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Project Manager at Nine A Business Connect
Real User
Helps our clients focus on their work instead of repetitive tasks
Pros and Cons
  • "Scalability is good. There is no question about its scalability."
  • "I would like OCR for video and text using the IQ Bot. It should also be available in an email tag format."

What is our primary use case?

We use the product for our automation use cases. We provide it to our customers to automate invoices with IQ Bot and other things.

How has it helped my organization?

Helps our clients focus on their work instead of repetitive tasks.

What is most valuable?

The best part of Automation Anywhere is IQ Bot for its OCR techniques. 

Bot Insights is also a very good product feature.

What needs improvement?

I would like OCR for video and text using the IQ Bot. It should also be available in an email tag format.

I am waiting for them to add Java code.

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What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The stability of the production part is good.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Scalability is good. There is no question about its scalability.

How are customer service and support?

I have found some problems, but the support is very fast. However, sometimes I feel like I need more guidance. E.g., when providing the answer regarding the login for SAP automation, give an answer that I can explain to my customers.

How was the initial setup?

The implementation process is complex, as there is integration with other applications. We need to understand the other applications' requirements. It requires us to convert their business logic into automation. That is where the complexity is.

What about the implementation team?

We are the implementation partner. 

What was our ROI?

My clients have seen ROI. What would take them two to three days in work is now taking them two to three hours.

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

We are restricted to use one license on one PC. However, if my license is not working, I want to be able to use it somewhere else. This would be a nice improvement to the licensing, as other competitors in the market have better licensing terms.

What other advice do I have?

Create automation with automation with Automation Anywhere. 

Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Partner.
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reviewer1129443 - PeerSpot reviewer
Works with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Improves efficiency in secretarial and payroll tasks for two of our offices
Pros and Cons
  • "Since we can register multiple bot runners in one control room, and we can easily monitor and re-run bots when necessary, it is convenient for me."
  • "I have noticed that after the bots have been delivered to run in a production environment, there are issues in terms of quality and performance."

What is our primary use case?

Our primary use for this solution is the building of a digital workforce by implementing Robotic Process Automation to improve our operational efficiency. It is also intended to create capacity for our staff to focus on client-servicing matters, which are areas that require decision-making processes.

How has it helped my organization?

We have implemented two processes to date, for our Hong Kong office and Japanese office. The process automated for Hong Kong is for Company Secretarial business. The process automated for Japan is for Payroll business. Repetitive mundane tasks are now being executed by the robotic processes.

What is most valuable?

I mostly use the Control Room to monitor and manage bot runs. Since we can register multiple bot runners in one control room, and we can easily monitor and re-run bots when necessary, it is convenient for me. I would like to find out more about the dashboards and what they actually mean.

What needs improvement?

I have noticed that after the bots have been delivered to run in a production environment, there are issues in terms of quality and performance. For example, if the government website takes too long to respond, or there is an apostrophe in names, then these exceptions are not handled in the bot. I would like to see a higher quality in the final bots that are delivered to production.

For how long have I used the solution?

One month in production.
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Developer at a financial services firm with 11-50 employees
Real User
The bot creation process is easy, manageable, and everything is well-organized for a developer
Pros and Cons
  • "The bot creation process is easy, manageable, and everything is well-organized for a developer. Everything is centralized."
  • "I would like to have a command that allows me to add code, like C#. As a developer, this would be helpful."

What is our primary use case?

As a developer, I improve our company processes through automation.

The company has been working with the solution for two years. In my area, we have approximately five bots running.

What is most valuable?

It interacts well with other software tools. Other automation tools have trouble with integration. 

The tool provides everything that we need to design a task. It is a complete tool.

The tool is user-friendly and easy to use. It is easy to understand how to automate a task.

The bot creation process is easy, manageable, and everything is well-organized for a developer. Everything is centralized.

What needs improvement?

I would like to have a command that allows me to add code, like C#. As a developer, this would be helpful.

For how long have I used the solution?

I just joined the company a year ago.

How are customer service and technical support?

The technical support is amazing. It is the best support that we have worked with.

What was our ROI?

Our CoE calculates our ROI.

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

Go to the market. You can see the difference between this tool and the others there.

What other advice do I have?

The product has everything that I want. I don't have to look for another tool to integrate with it.

I am working on getting certified through Automation Anywhere University. The courses are good for people who have no knowledge regarding the tool.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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Director2299 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Reseller
Because it reduced the time duration of our processes, our costs went down
Pros and Cons
  • "The Automation Anywhere University is a good tool. It goes topic-by-topic with real-time examples."
  • "I just came to understand that there is a cloud attached to it. I would like to see how the cloud is going to work, because every application is coming out with a cloud version. If you are not on-premise, then you will need to have Citrix automation."

What is our primary use case?

We use it for our refund department. We use it to initialize payments and everything else that is a repetitive process. 

How has it helped my organization?

