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Robotic process automation · November 2026 Edition

UiPath vs Automation Anywhere

Five of fourteen models named UiPath first on the direct prompt; zero named Automation Anywhere. Both were named by all fourteen models and UiPath carries 71 labels and Automation Anywhere 63, so the shares are not directly comparable.

UiPath

accepted challenger

Named in five categories this edition.

Automation Anywhere

accepted challenger

Named in four categories this edition.

First-choice share28%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate11%14%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#3A position in a field of 7; printed, not drawn.
Labels7163A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, UiPath reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Microsoft Power Automate was named alongside these two in thirteen of the fourteen direct answers. Microsoft Power Automate vs UiPath · Microsoft Power Automate vs Automation Anywhere · UiPath vs Robocorp

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the robotic process automation page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
UiPathFirst choices, of fourteen modelsAutomation Anywhere
Direct501 against UiPath
Paraphrase601 against Automation Anywhere
Comparative130
Budget-constrained201 against Automation Anywhere
Scale-constrained21
Negative217 against UiPath · 7 against Automation Anywhere
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, UiPath and Automation Anywhere were named in the same answer 183 times, of the 231 answers naming UiPath and the 240 naming Automation Anywhere. In those answers Automation Anywhere took the first choice zero times and UiPath seventy-nine.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where UiPath and Automation Anywhere stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.20
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
UiPath Automation Anywhere first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, UiPath on the left and Automation Anywhere on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where UiPath and Automation Anywhere stood in it.

UiPath first, Automation Anywhere an alternative

5 of 14 modelsAutomation Anywhere was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
GPT-5.4 miniUiPath alternatives: Automation Anywhere, Microsoft Power Automate, SS&C Blue Prism
Mistral SmallUiPath alternatives: Automation Anywhere, Microsoft Power Automate, Nintex
DeepSeek V4 FlashMicrosoft Power Automate, UiPath alternatives: Automation Anywhere, ElectroNeek
GLM 4.7 FlashXMicrosoft Power Automate, UiPath alternatives: Automation Anywhere, Zoho RPA
MiniMax M2.5UiPath alternatives: Automation Anywhere, Microsoft Power Automate, ThinkAutomation

Neither was the first choice, one was named

7 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Gemini 3.5 FlashMicrosoft Power Automate alternatives: Automation Anywhere, UiPath, Workato
Perplexity SonarMicrosoft Power Automate alternatives: Automation Anywhere, SS&C Blue Prism, UiPath
Grok 4.20Microsoft Power Automate alternatives: Automation Anywhere, UiPath
Llama 4 MaverickMicrosoft Power Automate alternatives: Make, UiPath, Zapier
Qwen 3.7 FlashMicrosoft Power Automate alternatives: Automation Anywhere, Nintex, UiPath
Kimi K2Microsoft Power Automate alternatives: Automation Anywhere, UiPath
GPT-6 LunaMicrosoft Power Automate alternatives: UiPath

Neither was named

2 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choice
Muse Glimmer 30BMicrosoft Power Automate alternatives: ElectroNeek RPA and AI Platform, Rocketbot

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
UiPath leads by nine points.
UiPath9%#2 of 8
Automation Anywhere0%#7 of 8
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
UiPath leads by twenty-six points.
UiPath28%#2 of 7
Automation Anywhere2%#3 of 7
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
UiPath leads by seventy-two points.
UiPath74%#1 of 9
Automation Anywhere2%#3 of 9
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about UiPath

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.

“Some AI models explicitly recommend avoiding UiPath unless you have a clear, large-scale need and budget” Mistral Small · negative prompt · hard negative
“Avoid if: You are a small team with limited budget → Stay away from UiPath” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“Enterprise-grade leaders such as UiPath continue to dominate overall RPA market share and enterprise rankings, but they are most often positioned for enterprise with dedicated automation teams.” Muse Glimmer 30B · direct prompt · soft negative
“UiPath offers a user-friendly drag-and-drop interface with comprehensive toolset and strong community support, though it has high costs and a complex licensing model” Claude Haiku 4.5 · comparative prompt · first choice
“UiPath and Microsoft Power Automate are the top recommendations due to their scalability, strong feature sets, and integration capabilities” Mistral Small · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“You want the market leader with proven scalability and AI | UiPath | Best overall feature set, strong community, and clear path to scale.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · paraphrase prompt · first choice

What the models said about Automation Anywhere

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of six in this category shown.

“often criticized for being targeted at large enterprises and may not be suitable for smaller businesses” Mistral Small · negative prompt · hard negative
“Has faced criticism for pricing complexity and occasional performance issues in large enterprises, though it remains a major player.” MiniMax M2.5 · negative prompt · soft negative
“Review summaries repeatedly mention pricing complexity, steep learning curve, and debugging / integration issues.” GPT-5.4 mini · negative prompt · soft negative
“focus your evaluation on established enterprise leaders with broad ecosystems: UiPath, Microsoft Power Automate, and Automation Anywhere” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · first choice
“a balanced shortlist is often UiPath / Automation Anywhere for scale and AI capabilities” Muse Glimmer 30B · scale prompt · first choice
“provides powerful cognitive automation with extensive bot store, strong AI/ML integration, and high scalability, but has a steeper learning curve and high costs” Claude Haiku 4.5 · comparative prompt · alternative
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Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.