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UiPath Inc.

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    Hassan Sami

Great reliability, top-notch orchestrator, and reduces human error

  • October 05, 2023
  • Review provided by PeerSpot

What is our primary use case?

We use UiPath for invoice processing and PDF extraction.

How has it helped my organization?

Building automation using UiPath is extremely easy. Everything required is available online.

UiPath enables us to implement end-to-end automation, which is the most important aspect for us.

The UiPath User Community is strong.

UiPath has helped us to minimize our on-premises footprint. We are using an on-premises orchestrator and working in the financial services industry, where we have to process 30,000 invoices per day. This would normally require a lot of manpower, but with UiPath, we are able to do it with only five bots.

We use the UiPath Academy courses and my team recently received the AI certification.

We use the AI functionality in UiPath to help automate more processes overall. 

UiPath helps speed up our digital transformation.

It has helped reduce human error a lot.

UiPath has helped free up our staff time by automating the manual work and saving our resources. 

What is most valuable?

The Orchestrator feature is the most valuable of all the automation solutions I have used, including OpenBots, Robocorp, and Microsoft Power Automate. It is essential for managing all of the processes in UiPath.

What needs improvement?

The UiPath Academy Orchestrator training needs to be updated to reflect the recent changes.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using UiPath for one and a half years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

UiPath is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

UiPath is scalable.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The price for UiPath is on the higher end.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate UiPath ten out of ten. I have used five other automation solutions and UiPath is the best.

No maintenance is required.

The development, scalability, and reliability of UiPath are the best, and I recommend the solution 100 percent.  

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Hybrid Cloud


    Muhammad_Uzair

Good automation tool that helps reduce labor cost and increase efficiencies

  • October 05, 2023
  • Review provided by PeerSpot

What is our primary use case?

I've been making some accelerators using it. Each Customer Relationship Management page in the telecom industry has a similar kind of structure, so things do not change a lot. I'm creating an accelerator that can log into a CRM and quickly perform specific tasks as per requirements. For example, the robot will log on to a CRM page, will add updated user information, and check the details of user requests. Another case could be creating specified user service requests and monitoring their status for service efficiency. 

How has it helped my organization?

We're automating a bunch of processes in the telecommunication industry. We’re implementing RPA solutions in the biggest telecommunications company in my country. Our main focus was to increase the return on investment. What we tried to do was reduce the time, reduce the manual labor costs and errors, and increase efficiency.

The big picture is to work towards reducing labor costs and creating solutions that are required to enhance your efficiency. This also streamlines process workflows when handling robot exceptions.

What is most valuable?

The drag-and-drop features and the activities that are pre-made are useful. It's a big plus for UiPath. Whenever I use it, I can do all kinds of work with it and it's really easy. For example, if you have to store data in a dictionary or make a list, there are all kinds of ways to do it. You can do almost anything using UiPath.

The community is very good. I get 90% of my questions answered there.

There’s a good level of maturity in the UiPath framework. Once you get hands-on experience with it and once you are a little bit familiar with it, it becomes really interesting to make automation.

Another thing to add would be queues. It gives you the power to assign multiple bots to any item in the queue and you can monitor the activities and status in the queue.

UiPath enables us to implement end-to-end automation. Once you have hands-on experience with it, you don't even have to think about the steps. There are hundreds of activities to help you to carry out any solution. It enables you to perform endpoint processes really efficiently.

When you compare the solution to other automation companies, like Automation Anywhere or Microsoft Power Automate, UiPath has the biggest community, and that really helps you a lot. Whatever questions we have will get answered due to the extremely helpful and active community. You get answers pretty quickly as well. Most questions I have are already addressed there. It adds a lot of value to UiPath and plays a major role in our success.

I have done a few UiPath Academy courses. I have not gotten certifications, however, UiPath has advanced certifications and material on the website that lays out those certifications. They have a lot of tutorials to let you get deep into the product.

It's helped speed up our digital transformation. Our main focus has been on automation and increasing efficiencies while reducing errors and costs. Automation helps significantly reduce human error. 

What needs improvement?

The ease of building automation using UiPath is appreciable. In the beginning, it was a bit difficult as you have to know about C# and VB Script. I come from a Python background. If you are making a list, for example, in Python, it’s very simple. There isn’t that much complexity. If you're doing list manipulation and dictionary manipulation, you have all kinds of data structures. However, when it comes to UiPath, it is not as simple since you have to be very certain about what you're writing.

There are some things missing in UiPath. There used to be an activity where you could just add an item. This activity is now gone. Some of the things in UiPath are changing. This is a bit difficult due to the fact that, if a beginner is trying to add something to a dictionary, they'll have to look through the community's communications and then they might figure out that the old ways are gone. But that is not always the case, there have been better and newly modified activities like ones that help choose selectors for UI Automation.

UiPath is not that fast. They do have an option to increase the speed of processes. You can increase their speed in the settings. However, whenever you do that, the chances of it curbing the flow at some point is higher. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using it for the last three months. I jumped into this field of automation about six months ago. I have explored Power Automate, Robocorp, and Automation Anywhere during this time. UiPath, however, has been a good experience so far.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The stability is okay and chances of bottlenecking are not much. Occasionally there are some errors and the robots do crash but overall that is not an issue. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It's a mature product; it can scale well. It's pretty sophisticated so you can get a lot of scalability in the automation process. 

How are customer service and support?

I have not contacted technical support. I'm a beginner, and usually, I turn to the UiPath community forums. Many problems are answered right in the community itself. 