We use Automation Anywhere to automate financial processes, invoices, billing, etc. 

Because it reduced the time duration of our processes, our costs went down.

What is most valuable?

Right now, we have Automation Anywhere integrated with artificial intelligence (AI).

I am certified in the Automation Anywhere University as a developer. It is a good tool. It goes topic-by-topic with real-time examples.

The product has a lot of options and visibility.

What needs improvement?

I just came to understand that there is a cloud attached to it. I would like to see how the cloud is going to work, because every application is coming out with a cloud version. If you are not on-premise, then you will need to have Citrix automation. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It took one month to scale to the amount of bots which we are currently using.

How was the initial setup?

Initially, the setup is not complex; it is straightforward.

What about the implementation team?

We used a consultant for the deployment.

What other advice do I have?

This product is really useful for me. I recommend Automation Anywhere as a solution.

The bot creation process is good, though it depends on the use case.

I don't use Citrix.

Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Reseller.
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it_user176970 - PeerSpot reviewer
Test Automation Engineer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Consultant
Lots of valuable features and good for beginners who don't know have knowledge of scripting

What is most valuable?

  1. Avatar Repository: Created for an individual script, shared to Global Avatar Repository and can be reused by other testers. Avatar Repository can be locked and given access to those who grant authorization with an appropriate username and password
  2. Easy to create scripts by drag and drop commands
  3. Running Batch files – Easy to add files in the Run Suite and align to the order by drag and drop to run.
  4. Result Log window – displays the result for each statement also when called in a loop, checkpoints
  5. Saves the test result for each run and also displayed in the Visual Logs
  6. Triggered to run the script and the script run when the tool is closed

How has it helped my organization?

  1. Easy to create Reusable scripts and Main scripts
  2. Easy to save the scripts in the Testing Anywhere server
  3. Easy to retrieve scripts created by other testers in different locations
  4. Easy to view files in the Testing Anywhere Client window

What needs improvement?

With 7 months experience, I couldn't find any need for improvement.

For how long have I used the solution?

7 months

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

No issues encountered.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

No issues encountered.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

No issues encountered.

How are customer service and technical support?

I would rate the level of technical support as 8/10.

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

Yes, I worked with QTP in a different company and I switched when I moved jobs.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was straightforward.

What about the implementation team?

Implementation was done through a vendor team. Their level of expertise is 9/10.

What other advice do I have?

This Testing Anywhere is a good tool for the functional testing and also good for the beginners in Automation who don't have knowledge in scripting.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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reviewer1462998 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Consultant at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
Reseller
Less complex than other RPA solutions, good support, and suitable for enterprises
Pros and Cons
  • "It is an easy product. It is easier and less complex than any other RPA tool in the market. It is a popular product."
  • "Some of the machine learning (ML) components are still in development. They deployed many of them, but they are doing some improvements on the machine learning part."

What is our primary use case?

We are an integrator. We are selling RPA products to various customers. They have different use cases. 

We have cloud as well as on-premise deployments of this solution.

What is most valuable?

It is an easy product. It is easier and less complex than any other RPA tool in the market. It is a popular product.

What needs improvement?

Some of the machine learning (ML) components are still in development. They deployed many of them, but they are doing some improvements on the machine learning part.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this solution for one year.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It is scalable. It is suitable for enterprises.

How are customer service and support?

Their technical support is good. I get very quick support whenever I face an issue. I raise a ticket, and the Automation Anywhere support team is available.

How was the initial setup?

The deployment of Automation Anywhere is much easier as compared to any other RPA tool in the market. The solution itself is browser-based. So, we don't have to install complex software.

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

Its price is competitive with all other products in the market.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate it an eight out of 10.

Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: reseller
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reviewer1468062 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior RPA Developer at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Real User
Simple user interface, learning resources available, good performance and reliability
Pros and Cons
  • "When our organization switched to Automation Anywhere, the accuracy rate improved and consequently, there has not been much data loss."
  • "Automation Anywhere should improve its OCR command, as it's my observation that I have faced data loss or improper data being extracted."

What is our primary use case?

Automation Anywhere is an RPA tool that is used to Automate any repeated simple/complex tasks with ease. Automation Anywhere is not perfect but it is still the best tool available in today's market.

It is one of the simplest RPA tools, having a simple user interface, and it is very easy to get hands-on with this platform. It has vast learning resources available, too.

Use Cases:

  1. Extracting data from scanned PDFs: Using Automation Anywhere made it much simpler to scrape data from scanned PDFs and convert it into standard Excel format, as per requirements.
  2. Portal Automation: AA makes web automation simple and our manual tasks have now been automated. Our portal is for making client bookings of the client. The Bot reads the Excel file shared by the user and accordingly, makes the booking in the portal with minimum time and with high accuracy.

How has it helped my organization?

Automation Anywhere is known for its high performance, reliability, and simplicity. Using Automation Anywhere has been a boon for my organization. It saves time and does not require human intervention, depending on the task or process that is automated.

