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Alternatives to UiPath
22 automation integration tools sit alongside UiPath in this directory. Below is what separates each from UiPath 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
- 1
- UiPath starts at
- $25/month
Why people look past UiPath
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the UiPath entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for UiPath carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 13 of the 22 alternatives below can be used without paying.
Cost climbs steeply across the tiers
UiPath publishes 5 tiers, from $25/month up to On request. Teams that outgrow the entry plan can find the next rung a large step, the UiPath pricing page breaks each one down.
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.
Enterprise automation software
- Starts $175 a month dearer, at $200/month.
- 3 tiers to UiPath's 5.
The digital exchange for intelligent automation
- Starts $975 a month dearer, at $1000/month.
- 3 tiers to UiPath's 5.
Managed Apache Flink and Debezium with credit-based pricing and a free tier
- Can be used without paying; UiPath cannot.
- Sold on a Per credit by task hour model rather than subscription.
- 3 tiers to UiPath's 5.
Postgres-backed distributed task queue and workflow engine for Python, TypeScript and Go
- Can be used without paying; UiPath cannot.
- Starts $475 a month dearer, at $500/month.
- Sold on a Per month by task run count model rather than subscription.
- 4 tiers to UiPath's 5.
Open source unified API and OAuth infrastructure for product integrations, licensed under Elastic License 2.0
- Can be used without paying; UiPath cannot.
- Starts $25 a month dearer, at $50/month.
- Sold on a Per connection per month model rather than subscription.
- 4 tiers to UiPath's 5.
Cloud-native business automation for Quarkus, now an Apache KIE component
- Can be used without paying; UiPath cannot.
- Sold on a Open source, no licence fee model rather than subscription.
- 1 tier to UiPath's 5.
Every UiPath 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UiPath (this page) | $25/month | Subscription | 5 | |
| Automation AnywhereEnterprise automation software | $200/month | Subscription | 3 | vs UiPath |
| Blue PrismThe digital exchange for intelligent automation | $1000/month | Subscription | 3 | vs UiPath |
| Decodable | Free | Per credit by task hour | 3 | vs UiPath |
| Hatchet | Free, then $500/month | Per month by task run count | 4 | vs UiPath |
| Nango | Free, then $50/month | Per connection per month | 4 | vs UiPath |
| Kogito | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs UiPath |
| Flowable | Free | Quote | 2 | vs UiPath |
| Meltano | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs UiPath |
| jBPM | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs UiPath |
| Activiti | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs UiPath |
| Orkes | Free | Quote | 2 | vs UiPath |
| Prefect | Free, then $100/month | Freemium with per-user and usage-based tiers | 4 | vs UiPath |
| Dagster | Free, then $10/month | Free open-source core plus paid cloud platform | 4 | vs UiPath |
| Windmill | Free, then $120/month | Open-source | 2 | vs UiPath |
| Autonoly | Free, then $29/month | Freemium | 5 | vs UiPath |
| HighByte Intelligence Hub | $18500/year | Per site per year | 4 | vs UiPath |
| Cyclr | $1595/month | Per month by API call volume | 4 | vs UiPath |
| Alloy Automation | On request | Quote | 1 | vs UiPath |
| IBM MQ | $312/month | Per virtual processor core per month | 3 | vs UiPath |
| Camunda | On request | Quote | 1 | vs UiPath |
| Mage AI | $100/month | Usage-based cloud platform | 4 | vs UiPath |
| HighLevel | $97/month | Subscription | 4 | vs UiPath |
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 UiPath badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Cheaper than UiPath (1)
Entry price under UiPath's $25/month. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
- Dagster , Free, then $10/month
What you would be giving up
UiPath is most often brought in for robotic process automation and business automation, enterprise-wide deployment and process optimization, ui automation and intelligent document processing, large-scale automation programs with custom requirements. 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 UiPath is broadly right and the question is cost, the UiPath 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.
UiPath 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 UiPath alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to UiPath?
- 22 other automation integration tools are listed in this directory, led by Automation Anywhere, Blue Prism, 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 UiPath?
- 13 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Decodable, Hatchet, Nango, Kogito, Flowable.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to UiPath?
- Yes. 1 of the alternatives below start under UiPath's $25/month: Dagster at Free, then $10/month.
- Why do people look for an alternative to UiPath?
- On the figures on record, 2 things stand out: there is no free tier; cost climbs steeply across the tiers. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from UiPath?
- UiPath is most often brought in for robotic process automation and business automation, enterprise-wide deployment and process optimization, ui automation and intelligent document processing, large-scale automation programs with custom requirements. 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 UiPath?
- Windmill is recorded with an open-source licence model.
- How were these UiPath 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 UiPath against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against UiPath 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 UiPath. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.