{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "robocorp", "name": "Robocorp", "vendor": "Sema4.ai", "vendorUrl": "https://sema4.ai", "kind": "sdk", "category": "desktop-automation", "summary": "Robocorp's open-source automation stack for Python, now run by Sema4.ai, with libraries for Windows desktop, cross-platform desktop, browser and document automation. Tasks run locally through `rcc` or Python, with Control Room as the hosted orchestrator.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/robocorp", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/robocorp.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/robocorp.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/robocorp.json", "repo": "https://github.com/robocorp/rpaframework", "license": "Apache-2.0", "transports": [], "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "rpaframework" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "robocorp" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "robocorp-windows" } ], "auth": "none", "authNotes": "No account or key for the libraries, which run on the owner's machine. Control Room services (work items, vault, storage) need a Control Room workspace and its credentials. Locally, the vault reads secrets from a file named in `RC_VAULT_SECRETS_FILE`.", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "The libraries and rcc are free under Apache-2.0. 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Sema4.ai's pages were not readable (checked 2026-10-14).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 1575, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": 61263, "asOf": "2026-10-14" }, "docsUrl": "https://rpaframework.org/", "capabilities": [ "desktop.rpa", "desktop.control", "desktop.orchestration", "desktop.scripting", "browser.control" ], "tags": [ "open-source", "local", "python", "free", "rpa", "windows", "cli", "agent-skill" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-04", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 65.5, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 337, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1076, "categoryRank": 3, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 59, "maintenance": 81, "payments": 60, "reliability": 87, "schema": 65, "security": 44, "transparency": 65 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-14" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "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.", "bestFor": "Python RPA on Windows desktops, browsers and documents, written or run by a coding agent.", "strengths": [ "Apache-2.0 packages on PyPI, rpaframework 33.0.2 (4 October 2026) and robocorp 3.1.4 (28 September 2026)", "RPA.Windows and robocorp.windows drive Windows controls by locator, and RPA.Desktop is a cross-platform library for keyboard, mouse and screen", "rpaframework's main and Windows CI workflows passed on master on 4 October 2026", "The robocorp repository ships an agent skill and a Claude Code plugin for building and running task packages, added 1 October 2026", "robocorp.log hides values with sensitive names and values passed to `hide_from_output`" ], "weaknesses": [ "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", "The repository's own agent skill says the rcc release page blocks automated requests and asks the user to fetch the download link", "Of the 15 newest open rpaframework issues and pull requests, 8 had no reply, including Windows automation issues open since 2024", "No SECURITY.md in either repository and no published advisories", "rpaframework.org has no llms.txt and loads Google Analytics on its documentation pages" ], "agentNotes": [ "Install libraries with `pip install robocorp` and add `rpaframework` or `robocorp-windows` separately. 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" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 65.5 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 59, "maintenance": 81, "payments": 60, "reliability": 87, "schema": 65, "security": 44, "transparency": 56 }, "provenanceScore": 73 }, "connect": { "install": "pip install robocorp rpaframework", "claudeCode": "claude plugin marketplace add robocorp/robocorp\nclaude plugin install robocorp-automation@robocorp" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/desktop.rpa", "tool": "https://letme.dev/robocorp" }, "area": "developer", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Sema4.ai (full legal name not confirmed)", "domain": "robocorp.com", "domainRegistered": "2005-05-31", "domainNote": "robocorp.com redirects to sema4.ai. RDAP gives robocorp.com a registration date of 2005-05-31. robocorp.com/.well-known/security.txt redirects to sema4.ai, whose robots.txt disallows /.well-known/, so it was not fetched.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "", "privacy": "", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://rpaframework.org/releasenotes.html", "securityTxt": "unknown", "checked": "2026-10-14", "notes": [ "sema4.ai answered every page request with a bot check except robots.txt, so its terms and privacy policy were not read and `terms` and `privacy` are left out.", "The libraries are Apache-2.0 and run on the owner's machine. PyPI metadata names Sema4.ai as author of the robocorp packages.", "The changelog link is RPA Framework's release notes. Each robocorp package keeps its own docs/CHANGELOG.md." ], "score": 73 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/robocorp.json" }, "answer": "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 \u0026 pricing.", "b": { "slug": "uipath", "name": "UiPath", "vendor": "UiPath", "vendorUrl": "https://www.uipath.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "desktop-automation", "summary": "UiPath is a robotic process automation platform whose hosted Orchestrator runs robots that operate desktop, web and Windows applications. Outside agents start and monitor jobs through the Orchestrator API or folder-scoped MCP servers in Automation Cloud.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/uipath", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/uipath.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/uipath.