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I was using Autosphere before UiPath. I've also used Automation Anywhere and Robocorp. UiPath is for developers and business users. UiPath is far superior to Automation Anywhere, however, when it comes to speed, I feel that Autosphere and Robocorp are faster than UiPath.

How was the initial setup?

I was not involved in the initial deployment. 

They do give a bit of support with processes. However, after a few months, the solution does require some maintenance. We also supply support and our clients hardly need it anymore. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The cost used to be fine, however, Microsoft has reduced its costs significantly and that's going to be a challenge for UiPath. In comparison to other automation products, UiPath is reasonable. 

What other advice do I have?

I'm an end-user and an administrator. 

I'm not using the AI functionality apart from OCR-related solutions. However, there is a huge market for it. 

I would rate the solution nine out of ten. This solution offers a lot. It's a good product to try. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud


    Kaamini Singh

It's good for data scraping and extracting information from websites

  • October 02, 2023
  • Review provided by PeerSpot

What is our primary use case?

We're a tech consulting company that works for insurance companies. We use UiPath for tasks related to payment processing, deductibles, and denial of coverage. We check each part of the process to ensure that the patient has met a set of criteria. We're checking the deductible to see if it has been met, and we update the notes on the platform. UiPath is useful for all of our clients regardless of the industry. For example, we have used it for payroll and payment processing at Citibank and Doshi Bank. 

How has it helped my organization?

A bot can run 24/7, reducing the human labor required. That is UiPath's major advantage. It reduces the number of manual tasks while also improving and enhancing human labor. A manual task that took 10 minutes in the past can be completed in two or three. We are saving a lot of time. 

Let's say we have eight people doing a particular task eight hours a day on a five-day work schedule. Once we automate that task, we can run the bot 24 hours a day Monday to Sunday. Automation reduces our costs and human error. The accuracy and data security are high. It's beneficial all around.

Uipath facilitates data sharing between systems. We have some shared folder packs that enable us to share the data from one system to another. This functionality can be important, depending on the project and type of data. We use some encrypted features. If we want to share data in encrypted mode, we can put it in an Orchestrator folder on-premises so only those with access can see the data. 

The business will share the data, including employee and patient records. All the data is shared within the database.  Either the employees can send data over, or they can access the data from that particular folder. UiPath offers a central portal for managing patient information. We've done a lot of things to extract and utilize patient information, ensuring that it can be accessed by the appropriate teams. We have to train our bots to capture the right information, like the patient's name, address, ID, location, etc.

What is most valuable?

UiPath is good for data scraping and extracting information from websites. UiPath is approachable, and it makes life much easier by automating repetitive tasks with the help of drag-and-drop flexibility, eliminating human interaction. The drag-and-drop APIs make it easy to get data from the API quickly.

I also like UiPath's security features because it gives us lots of tools to secure sensitive information. We can encrypt the customer data and store it in UiPath on-premises. We can also control access so that only authenticated users can obtain the data. 

What needs improvement?

Citrix and email automation could be improved. We can use the features, but the accuracy isn't 100 percent. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have used UiPath for the past five years. 

How are customer service and support?

I rate UiPath support eight out of 10. They provide us with assistance while we are developing bots. We can send the Orchestrator logs to UiPath to find out where a process is failing. For example, a web-based process might be using an old particular password. The support team will notify us that we need to update the password in the production environment. 

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Before we implemented UiPath, we tried Automation Anywhere. I like UiPath the best because it has capabilities like Document Understanding, AI, fabric, etc. UiPath has more features than Automation Anywhere. When we did a POC of Automation Anywhere, we found that the data scraping wasn't as accurate when working with PDFs. 

How was the initial setup?

The deployment may be straightforward or complex, depending on the project. Before each project, we have a testing phase of about seven to eight days. We have a 10-day monitoring period. In that 10-day period, the developer is also involved with the support. We have a different support team that takes care of most of these things, like deployment and monitoring the processes. If something goes wrong, they have to open a ticket and reach out to the developers. 

Our implementation process involves checking all the business requirements. We look at the software and machines our clients use and the steps involved. Once we know the business requirements, we start working on the modules. We determine how many modules we need and the amount of time it will take to develop them. 

After that, we have a daily scrum call. If we have issues, we reach out to the business, and they will come back with a solution. We need to undergo this initial development phase before starting anything. Once the development is completed, we have multiple process design documents detailing the processes and steps. We also work with third-party integrators. About seven or eight staff members are involved. 

This solution does not require much maintenance once it is deployed and we've granted the access required. Once we've ensured the process is running and done the initial updates, we don't need to maintain it.

What was our ROI?

I haven't calculated the ROI, but I've heard that other people have seen 60 to 70 percent return on what they invested.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The pricing depends on the project and how many hours we will charge. 

What other advice do I have?

I rate UiPath nine out of 10. There are still a few areas that require improvement. Before implementing, I suggest doing a POC so you can evaluate other tools side by side to see which one is best. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises


    Divyashree Muddagangaiah

Helps reduce human error, and saves us time and costs

  • September 29, 2023
  • Review provided by PeerSpot

What is our primary use case?

I have worked with most of the UiPath use cases. From 2017 to now, I have delivered more than 400 bots. I have worked in healthcare, energy, shipping, and other industries.

When it comes to manual processes, especially IDP and the combination of IDP and automation, the journey has been a bit difficult and challenging, but it has been worth it. Most other automation is straightforward. We take input from multiple platforms, put it into another platform, and so on. But with IDP, we have to read the document, validate the data, and then integrate it with the automation tool in UiPath.

I started integrating IDP and automation before UiPath Document Understanding and the Action Center were available. What I used to do was automate the process and then create a layout in ABBYY. I would then integrate the ABBYY layout into UiPath, evaluate the data, and then automate the rest. I did this in 2018 and 2019.

Now that we have our own Document Understanding and Action Center platform, I don't have to rely on any third-party tools for IDP. The combination of automation and IDP within a single platform has made a big impact on many businesses. It has helped them to reduce their annual efforts in data entry, reading documents, and correcting small errors in data extraction and copy-pasting.

I have seen the best results when IDP is combined with automation. It has reduced manual efforts by at least 80 percent. Automation is always helpful, but the combination of IDP and automation is even more effective.

In one example, we were able to deploy more than 700 bots for a single organization in the manufacturing industry. They had around 25 servers just to run the bots, but now they are running multiple bots on a single server. They are saving millions of dollars per month by using UiPath.

Overall, I think the combination of IDP and automation is a huge game-changer for businesses. It is helping them to save time, money, and resources.

How has it helped my organization?

Most of the elements we have right now as activities with this do not require us to work with the norm of 100 lines of code or anything like that. It is just drag and drop, so anyone can use UiPath from scratch and be approved within a couple of months. The platform itself is very easy to learn and use. I don't think there were any challenges at any point with respect to this.

UiPath enables us to implement end-to-end automation. We have many back-end processes that run without any manual intervention. We simply schedule the bots, and they run flawlessly. We also have a bot that generates reports for us. As a result, we have had end-to-end automation in place for almost a year now. We are very pleased with how it is working, and we believe it is a valuable feature.

The UiPath User Community is great. I am proud to be a part of the community, where I have earned the Community Moderator badge, the Bylaw badge, and the MM VPA badge. I have witnessed the incredible journey of the community, from a group of people who didn't know each other to a community that meets in person at least once a month. The quality of the answers in the forum is amazing. I have seen a few companies create internal competitions to see who can answer the most questions in the forums and receive prizes. These small gestures from the community make a big impact. I would say that the community has played a major role in the growth and deployment of UiPath. UiPath has never failed to surprise and value the community members. The company has never disappointed us, and it continues to support our efforts.

When we join the UiPath Community and become an MVP, we gain direct access to the company's product engineers. We can provide our feedback and reviews for every product and release, and we also have beta access to all products when we are eligible as an MVP. Every review, opinion, and idea that we provide to the product managers is taken seriously and reviewed. If it is valid, the product managers implement it. I think this is the best thing about being a part of the UiPath team, both as a team member and as an individual. I really like the core UiPath team very much.

We have UiPath both on-premises and in the cloud. I think we were able to make significant savings when we upgraded to the cloud, especially in terms of infrastructure costs, deployment, and upgrades. The dynamic nature of cloud computing has helped us to reduce costs and save time.

We often use the UiPath Academy courses. I believe that 80 to 90 percent of my team uses the Academy, and it is the main platform where we have learned to use UiPath. I recommend that everyone take the Academy courses. For anyone who wants to learn UiPath, the Academy is the best place because it has everything we need to know.

UiPath accelerates our digital transformation and reduces costs. We did not need to upgrade to expensive or complex applications to accelerate our digital transformation.

UiPath has reduced up to 70 percent of the human errors.

UiPath has helped free up staff time. We have citizen developers from UiPath who are using UiPath Studio X to save almost 70 percent of their daily time on email automation. Especially when it comes to process mining, they don't have to do the same update task; the processing is ready, and everything is ready to be given to the developers. Even the developers are saving time when using the RA framework for SAP or ERP applications, such as by creating and using libraries of common screens, selectors, and steps. This saves them at least 50 percent of their time, so they can focus more on research and development and new features.

What is most valuable?

Document Understanding and Action Center have added significant value to UiPath, especially for the IDP process.

What needs improvement?

There are a few businesses that are failing to generate their ROI. I think that's where UiPath needs to educate businesses so that they can choose the right product for them, whether that's the entire automation solution suite or just the individual products that they need. I think that educating businesses about this will help them a lot and make it easier for them to succeed.

When integrating with third-party tools, UiPath gives us the freedom to write our own code and integrate it. However, if we could get a repository of at least a few of the layouts for the GUI or AI Center, where we would only need to make minor changes, that would be helpful. For example, the files have a template that extracts all the information. I would just like to change a few things, but I don't want all of that. I know we can just hide it, but that won't help because processing the whole document extraction will still take the same amount of time. If we could get those codes in any of the repositories where we could make small changes to the existing code and then import them into our processes, that would be helpful. We do have all the code. We do have all the activities, but none of them are accessible or modifiable. We have to use them as is, or we have to create our own. Those are the only two options we have. If we could get the codes in the report that we want, and then we could make the changes and use them in our own code, I think that would help us more.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using UiPath for seven years. I started my journey in December 2016 and we started delivering projects to clients in 2017. I have been impressed with the evaluation of the UiPath products from 2017 to 2023. The features that we have been receiving in recent years are very good.

When I started as an automation engineer in 2017, people at companies like Sony and other networks and large companies were scared to share their processes and credentials due to security concerns. I have seen this challenge firsthand. However, now, companies of all sizes, including national banks, are looking at automation.

I have seen an incredible journey from 2017 to 2023. I am happy to have been a part of it.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

UiPath is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

UiPath is scalable. We are able to upgrade anything.

How are customer service and support?

Whenever we have a challenge or similar issue, in rare cases, such as when there are multiple questions assigned to a support ticket, there may be a slight delay in technical support responding.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

The initial deployment is straightforward.

The deployment time depends on the complexity of the project, ranging from six weeks to four months. For a very simple UiPath automation project with multiple applications, we can complete the development, UAT, and deployment within six weeks. However, if the project involves IDP, validation, and other complex features, it may take three to four months to complete.

The number of people required for deployment depends on the complexity. I always suggest having proper planning. I would not let any of the junior developers deploy to production at any time. I would always have two different teams. This is my preference. Instead of having junior developers deploy to production with only one person, even if they are capable of doing it, I would suggest not giving access to everyone to deploy to production. Instead, they should reach out to the production support team, and the production support team should do a code review before the deployment. Once the code is reviewed, the production support team can publish the package to production.

What was our ROI?

I have seen organizations that have been able to generate an ROI of almost 100 percent, as well as organizations that have struggled to generate even a 10 percent ROI. Some companies are very good at knowing what licenses they have bought and how to use them, but I have also seen companies that have a whole suite of automation tools that they are not using, including process mining and test suites. They are still paying for all of these tools, but they are struggling to generate an ROI.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The main complaint I receive about UiPath is the pricing. Many people purchase the entire suite, which can be expensive, even though they don't need all of the features. The pricing is also somewhat opaque for businesses of all sizes. Unless a company is a UiPath partner, it is difficult to customize the solution to pay only for the features that are needed.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate UiPath eight out of ten. We have experienced some automation processes that did not turn out as expected, especially with legacy applications, which can be challenging.

I have not seen any challenges with UiPath upgrades, but there are a few things to keep in mind. Consider a client with an on-premise deployment. The developers have returned their code, which is very old. After two or three years, the client is finally upgrading. During this time, a few activities may have changed drastically or been removed from UiPath because they have been merged into other activities. In these cases, we need to do some maintenance to ensure that the upgrade is successful. We need to check that everything is ready and that the upgrade looks good. This may take some time, but it is the only maintenance that is required.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud


    reviewer2286168

Has multiple features, many connectors, and good support, but the debugging process takes longer and could be improved

  • September 29, 2023
  • Review provided by PeerSpot

What is our primary use case?

I've worked on many use cases for UiPath, primarily automation use cases, but the most recent one was for the HTS sector.

The customer was inquiring about payments, whether the payment was fully paid, partially paid, or whether there was an outstanding balance or payment discrepancy.

It was for a US client, and based on some validations, checks, and settings, I needed to identify if the payment was on time, delayed, or never paid. I had to commit to determining the information or data for my customer, which included many validation business rules. I had to consider the checkpoints before replying to the customer's query.

The query used to come through email, and I needed to extract the emails, identify what the query was for, and then go ahead and provide the solution.

How has it helped my organization?

Many new improvements in UiPath after 2018 have helped end users stay competitive in the market, such as document understanding and process mining. UiPath has also helped significantly in documenting scanned invoices and restructuring processes. UiPath is continually growing and updating, and that is a big help to organizations.

What is most valuable?

What I like best about UiPath is that it's undoubtedly the leader in the market.

I like that the solution makes life easier through its multiple features. It's easy to use UiPath through its Excel functionality, a basic application you need. UiPath also has many connectors available, so using the solution is easier.

I also found the document understanding feature of UiPath helpful in automating data from PDFs, whether it's to classify or extract information from documents. The document understanding feature also has many extractors, making data extraction easy to apply to the existing company processes, one of the best features of UiPath.

Compared to other RPA tools, such as Blue Prism and Power Automate, UiPath stands out in terms of the scalability of automation that you can do on the platform. UiPath is more reliable and has many actions available for almost every application, which is why the solution stands out.

Building automation using UiPath is simple, but it would still depend on the developer or designer. If you do not plan the process correctly, it will be messy. Regarding the actions for building automation, you can pull and drop into boxes, so it's easy.

My company used UiPath to automate processes dealing with a good cause, mainly giving people more free time to focus on learning new skills and growing professionally rather than spending all the time working on repetitive, mundane tasks. My company automated a process for the customer and delivered that to the customer.

UiPath enabled my company to implement end-to-end automation. Still, there may be a few requirements that would make the solution not feasible, for example, applications where it would be challenging to use UiPath, even with plug-ins.

The UiPath User Community is the biggest out of all communities by other platforms, and I found the community helpful. Many experts in the UiPath User Community are ready to help.

I've used UiPath Academy. Its courses helped me in understanding UiPath in detail. I started learning the solution from the academy itself. It is great because it covers all the basics and advanced topics. UiPath Academy is a one-stop solution for learning UiPath and its products, services, and offerings.

The solution has also helped in speeding up digital transformation.

Uipath has helped reduce human error in any process or task that is rule-based, which doesn't need any human interference or judgment. My company developed tasks on the platform and created code to handle specific situations or scenarios that completely took care of manual intervention or manual efforts plus, the deployment was easy, and the solution saved a lot of manual effort. UiPath reduced human error by up to ninety percent.

The solution helped free up employee time by up to forty percent after the automation by reducing the need for employees to work on repetitive tasks so employees could focus on other, more challenging tasks, including learning new skills.

What needs improvement?

One area for improvement in UiPath is that the orientation could be better.

Debugging also needs improvement because I need to do it from scratch whenever I have to debug a code. I have to run the entire code from the start and then check the pointers. If a specific action can be developed in UiPath, instead of running the code from the beginning, it would allow you to debug the code from the point that needs debugging, saving a significant amount of time.

My company has tested the AI functionality of UiPath, and for complex processes, it takes a lot of time to develop the processes from a development point. When a process is complex, it depends on the end users or developers on how to break the requirement into small pieces. Suppose you do not break it into small pieces and create a single push out of it. In that case, it will become a lengthy code inside UiPath Studio, making maintaining and monitoring that code difficult inside UiPath Studio. Locating the error or actual information would also take more work, so UiPath could be challenging to use in complex process automation.

Pricing for UiPath also needs improvement as it becomes expensive in large-scale implementations.

For how long have I used the solution?

I started working with UiPath in 2018, so from that time, it's been five years of working with the platform.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

UiPath is a stable tool.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

UiPath is a scalable tool.

How are customer service and support?

I found UiPath Support good.

UiPath consultants provide good support and are readily available via email.

It takes about ten to twelve hours to receive a response from UiPath Support.

I'd rate support as eight out of ten.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

My company used Blue Prism before UiPath. I work for a service-based company, with clients choosing the tools based on priorities. UiPath was cheaper than Blue Prism, but when you use it for a large-scale RPA implementation where you deploy hundreds of robots, UiPath becomes more expensive than Blue Prism. However, development on UiPath was significantly faster and more reliable compared to Blue Prism. UiPath also has a larger community offering support versus Blue Prism and even has free training on UiPath Academy. UiPath also offered a free trial, which Blue Prism didn't offer. These are the reasons for switching to UiPath.

How was the initial setup?

Setting up the UiPath infrastructure was a little tricky, but the deployment was much easier. It usually takes one month to complete the deployment if the process is simple, but it could take up to three months for a complex process. Compared to other tools, the deployment and development of UiPath was faster.

What was our ROI?

In terms of manual efforts, realizing the benefits of UiPath was immediate, but for the financial benefits or ROI, it took some time, as the solution has a huge cost. It required you to purchase the UiPath Studio, Robot, and Architectural licenses. You also have to pay for the development costs, so the monetary benefits took time to reflect in the cash flow.

My company did notice between sixty to seventy percent ROI from UiPath, which was calculated around the number of FTEs, mainly how many FTEs were released from a specific task. For example, there was a big project with sixteen FTEs released from a repetitive task.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

When there's a massive deployment of robots, pricing for UiPath becomes costly, as you must purchase different licenses for UiPath Studio, Orchestrator, etc. I noticed that it would solely depend on how service-based companies negotiate with UiPath and that each client could have a pricing disparity. A client with a more significant implementation could get more discount, pricing-wise.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

I had the chance to work with Blue Prism and Power Automate.

What other advice do I have?

UiPath does not require extensive or complex application upgrades and support, at least not for every application. Sometimes, support is needed depending on the project or application, but the chance of it would be very slim.

UiPath was deployed on-premises. In terms of environments or locations, the solution was deployed in three different environments: in the Studio, Orchestrator, and Testing.

The number of users of the solution varies per project, but the maximum number of users I've worked with on a single project is about thirteen or fourteen.

My company has worked with small, medium, and large enterprises using UiPath.

The solution doesn't require maintenance. It just requires license renewal.

My rating for UiPath is seven out of ten. I'd make it a ten if UiPath improves the appearance of the Studio. Its debugging process could also be improved, as it's currently complex. It could be easier.

My company is a UiPath partner.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises


    LahiruFernando

Multifeatured, with document understanding and AI capabilities, and a drag-and-drop, low code interface

  • September 28, 2023
  • Review provided by PeerSpot

What is our primary use case?

We generally use UiPath for invoice processing, finance-related processes, and other similar processes in the oil and gas industry, including government and child welfare use cases.

My organization also used UiPath to automate processes for a good cause, particularly for a US organization that was into child welfare and adoption, so that was one of the use cases: automation for a child adoption and child welfare organization.

What is most valuable?

To me, the most valuable feature of UiPath is document understanding.

AI is also a valuable feature, as that is the current trend, so it's one of the most essential features of UiPath.

I found it very easy to build automation through the solution, as it has a drag-and-drop interface. If you know the flow and understand the basics, you can easily build automation in UiPath. In simple terms, the solution has a low code interface.

My organization saw many positive outcomes from UiPath automation, mainly when it was applied to an organization in the US focused on child welfare and adoption.

The solution also enabled my organization to implement end-to-end automation. That is important because I would always prefer some end-to-end automation wherever possible, even with a bit of human touch in the loop. I find solutions that enable end-to-end automation, such as UiPath, great.

I found the UiPath user community valuable. I'm a very active member of that community, and one of the good things about it is that it's active and full of people helping each other learn and grow, even when people don't know each other. I learned a lot from the community to be who I am today.

My organization worked with one client with an on-prem environment, and UiPath still has a good platform for an on-premises setup. It's called the Automation Suite, particularly the latest version.

My team, including myself, took courses from the UiPath Academy, and I recommend the academy to anyone interested in learning RPA and understanding the basics of UiPath. Even for someone who needs some refresher or retraining, I would recommend UiPath Academy, as I find it one of the best places to learn.

My organization used several UiPath AI functionalities for automation, including document understanding, language understanding, and even generative AI, which has significantly helped.

I also like that the AI functionality of UiPath enabled my organization to automate more processes overall.

The solution helped speed up digital transformation, mainly because manual processes take up much time. Still, with UiPath, time and costs were drastically reduced, so I find the solution beneficial. It has also reduced human error in the organizations in which it was implemented and even freed up employee time. The amount of time freed up would depend on the use cases, but the time saved would be significant for a company with a lot of automation. UiPath also helps save costs, but it depends, so it would be difficult to determine a number or percentage.

What needs improvement?

What could be improved in UiPath is the release or update because my organization noticed that a few minor bugs occur from time to time, mainly on the development side. That is not a showstopper, but if the UiPath team could inform my organization ahead of time, that would reduce the need for developers to find a workaround for the bugs. UiPath releases need to be improved.

For how long have I used the solution?

I started using UiPath in 2019. I'm still using it.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Stability in UiPath is good, but this relates to the little bugs that my organization noticed in the community edition of the solution, not the enterprise version. Other than the minor bugs, stability-wise, UiPath is good.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

UiPath is a very scalable solution.

How are customer service and support?

My experience with the UiPath support team is very good. The team was very helpful and supportive. The support team is an eight on a scale of one to ten.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Before UiPath, I used Microsoft Power Automate and Blue Prism. Still, UiPath is more advanced when compared to the two tools, plus UiPath has a much broader scope, with over twenty products addressing different stages of the project lifecycle.

The AI or RPA and automation capabilities offered by UiPath are also quite good versus what Blue Prism and Microsoft Power Automate offer. UiPath is one of the leading tools in the market.

How was the initial setup?

Deploying UiPath in the cloud is easy because it only requires some configuration before use.

For on-premises deployment, you need to install specific applications to get the solution to work. Still, with the UiPath support team, you can easily do the on-premises deployment, so deployment isn't a big issue.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The pricing for UiPath is OK, but it's a bit on the higher side, as the target audience is a bit different.

What other advice do I have?

UiPath is deployed differently for clients. Some have an on-premises deployment, while some deploy it on the cloud.

You don't need many people to deploy the solution because if you have the infrastructure, such as the database and the server, ready, one person who understands the infrastructure would be able to do it.

My rating for UiPath overall is a nine out of ten.

My organization is a partner of UiPath.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Hybrid Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Other


    Avirup Ghatak

User-friendly with a drag-and-drop interface and has reasonable pricing

  • September 28, 2023
  • Review provided by PeerSpot

What is our primary use case?

I work in the financial sector, so my organization mostly used UiPath for disputes, fraud, and chargebacks. My organization had a pretty straightforward use for the tool as it had rule-based manual processes that required automation; otherwise, the organization had to hire temps for manual tasks. My organization used UiPath primarily for fraud and dispute bots, and chargebacks.

What is most valuable?

I found UiPath nicer than other RPA tools. I like that its enterprise version is pretty user-friendly, plus my overall experience with other components, such as UiPath Orchestrator, was pretty good.

I also found the tool's basic features, such as extracting values from Excel or PDF files and logging into applications, pretty decent compared to other tools. I haven't explored the OCI feature of UiPath that much, so I'm unable to give feedback on how good it is.

Overall, UiPath was easy to use, and building automation via UiPath was easy, with no blocks or restrictions from an application point of view, except inside a Citrix environment.

The tool enabled the organization to implement end-to-end automation. However, it was just a POC, and later on, the team didn't carry it out because the complexity was too high, not because of UiPath, but because of security reasons. The POC went well, but a closer look at the complexity made the team decide it wasn't a good business case.

As a user, I was pretty satisfied with UiPath.

The tool helped minimize the on-premises footprint, which was important because my organization wanted to go digital and had a target.

The team recommended UiPath Academy courses to some of the newly hired process analysts, particularly the UiPath basic course, but primarily, the developers already had advanced UiPath training.

In some cases, UiPath helped speed up digital transformation; in others, it slowed it. Sometimes manual handling was quicker than the bot because for some legacy applications the organization was using, you had to intentionally put some delays, for example, when pages take time to load.

UiPath also helped reduce human error and increase accuracy. My team didn't encounter any production incidents, but in some cases, when other applications or trusted applications, such as mail services, came in, sometimes the bot clicked the button, but still, the mail wasn't sent. The application was supposed to send an email to the client, but the mail didn't go through, though I cannot blame it on the bot, as it had something to do with the other application or service and not UiPath.

UiPath also helped free up employee time. The team calculated the OMDA for each business unit so each unit could focus on a more critical task, for example, where employees can be more innovative. The reflected hours were decreased by up to fifty hours due to bot usage, but it still depends on the business case. A small bot could save up to twenty to twenty-five hours, and in some cases, a bot can save up to one hundred fifty hours.

Initially, UiPath didn't help my organization save on cost, but in the long run, it did.

What needs improvement?

My organization hardly faced any issues with UiPath, except for a policy issue, mainly when my organization had to do automation inside a Citrix environment. Before that, the organization had to install another component from UiPath inside the Citrix environment separately. The team couldn't find the selectors it was trying to work with until it installed a component, which may be considered an area for improvement.

There are also many security protocols in the organization, and the team also worked with PCI bots. Sometimes, there was a block if the application didn't have the latest upgrade. There was a security block because, manually, people still worked with the older versions, but the bot wanted the latest upgrade from the application, so in some cases, there was a delay or failure, or the bot got killed. It was a mixed bag, so I cannot say it was one hundred percent successful, which is another area for improvement.

In the future, I would prefer UiPath to have built-in AI activities that an organization can quickly adopt, so you won't have to go to a third party dedicated to working with building AI components.

For how long have I used the solution?

I worked with UiPath for two or three years until the start of this year, but now I've switched to another technology, such as DevOps.

How are customer service and support?

