We're using UiPath for healthcare use cases. It is primarily used for automating document-related tasks, such as moving documents around, classifying them, and extracting the information we need.
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Enables us to pull patient information into a single dashboard with the help of a Power BI integration service
What is our primary use case?
How has it helped my organization?
UiPath has increased our accuracy to 99.99 percent and expanded our ability to process large volumes of data, making data processing more affordable and improving our profitability. It has helped reduce personnel time and enhanced productivity because we can run the bots 24 hours daily.
We can automatically scan documents and send the information through Twilio. Document scanning is tricky, but we can easily collect the data after finishing the process. The integration is smooth.
The solution helps us share data between systems, which speeds things up. Previously, we were doing everything manually. Now, we can automate data tasks in Informatics with UiPath.
UiPath enables us to pull patient information into a single dashboard with the help of a Power BI integration service. Power BI is our dashboard solution, and we integrate it via API. It's much easier to monitor the patients because we can see how many records were successfully processed and prepared. It's secure enough to comply with HIPAA because we can collect patient data and encrypt it. Automated scheduling helps the healthcare staff, particularly the doctors.
What is most valuable?
I like the ability to extract emails and other data from scanned documents. The machine learning and AI features are helpful because we're processing tons of documents and warehousing the data. UiPath's Document Understanding makes that much easier.
What needs improvement?
Document processing could be improved. It's challenging to build document automations. It would be helpful if UiPath provided some templates and prebuilt models. Citrix automation could be improved. It's static automation, and we cannot fully automate processes involving Citrix. Some elements aren't supported.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have used UiPath for around four years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
UiPath is generally stable, but the stability goes down when we do Citrix automation.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
UiPath is scalable enough. We are using more than 20 licenses.
How are customer service and support?
I rate UiPath support 10 out of 10. I'm satisfied. When we raise a ticket, we get a response in a day or two.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
UiPath Studio is available in community and enterprise versions, but the UI doesn't work correctly in the community edition, so it's difficult to achieve 100 percent automation. I'm not responsible for the licensing, so I don't know how much it costs.
What other advice do I have?
I rate UiPath 10 out of 10. I recommend UiPath because it's better than other automation tools like Blue Prism. It's easy to use and has a large user community that you can rely on for support.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
We can complete tasks faster and reduce our backlog, which keeps our stakeholders happy
What is our primary use case?
We use UiPath to automate activities that are typically done on a computer by an individual. It's used to automate purchases involving a large volume of transactions for hundreds of organizations.
How has it helped my organization?
UiPath has improved customer confidence and helped us cut costs. We can complete tasks faster and reduce our backlog. A fast turnaround time keeps our stakeholders happy. It also improves accuracy. We can customize and optimize the processes.
Before UiPath, we had a five-person team. It took them each around six hours to complete 200 tasks. We cut that down to one hour by implementing automation, so it took only five employee hours to do the same amount of work that formerly required 30. It also saves energy consumption because the same result can be completed in far less time, so the employee's computer isn't running continuously.
We can reduce our on-prem footprint because we can store our data in the cloud and use UiPath to automate cloud-based data solutions. The cloud is more accessible, and various tools can access the cloud database, whether you're using a mobile phone or desktop.
The UiPath Academy helped prepare our team to use the program. The introductory course taught them everything they needed to know to start working. UiPath also has a huge community that has been helpful when we have issues. Most of our questions have already been answered.
We've used some of the AI features. For example, machine learning is built into the document understanding system. We're working on integrating ChatGPT, but that's not mature yet. APIs are available, but we are still not integrated. The ChatGPT APIs can make our automation more complete and compliant.
We can do complex automations with UiPath. For example, we can automate processes that need to be authenticated to run and integrate processes with the AI engine. UiPath didn't require any upgrades. We could run it on our existing infrastructure.
What is most valuable?
The user interface is intuitive and easy to understand. This automation increases the ease of operation for the employees.
What needs improvement?
Building automations can be a little complicated. There are so many variables and commands. We're also trying to integrate new technology like ChatGPT. Although ChatGPT has many APIs, they're not sufficiently integrated. If UiPath could add more API integration and tutorials in the academy, it would help us utilize them more effectively.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have used UiPath for four years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
UiPath is stable, but it's crucial to understand new features when upgrades are released. Updates can cause problems because sometimes we don't know how to use the new features.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
UiPath is scalable.
How are customer service and support?
I rate UiPath support nine out of 10. We don't typically require support because we can usually get all the answers from the UiPath community.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We also tried Automation Anywhere. It has a more user-friendly and attractive interface. UiPath has more features, a larger user community, and is more capable of handling integrated processes. I think Automation Anywhere is a better fit for small businesses and startups.
How was the initial setup?
The deployment was straightforward. We purchased the license, downloaded the software, and installed it, then we programmed our bots. The deployment can be completed by one person in two days.
The software is on-prem, but the data is stored in the cloud. The solution is installed on a server that multiple people can use. Regarding maintenance, there are only routine updates. The bots themselves need to be maintained, monitored for performance, and optimized. Sometimes you need to modify them when we have additional requirements.
What was our ROI?
The ROI is excellent because you can significantly reduce your staff's working hours. You'll start to see a return after one or two years.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Large enterprises can negotiate a better price, but UiPath is comparable to Automation Anywhere if you're a small company. Automation Anywhere is affordable for small integrations. There are various kinds of licenses, and the return for a small company could be positive. Still, the architecture and usage-based licenses are costly. As the volume increases, it may become unaffordable for smaller businesses.
What other advice do I have?
I rate UiPath nine out of 10. It's a great solution, but it isn't easy to use, and you need to learn a lot. I recommend taking advantage of the free courses and other resources available.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Enables us to do complex end-to-end automation for multiple systems
What is our primary use case?
We use UiPath to automate back-office tasks.
How has it helped my organization?
UiPath helped us with compliance-related tasks. These tasks involve reviewing various systems and taking screenshots to get proof of compliance. It's a costly process that can be mostly automated. The employee doesn't need to collect all the proofs; they just have to check if they are correct. For example, they must verify that the referenced time stamp is correct.
They can focus on quality instead of doing all of the manual work, which requires a lot of time and effort from the specialist doing that auditing job. Automation frees up the auditor to do more critical tasks. A bot can handle repetitive, menial jobs.
If you have some tasks that must be done at the start of the day, you can configure the bot to run first thing in the morning to retrieve all the details you need. You can get the report and start working on it. It's hard to estimate how much time it frees up because it varies from client to client, but if you plan well and use UiPath strategically, it can cut the time in half.
UiPath enables us to do complex end-to-end automation for multiple systems. Some of our automated processes take input from the ERM software and enter data into various applications. UiPath can sit and listen to any SAP solution, depending on the requirements, and report to the business user, who can validate it.
The user community is amazing. UiPath put a lot of effort into fostering a community, and now it is so mature that we can find a solution for 90 percent of our problems in the forum.
UiPath has a small physical footprint. It's not like a typical enterprise application that requires multiple servers. You can run various automations on a field workstation. Numerous processes can be automated on a single machine.
The UiPath Academy courses are helpful. It's a great way to learn queries and new techniques. I got my initial training from UiPath Academy, and we use it to onboard junior staff fresh out of college. We first direct them to the UiPath courses and follow up with one-on-one training.
UiPath reduces the cost of digital transformation. For example, you can automate the process of extracting information from devices. If you aren't confident that the automation is accurate, send it to a human staffer to verify and make corrections. You can put a human in the loop if necessary. It may still require some labor, but it takes much of the burden off your employees.
It reduces human error if you have fool-proof automation developed. If you have good rules that fit, it works smoothly without any help. With the proper ruleset, you can eliminate errors 100 percent.
What is most valuable?
