# Automation Anywhere alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 379 of the 504 answers in the 2 categories where Automation Anywhere holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/automation-anywhere/alternatives/

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Microsoft Power Automate: 61
- ABBYY Vantage: 35
- Nanonets: 32
- Docsumo: 21
- Parseur: 14
- Rossum: 14

## Robotic process automation

**Small business**: 60 of 84 answers did not name Automation Anywhere (Automation Anywhere is #8 of 12 at 2%).

- Microsoft Power Automate: first choice in 42 of those 60
- UiPath Community Edition: first choice in 5 of those 60
- Zapier: first choice in 4 of those 60
- UiPath: first choice in 3 of those 60
- Make: first choice in 2 of those 60
- Automation Anywhere Community Edition: first choice in 1 of those 60
- Kissflow: first choice in 1 of those 60
- Rocketbot: first choice in 1 of those 60

**Mid-market**: 41 of 84 answers did not name Automation Anywhere (Automation Anywhere is #3 of 6 at 4%).

- Microsoft Power Automate: first choice in 11 of those 41
- UiPath: first choice in 3 of those 41
- UiPath Community Edition: first choice in 3 of those 41
- Microsoft Power Automate Desktop: first choice in 1 of those 41
- Robocorp: first choice in 1 of those 41
- Sai: first choice in 1 of those 41
- Skyvern: first choice in 1 of those 41

**Enterprise**: 33 of 84 answers did not name Automation Anywhere (Automation Anywhere is #3 of 6 at 11%).

- Microsoft Power Automate: first choice in 8 of those 33
- SS&C Blue Prism: first choice in 2 of those 33
- OpenBots: first choice in 1 of those 33
- UiPath: first choice in 1 of those 33

## Intelligent document processing

**Small business**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Automation Anywhere (Automation Anywhere is #12 of 14 at 0%).

- Docsumo: first choice in 18 of those 84
- Nanonets: first choice in 17 of those 84
- Parseur: first choice in 10 of those 84
- Lido: first choice in 6 of those 84
- Docparser: first choice in 4 of those 84
- Google Document AI: first choice in 4 of those 84
- Rossum: first choice in 3 of those 84
- ABBYY Vantage: first choice in 2 of those 84

**Mid-market**: 79 of 84 answers did not name Automation Anywhere (Automation Anywhere is #9 of 11 at 0%).

- Nanonets: first choice in 15 of those 79
- Rossum: first choice in 7 of those 79
- ABBYY Vantage: first choice in 5 of those 79
- Parseur: first choice in 4 of those 79
- UiPath Document Understanding: first choice in 4 of those 79
- Docsumo: first choice in 3 of those 79
- Google Document AI: first choice in 3 of those 79
- Amazon Textract: first choice in 2 of those 79

**Enterprise**: 82 of 84 answers did not name Automation Anywhere (Automation Anywhere is #7 of 10 at 0%).

- ABBYY Vantage: first choice in 28 of those 82
- Hyperscience Hypercell: first choice in 7 of those 82
- UiPath Document Understanding: first choice in 6 of those 82
- Rossum: first choice in 4 of those 82
- Microsoft Entra ID: first choice in 2 of those 82
- Okta: first choice in 2 of those 82
- ABBYY FlexiCapture: first choice in 1 of those 82
- ABBYY Intelligent Document Processing: first choice in 1 of those 82

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