Microsoft Power Automate vs Robocorp comparison

Microsoft and Robocorp are both solutions in the Robotic Process Automation (RPA) category. Microsoft is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.2, while Robocorp is ranked #8 with an average rating of 7.8. Microsoft holds a 20.7% mindshare in RPA, compared to Robocorp’s 2.4% mindshare. Additionally, 87% of Microsoft users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 84% of Robocorp users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 4, 2024

Microsoft Power Automate and Robocorp are leading competitors in the automation software market. Based on feature breadth and integration, Microsoft Power Automate appears to offer an advantage due to its richer ecosystem within Microsoft tools.

Features: Microsoft Power Automate is known for its extensive template library, facilitating seamless integration within the Microsoft ecosystem. It provides low-code automation options great for non-technical users and supports connectors to integrate with various Microsoft applications. Robocorp leverages Python for development, delivering highly-customizable and scalable automation solutions. It caters effectively to organizations needing advanced Python-based solutions, enhancing flexibility in automation processes.

Room for Improvement: Microsoft Power Automate lacks improved AI capabilities and OCR functionality, with challenges in non-Microsoft integrations. Users find licensing complex and premium features trial periods missing. Robocorp requires advancements in its UI design and easier deployment options. It would benefit from enhanced library support and a streamlined debugging process for improved usability.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Microsoft Power Automate deploys across various environments with mixed feedback on technical support. It enjoys community support but slow technical assistance responses. Robocorp's setup is straightforward, focusing on public cloud deployment but shows limitations in swift support response and comprehensive solutions.

Pricing and ROI: Microsoft Power Automate is budget-friendly for Office 365 users but complex in licensing and premium costs, providing considerable ROI by reducing manual labor. Robocorp is affordable, with a transparent pay-as-you-go model favorably viewed, especially for organizations seeking scalable pricing without upfront fees.

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Fortra's Automate

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2025, in the Robotic Process Automation (RPA) category, the mindshare of Fortra's Automate is 1.3%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Power Automate is 20.7%, down from 21.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Robocorp is 2.4%, down from 2.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Featured Reviews

Anabel Marco

Account Director at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

Automates processes efficiently with cost-effective scaling and robust customer support

Web scraping is quite good since it offers a lot of possibilities. Another important feature for me is its compatibility with MBI, the Power that is ISEQUADO Centers. I appreciate the ability to scale and increase the number of bots or studios without additional expense. Automate's non-reliance on additional orchestrators makes it quite cost-effective.

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Nilesh Pundkar

IVR Developer at Orange

Good for email routing and management features but additional costs for plug-ins

Power Automate has fewer features and more limitations in general. It's not as mature a product as some of the others, like UiPath or Automate Anywhere. One of the main issues I've found is that Power Automate struggles with accessing Excel or other Office documents on servers. Even though it's a Microsoft product, we often have to log in through remote systems, and syncing can be problematic due to the way we use servers. At the very least, they should provide access to Office 365 directly, without requiring additional logins on servers. Most people utilizing Power Automate are already working within the Office 365 environment. Any proof of concepts (POCs) using Power Automate would naturally be built on top of Office 365.

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Mohammed Zaman

Senior Lead Developer at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

It's easy to create Python libraries and custom scripts for a particular client and general use cases

We've had conversations with the head of Robocorp over Slack about things we want to improve. We want to introduce some packages, but the authentication tokens and many other things are not there. We can do it in Python, but the custom packages are unavailable. We would also like an integrated PDF reader and better integration with custom solutions. The built-in Excel customization is limited, but we can still accomplish what we want using Python. We must rely on Python to customize processes in Robocorp. I don't know about the latest IDE from Robocorp, but the old one doesn't have a lot of activities. I don't know if they have updated the UI in the latest version, but they could improve that. The UI selector isn't that great. It would be nice to take elements from the console and customize parts. Everything is based on command lines, which I do not like. A flow chart with block items would be good for optimizing code. I would also like more support tools for developers so it's easier to understand when passing code to others.