UiPath is a complete RPA product suite with machine learning packages and out-of-the-box processes. I'm a developer, so I primarily interact with UiPath Studio. It has a large set of activities ready to use, reducing the time we spend developing bots. The Orchestrator interface is thoughtful and easy to use. In Orchestrator, you can deploy processes and choose from various triggering options.
Building simple automations is easy if you have a little technical knowledge. It takes more expertise to create complex automations. UiPath has a different product line for non-technical users, but it has some limitations.
The more advanced developers use UiPath Studio, which allows you to enrich processes with Python and JavaScript. From a developer's perspective, it's almost a perfect 10.
What needs improvement?
UiPath could gain a lot more customers if they lowered the price a little and improved the license model with some more affordable tiers.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using UiPath for nearly six years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
A few years ago, UiPath wasn't stable, but it matured a lot since then.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
UiPath has built-in features that help you scale your automation, and you can deploy automation on multiple machines simultaneously.
How are customer service and support?
I rate UiPath support a nine out of ten. Their support is decent. I get a fast response when I have questions. I haven't had any issues with them.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I used Blue Prism and Automation Anywhere for learning purposes. UiPath is easier to use and has a more extensive user community. UiPath's constant improvement is outpacing other platforms.
How was the initial setup?
Deploying UiPath is straightforward. It requires some maintenance in terms of modifying and updating your existing processes. You can reduce the overhead maintenance if you have a good developer interface in place. The maintenance is minimal compared to the benefits.
What was our ROI?
A good consultant can help you implement automation and maximize your returns. Automation implementation can range from fifteen days to six months. You'll see a return in as little as one month. For that to happen, you need to implement it strategically. We see a 10-20 percent return, depending on the process.
What other advice do I have?
I rate UiPath a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Enables us to implement end-to-end automation and has very useful templates
What is our primary use case?
We use UiPath in the banking industry to help with the loan process. UiPath can check the title and address, and get documents from government and public websites. It can also check UCC scripts and the depth of support before feeding the information into the line of business application for the loan process.
How has it helped my organization?
Building automation using UiPath is quite easy.
UiPath enables us to implement end-to-end automation as long as the format is compatible.
Being a part of the UiPath user community is helpful because it provides us with a lot of resources for our internal research. We use the UiPath Academy courses to train our team members when we have new projects or implementations.
UiPath helped us reduce our on-premises footprint. The bots have taken over the repetitive tasks, freeing up our people to focus on other areas.
For some of our digital transformation initiatives, the solution helps reduce costs, but the extent of the savings depends on the licensing costs.
We only require IT application support for some aspects of our digital transformation.
Before UiPath, there was a human error rate of five percent on tasks. With UiPath, the human error rate has been reduced to three percent. UiPath can save people's time anywhere from a few weeks to three months, depending on the complexity of automation.
What is most valuable?
Document processing is a valuable feature in UiPath. It allows us to process various scanned and PDF documents, extract data from them, and further evaluate the data for business purposes. This could include income tax files that are required for load processing or documents for property inspection reports.
The templates are very useful to us. We reviewed templates for almost 400 similar scenarios where changes are made to two configuration files. These scenarios may be helpful to the customer.
The integration is also good.
What needs improvement?
UiPath needs to improve its onboarding and operational excellence.
The licensing cost and technical support have room for improvement.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using UiPath for almost five 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's scalability depends on how we design the solution. Our clients are medium-sized organizations.
How are customer service and support?
The technical support takes a long time to resolve our tickets.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Neutral
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is straightforward. Deployment usually takes a few hours. Configuration can sometimes be challenging because the deployment is across multiple instances of the orchestrator.
What about the implementation team?
We implement UiPath for our clients. Minimal maintenance is only required for complex deployments.
What was our ROI?
Some of our customers have seen a return on investment within the first eight months, while others have seen it after 15 months.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The UiPath license is expensive.
What other advice do I have?
