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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IBM watsonx Orchestrate

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AIBM® watsonx™ Orchestrate® leverages AI to automate complex workflows. The solution helps build, deploy, and manage AI assistants and agents. It offers a catalogue of pre-built agents and tools, low-code agent builder, multi-agent collaboration capabilities, and integrations with enterprise apps.

    $530

    per month

    UiPath Automation Platform

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AUiPath's agentic platform combines the company's Robotic Process Automation (RPA) solution for automating repetitive tasks with agentic automation. By unifying agentic AI, automation, BPM, and process intelligence, the platform gives organizations control to design, run, and optimize new agentic processes.

    $25

    per month (for 1 user with basic tier features)

    Pricing
    IBM watsonx OrchestrateUiPath Automation Platform
    Editions & Modules
    Essential
    $500
    per month per subscription
    Essentials
    $500
    per month Per subscription
    Standard
    Enterprise
    Standard
    Enterprise
    per month Per subscription
    Automation Cloud Basic
    $25
    per month 1 user, 1 basic platform tier
    Automation Cloud Enterprise
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    Enterprise Medium Business
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    Automation Cloud Standard
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    Automation Cloud Basic
    starting at $25
    per month 1 user, 1 basic platform tier
    Automation Suite
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM watsonx OrchestrateUiPath Automation Platform
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsIBM watsonx Orchestrate can be deployed and run on IBM Cloud, AWS, or on-premises. Prices shown are indicative, may vary by country, exclude any applicable taxes and duties, and are subject to product offering availability in a locale.
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    IBM watsonx OrchestrateUiPath Automation Platform
    Considered Both Products
    IBM
    Chose IBM watsonx Orchestrate
    IBM watsonx Orchestrate is a real agent orchestration platform where as UIpath is majorly an RPA calling LLM APIs.
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    UiPath
    Chose UiPath Automation Platform
    It is highly cost-effective and provides multiple options in terms of licensing options. The customer support and support representatives are quick to support us with any technical issues that we face during project implementations.
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    Chose UiPath Automation Platform
    We tried using WorkFusion but we found UiPath GUI more comfortable than WorkFusion. Models in UiPath are easy to use and deploy.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
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    100%
    Would buy again
    99 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    91 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    99%
    Happy with the feature set
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    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    97 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    101 Answers
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    78 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
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    99%
    Implementation went as expected
    95 Answers
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    User Ratings
    IBM watsonx OrchestrateUiPath Automation Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.8
    (132 ratings)
    8.8
    (195 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    4.5
    (5 ratings)
    8.0
    (8 ratings)
    Usability
    7.3
    (79 ratings)
    8.0
    (7 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.3
    (10 ratings)
    8.0
    (82 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM watsonx OrchestrateUiPath Automation Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    For starters, most enterprise-grade organizations and Customers struggle to align their current IT estate and landscape with fast-moving, agile, AI-driven automation and development initiatives. All tooling, governance, structure, and frameworks available to support and facilitate the incorporation of this new but still cross-system technology layer are essential to minimize the risks of data leaks, unauthorized access, unbridled token consumption, and other issues. For some businesses and organizations with a handful of systems or a smaller footprint, the platform could be a bit too complex.
    Incentivized
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    UiPath
    UiPath Automation Platform is well-suited for automating repetitive and time-consuming tasks such as invoice processing, data entry, and report generation. By using UiPath Automation Platform, employees can focus on more strategic tasks, which leads to increased efficiency. Additionally, UiPath Automation Platform is highly effective at automating rule-based processes, such as financial processes like bank statement reconciliation, account payable, and account receivable processes that follow a set of predetermined rules.
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    Pros
    IBM
    • New and improved natural language processing yielding better results helps the assistants understand the intention behind the query.
    • Preserves context of communication, allowing the customers to establish inquiries on the website and continue on the mobile app without having extra informational input.
    • Intelligent conversations mean that complex paths that are branched based on the user's inputs allow for a much more natural flow of the conversation than fixed scripts.
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    UiPath
    • UiPath is very simple to learn.
    • Any type of application can be automated (Desktop Application, Web Application and also applications reachable only via remote technologies such as Citrix, Remote Desktop and so on).
    • The writing of a process code takes place entirely through the use of objects. In the event that there were no objects capable of solving a particular problem, it is possible to use some languages of the .net platform such as: VB.net, C#.
    • It is easy to scale the solution by adding more robots to run a process in case the solution requires more performance in the future.
    • It can also be used by functional analysts to design the flow to be automated.
    • An academy is available online where basic and advanced courses can be taken. It is also possible to take a completely free basic certification.
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    Cons
    IBM
    • I think that it needs to be able to integrate better with the knowledge catalogs. It currently provides a default database, which isn't quite large enough for enterprise use. We can connect that then to an external source, but it'd be nice if we could able just to instantiate one straight away.
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    UiPath
    • As I mentioned, Excel automation is not very effective, there are a number of packages to add, but there is nothing as smooth as a good macro.
