Attended vs. Unattended Robot Feature Comparison

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What is the difference between Attended and Unattended Robots?

Feature	Attended	Unattended
Will impersonate a Windows local user to start process execution		x
Will run on Attended user's computer (virtualized or local laptop or desktop)	x
Will run on any computer, as long as it's powered on and registered/connected with Orchestrator		x
The Attended user can set reminders to execute a process (ex: every day at 9am), but human interaction is required to start that process	x
Strong recommendation to have an Orchestrator connection (for centralized license management, logs and process management)	x
Process execution can be queued (you can have pending processes on a robot or on a group of robots)		x
Other processes can start unattended process execution (via the Start Job activity)	x	x
Orchestrator users can initiate the execution of a process from Orchestrator		x
Must be connected to Orchestrator to function		x
Gives Attended users access to all other UiPath Assistant features	x
Centralized Process update mechanism (via Orchestrator)	x	x
Centralized execution logs (info, errors, etc)	x	x
Can be licensed locally	x
Can be licensed via Orchestrator	x	x
Can execute RPA Processes built with UiPath Studio(s)	x	x
Can execute processes without human supervision		x
Can execute scheduled Processes (e.g. every day at 9am) via Orchestrator		x
Can execute processes based on Orchestrator events (ex: queue item added)		x
Can execute processes based on external events (via Orchestrator API calls - ex: triggered by BPM tools)		x
Can interact with the Attended user via callouts, forms, input boxes, message boxes, highlighted UI elements or similar	x
Can run a single process at a time		x
Can run multiple background processes, usually used to monitor user/application events and then trigger foreground process execution	x
Can run a single foreground process (a process that interacts with the User Interface) at a time	x	x
Can run processes in "PiP mode"	x
Can work in tandem with a human, pausing the execution whenever human input is required	x
Can work asynchronously in tandem with human users assuming the process was built that way (Orchestration Processes)		x
Attended users can initiate the execution of a process from UiPath Assistant	x
Attended users can initiate the execution of a process from a browser (via the JavaScript SDK) or from desktop apps (via the Robot API)	x