My main use cases for UiPath Platform include bot automation, Agentic agents, and AI, with specific use cases that are healthcare-centric, while also leveraging technologies that the platform brings, such as RPA bots and agent orchestration.
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Orchestration capabilities improve efficiency in healthcare automation and reduce operational delays
What is our primary use case?
How has it helped my organization?
Implementing these features from UiPath Platform has benefited my organization as we reduced DSO and improved clinical effectiveness and timeliness, leading to improved employee efficiency and accuracy.
What is most valuable?
The feature of UiPath Platform that I appreciate the most is the orchestration.
What needs improvement?
UiPath Platform can be improved by being able to leverage what we have, and from an AI capability perspective, having a chat or voice capability on the platform would be beneficial. With Maestro and the concept of being able to orchestrate across other solutions is phenomenal and great, but I would also appreciate being able to just stick with one solution.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using UiPath Platform for six years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I have not experienced any downtime or performance issues.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
UiPath Platform scales with the growing needs of our organization extremely efficiently.
How are customer service and support?
I evaluate my customer service and technical support as top-notch. On a scale of one to ten, I rate my customer service/technical support as a ten.
They have been highly responsive. In every cab meeting or conversation with senior leadership at UiPath, they have made things happen, and my account executive and solutions executive have also made things happen. I cannot say enough about how great the team that supports us is.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Before selecting UiPath Platform, we looked at some other vendors, and I have a background beyond the current relationship, as I have used UiPath Platform in other companies, which helped accelerate our decision-making.
How was the initial setup?
My experience with deploying UiPath Platform is very positive.
What was our ROI?
We are seeing a return on investment with UiPath Platform.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
My experience with the pricing, setup cost, and licensing of UiPath Platform is positive.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
Prior to adopting UiPath Platform, we were considering other solutions, including purpose-built solutions from companies such as Tenor and also Blue Prism and OpenAI's ChatGPT.
What other advice do I have?
My advice to another organization that's considering UiPath Platform is to understand your journey and what you're trying to accomplish. UiPath Platform can do it, and I don't have any concerns or questions around the technology or the capability or the organization to support. Another customer would need to be prepared and understand what they are doing and why.
I rate UiPath Platform ten out of ten.
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Has automated seat assignment to save time for sales support teams
What is our primary use case?
My main use cases for UiPath Platform are for a sales department.
How has it helped my organization?
This has helped tremendously for our sales support customers since they don't have to do it manually by going to the application and checking everything. They were able to let the agent identify the best-suited seat as per their preference and assign it to them, resulting in significant time and effort savings.
What is most valuable?
The features of UiPath Platform I appreciate the most are Agent Builder, Studio, and Apps. I have used everything inside.
As we are moving towards the Agentic, we have used Agent Builder and Maestro to automate one of our processes which was related to seat assignment. The agent was able to identify which seats are available based on the user preference and seat map, and it was able to assign the best-suited seat to the user.
My teams and I have used the vendor's UiPath Academy courses. The biggest benefits I have seen from using UiPath Academy are that we took all the courses related to Agentic, Agent Builder, and Prompt Engineering, which were very helpful.
My thoughts about UiPath's user community in terms of the value gained by being part of it are that it's amazing. Whenever I have any issues and I don't get the answer, I go to the community and get my answers really quickly.
What needs improvement?
The features I was looking for related to UiPath Platform were related to PII masking, however, they have already introduced it. It's related to guardrails, so it's beneficial.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using UiPath Platform for six years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I assess the stability and reliability of UiPath Platform as very stable. I cannot remember ever having downtime, crashes, or performance issues. There might be a few, but they get resolved very quickly.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
UiPath Platform scales with the growing needs of the organization quite effectively for us.
We have expanded usage to 400 bots and we are automating every day, so it will be increasing. The process was quite smooth when we expanded usage as we have the product team available with us. We have the UiPath team who supports us every time whenever we face any challenges.
How are customer service and support?
I evaluate my customer service and technical support for UiPath Platform as good. We get substantial help from them whenever we need.
On a scale from one to ten, I would rate my customer service/technical support as a nine. While everything is good, there are a few times when the technical team did not have immediate answers, resulting in multiple exchanges. Ultimately, they resolved the issues.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Prior to adopting UiPath Platform, I was not using another solution to address similar needs.
How was the initial setup?
I would describe my experience with deploying UiPath Platform as very easy.
What was our ROI?
I have seen a return on investment with UiPath Platform. We have saved around 40 million dollars with 400 bots.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
The other solutions I considered before selecting UiPath Platform were Power Automate and Automation Anywhere.
In our evaluation process, we firstly checked how user-friendly it is for developers, how scalable it is, and what security or compliance rules they could provide. These were the major parameters we checked with other vendors, along with pricing.
What other advice do I have?
My advice to another organization considering using UiPath Platform is that they should implement it. It's really easy to use for developers, scalable, and stable.
I rate UiPath Platform a ten out of ten.
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If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Improves backend processes and boosts customer service efficiency through automation
What is our primary use case?
My main use cases for UiPath Platform include mostly backend tasks for customer service, PO management, and routing of emails.
What is most valuable?
My favorite features of UiPath Platform are Action Center and Document Understanding, as I'm in Action Center all day.
The benefits of these features for my organization are significant, especially with tariffs right now, as we're trying to save as much money as we can. So we try to do as much on UiPath Platform as we can. I've only been with my current company for three months, so I'm still trying to learn how they use it to save money. It's definitely not reducing headcount but keeping it where it is, which is the best benefit.
My teams have used the vendor's UiPath Academy courses. The biggest benefit I have seen from using UiPath Academy is that they make the tests and the exams, which we use. It's quite accessible and not overly technical for people who want to get involved.
I gain substantial value from UiPath Platform's user community. It is huge and offers many resources, and we use the forums extensively as they're very helpful.
What needs improvement?
One improvement I would like to see in UiPath Platform is the ability to connect databases directly to UiPath Platform, as we use SQL a lot, which would be helpful to link our transactions to what we're writing to databases.
From a Studio standpoint since that's what I work on mostly, the REFramework could use improvement, as it's very hard to customize it outside of what they pre-build it for, so allowing it to be more flexible for us would be great.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using UiPath Platform for eight years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I would assess the stability and reliability of UiPath Platform as very reliable. I have not experienced any downtime, crashes, or performance issues.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
UiPath Platform scales with the growing needs of my organization very effectively. We have expanded usage, and the process is easy to add licenses as we need them, though I don't know that we scaled too much more outside of that.
How are customer service and support?
When I have had to use customer service and technical support, they've been great, and our technical account managers are always very responsive and willing to help.
They're always quick to respond, and they let us know when they can and can't help, making it easier for us not to constantly have to dig for answers.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Prior to adopting UiPath Platform, I was using Automation Anywhere. I wasn't heavily involved in considering a change, however, they wanted the regulatory side of it more, and UiPath Platform makes that easier.
How was the initial setup?
I've never worked as an architect, so I don't really do any of the deployments.
What was our ROI?
I have seen a return on investment with UiPath Platform.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
Before selecting UiPath Platform, we considered other solutions such as Power Automate and Automation Anywhere. UiPath Platform has more integration and security approvals for us.
What other advice do I have?
We're trying to use Gen AI. We haven't implemented it yet, and we're still researching.
I would advise other organizations considering UiPath Platform to just jump in because it's easy to learn and get started, as they have free versions if you want to try it and see if you can do POCs with it, which is where we start, so just jump in and don't use Power Automate.
On a scale of one to ten, I rate UiPath Platform a ten.
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Significantly reduces manual effort and improves team workflows through automated ticketing
What is our primary use case?
We use it for synchronizing inventory, and we also have club operations, various use cases, downloading, and sending reports to the document reprint. My main use cases for UiPath Platform include many use cases across a lot of departments.
How has it helped my organization?
By leveraging Agentic Automation, we have achieved ROI. More importantly, we have enhanced customer experience and team member experience. For example, the Agentic workflow I mentioned helps the IT help desk team ensure tickets are more streamlined, consequently reducing delays in responding to tickets.
What is most valuable?
We've used Agent Builder, IXP, and Maestro for orchestration. We have created context-grounded searches or chatbots using context grounding, and we also use context grounding within an Agentic flow where a bot or agent reads ServiceNow tickets to determine whether it has been assigned to the right work group. If it has not been assigned correctly due to human error, it automatically reassigns it to the right group.
I would assess Agentic AI's ability to extract data points as effective. We created an agent for the purpose of extracting data, though not in a document. We created what we call an email conversation agent that engages with a customer, vendor, or someone in an email conversation with a set goal of extracting specific data points for an action to be performed subsequently. The one automation we have deployed in production involves the agent interacting with team members to collect data points and create a ServiceNow ticket.
