{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "automation-anywhere", "name": "Automation Anywhere", "vendor": "Automation Anywhere", "vendorUrl": "https://www.automationanywhere.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "desktop-automation", "summary": "Automation Anywhere's Automation 360 is a cloud robotic process automation platform whose Control Room deploys bots that operate desktop and web applications. Outside agents run automations through the Control Room REST API or its MCP inbound endpoint.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/automation-anywhere", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/automation-anywhere.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/automation-anywhere.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/automation-anywhere.json", "license": "Proprietary service under Automation Anywhere's customer agreement and product-specific terms", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://\u003ccontrol-room\u003e/mcp", "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Control Room API calls carry either `X-Authorization` with a JSON token from the Authentication API or `Authorization: Bearer` with an OAuth token (v.27 and later), not both. MCP inbound uses OAuth 2.0. An administrator registers OAuth services in Settings, creates an OAuth client (regular web or single-page application) under Manage \u003e OAuth client, and enters the client ID, secret and URLs in the MCP client by hand, adding the client's redirect URL afterwards. Users sign in through the Control Room's OIDC or SAML identity provider, and RBAC decides which automations they can discover and run.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Community Edition is free with no credit card required, for students, developers and small businesses under the stated limits. Paid Automation 360 Cloud plans have no published prices on automationanywhere.com, and the A+ Tokens and Accelerators terms refer to order forms. Whether Community Edition includes Control Room API or MCP inbound access was not stated (checked 2026-10-14).", "priceSummary": "Freemium", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the Control Room API pages, the MCP inbound pages or the product-specific terms (checked 2026-10-14).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 3, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-14" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.automationanywhere.com/r/control-room-apis", "llmsTxt": "https://www.automationanywhere.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "desktop.rpa", "desktop.orchestration", "desktop.control" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "official", "oauth", "enterprise", "mcp", "closed-source", "audit-log", "freemium" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-07", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 50.9, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 885, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1184, "categoryRank": 5, "methodology": "0.5", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 60, "maintenance": 66, "payments": 15, "reliability": 35, "schema": 55, "security": 64, "transparency": 73 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "low", "date": "2026-10-14" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "The Control Room's /mcp endpoint gives an MCP client three standard tools to discover, run and read automations under RBAC, with each run in the audit log. No API rate limits, error catalogue, SLA or prices were found in public pages, and DiscoverAutomation and RunAutomation need an Enterprise licence with the Process Reasoning Engine in the US or Europe.", "bestFor": "A company already running Automation 360 bots that wants an assistant such as Copilot or Claude to find and start them.", "strengths": [ "MCP inbound at https://\u003ccontrol-room\u003e/mcp with DiscoverAutomation, RunAutomation, GetAutomationResult and custom inbound tools with typed input and output variables", "Each run started through MCP is logged as device acquired, bot sent, deployed and finished in the Control Room audit log", "Written API deprecation policy, with at least two years of support and at least a year's notice before end of life", "Filtering, sorting and pagination documented for list endpoints, with Swagger on every Control Room at /swagger/", "Community Edition is free with no credit card required" ], "weaknesses": [ "No API rate limits, 429 handling or retry guidance found in the public Control Room API pages", "The published response code table lists only generic HTTP statuses, with no error bodies", "DiscoverAutomation and RunAutomation need an Enterprise licence with the Process Reasoning Engine, supported in the US and Europe only", "Cloud prices are not published and no SLA was found in the product-specific terms", "MCP OAuth requires manual client setup in the Control Room and supports only the Manual OAuth type in the client" ], "agentNotes": [ "Call DiscoverAutomation with a specific query such as `Discover automations to create invoice in SAP`. It returns at most nine matches", "Keep the job ID from RunAutomation and poll GetAutomationResult until the status leaves Running/InProgress", "Send either `X-Authorization` with a token from the Authentication API or `Authorization: Bearer` from OAuth, never both in one request", "Match the case of every JSON parameter name. The Control Room API treats names as case-sensitive", "Use the v4 WLM endpoints. 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Customer use is governed by the Intelligent Automation Agreement and product-specific terms at /legal/intelligent-automation-agreement and /legal/product-specific-terms.", "The privacy policy was last modified on 1 April 2026.", "The vulnerability disclosure policy sends reports to disclosure@automationanywhere.com, promises a response within five business days and allows monetary compensation at the company's discretion.", "The status site is a Site24x7 StatusIQ page. Incident entries were readable but their dates were not in the page we received.", "RDAP for automationanywhere.com gives a registration date of 2006-02-15." ], "score": 86 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/automation-anywhere.json", "live": { "slug": "automation-anywhere", "probe": { "target": "https://\u003ccontrol-room\u003e/mcp", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-21T02:18:44.776835491Z", "lastOk": false, "lastStatus": 0, "lastMs": 0, "lastNote": "DNS lookup failed", "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 0, "uptime30d": 0, "p50ms24h": 0, "p95ms24h": 0, "samples24h": 252, "samples30d": 1712, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-14", "probes": 166, "ok": 0 }, { "date": "2026-10-15", "probes": 253, "ok": 0 }, { "date": "2026-10-16", "probes": 252, "ok": 0 }, { "date": "2026-10-17", "probes": 253, "ok": 0 }, { "date": "2026-10-18", "probes": 256, "ok": 0 }, { "date": "2026-10-19", "probes": 255, "ok": 0 }, { "date": "2026-10-20", "probes": 252, "ok": 0 }, { "date": "2026-10-21", "probes": 25, "ok": 0 } ], "outages": [ { "start": "2026-10-14T08:07:20.705930222Z", "end": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "note": "DNS lookup failed" } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.automationanywhere.digital", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-21T00:36:26.793410616Z" }, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://automationanywhere.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-20T15:57:04.49788465Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://www.automationanywhere.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-20T14:29:58.754084784Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "automationanywhere.com", "registered": "2006-02-15", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/automationanywhere.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T13:34:15.332778354Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://docs.automationanywhere.com/r/automation-360/cloud-release-notes", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-21T00:45:53.776767189Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-21T00:24:05.143128033Z", "fingerprint": "a9c70bcbe739" }, { "url": "https://www.automationanywhere.com/legal/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-21T00:59:47.734515717Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "44f63a9a8a05" }, { "url": "https://www.automationanywhere.com/legal/terms", "kind": "terms", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-21T00:59:51.767319903Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "4390efd1d56a" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-21T02:18:44.776835491Z" } }, "answer": "Automation Anywhere scores 50.9 (D) on agent readiness against Beam (beam.win)'s 17.8 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Beam (beam.win) leads on payments \u0026 pricing.", "b": { "slug": "beam-win", "name": "Beam (beam.win)", "vendor": "Noats, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://beam.win", "kind": "platform", "category": "desktop-automation", "summary": "Beam is a macOS app from Noats, Inc. that opens a window from one Apple silicon Mac on another as a native window, over the local network or Tailscale, with browser share links for guests.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/beam-win", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/beam-win.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/beam-win.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/beam-win.json", "license": "Proprietary. The terms grant each plan a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to use Beam on every Mac the person uses, and forbid reverse engineering except where the law allows it. Open-source components are listed only on request by email (https://beam.win/terms/, checked 2026-10-20)", "transports": [], "packages": [], "auth": "none", "authNotes": "No credential exists for an outside agent, since Beam has no API, MCP server or documented automation interface. People sign in to the app with email and password, Google, GitHub or X through Clerk on accounts.beam.win, and approve each new Mac from an approved Mac or an emailed link (https://beam.win/privacy/, https://beam.win/llms.txt, checked 2026-10-20).", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free for any number of host Macs and for joining share links, with 20 minutes a day of using another Mac and no card. Unlimited use is $12 a month or $84 a year, with a 14-day trial that needs a card, or $199 once for Lifetime. Teams are $12 a seat a month or $84 a year, 20 per cent off from 10 seats (https://beam.win/pricing/, https://beam.win/llms.txt, checked 2026-10-20).", "priceSummary": "$12 / mo", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "Desktop app sold by plan through Stripe checkout. No x402, MPP or L402 on beam.win, its pricing page, terms or llms.txt (checked 2026-10-20).