The operational efficiency made possible by RPA no longer needs to be demonstrated within companies. In its latest report, the consulting firm Gartner looks at this growing automation market and notes 15 vendors of this cutting-edge software. UiPath and microsoft (Power Automate), StoryShaper partners, are placed at the top of the ranking among market leaders.

Methodology and strategic approach

In this report, the consulting firm Gartner, a specialist in digital transformation and automation, focuses on transformational technologies or approaches that meet the needs of end users. It assesses the RPA software product providers not service providers that use RPA capabilities licensed by another vendor.

Above all, it appears that the RPA software market remains a rapidly growing segment. Its revenue grew by 31% to $2.4 billion in 2021, well above the global software market's average growth rate of 16%. It is very competitive, with a constantly evolving supplier landscape. In fact, the market included more than 60 suppliers as of mid-2022 and has seen frequent mergers and acquisitions over the past year.

RPA is used in various business functions to automate tactical tasks. It allows you to record or program a process or a human task in a software script, deployed and executed at different execution times. It is mainly aimed at developers, software engineers, orchestrators, BPM experts, robot administrators or even managers of centers of excellence.

Market study: UiPath and Microsoft at the forefront

Market leaders have a thorough understanding of its realities, a reliable history and the ability to attract and retain their customers. They also demonstrate a strong understanding of their customers' needs and identify opportunities to add new products and services to their core RPA offerings.

UiPath and Microsoft (Power Automate)) are ranked at the top of the hierarchy. Here's how Gartner analyzes the strengths of our two RPA partners.

UiPath

Market leader in RPA, the platform UiPath offers rich features governance, a user-friendly interface for citizen developers, improved computer vision, and a cloud-based RPA service.

Our partner is present all over the world and caters to all buyer segments, from SMEs to international companies. Recent enhancements to the platform include cloud-based RPA robots (SaaS), API automation for modern systems, point-and-click configuration of document ML models, DevOps lifecycle control, and the integration of UiPath Apps (LCAP) into its RPA.

• Product strategy : UiPath has a strong reputation and is significantly influencing the market discourse on process automation. His vision includes a integrated low-code platform that includes RPA, application development, IDP, process exploration, test automation, cloud delivery, and API integration. The platform thus targets a broad range of user personas across the process automation lifecycle, from software engineers to business technologists and fusion teams.

• Global sustainability : UiPath is by far The largest RPA provider by revenue. Thanks to its vast ecosystem of partners and the global demand of its customers, UiPath has a compelling vision for building a platform that can meet customer automation needs.

• Customer ecosystem : UiPath has a diverse customer base of more than 10,000 businesses across all vertical sectors. Customers who need to automate sector-specific processes can thus take advantage of its extensive partner ecosystem. The latter provides industry experience, references and pre-created assets. Finally, UiPath recently announced its pre-built automation solutions for finance, healthcare, and other use cases.

microsoft

Right behind UiPath is Microsoft (Power Automate), our second partner in automation solutions through RPA.

Its RPA product, Power Automate, is a Azure-based automation platform. Power Automate for Desktop (PAD), part of the larger Power Automate ecosystem, is included with user machines running Windows 11. It provides API integration and orchestration, IDP, task mining, OCR, AI, and other built-in functions.

La notoriety And thegeographical influence from Microsoft need no introduction. For its part, its RPA roadmap includes consumption-based pricing and auto-scaling automation. Microsoft has thus acquired Clear Software in October 2021 to improve its iPaaS, BPA and Power Automate offerings. In March 2022, it acquired Minit to improve its process exploration capabilities.

• Microsoft 365 and Power Platform : Power Automate is an attractive RPA product for many customers because of its proximity to other components of the Power Platform ecosystem and Microsoft 365. Microsoft customers can often get Power Automate as part of their Microsoft 365 enterprise license at a discounted price, which can reduce the initial cost of starting RPA, and provides a familiar look and feel for frequent users of Microsoft applications.

• Microsoft ecosystem : Microsoft has a vast global customer base, and over 500,000 organizations use Power Automate. The Power platform also has a solid partner ecosystem, with over 500 implementation partners and a community of over two million users.

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Sources: StoryShaper, Gartner, UiPath, Microsoft