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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

"I actually quite liked the no-coding functionality."

"A great feature that you seldom see in these kind of systems is the ability to use a database as trigger to launch a task. This is something I asked for a few years ago and that was added."

"Overall, the whole product is really nice and provides significant benefits."

"It gives us a central place to schedule tasks and run them distributed."

"I find the ease of use from a programming perspective very valuable."

"This product is quite easy to install, learn, and use, with our new employees being able to start using it in projects for clients after only two weeks of internal training."

"We have tried other RPA solutions like UiPath or Automation Anywhere. They are fantastic products but complex, and it's hard to understand everything. It would be best if you had a skilled developer or several. Automate is easy to implement, administer, and use. It's appropriate for us because our cases are simple and easy to automate. We don't need complicated tools with many features; We prefer to get a significant ROI quickly."

"The most valuable feature is the drag-and-drop interface, which is very Windows-like."

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"Power Automate is not complex and is very easy-to-use in deploying most development projects."

"I like the scalability option and the simplicity, the way we can really use the interface to easily scale up."

"The initial setup is very simple."

"Microsoft Power Automate is a no-code platform which is very easy to learn, allowing businesses to build their own small automations."

"The pricing of the solution is competitive, which is good for the Romanian market."

"We have saved thousands of hours by automating tasks that would have been labor-intensive and error-prone if done manually."

"Power Automate has allowed us to simplify the business process and improve operational efficiency."

"This solution improved the reporting in our organization. The financial department was doing a lot of copy pasting from different sources to create financial reports. Through ProcessRobot, we were able to automate all those copy pasting and produce all those financial reports overnight."

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"I like the fact that it's very fast. The processing speed is good, and that's what matters to me. I also like that we don't have to bother with the infrastructure setup. We don't have to care about the status of the data set, as I believe the local group will provide it. We don't care about the licensing model. We only have to care about how long we are using it."

"The ability to create separate organizations on this platform makes it easier to bill each of the clients separately."

"The price is good."

"It supports Python runtime because of that, runtime also improves."

"It's easy to deploy bots via the API helper in Control Room. Robocorp's debugging features are also robust. It shows you a lot of data."

"I can use it as a library by importing Python scripts, allowing me to access its many features while working with coding."

"The solution is based on Python which makes it very valuable."

"Robocorp is based on Python, so you can use Python scripts and create libraries for your use cases. Building libraries and custom scripts for a particular client and general use cases is easy. We can reuse those scripts for other clients, so we start seeing benefits quickly."

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Cons

"Fortra's Automate is not as reliable as I would like it to be."

"The interface could be more user-friendly and easier to navigate."

"The vendor is currently working on a solution that allows us to automatically create a process that is based on a document that we receive via email."

"Sometimes when we communicate with the ERP system and there is an issue, we are not always aware of the specifics of Automate and the source of the problem."

"There is room for improvement regarding cloud functionality; there are a few missing features, and the logging could be better, especially air logging. We can go into logging events and create our own task, but it would be nice if this were more detailed."

"We really need a free development environment for customers. Building and testing automation on production isn't ideal."

"While this solution is continually improving, as it is now, the user interface could use improvement when I compare it to a product like UiPath."

"The documentation for errors needs improvement as many of the error messages we receive are very vague."

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"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."

"The OCR functionality needs to be improved."

"The solution could use some more advanced AI tools. It's one of the solution's only weaknesses."

"I've had issues with reordering columns. When I tried to do it, it seemed to take a long time, and then, later, it gave me some kind of error."

"I would like more integration with other tools. It integrates well with Microsoft products, but there should be more integration with other platforms and tools, such as chatbots."

"The solution could benefit from mirroring Oracle's use of videos and community forums to help users get acquainted with the product. It could use better online training and/or documentation."

"The thing which needs the most improvement is really the documentation. It should have better details of the processes."