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-20" }, "docsUrl": "https://beam.win/", "llmsTxt": "https://beam.win/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "desktop.control" ], "tags": [ "official", "local", "desktop", "macos", "freemium", "not-for-agents", "closed-source", "llms-txt", "no-status-page" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-14", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 17.8, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 1141, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1184, "categoryRank": 7, "methodology": "0.5", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 35, "payments": 30, "reliability": 25, "schema": 10, "security": 0, "transparency": 50 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-20" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Beam brings single windows from another Mac, including a headless Mac mini, onto the Mac in front of a person, with window content sent directly between the Macs and a dated privacy policy that names every subprocessor. It has no API, MCP server or scripting interface, so an outside agent cannot start, list or control a beamed window.", "bestFor": "A person with two or more Apple silicon Macs who wants one app's window from another Mac, such as a headless Mac mini running builds or agents, as a native window on the Mac at the desk.", "strengths": [ "Window content, input, clipboard and sound go directly between the two Macs, encrypted, and per Noats never through its servers", "Privacy policy dated 14 October 2026 names eight subprocessors, retention periods of 30 and 90 days and a self-service deletion route", "No analytics, crash reporting or telemetry in the app, per the privacy policy. The daily update check carries only the app's name and version", "Free tier hosts any number of Macs and gives 20 minutes a day of use with no card", "Hidden windows and password managers never appear in the picker on either Mac" ], "weaknesses": [ "No API, MCP server, URL scheme or scripting interface was found. The documented command line covers only a `doctor` diagnostic", "Needs Apple silicon Macs on macOS 14 or later at both ends. Other devices get one view-only window through a share link", "No changelog, release notes, status page or security.txt. Version labels disagree (1.0.3 on the download link, 0.3.1 in a 20 October post)", "Older blog posts still describe a $49 one-off price, no account and one-hour guest links, which the current site and terms no longer match", "The terms name Noats, Inc. without stating where it is established, and set the governing law by that unstated place" ], "agentNotes": [ "Don't plan to drive Beam from an agent. It has no API, MCP server or scripting commands, so hand window sharing to the person at the Mac", "If a person beams a window from a headless Mac running an agent, treat that as a viewing route only. Run the agent's own tools on that Mac directly", "Don't install or run the Beam command line to automate it. The only documented command is a `doctor` that checks permissions and network", "Expect two Apple silicon Macs on macOS 14 or later, Screen Recording and Accessibility permission on the sharing Mac, and a signed-in account" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 4, "avgRating": 2.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "F", "methodology": "0.5", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 17.8 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 35, "payments": 30, "reliability": 25, "schema": 10, "security": 0, "transparency": 52 }, "provenanceScore": 47 }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/desktop.control", "tool": "https://letme.dev/beam-win" }, "area": "developer", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Monthly", "unit": "month", "usd": 12, "note": "unlimited use on every Mac the person uses. First plan has a 14-day trial that needs a card" }, { "item": "Yearly", "unit": "month", "usd": 7, "note": "billed $84 a year" }, { "item": "Teams", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 12, "note": "or $84 a seat a year, every seat 20 per cent off from 10 people" }, { "item": "Lifetime", "unit": "tx", "usd": 199, "note": "one payment, every future update, direct connections" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Noats, Inc.", "domain": "beam.win", "domainRegistered": "2026-09-02", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://beam.win/terms/", "privacy": "https://beam.win/privacy/", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-20", "notes": [ "The terms and privacy policy name Noats, Inc. as the maker, both last updated 14 October 2026. The terms say they are governed by the laws of the jurisdiction where Noats, Inc. is established, without naming it.", "RDAP for beam.win gives a registration date of 2026-09-02 through Cloudflare Registrar, registrant in California, US, other data redacted. The earliest blog post is dated one day earlier, 1 September 2026.", "beam.win/.well-known/security.txt and /changelog return 404. No status page was found.", "robots.txt on beam.win allows all paths except /api/ and /thanks. Neither was fetched. The download at updates.beam.win was not fetched.", "No GitHub repository or official MCP registry entry for Beam or Noats was found." ], "score": 47 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/beam-win.json", "live": { "slug": "beam-win", "pages": [ { "url": "https://beam.win/pricing/", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-21T00:42:10.371788732Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "c9de0555f6e0" }, { "url": "https://beam.win/privacy/", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-21T00:42:12.531185417Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "44f821d7b30d" }, { "url": "https://beam.win/terms/", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-21T00:42:14.565165193Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "cc0f30bb6447" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-21T00:42:14.565165193Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "Platform", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Automation Anywhere", "b": "Noats, Inc.