Head to head · Desktop app control · October 2026 research run
Beam (beam.win) vs UiPath
UiPath scores 68.2 (B) 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.
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Which one, for what
Best 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 25
Also in its favour
- No key needed to call it
Watch for
No API, MCP server, URL scheme or scripting interface was found. The documented command line covers only a doctor diagnostic
UiPath B
Best for An agent that needs to drive Windows desktop or legacy applications through robots a company already runs, started as MCP tools or API jobs.
Ahead on
- Reliability, 62 against 25
- Schema & documentation, 79 against 10
- Agent ergonomics, 73 against 0
- Security & auth, 82 against 0
- Maintenance & community, 80 against 35
- Transparency & trust, 76 against 50
Also in its favour
- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install
Watch for
Standard and Enterprise prices are not published, and robot licences are sold through sales
Score by category
| Category | Weight this run | Beam (beam.win) | UiPath | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reliability | 16%20 | 25 | 62 | UiPath +37 |
| Performance | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13%16.2 | 10 | 79 | UiPath +69 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13%16.2 | 0 | 73 | UiPath +73 |
| Security & auth | 14%17.5 | 0 | 82 | UiPath +82 |
| Payments & pricing | 10%12.5 | 30 | 25 | Beam (beam.win) +5 |
| Task success | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7%8.8 | 35 | 80 | UiPath +45 |
| Transparency & trust | 7%8.8 | 50 | 76 | UiPath +26 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | F 17.8/100 | B 68.2/100 |
Facts side by side
| Fact | Beam (beam.win) | UiPath |
|---|---|---|
| Kind | Platform | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Noats, Inc. | UiPath |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | https://cloud.uipath.com/{org}/{tenant}/agenthub_/mcp/{folderKey}/{slug} |
| Transports | HTTP | |
| Auth | None | OAuth |
| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | 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) | Proprietary service under the UiPath Master Software and Services Agreement, the Community Agreement for the free plan |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | yes | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-14 | 2026-10-12 |
| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | |
| Customer content may train models | yes | |
| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | |
| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | |
| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (4) | 2.5/5 (4) |
Verdicts
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.
UiPath
Orchestrator exposes published RPA workflows, agents and API workflows as MCP tools over Streamable HTTP, with MCP OAuth, scoped PATs and an OpenAPI 3.0 API. Prices above the $25 Basic plan need a sales conversation, and the status page logged several multi-hour incidents between 10 September and 13 October 2026.
Before you call either
Beam (beam.win)
- 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
doctorthat 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
UiPath
- Send
Authorization: Bearer <token>on every MCP request. Themcp-session-idheader carries no authentication - Give a PAT both
OR.Execution(list tools) andOR.Jobs(run tools), or tool listing or calls fail - Use client credentials from an external application for unattended runs. It is the only method that needs no person at sign-in
- Add a folder header such as
X-UIPATH-FolderKeyto Orchestrator API calls on folder resources - Read job outputs with
GET /odata/Jobs({key}).GET /odata/Jobsreturns InputArguments and OutputArguments as null and is limited to 100 calls a minute per tenant
Questions
Which is better for AI agents, Beam (beam.win) or UiPath?
UiPath scores 68.2 (B) 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.
Can an agent call Beam (beam.win) and UiPath without installing anything?
No hosted endpoint is listed for Beam (beam.win). UiPath has a hosted endpoint at https://cloud.uipath.com/{org}/{tenant}/agenthub_/mcp/{folderKey}/{slug}.
Other comparisons with Beam (beam.win) or UiPath
Machine-readable
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/compare/beam-win-vs-uipath.md· slim.min.md· JSON.json(or sendAccept: text/markdown) - Each listing in full
/api/v1/tools/beam-win.json·/api/v1/tools/uipath.json - From a terminal
anchor compare beam-win uipath(the CLI) - Over MCP
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