In any business, many repetitive tasks can be time-consuming. Let us see how RPA can aid them in performing those tasks with minor errors.
What is RPA?
IBM defines Robotic process automation (RPA) as:
“Robotic process automation (RPA), also known as software robotics, uses automation techs to mimic back-office tasks of human workers, such as:
- extracting data
- filling in forms
- moving files
It combines APIs and user interface (UI) interactions to integrate and perform repetitive tasks between enterprise and productivity apps. By deploying scripts that emulate human processes, RPA tools complete the autonomous execution of various activities and transactions across unrelated software systems.”
As per a report by Nextmsc, “Robotic Process Automation Market,”
The global demand for RPA has increased with increased demand for efficient and hassle-free work. Many businesses use RPA tech to maximize efficiency and achieve higher ROI.
RPA tools manage the business’ computing framework, APIs, and services with a robust data flow. The marketplace offers many RPA tools. This helps to achieve full-scale automation by interacting with processes and workflows using a UI. Here are a few powerful RPA tools businesses must look for in 2023.
UiPath
UiPath is a reliable RPA automation tool with holistic analytics and audit features for large-scale, end-to-end automation. Its drag-and-drop feature makes it easy for novices to use, even for Windows desktop automation.
It offers many editions of the same RPA tool. This supports various needs with an active community actively resolving the issues. It allows Basic, Desktop, Web, and Citrix recording and playback features. This allows users to record identical activities and build an automated process sequence.
UiPath has over 300 predefined activity sets that they can use to process automation. At the same time, it maintains high-security measures in auto login via multi-tenancy.
It offers limited robots and misses local hosting in the community edition. In addition, it fails to double up as a cognitive computing solution.
BluePrism
SS&C’s BluePrism is popularly used to automate difficult and end-to-end business processes. It brings the virtual workforce into reality. It is based on Java programming language and powered by virtual robots.
It offers drag-and-drop tech with well-equipped virtual designers. This makes it easier for beginners to use the tool. The tool is scalable and manages load balancing, end-to-end auditing, and data encryption.
A robust dashboard configuration enables users to redirect the monitoring session data into monitoring systems. Its ability to process and store the entire generated data in a central database is a critical factor that makes it autonomous. This ensures appropriate data abstraction and security of processes.
However, the current OCR feature needs more capability and accuracy. The app modeler makes it difficult for beginners to use surface automation image recognition. At the same time, it is challenging to edit objects during debugging when there is a need for customization.
Pega
Pega, offered by Pegasystems, is a low-code RPA software. It provides support per object-level integration that helps businesses unify workflows. It allows them to rapidly deploy and meet strategic business needs with a robust adaptive cloud framework.
The design-once-and-deploy-anywhere model allows any channel to be interfaced with its UI. The multipurpose UI enables users to transition from one device to another. Another top feature is the “Pega Live-Data.” It gathers, integrates, and analyses the complete business data to deliver the correct insights within an estimated time frame.
Pega is expensive, and it is not easy to integrate it with non-relational databases. Limited users get free access to libraries, resources, and communities for learning Pega.
Kofax
Kofax is an AI platform that automates business processes with the help of next-gen RPA capabilities. These use a rich library of reusable processes and snippet activities.
It allows users to automate operations by building, deploying, and managing intelligent robots on the centralized server without the APIs and writing codes.
It combines business process management, process mining, and cognitive document automation to automate information-intensive processes.
In addition, it is provided with a server-based framework. This captures intensive manual activities and identifies strategies and tasks for automation.
Cognitive document automation with embedded AI and machine learning combines unstructured data seamlessly. Lightweight web-based business apps like the Kaplets can be designed for the execution of robots with the liberty to publish them with SOAP/REST services, Java, or .NET API endpoints.
However, Kofax requires hard coding, which makes it difficult for many users.
Eggplant
It offers RPA solutions that execute the automation of repetitive tasks. It can automate any front-office and back-office apps. The tool includes a universal fusion engine that allows system testing from mobile to mainframe.
It is compatible with Windows, Mac, and Linux operating systems and packaged apps like SAP and Oracle.
It provides powerful automation and integrates with multiple systems to complete tasks. The tool has practical verification features to validate the process execution. Also, it can easily be deployed in unattended and attended modes.
Also Read: Why Developers Should Care About User Interface (UI) and User Experience (UX)
Rapise
Rapise is a Windows-only test automation system. It specializes in difficult app testing like MS Dynamics, Salesforce, and SAP. It can also automate web, desktop, and mobile applications.
Rapise supports a hybrid business scenario and project automation of any size in its seventh version. It also allows testers and engineers to connect with the apps’ UI.
Rapise is available as an on-premise solution. At the same time, a unique code-less method called Rapise Visual Language (RVL) can be used to ease the recording and maintaining processes.
Before incorporating RPA in business, they must understand which processes can be automated with the right RPA tool. While selecting the right tool, they must choose a long-term and efficient RPA provider.
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