Automate Desktop vs Windmill
Automate Desktop
automate.fortra.com
Windmill
windmill.devSide by side
| Figure | Automate Desktop | Windmill |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | $120/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 4 |
| Spec score · Task Automation Software | 7.8 (#19) | 8.7 (#4) |
| Founded | 1982 | 2022 |
| Headquarters | Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States | San Francisco and Paris |
| Integrations | Listed integrations include AWS, Azure, VMware, SharePoint, Microsoft Exchange, Active Directory, Dynamics CRM, Excel, Chrome, Firefox, Oracle, MySQL, XML, JSON, PDF, and PowerShell. | Windmill Hub lists more than 200 resource types, including Google services, GitHub, GitLab, Slack, Microsoft Teams, AWS, S3, BigQuery, ClickHouse, Datadog and Discord. |
| 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 self-hosted plan includes community support on Discord, while Enterprise lists 24/7 priority support with a 3-hour response time. |
Plans
Windmill
- Free and Open-sourceFree
- Free and Open-sourceFree
- Enterprise$120 a month
- Enterprise example configuration$170 a month
In their own words
Automate Desktop
Automate Desktop has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
Windmill
Windmill is an open-source workflow engine and developer platform for building endpoints, workflows and user interfaces. It is aimed at teams making internal software across engineering, data, sales, support and marketing. Scripts can be written in TypeScript, Python, Go, PHP, Bash, C#, SQL, Rust, Ruby and R, among other languages. Windmill combines a script editor, low-code flow builder, and low-code, React or Svelte app builders. Scripts and flows can be triggered by webhooks, schedules, HTTP routes, queues or an open API. Its Hub lists more than 200 resource types, including GitHub, Slack, AWS, BigQuery and PostgreSQL; users can also define custom resource types with schemas. Local development through the CLI and Git sync support version control and deployment workflows. Self-hosting is supported. The free and open-source plan is free and includes three workspaces, 50 users, 10 GiB of workspace object storage and 100 guest app users per 30 days. Enterprise is $120 a month and includes a month-long trial. Enterprise features include granular permissions, RBAC, secret management, OAuth, SSO and audit logs.