In terms of UiPath technical support, A dedicated person attends to my organization's needs. You can email that POC, for example, when you need to register a license or device, and the response time is usually one to two days.

My rating for UiPath technical support is seven out of ten. The speed of response could be faster, and it would be better if support were more interactive, where the team could reach out to my organization monthly to check if it needed help or had some struggles with the solution.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Neutral

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Before UiPath, I used Blue Prism. I found that UiPath was more user-friendly than Blue Prism, as even non-technical users can use it through the drag-and-drop functionality. UiPath also has a more enterprise approach. The UiPath Academy was also free, which helped a lot of beginners.

What about the implementation team?

My organization had a COE deployment where the COE team was responsible for installing UiPath. My team also builds local robots from some of the ad hoc requests, so my team does the deployment for that.

What was our ROI?

We've seen ROI from some of the UiPath bots. Still, it was quite a journey because, at first, there were many apprehensions within the organization and the teams, primarily about backups, and nobody understood that robots could be a piece of software and not a physical type of robot. It took over two years to establish trust, and from there on, it was comparatively easy.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

We found the pricing for UiPath reasonable. We compared it with Blue Prism and Automation Anywhere, and based on features and pricing, UiPath stood out.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We evaluated Automation Anywhere and Blue Prism, but Automation Anywhere had many limitations compared to UiPath. Blue Prism, on the other hand, was expensive, so we settled for UiPath.

What other advice do I have?

If I remember correctly, the version of UiPath I last used was the 2020 version.

I used the UiPath User Community sparingly. I logged in to see what other users were saying, and that was it.

My organization didn't use the tool's AI functionality for automation as it was still experimenting with chatbots, so with a chatbot, RPA, and handshake, my team didn't go that far.

In the organization, UiPath was deployed on-premises.

My rating for UiPath is eight out of ten.

I'm a UiPath customer. It's a tool used in my organization.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Other


    Bhupesh-Nehete

It makes our employees' jobs easier by eliminating repetitive tasks

  • September 28, 2023
  • Review provided by PeerSpot

What is our primary use case?

We leverage UiPath for customer service use cases and process automation to improve employee productivity and reduce time spent on repetitive work. UiPath is mainly used for financial processes like automated invoicing, but we also use the solution for IT processes. 

UiPath is deployed on-prem on a private cloud, and all our BFSI customers are on-prem. BFSI customers tend to use fully on-prem environments. UiPath offers cloud and on-prem versions, but the functionality is the same. A few technical aspects are a little different. 

How has it helped my organization?

UiPath makes our employees' jobs easier by eliminating repetitive tasks. The solution has reduced the time spent on these tasks by around 35 to 40 percent. They can use bots and spend more time on more productive work. We've improved process efficiency and employee productivity using automation. 

It's helped us discover better ways to make each process more stable. Our productivity has increased from 20 percent to almost 45 percent. That's what the change we have seen using you about. Using UiPath has reduced human error by 99 percent. I can't say 100 percent because nothing is fully automated. 

What is most valuable?

UiPath's automation features are all equally valuable, but we use the unattended bots the most. UiPath is easier to handle than most RPA technologies, and it's easy to install, so it's a competitive solution. 

The UiPath community has helped us troubleshoot issues. For example, if a bot isn't working properly, we can go to the forums to find the root cause of the problem. My technical team uses the UiPath Academy to get certifications and gain a better understanding of the product, but I haven't used it. 

We use some of UiPath's AI functionality, which makes it easy for us. Predictive analysis suggests the next logical step and what could be the possible solution for that. It tells you the possibilities and the pros and cons of each step.

What needs improvement?

The OCR technology has room for improvement. UiPath accurately reads about 85 percent of the fields in a scanned document, but that needs to be somewhere around 90 to 95 percent.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have worked with UiPath for nearly three to four years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The uptime for our bots is almost 99.9 percent.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

UiPath is highly scalable. We plan to increase our usage because we aren't using it internally. It's something we deploy for our customers, so the usage will increase as our business grows. 

How are customer service and support?

I rate UiPath support 10 out of 10. There are many ways to get support, including the knowledge base, live assistance, UiPath Academy, and UiPath support center. 

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

I was not involved with the setup. I sell the licenses, and the technical team handles the deployment. UiPath requires some maintenance, such as platform updates, updating the bots, and adding workloads. 

What was our ROI?

UiPath has reduced our employees' processing time and our expenses. UiPath has cut costs by about 18 to 20 percent. You can start realizing the ROI within six months to a year.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

UiPath is affordable compared to Blue Prism or AutomationEdge. A basic license covers the cost of implementation and recurring fees that depend on the complexity of the processes and workflows. 

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

I looked at Automation Anywhere and AutomationEdge. UiPath is easier to implement and use. Cost is the primary factor. Indian customers tend to consider the cost of a solution more than the features.

What other advice do I have?

I rate UiPath 10 out of 10. The solution can't give you 100 percent automation for complex processes, but it gives you up to 90 percent. However, once you optimize a bot, you can reuse it for other processes.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Private Cloud


    reviewer2284653

Is easy to use and manage, but more documentation is needed

  • September 27, 2023
  • Review provided by PeerSpot

What is our primary use case?

We use UiPath to automate routine tasks using bots.

How has it helped my organization?

UiPath has helped improve our organization by automating routine tasks that can now run 24/7, error-free, and without the need for a salary.

Building automation using UiPath is moderate.

UiPath enables us to implement end-to-end automation, but the amount of automation possible depends on the process. We can typically automate up to 70 percent of a process using UiPath, but some processes can be fully automated. In my company, we have been able to fully automate medium-sized processes, but only if the data is in a good format.

