8 Best RPA Tools for Enterprise Automation (2026)

The best RPA tools in 2026 are UiPath for the broadest agentic ecosystem, Automation Anywhere for cloud-native RPA with document processing, and Microsoft Power Automate for teams already on Microsoft 365. Pega, SS&C Blue Prism WorkHQ, Tungsten RPA, WorkFusion (now part of UiPath), and Robocorp (now Sema4.ai) round out the list for more specific needs.

Last verified: October 2026

An RPA tool is software you build with. An RPA agency builds it for you. That distinction matters more than any feature comparison on this page. The most common expensive mistake in this category is buying an enterprise RPA license and then finding out nobody on the team has the time or the skill to build and maintain the bots. This guide compares 8 RPA platforms on G2 ratings, published pricing, and what each one is built for, so you can tell which one fits before you sign a contract.

How the numbers were checked: every G2 rating and review count below was re-pulled from G2 on October 21, 2026. Pricing comes from each vendor's own pricing page where one exists. Where a vendor publishes no price, this guide says "custom quote" instead of repeating third-party estimates.

How we compared these tools

Four criteria: (1) Verified reputation: real G2 reviews, not a vendor's own case study page. (2) Pricing transparency: a published rate or tier, not "contact sales" as the only answer. (3) Attended, unattended, and agentic capability: does the platform still mean rule-based bots only, or has it added an AI agent and orchestration layer on top? (4) Production footprint: review volume and named deployments that suggest real production use, not a demo-only presence.

Best RPA tools: quick overview

If you want the broadest ecosystem and the deepest partner network:

• Start with UiPath for the largest RPA review base and its Maestro orchestration layer for bots, agents, and people

If you want cloud-native RPA with strong document processing:

• Consider Automation Anywhere for its Agentic Process Automation platform and Document Automation

If your team is already inside Microsoft 365:

• Consider Microsoft Power Automate for the lowest-friction entry point and published per-bot pricing

If you need RPA inside a case management and decisioning platform:

• Consider Pega Platform for robotic automation paired with workflow and decisioning

If governance across bots and AI agents is the priority:

• Consider SS&C Blue Prism WorkHQ, the successor to the Blue Prism Intelligent Automation Platform

If document-heavy processes are the bottleneck:

• Consider Tungsten RPA (formerly Kofax RPA) as part of the TotalAgility intelligent document stack

If you are a bank automating financial crime compliance:

• Consider WorkFusion, whose AML and KYC agents UiPath acquired in 2026

If your team wants code-first RPA instead of a proprietary bot designer:

• Consider Robocorp (now part of Sema4.ai) for Python-based bots with Git version control

1. UiPath, best for the broadest ecosystem and the most mature agentic layer

UiPath is the largest RPA platform on this list by G2 review volume (4.6/5 across 7,735 reviews for UiPath Agentic Automation as of October 2026). It covers attended and unattended bots, Agent Builder for AI agents, process mining, and document processing. Its Maestro orchestration layer coordinates bots, AI agents, and people through BPMN-based processes. UiPath Test Cloud was named a Leader in Gartner's first Magic Quadrant for AI-Augmented Software Testing Tools (report dated October 6, 2025). In February 2026, UiPath announced the acquisition of WorkFusion to add financial crime compliance agents (entry 7 below).

Best for: large enterprises managing hundreds of automated processes that need a proven, scalable platform and an internal automation Center of Excellence to run it.

Pricing: the free Community plan covers individual developers; Basic starts at $25/month on UiPath's pricing page, which also notes an updated plan lineup is "coming soon"; Standard and Enterprise are custom-quoted.

Pros: largest ecosystem and integration network on this list; process mining surfaces automation opportunities before you build.

Cons: it is a platform, not an agency, so you need internal RPA developers or an outside partner to build and maintain automations; licensing costs scale quickly across hundreds of bots.

2. Automation Anywhere, best for cloud-native RPA with document processing

Automation Anywhere sells a cloud-native platform it now calls Agentic Process Automation, which orchestrates AI agents, RPA bots, APIs, documents, and people. G2 shows 4.5/5 across 5,718 reviews (October 2026). Document Automation has replaced the legacy IQ Bot as its document-processing engine. The company says it was named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Robotic Process Automation (report dated June 24, 2026), its eighth consecutive year.

Best for: finance and accounting teams processing high volumes of invoices, purchase orders, and compliance documents, and enterprises that want cloud-first deployment over on-premise infrastructure.

Pricing: no published pricing; every paid tier is a custom quote from sales.

Pros: document processing is built into the platform rather than sold as a separate product; one platform covers bots, agents, and API steps.

Cons: same platform-not-agency tradeoff as UiPath; with no public price, you cannot budget before a sales call.

3. Microsoft Power Automate, best for teams already inside Microsoft 365

Power Automate is Microsoft's low-code automation platform, with the deepest native integration into Outlook, SharePoint, Teams, and Excel of any tool on this list. G2 shows 4.4/5 across 1,093 reviews (October 2026). It also has the most transparent pricing here: every core plan has a published price on Microsoft's pricing page.

