Yingdao RPA 影刀 vs Laiye Automation (formerly UiBot) vs Encoo 云扩科技 vs Cyclone Robotics 弘玑
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Yingdao RPA 影刀
China's low-code RPA for desktop, web and Android bots, free for perso...
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Encoo 云扩科技
Sequoia-backed Shanghai RPA platform with a free personal edition
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Cyclone Robotics 弘玑
Shanghai RPA vendor rebuilt around enterprise AI action agents
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| RECATOOLS Score | 7.6 / 10 | 7 / 10 | 6.7 / 10 | 7 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium | Freemium | Enterprise |
| Free tier | Community edition free: 1 user, personal/non-profit non-commercial use, Studio plus PC and mobile automation, partial runner, renew monthly | Laiye APA Community Edition free download (Windows 10+ 64-bit); legacy RPA Community Edition free for non-commercial use, with some functional and quantity limits | Free personal edition (Windows): editor, local robot runs, marketplace and 500 free calls per Encoo AI service; community support | — |
| Paid from | Startup and Enterprise editions quoted on request | Enterprise edition: contact sales (no published price) | Personal Pro and enterprise editions quoted on request (no public prices) | Quoted on request (trials and demos by application) |
| Has API | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
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| Founded | 2020 | 2019 | 2017 | 2015 |
| Maker | Hangzhou Fencha Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. (杭州分叉智能科技有限公司) | Laiye Technology (来也科技) | — | — |
| Verdict | Yingdao is an accessible, well-funded RPA platform that makes desktop and mobile automation practical for Chinese businesses without specialist developers, with a genuinely useful free edition for individuals. It is Chin... |
Laiye Automation is a capable, established RPA platform with a free community edition and real enterprise and Southeast Asian deployments, but the UiBot product line went nearly three years without a community release an... |
Encoo is a complete enterprise RPA stack, editor, robots, console, AI Hub and DocReader, deployable as SaaS or privately, including on Chinese domestic operating systems. A free personal edition makes it easy to try, and... |
Cyclone has a credible path from RPA to agents: a full platform spanning data, models, tools and agents, packaged agents for common back-office work, on-premises deployment and backing from a $150 million Series C plus a... |
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Comparisons cover up to 4 tools. Scores are RECATOOLS editorial assessments; verify current pricing on each vendor's site.