EdgeVerve AssistEdge RPA vs Microsoft Power Automate comparison

Infosys and Microsoft are both solutions in the Robotic Process Automation (RPA) category. Infosys is ranked #30 with an average rating of 6.8, while Microsoft is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.2. Infosys holds a 0.7% mindshare in RPA, compared to Microsoft’s 21.2% mindshare. Additionally, 80% of Infosys users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 87% of Microsoft users who would recommend it.

EdgeVerve AssistEdge RPA

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80% willing to recommend

Microsoft Power Automate

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17,781 Comparison Views

87% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between EdgeVerve AssistEdge RPA and Microsoft Power Automate 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 EdgeVerve AssistEdge RPA vs. Microsoft Power Automate Report (Updated: October 2024).

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EdgeVerve AssistEdge RPA vs. Microsoft Power Automate

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Categories and Ranking

EdgeVerve AssistEdge RPA

Ranking in Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

30th

Average Rating

6.8

Reviews Sentiment

4.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Microsoft Power Automate

Ranking in Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

2nd

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

8.9

Number of Reviews

125

Ranking in other categories

Process Mining (2nd)

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Robotic Process Automation (RPA) category, the mindshare of EdgeVerve AssistEdge RPA is 0.7%, down from 0.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Power Automate is 21.2%, down from 21.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

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Rusty Bradford

Director Digital Customer & Digital Experience at a transportation company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The support team was great, but we had to rely on them too much because it lacks a drag-and-drop interface and everything is hard coded

Implementing new automations could be more seamless. It was challenging to build within, so we were highly dependent on Infosys developers. They had us over a barrel with that. AssistEdge isn't a simple tool like Blue Prism or other RPA solutions with configurable items that you can drag and drop. This involved a lot of hard coding, which posed two challenges. One, we did not have that skillset, so we depended on Infosys. Two, it's a beast to go back and update or make changes when things are hard coded because you can't just move those configurable items back around.

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Gowtham J

Associate - Analytics at Ernst & Young

Provides valuable integration with other Microsoft tools

The initial setup process involves three trigger points. One is a manual trigger, where users interact with a button or interface element to start the flow. The second is the recurrence trigger, which allows users to schedule automated maintenance at a specific time. Third is a data-driven trigger, where the flow is initiated based on an event in a database, such as creating a new line item in SharePoint database. Once triggered, the flow continues to execute, performing the configured actions and providing the results.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The tool follows a role-based working model to create things. It helps to track what others are doing with the system."

"Good email automation and XL automation."

"AssistEdge made it so that the reps didn't need to maneuver through 10 or 20 different systems. We tied all that together in the background, so the reps had a shared UI, and everything else happened in the background without their knowledge. When they were retrieving data, it was done in the background through automation and pulling up to that generic UI layer"

"The user interface is not complicated, even for new users. Two to three weeks is enough to get ahold of it."

"The feature I like the most is the ability to capture elements easily, especially when automating web-based applications. Additionally, I find the SAP connectors to be quite beneficial."

"The integrations that are built into Power Automate for those different Microsoft functions are good."

"The RPA robotic process automation is a good feature. We can make a flow within a flow. We just made a UI flow. The flow is to run every day so far it's been quite helpful."

"The solution is easy to understand and to develop connectors."

"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it easily integrates with Azure DevOps."

"Technical support is available regionally and it's quite good."

"The feature most useful for integrating different applications is its ability to create flows. Specifically, we use flows to integrate with finance and operations."

"The most valuable feature is the ability and ease of linking multiple connectors within the same flow."

"It is quick, so I'm quite happy with it. It is also easy to use."

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Cons

"In my opinion, areas for improvement in this solution lie in handling documentation, especially when dealing with data from various layouts or formats like scanned PDFs. Currently, new features are emerging in other tools, like generative AI, that could enhance these aspects."

"The tool's alternatives work on drag-and-drop functionality without creating custom code. We don't have an in-built queue system and use RabbitMQ for it. The solution also doesn't have a framework."

"There should be more activities like extraction for reading or converting PDFs. There are fewer activities compared to other tools. There are no custom activities."

"Lacks integration with third party tools."

"AssistEdge isn't a simple tool like Blue Prism or other RPA solutions with configurable items that you can drag and drop. This involved a lot of hard coding, which posed two challenges. One, we did not have that skillset, so we depended on Infosys. Two, it's a beast to go back and update or make changes when things are hard coded because you can't just move those configurable items back around."

"It would be great if you could integrate outside of Microsoft environments."

"Microsoft Power Automate is limited if we want to create a complex flow because we have to split the log into two flows."

"Execution of workflows could be improved."