Best for: mid-market and enterprise teams already standardized on Microsoft 365 that want automation without adopting a separate vendor ecosystem.

Pricing: Premium is $15/user/month; Process (unattended RPA) is $150/bot/month; Hosted Process is $215/bot/month; a Process Mining add-on is $5,000/tenant/month. All are paid yearly, and a 30-day free trial is available. Power Automate for desktop is also free to use on Windows 10 and 11 for attended desktop flows.

Pros: lowest-friction entry point on this list for Microsoft-centric teams; drag-and-drop designer and templates need less coding background than most competitors.

Cons: unattended bots are billed per bot, so costs climb with bot count; premium connectors require the Premium license on top of Microsoft 365.

4. Pega Platform, best for RPA paired with case management and decisioning

Pega combines robotic automation with AI decisioning, case management, and workflow on one low-code platform, aimed at enterprises connecting legacy systems with newer automation. G2 shows 4.2/5 across 278 reviews for Pega Platform as a whole (October 2026), not for the RPA component alone. Pega's newer agentic work runs through Pega GenAI Blueprint and Agentic Process Fabric, both positioned as part of Pega Infinity.

Best for: enterprises whose automation need is really a case-management or decisioning problem with an RPA component.

Pricing: no public pricing; custom quote.

Pros: combines RPA with decisioning and case management in one platform rather than bolting AI onto task bots afterward.

Cons: lowest G2 rating among the large platforms compared here; pricing opacity makes early budgeting hard without a sales conversation.

5. SS&C Blue Prism WorkHQ, best for governed bots and AI agents at enterprise scale

SS&C Blue Prism launched WorkHQ in late April 2026 as an orchestration platform for people, AI agents, APIs, and digital workers in one governed environment, and G2 now lists it as the successor to the Blue Prism Intelligent Automation Platform. G2 shows 4.5/5 across 402 reviews (October 2026). SS&C Blue Prism was a Leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for RPA, which the company says was its seventh consecutive year. In July 2026, Marsh announced it would expand its Blue Prism automation program onto WorkHQ.

Best for: regulated enterprises that already run Blue Prism digital workers and now need governance and human-in-the-loop controls as AI agents join those processes.

Pricing: enterprise, custom quote; no public pricing.

Pros: strong reviewer sentiment and a long Gartner Leader track record; governance is the design focus, which suits audited industries.

Cons: WorkHQ is a new platform name, so confirm migration paths and licensing changes from the previous platform before renewing; enterprise-only positioning prices out smaller teams.

6. Tungsten RPA (formerly Kofax RPA), best for document-heavy process automation

Tungsten RPA is the former Kofax RPA, now sold by Tungsten Automation alongside TotalAgility, its platform for document-intensive workflows. It pairs a low-code robot designer with Git-based version control across dev, test, and production, and runs on-premise or in the cloud. G2 shows 4.2/5 across just 12 reviews (October 2026). Partner release roundups show Tungsten RPA updates shipping in January and June 2026, so the product is still actively maintained.

Best for: teams whose automation is fundamentally a document-processing problem, evaluating RPA as one piece of a broader intelligent-document strategy rather than a standalone buy.

Pricing: no public pricing; custom quote.

Pros: document-processing depth from the wider Tungsten stack rather than RPA bolted onto a separate module.

Cons: smallest G2 review base on this list by a wide margin, so the rating says little; best value comes when you also buy into TotalAgility.

7. WorkFusion (now part of UiPath), best for financial crime compliance

WorkFusion builds pre-trained AI agents for financial crime compliance: alert screening, adverse media review, transaction investigation, KYC, and sanctions screening, designed to do the work of Level 1 compliance analysts. UiPath announced the acquisition on February 6, 2026, and the deal closed in UiPath's first quarter of fiscal 2027; terms were not disclosed. Diginomica reported BMO, Deutsche Bank, and Raymond James among existing WorkFusion customers. G2 shows 4.4/5 across 29 reviews for WorkFusion AI Digital Agents (October 2026).

Best for: banks and financial institutions whose bottleneck is AML and KYC alert volume.

Pricing: no public pricing; custom quote.

Pros: purpose-built agents for one regulated domain instead of a general toolkit you have to configure from scratch; now backed by UiPath's orchestration platform.

Cons: narrow fit outside financial services; mid-integration into UiPath, so confirm product packaging and roadmap before a multi-year commitment.

8. Robocorp (now part of Sema4.ai), best for developer-first, code-native RPA

Robocorp is a Python-based RPA platform built for developers rather than the drag-and-drop audience most of this list targets: bots are written as Python code using open-source libraries, versioned in Git, and built in VS Code instead of a proprietary visual designer. Sema4.ai acquired Robocorp in January 2024, robocorp.com now redirects to sema4.ai, and Sema4.ai's main focus has moved to enterprise AI agents. The Robocorp tooling is still maintained (a Robocorp Setup Utility update shipped in June 2026). G2 shows 4.6/5 across 195 reviews (October 2026), tied with UiPath for the highest rating on this list.

