There are clear distinguishable differences between RPA and BPM.
BPM requires developers with programming skills to execute. However, RPA is easy to configure, and developers don’t need programming skills. RPA generally interacts with applications through the user interface and not through the underlying data layer as BPM does. Essentially, they each automate different types of processes and while BPM needs IT expertise to build automations, RPA does not. Indeed, RPA can be complimentary where BPM is already in place. BPM solutions are typically used to link activities between human touchpoints, whereas RPA is more often used to go end-to-end.