Microsoft Power Automate vs Ui.Vision RPA

Microsoft Power Automate automates business processes through cloud flows, desktop flows, and low-code tools. Cloud flows connect apps, data, and services in cloud or on-premises environments; an on-premises data gateway can provide those connections. Desktop flows automate user-interface actions in legacy systems, with attended and unattended modes. Copilot can help create, edit, and extend automations using natural language, while built-in AI models support document and image processing, prediction, and analysis. More than 1,400 prebuilt certified connectors are listed, with custom connectors also available. Microsoft 365 experiences include Teams, Excel, and SharePoint. Administrators can use Managed Environments and data loss prevention controls, and search flow events in Microsoft Purview Audit Log Search. The service runs in current Edge, Safari, Chrome, or Firefox, and its desktop app is available for Windows 10 and 11. A 30-day trial is listed, but no free plan is established. Premium costs $15 per user per month, paid yearly; the number of flows available depends on the license. The standalone iOS and Android mobile app reached end of support on August 31, 2026.

Ui.Vision RPA automates browser and desktop tasks, and also supports web scraping, screen scraping, UI testing and test automation. Workflows can combine visual recording, Selenium-style commands, computer vision, OCR and a JavaScript automation API. Its AI assistant can inspect a live page, create and run reusable macros, and help repair failures. Users may choose hosted Ui.Vision AI, Anthropic, OpenRouter or a local OpenAI-compatible model. Macros execute locally; hosted AI sends chat content and included page data or screenshots to the chosen service for processing, while local AI keeps that processing on the machine. Ui.Vision says hosted AI content and screenshots are not stored. The browser extension supports Chrome, Edge and Firefox; desktop automation uses XModules on Windows, macOS and Linux, adding native mouse and keyboard input and direct local file access. A command-line API can connect with Jenkins and Cucumber and languages including C#, Python and PowerShell. Free Edition costs nothing for personal and commercial use. PRO Edition costs $299 a year, and Enterprise Edition costs $999 a year. Enterprise Player licenses cannot create new macros and include 10,000 OCR conversions per day per license.