UiBot RPA
Laiye's low-code RPA builder with a permanently free community tier
Overview
UiBot is Laiye's RPA development tool for building software robots -- Creator, Worker, Commander and Mage -- via visual low-code design or Python/Java/C#/C++ scripting. A permanently free Community edition (non-commercial use) sits alongside paid licensing and the UB Store robot marketplace.
Pricing
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- UiBot Creator + Worker
- Partial Commander/Mage access
- Email-registration only
- Unrestricted commercial use
- Laiye maintenance & support
- Development + runtime licensing
What you can produce with UiBot RPA
- Visual low-code flow designer (UiBot Creator)
- Permanently free Community edition (non-commercial)
- Python/Java/C#/C++ scripting extensions
- UB Store marketplace for prebuilt robots
- Commander console for orchestration/scheduling
- Mage module for AI/ML-augmented automation
ASEAN Perspective
UiBot RPA in Southeast Asia
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UiBot is the RPA tool a lot of individual Chinese automators cut their teeth on, largely because the Community edition -- Creator, Worker, Commander and Mage -- has stayed free for non-commercial use since Laiye made it so from version 6.0, with no time limit, just an email login. Peerspot comparisons put it credibly next to Appian RPA and Automation Anywhere in head-to-head reviews, and it carries close to two decades of accumulated UI-automation know-how from before the Laiye merger.
Two things drag it down. Documentation and community support lag the bigger international players -- reviewers specifically call this out as a weak point versus Automation Anywhere. And UiBot now overlaps heavily with Laiye's own flagship Work Execution Platform, which makes positioning genuinely confusing: it's not always clear which product a new enterprise buyer should actually evaluate. Good entry point for a solo developer or small team learning RPA for free; enterprise buyers should clarify with Laiye sales whether they want UiBot or the newer WEP stack.
What people say
UiBot predates its current owner: the RPA engine was built up over what Laiye's own materials describe as nearly two decades of UI-automation development before the product came under Laiye Technology (来也科技), the Beijing automation vendor behind Laiye's enterprise Work Execution Platform. The lineup covers four components -- UiBot Creator for building flows, Worker for running them, Commander for orchestration, and Mage for bolting on AI/ML capabilities -- with development support for Python, Java, C#, and C/C++ for teams that want to extend beyond the visual designer.
The headline feature for individual users is the Community edition, which Laiye made permanently free for non-commercial use starting with version 6.0 -- Creator and Worker (with partial coverage of Commander and Mage) unlocked indefinitely behind nothing more than an email registration. That's a meaningfully different model from RPA vendors that gate everything behind a trial window, and it's the reason forum and blog writeups describe UiBot as a common first stop for people learning RPA in China.
Peerspot's side-by-side comparisons put UiBot in the same conversation as Appian RPA and Automation Anywhere, though without pulling out detailed win/loss commentary. Aggregated reviewer sentiment (TrustRadius/Peerspot listings) skews positive on the fundamentals -- process automation, scalability, integration -- while specifically flagging documentation clarity and community support as weaker than bigger international competitors.
Commercial licensing sits apart from the free tier and isn't published on Laiye's site; secondhand estimates from Chinese IT forums put a single-seat development license loosely in the 10,000 RMB/year range and a runtime/execution license lower, around 5,000 RMB/year, with one enterprise-scale estimate citing roughly 50,000 RMB/year for full-feature access -- but these are third-party forum estimates, not an official price list, and should be treated as dated rather than current quotes.
Since the Laiye merger, a chunk of UiBot's infrastructure -- its developer forum and the Commander orchestration console -- has moved onto the laiye.com domain rather than staying on uibot.com.cn, which tracks with Laiye folding UiBot into its broader Work Execution Platform rather than running it as a fully separate product line.
Summary of public user & expert reviews, compiled by RECATOOLS.
About this listing
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