Platforms that sell software robots or bots that run without a person present, ordered by overall score.
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The best enterprise RPA software in 2026 is Microsoft Power Automate: attended desktop robots come with Premium at $15 per user a month, and an unattended bot costs $150 a month, both paid yearly2. UiPath leads when robots must run on your own servers, air-gapped, or on macOS43.
Workato sells RPA as an add-on to its integration platform19, and Camunda runs Robot Framework scripts on a separate RPA worker20. Neither describes unattended robots or bots in the documentation cited here, so both rank in the main list only.
Pick Best overall
Desktop flows reach SAP, mainframes, AS/400 and Citrix on Windows; unattended bots cost $150 a month, or $215 on a Microsoft-hosted machine12. Pick it if your company signs in with Microsoft work accounts.
Price From $15 per user per month, paid yearly2
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Pick Best for self-hosted robots
Robots on Windows and macOS, self-hosted down to air-gapped networks; the free Community plan includes one unattended robot, and self-serve robots cost $960 a month3456. Pick it if robots, agents and BPMN processes must run on one platform.
Price Free Community plan; paid licenses from $25 per user per month6
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Pick Best for rule-heavy cases
Attended and unattended bots inside cases with decision tables, self-hosted on Kubernetes; Pega publishes no rates78910. Pick it for claims, disputes and onboarding.
Price No public price list10; Infinity 26 charges one flat price per completed case11
Pick Best RPA bundled with BPM
Every tier includes RPA bots: 5 on Standard, 25 on Advanced, unlimited on Premium; prices come from sales1213. Pick it if bots are steps in long BPMN processes.
Price No public prices; tiers priced per user, per month, per app13; free Community Edition for learning14
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Pick Best for fast support
On-premises Control Room on Windows Server or Linux, a free Community Edition, and Severity 1 response under 15 minutes on Platinum and Titanium; prices come from sales15161718. Pick it for large bot programs on legacy desktops.
Price No published prices: free Community Edition16, paid licenses through sales18.
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| Platform | Paid plans from | Self-hosting | Security reports |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Power Automate | $15 per user/month, paid yearly2 | No. Cloud service only; desktop flows run on your own Windows machines121 | SOC 2 Type 2; ISO/IEC 270012223 |
| UiPath | $25 per user per month (Basic User)6 | Yes, on Standard and Enterprise, air-gapped supported4 | SOC 2 Type 2, ISO/IEC 27001:202224 |
| Pega | Not published10 | Yes, client-managed Kubernetes (EKS, AKS, GKE, OpenShift, bare metal)9 | SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 (plus SOC 1 Type II, ISO 42001, HITRUST)25 |
| Appian | Not published (quote on request)13 | Yes: self-managed on-premises or in AWS, Azure or Google Cloud13 | SOC 1 Type II, SOC 2 Type II, SOC 3, ISO/IEC 27001:2022, ISO 27017, ISO 2701826 |
| Automation Anywhere | Not published (quote from sales)18 | Yes: On-Premises Control Room on Windows Server or Linux15 | SOC 1 Type 2, SOC 2 Type 2, SOC 3, ISO 27001, ISO 22301, ISO 42001, HITRUST27 |
UiPath automates repetitive, rule-based work such as data entry, invoice processing and employee onboarding, and its robots operate legacy and Citrix apps that expose no API3.
See the full ranking: Best process automation software in 2026