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Alternatives to Automation Anywhere
22 automation integration tools sit alongside Automation Anywhere in this directory. Below is what separates each from Automation Anywhere on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 22
- With a free tier
- 13
- Cheaper to start
- 8
- Automation Anywhere starts at
- $200/month
Why people look past Automation Anywhere
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Automation Anywhere entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
It costs more than the category median
Automation Anywhere starts at $200/month. Across the 13 automation integration tools listed beside it that publish a price, the median entry point is $100/month.
There is no free tier
The record for Automation Anywhere carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 13 of the 22 alternatives below can be used without paying.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
The digital exchange for intelligent automation
- Starts $800 a month dearer, at $1000/month.
The leading platform for business process automation
- Starts $175 a month cheaper, at $25/month.
- 5 tiers to Automation Anywhere's 3.
Managed Apache Flink and Debezium with credit-based pricing and a free tier
- Can be used without paying; Automation Anywhere cannot.
- Sold on a Per credit by task hour model rather than subscription.
Postgres-backed distributed task queue and workflow engine for Python, TypeScript and Go
- Can be used without paying; Automation Anywhere cannot.
- Starts $300 a month dearer, at $500/month.
- Sold on a Per month by task run count model rather than subscription.
- 4 tiers to Automation Anywhere's 3.
Open source unified API and OAuth infrastructure for product integrations, licensed under Elastic License 2.0
- Can be used without paying; Automation Anywhere cannot.
- Starts $150 a month cheaper, at $50/month.
- Sold on a Per connection per month model rather than subscription.
- 4 tiers to Automation Anywhere's 3.
Cloud-native business automation for Quarkus, now an Apache KIE component
- Can be used without paying; Automation Anywhere cannot.
- Sold on a Open source, no licence fee model rather than subscription.
- 1 tier to Automation Anywhere's 3.
Every Automation Anywhere alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Automation Anywhere (this page) | $200/month | Subscription | 3 | |
| Blue PrismThe digital exchange for intelligent automation | $1000/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Automation Anywhere |
| UiPathThe leading platform for business process automation | $25/month | Subscription | 5 | vs Automation Anywhere |
| Decodable | Free | Per credit by task hour | 3 | vs Automation Anywhere |
| Hatchet | Free, then $500/month | Per month by task run count | 4 | vs Automation Anywhere |
| Nango | Free, then $50/month | Per connection per month | 4 | vs Automation Anywhere |
| Kogito | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Automation Anywhere |
| Flowable | Free | Quote | 2 | vs Automation Anywhere |
| Meltano | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Automation Anywhere |
| jBPM | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Automation Anywhere |
| Activiti | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Automation Anywhere |
| Orkes | Free | Quote | 2 | vs Automation Anywhere |
| Prefect | Free, then $100/month | Freemium with per-user and usage-based tiers | 4 | vs Automation Anywhere |
| Dagster | Free, then $10/month | Free open-source core plus paid cloud platform | 4 | vs Automation Anywhere |
| Windmill | Free, then $120/month | Open-source | 2 | vs Automation Anywhere |
| Autonoly | Free, then $29/month | Freemium | 5 | vs Automation Anywhere |
| HighByte Intelligence Hub | $18500/year | Per site per year | 4 | vs Automation Anywhere |
| Cyclr | $1595/month | Per month by API call volume | 4 | vs Automation Anywhere |
| Alloy Automation | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Automation Anywhere |
| IBM MQ | $312/month | Per virtual processor core per month | 3 | vs Automation Anywhere |
| Camunda | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Automation Anywhere |
| Mage AI | $100/month | Usage-based cloud platform | 4 | vs Automation Anywhere |
| HighLevel | $97/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Automation Anywhere |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Automation Anywhere badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Cheaper than Automation Anywhere (8)
Entry price under Automation Anywhere's $200/month. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
What you would be giving up
Automation Anywhere is most often brought in for workflow automation, data integration, process automation, app integration, api connectivity. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Automation Anywhere is broadly right and the question is cost, the Automation Anywhere pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Automation Integration category lists everything the directory holds, and best automation integration tools ranks them.
Automation Anywhere runs on desktop, web. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Automation Anywhere alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Automation Anywhere?
- 22 other automation integration tools are listed in this directory, led by Blue Prism, UiPath, Decodable, Hatchet. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Automation Anywhere?
- 13 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Decodable, Hatchet, Nango, Kogito, Flowable.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Automation Anywhere?
- Yes. 8 of the alternatives below start under Automation Anywhere's $200/month: UiPath at $25/month, Nango at Free, then $50/month, Prefect at Free, then $100/month, Dagster at Free, then $10/month.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Automation Anywhere?
- On the figures on record, 2 things stand out: it costs more than the category median; there is no free tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Automation Anywhere?
- Automation Anywhere is most often brought in for workflow automation, data integration, process automation, app integration, api connectivity. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Automation Anywhere?
- Windmill is recorded with an open-source licence model.
- How were these Automation Anywhere alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Automation Integration, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Automation Anywhere against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Automation Anywhere covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every automation integration tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Automation Integration category, 22 tools beside Automation Anywhere. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.