UiPath: Automation platform combining RPA, AI agents, document processing (Document Understanding) and process orchestration through Maestro. These 5 tools cover the same task (RPA). They are ranked by how many of UiPath's strongest markets they share, then by how complete their profile is.
Targets companies under 50 employees and offers a free plan.
Picked from our profile data, which we check against vendor pages. No vendor paid for a placement.
What UiPath does
UiPath is an automation platform that combines software robots (RPA), AI agents and document processing so that IT and operations teams can automate repetitive work across business applications, from small teams on the free plan to large enterprises.
Agents for enterprise automation in the Standard and Enterprise plans
Document Understanding classifies documents and extracts data at scale
Autopilot generates test cases, analyzes requirements and creates synthetic test data
Sold worldwide without a documented country focus; founded in Bucharest in 2005, headquartered in New York. Starting price: from $25 per month.
Before you switch: Clarify which plan covers the agents and document processing you need, since both are part of Standard and Enterprise, not Basic. Ask for the list of cloud regions and the data processing agreement if EU data is involved. Plan for human review of consequential agent actions, especially where robots or agents process employee or customer data.
Automation Anywhere sells a platform for automating business processes with software robots and AI agents, including document processing and process discovery. It targets mid-size and large companies with IT or automation teams.
Key functions
AI Agent Studio builds goal-driven AI agents and places them in workflows via drag and drop
Connects to models through Amazon Bedrock, Google Vertex AI, Azure OpenAI and OpenAI
Grounded models use RAG to base answers on company data
Compared with UiPath
Built for larger organizations than UiPath's smallest customers.
Names 6 security certificates, UiPath 2.
Strong in the same markets as UiPath: United States.
Check before buying: Prices are only available through sales, so compare the full cost of robots, agents and model usage with your cloud provider. The trust center does not state hosting regions, so ask where process and document data are stored and request the data processing agreement. For agents that decide on customer or employee matters, set up human approval and review the EU AI Act guidance.
Skyvern automates browser-based workflows with language models and computer vision, so teams can run form filling, data extraction and downloads on websites that change often. It is open source under AGPL-3.0 with a hosted cloud option.
Key functions
Reads websites visually instead of relying on brittle XPath selectors and handles layout changes
Fills in forms and extracts structured data with optional JSON schemas
Chained workflows with browser tasks, extraction, validation, loops and file parsing
Compared with UiPath
Starts higher: from $29 per month, UiPath from $25 per month.
Strong in the same markets as UiPath: United States.
Check before buying: The AGPL-3.0 license requires publishing changes if you offer a modified version as a network service, so involve legal before embedding it in products. The tool offers features for getting around CAPTCHAs and bot protection: every Skyvern Cloud plan comes with a CAPTCHA solver, anti-bot mechanisms and proxies. Using them can breach the terms of use of the automated websites and is legally risky in Germany, so have it reviewed legally before use. Store portal credentials in a password manager, not in prompts. Self-hosting means your team runs updates and pays model costs.
Laiye is a Chinese automation vendor whose platform combines agentic process automation, document processing and prebuilt AI agents for governments and enterprises. It suits large organizations, especially with operations in China.
Key functions
Agentic Document Processing extracts invoices, receipts, purchase orders and IDs from one sample without training
Document processing in more than 100 languages, including mixed-language documents
Agentic Process Automation with agents for requirement analysis, code generation and debugging
Compared with UiPath
Built for larger organizations than UiPath's smallest customers.
Strongest elsewhere: China.
Check before buying: Laiye does not publish prices or security certifications on its English site, so request them before a tender. Clarify where cloud data is stored and whether an on-premises setup is needed for data outside China. If you use the candidate screening agent in the EU, it counts as high-risk under the EU AI Act, with obligations applying from December 2, 2027, and needs human oversight.
OSWorld is an open benchmark that tests AI agents on real computer tasks in full operating systems. It shows how far computer-use agents are from handling office and web workflows on their own.
Key functions
Execution-based checks with 134 evaluation functions
Tests GUI grounding and multi-app workflows
OSWorld-Verified results with trajectories published on Hugging Face
Compared with UiPath
Strongest elsewhere: Hong Kong.
Check before buying: Running OSWorld needs virtual machines with enough compute, or a cloud account on AWS or Azure. Results from the original version and OSWorld-Verified are not directly comparable. Scores describe general desktop tasks, so pilot agents on your own applications and data before deployment.
UI-TARS Desktop and Agent TARS are open-source agent projects from ByteDance that let a multimodal model operate a computer or browser by looking at the screen and using mouse and keyboard, for automating tasks in applications without an API.
Key functions
Controls desktop and browser in natural language via a vision-language model
Recognizes screen content through screenshot analysis and visual grounding
Agent TARS with command line, web UI and MCP integration
Check before buying: An agent that controls mouse and keyboard can do anything the logged-in user can, so test it on isolated machines and with restricted accounts first. Screenshots may contain personal data and are sent to the chosen model provider unless you host the model yourself. Check the model license and the terms of each provider.
All 5 alternatives by buying criteria
UiPath alternatives by price, trial, hosting and security
Not stated means we found no statement on the vendor's site. Data as of each profile's last check.
The market around UiPath: 6 tools for this task
33 % Publish a price (2/6)
83 % Free plan (5/6)
17 % Free trial (1/6)
17 % EU hosting option (1/6)
0 % Headquartered in Europe (0/6)
17 % Single sign-on (1/6)
UiPath is among the tools that publish a price and offers EU hosting. Most vendors in this category sell through demos and quotes, so ask two or three for an offer on the same scope before you compare.
Source: ai-toolfinder.com dataset, full profiles only.
Why teams look beyond UiPath
2 alternatives are strong in at least one of the same countries as UiPath, so local support and compliance should be comparable.
It depends on your country and company size. In our data, Automation Anywhere, Skyvern and Laiye share the most strong markets with UiPath, so they are the closest fit if you work where UiPath is strong. Filter the list by country and size to narrow it down.
Is there a free alternative to UiPath?
Automation Anywhere, Skyvern, Laiye, OSWorld and UI-TARS Desktop offer a free plan or a free trial according to the vendors. Check the limits of free plans before you rely on them for employee data.
Which UiPath alternatives can host data in the EU?
None of the listed alternatives states an EU hosting option in our data.
Which UiPath alternatives publish their prices?
Skyvern show prices on their websites, for example Skyvern from $29 per month. The others quote after a demo.
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