I give UiPath a nine out of ten.
Based on the complexity of the automation required, I would recommend UiPath.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Helped our organization by eliminating repetitive job tasks
What is our primary use case?
We do not have any specific use cases for UiPath. We automate areas where we have a large volume of work.
How has it helped my organization?
UiPath makes it easy to build automation because it uses a drag-and-drop interface and requires little coding.
We use UiPath to automate our repetitive processes. This reduces manual effort, freeing up employees to focus on other tasks, such as learning new skills and improving their careers. Doing repetitive tasks on a daily basis does not help employees develop their skills or advance their careers.
An associate in the loan approval process must validate licenses, forms, and certain records of the floor person before approving the loan for the next level. This person goes through a lot of paperwork on a daily basis, which can be very tiring. However, we now have UiPath, which uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to extract all the information from the licenses. This reduces the associate's workload by 50 percent, allowing them to complete the rest of the job more easily.
UiPath's automation has resulted in zero errors.
UiPath enables us to implement end-to-end automation. The solution includes all of the components necessary for end-to-end automation, from process identification to deployment. End-to-end automation is very important because it can help businesses save time and money. To identify a process that can be automated, we can either speak with the business team or use UiPath's process mining capacity. Process mining is a technique that can automatically analyze business processes and identify areas that can be automated. Once we have identified a process that can be automated, we can use UiPath to create a robot to automate the process.
UiPath's user community is very large with millions of users. Everyone has questions, and if we have a question, we don't have to post and wait for an answer. There is always someone who already answered the question. For example, if I have a question about selectors, there will be answers to my question. The user community is like a database of answers.
UiPath helped our organization by eliminating repetitive job tasks.
UiPath helped us minimize our on-premises footprint, which is important. For example, let's say an employee used to have to come into the office to check papers or documents to determine if a loan could be processed for a particular individual. Now, that employee can do that work remotely. There is no need for them to go to the dealer and collect all the papers, which can then be submitted or uploaded into a software program. The employee can now do all of this work from their computer.
All team members are required to participate in the UiPath Academy courses suggested by UiPath and to complete the certification. Access to UiPath Academy is great because our employees do not have to go to a particular coaching center to get a certification. They can do it on their own, on their mobile devices, at home, or on their laptops. They can learn at their own pace and in their own time. UiPath Academy has excellent examples and assessments for each chapter, which makes it easier to complete the course.
The AI functionality affects our ability to automate more complex processes. For example, in the UK, there are five different types of licenses that individuals may need to obtain in order to be approved for a loan. This means that there are numerous licenses that need to be processed for each loan application. In order to determine whether a license is expired or legitimate, we need to manually review each one. This can be a time-consuming and error-prone process. However, using AI and machine learning, we can automate this process. AI can be used to identify the different types of licenses that are required for a loan application. Machine learning can then be used to train a model to determine whether a license is expired or legitimate. This allows us to automate the entire process, which can save us time and money.
In our data center, we are unable to develop certain processes because existing rule-based automation is not sufficient. End-to-end automation helps our data center implementation.
UiPath helps reduce the cost of our digital transformation and it does not require upgrades or IT application support.
The solution helped reduce human error by 100 percent. We now have zero errors.
UiPath freed up our employee's time to work on other processes that can not be automated.
By eliminating the need for human intervention in repetitive processes, UiPath saved us costs.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable features are CR capabilities and logistics automation.
What needs improvement?
UiPath can improve its AS center region by expanding its reach and addressing technical difficulties in certain areas. While the platform works well on-premises, there are some technical issues that can be resolved when moving to the cloud.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using UiPath for five years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I give UiPath's stability a nine out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I give UiPath's scalability an eight out of ten.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is straightforward. However, it requires some technical knowledge, as we will need to connect to the SQL Server and Elasticsearch to create the tables. There is documentation available online that we can use, and we may also need to contact UiPath for assistance.
One person is enough for the deployment.
What about the implementation team?
The implementation was completed in-house.
What was our ROI?
We have seen a return on investment with UiPath through the elimination of quality errors.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
UiPath is a bit more expensive than other similar solutions, and its price is increasing daily.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We evaluated multiple tools to verify our requirements, cost, licensing, and support capabilities.
What other advice do I have?
I give UiPath a nine out of ten. I recommend UiPath to others.
UiPath does not require maintenance.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Can significantly increase productivity and reduce processing time, but the price has room for improvement
What is our primary use case?
I use UiPath to automate tasks in our internal HR and finance departments, as well as to dispatch back office requests, close accounts, process insurance claims, and make international money transfers.
How has it helped my organization?
Building automation with UiPath is easy. It depends on our level of understanding of the process we want to automate. UiPath offers a wide range of possibilities for automating business processes. For example, we can use UiPath to get input data from files, extract data from databases, or make SQL requests. We can also use UiPath to manipulate applications, perform human actions on the user interface, and introduce back-office processes. Finally, we can use UiPath to distribute the execution of our automation across multiple devices.
UiPath enables us to implement end-to-end automation and orchestrate all processes using the orchestration tool. We can get the inputs for the process and execute the report at the end. We have all kinds of possibilities. For five or six years now, we have been able to automate all the processes that we faced, as long as the inputs are structured and well-structured, and we have a good flow and volume of inputs.
There are numerous advantages to using UiPath. Firstly, it can significantly increase productivity and reduce processing time. Secondly, UiPath enables scalability, allowing processes to be performed around the clock, seven days a week. Additionally, robots can execute processes with consistent quality, minimizing the risk of errors or incidents. Finally, UiPath can help optimize human resources by delegating tasks with low added value to robots, freeing up human resources to focus on tasks that require higher levels of expertise.
The time it takes to bring UiPath to market can range from a few days to several weeks. The return on investment can become apparent within a few weeks or months, depending on the complexity of the process involved.
When we refer to UiPath as a suite, it includes several tools and features that can greatly facilitate the automation process. For instance, we can group some commonly used features into a single library. Additionally, we can segregate the different layers of our development process. These abundant features can help us organize our work on UiPath, ultimately reducing our on-premises footprint.
UiPath Academy is a place where we can ramp up our skills very quickly and become operational as soon as possible.
UiPath's AI features provide a broad range of API applications, such as handling unstructured inputs. This includes non-digital inputs such as paper forms. Additionally, the system can process false inputs that are not well-organized through character recognition. UiPath also offers machine learning to further enhance its functionalities.
UiPath accelerates digital transformation and significantly lowers the associated costs. The impact is significant as it enables the deployment of production environments in just a few weeks. Additionally, RPA users can collaborate over the weekend to automate applications starting from the human interface. This allows us to automate more processes effectively. Other tools may require access to top-up bases or the use of Unix or scripts, but with RPA, we can automate a wide range of features based solely on the user interface component.
There were no expansive or complex application upgrades or IT application support required.
UiPath helped to decrease human error. By developing autonomous processes and thoroughly testing them, we ensure consistent and reliable execution, which guarantees high-quality results for our customers. Compared to human execution, global execution by robots is both more accurate and quicker.
UiPath saved us around 17 percent of our time.
UiPath helps to save costs in several ways, such as reducing the time required for execution. The main difference between manual and automatic processes is the ability to have UiPath execute tasks on our behalf, based on pre-defined reports. Unlike humans, who typically work from eight o'clock in the morning until six o'clock in the evening, UiPath can work all day, even on weekends. This can result in cost savings of up to 60 percent.
What is most valuable?
The queue feature is the most interesting to me because it allows us to work on a list of tasks in parallel on several robots. Additionally, the ability to integrate the OCR components is valuable. We use this feature for one of our banks in Africa. These are the most valuable features that we cannot find with other tools.
What needs improvement?
The pricing has room for improvement.
I would appreciate UiPath's assistance in simplifying our process of easily and quickly capturing our customers' business requirements within our framework.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using UiPath for almost seven 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.
How are customer service and support?
UiPath's technical support is reactive.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is complex, and obtaining a license for training poses a challenge. As a result, an experienced person is necessary to complete the deployment. Our deployment required two people.
The deployment can take one to two days for an experienced person, but for an inexperienced person, it may take up to three weeks.
What about the implementation team?
The implementation was completed in-house.
What was our ROI?
The return on investment is based on the complexity of the process that is being automated.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The cost of UiPath is higher in Africa than in Europe and Asia due to differences in salary levels. As a result, the number of customers who are able to use UiPath is limited.
We pay for additional components to include features, in addition to the licensing fees.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We utilized Selenium Test Automation for tests and conducted an evaluation. However, it did not fully meet our business requirements, so we selected UiPath.
What other advice do I have?
I give UiPath a seven out of ten.
Due to the quantity of customer input, the success of automating tasks is not solely dependent on the capabilities of UiPath tools. The quality of the paper scan, document quality, and resolution are also crucial factors that can positively or negatively impact the possibility of a wide range of automation. Therefore, the success of automation is highly reliant on the quality of the source inputs, in addition to UiPath's capabilities.
Our implementation strategy involves beginning with the proof of concept and then separating processes before moving on to scaling the API.
I would recommend UiPath for large enterprise companies, as the cost of the solution may be prohibitive for smaller organizations.
I recommend that anyone assessing UiPath should first create a clear automation roadmap. This will enable them to address questions related to optimization, implementation, and development.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Helped minimize our on-premise footprint and substantially reduced human error
What is our primary use case?
We use UiPath to understand and refine supply chain business processes. Our company is a solution integrator developing solutions for clients. We help companies undergo a digital transformation and digitize existing processes and systems.
You can monitor and automate existing processes, but it's challenging if there's a skill involved. You need to optimize the process and ensure the system is fully integrated. You're pushing the data into UiPath and optimizing the process. You want to integrate it with another system that isn't part of your environment or improve your process. In that case, sometimes you don't have the data in place. That is what you call process mining or process automation.
How has it helped my organization?
If you want to understand the processes you have in place, UiPath can help you understand the gap between the design and execution. For example, you can see if the data is pointed in the right direction and identify where your process has problems. You can also integrate some monitoring capabilities to detect some patterns.
Another important thing for our organization is migration. If you want to change something or relocate a process, you can measure and transfer those things. If the method you want to migrate isn't in place, you need to create something from scratch that currently lacks support. UiPath is suitable for detecting and monitoring existing processes but is not good at identifying new flows, cases, and procedures. That's one area where it needs to improve.
UiPath helped minimize our on-premise footprint. We use AI for some aspects, such as detection and segmentation. Some companies implemented ChatGPT-type functionality, but we haven't tried that.
UiPath substantially reduced human error. It speeds up the business. You can communicate with the customer and show them what's happening. That's the advantage. It frees up employee time because it's an automated process, and you can replace a lot of labor with the tools and the general report. It depends on the data and the efficiency of the data integration, but you can save 20 to 60 percent of labor time.
What is most valuable?
I like how you can download the log and perform static analysis. You can also do dynamic monitoring to look into the system integration. The ease of building automation depends on the vendor you are integrating. You bring data in and push it out through the API. It's relatively easy either way.
The UiPath community is helpful because you can ask questions and get tips from other people on best practices. Many of the problems have already been resolved by others so you can get advice from those people. You can also see how other people use the system.
What needs improvement?
UiPath could add more interactive features that enable you to explore and design processes from scratch. There should be more features that support the digital transformation process from the design phase. In the current data panel, you need to start with a process that's already in place.
