Automation Anywhere
Automation Anywhere is an enterprise RPA platform where software bots handle repetitive, click-heavy tasks across your systems.
Automation Anywhere is one of the major platforms for Robotic Process Automation (RPA). The concept: a software robot operates existing programs just like a human would—clicking, typing, and copying data from one system to another. This allows you to automate workflows even where there is no clean interface available.
Typical use cases involve high-volume tasks in large companies: posting invoices from an email inbox into an ERP, reconciling master data between legacy systems, or pulling reports from multiple portals. The bots run in the background and are centrally managed, monitored, and scheduled via the Control Room.
Its direct competitor is UiPath, also listed in this directory, which offers a similar range of features. Compared to Make or Zapier, Automation Anywhere is in a different league: it’s more powerful when it comes to legacy systems and scaling, but it’s also expensive and requires significant project effort. You won't get far here without IT involvement.
The right choice for larger companies with many manual processes across poorly connected systems. Small businesses looking to connect a few cloud tools will find Make or Zapier faster and more cost-effective.
Functions
- Automate legacy systems without APIs by having the bot interact with the user interface
- Designed for hundreds of enterprise-wide bots rather than just individual workflows
- Cloud-native platform with permission management and audit logs
- Bot marketplace with thousands of ready-to-use components
- One of the two RPA market leaders alongside UiPath
Core Functions
- Software-Bots, die Eingaben und Klicks in bestehenden Anwendungen nachbilden
- Aufnahme von Abläufen und Bau der Automatisierung im visuellen Editor
- Bot-Verwaltung und -Planung zentral über die Control Room genannte Steuerzentrale
- Dokumentenverarbeitung per KI, etwa Rechnungen und Formulare auslesen
- KI-Agenten, die Bots über feste Regeln hinaus steuern
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