Automation Anywhere vs AI Agents: Your 5-15k Bot License Is a Joke
Automation Anywhere just announced its 'Agentic AI Platform' and charged companies $5,000 to $15,000 per bot annually like this is 2020. Meanwhile your AI computer use agent is failing 62% of basic desktop tasks on OSWorld. Why are you still paying for broken automation that can barely open a file.
The 38% Brutality Nobody Talks About
OpenAI's Operator scored 38% on the only real computer use benchmark. That means two out of every three tasks it attempts crashes, times out, or produces garbage output. Automation Anywhere's 'AI agents' aren't beating this number either. They're hiding behind vague 'agentic process automation' marketing while real computer use agents are actually controlling desktops, browsers, and terminals the way humans do.
RPA Is Not AI Agents
- ●RPA vendors tried to rebrand as 'agentic AI' to avoid admitting their bots are brittle scripts that break when UI changes
- ●Automation Anywhere's 'AI CoE' just decides whether you need a bot, an API, or a better integration, none of which is AI
- ●Real AI agents adapt to broken workflows, missing buttons, and unexpected errors. RPA bots just crash and email you an alert
Coasty scores 82% on OSWorld. 82%. That's more than double OpenAI's 38% and way ahead of Automation Anywhere's invisible numbers. It's controlling real desktops, browsers, and terminals with human-like fluency. Not just API calls wrapped in marketing fluff.
The Hidden Costs of 'Agentic' Hype
You pay $5-15k per bot license, then you spend months configuring workflows, training workflows, fixing broken workflows. By the time you've done that, your business processes have changed. Your vendors have released new versions. Your UI has been redesigned. Then the bot breaks again and you start over. That's not automation. That's expensive frustration.
Why Coasty Exists
Companies that actually want automation need something different. Coasty is a computer use agent that controls real desktops, browsers, and terminals. It handles your data entry, form filling, data migration, and repetitive tasks without the $15k bot license tax. You can run it on your own machines via the desktop app, or spin up cloud VMs for parallel execution. Agent swarms can work on multiple tasks at once. BYOK supported so you keep your data in your own cloud. There's even a free tier if you want to test drive it before committing.
Stop pretending Automation Anywhere's 'agentic AI' is anything more than rebranded RPA. If your computer use AI can't beat 38% on OSWorld, you're overpaying. You're wasting time. You're paying for broken promises. Go try Coasty.ai. See the difference between marketing and actually working automation. The free tier will show you what you've been missing.