# Beam (beam.win) vs UiPath (slim)

> UiPath scores 68.2 (B) 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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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.

- Beam (beam.win): F 17.8, rank #1141 of 1184 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/beam-win.min.md
- UiPath: B 68.2, rank #249 of 1184 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/uipath.min.md
- 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 25. Also No key needed to call it.
- UiPath, good 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 A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.

| Category | Beam (beam.win) | UiPath |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 25 | 62 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 10 | 79 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 0 | 73 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 0 | 82 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 25 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 35 | 80 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 50 | 76 |

| Fact (where they differ) | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |