Head to head · Robotic process automation · October 2026 research run
Robocorp vs UiPath
UiPath scores 68.2 (B) on agent readiness against Robocorp's 65.5 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Robocorp leads on reliability and payments & pricing. Both do robotic process automation.
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Which one, for what
Robocorp B
Best for Python RPA on Windows desktops, browsers and documents, written or run by a coding agent.
Ahead on
- Reliability, 87 against 62
- Payments & pricing, 60 against 25
Also in its favour
- No key needed to call it
- Open source
Watch for
robocorp.com redirects to sema4.ai, which answered our reader with a bot check, so the docs, Control Room pricing and terms were not read
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
- Schema & documentation, 79 against 65
- Agent ergonomics, 73 against 59
- Security & auth, 82 against 44
- Transparency & trust, 76 against 65
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 | Robocorp | UiPath | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reliability | 16%20 | 87 | 62 | Robocorp +25 |
| Performance | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13%16.2 | 65 | 79 | UiPath +14 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13%16.2 | 59 | 73 | UiPath +14 |
| Security & auth | 14%17.5 | 44 | 82 | UiPath +38 |
| Payments & pricing | 10%12.5 | 60 | 25 | Robocorp +35 |
| Task success | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7%8.8 | 81 | 80 | Robocorp +1 |
| Transparency & trust | 7%8.8 | 65 | 76 | UiPath +11 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | B 65.5/100 | B 68.2/100 |
Facts side by side
| Fact | Robocorp | UiPath |
|---|---|---|
| Kind | SDK + MCP | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Sema4.ai | UiPath |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | https://cloud.uipath.com/{org}/{tenant}/agenthub_/mcp/{folderKey}/{slug} |
| Transports | HTTP | |
| Auth | None | OAuth |
| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | 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 | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-04 | 2026-10-12 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | couldn't be read |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 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 | |
| Popularity | 1.6k stars, 61k PyPI/wk | none |
Verdicts
Robocorp
Apache-2.0 libraries with passing CI, releases in the last month and an agent skill in the repository make it practical for agent-written desktop automation. robocorp.com now redirects to Sema4.ai, whose docs, pricing, terms and rcc downloads sit behind a bot check, and recent library issues mostly go unanswered.
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
Robocorp
- Install libraries with
pip install robocorpand addrpaframeworkorrobocorp-windowsseparately. robocorp-windows is not in the meta-package - Use RPA.Windows or robocorp.windows on Windows only. On macOS or Linux use RPA.Desktop, which works by keyboard, mouse and image matching
- Ask the user for the rcc download link for their platform, because the release notes page blocks automated requests
- Run a task package with
rcc task run --robot robot.yaml --task "TASK NAME"and read the final status as well as the log output - Keep secrets in robocorp.vault or environment variables and register sensitive names with robocorp.log so they are hidden from logs
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, Robocorp or UiPath?
UiPath scores 68.2 (B) on agent readiness against Robocorp's 65.5 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Robocorp leads on reliability and payments & pricing.
Can an agent call Robocorp and UiPath without installing anything?
No hosted endpoint is listed for Robocorp. UiPath has a hosted endpoint at https://cloud.uipath.com/{org}/{tenant}/agenthub_/mcp/{folderKey}/{slug}.
Are Robocorp and UiPath open source?
Robocorp is open source (Apache-2.0). No open-source release is listed for UiPath.
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