We appreciate almost all features of UiPath Platform, with one of the most successful ones being the use of Coms Mining. Most of the new features related to AI have all been good, and we use Agentic. We have already created a few agents and have started to use Maestro for a few flows, though we are not yet there to orchestrate an end-to-end workflow.
We have good ROI from the automations we have developed with UiPath Platform, which far exceeds the investment in the platform. It has saved us tens of thousands of hours in manual effort, making the team members happy to pursue other things of value.
What needs improvement?
The one thing I would recommend to improve is pricing, which is a big challenge. One suggestion from the Product Advisory Board was to provide a calculator to help predict next year's budget for AI units or platform units needed. This calculator could indicate trends and projections for the upcoming years.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been working in my current field for seven years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I would assess the stability and reliability of UiPath Platform as needing improvement. Despite healing agents, we haven't tried screen play yet.
My major pain point remains pop-up windows, UI changes, and related issues, which is why I have a four-member support team working daily. They address roughly 50-plus issues every month, and I want to see a reduction in these issues before I comment further on the platform's stability.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We have not really scaled yet. That is in the picture right now. We would to scale, however, I am unsure how open the organization is to that scaling. We still need to see the proof of value for our current efforts.
How are customer service and support?
My evaluation of customer service and technical support has been excellent. We have a dedicated TAM who participates in our weekly meetings and is present during my meetings with citizen developers. He is always prompt in his responses, and tickets on the customer portal are addressed within 24 hours, often with someone either calling or emailing us with solutions.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Prior to adopting UiPath Platform, I was not using another solution to address similar needs at my current workplace, however, I have worked with Blue Prism in the past. UiPath Platform is far superior compared to other tools in this market space.
How was the initial setup?
Initially, we started off with on-prem, and we moved to the cloud after I joined. It was a little challenging. One of the big challenges that I see in migration or deployment is when there are upgrades. So, for example, Windows upgrades, and recently we had an upgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 11, and a lot of things started failing, including some of my citizen developers' automation. There are quite a few challenges when it comes to deployment. I would say on the whole, it takes time. That said, we've been able to get there.
What was our ROI?
My returns at this point are around four to five times the investment we made in payments to UiPath Platform. I have seen a return on investment with UiPath Platform.
For now, I would say 90% of my ROI comes from past automations we've developed, not even with Agentic. The automations we've created thus far are responsible for driving the ROI, and I anticipate this will continue for the next couple of years until we create some critical Agentic and orchestrated workflows.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
My experience with pricing, setup costs, and licensing is that pricing is very complicated. With so many consumables and platform features, a bit more simplicity in pricing would probably be appreciated. For instance, separate pricing for SAP testing, and separate pricing for the newer version of the test platform or test cloud, should be included within the platform pricing. It would be ideal to have one big payment for the platform and then consumption-based pricing as a la carte.
What other advice do I have?
The advice I would give to other organizations considering UiPath Platform is that, while the platform offers many features, it can feel overwhelming. Start small with the features you most prefer, such as automation, which is the most straightforward and ROI-generating function. Ignore AI, agents, or Coms Mining initially; just use a bot for something simple. Then, leverage that experience to enhance your automation. I still recommend starting with task automation and later expanding to orchestrated workflows, which might take a year or two to achieve. Patience is key.
I rate UiPath Platform overall as a ten out of ten.
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Has delivered significant time and cost savings through quick automation of complex data tasks
What is our primary use case?
My primary use cases for UiPath Platform are around investment type data, where we normally work with business units needing to pull in data where an API is not readily available.
We have not started testing use cases as we are governed heavily by compliance, and we have what's called an RAIC council, so anything involving AI or LLMs has to go through them. We submit an intake form and wait for approval before we can start working on it.
That being said, we have two potential use cases that we've already submitted the request to start testing out agents and AI within some workflows. I can share some details about those use cases, which are really centered around extracting data from very unstructured documents, as the structures frequently change quarter over quarter, making it quite complicated.
How has it helped my organization?
I have realized benefits utilizing UiPath Platform, and specifically, this year alone from January until last week, we have saved about $650,000 for the firm, with close to 5,000 hours saved by diving deeper into pulling investment data.
What is most valuable?
The features I find most valuable within UiPath Platform are the logging and controls, and the ability to bring value to the firm extremely quickly due to the low-code, no-code functionality.
The biggest benefit I've seen from UiPath Platform Academy courses is the understanding of the REFramework, which is critical for proper coding, exception handling, and routing to support groups. My engineers with engineering experience often fly through the first part, but pause at the REFramework, where I explain the importance of mastering it.
