Automation Anywhere review

Automation Anywhere is third because its RPA sits inside a broad cloud-native platform that also covers AI agents, document automation, process discovery and a center of excellence manager. The vendor describes its RPA as pre-integrated with AI, enterprise apps and human-in-the-loop controls, with role-based access and full audit trails for compliance teams. It says it was named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for RPA for the eighth year in a row. A free Community Edition lets students, developers and qualifying small businesses build automations with Prompt-to-Automate and generative AI document extraction on Windows or Mac, but small businesses may use it on no more than 5 machines and 100 document pages per month. The main drawback for buyers is pricing: paid plans are quoted by sales and no USD list price was shown to us. It suits large enterprises that want a cloud-first platform; smaller teams will find clearer pricing with UiPath, Power Automate or Robomotion.

Who it is for

large enterprises that want cloud-native RPA

Price

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Key features

• RPA software is part of a wider agentic process automation system with AI Agent Studio and Document Automation
• Cloud-native deployment that the vendor says scales elastically across global environments
• Centralized governance, role-based controls and full audit trails
• Free Community Edition with Prompt-to-Automate and generative AI document extraction
• Community Edition runs on Windows and Mac

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for RPA, per the vendor, for the eighth year in a row
• Strength: Community Edition gives small businesses free access on up to 5 machines
• Strength: Role-based controls and audit trails are built into the platform
• Weakness: No public price list for paid plans
• Weakness: Community Edition caps Document Automation at 100 pages per month
• Weakness: Small-business use of Community Edition is limited to organizations under 250 users, 250 machines or $5 million revenue

Key facts

• Starting price: Quote from sales
• Free plan: Community Edition (eligibility limits apply)
• Community Edition limits: 5 machines, 100 document pages per month
• Deployment: Cloud-native
• Analyst recognition: Gartner Magic Quadrant Leader for RPA, 2026 (vendor claim)

Where it ranks

Automation Anywhere is No. 3 in our Best RPA Software verdict.