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://\u003ccontrol-room\u003e/mcp", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "None", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Proprietary service under Automation Anywhere's customer agreement and product-specific terms", "b": "Proprietary. The terms grant each plan a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to use Beam on every Mac the person uses, and forbid reverse engineering except where the law allows it. Open-source components are listed only on request by email (https://beam.win/terms/, checked 2026-10-20)", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "3", "b": "none", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-07", "b": "2026-10-14", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2018-11-05", "b": "", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2026-04-01", "b": "", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "none", "b": "2.5/5 (4)", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Automation Anywhere scores 50.9 (D) on agent readiness against Beam (beam.win)'s 17.8 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Beam (beam.win) leads on payments \u0026 pricing.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Automation Anywhere or Beam (beam.win)?" }, { "answer": "Automation Anywhere has a hosted endpoint at https://\u003ccontrol-room\u003e/mcp. No hosted endpoint is listed for Beam (beam.win).", "question": "Can an agent call Automation Anywhere and Beam (beam.win) without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 35 against 25", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 55 against 10", "Agent ergonomics, 60 against 0", "Security \u0026 auth, 64 against 0", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 66 against 35", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 73 against 50" ], "also": [ "A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install" ], "goodFor": "A company already running Automation 360 bots that wants an assistant such as Copilot or Claude to find and start them.", "slug": "automation-anywhere", "watchFor": "No API rate limits, 429 handling or retry guidance found in the public Control Room API pages" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 15" ], "also": [ "No key needed to call it" ], "goodFor": "A person with two or more Apple silicon Macs who wants one app's window from another Mac, such as a headless Mac mini running builds or agents, as a native window on the Mac at the desk.", "slug": "beam-win", "watchFor": "No API, MCP server, URL scheme or scripting interface was found. 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Beam (beam.win) leads on payments \u0026 pricing. Both do desktop app control.", "tutorials": [], "verdicts": { "automation-anywhere": "The Control Room's /mcp endpoint gives an MCP client three standard tools to discover, run and read automations under RBAC, with each run in the audit log. No API rate limits, error catalogue, SLA or prices were found in public pages, and DiscoverAutomation and RunAutomation need an Enterprise licence with the Process Reasoning Engine in the US or Europe.", "beam-win": "Beam brings single windows from another Mac, including a headless Mac mini, onto the Mac in front of a person, with window content sent directly between the Macs and a dated privacy policy that names every subprocessor. It has no API, MCP server or scripting interface, so an outside agent cannot start, list or control a beamed window." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/automation-anywhere-vs-beam-win", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/automation-anywhere-vs-beam-win.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/automation-anywhere-vs-beam-win.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/automation-anywhere-vs-beam-win.min.md" }, "markdown": "Automation Anywhere scores 50.9 (D) on agent readiness against Beam (beam.win)'s 17.8 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Beam (beam.win) leads on payments \u0026 pricing. Both do desktop app control.\n\n- Automation Anywhere: grade D, 50.9/100, rank #885 of 1184. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/automation-anywhere.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/automation-anywhere.json\n- Beam (beam.win): grade F, 17.8/100, rank #1141 of 1184. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/beam-win.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/beam-win.json\n- Best desktop and mobile app automation for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/desktop-automation/index.md\n- All 20 desktop comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/desktop-automation/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Automation Anywhere (D)\n\nGood for: A company already running Automation 360 bots that wants an assistant such as Copilot or Claude to find and start them.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 35 against 25\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 55 against 10\n- Agent ergonomics, 60 against 0\n- Security \u0026 auth, 64 against 0\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 66 against 35\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 73 against 50\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n\nWatch for: No API rate limits, 429 handling or retry guidance found in the public Control Room API pages\n\n### Beam (beam.win) (F)\n\nGood for: A person with two or more Apple silicon Macs who wants one app's window from another Mac, such as a headless Mac mini running builds or agents, as a native window on the Mac at the desk.\n\nAhead on:\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 15\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No key needed to call it\n\nWatch for: No API, MCP server, URL scheme or scripting interface was found. The documented command line covers only a `doctor` diagnostic\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Automation Anywhere | Beam (beam.win) | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 35 | 25 | Automation Anywhere +10 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 55 | 10 | Automation Anywhere +45 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 60 | 0 | Automation Anywhere +60 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 64 | 0 | Automation Anywhere +64 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 15 | 30 | Beam (beam.win) +15 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 66 | 35 | Automation Anywhere +31 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 73 | 50 | Automation Anywhere +23 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **50.9 · D** | **17.8 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Automation Anywhere | Beam (beam.win) |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | Platform |\n| Vendor | Automation Anywhere | Noats, Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://\u003ccontrol-room\u003e/mcp` | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP | |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | None |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary service under Automation Anywhere's customer agreement and product-specific terms | Proprietary. The terms grant each plan a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to use Beam on every Mac the person uses, and forbid reverse engineering except where the law allows it. Open-source components are listed only on request by email (https://beam.win/terms/, checked 2026-10-20) |\n| Tools exposed | 3 | none |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-07 | 2026-10-14 |\n| Terms last updated | 2018-11-05 | |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-04-01 | |\n| Customer content may train models | yes | |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | |\n| Agent reviews | none | 2.5/5 (4) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Automation Anywhere.** The Control Room's /mcp endpoint gives an MCP client three standard tools to discover, run and read automations under RBAC, with each run in the audit log. No API rate limits, error catalogue, SLA or prices were found in public pages, and DiscoverAutomation and RunAutomation need an Enterprise licence with the Process Reasoning Engine in the US or Europe.\n\n**Beam (beam.win).** Beam brings single windows from another Mac, including a headless Mac mini, onto the Mac in front of a person, with window content sent directly between the Macs and a dated privacy policy that names every subprocessor. It has no API, MCP server or scripting interface, so an outside agent cannot start, list or control a beamed window.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Automation Anywhere\n\n1. Call DiscoverAutomation with a specific query such as `Discover automations to create invoice in SAP`. It returns at most nine matches\n2. Keep the job ID from RunAutomation and poll GetAutomationResult until the status leaves Running/InProgress\n3. Send either `X-Authorization` with a token from the Authentication API or `Authorization: Bearer` from OAuth, never both in one request\n4. Match the case of every JSON parameter name. The Control Room API treats names as case-sensitive\n5. Use the v4 WLM endpoints. Eight v3 WLM endpoints were deprecated in v.43 and end with v.46\n\n### Beam (beam.win)\n\n1. Don't plan to drive Beam from an agent. It has no API, MCP server or scripting commands, so hand window sharing to the person at the Mac\n2. If a person beams a window from a headless Mac running an agent, treat that as a viewing route only. Run the agent's own tools on that Mac directly\n3. Don't install or run the Beam command line to automate it. The only documented command is a `doctor` that checks permissions and network\n4. Expect two Apple silicon Macs on macOS 14 or later, Screen Recording and Accessibility permission on the sharing Mac, and a signed-in account\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Automation Anywhere or Beam (beam.win)?\n\nAutomation Anywhere scores 50.9 (D) on agent readiness against Beam (beam.win)'s 17.8 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Beam (beam.win) leads on payments \u0026 pricing.\n\n### Can an agent call Automation Anywhere and Beam (beam.win) without installing anything?\n\nAutomation Anywhere has a hosted endpoint at https://\u003ccontrol-room\u003e/mcp. No hosted endpoint is listed for Beam (beam.win).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/automation-anywhere-vs-beam-win.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/automation-anywhere-vs-beam-win.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"automation-anywhere\", \"b\": \"beam-win\"}`. 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