IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation vs. UiPath Automation Platform

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation
Score 9.7 out of 10
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IBM Cloud Pak for Automation allows the user to design, build and run automation applications and services on any cloud, using pre-integrated automation technologies and low-code tools. IBM Cloud Pak is the latest deployment option of the IBM automation platform for digital business, available on Red Hat OpenShift.N/A
UiPath Automation Platform
Score 8.4 out of 10
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UiPath's agentic platform combines the company's Robotic Process Automation (RPA) solution for automating repetitive tasks with agentic automation. By unifying agentic AI, automation, BPM, and process intelligence, the platform gives organizations control to design, run, and optimize new agentic processes.
$25
per month (for 1 user with basic tier features)
Pricing
IBM Cloud Pak for Business AutomationUiPath Automation Platform
Editions & Modules
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Automation Cloud Basic
$25
per month 1 user, 1 basic platform tier
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Automation Cloud Standard
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Automation Cloud Basic
starting at $25
per month 1 user, 1 basic platform tier
Automation Suite
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
IBM Cloud Pak for Business AutomationUiPath Automation Platform
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
IBM Cloud Pak for Business AutomationUiPath Automation Platform
Considered Both Products
IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation
Chose IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation
There are various products that are similar to IBM Cloud, but IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation stands out overall. IBM Cloud offers valuable features such as analytics, cognitive abilities, and data management capabilities. Additionally, it places a strong emphasis on …
Chose IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation
IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation and UiPath serve distinct automation purposes. IBM Cloud Pak excels in business process automation, data analytics, and compliance. It suits our agency's SEO content management needs, aligning with existing infrastructure. UiPath …
Chose IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation
No, we did not consider any other alternatives and quite frankly for this type of enterprise tools, the competitors are highly limited.
Chose IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation
We have not considered any other tools.
Chose IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation
The deployment of the process was very easy in IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation when compared to UiPath. The difficult part in UiPath is managing with Orchestrator. One or two support engineers are required to monitor the bot's behavior round the clock. Also, the new …
Chose IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation
We ended up going with a different solution. IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation felt like a nice addition to the IBM Cloud bundle, but we were not getting a positive ROI due to its lack of native connectors with non-IBM apps. The AI is definitely a strong point, and probably …
UiPath Automation Platform

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Features
IBM Cloud Pak for Business AutomationUiPath Automation Platform
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation
7.3
1 Ratings
12% above category average
UiPath Automation Platform
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Ratings
API for custom integration7.31 Ratings00 Ratings
Plug-ins7.31 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation
6.4
1 Ratings
15% below category average
UiPath Automation Platform
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Dashboards6.41 Ratings00 Ratings
Standard reports6.41 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom reports6.41 Ratings00 Ratings
Process Engine
Comparison of Process Engine features of Product A and Product B
IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation
7.5
1 Ratings
5% above category average
UiPath Automation Platform
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Ratings
Process designer8.21 Ratings00 Ratings
Process simulation7.31 Ratings00 Ratings
Business rules engine7.31 Ratings00 Ratings
SOA support7.31 Ratings00 Ratings
Process player7.31 Ratings00 Ratings
Form builder8.21 Ratings00 Ratings
Model execution7.31 Ratings00 Ratings
Business Process Automation
Comparison of Business Process Automation features of Product A and Product B
IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation
7.5
1 Ratings
9% above category average
UiPath Automation Platform
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Ratings
Business Process Modeling7.31 Ratings00 Ratings
Decision Modeling7.31 Ratings00 Ratings
Code-Based Automation8.21 Ratings00 Ratings
No-Code Automation7.31 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
IBM Cloud Pak for Business AutomationUiPath Automation Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(38 ratings)
8.5
(195 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.1
(3 ratings)
8.0
(8 ratings)
Usability
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(0 ratings)
8.0
(7 ratings)
Availability
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(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
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(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
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(0 ratings)
8.0
(82 ratings)
Online Training
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(0 ratings)
8.0
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
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(0 ratings)
8.0
(2 ratings)
Configurability
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(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
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(0 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
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(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
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(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
IBM Cloud Pak for Business AutomationUiPath Automation Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
IBM
Well Suited Scenarios IBM Cloud Pak shines in scenarios where complex workflows, such as project management in web design, require automation. It's also highly effective for collaborative content creation, enabling seamless content approval. Less Appropriate Scenarios Conversely, it may be less suitable for organizations with simpler task management needs that do not fully leverage its robust capabilities. Also, companies with limited IT resources might face challenges during setup and customization.
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UiPath
UiPath Automation Platform is well-suited for automating repetitive and time-consuming tasks such as invoice processing, data entry, and report generation. By using UiPath Automation Platform, employees can focus on more strategic tasks, which leads to increased efficiency. Additionally, UiPath Automation Platform is highly effective at automating rule-based processes, such as financial processes like bank statement reconciliation, account payable, and account receivable processes that follow a set of predetermined rules.