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/uipath.json", "license": "Proprietary service under the UiPath Master Software and Services Agreement, the Community Agreement for the free plan", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://cloud.uipath.com/{org}/{tenant}/agenthub_/mcp/{folderKey}/{slug}", "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "uipath" } ], "auth": "oauth", "authNotes": "OAuth 2.0 throughout. MCP servers take a bearer token on every request from four sources. The MCP OAuth flow (authorisation server discovery, Client ID Metadata Documents or dynamic client registration, tokens bound to one server by RFC 8707 resource indicators, gated by an AI Trust Layer policy that is off unless an administrator enables it). Personal access tokens with chosen Orchestrator scopes and a lifetime of up to one year. External applications using client credentials (the only unattended route) or user scopes with PKCE. Interactive login through `uipath auth`, with one-hour tokens. The caller needs `MCPServers.View` in the folder, and Coded and Command servers also need `Jobs.Create`. Access is the intersection of token scopes and folder roles.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "The Community plan is free with no time limit, by direct sign-up, with one tenant, one Pro and one Plus user, one Unattended Robot and a monthly Credits pool. Basic starts at $25 a month with two robots and limited agent calls, hosted in Europe. Standard (60-day free trial) and Enterprise are priced by sales, and user and robot licences are sold across tiers without published prices. Whether a card is needed for Community was not stated (checked 2026-10-14).", "priceSummary": "$25 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the Orchestrator API guide, the MCP server pages or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-14).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-14" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.uipath.com/orchestrator/automation-cloud/latest/user-guide/about-mcp-servers", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.uipath.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "desktop.rpa", "desktop.orchestration", "desktop.control" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "official", "oauth", "enterprise", "odata", "mcp", "python", "closed-source", "audit-log", "freemium", "llms-txt", "webhooks" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-12", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 68.2, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 237, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1076, "categoryRank": 2, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 73, "maintenance": 80, "payments": 25, "reliability": 62, "schema": 79, "security": 82, "transparency": 76 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-14" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "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.", "bestFor": "An agent that needs to drive Windows desktop or legacy applications through robots a company already runs, started as MCP tools or API jobs.", "strengths": [ "Folder-scoped MCP servers turn chosen processes, agents and API workflows into tools at a URL of the form cloud.uipath.com/{org}/{tenant}/agenthub_/mcp/{folderKey}/{slug}", "MCP OAuth flow with Client ID Metadata Documents, dynamic registration and RFC 8707 resource binding, plus PATs scoped to OR.Jobs and OR.Execution", "Rate limits published per endpoint, with Retry-After and X-RateLimit-Remaining headers on 429 responses", "llms.txt index and a Markdown copy of every docs page by adding .md to the URL", "security.txt valid until 2028 pointing to a HackerOne programme, and SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO/IEC 27001 claimed for Automation Cloud" ], "weaknesses": [ "Standard and Enterprise prices are not published, and robot licences are sold through sales", "Status history shows robot job failures in Europe for over seven hours on 10 September 2026 and a certificate expiry hitting several services on 13 October 2026", "No idempotency key was found for StartJobs, and the MCP pages say nothing about readOnlyHint or destructiveHint", "The OpenAPI document is served per tenant behind the Orchestrator URL, not as a public file", "Tools backed by Integration Service activities time out with PATs or client credentials and need user-context sign-in" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send `Authorization: Bearer \u003ctoken\u003e` on every MCP request. The `mcp-session-id` header carries no authentication", "Give a PAT both `OR.Execution` (list tools) and `OR.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-FolderKey` to Orchestrator API calls on folder resources", "Read job outputs with `GET /odata/Jobs({key})`. `GET /odata/Jobs` returns InputArguments and OutputArguments as null and is limited to 100 calls a minute per tenant" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 68.2 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 73, "maintenance": 80, "payments": 25, "reliability": 62, "schema": 79, "security": 82, "transparency": 57 }, "provenanceScore": 94 }, "connect": { "http": "curl -X POST \"https://cloud.uipath.com/{org}/{tenant}/agenthub_/mcp/{folderKey}/{slug}\" \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer $UIPATH_PAT\" \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{\"jsonrpc\":\"2.0\",\"method\":\"initialize\",\"params\":{...},\"id\":1}'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/desktop.rpa", "tool": "https://letme.dev/uipath" }, "area": "developer", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Automation Cloud Basic", "unit": "month", "usd": 25, "note": "starting price, up to 5 Basic, 5 Plus and 1 Pro user, 2 robots, limited agent calls, hosted in Europe" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "UiPath Inc.", "domain": "uipath.com", "domainRegistered": "2011-10-26", "domainNote": "API and MCP endpoints answer on cloud.uipath.com. www.uipath.com/.well-known/security.txt names security@uipath.com and https://hackerone.com/uipath and expires on 2028-06-26.