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Robotic Process Automation (RPA) · Rank #2 of 10

Automation Anywhere

Historical #2 RPA platform, strong product, soft valuation.

By Automation Anywhere, Inc. · Founded 2003 · San Jose, CA · private

Automation Anywhere is the historical #2 RPA platform, founded 2003 in San Jose. The current generation product is Automation 360 (cloud-native, browser-based) plus Automator AI (their generative AI co-pilot for bot development) and AI Agent Studio (2024-2025 agentic positioning). Strengths: cloud-native platform that competitive observers rate as architecturally cleaner than UiPath, mature IQ Bot IDP, strong APAC presence, credible AI Agent Studio launch. Trade-offs: last public valuation was $6.8B in November 2019 (SoftBank-led $290M round) and reporting indicates valuation has softened in subsequent down-round discussions, IPO timing has been pushed multiple times, leadership churn through 2022-2024 (multiple CEO transitions), and customers flag pricing aggression similar to UiPath on renewal.

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Best for

Mid-market and enterprise (500-25,000 employees) wanting a UiPath alternative with cleaner cloud-native architecture and credible AI co-pilot, buyers willing to accept private-company valuation risk and IPO-timing uncertainty.

Worst for

Buyers prioritizing public-company financial transparency (UiPath better), Microsoft-anchored shops where Power Automate bundle wins on price, or buyers wanting agentic-first architecture (covered separately in AI Agent Platforms).

Vendor Trust Score

Is Automation Anywhere a trustworthy vendor?

6.4/10
Mixed
Pricing transparency
Published rates; no hidden fees
5.5
Contract fairness
Reasonable terms; no auto-renew traps
6.5
Incident response
How they handle outages and breaches
7.5
Post-acquisition behavior
Customer treatment after M&A or PE
7.0
Executive stability
Leadership churn over 24 months
5.5
Roadmap honesty
Public commitments held
6.5
Trust signal log
  • 2019-11-21
    SoftBank-led $290M Series B at $6.8B valuation
  • 2022-09-20
    Mihir Shukla steps aside; Chris Riley appointed CEO
  • 2023-04-12
    Layoff round (~10% headcount) reported
  • 2024-09-18
    AI Agent Studio launched alongside Automator AI
    Repositions Automation Anywhere as agentic-automation vendor.
  • 2025-08-22
    Down-round discussions reported in tech press
    Multiple secondary-market reports indicate valuation softened from 2019 peak.
Vendor Trust is scored independently of product quality. A great product from an unfair vendor still earns a low trust score.
Review Intelligence

What 5,400 reviews actually say

Synthesized from G2, Capterra, Reddit, Trustpilot. Patterns >15% prevalence shown.

Last synthesized
2026-04-29

Praise patterns

  • Cloud-native browser-first developer experience
    78% →
  • Strong IQ Bot for document-heavy automation
    71% →
  • Automator AI co-pilot speeds bot development
    64% ↑
  • Solid scalability for unattended bot fleets
    51% →

Complaint patterns

  • Pricing opaque and increasingly aggressive on renewal
    64% ↑
  • Frequent leadership turnover affects account continuity
    47% ↑
  • Smaller community and partner ecosystem than UiPath
    41% →
  • Bot debugging tooling weaker than Studio
    38% →
Sentiment trend (6 months)
75/100 0 pts
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Representative voices

  • “Automation 360 is genuinely cloud-native in a way UiPath is not, but the renewal posture has gotten harder, and the IPO that was supposed to bring transparency keeps slipping.”

    Automation Architect, Top-10 US Bank· G2 · 2026-03-04

  • “Automator AI saves us real bot-build hours. The pricing structure around it on renewal was less fun.”

    RPA Lead, Healthcare Provider· TrustRadius · 2026-02-19

Patterns are extracted from review corpus and human-verified. We surface trends, not anecdotes.
Verified Pricing

What buyers actually pay

287 anonymized deal disclosures · last updated 2026-05-01

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Company size Median annual
500-2,000 employees $84,000
2,000-10,000 employees $312,000
10,000+ employees $960,000
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Editorial: Strengths

  • Cloud-native Automation 360 architecturally clean
  • Mature IQ Bot IDP module
  • Automator AI / AI Agent Studio credible 2024-2025
  • Strong APAC and India presence
  • Browser-first developer experience (no Studio install needed)
  • Solid Bot Insight analytics module

Editorial: Weaknesses

  • Last public valuation $6.8B (2019); softened in down-round talk
  • IPO timing pushed multiple times
  • CEO turnover 2022-2024 (Mihir Shukla → Chris Riley → others)
  • Lighter market share than UiPath
  • Renewal pricing aggression flagged by customers
  • Public-company financial transparency lacking vs UiPath

Key features & integrations

  • +Automation 360 cloud-native platform
  • +Bot Creator (browser-based IDE)
  • +Bot Runner (attended + unattended)
  • +IQ Bot / Document Automation (IDP)
  • +Automator AI (GenAI bot development)
  • +AI Agent Studio (2024-2025)
  • +Bot Insight analytics
  • +CoPilot for business users
500+ integrations
SAPSalesforceServiceNowMicrosoft 365WorkdayOracleGoogle Workspace
Geography supported
Global; strong in NA, India, APAC, EU
Best fit
500–25,000 employees · Mid-market and enterprise with cloud-first preferences
Editorial deep-dive

Read our full ranking of Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

Automation Anywhere ranks #2 in our editorial review of 10 robotic process automation (rpa) platforms. The deep-dive covers methodology, comparison tables, decision matrix, migration scoring, and FAQs.

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Closest alternatives in Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

#1
UiPath
Global RPA market leader pivoting hard to AI-agent orchestration.
★ 4.6 partial
#3
Blue Prism
Pioneered enterprise RPA, innovation pace slowed post-SS&C acquisition.
★ 4.4 opaque
#4
Microsoft Power Automate
RPA wrapped inside the M365 bundle, wins on bundle math, not RPA merit.
★ 4.5 public
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