"Microsoft shouldn't charge extra for the database license if you want to store the data in the database during the trial. We wanted to have a historical trend of the data, and we started with the trial version of the tool. The database license is not included with the trial version, and you have to purchase it separately. Because we had a budget constraint, we had to pull all the information manually from the system, massage it, and push it to the dashboard. About two months ago, we have upgraded to the full-fledged version in which the database is integrated. The database license should be there in the trial version, but they have totally decoupled it. They should have provided a bundle, at least for the trial version, so that once a person or a firm gets a sense of it, they can start building. It might be because they wanted to sell additional licenses or premium licenses, and that's why they have added it in the premium version. It should have more cognitive features. Automation Anywhere and UiPath are different because they have cognitive functionality plus intelligent automation. The cognitive functionality is currently not there in Microsoft Power Automate. It is just for workflow automation and basic bot-level tasks. It should have more cognitive features, which probably will be launched in a couple of years."

"Sometimes it can be difficult to share flows for multiple users to edit."

"There are some bugs or intermittent behavior in the Excel activities that require using workarounds."

"There are frequent version updates and that impacts different algorithms so we have to adjust our code."

"Microsoft Power Automate could improve by adding more features to the free version it would be good because there are many features that you have to pay for. There are some functions that IT personnel, like myself, have a difficult time using and could be made more user-friendly."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"EdgeVerve AssistEdge RPA is cheaper compared to other RPA tools."

"The licensing price should be more cost-effective."

"We use Office 365 and this solution is free for me to use with the package we have. We have plans to increase the usage of Microsoft Power Automate."

"Currently, we are using the free license for testing. After everything is done, we'll buy the license."

"The price is right. If you have Office 365 It's included."

"The license cost could be better."

"The pricing is reasonable and the western license is fantastic."

"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."

"It had by far the fairest licensing on the market. For the money, you got a very good value."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

25%

Financial Services Firm

14%

Energy/Utilities Company

13%

Computer Software Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

14%

Computer Software Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about EdgeVerve AssistEdge RPA?

The feature I like the most is the ability to capture elements easily, especially when automating web-based applications. Additionally, I find the SAP connectors to be quite beneficial.

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What needs improvement with EdgeVerve AssistEdge RPA?

There should be more activities. Like extraction for reading or converting PDFs. There are fewer activities compared to other tools. There are no custom activities for any company, so we're still b...

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What is your primary use case for EdgeVerve AssistEdge RPA?

We use it to scrape websites. We scrape the updates and provide the details as a database to the user. We use AssistEdge to process and compare data on websites. Then, there is a process automation...

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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.

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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...

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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...

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Comparisons

UiPath vs EdgeVerve AssistEdge RPA

Compared 58% of the time

Automation Anywhere vs EdgeVerve AssistEdge RPA

Compared 22% of the time

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Compared 10% of the time

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UiPath vs Microsoft Power Automate

Compared 35% of the time

Blue Prism vs Microsoft Power Automate

Compared 20% of the time

Automation Anywhere vs Microsoft Power Automate

Compared 18% of the time

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Compared 3% of the time

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Compared 3% of the time

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Also Known As

AssistEdge RPA

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

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Overview

AssistEdge is a cohesive automation platform built with a suite of automation and AI
capabilities. It enables enterprises to realize the full potential of automation by offering
scalability, security, intelligence, and innovation.
AssistEdge suite of products takes customers across the automation journey.

AssistEdge Discover helps accelerate and amplify the power of automation through process
discovery. It leverages user key strokes and sophisticated neural network algorithms to create
an effective automation blueprint.
AssistEdge RPA provides enterprises with a holistic suite for their complete automation journey
— from process discovery to attended and unattended automation and orchestrating the
human-digital workforce.
The latest version, AssistEdge RPA 18.0, is an enterprise-grade platform that comes with
industry-leading capabilities around scalability, security, and performance. Equipped with
cognitive engine ‘Albie’, it seamlessly unifies the human and digital workforce, empowering
enterprises to traverse the ‘Automation Singularity’ journey.
AssistEdge Cloud RPA brings together the power of AssistEdge, Cloud infrastructure and Deep
Automation. Powered by standard cloud infrastructure and a flexible service model, it enables
enterprises with intelligent automation as a service and accelerates times to value.
AssistEdge Engage is an intelligent automation platform that utilizes AI and RPA to help
organizations reimagine their contact centers and achieve superior customer experience. It
provides a 360-degree view of the customers, provides insights based on past interactions and
behavioral patterns, thereby increasing customer satisfaction.
AssistEdge Community Edition is a lighter version of AssistEdge RPA designed for community
users, including students, developers, and professionals.

Microsoft Power Automate is a powerful tool that streamlines and automates tasks within an organization.

It is used for workflow automation, data integration, and creating automated notifications and approvals.

Power Automate connects different applications and services, such as SharePoint, Excel, and Outlook, to automate data transfer and synchronization.

Sample Customers

OpenReach Service, Ricoh Americas Corporation, Event Hospitality & Entertainment

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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