Leave Pega. Keep the orchestration.
Pega's RPA arrived bundled with a BPM platform priced for the Fortune 500. We rebuild the robotic automations and the case/process orchestration as code you own — without the platform commitment.
3-year savings (20 bots)
$540,000
vs Pega effective $18K/bot/yr
Why teams leave Pega
The four reasons we hear most often.
Reason 01
Quote-only, platform-level contracts
Pega RPA isn't sold standalone in any meaningful way — it rides a six-figure Pega Platform commitment. The line item you can't see is the one that hurts.
Reason 02
Consultant-led delivery
Pega builds are delivered by certified CLSAs and partners. The model is powerful and the retainer is permanent.
Reason 03
Legacy OpenSpan robotics
Pega's desktop robotics (ex-OpenSpan) is mature but dated, and increasingly de-emphasized in favor of API/agent approaches you could build yourself.
Reason 04
Lock-in by rules engine
Your logic lives in Pega's rules, case types, and data model. Leaving means untangling it from a proprietary engine.
The math
What Pega actually costs.
Public list pricing plus the add-ons most teams end up buying. Implementation and admin overhead extra.
| Line item | Cost |
|---|---|
Pega Platform license 6-figure | quote-only |
RPA / robotics (bundled) | $$ implied |
Certified partner delivery year one | $300K–1M+ |
Annual maintenance | $200K+ / yr |
| Real all-in | ~$18,000 effective per bot / yr, all-in |
What we migrate
Every record.
Every field.
Specifically, from Pega Robotic Automation. Nothing is left behind to "migrate later."
- Robotic automations (RDA/RPA, ex-OpenSpan)
- Case types and process flows
- Decisioning / routing logic
- Data pages and integration connectors
- Work queues and SLAs
- Audit history and reporting
- Email/listener-triggered automations
Our recommendation
Replace Pega with Temporal + Python (open source).
Pega's value is case/process orchestration, so a durable orchestrator is the honest replacement. We model case types and flows as Temporal workflows with explicit SLAs, retries, and audit history; decisioning becomes readable, testable code; robotics steps run via Python/Playwright. You keep the orchestration discipline and lose the platform bill.
Not the right fit?
We also build fully bespoke automations, deploy Robot Framework / n8n / Temporal to other estates, and integrate with whatever you're keeping. The audit covers the choice.
Related alternatives
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- ap
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- ibm
IBM Robotic Process Automation alternative
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§08 — Stop renting
Stop renting your bots.
Book a 30-minute audit. Walk away with a written replacement plan and a fixed quote. The audit is free whether or not you hire us.
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