Is Kogito or UiPath better?

Neither clearly leads. Kogito starts at Free and UiPath at $25/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.

Which is cheaper, Kogito or UiPath?

Kogito has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Kogito and $25/month for UiPath.

Does Kogito or UiPath run on more platforms?

Kogito runs on Linux, Docker, Kubernetes. UiPath runs on Desktop, Web.

Can I use Kogito for free?

Yes. Kogito has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. UiPath starts at $25/month.

What is Kogito best used for?

Kogito is most often used for a quarkus microservice that must expose a dmn decision model as a rest endpoint with millisecond start-up, serverless deployment of business rules where a traditional bpm server would be far too heavy, a red hat shop that wants the upstream of red hat process automation with the option of a supported build later, replacing hand-coded conditional logic with dmn tables that business analysts can review and amend. Of those, a quarkus microservice that must expose a dmn decision model as a rest endpoint with millisecond start-up and serverless deployment of business rules where a traditional bpm server would be far too heavy are not what UiPath is typically brought in for.

What can Kogito do that UiPath cannot?

Kogito covers Build-time code generation, Quarkus and Spring Boot support, DMN decision services, Drools rules engine. UiPath covers Desktop RPA, Cloud RPA, Process mining, Task mining.

Automation Integration · head to head

Kogito vs UiPath

Kogito

Automation Integration

Cloud-native business automation for Quarkus, now an Apache KIE component

From: Free
Rated: -

Full review Website

UiPath

Automation Integration

The leading platform for business process automation

From: $25/month
Rated: -

Full review Website

The short version

Only Kogito has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
Each has a real cost: Kogito kogito is a developer framework, not a product, so there is no equivalent of Camunda Operate for business users and any process monitoring interface has to be built or bought separately.; UiPath the Basic plan from $25 per month caps the tenant at 5 Basic users, 5 Plus users, 1 Pro user and 2 unattended robots
They diverge on capability: Kogito covers Build-time code generation, UiPath covers Desktop RPA.
Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Kogito and UiPath actually diverge.

Attributes where Kogito and UiPath differ
Attribute	Kogito	UiPath
Starting price	Free	$25/month
Pricing model	Open source, no licence fee	subscription
Free tier	Yes	No
Platforms	Linux, Docker, Kubernetes	Desktop, Web
Founded	Unknown	2005

Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated), category (Automation Integration).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Kogito

Build-time code generation
Quarkus and Spring Boot support
DMN decision services
Drools rules engine
Serverless workflow
Kubernetes operator

Only in UiPath

Desktop RPA
Cloud RPA
Process mining
Task mining
AI capabilities
Monitoring
Analytics
500+ connectors

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Kogito

A Quarkus microservice that must expose a DMN decision model as a REST endpoint with millisecond start-upnot UiPath
Serverless deployment of business rules where a traditional BPM server would be far too heavynot UiPath
A Red Hat shop that wants the upstream of Red Hat process automation with the option of a supported build laternot UiPath
Replacing hand-coded conditional logic with DMN tables that business analysts can review and amendnot UiPath

UiPath

Robotic process automation and business automationnot Kogito
Enterprise-wide deployment and process optimizationnot Kogito
UI automation and intelligent document processingnot Kogito
Large-scale automation programs with custom requirementsnot Kogito

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Kogito

Kogito is a developer framework, not a product, so there is no equivalent of Camunda Operate for business users and any process monitoring interface has to be built or bought separately.
Long-running stateful processes need external persistence and messaging that you configure and operate yourself, which removes much of the convenience a BPM server normally provides.
It sits inside the Apache KIE incubator, and incubating status means graduation is not guaranteed and the project name and artefact coordinates have already changed once.
Red Hat is by far the dominant contributor despite ASF stewardship, so the roadmap follows Red Hat product priorities rather than community demand.
Documentation is spread across legacy JBoss sites, the old Kogito site and the new Apache KIE site, and search results routinely land on outdated versions, which costs real time during adoption.

UiPath

The Basic plan from $25 per month caps the tenant at 5 Basic users, 5 Plus users, 1 Pro user and 2 unattended robots
Basic tenants are hosted only in the European region
Only the Basic tier carries a published price; Standard and Enterprise require contacting sales
Self healing automation, process simulation, Elastic Robot Orchestration, bring your own encryption keys and dedicated deployments are Enterprise only
Agent capability is limited on Basic and requires Standard or Enterprise
Extra unattended robots are purchased separately on top of the plan

Pricing, plan by plan

Kogito

Free

KogitoFree
- Apache 2.0 licence
- Apache KIE incubating project
- No usage limits

UiPath

$25/month

Automation Cloud Basic$25/month
- Build and run basic personal automations
- Limited scale
- 99.9% service uptime
Automation Cloud Standard$null/month
- Enterprise automation capabilities
- Document classification and extraction at scale
- No limits to scale
Automation Cloud Enterprise$null/month
- Self-healing UI automation
- Process optimization and simulation
- Infrastructure automation
Test Cloud Standard$null/month
- Contact Sales for pricing

Which should you pick?

Choose Kogito if

You need build-time code generation.
You want to start without paying.
You work on Linux, Docker, Kubernetes.
You also want quarkus and spring boot support.

Kogito review

Choose UiPath if

You need desktop rpa.
You work on Desktop, Web.
You also want cloud rpa.

UiPath review

Questions people ask

Is Kogito or UiPath better?: Neither clearly leads. Kogito starts at Free and UiPath at $25/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Kogito or UiPath?: Kogito has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Kogito and $25/month for UiPath.
Does Kogito or UiPath run on more platforms?: Kogito runs on Linux, Docker, Kubernetes. UiPath runs on Desktop, Web.
Can I use Kogito for free?: Yes. Kogito has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. UiPath starts at $25/month.
What is Kogito best used for?: Kogito is most often used for a quarkus microservice that must expose a dmn decision model as a rest endpoint with millisecond start-up, serverless deployment of business rules where a traditional bpm server would be far too heavy, a red hat shop that wants the upstream of red hat process automation with the option of a supported build later, replacing hand-coded conditional logic with dmn tables that business analysts can review and amend. Of those, a quarkus microservice that must expose a dmn decision model as a rest endpoint with millisecond start-up and serverless deployment of business rules where a traditional bpm server would be far too heavy are not what UiPath is typically brought in for.
What can Kogito do that UiPath cannot?: Kogito covers Build-time code generation, Quarkus and Spring Boot support, DMN decision services, Drools rules engine. UiPath covers Desktop RPA, Cloud RPA, Process mining, Task mining.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Kogito: Is Kogito still maintained?

Yes. It is an Apache KIE incubating project with active commits, with Red Hat as the dominant contributor.

UiPath: How much does UiPath cost?

UiPath Automation Cloud Basic starts at $25/month for individuals and small teams. Standard and Enterprise tiers require contacting sales for custom pricing based on organizational needs.

Source

Kogito: How does it differ from jBPM?

Kogito compiles process and rule definitions into application code at build time; jBPM was a runtime engine that loads definitions.

UiPath: What are the limitations of UiPath's Basic tier?

The Basic tier at $25/month is limited to building and running basic personal automations at limited scale, with European region hosting only and bronze-level support. Standard and Enterprise tiers remove these limits.

Source

Kogito: Does it need Quarkus?

It is designed for Quarkus and supports Spring Boot; both are Java frameworks rather than a standalone server.

UiPath: Does UiPath charge for users and robots separately?

UiPath's pricing tiers include base costs, but users, robots, and agents may require additional purchases beyond the tier pricing, depending on organizational requirements.

Source

Kogito: Is there commercial support?

Not from Apache. Red Hat sells supported builds of this lineage as part of its subscriptions.

Kogito vs UiPath

Kogito

UiPath

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in Kogito

Only in UiPath

What people use each for

Kogito

UiPath

Where each one falls short

Kogito

UiPath

Pricing, plan by plan

Kogito

UiPath

Which should you pick?

Choose Kogito if

Choose UiPath if

Questions people ask

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

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