You can do end-to-end automation with UiPath, but the problem is that the system hasn't been integrated from that perspective, so UiPath has some disadvantages. It's easier to handle an existing system in UiPath, but it's harder to integrate and model a new system.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have used UiPath for about a year. Before I started using UiPath, I was involved in developing these kinds of processes for more than 10 years, so I'm experienced in this area.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
How was the initial setup?
Deploying UiPath is straightforward. We had a team of two people primarily responsible for the deployment and one or two additional staff.
What about the implementation team?
We worked with UiPath during the deployment. They have a consulting team that we use when possible.
What was our ROI?
The real ROI comes in the later process monitoring stage. You need to spend money initially planning and building processes. Once you get to the evaluation phase, you start to recognize the advantage of using these tools.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Most tools have a trial license. With UiPath, you need to pay from the beginning. Many customers aren't familiar with the product, so it would be helpful if they offered a free evaluation period.
We need experience with UiPath because we have to convince the customer to adopt it.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We evaluated several other options, but I can't recall which ones. UiPath's advantage is that you can do system automation.
What other advice do I have?
I rate UiPath an eight out of ten.
It saves us time and helped us reduce our on-prem footprint, but it could be a little cheaper
What is our primary use case?
We primarily use UiPath for science-related automations.
How has it helped my organization?
The biggest benefit we get from UiPath is saving time. We work with small and medium-sized businesses that need to perform multiple mundane, repetitive tasks. UiPath reduces the time we spend on these tasks by about 60 to 70 percent. By automating low-level jobs, employees can focus on high-priority tasks. Automation has sped up our invoicing because we can process invoices 24/7. We saved more than $200,000 using UiPath.
UiPath helped us reduce our on-prem footprint. Using bots eliminates human error from most jobs if we develop the correct logic and business exceptions, but we still need humans working upstream.
What is most valuable?
Building automations is quite straightforward. They offer free courses for developers, and we take advantage of those. The UiPath community has also had a tremendous impact on our operations.
What needs improvement?
The artificial intelligence and machine learning features are good, but there is some room for improvement.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have used UiPath for more than five 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.
How are customer service and support?
I rate UiPath support an eight out of ten.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have used several RPA tools, including Blue Prism, Automation Anywhere, and Microsoft Power Automate. UiPath is easier to learn and more user-friendly than other solutions. There are also lots of open-source resources you can use. Power Automate was included with our Office 365 license, so we use it for some things. However, it isn't our primary RPA solution.
How was the initial setup?
Deploying UiPath is straightforward and only takes a couple of minutes. One person is enough to install it.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
UiPath is quite expensive compared to Power Automate. That's the main difference, and we have to purchase a new license for every feature.
What other advice do I have?
I rate UiPath a seven out of ten. I would recommend it to others, but I can't give it a higher score because I'm not happy with the licensing model. That's what bothers me the most about UiPath.
We've reduced employee time spent on data processing, but the license is too costly
What is our primary use case?
I have used UiPath for multiple use cases, such as data entry processes or extracting information from emails to certain applications. I have also used it for financial processes like invoicing and analytics, and there are IT applications like user onboarding.
How has it helped my organization?
We can implement processes quickly with UiPath. It doesn't take us long to fix issues and develop a new process. It has enabled us to reduce our on-premise resources by automating around 30 to 40 percent of processes. We cut costs through digital transformation and managing model processes.
UiPath freed up the time of some of our data staff. Some processes that would normally require three or four hours can be completed in under an hour. We can also utilize UiPath to get some tasks done on the weekends or after hours.
What is most valuable?
UiPath is user-friendly, so new users find it easy to understand. The processes are accurate. We see very few errors once they are implemented. The processes are reusable. We can create multiple components that we can use repeatedly and combine them with other processes. It's flexible.
We used UiPath Academy when we were learning the tool, but we haven't used it that much since. It takes time to do the courses. I finished the initial tutorials in one or two days, but some courses can take an entire day. They last much longer than I need.
UiPath allows end-to-end automation. We work with stakeholders to learn about their requirements, and UiPath has a thousand automation tools that can capture many kinds of processes.