Best for: engineering teams that already think in code and want RPA that behaves like normal software development, with version control, testing, and CI/CD included.

Pricing: the open-source Python automation libraries are free; for managed orchestration, see the vendor pricing page or ask Sema4.ai for a quote.

Pros: tied for the highest G2 rating here; code-first with Git-based version control and CI/CD; less lock-in than a proprietary visual RPA platform.

Cons: needs real Python engineering skill, so it does not fit a business user who wants a no-code builder; the vendor's focus has shifted to AI agents, so confirm the RPA roadmap directly with Sema4.ai before a long-term commitment.

When a platform is the wrong call

A platform is the wrong call when you do not have internal developers to build, test, and maintain bots. Every tool above assumes that capacity exists. If it doesn't, the options are to hire developers directly or work with a partner that builds on one of these platforms, or on lighter tooling like n8n, for you. AY Automate's business process automation consulting maps which processes are worth automating before you pick a vendor, and its workflow automation agency team builds and runs the automations rather than handing you a license. For the wider build-or-hire decision, the AI automation agency page covers how a partner engagement works.

If you are deciding whether classic RPA is even the right approach, how AI changes RPA, and where RPA is still the wrong tool covers when API-based or agent-based automation beats screen-level bots. If your processes are mostly SaaS-to-SaaS, the best business process automation tools roundup compares lighter options like n8n, Make, and Zapier.

Red flags when evaluating an RPA tool

• No published starting price anywhere, not even a range, before a sales call. Several platforms on this list are quote-only; ask for a ballpark on the first call anyway.
• A vendor demo that only shows the clean, structured-data case. Ask how the platform handles a messy, real document from your own workflow.
• No answer on who maintains bots after they break in production. RPA bots break when the underlying system changes; ask what the update and monitoring process looks like.
• "Agentic AI" language with no explanation of which decisions the AI layer makes versus the rule-based execution underneath.
• A review count under 30 presented with the same confidence as a platform with thousands. Weight the sample size as much as the star rating.
• A recent rename or acquisition (several on this list in 2026) with no written migration and licensing plan.

FAQ

What is the difference between RPA tools and RPA companies?

RPA tools are the software platforms themselves, such as UiPath, Automation Anywhere, and Power Automate. RPA companies, or RPA agencies, are service providers that build and maintain automation using those tools, or lighter alternatives like n8n, for a client. Buying a tool without the internal capacity to build with it is one of the most common expensive mistakes in this category.

Which RPA tool has the most reviews?

UiPath has the largest G2 review base on this list, with 7,735 reviews at 4.6/5 for UiPath Agentic Automation as of October 2026. Automation Anywhere is second with 5,718 reviews at 4.5/5, and Microsoft Power Automate is third with 1,093 reviews at 4.4/5. Weigh review volume alongside the star rating.

How much does RPA software cost?

RPA software ranges from free to custom enterprise contracts. Microsoft Power Automate publishes the clearest prices: Premium at $15/user/month and unattended bots at $150/bot/month, paid yearly. UiPath's Basic plan starts at $25/month and its Community plan is free. Automation Anywhere, Pega, SS&C Blue Prism, Tungsten, and WorkFusion publish no prices, so expect a custom quote after a sales call.

Do I need an RPA tool or an RPA agency?

You need a tool if you already have internal developers who can build and maintain bots, and an agency if you don't. A tool gives you the most control. An agency or embedded engineer builds and runs the automation for you, at the cost of less direct control over the platform choice. Most teams underestimate how much internal capacity a self-managed RPA rollout requires.

Can RPA tools handle unstructured data?

Some can, through added document-processing layers rather than the bots themselves. Automation Anywhere ships Document Automation, Tungsten pairs RPA with its TotalAgility document platform, and UiPath includes document processing in its platform. Pure rule-based RPA without one of these layers still needs structured, predictable inputs to run reliably.

Is Microsoft Power Automate a real alternative to UiPath?

Yes, for teams already standardized on Microsoft 365 and for lighter automations across Office apps. Power Automate wins on published pricing and native integration. UiPath wins on ecosystem breadth, orchestration of bots and agents, and process mining for large, high-volume programs, so the tradeoff is ease of adoption against scale.

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The tool is not the hard part

Every platform on this list can automate the process you have in mind. The real constraint is almost always who builds and maintains the bots once the license is signed. Which vendor's demo looked best matters far less. If that capacity is the gap, AY Automate's workflow automation agency team builds and runs it for you. Book a 30-minute call to scope what you need before you commit to a platform.

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Sources (checked October 21, 2026): G2 listings for UiPath Agentic Automation, Automation Anywhere Agentic Process Automation, Microsoft Power Automate, Pega Platform, SS&C Blue Prism WorkHQ, Tungsten RPA, WorkFusion AI Digital Agents, and Robocorp; UiPath pricing; Power Automate pricing; Automation Anywhere on the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for RPA; UiPath acquires WorkFusion; UiPath on the Gartner Magic Quadrant for AI-Augmented Software Testing Tools; SS&C Blue Prism on the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for RPA.