Not the parent commenter, but I've also spent time this space. UIPath and other RPA tools interact with applications in the same way as Selenium, but also provi

Not the parent commenter, but I've also spent time this space. UIPath and other RPA tools interact with applications in the same way as Selenium, but also provide all the features that make it a 'platform' that enterprise IT folks can understand and approve (if not manage directly). I like to say that it's easy enough to build a Selenium script for something simple like read a dozen PDF's and populate a webform, but when you scale to dozens of PC's running 24/7 (often in a broom closet because the client org hasn't mastered Cloud), then the features RPA tools offer like logging, security (you're using real application credentials to log in), scheduling and load balancing, and workflow management (this one failed, someone manually do it) start becoming useful, and more importantly, accessible to someone who doesn't necessarily have a developer background.