Understanding the REFramework allows the firm to properly implement try-catch systems and route exceptions effectively, which is beneficial for ensuring everyone can jump into code they didn't deploy and understand how it flows together. It sets the framework within the company to support development and maintenance. If implemented correctly, it will not break and will bring stability to the process.
I am part of a UiPath Platform user community. Being part of the community allows me to network with other firms, share challenges, wins and losses, and seek support whenever I'm stuck with something, which is valuable for problem-solving. This exchange of information helps us to not divulge proprietary information while still offering support.
What needs improvement?
I did not find support helpful.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using UiPath Platform for about five years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
UiPath Platform itself is very stable while the instability lies in the architectures it interacts with, meaning issues can arise from the VMs and networks managed by different teams, yet overall it is very robust and reliable. The underlying infrastructure causes the perception of unreliability, but removing any VM or network issues reveals no significant problems.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
UiPath Platform scales very well with our growing needs, particularly with Gen 3 Windows 11 servers, making it much easier to add more instances and resources compared to the previous architecture.
How are customer service and support?
I have used UiPath Platform support before. I did not find them helpful at all. The support team often cannot understand custom automations we've built, which limits their effectiveness; for instance, when I reported a simple issue about elements not being recognized, they responded with "It works on my end," which was not helpful. I would have preferred support to offer a screen share to truly understand my situation rather than leaving me to figure it out alone.
I would rate UiPath Platform support a seven out of ten. The support would be a ten if they were proactive in testing requests on their end and offered follow-up communication, lending customers guidance rather than leaving them isolated.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We considered UiPath Platform alongside Blue Prism and Automation Anywhere, and we chose UiPath Platform because it seemed more user-friendly and easier to adopt.
How was the initial setup?
When I first started in RPA, we did not fully understand what we were getting into. We had heard of the RPA technology and decided to go with UiPath Platform because it is best in class. Once we began developing our first use cases, the value became clearer, especially related to ROI from saving hours and dollars.
What about the implementation team?
The architecture of the robots themselves was not hard for me to deploy, as I did not focus on that aspect.
What was our ROI?
From January until last week, we have saved about $650,000 for the firm. That's close to 5,000 hours saved by diving deeper into pulling investment data, which elevated the ROI.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I do not control pricing, setup costs, and licensing of UiPath Platform; that is handled by someone else.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We have not used any other tools, however, we do have Power Automate for small use cases. The right tool for the right process is our approach; however, our major processes are all within UiPath Platform because of its robust capability to log, control, and orchestrate.
What other advice do I have?
I do not yet utilize agentic automation capabilities or agentic AI from UiPath Platform to achieve those, as it's strictly all RPA for now. We are in the process of trying to start developing more agentic, less RPA, and more agent-type workflows. We've been looking forward to having the capability that Maestro offers for case management, which will be a huge game-changer for my firm, as we've been searching for a suitable tool for two years.
Our enterprise firm does not require certification for engineers, however, within our investment side, it's a requirement. I had my advanced developer certification years ago, and all of my engineers have their certified engineer certifications. Anyone joining my team has to go through the academy and prove completion of the certification.
My advice for someone considering UiPath Platform is to clearly understand RPA, agentic work, and assess interoperability with other external systems before choosing a platform, as UiPath Platform typically comes out on top. I'm optimistic about future developments. I appreciate UiPath Platform allowing us to use our own LLMs, so thank you for that flexibility.
I have rated UiPath Platform ten out of ten.
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If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Web tools help reduce waste and improve backend issue resolution
What is our primary use case?
My main case use for UiPath Platform would be to automate user experience and make it faster.
What is most valuable?
The feature I appreciate the most on UiPath Platform is the web interface. I work primarily on the supporting end in the backend, so that's my go-to place to troubleshoot. These features have benefited my organization by helping eliminate waste.
My teams have used the vendor's UiPath Academy courses. The biggest benefit from UiPath Academy is understanding the process better, as it provided a good introduction when we didn't know what was happening beforehand.
My experience with the UiPath user community shows that talking to people in similar situations is valuable for troubleshooting.
What needs improvement?
I would love to see UiPath Platform improved by having a better mobile application. Currently, while the web portion is available, the mobile app needs significant improvement.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using UiPath Platform for the last 18 months.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I have not experienced any performance issues with UiPath Platform that I am aware of, and I would have known.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
UiPath Platform scales effectively with our growing organizational needs. We are utilizing what we have, and if we need more, it's fairly easy to add more afterward. Though there is a cost associated with scaling, the platform remains scalable.
