We performed a comparison between Automation Anywhere and Microsoft Power Automate based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison of Results: Based on the parameters we compared, Automation Anywhere seems to be a slightly superior solution. All other things being more or less equal, our reviewers found Microsoft Power Automate’s automation capabilities and technical support documents to be lacking. Some users feel that Automation Anywhere’s documentation could also be improved.
"Movement on cloud architecture according to me provided by AA2019, will be most beneficial as it will be easy to use and will provide flexibility."
"SAP GUI Integration commands are highly useful while working with SAP applications and facilitate easy use of the software. This feature has been recently incorporated within the software and we have been using it to interface with SAP systems in development as well as production."
"The main thing is the simple UI, easy to use commands, and it's very easy to learn compared to other tools in the market."
"Error handling plays an important role when you schedule a bot because if you are not physically present and something happens, you need to know what has gone wrong."
"One of the features that we have used the most is an action in the Workbench called Object Cloning. We find that very reliable and very useful for implementing different business processes."
"You do not need to have IT skills. I come from a finance background, so I can attest to the fact that you do not need IT skills to use Automation Anywhere to leverage it on your teams."
"It automates forms for our customers and our analysts."
"It helps to improve and optimize processes. It eliminates some of the manual tasks, so we can save costs."
"It is a very useful solution. You don't need to create an infrastructure in your environment just for triggers or executions. You don't need to invest in the infrastructure. With Power Automate, we can call or trigger custom web services and routines. We are also using the flow for gathering data from Microsoft Dynamics."
"It makes work easier."
"Technical support is responsive."
"It is a stable solution."
"The tool is very good at implementing automation within processes. It's saved us from doing a lot of manual processes."
"It works best to build cloud flows."
"The interface is user-friendly."
"This product is the best in terms of price and capabilities."
"I would like to see integration better integration with Excel and SAP."
"The product needs improvements in dealing with remote servers and providing more APIs that will be used with other systems."
"Sometimes, the recorder from Automation Anywhere does not work well and is inaccurate. This should be improved."
"The dashboard has room for improvement."
"At some places, the if-else statements become so confusing so, at that place, they can change the UI for better understanding. Apart from this I liked this tool and would like to continue working on this."
"In the next release, once the bot is triggered, the system should always recognize the active state and not prompt the user to log in again before the bot finishes all of its tasks."
"There is a dependency issue around the control room. If the control room is not working, the bots will not work."
"With any new upgrades, we have to make changes in the codes. To us, this means that the tool is not stable. We have been told by Automation Anywhere that this will be fixed in future releases."
"Sometimes it can be difficult to share flows for multiple users to edit."
"The issue lies more in how you learn the solution. The information is very generalized. It could be extremely useful to have more specific information about how to use various features within the platform."
"The downside is the lack of orchestration and supplemental tools such as capturing existing processes and using them to build out."
"Microsoft Power Automate's basic activities are not strong."
"Inability to use a lot of connectors without having a premium license."
"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."
"I was working on it for around three days and then took a break of about two days. When I went back to it, all of the Excel, and all the Excel functions, just disappeared. Completely vanished. When I looked up the help, it said that sometimes that happens when you're not connected to the internet."
"Technical support needs to be able to respond quickly to queries. Right now, they are much too slow."
Automation Anywhere (AA) is ranked 3rd in Robotic Process Automation (RPA) with 491 reviews while Microsoft Power Automate is ranked 2nd in Robotic Process Automation (RPA) with 123 reviews. Automation Anywhere (AA) is rated 8.4, while Microsoft Power Automate is rated 7.8. 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 Microsoft Power Automate writes "Provides valuable integration with other Microsoft tools". Automation Anywhere (AA) is most compared with UiPath, Blue Prism, Tricentis Tosca, IBM Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and Pega Robotic Process Automation, whereas Microsoft Power Automate is most compared with UiPath, Blue Prism, IBM Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Tungsten RPA and Fortra's Automate. See our Automation Anywhere (AA) vs. Microsoft Power Automate report.
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