# Automation Anywhere vs Beam (beam.win) (slim)

> Automation Anywhere scores 50.9 (D) to Beam (beam.win)'s 17.8 (F) for desktop app control. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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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 & pricing. Both do desktop app control.

- Automation Anywhere: D 50.9, rank #887 of 1197 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/automation-anywhere.min.md
- Beam (beam.win): F 17.8, rank #1151 of 1197 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/beam-win.min.md
- Automation Anywhere, good for A company already running Automation 360 bots that wants an assistant such as Copilot or Claude to find and start them. Ahead on Reliability, 35 against 25; Schema & documentation, 55 against 10; Agent ergonomics, 60 against 0; Security & auth, 64 against 0; Maintenance & community, 66 against 35; Transparency & trust, 73 against 50. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.
- Beam (beam.win), good 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. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 30 against 15. Also No key needed to call it.

| Category | Automation Anywhere | Beam (beam.win) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 35 | 25 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 55 | 10 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 60 | 0 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 64 | 0 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 15 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 66 | 35 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 73 | 50 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Automation Anywhere | Beam (beam.win) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | Platform |
| Vendor | Automation Anywhere | Noats, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://<control-room>/mcp` | no (local only) |
| Transports | HTTP |  |
| Auth | OAuth or key | None |
| 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) |
| Tools exposed | 3 | none |
| Last release | 2026-10-07 | 2026-10-14 |
| Terms last updated | 2018-11-05 |  |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-04-01 |  |
| Customer content may train models | yes |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text |  |
| Agent reviews | none | 2.5/5 (4) |