As data scraping from scanned PDFs was a huge task for our organization, and with other tools, the accuracy was around 50-60%, we were facing a huge data loss. When our organization switched to Automation Anywhere, the accuracy rate improved and consequently, there has not been much data loss.

What is most valuable?

Automation Anywhere has great features and I have found Object Cloning and SAP integration to be the most valuable among them.

Object Cloning: Using Object Cloning, any web-based process or task that has fixed steps to be followed can be automated with ease. Object Cloning captures the object, DOMXPath, Inner text, etc. The drop-down menus can also be automated easily.

SAP Integration: Automation anywhere has added one more feature to this command in v11.3.5, which is SAP GUI. Using this feature/command, SAP Automation has become simpler than before, as it required using Metabot, DLL, etc. Everything can now be done in the task bot itself.

What needs improvement?

Automation Anywhere should improve its OCR command, as it's my observation that I have faced data loss or improper data being extracted. If the image quality is low then the data extraction with 100% accuracy is a huge task that I have been facing.

If the scheduling of the bot were much simpler, also allowing us to schedule bots prior to the start time, it would be an improvement. 

For how long have I used the solution?

We have been using Automation Anywhere for two years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The stability is good.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The scalability is very good, and I would rate it an eight out of ten.

How are customer service and technical support?

Excellent support.

Once, I was facing an issue so I raised a ticket. The Automation Anywhere support team helped me to resolve it quickly, with proper follow up via email as well as calls.

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

We did not use another RPA product prior to Automation Anywhere.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is straightforward. The Control Room and client are simple to set up, too.

What about the implementation team?

We have an in-house team with a high level of expertise.

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

Considering the cost, it is a bit high, but worth the price because the output accuracy is high.

What other advice do I have?

Automation Anywhere is a tool that I love! I am quite happy using this tool and there are no features or commands that I have found to be missing that should be added.

Its advantages are performance, simplicity, and excellent support!

Please go for Automation Anywhere. I am sure that you won't regret it!

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Private Cloud
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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reviewer1120545 - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Development at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Real User
RPA software that's easy to use and understand, even for first-time users
Pros and Cons
  • "This RPA software has good scalability and stability, is easy to understand and easy to use, even for users who have no experience with automation software."
  • "Setup and deployment of this product could be difficult for those without experience. These processes should be made easier."

What is our primary use case?

We are a factory and supplier corporation, e.g. we focus on the financial and automation niche, but mostly financial. Our service is implementing automation, e.g. we implement Automation Anywhere (AA) for customers. It's a tool for automating processes.

What is most valuable?

Automation Anywhere (AA) is easy to use and understand, even if the user didn't have previous experience with RPA (robotic process automation) software before. This solution has many tools for automation. It's good even if you're just starting with RPA software, e.g. we don't have to decide on the whole productivity process, so we can put in the costs step by step first, then put in the details after.

Other solutions require you to know the codes first and make decisions on the whole process. This means that with other RPA solutions, if the user doesn't have the experience, it will be difficult for them to use and decide on those automation programs, which is not the case with Automation Anywhere (AA).

What needs improvement?

An area for improvement for Automation Anywhere (AA) is its organization or utilization, because if it's your first time to initiate automation, you have to convert it properly, and you have to develop the amendment path through the automation path, but you have to pay a subscription for it first. The first part is difficult because if you buy the full package without having much experience with the product, it could be difficult to utilize the process from manual to automation.

There are some limitations in the migration from the manual process to automation, because currently, Automation Anywhere (AA) is trying to develop transfer from on-premises to cloud. There's a limitation in migration.

The setup and deployment processes for this product also need to be improved, e.g. made easier.

For how long have I used the solution?

I worked with Automation Anywhere (AA) before, and I helped a developer team provide it to the customer, and that was last year. We implemented it. I've been dealing with the solution in the last two years, but changed my focus to analytic solutions for a year.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Automation Anywhere (AA) is a stable tool.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Scalability for this tool is good.

How was the initial setup?

It's difficult to set up Automation Anywhere (AA) on the on-premises environment. It's also difficult to make preparations for it. You have to be ready so it can support the automation process. That was what people experienced in the on-premises deployment, but I'm unsure how it is when it's set up on cloud. Setup could be easier if it's done on the Cloud.

If you have a person who knows the utilities of this solution, setup will take one to two weeks.

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

Our clients are paying for a yearly subscription of Automation Anywhere (AA).

What other advice do I have?

Automation Anywhere (AA) is very easy to understand, but automation is something new here in Thailand.

We have 20 clients using this solution. For deployment and maintenance, we have a technical team made up of 10 people, with one vision analyst.

We have an automation hypercare team responsible for supporting customers after we've deployed Automation Anywhere (AA).

I would recommend this tool to others who want to start using it, because it's a good tool.

I'm giving Automation Anywhere (AA) a score of eight out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Partner
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