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.uipath.com/legal/trust-and-security/legal-terms", "privacy": "https://www.uipath.com/legal/trust-and-security/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://status.uipath.com", "changelog": "https://docs.uipath.com/orchestrator/automation-cloud/latest/release-notes/october-2026", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-14", "notes": [ "The legal terms page says paid products fall under the UiPath Master Software and Services Agreement signed with each customer, the Community plan under the Community Agreement (updated 27 July 2026) and trials and previews under the Master Evaluation Agreement (updated 12 June 2026). The MSSA itself is not public.", "The same page lists the privacy policy's last update as 30 November 2018. A Data Processing Agreement is published as a download, which we did not read.", "The legal entities named are UiPath SRL, Bucharest, and UiPath Inc., One Vanderbilt Ave., New York.", "status.uipath.com is an Atlassian Statuspage. Its robots.txt disallows /api/, so incident history was read from /history.rss.", "RDAP for uipath.com gives a registration date of 2011-10-26." ], "score": 94 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/uipath.json", "live": { "slug": "uipath", "probe": { "target": "https://cloud.uipath.com/{org}/{tenant}/agenthub_/mcp/{folderKey}/{slug}", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-14T09:42:11.862232308Z", "lastOk": false, "lastStatus": 500, "lastMs": 81, "lastNote": "server error", "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 0, "uptime30d": 0, "p50ms24h": 0, "p95ms24h": 0, "samples24h": 17, "samples30d": 17, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-14", "probes": 17, "ok": 0 } ], "outages": [ { "start": "2026-10-14T08:08:01.334877924Z", "end": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "note": "HTTP 500 server error" } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.uipath.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-14T09:39:45.309729146Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-14T09:42:11.862232308Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "SDK + MCP", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Sema4.ai", "b": "UiPath", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "https://cloud.uipath.com/{org}/{tenant}/agenthub_/mcp/{folderKey}/{slug}", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "None", "b": "OAuth", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Free", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Apache-2.0", "b": "Proprietary service under the UiPath Master Software and Services Agreement, the Community Agreement for the free plan", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "no", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-04", "b": "2026-10-12", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "no document linked", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "no document linked", "b": "no date given", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "", "b": "yes", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "1.6k stars, 61k PyPI/wk", "b": "none", "name": "Popularity" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "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 \u0026 pricing.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Robocorp or UiPath?" }, { "answer": "No hosted endpoint is listed for Robocorp. UiPath has a hosted endpoint at https://cloud.uipath.com/{org}/{tenant}/agenthub_/mcp/{folderKey}/{slug}.", "question": "Can an agent call Robocorp and UiPath without installing anything?" }, { "answer": "Robocorp is open source (Apache-2.0). No open-source release is listed for UiPath.", "question": "Are Robocorp and UiPath open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 87 against 62", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 25" ], "also": [ "No key needed to call it", "Open source" ], "goodFor": "Python RPA on Windows desktops, browsers and documents, written or run by a coding agent.", "slug": "robocorp", "watchFor": "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" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 79 against 65", "Agent ergonomics, 73 against 59", "Security \u0026 auth, 82 against 44", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 76 against 65" ], "also": [ "A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install" ], "goodFor": "An agent that needs to drive Windows desktop or legacy applications through robots a company already runs, started as MCP tools or API jobs.", "slug": "uipath", "watchFor": "Standard and Enterprise prices are not published, and robot licences are sold through sales" } ], "job": { "capability": "desktop.rpa", "name": "Robotic process automation" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/autohotkey-vs-robocorp.json", "title": "AutoHotkey vs Robocorp", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/autohotkey-vs-robocorp" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/autohotkey-vs-uipath.json", "title": "AutoHotkey vs UiPath", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/autohotkey-vs-uipath" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/autoit-vs-robocorp.json", "title": "AutoIt vs Robocorp", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/autoit-vs-robocorp" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/autoit-vs-uipath.json", "title": "AutoIt vs UiPath", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/autoit-vs-uipath" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/automation-anywhere-vs-robocorp.json", "title": "Automation Anywhere vs Robocorp", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/automation-anywhere-vs-robocorp" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/automation-anywhere-vs-uipath.json", "title": "Automation Anywhere vs UiPath", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/automation-anywhere-vs-uipath" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/robocorp-vs-robot-framework.json", "title": "Robocorp vs Robot Framework", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/robocorp-vs-robot-framework" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/robot-framework-vs-uipath.json", "title": "Robot Framework vs UiPath", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/robot-framework-vs-uipath" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 25, "edge": "robocorp", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "robocorp": 87, "uipath": 62, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 14, "edge": "uipath", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "robocorp": 65, "uipath": 79, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 14, "edge": "uipath", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "robocorp": 59, "uipath": 73, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 38, "edge": "uipath", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "robocorp": 44, "uipath": 82, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 35, "edge": "robocorp", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "robocorp": 60, "uipath": 25, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 1, "edge": "robocorp", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "robocorp": 81, "uipath": 80, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 11, "edge": "uipath", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "robocorp": 65, "uipath": 76, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "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 \u0026 pricing. Both do robotic process automation.", "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." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/robocorp-vs-uipath", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/robocorp-vs-uipath.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/robocorp-vs-uipath.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/robocorp-vs-uipath.min.md" }, "markdown": "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 \u0026 pricing. Both do robotic process automation.\n\n- Robocorp: grade B, 65.5/100, rank #337 of 1076. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/robocorp.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/robocorp.json\n- UiPath: grade B, 68.2/100, rank #237 of 1076. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/uipath.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/uipath.json\n- Best desktop and mobile app automation for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/desktop-automation/index.md\n- All 15 desktop comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/desktop-automation/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Robocorp (B)\n\nGood for: Python RPA on Windows desktops, browsers and documents, written or run by a coding agent.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 87 against 62\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 25\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No key needed to call it\n- Open source\n\nWatch 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\n\n### UiPath (B)\n\nGood 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.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 79 against 65\n- Agent ergonomics, 73 against 59\n- Security \u0026 auth, 82 against 44\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 76 against 65\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n\nWatch for: Standard and Enterprise prices are not published, and robot licences are sold through sales\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Robocorp | UiPath | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 87 | 62 | Robocorp +25 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 65 | 79 | UiPath +14 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 59 | 73 | UiPath +14 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 44 | 82 | UiPath +38 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 25 | Robocorp +35 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 81 | 80 | Robocorp +1 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 65 | 76 | UiPath +11 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **65.5 · B** | **68.2 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Robocorp | UiPath |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | SDK + MCP | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Sema4.ai | UiPath |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://cloud.uipath.com/{org}/{tenant}/agenthub_/mcp/{folderKey}/{slug}` |\n| Transports | | HTTP |\n| Auth | None | OAuth |\n| Pricing | Free | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Proprietary service under the UiPath Master Software and Services Agreement, the Community Agreement for the free plan |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-04 | 2026-10-12 |\n| Terms last updated | no document linked | couldn't be read |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | no date given |\n| Customer content may train models | | yes |\n| Terms restrict automated access | | couldn't be read |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | | couldn't be read |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | | couldn't be read |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | | couldn't be read |\n| Popularity | 1.6k stars, 61k PyPI/wk | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**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.\n\n**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.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Robocorp\n\n1. Install libraries with `pip install robocorp` and add `rpaframework` or `robocorp-windows` separately. robocorp-windows is not in the meta-package\n2. Use RPA.Windows or robocorp.windows on Windows only. On macOS or Linux use RPA.Desktop, which works by keyboard, mouse and image matching\n3. Ask the user for the rcc download link for their platform, because the release notes page blocks automated requests\n4. 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\n5. Keep secrets in robocorp.vault or environment variables and register sensitive names with robocorp.log so they are hidden from logs\n\n### UiPath\n\n1. Send `Authorization: Bearer \u003ctoken\u003e` on every MCP request. The `mcp-session-id` header carries no authentication\n2. Give a PAT both `OR.Execution` (list tools) and `OR.Jobs` (run tools), or tool listing or calls fail\n3. Use client credentials from an external application for unattended runs. It is the only method that needs no person at sign-in\n4. Add a folder header such as `X-UIPATH-FolderKey` to Orchestrator API calls on folder resources\n5. Read job outputs with `GET /odata/Jobs({key})`. `GET /odata/Jobs` returns InputArguments and OutputArguments as null and is limited to 100 calls a minute per tenant\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Robocorp or UiPath?\n\nUiPath 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 \u0026 pricing.\n\n### Can an agent call Robocorp and UiPath without installing anything?\n\nNo hosted endpoint is listed for Robocorp. UiPath has a hosted endpoint at https://cloud.uipath.com/{org}/{tenant}/agenthub_/mcp/{folderKey}/{slug}.\n\n### Are Robocorp and UiPath open source?\n\nRobocorp is open source (Apache-2.0). No open-source release is listed for UiPath.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/robocorp-vs-uipath.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/robocorp-vs-uipath.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"robocorp\", \"b\": \"uipath\"}`. 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