bupaR vs Pega RPA

bupaR is a free, open-source suite of R packages for working with business process data. It supports importing and preparing event data, calculating descriptive statistics, visualising processes, and checking conformance. Analysts can examine control flow, performance, and organisational aspects, while including custom process attributes in their workflow. It handles event logs, where each row represents an event, and activity logs, where each row represents an activity instance. Process maps help summarise processes and can be used in Shiny apps or exported to PDF, PNG, PS, or EPS. The bupaverse core contains bupaR, edeaR, eventdataR, processcheckR, and processmapR. The xesreadR package reads XES files from a local path or URL and writes event logs to XES. Installation instructions cover CRAN and GitHub development versions. The package requires R 3.5.0 or later and is licensed under MIT plus a license file. For prediction with processpredictR, Python, TensorFlow, and Keras are required. Validation of larger event logs can take time, though the documentation allows it to be disabled when the data meets requirements.

Pega RPA connects software systems and automates manual work across self-hosted, web, and Windows environments. Attended automation supplies digital assistants for tedious tasks in real time, while unattended bots can run in the background 24/7 without waiting for APIs. Robot Studio provides a low-code workspace to design, test, and deploy bots; design agents map applications and generate automations. Adapters cover Windows, web, and emulator applications, including Java, SAP GUI, Chrome, Electron, and host or mainframe systems. They can automate applications without recompiling or modifying the target, including systems without a well-defined API. Robot Manager manages work queues, monitors bot performance, and enables self-healing bots. Pega describes governance, testing, and reuse, and lists connections to Pega Agentic AI, Process Mining, and Process AI. Pega Cloud controls include role-based access, SAML, OAuth, Active Directory integration, AES 256-bit encryption at rest, and TLS 1.2 and 1.3 in transit. Documentation lists R25 and 22.1.