UiPath Agentic Automation extends UiPath's established robotic process automation (RPA) platform with AI agents that can plan, reason and collaborate with existing bots, aimed at enterprises that already run UiPath and want to combine deterministic automation with more flexible, autonomous AI agents in one governed platform.
Who it's for
This product targets enterprises with an existing RPA investment — finance, insurance, healthcare, shared-services operations — that want end-to-end automation of processes too complex or variable for RPA bots alone, by adding AI agents that can make judgment calls, orchestrate multiple bots, and hand off between automation types. It's less compelling for organizations with no RPA footprint, since much of the value comes from unifying agents with an existing library of robots and processes rather than being a standalone, general-purpose agent builder.
How it works
Agents are designed in UiPath's Agent Builder and managed centrally through UiPath Orchestrator, the same governance layer that already runs the company's RPA bots. Multi-agent orchestration lets agents collaborate with each other and with existing robots — for example, an agent deciding how to handle an exception that a bot then executes — while a no-code builder lets business analysts configure agent behavior without deep programming. Every agent action is designed to be auditable, since UiPath's core enterprise customers operate in regulated industries where compliance teams need to trace what an autonomous system did and why.
Pricing
UiPath uses a per-seat/consumption billing model with plans starting from roughly $25 per month at the entry level, though production-grade agentic deployments with full Orchestrator governance and AI capabilities typically require higher Standard or Enterprise tiers priced through UiPath's sales team, plus consumption units for AI-agent execution (Agent Units) and LLM token usage. Because entry-level plans don't include everything needed for production agentic automation, confirm current tier details and consumption pricing on UiPath's pricing page before budgeting.
Strengths and trade-offs
UiPath's core strength is unifying two automation paradigms: deterministic RPA bots for repetitive, rule-based work and AI agents for the judgment calls and exceptions bots can't handle, all under one governed, audit-logged platform — a compelling story for large enterprises that have already standardized on UiPath. The trade-off is that pricing and complexity scale together: the accessible entry-level plan doesn't cover production agentic use cases, real deployments typically involve custom Enterprise pricing plus consumption charges, and the platform's value is strongest for organizations already invested in UiPath's RPA ecosystem rather than teams starting from scratch.