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Pros
IBM
  • I like how this tool provides us with automation capabilities to all our business processes hence improves our productivity.
  • Helps us to analyze complex workflows for our clients.
  • Accelerate our growth to digital transformation.
  • Reduce clients wait time. Hence we are able to deliver on time.
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UiPath
  • UiPath is very simple to learn.
  • Any type of application can be automated (Desktop Application, Web Application and also applications reachable only via remote technologies such as Citrix, Remote Desktop and so on).
  • The writing of a process code takes place entirely through the use of objects. In the event that there were no objects capable of solving a particular problem, it is possible to use some languages of the .net platform such as: VB.net, C#.
  • It is easy to scale the solution by adding more robots to run a process in case the solution requires more performance in the future.
  • It can also be used by functional analysts to design the flow to be automated.
  • An academy is available online where basic and advanced courses can be taken. It is also possible to take a completely free basic certification.
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Cons
IBM
  • For heavy load, the performance should be improved
  • The integration with the messaging system is a bit tricky and hence example documentation could be provided
  • It is a very nice and powerful tool however still not very known, marketing needs to be improved
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UiPath
  • As I mentioned, Excel automation is not very effective, there are a number of packages to add, but there is nothing as smooth as a good macro.
  • Working with selectors is certainly challenging and UiPath does a good job with that, but there is room for improvement since the interface could be smarter in selecting the right attributes and warn the user if something is not properly setup.
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Likelihood to Renew
IBM
IBM Cloud Pak provides modernization in collecting, organizing and analyzing data. This product provides to unify market leading services such as data management, DataOps, governance, business analytics and automated AI. IBM Cloud Pak is best for resource and infrustructure optimization. IBM Cloud Pak is capable to accomodate our business automation needs.
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UiPath
This platform has so much potential and have been garnering a lot of attention by proving benefits in terms of saving operational and manpower costs. I am sure with minute efforts we were able to achieve our ROI and the same is the case with many of our customers whom we have been working around Digital Automation initiatives.
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Usability
IBM
No answers on this topic
UiPath
There are two main reasons with this rating 1. UiPath Automation Platform requires the old school type of Change Weather management, Which actually eats a lot of time to manage and roll out the recent changes. There is not something kind of CI/CD when you are developing the things With UiPath Automation Platform. 2. Very high development and maintenance cost, which actually decrease its usability.
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Reliability and Availability
IBM
No answers on this topic
UiPath
Its a cloud based platform which is easily available and used
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Performance
IBM
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UiPath
It has proved and provided good performance across platforms and technologies.
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Support Rating
IBM
No answers on this topic
UiPath
UiPath RPA has an exceptional studio interface. It has been a year and so since I am using UiPath RPA. Whether it is some my personal task to scrape information & links from the Journal or find a specific character string from multiple PDF collection using OCR, UiPath RPA has made its roots to our technological ecosystem
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Online Training
IBM
No answers on this topic
UiPath
Video material supported by text. The training has evolved a lot in the past 3 years to become more attractive. Specific training tracks exist for the different roles in RPA development, where everyone is expected to learn basic development.
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Implementation Rating
IBM
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UiPath
The implementation was quick and practical
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Alternatives Considered
IBM
There are various products that are similar to IBM Cloud, but IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation stands out overall. IBM Cloud offers valuable features such as analytics, cognitive abilities, and data management capabilities. Additionally, it places a strong emphasis on security and compliance, with features such as role-based access control and encryption. Moreover, it allows for easy integration with other systems and platforms.
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UiPath
As compared to other products, we require programming knowledge and concepts to work but UiPath is for everyone. It provides us extensive event logging at various stages and effective exception handling for applications and business. It increases our agility and enhances the overall productivity further by using the source control SVC. The solution that we implemented is also very scalable in terms of incorporating new requirements.
The open source tools require lots of IT effort in order to set up and maintain over time. UiPath is like a complete package and customer service is also active in terms of solving issues arising while automating procession on a day to day basis.
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Scalability
IBM
No answers on this topic
UiPath
It can be widely used across various departments regardless of platform the product,processes, use cases are build on.
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Return on Investment
IBM
  • A platform with multiple functions, automations and system monitoring.
  • The components of this software help to obtain results from the first month of its implementation.
  • Each module has a price and can be purchased according to the direct need of the company; this helps to adapt to our budget.
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UiPath
  • We are well on our way to automating our expenses, saving so many hours for project managers and engagement managers.
  • Proofs-of-concept excite our clients, though we are yet to make a sale on a project.
  • UiPath specifically has incited interest with our apprentices and has led them to join the RPA team.
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