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title: '"No Code" vs RPA'
subtitle: Is Robotic Process Automation just Enterprise™ NoCode?
slug: no-code-rpa
tags: [Tech, 'No Code']
category: note
date: 2020-02-09
description: RPA seems to be NoCode Enterprise Edition™ and the pricing disparity is wild. But there are real differences and I am trying to note them down here.
I spent some time looking into RPA (Robotic Process Automation) today. RPA seems to be Enterprise Edition #NoCode and the pricing disparity is wild. But there are real differences and I am trying to note them down here.
No Code Players
"No Code" tools are typically in the $50-$300/mo range. Here are some players people consider in the NoCode space:
Workflow Automation
Zapier - "Easy automation for busy people. Zapier moves info between your web apps automatically, so you can focus on your most important work."
Parabola - "Hand off your routine data tasks by describing them in Parabola. Build once, reuse infinitely."
Integromat - "Integromat is the most advanced online automation platform. We've redefined work automation so everyone can get back to what matters the most."
Retool - "Retool gives you building blocks, which you can assemble into any custom internal tool."
NLP/OCR
Instabase - Optical Character Recognition, Data Classification & Extraction, Natural Language Processing
Rossum - "The next generation invoice data capture tool that works without any specific rule or template setup. Thanks to artificial intelligence."
RPA does "Workflow Automation" and "NLP/OCR" stuff more than the latter "Site Builders" and "App Builders" stuff. But what they DO do, is very focused on the enterprise usecase. For example:
I also notice that Sales are handled by affiliates like Edureka, they don't do self service sales like "No Code" tools.
Comparison Table
No Code
RPA
Price range ($/mo)
50-300
1-8k
Sales style
Self Serve
Affiliate/"Call us"
Jobs to Do
Automate + Site/Apps
Automate with existing tools
High Level Thesis
I think RPA justifies its high cost by automating away the even higher cost of dreary boring human work. There is a lot of TPS report filing out there in the world. The less you have to rip 'n replace systems, and the more you can just rip 'n replace humans who work with those systems, that's what you want to go with.
NoCode tools are more greenfield - startups and smaller cos want to grow topline, so there is a more site/app building focus.
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title: '"No Code" vs RPA'
subtitle: Is Robotic Process Automation just Enterprise™ NoCode?
slug: no-code-rpa
tags: [Tech, 'No Code']
category: note
date: 2020-02-09
description: RPA seems to be NoCode Enterprise Edition™ and the pricing disparity is wild. But there are real differences and I am trying to note them down here.
I spent some time looking into RPA (Robotic Process Automation) today. RPA seems to be Enterprise Edition #NoCode and the pricing disparity is wild. But there are real differences and I am trying to note them down here.
No Code Players
"No Code" tools are typically in the $50-$300/mo range. Here are some players people consider in the NoCode space:
Comparison with RPA
RPA does "Workflow Automation" and "NLP/OCR" stuff more than the latter "Site Builders" and "App Builders" stuff. But what they DO do, is very focused on the enterprise usecase. For example:
They are typically Windows apps, rather than web apps, reflecting the audience.
RPA STARTS at $1k/mo and seem to avg $5-8k/mo:
I also notice that Sales are handled by affiliates like Edureka, they don't do self service sales like "No Code" tools.
Comparison Table
High Level Thesis
I think RPA justifies its high cost by automating away the even higher cost of dreary boring human work. There is a lot of TPS report filing out there in the world. The less you have to rip 'n replace systems, and the more you can just rip 'n replace humans who work with those systems, that's what you want to go with.
NoCode tools are more greenfield - startups and smaller cos want to grow topline, so there is a more site/app building focus.
The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: