--- description: In this article, we will look at the top four robotic process automation software businesses can use to automate labour-intensive tasks. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/getapp/og_logo-94fd2a03a6c7a0e54fc0c9e21a1c0ce9.png title: Top 4 robotic process automation tools for your business --- # Top 4 robotic process automation tools for your business Canonical: https://www.getapp.co.uk/blog/2674/top-robotic-process-automation-tools Published on 29/04/2022 | Written by Sukanya Awasthi. ![Top 4 robotic process automation tools for your business](https://images.ctfassets.net/63bmaubptoky/J-9rF0vhLCSNNc55UaDBbFSwDC1sVc_2IDHDFYTtGIM/1223d7fae5b11358174ab3da3a7beebb/Robotic-process-automation-tool-UK-GA-Header.jpg) > Administrative chores can take up a lot of time and possibly reduce the productivity of employees. A robotic process automation (RPA) system can help companies automate mundane, repetitive and labour-intensive tasks, and cut costs. ----- ## Article Content Administrative chores can take up a lot of time and possibly reduce the productivity of employees. A robotic process automation (RPA) system can help companies automate mundane, repetitive and labour-intensive tasks, and cut costs.In this article1.Hexomatic2. Lucy3. Microsoft Power Automate4. UiPathRPA is one of the fastest-growing technologies in the software market, according to a Gartner report (full report available to clients). The report also states that the RPA software market grew to US$1.9 billion in 2020. Businesses across the world may be looking to automate processes and workflows, and COVID-19 has possibly added to the need for improved and more integrated technologies. Before we delve deeper into the top four robotic process automation tools for your business, let us first understand RPA technology.What is robotic process automation? Robotic process automation is technology that automates business activities like extracting data, filling out forms, transferring files etc, using logical and structured inputs. Software robots operating on a real or virtual machine are the ‘robots’ in robotic process automation. In simple words, RPA has the ability to help businesses automate and optimise manual processes with the aim to reduce repetitive tasks.This article offers a curated list of the best four RPA tools which small to midsize enterprises (SMEs) can use to automate mundane and manual tasks. The tools listed below are arranged in alphabetical order. We have chosen these software based on the following factors, and the full methodology can be found at the bottom of the article:Have an overall rating of at least 4/5 stars by usersHave at least 15 user reviews in the last one year (from April 2021 to April 2022)Meet the market definition of robotic process automation software 1.Hexomatic Hexomatic’s automation feature lets users pick from 90+ built-in automation processes \[Source: GetApp\]Value for money – 5/5Features – 4.5/5Ease of use – 4.3/5Customer support – 5/5Hexomatic is a cloud-based no-code automation platform that enables enterprises to automate time-consuming processes using 90+ pre-built automation processes. The tool allows users to build such processes using Lego-style drag-and-drop blocks to automate repetitive operations at scale. Hexomatic offers services like scraping and analysing listings from any website by capturing product names, descriptions, prices, images etc, of the data, calculating the word count, or extracting search engine optimisation (SEO) meta titles and meta descriptions for product pages. The software can also capture screenshots of specific URLs in bulk and convert files and images of different file types. Additionally, Hexomatic also offers competitor analysis for monitoring competitor pricing and customer reviews, finding fresh sales prospects using their search automation and email scraper features and detecting the tech stack —a combination of technology used to build an application— of other websites. Hexomatic also offers software integrations with a variety of tools. The tool comes with a free version, and more information on the paid version can be found at hexomatic.com. Read More 2. Lucy Lucy’s order processing feature helps automate the sales order entry process \[Source: GetApp\]Value for money – 4.4/5Features – 4.3/5Ease of use – 4.3/5Customer support – 4.8/5Lucy is a cloud-based order processing tool for SMEs that can help them evaluate, collect, and produce sales orders. It allows wholesalers to collect data linked to sales orders in their existing enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, such as purchase formats and stock codes. The tool can also flag incorrect stock codes or prices for review using artificial intelligence (AI). Using Lucy, managers can map purchase orders by marking sections in the document that correlate to fields like the order number, delivery address, date, stock code, customer code, quantity, and item price. Using this tool, managers get email notifications when new customers, erroneous codes, or typos in sales orders are detected, helping to ensure accurate consumer pricing and adherence to company regulations. The software comes with a free trial, and paid versions are available via monthly subscriptions. More information on the paid versions can be found at letlucy.com. Read More 3. Microsoft Power Automate Process mining can help capture and analyse the activities of a desktop \[Source: GetApp\]Value for money – 4.7/5Features – 4.2/5Ease of use – 3.9/5Customer support – 4.2/5Microsoft Power Automate is workflow automation software that enables businesses to automate processes across multiple apps and services using low-code and drag-and-drop tools. The platform also allows customers to automate repetitive and paperless processes by utilising prebuilt connectors —components that allow businesses to integrate with apps and other data sources— for connectivity with third-party applications.The software’s AI builder allows users to build, train, and publish AI models using pre-built templates and a guided process without having to write code. This feature could be useful for  document automation, process approvals, images and text detection etc. The process advisor feature lets users visualise the processes end-to-end and also gives insights on areas of improvement, aiming to take the guesswork out of what to automate. Microsoft Power Automate is cloud-based and comes with a variety of pricing options. More information on pricing can be found at powerautomate.microsoft.com. Read More 4. UiPath UiPath dashboard showing running and pending tasks \[Source: GetApp\]Value for money – 4.4/5Features – 4.5/5Ease of use – 4.5/5Customer support – 4.3/5UiPath is RPA software that lets SMEs and agencies develop and manage automation tasks to streamline front-office processes such as maintaining files and records. The software helps in the automation of processes using drag-and-drop AI-powered features and ready-to-go templates. The tool also lets users discover all the tasks that need to be automated via process discovery and documentation tools ​using task mining. UiPath’s StuxioX provides a platform where users can build their own automation processes without requiring the knowledge of coding. Some other features offered by UiPath RPA are no-code development, picture recognition, optical character recognition (OCR), and document processing. The platform offers third-party and API integrations to automate workflows. UiPath also comes with a studio community platform that allows teams and individuals to access online training materials and communicate on software issues. The software comes with both on-premise and cloud infrastructure and their cloud variant is free for individuals and small teams for internal business purposes. More information on their pricing can be found at uipath.com. Read More Looking for robotic process automation (RPA) software? Check out our catalogue\! ## Disclaimer > MethodologyThe software mentioned in this article are listed in alphabetical order. The following factors were considered for the list of tools mentioned above:A minimum of 4/5 star average overall rating.The existence of at least 15 reviews of the software over the past one year (April 2021 – April 2022).All the above software match GetApp’s definition of robotic process automation software: robotic process automation (RPA) helps businesses automate and optimise processes in order to reduce repetitive work and improve employee productivity.Out of our resultant list of tools, we selected the four best tools with the top average overall ratings of at least 4.5/5 stars.All the software have the following core features: AI/machine learning and business process automation. ## About the author ### Sukanya Awasthi Sukanya Awasthi is a content analyst for Capterra, covering emerging technology trends with a focus on retail, construction and ERP. With an educational background in Computer Science, she brings 8 years of hands-on experience to her writing, translating intricate technical concepts into accessible and informative insights. Sukanya’s research and analysis is informed by nearly 200,000 authentic user reviews on Capterra and over 40,000 interactions between Capterra software advisors and software buyers. Sukanya also regularly analyzes market sentiment by conducting surveys of business leaders in the construction space, as well as retail leaders and consumers, so she can provide the most up-to-date and helpful information to small and midsize businesses purchasing software or services. Her work has been featured in Financial Express, Economic Times, and Bloomberg Quint, among other publications. Outside of work, she likes to spend time with her loved ones and her two dogs. ## Related Software - [Hexomatic](https://www.getapp.co.uk/software/2049653/hexomatic) — 4.7/5 (42 reviews) - [Lucy](https://www.getapp.co.uk/software/2038355/let-lucy) — 4.5/5 (32 reviews) - [Microsoft Power Automate](https://www.getapp.co.uk/software/112833/microsoft-power-automate) — 4.4/5 (233 reviews) - [UiPath](https://www.getapp.co.uk/software/121647/uipath-robotic-process-automation) — 4.6/5 (721 reviews) ## Related Categories - [Accounting Software](https://www.getapp.co.uk/directory/236/accounting/software) - [Artificial Intelligence (AI) Software](https://www.getapp.co.uk/directory/1397/artificial-intelligence/software) - [CRM Software](https://www.getapp.co.uk/directory/230/crm/software) - [IT Service Software](https://www.getapp.co.uk/directory/1049/it-service/software) - [Project Management Software](https://www.getapp.co.uk/directory/332/project-management/software) ## Related Articles - [Automation in restaurants: the key takeaways](https://www.getapp.co.uk/blog/6426/restaurant-automation-key-takeaways) - [What is visitor management for real estate and what are its benefits for UK SMEs?](https://www.getapp.co.uk/blog/3676/visitor-management-real-estate) - [Workplace mental wellbeing: What has changed since the pandemic?](https://www.getapp.co.uk/blog/2591/workplace-mental-wellbeing-since-pandemic) - [Survey reveals that AI is driving more UK employees to upskill](https://www.getapp.co.uk/blog/4366/ai-learning-upskill-uk-employees) - [How can you balance multiple content distribution goals?](https://www.getapp.co.uk/blog/4152/balance-multiple-content-distribution-goals) ## Links - [View on GetApp](https://www.getapp.co.uk/blog/2674/top-robotic-process-automation-tools) - [Blog](https://www.getapp.co.uk/blog) - [Home](https://www.getapp.co.uk/) ----- ## Structured Data