UiPath's user community is extremely helpful. Whenever I have an issue while developing a process, I can go to the user community and find a solution.

I completed both the UiPath Associate and Advanced Certificates using UiPath Academy. The Academy is helpful in segregating each topic so that we can find the corresponding data.

UiPath has helped accelerate our digital transformation and reduce its cost. No expensive or complex upgrades are required to speed up our digital transformation.

UiPath has helped reduce human errors by 30 percent and helps save our staff time.

What is most valuable?

UiPath is easy to use and easy to manage.

What needs improvement?

We can not exceed ten records in the UiPath database because the UiPath architecture will become extremely slow and not respond.

I would like easy-to-understand and follow documentation for different scenarios.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using UiPath for three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

UiPath is stable, and each version comes with new advantages. UiPath supports .NET versions, Windows Legacy, and current versions of Windows.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

UiPath is scalable.

How are customer service and support?

Technical support has been good.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We previously used Blue Prism, but the control room is much more difficult to manage than in UiPath, which is very easy. The same is true for process development, which is much more comfortable in UiPath.

The only drawback of UiPath is that it is not possible to provide a value during debugging, as we can do in Blue Prism. This is the main difference between the two platforms.

How was the initial setup?

Some of the process deployments were difficult. The deployment takes a few hours. We used five people for the deployment.

What was our ROI?

Our profit has increased by around 50 percent using UiPath.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

UiPath is somewhat expensive.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate UiPath seven out of ten.

We have 70 percent of our footprint on-premises.

Maintenance is required for patching.


    Suresh Polinati

Great for automating processes, saves time, and cuts down on errors

  • September 26, 2023
  • Review provided by PeerSpot

What is our primary use case?

We use multiple types of applications, including SAP. I work on contract documents with UiPath mostly. I work with different clients in different companies. We use the solution to automate processes. It helps by reading contract documents and updating details in SAP applications. 

How has it helped my organization?

We use a lot of document understanding. It reads the documents for us. I had a document understanding from UiPAth about two years ago. They helped us understand how it would work. With it, we were able to build a solution for invoices and purchase orders.

What is most valuable?

I like that we can work with different types of classifications. Whenever you classify a document using an ML model, there is a license associated with it. However, the intelligent classifier doesn't consume any of the licenses unless there is a specific amount of usage on the respective document. We process around a thousand documents per day and the classification is free. It helped us process all of these documents. We were able to train our ML models easily. 

Building automation with UiPath is very easy compared to others. The UI is easy. There's a community forum where you can request help. They also have a marketplace to help you find customized solutions. 

Previously, a turnaround time for a particular process was two to three days. Once we automate the process, we can handle the process in three hours. The turnaround times have improved a lot. We've drastically reduced our turnaround time on each transaction we handle. That's reduced our costs by quite a lot. That said, I don't have an exact figure off the top of my head. 

The user community and forums are great. They are really impressive. When I started in RPA, it was difficult to find help or to help others. The forum gives us the platform we need to help each other and source solutions to problems. It's now easy to find answers. It helps a lot. 

We use the AI functionality. I've used it for 1.5 years. It offers good functionality. However, you need to have a good understanding of how to use the resource effectively. 

We've achieved 80% to 90% now using AI.

We can automate more processes now. We need to do a proper assessment first to see what we can get from AI. However, there's functionality beyond document understanding. That said, finding the right use cases can be difficult.

We've sped up digital transformation and the cost surrounding it. It also wasn't expensive to do so. We can go ahead with minimal cost. We just need to align the solution with the right resources.

It's reduced human error. We have the functionality to capture business exceptions. If we need human confirmation, it will get sent to the action center. However, by automating, we've reduced the need for humans. We've reduced human error by 20% to 30%. The bot will capture data in areas where in the past humans may have made mistakes.

The bot has freed up employee time. We do have attended automation. If there are tasks needed for humans, we've created the process in such a way that they can do these tasks and then spend the rest of their time on other activities. It's likely freed up human time by 10% or more. We'd only work on processes where there is a minimum of 10% reduction in human time. 

What needs improvement?

There are a few bugs and a few things on the technical side where certain features are not available.

There are some functionality limitations on UiPath that we could have access to on different platforms.

If we have to move the model to production, we have to download it and upload it again.  

For how long have I used the solution?

I've used the solution for seven years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is stable as long as you maintain it in a proper way. You need an admin and support team to take care of performance. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We work mostly with enterprise-level organizations. 

The solution is scalable. 

How are customer service and support?

Technical support is good. If I have questions, they help me. However, I've had colleagues who have raised tickets and had trouble resolving issues. I personally have never had issues. 

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We did not use other solution other than UiPath. However, I have done some small POCs in others. I've used Automation Anywhere, for example. There are different commands in AA and a few different features, however, they are both accurate and efficient.

How was the initial setup?

I've set up the solution. The deployment takes a few hours. There may be software and hardware requirements If everything is there, it might take one or two days to get everything up and running. 

You may need to maintain your production servers after setup to make sure the bots keep running. We might have other weekly or monthly maintenance tasks to ensure everything is performing as expected. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The solution is growing in price. It's getting to be too expensive. While I like the solutions they are providing, they need to balance the cost so that they can stay competitive in the market. 

What other advice do I have?

I'm a customer.

I would recommend the solution, however, new users need to be mindful of the cost. If they have the budget, they should go with UiPath. 

I'd rate the solution nine out of ten. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Hybrid Cloud