Automation 360 feature comparison matrix

Compare Automation 360 features with Enterprise 11.3.x and Enterprise 10 features to understand the benefits to Automation 360. Review advantages of Automation 360 if you are a new user of the product.

For details on latest features and enhancements, see Automation 360 release notes.

Core components


	Automation 360	Enterprise 11.3.x	Enterprise 10.x
Target user	Citizen Developer Specialist/RPA Developer IT	RPA Developer IT	RPA Developer IT
Delivery model	On-Premises Cloud Cloud-enabled	On-Premises	On-Premises BotFarm (for Bot Runners)
Operating system	Microsoft Windows Linux (Linux CentOS 7.7, 7.9, and 8.3) and (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7, 7.9, and 8.3) (Operating system not applicable for Cloud)	Microsoft Windows	Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Active Directory support	Available	Available	Available
SAML 2.0	Available	Available	Not available
Authenticated proxy support	Available	Not available	Not available
Localized user interface (UI)	8 languages	3 languages	Not available
Bot Insight support	Available	Available	Available (Basic)
IQ Bot support	Available	Available	Available (Basic)
Interactive forms (attended automation) support	Available	Not available	Not available
Bot Creator platform	On premises thin client	Thick client	Thick client
Bot Runner platform	Web-deployed	Thick client	Thick client
Attended bots	Available	Available	Not available
Unattended bots	Available	Available	Available
Upgrade to use new actions or commands	No upgrade required for Cloud Upgrade required for On-Premises and Cloud-enabled	Upgrade required	Upgrade required
Automated queuing for job	Available	Available	Not available
Centralized licensing	Available	Available	Available
High availability	Available	Available	Available
Load balancing	Available	Available	Available
Disaster recovery	Available	Available	Available
Multi-domain support	Available	Available	Available
Hosting technology	Java	Java (Control Room) Microsoft .NET Framework (Enterprise Client)	Microsoft IIS
Role-based access	Available	Available	Available
Power BI	Available	Not available	Not available
Tableau connector for Bot Insight	Available	Not available	Not available
Version Control	Available through Git integration (Subversion is deprecated)	Available through Subversion integration	Available through Subversion integration
SysLog integration	Available	Available	Not available

Control Room server capabilities


Feature	Automation 360	Enterprise 11.3.x	Enterprise 10.x
Version control - Set production version	Available	Available	Available
Version control - Compare two versions of a bot	Available	Available	Available
Version control - Check version history	Available	Available	Available
Version control - Roll back to previous version	Available	Available	Available
Version Control – Restore from git	Available	Not available	Not available
Multi or two factor authentication	Available (through SSO)	Available (Native and through SSO)	Not available
Banner text on Control Room login	Available	Available	Not available
Install Control Room on Oracle Database	Available	Available	Not available
Audit log	Available	Available	Available
Open web page in a new or existing tab of Internet Explorer	Available	Available	Available
Open web page in a new or existing tab of Google Chrome	Available	Not available	Not available
Setting for new login session in Control Room	Deprecated	Available	Not available
Configure API keys duration	Available	Not available	Not available
Configure email verification on user creation	Available	Available	Not available
Enable debug logging	Available	Available	Not available
Move bot	Available	Not available	Not available
Copy bot	Available	Available	Available
View references and dependencies	Available	Not available	Not available
Bulk check-in	Available	Available	Available
Bulk check-out	Available	Available	Available
Bot Promotion (without export/import)	Available	Not available	Not available
Recover private workspace	Available	Not available	Not available
Search within sub-folders	Available	Not available	Not available

Bot development


Feature	Automation 360	Enterprise 11.3.x	Enterprise 10.x
In-product learning	Available	Not available	Not available
Bot Creator Flow view	Available	Not available	Not available
Bot Creator Dual view	Available	Not available	Not available
Bot Creator Code view	Available	Available	Available
Bot Creator Visualize view	Not available	Available	Available
Actions search	Available	Not available	Not available
Text search	Available	Available	Available
Advanced expressions	Available	Limited availability	Limited availability
Regular expressions	Available	Available	Available
Remote device testing	Available (Develop on one device and test on another device)	Not available	Not available
Localized actions	Available	Not available	Not available
Collaborative development	Available	Not available	Not available
Bot Store integration	Available	Available (Version 11.3.3 and later)	Not available
Email triggers	Available	Available	Available
File and folder triggers	Available	Available	Available
Hot-key triggers	Available	Available	Available
User Interface triggers	Available	Not available	Not available
Performance triggers	Not available	Available	Available
Process triggers	Available	Available	Available
Service triggers	Available	Available	Available
Windows triggers	Available	Available	Available
MetaBot Logic	Available through Task Bot	Available	Available
MetaBot DLL	Available through DLL: Run function action	Available	Available
MetaBot Screen recalibration	Not available	Available	Available
Bot Lifecycle Management - Import and export bots	Available	Available	Not available
Global values	Available	Not available	Not available
Bot cloning	Available	Not available	Not available
API deployment	Available	Available	Not available
Bot Runner sessions in Control Room	Available	Available	Available
Packaging Bot dependencies	Available	Available	Available
Bypass legal disclaimer	Available	Available	Available
Edit variable name	Available	Available	Available
Copy commands from one bot to another	Available Triggers option is not available.	Available	Available
Save bot as XML/TXT	Not available	Available	Available
Disable mouse and keyboard for the bot	Not available	Available	Available
Run bot in stealth mode	Not available	Available	Available
Show or hide errors while running a bot.	Not available (Deprecated for Automation 360)	Available	Available
Copy variables from one bot to another	Available	Available	Available
Cross domain iFrame support in browsers.	Available Supported in Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge.	Available Supported in Internet Explorer.	Available Supported in Internet Explorer.
Define and Enforce Coding Best Practices with Code Analysis	Available

Bot extensibility and code reuse


Feature	Automation 360	Enterprise 11.3.x	Enterprise 10.x
Custom actions in palette	Available (build using Package Development Kit)	Not available	Not available
Inline scripting	Available in Python, VBScript, and JavaScript	Available in VBScript	Not available
Code reuse	Available for Task Bots, custom actions, and DLLs	Limited availability for MetaBots and DLLs	Limited availability for MetaBots and DLLs
Quick map for variables	Available	Available	Available
Bot timeout	Available	Available	Available
Bot priority	Available	Available	Available
Share DLL session	Available	Not available	Not available
Run bot reusing the configuration of the past run from Historical page	Available	Not available	Not available

Integration capabilities


Feature	Automation 360	Enterprise 11.3.x	Enterprise 10.x
Callouts using inline scripting	Available for Python, VBScript, and JavaScript	Not available	Not available
Control Room APIs	Available	Available	Not available
REST Web Service	Available	Available	Available
SOAP Web Service	Available	Available	Available

Device utilization capabilities


Feature	Automation 360	Enterprise 11.3.x	Enterprise 10.x
Workload management	Available	Available	Not available
Device pools	Available for scheduling and workload management	Available in workload management only	Not available
Run-as users pool for automations	Available Set up multiple run-as users for device pools to provide effective license and device utilization	Not available	Not available
Background processing	Available	Not available	Not available
Non-persistent virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI)	Available	Available	Available

Recorder capabilities


Feature	Automation 360	Enterprise 11.3.x	Enterprise 10.x
AISense Recorder	Available	Available	Not available
Unified Recorder	Available (includes support for Microsoft Edge Chromium) Pattern-based data extraction is not available Legacy Microsoft Edge and Flash/Flex are deprecated	Not available (Recording capabilities through Web Recorder, Smart Recorder, and Standard or Screen Recorder)	Not available (Recording capabilities through Web Recorder, Smart Recorder, and Standard or Screen Recorder)
Recorder for Web/Windows	Available	Available	Available
Recorder for SAP	Available	Available	Not available
Recorder for Citrix	Available	Available	Not available
Recorder for Oracle	Available	Available	Not available
Secure recording	Available	Available	Available
Microsoft Silverlight 5 desktop and web applications	Available (Third-party controls are not available)	Available	Available
Selection of capture technology in recorder	Available	Available	Available

Bot packages


Feature	Automation 360 packages	Enterprise 11.3.x commands	Enterprise 10.x commands
Automation Co-Pilot on the web	Available	Not available	Not available
Active Directory	Available	Available	Available
Analyze	Available	Not available	Not available
Application	Available	Available	Available
App Integration	Available	Available	Available
Boolean	Available	Not available	Not available
Bot migration	Available	Not available	Not available
Browser	Available The following actions are only available for the Google Chrome browser: Close Get source code Go back Run JavaScript	Available (through Web Recorder) The Web Recorder commands are only available for the Internet Explorer browser.	Available (through Web Recorder) The Web Recorder commands are only available for the Internet Explorer browser.
Bulk package updates	Available	Not available	Not available
Citrix Automation	Not available (Deprecated and replaced with Unified Recorder)	Available	Available
Clipboard	Available	Available	Available
Comment	Available	Available	Available
Credential Vault	Available	Available	Available
CSV/TXT	Available	Available	Available
Data Table	Available	Available using Array type variable	Available using Array type variable
Database	Available	Available	Available
Datetime	Available	Not available	Not available
Delay	Available	Available	Available
Dictionary	Available	Not available	Not available
DLL	Available	Limited availability through MetaBots	Limited availability through MetaBots
Email	Available (SMTP, EWS, and Outlook) Additional actions available: Change status Check if folder exists Forward Move all Move Save email Reply all Reply	Available (SMTP, EWS). The following options are available: Send email with template Insert images in an email	Available (SMTP)
Error handler	Available (Advanced - Try, Catch, Finally, Throw)	Available (Basic)	Available (Basic)
Excel advanced	Available	Limited availability	Limited availability
Excel basic (without Excel)	Available	Not available	Not available
File operations	Available	Available	Available
Folder operations	Available	Available	Available
FTP / SFTP	Available	Available	Available
If	Available	Available	Available
Image Recognition	Available	Available	Available
Interactive form operations	Available	Not available	Not available
Internet Connection	Not available (Deprecated for Automation 360)	Available	Available
IQ Bot	Available	Available	Available
IQ Bot Pre-processor	Available	Not available	Not available
IQ Bot (Local Device)	Deprecated	Not available	Not available
JavaScript	Available	Available through Run Script	Available through Run Script
Legacy Automation (for migrated bots)	Available (for migration)	Not available	Not applicable
List operations	Available	Not available	Not available
Log To File	Available	Available	Available
Loop	Available	Available	Available
Message Box	Available	Available	Available
MetaBot screens	Not available (Replaced with Universal Recorder)	Available	Available
Mouse	Available	Available	Available
Number	Available	Not available	Not available
OCR	Available	Available	Available
Microsoft 365 Calendar	Available	Not available	Not available
Microsoft 365 Excel	Available	Available (Desktop)	Not available
Microsoft 365 OneDrive	Available	Not available	Not available
One Drive	Available	Not available	Not available
PDF	Available	Available	Available
PGP	Available	Available	Available
Play Sound	Available	Available	Available
Printer	Available	Available	Available
Prompt	Available	Available	Available
Python Script (Inline)	Available	Not available	Not available
Record	Available	Not available	Not available
Recorder	Available	Available	Available
REST Web Service	Available	Available	Available
SAP support	Available (Native)	Limited availability through MetaBots	Limited availability through MetaBots
SAP BAPI	Available Custom developed SAP BAPI is not supported.	Available	Available
Screen	Available	Available	Available
Services	Available	Available	Available
Simulate keystrokes	Available	Available	Available
SNMP	Available	Available	Available
SOAP Web Service	Available	Available	Available
Step	Available	Not available	Not available
String	Available	Available	Available
System	Available	Available	Available
Task Bot	Available	Available	Available
Terminal Emulator	Available	Available	Available
Text file	Available	Not available	Not available
Trigger Loop	Available	Not available	Not available
VBScript (Inline)	Available	Available as Run Script	Not available
Wait	Available	Available	Available
Window	Available	Available	Available
Workload	Available	Available	Not available
XML	Available	Available	Available

