Pega RPA vs IBM Robotic Process Automation

Pega RPA8.8Visit IBM Robotic Process Automation8.4Visit

Higher score Pega RPA #4 in Robotic Process Automation - Enterprise Software 8.8/10 Pricing on request ✓ 0 of 3 features Visit Pega RPA

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IBM Robotic Process Automation #7 in Robotic Process Automation - Enterprise Software 8.4/10 30-day trial Free trial✓ 0 of 3 features Visit IBM RPA

• Pega RPA fits best

  Pega users automating employee and back-office work

• IBM Robotic Process Automation fits best

  Organizations already invested in IBM technology

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Side by side

Feature	Pega RPA 8.8/10 Visit ↗	IBM Robotic Process Automation 8.4/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.8	8.4
Ranking	#4 in Robotic Process Automation - Enterprise Software	#7 in Robotic Process Automation - Enterprise Software
Best for	Pega users automating employee and back-office work	Organizations already invested in IBM technology
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	Pricing on request	$981/mo
Free plan	Not checked yet	—
Free trial	—	30 days
Features Pega RPA 0/3 · IBM Robotic Process Automation 0/3
Process discovery	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Credential vault	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Audit logs	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Specs
Deployment options	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Bot execution modes	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Supported desktop OS	Not checked yet	windows
Our review
Pros	Combines attended desktop automation with unattended background bots. Robot Manager monitors queues, bot performance, and self-healing management. Robot Studio supports low-code bot design, testing, deployment, and reuse.	Supports attended and unattended bot execution Combines browser, PDF and OCR automation Includes scheduling, workload management and dashboards
Cons	Pricing uses a contact-sales model without a public RPA price. Integration emphasis is on Pega workflows and its low-code platform. Pega RPA is an RPA product, not a process-mining product.	Published paid plans start at $981 per month A 30-day trial is the only no-cost option Runs on Windows, which narrows operating-system coverage
Our verdict	Pega RPA automates repetitive, high-volume work across enterprise applications and legacy systems. It is aimed at organizations using Pega workflows or the Pega low-code platform, with attended automation for employee desktops and… Read the review →	IBM Robotic Process Automation is software for automating repetitive business and back-office work with attended and unattended bots. It is aimed at organizations building automation programs across multiple processes, including browser… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Pega RPA — where it wins

  • Combines attended desktop automation with unattended background bots.
  • Robot Manager monitors queues, bot performance, and self-healing management.
  • Robot Studio supports low-code bot design, testing, deployment, and reuse.

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing uses a contact-sales model without a public RPA price.
  • Integration emphasis is on Pega workflows and its low-code platform.
  • Pega RPA is an RPA product, not a process-mining product.

• IBM Robotic Process Automation — where it wins

  • Supports attended and unattended bot execution
  • Combines browser, PDF and OCR automation
  • Includes scheduling, workload management and dashboards

  Where it doesn't

  • Published paid plans start at $981 per month
  • A 30-day trial is the only no-cost option
  • Runs on Windows, which narrows operating-system coverage

• Pega RPA8.8/10 · Pricing on request

  Pega RPA combines attended and unattended bots with low-code governance for Pega environments.

  Visit Pega RPAFull verdict →
• IBM Robotic Process Automation8.4/10 · 30-day trial

  A broad IBM RPA suite with strong bot coverage, but a $981 monthly entry price.

  Visit IBM RPAFull verdict →