDangeria, @Nancy_Sachdeva, @Shantanu Chande ​and @Mattia Mezzacapo, Can you please help @Tarek Fanous ​by sharing your insights?
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
20%
Computer Software Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
6%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Computer Software Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Government
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

Should I choose Blue Prism or Microsoft Power Automate?
Hello Netanya, it depends on your needs and your expertise. In my humble opinion you can start a big RPA project implementation with Blue Prism which is stable and mature software, in order to ser...
I am evaluating Blue Prism and UiPath for RPA for my company. Which one do you recommend?
I'm very familiar with UiPath and the RPA industry: was hired by Daniel Dines in 2015 when there were 35 employees and left in 2019 when there were 3K+. I'm a big believer in the product, leadershi...
RPA that Bots can run without centralized control?
Yes, Attended Bots which can run without centralized control Module. RPA Tools like Automation Anywhere, uiPath ,Power Automation they do support this.
How do I choose between UiPath and Microsoft Power Automate?
Microsoft‌ ‌Power‌ ‌Automate‌ ‌is‌ ‌intuitive‌ ‌and‌ ‌easy‌ ‌to‌ ‌integrate‌ ‌and‌ ‌use.‌ ‌I‌ ‌like‌ ‌that‌ ‌there‌ ‌is‌ ‌no‌ ‌coding‌ ‌experience‌ ‌necessary,‌ ‌and‌ ‌appreciate‌ ‌the‌ ‌automated‌...
How is Automation Anywhere compared to Microsoft Power Automate?
‌Neither‌ ‌solution‌ ‌requires‌ ‌any‌ ‌coding‌ ‌experience,‌ ‌and‌ ‌both‌ ‌are‌ ‌easy‌ ‌to‌ ‌use‌ ‌and‌ ‌have‌ ‌great‌ ‌drag-and‌ ‌drop‌ ‌functionality.‌ ‌The‌ ‌training‌ ‌and‌ ‌resources‌ ‌for‌ ‌A...
 

Also Known As

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Power Automate, Microsoft Flow, MS Power Automate, WinAutomation by Softomotive, ProcessRobot by Softomotive
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Coca-Cola, Walgreens, American Express, Royal Bank of Canada, Pfizer, Shop Direct, O2, Siemens, Ascension Healthcare, Jaguar Land Rover
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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