Automate Desktop vs Browserflow
Automate Desktop
automate.fortra.comBrowserflow
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| Figure | Automate Desktop | Browserflow |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | $19/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| API | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 9 |
| Spec score · Task Automation Software | 7.8 (#19) | 9.0 (#2) |
| Data extraction | It can extract, transform, and transport data from browsers, email, databases, Excel, PDF, CSV, and OCR files. | It extracts data from sources including HTML tables and single-page applications, and can handle multiple pages and infinite feeds. |
| Intended users | Fortra describes Desktop as single-machine automation for individual users and identifies finance, operations, IT, and back-office teams as use areas. | The product is presented for people who want to automate repetitive browser workflows, including web research, operations, and spreadsheet tasks. |
| Purpose | Automate Desktop helps individual users automate repetitive desktop tasks, web interactions, data extraction, reporting, and file transfers from a single machine. | Browserflow is a no-code web automation product for scraping websites and automating repetitive tasks. |
| Support | Fortra's Automate Desktop page lists phone, email, and support request contact options and describes Automate Care as providing a dedicated Technical Account Manager. | The Free and Starter plans list community support, Professional adds email support, and Business adds priority email support. |
Plans
Browserflow
- FreeFree
- Starter$19 a month
- Professional$49 a month
- Business$199 a month
- FreeFree
- FreeFree
- Starter$19 a month
- Professional$49 a month
- Business$199 a month
In their own words
Automate Desktop
Automate Desktop has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
Browserflow
Browserflow is a no-code tool for automating browser workflows and extracting website data. Its visual editor lets users assemble flows by recording actions or adding custom JavaScript to a page. It can gather information from HTML tables and single-page applications, and work across multiple pages and infinite feeds. Flows can run in a user's browser or in Browserflow Cloud, where they can be scheduled even when the user's computer is off. Browserflow can read and write Google Sheets, an integration included in every plan. It also lists reusable community flows, rotating proxies, and options to save files, screenshots, and PDFs. The Free plan is free forever and allows one cloud flow, 30 minutes of cloud automation per month, a one-minute desktop run, and a maximum cloud frequency of once a day. Paid plans start at $19 a month billed yearly. API and webhooks begin with Starter; these are excluded from Free along with proxies and CAPTCHA solving. The product is available as an API, browser extension, and web service.