An honest, detailed comparison of MAIA Brain and SS&C Blue Prism across every capability that matters to European enterprises. AI-native. Live in 4–6 weeks. EU AI Act ready from day one.
Blue Prism is one of the most respected names in enterprise RPA. Its security architecture, governance frameworks, and audit capabilities are genuinely excellent — and its track record across Financial Services, Insurance, and Healthcare makes it a credible choice for large regulated organisations with established RPA programmes and dedicated certified development teams. The challenge is everything that comes with that capability: Blue Prism's learning curve is steep, certified resources are scarce and expensive, and deployment timelines are measured in months, not weeks. All production licensing requires a custom enterprise quote with no public pricing, and meaningful functionality — Decipher IDP for document processing, Interact for human-in-the-loop, Decision for AI decisioning, Process Intelligence — all carry separate module fees. MAIA Brain delivers comparable governance, superior AI reasoning, and faster deployment at up to 65% lower total cost of ownership — without the certified consultant dependency that Blue Prism inevitably requires.
We've taken SS&C Blue Prism's own advertised capabilities and compared them honestly with MAIA Brain across 13 criteria relevant to European enterprise automation teams.
| What You Need It to Do | SS&C Blue Prism | MAIA Brain ★ BEST VALUE |
|---|---|---|
| Automate repetitive daily tasks | Yes — enterprise-grade attended and unattended RPA with strong governance | Yes — and handles exceptions autonomously without stopping |
| Read and understand unstructured documents | Partial — Decipher IDP module available at additional cost; configuration required per document type | Yes — native document intelligence, any format, included in all plans |
| Handle unexpected situations without stopping | Partial — automation stops and escalates; Interact module enables human-in-the-loop at additional cost | Yes — autonomous exception handling with full audit trail |
| Connect existing software (SAP, Salesforce, Oracle, Microsoft 365) | Yes — open API, SAP ERP Accelerators, partner ecosystem integrations | Yes — 500+ enterprise connectors including SAP, Salesforce, Oracle and all major enterprise platforms |
| Multi-language support across European markets | Yes — native support for English, German, French, Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish | Yes — native multi-language AI reasoning across all European languages |
| Configure automation using plain language — no coding required | No — Blue Prism requires accredited developers; no low-code or natural language interface | Yes — natural language process configuration, no developer dependency |
| Get smarter over time without reprogramming | No — automations execute fixed sequences; changes require certified developer intervention | Yes — continuous self-learning from every completed task cycle |
| Run fully on-premise (data never leaves your environment) | Yes — full on-premise and hybrid deployment supported | Yes — full on-premise deployment included in all plans |
| EU AI Act and GDPR compliance built in | Partial — strong security and governance; EU AI Act readiness requires configuration and certified resources | Yes — EU AI Act ready and GDPR by design from day one |
| Time to go live | No — typically 6–12 months; requires certified developers, accredited partners, and full governance setup | Yes — 4–6 weeks including onboarding, configuration and integration |
| Setup and onboarding included in plan price | No — certified Blue Prism developers and implementation partners billed at premium day rates | Yes — full onboarding and configuration managed by MAIA team, included in plan |
| Transparent public pricing | No — all production pricing via custom enterprise quote; no public list price published | Yes — transparent pricing, published publicly, no minimum enterprise commitment |
| AI reasoning for autonomous decisions | Partial — Decision module provides AI decisioning at additional cost; WorkHQ adds agentic capability | Yes — neurosymbolic AI reasoning native across all processes from day one |
Why MAIA Brain typically costs up to 65% less than Blue Prism: Blue Prism does not publish pricing — a significant signal in itself. Enterprise contracts involve annual licensing fees that scale with automation scope, mandatory add-on modules for meaningful AI and IDP capability, and a dependence on certified Blue Prism developers and accredited implementation partners that represents a substantial ongoing cost beyond the software licence itself. MAIA Brain consolidates all of this into a single, transparent, predictable plan.
Based on comparable enterprise deployments. Individual results vary. Blue Prism pricing based on third-party research and publicly available information as of February 2026. Blue Prism does not publish list pricing; verify directly with SS&C Blue Prism.
Here's a detailed look at how MAIA Brain handles Blue Prism's core use cases — and goes significantly further — across every capability that matters to enterprise operations teams.
When a Blue Prism automation encounters an unexpected situation, it stops and escalates to a human — or, with the Interact module, creates a human-in-the-loop task at additional cost. MAIA Brain reasons through exceptions in real time: understanding context, making a decision, completing the task, and logging every step for full audit. No escalation. No additional module.
Blue Prism's Decipher IDP is a capable document processing module — but it carries a separate licence fee and requires configuration for each document type. MAIA Brain processes any document — invoices, contracts, regulatory forms, correspondence — natively, without template setup or additional module cost. New document formats are understood from the first example.
Blue Prism has no low-code or natural language interface. Every automation must be built by an accredited Blue Prism developer — one of a limited pool of certified resources in the market. MAIA Brain allows business and operations teams to configure complex, multi-step automated processes in plain language, without any developer dependency.
Blue Prism automations execute exactly what they were built to do. When processes change, a certified developer must modify, test, and redeploy. MAIA Brain learns from every completed task — adapting its behaviour based on outcomes, improving accuracy over time, and handling process variations without developer intervention. Your automation improves continuously, automatically.
Blue Prism's security and governance credentials are genuinely strong — a real strength for regulated industries. MAIA Brain matches this governance standard and goes further: EU AI Act readiness and GDPR compliance are built into the platform architecture from day one, not layered on through configuration. Decision explainability and full audit trails are standard, not add-ons.
Blue Prism's certified developer requirement creates a genuine bottleneck: there are a limited number of accredited Blue Prism professionals in the European market, and they command premium day rates. MAIA Brain requires no certified third-party developers — MAIA's own team manages onboarding, configuration, and go-live as part of your plan. You deploy on your timeline, not theirs.
MAIA Brain replaces a complex, consultant-heavy Blue Prism deployment with a structured, supported onboarding in three phases.
MAIA's team audits your current automation landscape — including any existing Blue Prism processes — and identifies which automations to prioritise, based on cost, volume, and operational risk. Every discovery session is included in your plan. No certified developer day rates. No accredited partner required.
MAIA connects to your existing enterprise systems — SAP, Salesforce, Oracle, Microsoft 365, and 500+ more — using pre-built connectors. Automations are configured in plain language by your team, supported by MAIA's specialists. No Blue Prism accreditation required. No specialist RPA developer headcount needed.
MAIA goes live in 4–6 weeks. It handles exceptions autonomously, learns from every completed task, and improves accuracy with every cycle — delivering increasing value over time without the need for ongoing certified developer engagement or annual recertification.
We believe in straightforward advice. Here is an honest assessment of when each platform makes the most sense — based on your organisation's situation, not our preference.
"Blue Prism's governance architecture is genuinely impressive — we understood why so many banks rely on it. But the certified developer dependency meant our automation roadmap was always constrained by resource availability. With MAIA Brain, our operations team configures processes themselves, exceptions are handled automatically, and we went live in six weeks rather than six months."
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Answers to the questions we hear most from organisations evaluating MAIA Brain against their existing or planned Blue Prism investment.
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