"I would like to have chatbot assistance available, where you can open it and receive help on the spot."

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"I don't like the complexity of deployment."

"The solution could be more stable."

"We would also like an integrated PDF reader and better integration with custom solutions. The built-in Excel customization is limited, but we can still accomplish what we want using Python. We must rely on Python to customize processes in Robocorp. I don't know about the latest IDE from Robocorp, but the old one doesn't have a lot of activities."

"Robocorp is still in development, so most of the keywords are a bit confusing. I have to alter lots of automation steps between processing and development. However, Selenium is due for an update soon, and Robcorp is addressing some of the limitations caused by the previous Selenium version."

"We use the latest version of the process studio and it takes up a lot of CPU storage. In our case, this has been up to 14 GB of storage."

"There are certain libraries in Python, such as those dealing with PDF automation and word files, that require the presence of certain external dependencies in the environment to be successfully used."

"The deployment process is complex and not straightforward, especially for legacy modernization."

"An additional feature I'm looking for in Robocorp is SAP automation."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"From a distributor's side, one of the biggest selling points is its price point. Without going into any numbers, compared to UiPath, Automation Anywhere, and Blue Prism, we're significantly cheaper. The main difference is that other competitors usually charge you per process. However, in Automate's case, it's priced per bot. So, a bot can run multiple processes at the same time, but you are only priced for a single bot."

"From a distributor's perspective, one of the biggest selling points of Automate is its price point."

"Compared to other products, the pricing model for this solution is much more convenient, flexible, and adaptable to the Portuguese reality."

"I believe the price falls within a reasonable range, which significantly influenced our decision regarding the product. This aspect is crucial for any technological solution, especially in our country where enterprises might be hesitant to invest heavily in something untested or uncertain about its practicality and potential returns."

"Once you buy the software, you just pay for the support for backend help."

"While solutions like UiPath and Blue Prism cost around $11,000-$12,000 for each license, this product costs around $7,000 and you can keep it forever."

"It comes with a package that costs approximately $20,000 USD per year."

"I'm only involved in running the product and maintaining the systems, so I can't speak to the cost."

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"At the moment, from our experience with the two, Power Automate is a lot more expensive solution than Automation Anywhere, but it is also a far more reliable solution. With the price increases and with the current pandemic situation going on worldwide, a lot of the prices have fluctuated, but the packages and the all-encompassing features you get with the Microsoft package far outweigh the benefits from the Automation Anywhere side. Each package on the Automation Anywhere side is cheaper, but we need to continuously purchase subsequent packages to continue with our automation to the extent that we require. So, the Power Automate solution is a bit more pricey, but it does offer us a far better range of capabilities."

"I give the cost a three out of ten."

"There is a per-user licensing model for individual users."

"Its license is a part of our enterprise agreement. It is a three-year contract, but we pay yearly. So, it is a yearly license. There are no additional costs."

"There are many different ways to license it."

"This solution is bundled with our Office 365, so there is no additional licensing fee."

"It has a cost-effective pricing model compared to competitors."

"Its licensing cost is comparatively less as compared to Automation Anywhere. We have bought a two-year license agreement."

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"The pricing is fine."

"The product has good pricing."

"The solution is a very affordable price."

"The price is cheaper than other competitors. I would rate the cost as one out of five."

"It's a cost-effective solution."

"Robocorp is much better in terms of pricing compared to UiPath."

"In terms of licenses, there is a return on investment in that area."

"You don't have to pay for the license. You have to pay for the time you use it."

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

14%

Computer Software Company

14%

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Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

14%

Computer Software Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Government

Computer Software Company

14%

Financial Services Firm

14%

Manufacturing Company

10%

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about HelpSystems AutoMate?

We use it for specific cases, mainly secure file transfers, which are vital for us. And it works for us.

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What is your primary use case for HelpSystems AutoMate?

We used the platform primarily for task automation, including transmitting EDR files. Additionally, we've utilized it...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Fortra Automate?

The starter pack was all we needed and was reasonable. Others were either more expensive or didn't do all that I want...

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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 ,Pow...

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How do I choose between UiPath and Microsoft Power Automate?

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How is Automation Anywhere compared to Microsoft Power Automate?

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What do you like most about Robocorp?

The product has a valuable business process automation feature.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Robocorp?

The product has good pricing. They offer an efficient pay-as-you-go pricing model. There are different models for ent...

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What needs improvement with Robocorp?

The platform's documentation could be better.

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Comparisons

UiPath vs Fortra's Automate

Compared 37% of the time

Automation Anywhere vs Fortra's Automate

Compared 8% of the time

Blue Prism vs Fortra's Automate

Compared 5% of the time

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UiPath vs Microsoft Power Automate

Compared 31% of the time

Blue Prism vs Microsoft Power Automate

Compared 18% of the time

Automation Anywhere vs Microsoft Power Automate

Compared 17% of the time

IBM Robotic Process Automation (RPA) vs Microsoft Power Automate

Compared 4% of the time

MuleSoft RPA vs Microsoft Power Automate

Compared 1% of the time

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UiPath vs Robocorp

Compared 63% of the time

BotCity vs Robocorp

Compared 8% of the time

Blue Prism Cloud vs Robocorp

Compared 7% of the time

Automation Anywhere vs Robocorp

Compared 6% of the time

Blue Prism vs Robocorp

Compared 4% of the time

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Also Known As

HelpSystems Automate, Automate

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

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Overview

Fortra's Automate is predominantly used in HR and operational departments for automating reports, file manipulation, and data processing. Key uses include automating repetitive tasks, integrating PDFs and emails, running scripts, processing large data sets, transforming file formats, synchronizing databases, managing job schedules, and transferring files.

Users commend Fortra's Automate for its ease of implementation and user-friendly drag-and-drop interface, which requires minimal technical skills for efficient bot deployment. The software is appreciated for its effective scheduling tools, reliable integration capabilities, and a wide range of functions such as file interaction, secure file transfers, and extensive automation without the need for coding. Businesses achieve significant time savings and simplified processes, bolstered by continuous updates and robust customer support.

What are the key features?

Scheduling Tools: Enables precise control and timing for automation tasks
Integration Capabilities: Seamlessly connects with various systems and software
File Interaction: Comprehensive functions for file manipulation and transfer
Secure Transfers: Ensures data safety during file transfers
User-Friendly: Minimal technical skills needed for deployment and use

What benefits should you look for in reviews?

Ease of Implementation: Fast and simple setup process
Time Savings: Reduces time spent on repetitive tasks
Process Simplification: Streamlines complex workflows
Customer Support: Access to continuous support and updates

In various industries such as healthcare, transportation, and payroll, Fortra's Automate automates workflows like invoice generation, data retrieval, data uploading, and insurance eligibility checks, enhancing efficiency and accuracy for HR and operational tasks.

Fortra

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.

Microsoft

Most robotic process automation initiatives fail to get off the ground because the current drag-and-drop offerings are expensive and frustrating for developers. Robocorp is a Python-based open source stack for automating applications and processes. Automate any task you can imagine with hundreds of keywords and libraries with performance, scalability, and security built-in. Our cloud robots can run on any platform from any machine, and scale horizontally to ensure mission-critical processes complete as efficiently as possible. Getting started is free, and our resource-based pricing ensures your costs are always straightforward - no matter how much your implementation grows.

Robocorp

Sample Customers

Aldergrove Financial Group, Preferred Health Professionals, Mindbeam Technologies, First Credit Union in British Columbia, Vestcom International, Prime Liberty Benefits, University of Tampa, CNLBancshares, World Precision Instruments, BJ's Restaurants, Globe Pequot Press, Accudata Technologies, Norton Healthcare, Pacific Toxicology Laboratories

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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