I have expanded my usage of UiPath Platform.
How are customer service and support?
I would evaluate customer service and technical support for UiPath Platform as great. We have had no issues with support.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Prior to adopting UiPath Platform, we were considering the Microsoft solution to address similar needs, but we never implemented it.
How was the initial setup?
My experience with deploying UiPath Platform was easy. We had assistance.
What about the implementation team?
The process was smooth. We had help setting up the new virtual services.
What was our ROI?
I cannot share specific data points, however, I have seen a return on investment with UiPath Platform in terms of hours saved. I am not familiar with the financial aspects.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Regarding pricing, setup costs, and licensing for UiPath Platform, I don't see any of that information. From what I've heard, it's expensive and could be more affordable.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
I was not part of the evaluation process for other solutions before selecting UiPath Platform.
What other advice do I have?
We are not currently using the generative AI.
My advice to organizations considering UiPath Platform is to find a good partner to work with. Having someone with prior knowledge to help is essential, especially in the beginning, as you might feel lost otherwise.
I rate UiPath Platform a ten out of ten.
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Saves significant manual effort by automating denial management and appeal processes with document classification and task delegation
What is our primary use case?
Our main use cases for UiPath Platform are mainly back office revenue cycle tasks, including claim statusing, prior authorization, notice of admission, and denials, which is a big one that we're working on now.
Another process we're looking into is credentialing. We have a few use cases in the pipeline that we're looking to tackle next year, which include Agentic AI or Agentic Automation capabilities such as Agent, Builder, Orchestration, testing, or Autopilot.
The biggest part for us in implementing Agentic Automation is the denial space, especially for the appeal letter process. One specific use case that we're wanting to automate with Agentic revolves around our utilization review, where our nurses work through appeals from different payers for DRG downgrades, as all the denials come in from different payers through faxes; we're hoping to have the agent determine what type of document it is so it understands what RPA process to kick off with it. We have started testing this use case, however, it's probably not something that we'll finish this current year; we've started building the RPA processes and we're still working on the agentic piece to solve that.
What is most valuable?
For the Agentic capabilities, the biggest feature functions as a human that can delegate work, which has been the best use case for us to keep the human in the loop as much as possible, only bringing them in when there are exceptions that come up. From what I've seen while assessing Agentic Automation's ability to extract data points, it extracts the information really effectively, especially with Document Understanding and IAXP Document Understanding, which has been amazing with the way that we're able to use that and correctly identify the type of document that we're looking at at the time.
I estimate that with this new Agentic Automation, we will save roughly 4,400 documents a month, saving approximately ten minutes for each document. From RPA, the benefits so far are significant; our healthcare system is expanding and we need new people, however, after COVID, people are getting more expensive and we just don't have the budget, so RPA has been huge in allowing our current workforce to stay the right size and we use automation to really handle those tedious processes, saving money from a people perspective and capturing denials a lot faster, enabling us to appeal in a timely manner. For revenue cycle alone, we have saved roughly 800,000 year to date right now.
The main factors that led us to consider transitioning to an RPA solution were driven by the bankruptcy of our vendor for claim status, prompting us to find a solution, and the cost of RPA turned out to be roughly the same as what we paid the vendor, offering claim status plus more for the same expense.
I am utilizing UiPath Platform community.
What needs improvement?
I don't have any improvements for UiPath Platform, as we are behind; UiPath Platform is consistently coming out with updates and features, but we are just now starting to implement Agents and Agentic.
One of the biggest pain points for us is that while they have solution decks to help build solutions faster, if they developed more of a framework for areas we don't understand, indicating how to generate ROI or compress time to build automation, that would be beneficial.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using UiPath Platform for coming up on two years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I assess the stability and reliability of UiPath Platform and its robots as great, especially after resolving the hybrid issue with the bots going down; we haven't had any issues since.
How are customer service and support?
I evaluate UiPath Platform support as very knowledgeable; they respond quickly, and while they may not always have immediate answers, they know who to contact to resolve issues, which has been effective for us during the two times we've needed their support.
On a scale of one to ten, I would rate them a nine. The only reason for subtracting a point is the occasional delay in getting the right people available to address the issues; although the initial documentation of the problems is thorough, sometimes it isn't enough.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Prior to adopting UiPath Platform, we used Python code or simple macros through various applications.
