AUTOMATION-ANYWHERE

Cloud-native RPA, UiPath competitor.

Definition

Automation 360 (2020 rebrand) cloud-native pure web/HTML5 architecture vs UiPath historical Windows-first. Modules: Automation Workspace, AI Sense, Document Automation (IQ Bot OCR), Automation Co-Pilot, Process Discovery (Task Mining). PE Salesforce Ventures, SoftBank Vision Fund, General Atlantic. Gartner RPA Magic Quadrant Leader. ~5000 enterprise customers.

Origin

Automation Anywhere founded 2003 by Mihir Shukla and Ankur Kothari in San Jose, CA ; Automation 360 rebrand in 2020.

Example in context

Cisco automates 1500 IT and finance processes via Automation Anywhere ; ~2.5M hours/year saved ; Order-to-Cash, AP automation use cases.

Related terms

• UiPath — direct competitor.