StepFun vs UiPath

StepFun — Foundation Models · Private · $10B valuation · 2 of 2 figures sourced  |  UiPath — Application · Public · $7.2B mkt cap · 5 of 5 figures sourced

Relationship

Assembled from the recorded fields for this pair, not hand-checked. The comparison below is read from each company’s own profile.

Aligned comparison

FieldStepFunUiPath
Size$10B valuation$7.2B mkt cap different basis
Employees—3,981
Founded20232005 18 yrs earlier
StatusPrivatePublic
CategoryFoundation ModelsApplication
Stack layerAI agent, API service, Application, Developer tool, Model APIAgent platform, Application, Developer tool, Platform
HeadquartersShanghai, ChinaNew York, USA

Capability overlap

Shared · 4

Agent orchestrationAgentic codingModel inferenceWorkflow automation

Not verified for UiPath · 8

Code generationImage generationKnowledge retrievalSpeech to textText generationText to speechVoice agentSearch answers

Recorded for StepFun. UiPath’s product records say nothing either way — a missing record is not a missing capability.

Not verified for StepFun · 3

Data analysisDocument extractionModel training

Recorded for UiPath. StepFun’s product records say nothing either way — a missing record is not a missing capability.

Products, side by side

Algorithmic pairing — assembled from recorded fields, not hand-checked

StepFun

Application

阶跃AI (StepFun AI)Application

StepFun's consumer AI assistant, available on the web and as Windows and macOS desktop clients, offering web search, knowledge-base Q&A, image creation, tool use and speech recognition.

Developer tool

阶跃星辰 AI Studio (StepFun AI Studio)Developer tool

A browser-based workspace for building, testing and deploying AI applications on StepFun's models, with a playground, a showcase library of example apps and a personal asset library.

UiPath

Application

UiPath AutopilotApplication

Assistant that builds and runs automations from natural-language instructions inside the UiPath platform.

UiPath Communications MiningApplication

Extracts intent, sentiment and context data from messages and communications, part of the UiPath IXP platform.

UiPath Document UnderstandingApplication

Extracts and interprets data from documents using AI, part of the UiPath IXP platform.

UiPath IXPApplication

Intelligent Xtraction & Processing: classifies documents and communications of any layout, extracts and validates the fields, and hands the result to UiPath's agents and workflows as automation-ready data.

UiPath Maestro CaseApplication

Case-management capability of UiPath Maestro for document-heavy cases combining agents and people.

UiPath Maestro FlowApplication

Orchestrates AI agents and deterministic workflows together within UiPath Maestro.

UiPath Process IntelligenceApplication

Discovers and analyzes business processes to find automation opportunities.

UiPath ScreenPlayApplication

Executes interface automations from natural-language instructions.

Developer tool

UiPath AI CenterDeveloper tool

Embeds machine-learning models into UiPath automations, with cloud or on-premises deployment and a 60-day free trial.

UiPath Test CloudDeveloper tool

Creates, executes and manages software tests with AI, for both automations and applications.

No counterpart

StepFun sells these in a stack layer with no product recorded for UiPath yet — nothing on the other side to compare them against.

API service

Step PlanAPI service

A subscription service from the StepFun Open Platform that supplies a monthly Credit pool for calling StepFun's flagship models from third-party coding tools and agent clients such as Claude Code, Cursor, OpenClaw, Cline and Zed.

AI agent

StepClawAI agent

A one-click cloud-deployed AI agent offered inside the 阶跃AI assistant that interprets instructions and carries out tasks autonomously.

Model API

StepFun Open PlatformModel API

API access to StepFun's text, vision, speech and image models, with credit packages and enterprise plans.

UiPath sells these in a stack layer with no product recorded for StepFun yet — nothing on the other side to compare them against.

Agent platform

UiPath MaestroAgent platform

Orchestrates agents, robots and people across a business process from one model of that process.

Platform

UiPath PlatformPlatform

Automation platform combining robotic process automation, orchestration and AI agents over enterprise workflows.