# Robotic process automation for enterprise buyers: what AI models recommend, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Asked as "RPA platform" and as "robotic process automation software", six framings each, to fourteen models with search on, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. Added to the November 2026 Edition. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/robotic-process-automation/2026-11/enterprise

**Standing:** UiPath leads with 74% of first choices; verdict clear leader. 47 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [UiPath](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/uipath/index.md) | 74% | 13% | 76 |
| 2 | [Microsoft Power Automate](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/microsoft-power-automate/index.md) | 23% | 16% | 73 |
| 3 | [Automation Anywhere](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/automation-anywhere/index.md) | 2% | 19% | 70 |
| 4 | [SS&C Blue Prism](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/ss-c-blue-prism/index.md) | 0% | 12% | 40 |
| 5 | [SAP Build Process Automation](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/sap-build-process-automation/index.md) | 0% | 9% | 11 |
| 6 | [Pega](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/pega/index.md) | 0% | 9% | 11 |
| 9 | [IBM Robotic Process Automation](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/ibm-robotic-process-automation/index.md) | 0% | 18% | 11 |
| 52 | [WorkFusion](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/workfusion/index.md) | 0% | 50% | 10 |
| 54 | [Blue Prism](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/blue-prism/index.md) | 0% | 50% | 22 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 54 products named; products with the same share are tied, and the order among them carries no meaning. The table lists those with at least 10 labels.

## Each model's first choice on the direct prompt

- Claude Haiku 4.5: no first choice
- GPT-5.4 mini: UiPath; alternatives Appian, Automation Anywhere, Microsoft Power Automate, Pega
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: UiPath; alternatives Automation Anywhere, Microsoft Power Automate, SS&C Blue Prism
- Perplexity Sonar: UiPath; alternatives Automation Anywhere, Microsoft Power Automate, SS&C Blue Prism
- Grok 4.20: UiPath; alternatives Automation Anywhere, Microsoft Power Automate, SS&C Blue Prism
- Mistral Small: Automation Anywhere, UiPath; alternatives Microsoft Power Automate, SS&C Blue Prism
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: UiPath; alternatives Automation Anywhere, Microsoft Power Automate, SS&C Blue Prism
- Llama 4 Maverick: UiPath
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: UiPath; alternatives Automation Anywhere, Blue Prism, Microsoft Power Automate
- Kimi K2: UiPath; alternatives Automation Anywhere, Microsoft Power Automate
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: UiPath; alternatives Automation Anywhere, Microsoft Power Automate
- MiniMax M2.5: UiPath; alternatives Microsoft Power Automate, SS&C Blue Prism
- GPT-6 Luna: UiPath; alternatives Automation Anywhere, Microsoft Power Automate
- Muse Glimmer 30B: UiPath; alternatives Automation Anywhere, Microsoft Power Automate, SS&C Blue Prism

## Sources the answers cite

77 of 84 answers came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- toolradar.com: 41 answers, 51 citations
- research.oz.spotlightar.com: 22 answers, 22 citations
- peerspot.com: 21 answers, 33 citations
- gane.ai/index: 21 answers, 22 citations
- uipath.com: 20 answers, 29 citations
- automationatlas.io: 19 answers, 32 citations
- automationanywhere.com: 18 answers, 33 citations
- gartner.com: 18 answers, 27 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://toolradar.com/guides/best-rpa-software (40 answers)
- https://gane.ai/index/it/operations/robotic-process-automation/enterprise (21 answers)
- https://research.oz.spotlightar.com/reports/magic-quadrant-robotic-process-automation-2024/leaders (16 answers)
- https://g2.com/categories/robotic-process-automation-rpa/enterprise (10 answers)
- https://jacar.es/en/the-10-best-rpa-tools-robotic-process-automation-software (10 answers)
- https://automationatlas.io/answers/rpa-pricing-comparison-2026 (9 answers)
- https://auxis.com/best-rpa-tools (9 answers)
- https://peerspot.com/categories/robotic-process-automation-rpa (9 answers)
- https://uipath.com/pricing (9 answers)
- https://automationatlas.io/rankings/best-enterprise-rpa-platforms-2026 (8 answers)

## Warned against

- Microsoft Power Automate: 12 of 73 labels negative. "Microsoft Power Automate is an excellent, leader-tier platform, but *only* when fully backed by Premium enterprise cloud orchestration" (Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt)
- Automation Anywhere: 13 of 70 labels negative. "Some models explicitly advise avoiding it unless absolutely necessary." (Mistral Small, negative prompt)
- UiPath: 10 of 76 labels negative. "UiPath remains the overall first-choice leader for attended+unattended bots at scale in 2026, but enterprise pricing is sales-quote only, so total cost is not predictable up front." (Muse Glimmer 30B, budget prompt)
- Blue Prism: 11 of 22 labels negative. "Strongly cautioned against for most enterprises due to its complexity, high cost, and being "vastly over-engineered"" (Mistral Small, negative prompt)

## Movement since October 2026

Floor: 11 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
Same leader: UiPath at 74%.

- UiPath: 58% to 74%, +16. Cleared the floor by 5 points · rank 1 of 54, unchanged.
- Automation Anywhere: 11% to 2%, −9. Inside the floor by 2 points · rank 3 of 54, unchanged.
- SS&C Blue Prism: 4% to 0%, −4. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 4 of 54, unchanged.
- Blue Prism: 4% to 0%, −4. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 5 → 54 of 54.
- Microsoft Power Automate: 22% to 23%, +1. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 2 of 54, unchanged.
- SAP Build Process Automation: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 10 → 5 of 54.
- Pega: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 7 → 6 of 54.
- IBM Robotic Process Automation: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 8 → 9 of 54.
- WorkFusion: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 53 → 52 of 54.

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.