Automation has transformed complex finance and operations and delivers fast, structured ROI
What is our primary use case?
I have many use cases for UiPath Platform: knowing your customers, insurance claims, accounting, payables, email driven requests like treasury operation, and supply chain manufacturing reconciliation.
How has it helped my organization?
UiPath Platform has positively impacted our engagements by reducing manual effort on repetitive, rules-based work, which shortens cycle times and frees teams to focus on higher-value activities rather than copy/paste operations.
We also see measurable quality benefits, because automation improves consistency and reduces human error,especially when processes span multiple enterprise applications and data sources.
Finally, having centralized orchestration and monitoring through Orchestrator, combined with structured enablement via UiPath Academy, makes it easier to industrialize automation (deploy, control, and continuously improve it) instead of running isolated scripts.
What is most valuable?
UiPath Platform excels in governance through security and compliance, eliminating the need for extensive audits and addressing European compliance requirements. I can automate and structure processes while connecting agents to make decisions and reason, then escalate to humans and make them accountable in the loop, which UiPath calls human in the loop for accountability. It serves as a backbone for IT development.
UiPath Platform has helped me achieve a reduction in process time between 50% and 90%. I see direct impact with this range. The platform is professionally well-structured, similar to using Microsoft Word or other Microsoft tools. I do not face problems with structured-based approaches, especially when using cases that have already been implemented rather than new cases. It provides payback within three months directly.
What needs improvement?
UiPath platform is, in my view, one of the best options on the market! why?
The RPA market still relatively young, and Uipath was one of the early leaders to industrialize enterprise RPA; it also brings RPA, AI, and human decision points together in a single enterprise-grade platform with strong orchestration and governance.
The main area I would still like to see improved for my use cases is the practical -agent learning curve- in production.
UiPath is clearly moving in the right direction with agent evaluations (including scoring) and the ability to turn real runtime traces into evaluation assets, plus simulations to test tools/escalations safely;
but getting from initial agent behavior to consistent, reliable outcomes can still take too much manual iteration.
A more guided, managed improvement loop (recommendations from failed evals, drift/instability signals, and clearer promotion/versioning workflows within governance) would make agentic AI much faster to operationalize at scale, especially when external LLMs are involved.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using UiPath Platform for seven years throughout my career.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Overall,Uipath platform has been stable for us in production.We’ve seen rare issues (typically tied to specific versions,environment constraints,or upgrade windows),but with disciplined release management and proper infrastructure sizing,reliability has been strong.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I have not personally run a very large-scale deployment(hundreds/thousands of robots).Based on customer projects and the platform’s architecture,Uipath is designed to scale when governance(standards, Orchestrator setup, monitoring, release management)is in place.
How are customer service and support?
I haven’t opened many support tickets directly, but I’ve participated in support interactions with delivery teams. Experience is mixed: some engineers are excellent, but responsiveness and consistency vary. Overall, I would rate support 7/10.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have not used any alternatives to UiPath Platform. For Agentic AI, I use AWS, but for Robotic Process Automation, I have not used alternatives. When you have the best in the market, which I believe UiPath Platform is, the solution is straight and reliable. I already have people on my team with experience and have developed relationships with UiPath Platform developers.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup had a learning curve for me at the very beginning, so it felt a bit confusing. Once I understood the platform concepts and the setup flow,getting connected and starting work became straightforward and quick.
I also appreciated that it’s easy to start with a free trial and then move to a paid plan directly using a credit card (e.g., American Express),which simplifies procurement for smaller or fast-moving initiatives.
What about the implementation team?
We did use a consultant for the deployment:Transforia(independent automation consultancy).
Transforia.fr supported the deployment end-to-end (architecture, setup, governance, and delivery standards) in close collaboration with the customer’s IT and business teams.
Overall the experience was positive: having an experienced delivery team reduced onboarding friction, improved maintainability, and helped structure the rollout with clear prioritization and operational guardrails
What was our ROI?
Yes,Clear ROI has been observed with uipath platform,especially on structures,repetitive processes.We typically see process cycle-time reductions, in the 50-90% range depending on process complexity and how standardized the inputs and exceptions are.In the best cases(already well-defined processes that can be implemented and reused quickly),pauback can be achieved in about 3 months.
A good example is end-to-end invoice processing:automated captured (email/PDF),validation ( PO/GRN Ticket),approval routing,and automatic posting into the ERP.In practice,this typically reduces manual effort by roughly 50–70% and improves first-pass accuracy(often reaching the mid-to-high 90% range),which cuts rework and helps avoid late-payment penalties.Many teams at www.transforia.fr also report cycle-time improvements—from about 7–14 days down to 1–3 days making it easier to capture early-payment discounts and improve vendor relationships.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Pricing and licensing for UiPath Platform can feel relatively fixed and premium, and it may be perceived as expensive—particularly when viewed from a small or growing-business perspective. If there were simpler entry tiers or more SMB-friendly packaging, it would likely make adoption easier for smaller enterprises; that said, for enterprise-grade programs the overall cost can be fair when the platform is utilized well and scaled with a clear automation roadmap.
Setup cost is usually less about the software install and more about the broader implementation work(environment,security,governance,and robot configuration),so the true cost depends on how quickly the organization can standardize these foundations.
This is not a sales statement; the platform is robust and well structured (often compared to mature enterprise software suites),but smaller organizations with unpredictable volume or revenue can struggle with an annual commitment if ROI is not proven early,so the safest approach is to start with a high-volume, well-defined process, measure value fast, and then expand,because when business activity is continuous,the ROI tends to remain continuous as well.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
I did not run a formal bake-off against other Robotic Process Automation vendors before choosing UiPath Platform; the decision was mainly driven by existing team experience, established internal know-how, and confidence in the platform’s maturity for structured enterprise automation. For agentic AI components, AWS services are used when appropriate, but for core RPA the focus remained on UiPath rather than splitting the automation stack across multiple RPA tools.
What other advice do I have?
There are many challenges with automation,and every client faces challenges; however, when working with clients already using UiPath Platform RPA,challenges are limited because the environment is already built around structured automation.
Adding agentic AI on top of the same automation foundation typically does not create issues and progress continues and gives the enterprise a back bone where all RPA and aentic AI and user escalation are in one platform ;the real friction shows up when unstructured elements are introduced and the customer expects -AI-only orchestration without budgeting for the extra runtime/robot capacity and exception handling needed to keep operations reliable.
UiPath Academy has been a key enabler since first starting with UiPath in 2019,and the training catalog is broad and accessible,which helps teams ramp up faster even when some technical modules are more demanding.
UiPath remains the best product option in many enterprise contexts,but for small entrepreneurs (e.g., in France) where annual platform cost is a blocker,and the resitance to change is a big deal , AWS-based automation building blocks can be a pragmatic alternative.
After deploying UiPath Platform, the delivery approach depends on the client base: if the environment is not yet well structured or the team is not trained, assigning a managed service for maintenance and operational support helps stabilize and sustain the automation program.
My overall rating for UiPath Platform is 9 out of 10.
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Amazon Web Services (AWS)