Variables support

Important: When you migrate from Enterprise versions 11.3.x or Enterprise 10 to Automation 360, some variables are mapped directly while some contain a different configuration.


Variable	Automation 360	Enterprise 11.3.x	Enterprise 10.x
Application variables
`Analytics`	Available	Available	Not available
`ArrayRows`	Available through Recursive expressions	Available	Available
`ArrayColumns`	Available through Recursive expressions	Available	Available
`Clipboard`	Available	Available	Available
`Credential`	Available	Available	Not available
`Dictionary`	Available through Dictionary package	Available	Not available
`Enter` (String variable)	Available	Available	Available
`Prompt` `Assignment` (user-defined)	Available	Available	Available
`Read from Excel/CSV`	Available through Excel advanced package	Available through Array type user-defined variable	Available through Array type user-defined variable
`Read from database`	Available through Database package	Available through Array type user-defined variable	Available through Array type user-defined variable
`Read from text file`	Available through CSV/TXT package	Available through Array, List, and Value type user-defined variables	Available through Array, List, and Value type user-defined variables
`Separator` (String variable)	Available	Available	Available
`Tab` (String variable)	Available	Available	Available
`Work Item`	Available	Available	Not available
System variables
`AAApplicationPath`	Available through global values	Available	Available
`AADefaultDateFormat`	Available through global values	Not available	Not available
`AAInstallationPath`	Available	Available	Available
`AATaskExecutor`	Available	Available	Not available
`AATaskName`	Available	Available	Not available
`AAControlRoom`	Available	Available	Not available
`Counter`	Available through Number and Loop packages	Available	Available
`CPUUsage`	Available	Available	Available
`CurrentDirectory`	Available through Loop package	Available	Available
`DatasetColumn`	Available through Loop package	Available	Available
`Date`	Available	Available	Available
`Day`	Available	Available	Available
`Email` (includes `EmailFrom, EmailMessages, EmailReceivedDate, EmailReceivedTime, EmailSubject, EmailTo, EmailSentDate,` and `EmailSentTime`)	Available through Email, Dictionary, and Loop packages	Available	Available
`ErrorLineNumber`	Available through Error handler package	Available	Available
`ErrorDescription`	Available through Error handler package	Available	Available
`Excel` (includes`ExcelColumn, ExcelCell, ExcelCellColumn,` and `ExcelCellRow`)	Available through Excel advanced package	Available	Available
`Extension`	Available through GetProperty action of PDF package	Available	Available
`FileDataColumn`	Available as record type variable through Loop package	Available	Available
`FileName`	Available through File package	Available	Available
`FolderName`	Available through Folder package	Available	Available
`Hour`	Available	Available	Available
`Machine`	Available	Available	Available
`Millisecond`	Available	Not available	Not available
`Minute`	Available	Available	Available
`Month`	Available	Available	Available
`OSName`	Available	Available	Available
`PDF` (includes `PDFFileName, PDFTitle, PDFAuthor,` and `PDFSubject`)	Available through GetProperty action of PDF package	Available	Available
`RAMUsage`	Available	Available	Available
`Second`	Available	Available	Available
`TableColumn`	Not available	Available	Available
`TotalRAM`	Available	Available	Available
`Trigger`	Available through Interface trigger	Available	Available
`Year`	Available	Available	Available
`XMLDataNode`	Available as string type variable through Loop package	Available	Available