What needs improvement?
It isn't clear how to use UiPath to implement some use cases like chatbots, so we need to spend a lot of time searching for documentation on the web. To discover how to do these automations, you need to read and figure things out through trial and error.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have used UiPath for a year.
How are customer service and support?
I rate UiPath support an eight out of ten. There's some room for improvement. UiPath support should be more accessible. We should be able to connect to support faster and resolve the issues sooner. When we open a ticket, we would prefer to get a call instead of an email. A priority issue is easier to resolve over the phone, so that would be preferable.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The UiPath license is costly. It would be helpful if we could get a bulk discount or any reduction, so we could use UiPath on a much larger scale.
What other advice do I have?
I rate UiPath a seven out of ten.
It has an excellent GUI, and it's an easy platform to develop on
What is our primary use case?
UiPath is one of three automation products that we use to build solutions for Canadian federal departments. We use it for several automations based on the client's requests and tie it with an NLP AI to query a large database of documents and auto-generate responses to thousands of clients.
We have to surrender certain documents to the public, but the documents have to be deduped. We use UiPath to collect those and perform deduplication with another system.
I tend to use what UiPath offers, but I also have a full AI shop and Microsoft, so we've been using more of our solutions. Their document understanding features have helped a lot. We haven't used any of what I'd call their "Black Box" AI because explainability is super important. You need to understand what's going on under the hood. You can't always fully understand because it's their proprietary technology. We run into issues because we're with the Canadian government and we cannot allow services that are based in the United States.
How has it helped my organization?
It's too early to tell from the perspective of digital transformation. We tend to take on projects where we can realize value immediately. UiPath is fairly expensive, and the cost grows as you scale it. On the other hand, it's cheaper than employees and reduces backlogs. It frees up a lot of employee time if implemented properly. UiPath also reduces human error in most cases, particularly transactional data that is hand-typed by people.
When it comes to developing and deploying technology like this, there's a fair amount of planning, organizing, and putting all kinds of people in place. Building a project to scale involves a large upfront cost, so we need a little more time and automations to see that benefit.
Organizations should never underestimate the need to adjust their management strategy and implement a center of excellence. You need to educate your staff and bring in good use cases that demonstrate that value. All of this takes time, effort, and talent, which are seldom factored into the cost of automation.
If I eliminate seven full-time employees at $100,000 a year, so I've saved $700,000. However, if I'm spending $700,000 to implement and run processes, then it's net neutral. I need more time to start realizing those tangible benefits. I believe we will see some cost savings, but we have to stay focused.
One of my biggest frustrations with UiPath is that they're constantly changing the underlying technology and adding features, so you're not always in a stable state. You're looking at the next shiny thing, and that distracts us from our initiative. Because we work with the government, we must go through the security assessment process each time they change something. We have to pay the costs associated with reviewing their infrastructure.
What is most valuable?
UiPath has an excellent GUI. It's an easy platform to develop on. They have lots of existing code that you can download and use. UiPath is strongly oriented toward intelligent automation, which is where we need to be. Their roadmap looks promising.
They also have solid training and education resources. As a leader, I find UiPath Academy useful. I can send my new staff there to get up to speed quickly. It's a terrific way to introduce people to the platform so they can hit the ground running. Their user community is also helpful.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have used UiPath for three years.
How are customer service and support?
I rate UiPath's support a seven and a half out of ten.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Neutral
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I'd love to see UiPath's pricing align better with the product maturity life cycle. UiPath's licensing model drives the cost up rapidly, whereas their competition has been cutting prices and bundling more. It's hard to stick with the technology when they're significantly more expensive. This segment is being flooded with new products.
UiPath will have a hard time competing if they don't drop their prices. On the other hand, all of the things that give them an advantage cost money, like UiPath Academy, their excellent technical support team, marketing, etc.
What other advice do I have?
I rate UiPath an eight and a half out of ten.