Automation Anywhere vs IBM Rational Functional Tester | TrustRadius

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Score 7.6 out of 10

Based on 126 reviews and ratings

Score 9.6 out of 10

Based on 10 reviews and ratings

Pros

Exception handling is pretty decent. WE don't have to worry about process being stuck as it moves to the next iteration on its own.
Automation is easier to achieve as it doesn't require high coding skills or designing a specific framework.
It can achieve PDF editing and automation, which in our case of policy documents has been valuable.

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Consultant in Engineering

Information Technology and Services Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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An execution log in html format provides detailed information of the actions, verifications, and screenshots with timestamps.
Quick response and good support. IBM releases frequent updates to handle customer needs and fix issues.
A solid object inspector, extensive functional library and playback monitor.

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Employee in Information Technology

Banking Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Cons

Automation Anywhere doesn't come with easy installation, We need to install Java, IDEs and Databases in an orderly fashion which we are not able to do.
Automation Anywhere has no workflow design which is not making us to understand the process.
Automation Anywhere has no fit to size object cloning.

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Senior Executive

ProdaptComputer Software, 1001-5000 employees

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Installation or updates were not always perfect. Would have to clean previous installations or reinstall Java if there were errors.
No or very limited support of browsers outside of Internet Explorer.
Uses a lot of memory, can have memory issues on large tests.

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Employee in Information Technology

Banking Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

Automation Anywhere 9.4

Based on 4 answers

It is the best automation tool.

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Professional in Research & Development

Civil Engineering Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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Usability

Automation Anywhere 8.0

Based on 6 answers

On more complex use cases, Automation Anywhere requires technical background like knowledge on network protocols and database language on task creation, and even people with technical background might have some trouble in the beginning because of the product particularities on how variable manipulation works, or how to get the object cloning (a more resilient screen manipulation command) to work as intended.The scheduling of tasks on the Control Room and the autologin feature isn't intuitive as they should, so much of this works requires documentation analysis to get it done on the first time.

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Team Lead in Information Technology

Information Technology and Services Company, 51-200 employees

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Support Rating

Automation Anywhere 8.5

Based on 11 answers

Automation Anywhere is a great tool for a low cost, fairly easily scalable, and quickly learned. The company is growing by leaps and bounds and continually pushing the automation boundaries. The problem with fast expansion is that sometimes you can grow more quickly than you can appropriately support your products. While Automation Anywhere has an excellent support structure in place, every company and situation is different, and they often struggle with why problems arise in the system and how to fix them.

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Supervisor in Finance and Accounting

Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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Online Training

Automation Anywhere 8.4

Based on 2 answers

Perfect training from the online academy the software offers it for free

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Chakravarthy SSNTK

Practice Manager - RPA, Chatbots, IoT, AI & Blockchain

Miracle Software Systems, IncInformation Technology and Services, 1001-5000 employees

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Implementation Rating

Automation Anywhere 8.6

Based on 3 answers

Nothing in particular

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Practice Manager - RPA, Chatbots, IoT, AI & Blockchain

Miracle Software Systems, IncInformation Technology and Services, 1001-5000 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Other than Automaton Anywhere I have also used UiPath. What I like about Automation Anywhere is the object cloning and the way you can move the mouse and either go to a particular point or go to an element. That's very easy and intuitive in Automation Anywhere. It gets the job done in terms of getting the data out of the pages. Although I have other tools, I still have this habit of going through the clicks. If you're going through the clicks, Automation Anywhere is the best.

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Developer

OpteamixInformation Technology and Services, 201-500 employees

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Selenium is similar to IBM Rational Functional Tester but is not as user friendly and does not support thick applications. Visual Studio Coded UI is newer so not as refined; the object inspector/management and execution log results is poor compared to IBM Rational Functional Tester.

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Employee in Information Technology

Banking Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Scalability

Automation Anywhere 9.0

Based on 2 answers

Highly reliable once you start experiencing the results. It helps you to have a clear cut results with better productivity numbers and financial savings

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Chakravarthy SSNTK

Practice Manager - RPA, Chatbots, IoT, AI & Blockchain

Miracle Software Systems, IncInformation Technology and Services, 1001-5000 employees

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Return on Investment

Our overall business has saved numerous hours of work where individuals were freed up to perform higher level thinking tasks.
Following a necessary reduction in workforce that was not driven by RPA, we were able to automate processes that kept the remaining workload from overwhelming the remaining workforce.
The use of robotics process automation has inspired many workers to come up with different approaches to problems including both automation and analytics.

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Brady Rothrock CPA, CFE, ACDA, MS-BIA

Data Scientist

SprintTelecommunications, 10,001+ employees

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Speeds up and broadens the testing cycle by using machine time for regression testing.
Frees up time for testers to focus on critical items outside the automated suite.

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Employee in Information Technology

Banking Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Automation Anywhere Editions & Modules

Edition

Cloud-Only Starter Pack	$750¹
Advanced Pack (Cloud or On-Premises)	Contact for quote

per month

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General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

IBM Rational Functional Tester Editions & Modules

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