Foundations
Platform Overview
AskUI capabilities, features, and comparison with other AI automation solutions
Platform Capabilities
AskUI is an enterprise-ready platform that enables AI agents to control desktop and mobile devices through visual understanding. Unlike browser-only or chat-based solutions, AskUI provides comprehensive automation across all platforms and applications.Key Differentiators
- Universal Platform Support: Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS - learn more about Agent Types
- Enterprise-Ready: On-premise deployment, security features, and corporate proxy support
- True Background Automation: Agents can work without taking over your mouse and keyboard (Windows only)
- Visual Intelligence: No dependency on DOM or application internals
- Flexible Integration: Python and TypeScript SDKs with CI/CD support
Features and Comparison
Key features of AskUI include:- Support for Windows, Linux, MacOS, Android and iOS device automation, including Citrix environments
- Support for single-step commands as well as agentic instructions
- In-background automation on Windows machines (agent can create a second session; you do not have to watch it take over mouse and keyboard)
- Flexible model use (hot swap of models) and infrastructure for reteaching of models (available on-premise)
- Secure deployment of agents in enterprise environments
| Feature | AskUI Vision Agent | Computer Use by Anthropic | Operator by OpenAI | Browser Use | Custom (VLM + PyAutoGUI + Playwright) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Browser Use | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| DOM Support | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Windows Use | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Linux Use | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| MacOS Use | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Android Use | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| iOS Use | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| In-Background Automation | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Change Detection (Automatic waits) | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Multi-Screen Support | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Multi-Device Support | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Intent-based Prompting | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Single-step Commands | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Human-in-the-Loop | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Prompting Interface | Python, TypeScript | Chat | Chat | Python | Custom |
| Enterprise Installer | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| On-Premise Availability | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |