My main use cases for UiPath Platform involve RPA, as we use it mostly for RPA and to automate data entry, some ETL work, control checks, and data processing.

My use cases for Agentic capabilities include reporting and fund accounting features.

UiPath Platform is good at detecting UIs.

These features have benefited my organization by reducing risk and saving money.

In terms of improvement, UiPath Platform should be easier to license.

I would like the next release of UiPath Platform to include a user interface or dashboard for our operations staff who would be using Maestro processes.

I have been using UiPath Platform for two years.

We have experienced downtime and performance issues with Action Center performance, sending codes from websites, OTP codes when logging into websites, as it would time out on the OTP code and we would have to resend another one.

UiPath Platform scales with the growing needs of my organization.

We have expanded usage of UiPath Platform, and the process was relatively smooth, although the biggest challenge was internal security concerns.

I would evaluate customer service and technical support as medium.

The reason I rate it medium is that sometimes it takes us longer to get answers and, in my experience, some TAMs are stronger than others.

I would rate their technical support a seven based on the inconsistent knowledge within the TAMs.

Positive

Prior to adopting UiPath Platform, I was using Blue Prism.

My experience with deploying UiPath Platform is positive.

I have seen a return on investment with UiPath Platform.

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for UiPath Platform is unfavorable because it's too complicated.

There are too many different licenses for UiPath Platform, and it would be easier if it were more simple, and you charged me less.

Before selecting UiPath Platform, we went to market with an RFP for Microsoft and Automation Anywhere, and we're currently a Blue Prism client as well.

I assess Agentic AI's ability to extract data points as unclear because we use generative AI technically, not Agentic AI to extract data points.

My advice to other organizations considering UiPath Platform is to be prepared to spend some time to understand how it's licensed.

On a scale from one to ten, I would rate UiPath Platform overall as eight.

My main use cases for UiPath Platform involve working in finance and banking, where we have a lot of manual processes relating to documentation. 

Sometimes, we are still getting up to speed. One of the first things we have done is to take rates from the internet and transcribe them into our system, which is something that happens daily. 

We also have some account cleanup tasks, such as using the bots to delete old items hanging out on our systems. Additionally, we are working on some onboarding processes, covering a couple of different areas.

We are still getting up to speed with UiPath Platform, so we're just using basic UiPath Studio and Orchestrator, and as the process owner of the whole thing, I definitely prefer Orchestrator. 

It's difficult to explain to UiPath Platform how RPA helps since we don't have something specific that we're using, however, we are definitely seeing some dramatic time savings on the things we have automated so far.

I just came out of the product meeting, and I can say they are doing a great job as it is. 

I hope we can leverage a lot of the agentic features. We are taking a more cautious approach on AI. 

Making things more user-friendly, particularly for end-users, allowing those people to get involved in the process, would be wonderful, as I saw with Maestro. 

I cannot think of any additional features off the top of my head.

I have been using UiPath Platform for about a year.

We have not yet expanded usage, as we are still trying to establish our initial processes. I would assess the stability and reliability of UiPath Platform as great, as we haven't had any issues with the platform itself. I have not experienced any downtime, crashes, or performance issues with UiPath Platform.

UiPath Platform scales with the growing needs of my organization very well.

I would evaluate customer service and technical support as very good. We have only had one or two support cases so far, and they were handled adequately. 

On a scale from one to ten, I would rate customer service, technical support, and product as a nine. There is always room for improvement.

Positive

I was not using another solution to address similar needs prior to adopting UiPath Platform. However, I should mention that we do have ExcelQ and we use Power Automate for small cases and one-offs.

The deployment had some challenges, however, I don't know that that is unique. Understanding the infrastructure was a little bit of a challenge. That was also intertwined with our decision to host on-site and, host internally, yet on AWS, which was new for us at the time. 

To this day, we face security challenges. Being in the financial sector, that's a big concern. And, having more concise documentation, specifically to those finance concerns, would be very helpful if that could be put out there somewhere.

So far, we are just about breaking even with UiPath Platform. We have had UiPath Platform for about a year; we are coming up on our renewal. I crunched some numbers a week ago, and we are a little bit under, however, since this is our first year, we understand it might take a bit of time to reach that speed.

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing shows that it is definitely a cost, so we are trying to ensure we get good ROI on that. The licensing seems pretty simple, requiring us to purchase only per bot. I understand from my boss that things were a bit more complicated previously, so I appreciate that the licensing is simplified at this time. Of course, I wish we didn't have to pay per developer seat, however, that's how it goes.

In considering other solutions before selecting UiPath Platform, Blue Prism was a top contender, and we also looked into Power Automate, however, it really didn't hold a candle to either of the other two. 

We went with one of the UiPath Platform partners that helped us make that decision. What stood out to me in the evaluation process was our reliance on market share and the company's positioning as a leader. Blue Prism seemed to be having some organizational challenges that may impact their future direction. We liked the forward-thinking approach of UiPath Platform, and the pricing was on par with Blue Prism, making it seem a better choice.

My thoughts on UiPath Platform's user community in terms of the value I gain by being part of it are that it is my first place to go if I have any questions or need some light troubleshooting, so it is very valuable for me. I think our developers also find a lot of value from there, figuring out how to structure certain things.

My advice to other organizations considering UiPath Platform is for larger organizations to take the plunge. For smaller organizations, I would suggest balancing how large of a scale they are interested in and if that justifies the cost. We are right on the cusp, so it can be challenging; we only have about 1,600 employees, which limits our scaling potential. We really need to work to get that ROI. 

On a scale from on eto ten, I would rate UiPath Platform overall as a nine, as it is pretty good.

The main use case for UiPath Platform is RPA, or more specifically, Intelligent Automation.

The features of UiPath Platform that I appreciate the most are Queues and Orchestration. These features have benefited my organization by saving hundreds of thousands of productivity hours and labor hours per year.

My team has used the vendor's UiPath Academy course. The biggest benefit that I have seen from the academy is that it gets people started quickly and provides a consistent foundation in how to use the product.

UiPath Platform can be improved by including the ability to build human-in-the-loop interfaces with chat and with web apps in the next release.

I have been using UiPath Platform for ten years.

I would assess the stability and reliability of UiPath Platform as high; in the last eight years, we have probably submitted fewer than five support tickets, and I have not experienced any downtime, crashes, or performance issues.

UiPath Platform scales very well with the growing needs of my organization. We have expanded usage to every corner of the company, and the process has been smooth, supported by a rich citizen developer program.

I would evaluate customer service and technical support as having recently improved, considering there was a year where I did not speak with any representative of UiPath.

Positive

Prior to adopting UiPath Platform, we were using Pega Systems and Kryon about ten years ago to address similar needs.

My experience with deploying UiPath Platform has been seamless and has gone exceptionally.

I have seen a return on investment with UiPath Platform, including hundreds of thousands of hours saved per year.

My experience with the pricing, setup costs, and licensing is that pricing is the weakest part of UiPath Platform, which is driving people to other vendors.

We are constantly evaluating platforms and technologies; for RPA, it would be Power Platform, and for agentic workflows, crew.ai, and all the other small ones were considered before selecting UiPath Platform.

My advice to another organization considering UiPath Platform is to evaluate use cases carefully, figure out the right ones to put on the platform, educate the developers really well, have them take academy classes, or bring in a partner to build the first few.

On a scale from one being the worst to ten being the best, I would rate UiPath Platform overall as a nine.

We are exploring a use case for agentic AI right now.

The features of UiPath Platform that I value the most are Orchestration, which is a significant component, and the agentic pieces that are coming into shape. The biggest thing is that we need to figure out how to connect other agentic pieces that we have. 

The examples of how these features benefit my organization include implementing traditional RPA with the features and functionalities that UiPath Platform offers today. A lot of them are backend business operations, however, we are also exploring clinical use cases. 

It significantly reduces the time that a physician spends on documentation versus taking care of the patient, which is what they came into medicine for.

UiPath Platform can be improved by working on specific use cases and partnering with us to help bring more belief in the system, and solving the pain points for the industry is critical. Do not lose focus on a specific industry. 

Additional features that should be included in the next release are probably healthcare-specific connection and partnership with Epic.

With the agentic part, we are facing some challenges in terms of governance, in terms of which agentic platform to use, whether we should use UiPath, whether we use our agentic platform that we have chosen. That's going to be the challenge. Governance and clinical use cases typically go through a lot of scrutiny from security and legal. So that's the challenge, however, that's nothing to do with UiPath.

I have been using UiPath Platform for the last three years.

The stability and reliability of UiPath Platform are so far, so good. I have not experienced any downtime, crashes, or performance issues with UiPath Platform.

UiPath Platform has not been used to its fullest potential yet as it scales with the growing needs of my organization.

I evaluate customer service and technical support as phenomenal. When we have a question, we have answers, which is really cool. 

I would rate customer service and technical support a ten out of ten. They are available when we want them. It's not just about technical support; it's also about working with us and partnering with us, which is significantly important. That's one thing I want them to keep.

Positive

Prior to adopting UiPath Platform, we were using another solution to address similar needs. We started using a smaller tool and also used Microsoft Power Automate, but we needed to scale, so that's why we chose a partner that will work for us. The factor that led me to consider a change was scalability.

It's better to ask this question to my technical folks, however, there have been zero complaints on that front. They're available when there are questions for us, which is really, really good. It's not like sell and then forget. It's like sell, we will make you grow, and then we'll make you successful, which is really cool. 

In the last two years we have been setting our COE, and we are working towards seeing a return on investment with UiPath Platform. We have several use cases that are marching towards the ROI piece. One use case will probably pay for itself, the product.

My experience with pricing, setup costs, and licensing for UiPath Platform is that it is significantly simple and a workable solution that's always offered, which has been a blessing for us in a tight financial market, especially in healthcare. It becomes really challenging; however, they have been willing to work with us, which is really good.

Before selecting UiPath Platform, we did look at the other two vendors in the market and also looked at Microsoft. UiPath Platform stood out because of their focus on the domain-specific areas, and the tool is significantly superior.

The advice I would give to other organizations considering UiPath Platform is to jump into it. ROI is something that you will find very quickly. Howecer, build and partner with UiPath Platform and maybe their partners. Most importantly, fail fast if you need to, and don't try to build a big project that goes on for years; do some small pilots, but pilot to project, scale pretty quickly. 

On a scale from one to ten, I would rate UiPath Platform overall an eight, based on the features and functionality we've used so far.

My main use case for UiPath Platform is that we use it for a lot of revenue cycle operations, automating different tedious revenue cycle tasks, besides automation.

The features that I appreciate the most on UiPath Platform are the Orchestrator and the ability to kick it off without having to manually do it. One big benefit of these features on UiPath Platform is that I didn't have to have someone manually kick it off; that's one big benefit that saves time and effort, allowing me to run it 24/7.

It also does a great job providing tracking and history, and we can leave breadcrumbs with it to see where things left off and stopped.

My teams have used the vendor's UiPath Academy course. The biggest benefits I have seen from using the Academy when we first started three years ago with UiPath Platform are that those courses helped a lot with just getting used to it, especially since we had to put our skills in our laps, never having done it before. The Academy was straightforward and helped us get started.

Improving the forms on UiPath Platform so you can easily assess answers could be a big benefit. The different dashboards are not very convenient or handy; you have to do a lot of manipulation with them, and I'd rather have ease of use and them be more user-friendly.

It would also be nice to have better insights into the processes, such as whether they are running smoothly and what the outcome is, because we have to leave a lot of breadcrumbs when we build something and would rather not have to do all that.

I have been using UiPath Platform for three years.

I have not experienced any downtime, crashes, or performance issues with the stability and reliability of UiPath Platform.

UiPath Platform scales with our growing needs; we have definitely expanded on it utilizing a lot of the current licensing model we had, so we didn't have to buy many new licenses. However, when license time came around or when AI units came around, we did see significant costs and lower ROI.

I would evaluate customer service and technical support for UiPath Platform as very good.

Positive

Prior to adopting UiPath Platform, I did consider using a different solution to address my similar needs, as I think the right tool is for the right job.

My experience with deploying UiPath Platform was really simple, and I appreciated how UiPath actually has people who would help you with it as well.

I have seen a return on investment with UiPath Platform; my first year doing it, we saved about 12 FTEs of hours.

My experience with the pricing, setup costs, and licensing for UiPath Platform is that I think it's very expensive; when comparing it to Power Automate or another company, Power Automate is obviously cheaper. All the other companies are kind of in line with the pricing, but I just think it's a real high cost that seems to keep going up, which reduces my return on investment.

Before selecting UiPath Platform, we compared all the major players and looked at the Gartner scale of who was on top. We did some peer references from people I knew in the industry and the gradual typical approach you would go to. We also got to see a demo of it, and compared to other demos, UiPath definitely looked more user-friendly; that's what stood out the most since the cost was pretty much the same as others.

The advice I would give to another organization considering UiPath Platform is to strongly consider your team and what kind of needs your team has; because with different solutions, there are different levels of computer science background you need, and whether you want low-code or no-code versus having someone who has business acumen with a bit of development skills, or just a high development department—so consider your staff. 

I would rate my overall usage of UiPath Platform as definitely an eight out of ten.

At my current job, my main use case for UiPath Platform is general processes for finances, where many of them deal with finances. We do data entry with UI automation, and I would say the majority is UI automation.

Examples of how the features of UiPath Platform have benefited my organization include tracking, metrics, and analytics. It feeds into Insights, and it's really useful when it comes to dealing with fires that arise every day. Being able to diagnose and actually look inside is good, having it all organized.

The features of UiPath Platform that I prefer most, as compared to Power Automate, include Orchestrator, which is good, and I appreciate built-in data extraction. 

IXP is a good upgrade over Document Understanding, and Action Center is nice. Overall, Orchestrator as a whole is good. 

With IXP, we have a few large processes that leverage extraction from PDFs, which has been pretty helpful. Same thing with Action Center; anything that we do with IXP or extractions we include human in the loop.

To improve UiPath Platform, I would really want to see improvements on Action Center in customization on how it's laid out. They have a layout that makes sense in some cases, but I would want to actually create a custom UI for Action Center because sometimes it does not make sense what they're trying to do, and you want to move things around. If we could edit the CSS, that would be great.

On all of their tools, especially those meant for attended or human in the loop, any interface that we have that is business facing should be customizable. I would prefer to see UiPath hands off on that and just let the user figure out what is best for the end user instead of it being a prepackaged thing. Sometimes it works and makes total sense, but in other cases, it does not. Business users ask, 'Can we change this? Can we do this? Can we do that?' and the answer is often 'We can't because it's prepackaged.'

I have been using UiPath Platform for five or six years.

I have not experienced issues with stability or reliability in UiPath Platform. Orchestrator has been down once in the past year.

UiPath Platform seems to scale appropriately for the growing needs of my organization.

My evaluation of customer service and technical support is overall positive as we have direct communication with the product team, and they are pretty good. 

On a scale from one being the worst to ten being the best, I would rate customer service and technical support an eight. 

They are mostly good, though sometimes we catch them reading off the wiki, and we do not need that when we can read it ourselves.

Positive

When you're doing staple UI automation or data entry, the implementation works well. It's consistent. We've been privileged to use all of their products really early. 

We had a lot of issues with IXP. We've been using it since last October, and it was really just trial and error and figuring out what worked, what didn't work. It's all fixable. It's just a matter of timeline. Some things are quick fixes. Some things take months. 

While we have a hybrid setup, we are moving to the cloud.

Before selecting UiPath Platform, I considered leveraging everything, including Power Automate and the entire Power App suite. 

I have used Blue Prism in the past. I find Power Automate always available. Even when I use UiPath Platform, for any email intake we do, if business wants to do a data entry process with an Excel input file, I pick up that email with Power Automate and create a queue item for UiPath Orchestrator through an API call, which is easier because it's part of Microsoft. 

If I need to use O365, mainly SharePoint, Teams, or Excel as part of a process, I opt to do that portion in Power Automate because it's simpler. For complex code that is required, data manipulation, extraction, and UI automation, I still prefer using UiPath Platform since we already have the environment set up for that, but data manipulation in Power Automate is a nightmare.

My advice to another organization considering UiPath Platform is to make sure you understand what makes for good automation. Don't try to do something overly complex; don't shoot for the stars, as you might have a really bad experience and waste a lot of money and time. 

I would rate UiPath Platform as a solid eight or nine out of ten.

My main use case for UiPath Platform is that I do a lot of automation, being a developer as well as a BA, and mainly we help businesses and financials using Orchestrator.

