RoboticProcessAutomation

Nearly half of enterprise RPA budgets now go to maintaining brittle bot estates rather than building new capability, and the gap between what RPA can automate and what agentic AI can automate is costing Fortune 500s millions in unrealized value. This guide breaks down the real cost comparison, the decision matrix, and the 5-step migration path from RPA-heavy to hybrid agentic architecture. If you’re a CTO evaluating automation strategy in 2026, this is the framework your peers are already using.