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Side-by-side comparison · Automation & Workflows

Gumloop vs Parseur vs UiPath

Everything that matters when choosing between them, in one place: our rating, what each can do, what they cost, and the trade-offs.

Gumloop

3.9

From From $37/mo

Best overall

Parseur

4.1

From $49/mo

UiPath

3.9

From From $25/mo

Comparing 3 tools, the maximum.

At a glance

Pick it if: Marketers, sales teams and researchers who want AI to do the repetitive reading, sorting and summarising.

Best overallEasiest to use

Pick it if: Small businesses and operations teams that copy details from the same kinds of email or PDF into spreadsheets or other apps.

Pick it if: Operations and IT teams at mid-size and large companies automating high-volume back-office processes.

Overview

AttributeGumloopParseurUiPath
In one lineBuild AI agents that research, scrape and enrich data across your work apps.Pulls data out of emails and PDFs into your spreadsheets and apps.Enterprise automation that runs software robots and AI agents across business apps.
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemiumFreemium
Starting priceFrom $37/mo$49/moFrom $25/mo
Free plan No Yes Yes
Works with Claude Code Yes Yes Yes

Rating breakdown

Our scores out of 5. The higher bar in each row is highlighted.

AttributeGumloopParseurUiPath
Overall rating3.94.1Winner3.9
Ease of useHow quickly someone non-technical gets value from it.
4.0
4.5
3.0
FeaturesHow completely it covers its own job, and how well the pieces fit together.
4.0
4.0
5.0
Output qualityHow good the results are before you fix them.
4.0
4.0
4.5
Value for moneyWhat you get for the price, including the free plan.
3.5
3.5
3.0
Speed & reliabilityHow fast it is and how often it falls over.
4.0
4.5
4.0

Feature comparison

A tick means it does this today. A dash means we haven't checked.

AttributeGumloopParseurUiPath
Access & platform
Free plan No Yes Yes
Mobile app No––
Desktop app No– Yes
Browser extension Yes– Yes
API access Yes Yes Yes
Teams & business
Team workspace Yes Yes Yes
Enterprise plan or SSO Yes Yes Yes
Connects to other apps Yes Yes Yes
Open source or self-hosted No– Yes
AI abilities
Works with your files Yes Yes Yes
Understands images Yes– Yes
Makes images– No No
Makes video No No No
Writes code Yes No Yes
Runs agents or automations Yes No Yes
Learns your brand or style Yes––
Works in many languages– Yes–
Capabilities score10/ 177/ 1712/ 17

Pricing

Plans as listed on each vendor's site when we last checked. Confirm before you buy.

AttributeGumloopParseurUiPath
Plans

ProOur pick

From $37/mo

Anyone who wants AI doing the research and data work.

Free

Free

Trying it on a handful of documents.

Community

Free

Learning and small personal or community projects.

Enterprise

Custom

Companies that need security controls and a private cloud.

Micro

$49/mo, or $468/yr

A small business with a trickle of documents.

Basic

From $25/mo

Simple personal automations.

StarterOur pick

$129/mo, or $1,188/yr

Teams processing a few dozen documents a day.

StandardOur pick

Custom (60-day free trial)

Businesses running automations in production.

Pro

$499/mo, or $4,788/yr

Operations teams with high volume.

Enterprise

Custom

Large organisations with strict security needs.

Enterprise

Custom

Very high volume or custom contract terms.

Which plan to pickPro is the only option short of Enterprise, so use the 14-day trial to run one real job end to end and watch the credit meter. If it comes in under 20,000 credits a month, you are set.Use Free to prove it can read your documents, then pick the plan that matches your monthly page count. Starter is where the cost per page becomes reasonable; yearly billing knocks roughly a quarter off.Learn on Community. If you are automating real business processes, Standard is where agents and document extraction open up; use the 60-day trial to prove one process before signing. UiPath says the Basic plan is being reworked.

Key features

AttributeGumloopParseurUiPath
Standout features
  • Agents from a description
  • Web scraping and browsing
  • 35+ AI models
  • Company Brain
  • Chrome extension
  • MCP and CLI
  • AI parsing
  • Template mode
  • Mailbox per job
  • Exports everywhere
  • Post-processing
  • Software robots
  • AI agents
  • Document understanding
  • Orchestration
  • Developer tools
  • Test automation

Pros and cons

AttributeGumloopParseurUiPath
Pros
  • Builds a working agent from a plain-English description
  • Strong at scraping, research and enrichment jobs
  • Unlimited seats, so the whole team can use one plan
  • Choice of models and the option to bring your own keys
  • Quick to set up: forward an email and name the fields
  • Handles varying layouts without building templates
  • API, webhooks and automation connections on every plan
  • Support is consistently praised in reviews
  • Yearly billing brings the price down noticeably
  • Works with almost any app, including legacy systems
  • Very complete platform for robots, agents, documents and testing
  • Strong governance, security and audit features
  • Free Community plan for learning
  • Large partner network and training resources
Cons
  • No free plan, only a 14-day trial
  • The 8% orchestration fee sits on top of model costs
  • Costs more than Zapier or Make for simple non-AI automations
  • Fewer everyday app connections than the big automation tools
  • Pricing and plan structure have changed several times
  • Free plan is only 20 pages a month, short for a proper test
  • Expensive per page at low volumes
  • Advanced features are thinly documented
  • Not built for approval workflows or direct ERP posting
  • Expensive and confusing licensing
  • Steep learning curve for non-developers
  • Version updates can break existing automations
  • Too heavy for small businesses with simple needs

Who each one is for

AttributeGumloopParseurUiPath
Best for
  • Website scraping and research
  • Lead enrichment and scoring
  • Summarising documents in bulk
  • Scheduled reports from your work apps
  • Order and booking emails into a spreadsheet
  • Lead notification emails into a CRM
  • Supplier invoices and delivery notes
  • Recurring PDF reports
  • Feeding Zapier and Make workflows
  • Automating old desktop and legacy systems
  • Invoice and document processing at volume
  • Finance, HR and shared-services teams
  • Processes that need audit trails and governance
You'll find it used by
  • Marketers
  • Sales teams
  • Researchers
  • Ops teams
  • Small business owners
  • Operations teams
  • E-commerce stores
  • Property and travel businesses
  • Bookkeepers
  • Operations teams
  • Finance and shared services
  • IT teams
  • Large enterprises
  • Consulting partners

Questions people ask

Which is better, Gumloop, Parseur or UiPath?

Parseur scores highest overall in our ratings (Gumloop 3.9/5, Parseur 4.1/5 and UiPath 3.9/5). Gumloop is best for website scraping and research and lead enrichment and scoring. Parseur is best for order and booking emails into a spreadsheet and lead notification emails into a CRM. UiPath is best for automating old desktop and legacy systems and invoice and document processing at volume.

Which is cheaper, Gumloop, Parseur or UiPath?

Gumloop: There's no free plan. Paid plans start at From $37/mo. Parseur: There's a free plan, and paid plans start at $49/mo. UiPath: There's a free plan, and paid plans start at From $25/mo.

Which is easier to use, Gumloop, Parseur or UiPath?

Parseur rates highest for ease of use in our scores. Small businesses and operations teams that copy details from the same kinds of email or PDF into spreadsheets or other apps.

How we compare

Ratings are our own, from using each tool, across ease of use, features, output quality, value for money, speed & reliability.

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