How was the initial setup?
Deployment was good. We're a part of the Enterprise Success Program. When we joined UiPath, no one on my team had UiPath experience. So everything that was learned was either through the UiPath learning plans or through our technical account manager. We met with our TAM once a week, sometimes two, three times a week as far as training, helping us build our automations, and also with code reviews and making sure that things are really meeting the standards that we need.
What was our ROI?
I estimate that with this new Agentic Automation, we will save roughly 4,400 documents a month, saving approximately ten minutes for each document.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We did consider Blue Prism as Power Automate before choosing UiPath Platform.
The main differences I found between these platforms and UiPath Platform pertained to pros and cons; UiPath Platform provided a comprehensive package catering to our needs while Power Automate seemed too focused on Microsoft products, and Blue Prism was good.
UiPath Platform was easier for my team, who had no development background, to learn and build quickly.
What other advice do I have?
My job title is Director, Revenue Cycle Informatics. According to my job function, I have six years of experience. We are just now starting to implement Agents and Agentic. The value I gain from being part of UiPath Platform user community is great; it has helped us in many places where we have been stuck, as other customers have experienced similar issues; for instance, we had connection issues with our hybrid deployment and found a lot of information through the community, which helped get our bots up 99% of the time, compared to roughly 60% before. UiPath Platform is growing with the needs of our organization, and I credit my account exec for helping us find use cases and ensure we utilize all elements we are currently paying for. One specific use case that we're wanting to automate with Agentic revolves around our utilization review, where our nurses work through appeals from different payers for DRG downgrades, as all the denials come in from different payers through faxes; we're hoping to have the agent determine what type of document it is so it understands what RPA process to kick off with it. I rate UiPath Platform a 10 out of 10.
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If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Have unified automation efforts across departments and improved operational efficiency
What is our primary use case?
The tremendous benefit comes from how these features of UiPath Platform have benefited our organization. We have implemented close to 100 automation for our finance teams, supply chain teams, IT teams, and even some for HR. The efficiency gain is tremendous.
What is most valuable?
The features of UiPath Platform that I prefer most are UiPath Studio and UiPath Orchestrator. We have not yet started using the Agentic AI features, so we are still on the legacy platform system, but we are in the process of moving our platform to the cloud. From November, we would have the Agentic capabilities.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been using UiPath Platform for six years so far.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I assess the stability and reliability of UiPath Platform as phenomenal. Over six years, we have created zero support cases with UiPath.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
UiPath Platform scales very effectively from the growing needs of my organization without any problems.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Before adopting UiPath Platform, we were using Selenium, an open-source tool for automation. Some people were using Python code for automation. Then we realized it was time to purchase a product or software that handles automation instead of all the pocket automation that everybody was building. That was the rationale to implement UiPath Platform.
How was the initial setup?
My experience with deploying UiPath Platform was easy and everything worked efficiently during deployment.
What was our ROI?
I have seen a return on investment with UiPath Platform, but I cannot share specific data points.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
My experience with the pricing, setup costs, and licensing of UiPath Platform has been pretty decent so far.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We looked at a bunch of automation tools in the market in 2019 before selecting UiPath Platform. We evaluated UiPath, Automation Anywhere, Blue Prism, and Microsoft Power Automate, but ultimately chose UiPath Platform because it was and remains the market leader.
Many positive aspects stood out in my evaluation process when comparing options for UiPath Platform, such as how robust the tool is and how it works efficiently and seamlessly with multiple technologies. It functions effectively with web-based automation, SAP, Salesforce, and other platforms. UiPath Platform fits efficiently into all these ecosystems, which was one of the reasons to choose it. Besides cost and other factors, the adoption in the industry and the number of references we received were very positive about UiPath Platform.
What other advice do I have?
My advice to another organization considering UiPath Platform is to adopt it and start automating without delay.
The factors that led me to consider a change before using UiPath Platform were mostly scalability and harmonization. We didn't want everybody in the organization to use different tools for automation. It had to be unified because we are a large enterprise. One tool makes sense. From a cost perspective, not the license cost, but the maintenance cost is important. If everybody writes their own piece of software or code for automation, support becomes problematic. There's no unification. Support, cost, scalability, and reliability were key factors in propelling us towards a software automation tool.
UiPath Platform is doing a good job with respect to connecting to other ecosystems and platforms. Looking at the announcement today, they're connecting to Salesforce, LlamaIndex, and Microsoft. That's a good sign. I think everybody is building Agentic stuff and Agentic AI, and most platforms work seamlessly from service providers and competitors. The key is to provide easier integration for people to build and develop by providing numerous connection tools.
The way we have expanded our usage of UiPath Platform is very prudent and judicious in how we leverage the bots. We try to maximize bot utilization rather than purchasing additional bots. We use the bots repeatedly, depending on the schedule, fitting the available bots across multiple schedules. We have expanded, but not necessarily in terms of purchasing additional bots.
I would rate UiPath Platform overall a 10 out of 10.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Has connected disparate systems and automated repetitive tasks to save time daily
What is our primary use case?
I'm trying to think of some good data points or examples on the spot. One of the things that our company struggles with is that we've bought a lot of different systems that don't integrate with one another. What I've really tried to do since starting to utilize UiPath Platform is find ways to make these imperfect systems work together, whether it be Mike Albert for fleet data, Azuga for safety-related data, or Snowflake for data warehousing. I aim to take all that data, put it into our Snowflake warehouse, and then visualize it in Power BI and other tools, so the sky's the limit, and I know we even use it for Amazon, Walmart, and various other processes.
What is most valuable?
I love the Studio application and the Orchestrator function of UiPath Platform, being able to put our details all in there. I especially appreciate the integrations with Snowflake and different software, which really make it more useful for us as we're starting to dive into the Agentic AI piece at our company. However, I'm still getting fresh into it.
One of the biggest benefits of the features of UiPath Platform that I can think of is that we've been able to build a process to handle what previously were multiple manual processes where people would go in, review purchase orders, and make changes to them themselves. Now, when we have an order come through and need to make a change, they can submit a change through a ticket, and UiPath Platform will do it all, saving us about an hour of personnel time per head every single day, which has already been a huge change in our organization.
I honestly really benefit from UiPath Platform's user community. I go to forums and similar platforms and always find supportive people who often have had similar problems or issues that I've been able to reach out to, communicate with, and get the path forward for, so it's been nothing but positive, even beyond just UiPath Platform individuals within the company; other users have been very helpful too.
What needs improvement?
That's a tough question about how UiPath Platform can improve. For me, starting out, it was very helpful that I utilized different other AI platforms to teach me the best way to go about creating a process in the tool, and perhaps it was a lack of my education, however, tools to leverage AI within the platform could continue to educate users as they're building out new processes.
I would emphasize functionality to challenge one's thought process, asking whether one is going about it in the most efficient way, recognizing that there are a million different ways to do a process and questioning if I'm doing it the right way and needing tools to help with that.
To be considered a ten out of ten, UiPath Platform needs to enhance its capabilities, and I would lean into the integration of AI to coach and mentor you through the process. While I have my connections throughout the company, often it's just myself. Having an AI friend who is a UiPath Platform professional that knows what's best would make it easier than having to gather information from various places.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using the solution for about two years; it's very new.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I would assess the stability and reliability of UiPath Platform as excellent, as everything I've experienced so far has had minimal hiccups, and if there were issues, they have been user error rather than reflecting poorly on UiPath Platform.
I have not experienced any downtime, crashes, or performance issues with UiPath Platform.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
UiPath Platform has scaled very with the growing needs of our organization; just in the year that we've had it, we've continued to find new ways to utilize it.
We have expanded usage of UiPath Platform. The gentleman that I was just around passed it on to me, and we've been trying to share it broadly across the rest of our enterprise, and so far, the experience has been very promising. We tested it with a couple of other individuals at some of our parent company's six smaller companies, and it's made it easy for us to share it across them as also, so from that standpoint, it's been very rewarding.
How are customer service and support?
Regarding customer service and technical support, the times that I've had to search for it, I've had no problems whatsoever.
On a scale from one to ten, I would rate customer service and technical support as a ten based on my limited interactions. The encounters I have had have all been positive.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I was using Power Automate to address similar needs prior to adopting UiPath Platform. It definitely wasn't at the scale of what UiPath Platform has been able to do for us.
What was our ROI?
I've seen a return on investment with UiPath Platform. As I touched on with the PO changes, many more opportunities are found at our parent company, and while our team has a laundry list of things to do, we don't have enough time to do it.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for UiPath Platform would definitely be more directed towards another colleague, as he handled more of it than I did. That said, from my experience, it was nothing but positive.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
For myself, I didn't consider many other solutions before selecting UiPath Platform since I used what our company had at its disposal, which was a lot of Microsoft tools such as Power Automate. Those were not nearly as robust as what UiPath Platform brings to the table, and this was my first exposure to an RPA system and Agentic AI.
