Agentic Index
Automat AI vs Skyvern (2026)
Automat and Skyvern both automate browser workflows that brittle RPA struggles with, delivered oppositely: Skyvern is open source under AGPL and free to self host, with cloud from a free tier of five thousand monthly credits through Hobby at 29 dollars and Pro at 149 dollars a month, enterprise adding HIPAA, SOC 2, and human in the loop, a developer API for browser agents, while Automat is a managed service with forward deployed engineers and SLAs, subscription plus usage quoted, positioned as a fraction of legacy RPA cost and built from screen recordings of your actual workflows. Developers building automation pick Skyvern; operations teams buying outcomes pick Automat.
| At a glance | Automat AI | Skyvern |
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| Category | Browser / computer-use agent | Browser / computer-use agent |
| Entry price | Contact sales (subscription plus usage) | Free (5,000 credits/mo); Hobby $29/mo, Pro $149/mo; Enterprise custom |
| Free / trial | No free tier documented; onboarding begins with a workflow walkthrough and intro call | — |
| Pricing confidence | contact only | public exact |
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| Action & orchestration | ||
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Integrations & Tool Calling Ability to connect agents to real systems through native integrations, OAuth-authenticated actions, custom tools, APIs, webhooks, or MCP-compatible tools. |
Full / Explicit | Partial |
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Workflow Orchestration Ability to sequence, branch, retry, route, and combine deterministic workflow nodes with autonomous agent steps. |
Full / Explicit | Partial |
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Triggers & Channel Coverage How agents wake up and where they work: schedules, webhooks, message events, CRM events, inbox events, chat, email, voice, and collaboration tools. |
Partial | Partial |
| Knowledge & context | ||
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Knowledge Grounding & RAG Ability to ground agent behavior in company data through document ingestion, retrieval, external knowledge APIs, semantic search, or RAG layers. |
Full / Explicit | Partial |
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Memory & State Persistence Ability to persist context across a run, conversation, workflow, user, team, or longer-term memory layer. |
Partial | Partial |
| Control & trust | ||
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Human Oversight & Guardrails Approval steps, consent checkpoints, escalation rules, structured guardrails, policy constraints, and pause/resume controls. |
Full / Explicit | Partial |
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Security, Identity & Governance RBAC, SSO, auditability, encryption, least-privilege tool access, compliance posture, and data handling policy. |
Full / Explicit | Full / Explicit |
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Observability & Auditability Traces, logs, execution histories, metrics, audit events, and debugging detail for production agent behavior. |
Full / Explicit | Partial |
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Deployment & Data Residency Deployment modes and options, including SaaS, dedicated cloud, VPC, on-prem, hybrid, local runtime, and self-hosting. |
Partial | Full / Explicit |
| Solution readiness | ||
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Prebuilt Agents, Templates & Packs Ready-made workflows, packaged employees, templates, blueprints, industry solutions, and role-specific agents that reduce time-to-value. |
Partial | No / Not documented |
| Platform extensibility | ||
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Model Flexibility & Routing Ability to work across multiple foundation models, route tasks to different models, or let buyers bring their own providers and keys. |
No / Not documented | Full / Explicit |
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APIs, SDKs & MCP Extensibility Composability layer: stable APIs, SDKs, MCP tool consumption/serving, custom tools, and integration into internal systems. |
Full / Explicit | Full / Explicit |
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Testing, Debugging & Optimization Testing, debugging, scoring, retries, fallbacks, quality gates, and optimization loops for improving agent workflows before and after deployment. |
Partial | Partial |
| Specialist automation | ||
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Browser & Computer Use Browser, desktop, or remote/local computer control for workflows that cannot be handled through stable APIs alone. |
Full / Explicit | Full / Explicit |
Pricing snapshot
Sourced from the Index pricing dataset · open each vendor's profile for full detail.
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Skyvern
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Entry price Lowest public entry point |
Contact sales (subscription plus usage) | Free (5,000 credits/mo); Hobby $29/mo, Pro $149/mo; Enterprise custom |
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Pricing confidence How public the numbers are |
Contact only | Public — exact |
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Billing Primary billing axis |
subscription plus usage | — |
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Variable cost Workload / overage exposure |
High variable cost | Medium variable cost |
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Free tier / trial Try before you buy |
No free tier
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No free tier
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Buying motion Self-serve vs sales call |
Sales call | — |
Choose Automat AI if
- A managed service delivering working automations is what you are buying.
- Forward deployed engineers and SLAs fit your operational needs.
- Replacing legacy RPA cost with a quoted service is the business case.
Choose Skyvern if
- Your developers want an API and open source control.
- Self hosting or cloud from 29 dollars a month fits your budget.
- Enterprise compliance tiers are there when you scale.