    • Working with selectors is certainly challenging and UiPath does a good job with that, but there is room for improvement since the interface could be smarter in selecting the right attributes and warn the user if something is not properly setup.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    IBM
    Currently we are using to develop chatbots based on client provided flow what kind chatbot required for client either button or free text chatbots. we will decided accordingly flow and develop chatbot using IBM Watson. We will integrated custom components if required which is not present in library. Action flow and dialog flow we are currently in chatbot.
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    UiPath
    This platform has so much potential and have been garnering a lot of attention by proving benefits in terms of saving operational and manpower costs. I am sure with minute efforts we were able to achieve our ROI and the same is the case with many of our customers whom we have been working around Digital Automation initiatives.
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    Usability
    IBM
    With the growing use of AI and chatbots, it's very easy to use, and the conversational language makes it easier than keyword searches in a document. The contextual language processing is impressive. It's easy to integrate into our internal portal. The use of this tool would depend on each company's security and data sensitivity.
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    UiPath
    There are two main reasons with this rating 1. UiPath Automation Platform requires the old school type of Change Weather management, Which actually eats a lot of time to manage and roll out the recent changes. There is not something kind of CI/CD when you are developing the things With UiPath Automation Platform. 2. Very high development and maintenance cost, which actually decrease its usability.
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    Reliability and Availability
    IBM
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    UiPath
    Its a cloud based platform which is easily available and used
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    Performance
    IBM
    To develop chatbots based on client provided flow what kind chatbot required for client either button or free text chatbots. we will decided accordingly flow and develop chatbot using IBM Watson. We will integrated custom components if required which is not present in library. IBM Watson library anyone can easily learn and develop chatbots.
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    UiPath
    It has proved and provided good performance across platforms and technologies.
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    Support Rating
    IBM
    We've rarely had to engage support, but they've always been prompt in responding and very attentive. Support experiences have been extremely positive (but we're mostly happy that we just don't have any cause to routinely need support in the first place!).
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    UiPath
    UiPath RPA has an exceptional studio interface. It has been a year and so since I am using UiPath RPA. Whether it is some my personal task to scrape information & links from the Journal or find a specific character string from multiple PDF collection using OCR, UiPath RPA has made its roots to our technological ecosystem
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    Online Training
    IBM
    Excellent course material.
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    UiPath
    Video material supported by text. The training has evolved a lot in the past 3 years to become more attractive. Specific training tracks exist for the different roles in RPA development, where everyone is expected to learn basic development.
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    Implementation Rating
    IBM
    Overall the implementation was simple.
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    UiPath
    The implementation was quick and practical
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    Alternatives Considered
    IBM
    Strong ITSM and HR workflow automation with governance, ServiceNow excels in IT/HR but lacks flexibility for cross-departmental use cases such as demand planning, finance close, or procurement analytics. Orchestrate supports a broader set of enterprise functions beyond IT service automation. So, watsonx is a better approach than any other available tool in the market as of now, based on the use cases I've encountered and my efforts to understand the essence of the service.
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    UiPath
    As compared to other products, we require programming knowledge and concepts to work but UiPath is for everyone. It provides us extensive event logging at various stages and effective exception handling for applications and business. It increases our agility and enhances the overall productivity further by using the source control SVC. The solution that we implemented is also very scalable in terms of incorporating new requirements.
    The open source tools require lots of IT effort in order to set up and maintain over time. UiPath is like a complete package and customer service is also active in terms of solving issues arising while automating procession on a day to day basis.
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    Scalability
    IBM
    From past 3+ years I am using IBM Watson in our current project easily can implement and manage and monitor user how their using. Is there and update also just update dialog is just enough to change no need to touch any other templates. Multiple language will support, and action and dialog speak recognize chatbot we can create as per client requirement. Overall, as of now good experience with IBM Watson.
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    UiPath
    It can be widely used across various departments regardless of platform the product,processes, use cases are build on.
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    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • As a very small team WxO give us more time back and handles manual tasks.
    • WxO helps us reduce manual errors (and the time it takes to find and resolve.)
    • WxO, as a task scheduler and reminder system, helps us not forget certain key events with time-dependent requirements.
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    UiPath
    • We are well on our way to automating our expenses, saving so many hours for project managers and engagement managers.
    • Proofs-of-concept excite our clients, though we are yet to make a sale on a project.
    • UiPath specifically has incited interest with our apprentices and has led them to join the RPA team.
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    ScreenShots

    IBM watsonx Orchestrate Screenshots

    Screenshot of IBM® watsonx Orchestrate® homepage UI when you enter into the product.Screenshot of Catalog of AI agents and tools in different domains from multiple partnersScreenshot of Creating agents - from scratch or using a pre-built templateScreenshot of Multi Agent Collaboration - Employee Support Manager AgentScreenshot of IT domain agents from IBM and other partnersScreenshot of Integrations from multiple common applications