Caddi vs. Skan.aiSkan needs an agent on every desktop. Caddi connects to your email, CRM and any other tool and finds the work in 15 minutes.
Skan.ai is desktop task mining: an agent on every machine watches how work gets done, then the fix goes to an RPA or IT team. Caddi is end-to-end AI process automation: it discovers the work in the tools you already use, the person who does it builds the automation, and every run is governed.
- 99%of agent runs complete successfully
- ~45 minon average to build your first agent
- 1M+back-office tasks completed
Jason AlafganiUpdated Sep 23, 2026
Screen capture starts with a security review.
An agent on every machine means IT packaging, a privacy review and, in Europe, a works council before the first finding.
Computer vision captures activity from an agent on each desktop, so it needs no integrations.
Discover connects to email, the DMS and the CRM, read only, and nobody's screen is recorded. 19,000 hours of repetitive work found per customer, from small first rollouts.
A heat map of screen time doesn't do the work.
After the readout, someone still has to pick the task, scope it and build it on another platform.
Hands the findings to your RPA, IT or transformation team to build as a separate project.
Every finding has a Build next button. The ops person who does the work builds it right there, and Caddi writes it as code over APIs.
What gets built is watched somewhere else.
The insight lives in one platform and the automation in another, so no single place shows what actually ran.
Measures work on screens, not the automations a separate team builds later.
Govern logs every run and decision in the same product that found the work, traceable to source. No black box.
Frequently asked questions
What are the best Skan.ai alternatives?
It depends on what you want after the map. If you want another desktop capture tool for enterprise-wide process intelligence, Mimica and KYP.ai are the closest peers. If you want event-log process mining on ERP data, look at Celonis or IBM Process Mining. If you want the repeated work found in the tools you already use and then built and governed in the same product, Caddi is the alternative: Discover finds it, Automate lets the ops person who does the work build it, and Govern keeps every run and decision on the record.
How much does Skan.ai cost?
Skan.ai does not publish pricing. It is sold as an enterprise subscription through sales, with no free plan. Caddi publishes its pricing: the Individual plan is free (one user, no time limit, includes Discover and Automate), Team is $250 per user per month and adds Govern, Business is $6,500 per month, and Enterprise is custom.
Does Skan.ai build automations?
Skan.ai is process intelligence: it captures how work happens on the desktop and shows where time goes. Turning a finding into a running automation is usually handed to an RPA, IT or transformation team on another platform. Caddi does that step itself: the ops person who does the work teaches Caddi the workflow once over a screen-share, and Caddi builds it as verified code running over APIs across 150+ tools.
Do I need to install an agent on every desktop to find automation opportunities?
Not with Caddi. Skan.ai captures work from software on employee machines. Caddi Discover connects to the tools a firm already uses (email, document management, CRM, e-signature and more) under the access the user already has, read only, and ranks the repeated work by hours with the evidence behind each finding. There is nothing to install on employee machines and no screen captures to review.
Skan.ai vs. Caddi: which should I choose?
Choose Skan.ai if the work you need to see lives in desktop, legacy or Citrix applications with no API or system of record, or if you are running an enterprise-wide productivity baseline across thousands of seats. Choose Caddi if your work runs through connected cloud tools and you want one product that finds the work, lets the person doing it build the automation, and governs every run.
Is there a cheaper alternative to Skan.ai?
Yes. Caddi Discover is on the free Individual plan, and a first scan usually takes 15 to 30 minutes. Automate is included on the same free plan, and Govern starts on Team at $250 per user per month. There is no desktop rollout, consulting engagement or data project to fund before you see a finding.