The factors that led me to consider a change to UiPath Platform included performance; our company needed a system that we could trust.
What other advice do I have?
I don't yet use Agentic AI. Part of the reason why we're attending a conference is to learn more about it.
I haven't yet used the vendor's UiPath Academy courses.
The biggest advice I would give to other organizations considering UiPath Platform is to continue to push outside of the box and not to think within the confines of what you initially look at, as the opportunity to use the software is really everywhere. It's just a matter of having the time to put into it, so my biggest words of encouragement would be to keep trying, keep pursuing it, and avoid a too tunnel-visioned approach.
On a scale from one to ten, I would rate UiPath Platform overall as a ten, as coming in with a little bit of experience, it was very easy to pick up, learn, and lean into, which has been very rewarding.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Intelligent automation has transformed decision-making and reduced human error
What is our primary use case?
My use case with UiPath Platform depends on the customer, as I am an expert architect. I build applications, build projects, help customers provide business solutions, ask questions, answer questions, and resolve issues.
What is most valuable?
The best features in UiPath Platform are the Agentic Robots, which provide a kind of intelligence.
UiPath Platform offers excellent support and training. They provide free training, unlike Blue Prism. I worked with Blue Prism for three years, and you have to pay for training and certificates there.
The support is good, and the price is the same as Blue Prism. For me, it is the best number one in the world for bots.
Agentic Automation is a new technology that they built this year. Previously, with the UiPath Platform, we had a robot that we asked to do business actions, but with Agentic, the robot can think. The robot performs actions, and Agentic can make decisions if we program it to make decisions. The customer doesn't do anything. It's a revolution in AI.
My clients have replaced personnel and saved a significant amount of money. For example, I have customers who had 11 people to work, and after one year of using the UiPath Platform, they saved ten people.
We use Communication Mining features in real time for small businesses and critical businesses. We use robots to do actions in real time with supervision through Elasticsearch and Kibana to show what happened in real time. With UiPath Platform Communication Mining, we can automate actions or responses according to the type of content in the message. We can connect to an Outlook and Gmail address.
With Agentic, it can think and provide personalized answers. It's very easy to build automations with UiPath Platform for someone who doesn't have technical skills because they have UiPath for developers and UiPath for business. For teams that don't have enough knowledge in IT, building simple processes is possible. For complex processes, more IT knowledge is needed.
The UiPath user community is extensive and informative. The majority of my clients are big companies. Most businesses share architecture and need strong architecture because the cost isn't high if you choose a strong architecture. They use UiPath Academy to learn and get certificates because there are many products and options in the application.
There has been a 90% reduction in human error. For UiPath Platform, you have three components: UiPath Studio, the robot, and the orchestrator. For annual updates, the orchestrator takes one day, while the robot and Studio each take one hour.
What needs improvement?
The area that has room for improvement in UiPath Platform is the price.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using UiPath Platform for around ten years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
For stability, the orchestrator rates at ten out of ten. It is very stable. Studio rates at a nine out fo ten, and robots rate at eight out fo ten since they work only with Microsoft.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The solution is scalable. If you want to add machines, it's very easy. However, you have to do the architecture with a professional, not just with a developer.
How are customer service and support?
The vendor support is very good, and with all my customers, we have premium support. It rates a ten out of ten.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
UiPath Platform is better than Blue Prism. Blue Prism's training isn't free. You have to pay to get information, and they don't have cloud. They built their cloud two or three years before, so they are behind.
How was the initial setup?
The ease of the deployment depends on whether you want to know about developers or architecture. For architecture, I am alone for all customers. I administer the platform, install the production, and perform all tasks related to production. For developers, it depends on the customer. I have customers who have ten, 20, or even 50 developers.
The solution requires maintenance. You need the big update in a year, and depending on the customer, two or three updates in a year, with one update every three months, but you have to update once a year.
What about the implementation team?
What was our ROI?
I can estimate that all my customers see about a 40% return on investment. This saves about 40% of time. It depends on the process; some processes save all the time, while others save significant time.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
In the beginning, when I built the application, we didn't talk about licenses. We buy licenses, but after one year, we try to mutualize and share licenses with different customers to minimize the number of licenses and to minimize the cost of the application.
What other advice do I have?
I rate UiPath Platform ten out of ten.