The best feature in the latest release of UiPath Platform for me is the Orchestrator, which I find very user-friendly for navigation, as I haven't seen such a good Orchestrator among any of the other competitors. 

The best example I can give for the Orchestrator in UiPath Platform is that we have processes that contain thousands and thousands of queue items. Orchestrator makes it way easier for us to identify failed transactions, navigate what went wrong, and pinpoint the issues to bottleneck them out, allowing us to work on the issues and making the processes smoother.

I have used the vendor's UiPath Academy courses and I'm currently pursuing a course for BA. The biggest benefits I have seen from UiPath Academy are that it walks you through the basics. Even though the documentation is available on the portal, you need to search for it. Going through the Academy from start to finish in the video format, it provides a way to practice what we are learning. It's a tuition class where you can practice and validate your understanding.

I am a part of the UiPath user community and I aim to become an MVP one day. It helps me with many unresolved questions, such as determining which activity to use when and where, and the community is super helpful, responding across different time zones, providing a multicultural environment for assistance.

The next release of UiPath Platform should include a direct link to the documentation page from the Orchestrator, which would save us the trouble of searching it out. The negative aspect we considered was how quickly we can set things up on different platforms.

I've been using UiPath Platform for five years, since day one.

We have experienced some downtime; over the long term, we've faced issues lasting a day, however, they are resolved within that timeframe, and I haven't seen any issues persist for longer than a day.

In terms of scaling with UiPath Platform, we haven't encountered any issues. Adding machines just relies on Orchestrator and different robot IDs, requiring no code changes. 

The no-code to low-code framework simplifies the process for us. We have expanded usage significantly, transitioning processes that were previously limited to a certain set of business users to enterprise-wide applications, involving various business units and scaling has never been a challenge due to the ease of adding machines and robot IDs via Orchestrator.

For technical support, we have a standard team called the MSP team from UiPath Platform who supports us, operating on a 24 by 5 model. They provide us great assistance, and we have a technical account manager who is really helpful. 

I would rate customer service and technical support at a ten out of ten. They address any issues and complaints we have. The technical support managers evaluate problems themselves, and if necessary, they assist us in raising a ticket with the product support team, which adapts the product to meet our customized needs, ensuring we haven't faced any challenges.

Positive

Prior to adopting UiPath Platform, my company used Resource Pro and organizations that assisted in manual data entry, so no other solution addressed our similar needs. They switched over primarily due to costs and the need for time efficiency; we wanted to save human efforts and expedite processes, which eventually leads to better ROI.

My experience with deploying UiPath Platform is pretty much simple; the process has remained consistent for five years. We use Bitbucket to deploy our codes and then transfer them for deployment where unattended machines and robots operate. It takes just one time to learn, and thereafter, we can do this every time.

I actually don't deal with the ROI from our team. I've definitely heard that whenever our leadership meets and collaborates, they save a lot of human hours and realize significant ROI.

I'm lucky enough not to handle the pricing and setup; my company manages that. However, when I was learning, I was a student and I did all the basic and free things, so I haven't paid a penny.

The solutions we considered before choosing UiPath Platform were Power Automate and Blue Prism, where we checked them out, however, we found that UiPath Platform has a comprehensive umbrella of products that we can leverage across different environments.

We haven't used Agentic AI in our processes yet. We plan to do it. 

One fair advice to organizations considering UiPath Platform is that it might feel overwhelming initially, however, I would recommend starting with processes that are challenging to build. For instance, if you're in healthcare, tackle healthcare processes with more data and complexity, or in finance or insurance, deal with processes that have higher volumes and more UI changes. Once you undertake these hard processes, it simplifies the creation of smaller processes moving forward.

I would rate UiPath Platform overall at an eight out of ten, reserving the extra two points as there are various competitors and platforms. 

UiPath Platform is making changes to introduce Agentic and enhance user-friendliness, and while I think it's fair enough to use UiPath Platform due to the range of products, I still perceive potential areas for improvement.

We primarily use UiPath Platform to replicate business processes in the order management space, the service assurance space, the supply chain and warehouse spaces, as well as the business intelligence space.

Primarily, we utilize the simple UI automation with all of our tools. In our business, there are tons of different platforms and it's not always easy to get the right access to integrate them natively through code. We use UiPath Platform to overcome some of the environmental challenges that we see in the business. Across our automation suite in UiPath Platform, we're saving a little over ten million dollars a year.

We haven't started using some of the newer, better features in UiPath Platform. A lot of the features I'd want to be able to use, they've already rolled out. We just haven't taken advantage of them yet. The only reason that it wouldn't be a ten out of ten right now is that they don't always identify my needs before I identify them to get their help.

I have been in my current role for seven years. I've been using UiPath for four years. 

It has been very stable and reliable, working great for us. We have a couple of redundancy measures set up, but I haven't had to implement them in the four years that I've been running the platform. I basically just have disaster recovery for redundancy.

It scales really well. We have quite a few automations and the team is constantly working to enhance and improve them.

UiPath Platform support has been great. 

We have a technical account manager that we work really closely with. He's helped us to upgrade our Orchestrator and upgrade the platform that we're using. He works through whatever unique internal environment scenarios we have to overcome to make sure that it's doing exactly what we need, even though we're constantly having new security measures to implement on top of it.

Positive

We have looked into using Power Automate and Blue Prism in the past, and didn't find enough value in their products versus what we get from UiPath Platform for the price that we pay to really incentivize us to move off the platform we're currently on.

I didn't actually set up UiPath Platform originally. I was not involved in the initial deployment. When my team took it over, we had to redeploy it.

We inherited the UiPath team, and recently we renegotiated our contract to have an enterprise license, and the pricing is great now.

The pricing has been fine.

My advice to others would be to understand the environment you're looking to deploy it in and ensure you don't over-engineer it. 

On a scale of one to ten, I would rate UiPath Platform as a nine. While there is always room for improvement, based on the industry leaders I've seen, they're not missing anything that anyone else is doing any better.

The main use case for UiPath Platform is data collection.

The Integration Service has benefited our organization by allowing us to streamline login activities that used to take a lot of time and required constant adjustments; with the Integration Service, we can proceed directly without worrying about anything breaking, and we receive alerts directly from there.

The feature I appreciate the most in UiPath Platform is the Integration Service. 

In terms of value gained from being part of UiPath Platform user community, I find it very good; this was a big selling feature for us since, when I tested it before purchasing, I saw many responses, making me confident that I could find the answers I needed.

The biggest benefits I have seen from UiPath Academy are that we completed all courses to start, as we didn't have any prior training, and we were able to get certified and begin processes right away, which helped us deliver value back to the business.

To improve UiPath Platform, I definitely suggest including more integration services; the more customers they can connect with, the better, as there are a couple of major names missing, such as SAP connections and NetSuite.

I have been using UiPath Platform for three years.

I assess the stability and reliability of UiPath Platform as very stable so far, and I look forward to seeing the upcoming AI features, hoping they can keep pace with the market and other products; that's why we're attending the conference, to learn more about their developments.

We have expanded usage of UiPath Platform to our sister companies over the last couple of years, building more licenses and virtual machines, and the process has been very simple; we reach out to our contact who adds new features or licenses for us.

I evaluate the customer service and technical support as very good, as we rarely reach out for technical support, however, our representatives are always there to answer questions and provide the necessary documentation. 

On a scale from one to ten, I would rate my customer service and technical support experience as a ten for the last year and a half, after previously rating it a five due to the frequency of new account representatives; now we have one consistent contact who delivers everything we need.

Positive

Prior to adopting UiPath Platform, I was not using another solution to address similar needs.

I would describe my experience with deploying UiPath Platform as super simple, very straightforward, and easy to execute.

My team has used the vendor's UiPath Academy courses to assist us in the process.

I have seen a return on investment with UiPath Platform, reporting several different data points. We've recorded about 15 million new data points in one year that we weren't tracking previously, with several million dollars in sales revenue from processes we weren't collecting. 

We've automated pricing changes for several thousand vendors, saving over 20,000 hours, which has allowed us to avoid hiring temporary associates.

My experience with the pricing setup costs or licensing for UiPath Platform is very good, as our representative works with us to secure appropriate discounts for our business.

Before selecting UiPath Platform, I considered other solutions, including similar vendors like Automation Anywhere, and consulted our team of data scientists regarding the tools they use and the Python products they were developing.

My advice to another organization considering UiPath Platform is to understand the feasibility of implementing it, as these are not overnight processes; it requires time and a clear understanding of the value you expect to gain, as targeting some big win projects from the start, since without those, UiPath Platform might not be the best fit for you.

I would rate UiPath Platform overall as an eight out of ten.

Right now we're splitting our main use cases for UiPath Platform between supply chain and finance with some rev cycle. Within finance, what we've automated includes invoicing for non-patient billing for third-party clients, particularly as it interacts with PeopleSoft, so users don't actually have to have access to PeopleSoft. We've automated them being able to get their invoices, and within supply chain, many automations are around purchase orders and updating statuses and things like that.

Since we're still on-prem, the Orchestrator feature of UiPath Platform has been key in us being able to monitor and see exactly what is going on with the automations. We also find it really valuable that we can automate not just Microsoft, but also PeopleSoft and other applications.

Since using UiPath Platform, we're now able to process between 15 to 18 million dollars a month in invoices that are coming through automatically through the automation. It's not relieving us of FTEs, however, it means that these people aren't having to spend the time to do it, so they're able to focus their work on other beneficial items and it's less prone to error.

My team all has to go through UiPath Academy, as we have a citizen development program, and everyone who goes through the citizen development program has to go through UiPath Academy before I give them their licenses. The biggest benefit we've seen from using UiPath Academy is the fact that the lessons are still out there, so if you need to revisit something or if you're unsure of how to do something, the forum can help, Copilot can help, but it's better to go back to what UiPath said in the training.

We are part of the UiPath Community. In terms of the value that we've gained by being part of the UiPath user community, we really enjoy being able to access what's going on in the forum, and having the opportunity to attend some of the local UiPath events. Pittsburgh doesn't have as much going on with their team or group, but the opportunity has been there in the past. It's beneficial to see what other people are doing at those events because it's very easy to think you're in a silo, especially within healthcare, so it's nice to see what others are doing.

To make it a ten out of ten, it would help if they understand that we don't work 24/7, so we're not going to respond immediately when they send an email asking for a response.

The company has been using UiPath Platform since 2019, and I took over the group in 2020.

Once we upgraded to 23.4, any of the stability issues we'd been having with 20.20 went away, so far it's been very stable with UiPath Platform and its robots or automations.

So far, we've been able to manage scaling with UiPath Platform, however, our biggest issue isn't around UiPath, it's around the resources to help scale it and support it.

I would evaluate customer support or technical support from UiPath as great, as they've been very responsive. Having the TAM has helped. It escalates support tickets when we've had to file them.

Positive

I was not part of the team that selected UiPath, yet at that time, they were also looking at Blue Prism.

We just did a big upgrade last year. We went from one of the lower versions to a higher version. We went to 23.4, and we've been on 20.20. So we did a big jump, and we could not have done it without our TAM. We absolutely needed the technical account manager. The way the company has set up some of their firewall security, et cetera, was challenging. And so trying to navigate that to make it work with you with what UiPath is doing has probably been the biggest hurdle. It's not necessarily that UiPath is difficult. It's just trying to make sure everybody understands or is willing to talk to each other.

At this point, we consider ourselves break even. We're a small team, so we're not able to do as much new development since we're all focused on trying to do maintenance and support of existing automations.

Regarding my experience with pricing, setup costs, and licensing of UiPath Platform, because we haven't grown as fast as we would like, UiPath has been willing to accommodate that stagnation. We're kind of holding steady, which has been appreciated.

Our organization is very heavily invested in Microsoft, and they are pushing Microsoft, however, we're holding firm for UiPath Platform. We do use Power Automate, so there's a big community for that. Our company has 90,000 people, so they definitely have a big investment in Power Automate.

We're not cloud-based yet, but we are moving to the cloud in the next six to eight months, so we don't use agentic AI at all currently. We are planning to start looking into what we could do with agentic AI once we transition to the cloud.

Based on my experience with UiPath, my advice to someone considering it is to make sure you have a good TAM. You absolutely need it, and understand everything involved, including policies, governance, security, and administration. 

I would rate UiPath Platform an eight out of ten. Some items we're looking at aren't available until we move to the cloud. On-prem is a little more limited.