Blue Prism Cloud Reviews

Blue Prism Cloud is used hand in hand with the financial services application that we created on Appian BPM. We use it for process automation. We create the processes on Appian BPM and we automate using Blue Prism Cloud.

Blue Prism is well known for being used in banking and security organizations. Its security is superior compared to UiPath and other RPA tools. It is the best solution for financial services. For pharma or other domains, I prefer UiPath but it does depend on specific use cases. 

There are a few smart services that are not available in Blue Prism. For example,  Excel sheets that are converted into a CS sheet have limitations with the number of columns when imported. This could be improved. 

The intelligent document processing system has two limitations. The bot needs to be trained very well in order to be used effectively. 

I have been using this solution for three a half years.

This is a stable solution. 

This is a scalable solution. 

The initial setup is straightforward. It's not that difficult when you are using cloud. Well, it depends. If it's on premise, there are a few aspects to be considered. Our in-house team assisted with deployment.

Blue Prism comes at a higher price point compared to other solutions on the market. 

I have previously used UiPath and Automation Anywhere. Blue Prism Cloud offers a lot of security in terms of data. Blue Prism is a preferential RPA tool that our clients prefer. 

Blue Prism has its own suite that we have on our cloud setup. This setup could be a little more seamless. It depends on the speed of your internet. If you are using the cloud version and if you're loading the suite for the first time, it can get it saved in the browser memory. This would make this solution easier to use compared to Automation Anywhere and UiPath. 

If you want to use the Blue Prism updated version on Azure, you have to make sure that the Windows version that you are using is compatible. This is because there are some features in Blue Prism Cloud that do not allow you to work with the latest Windows functionality. 

I would recommend others to understand what different RPA tools there are in the market and how compatible they are with different domains. Blue Prism is a good option for those looking for good security. 

I would rate this solution a seven out of ten. 

In general, we have primarily used the solution to automate a few processes related to payments, accounts payable, and account queries. 

The user performance is the most valuable feature. 

The ease of deployment is great.

The solution needs to simplify the user interface. It could be much better and much more appealing.

The cost is a bit high. Other tools are much cheaper.

I've been using the solution for two years.

The solution is quite stable. We haven't faced any problems with it yet and have not run into any bugs or glitches.

We haven't yet scaled extensively, but the solution allows for enough scalability to meet our needs.

We have about 15-20 people currently using the solution. Most are admins, engineers or developers.

I've never personally been in touch with technical support, but my team has been. Since I haven't been directly in touch myself, I cannot speak about any direct experience.

We didn't previously use a different solution. This is the first product we've implemented.

The initial setup is straightforward. However, those setting up the solution are required to have some a bit of knowledge on the product itself. Deployment took about four months because our use case was quite complicated.

We handled the implementation ourselves with the help of some people on our team.

We pay about $15,000 per quarter in licensing costs. We don't have to pay for any other extra costs. There isn't, for example, an extra cost for technical support. We just pay the licensing.

We evaluated a lot of other solutions before deciding on this solution. We evaluated, for example, Automation Anywhere and UiPath.

I can't remember the version we're currently using.

If you are a company that is looking for a solution that is easy to deploy, this would be the perfect solution for you. There are other options to look at as well, so it might be good to compare before choosing one.

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.

We use the product for automated processes for operational activities.

The platform is user-friendly and easy to learn in a low-code environment.

The product’s licensing cost is expensive compared to other tools in the market.

We have been using Blue Prism Cloud for two years now.

It is a stable platform.

It is a scalable product.

The technical support team responds to the queries quickly.

Positive

The initial setup process is straightforward as we take help from a company with several years of experience. It takes a few weeks to complete.

I rate the platform’s pricing a seven out of ten.

We did evaluate some other tools before. Later, we went for Blue Prism Cloud for ease of use and automation features.

I rate Blue Prism Cloud a nine out of ten. It is a stable platform. We haven't encountered many problems with it. Also, we can resolve the issues quickly, if any.

Our primary use case is for reconfiguration. We use it to do our monthly reconfiguration reports. We have an Excel sheet and it logs in to a web-based application and needs to compare the monetary amount of each and every agent of the product. Once it does the monitor, it collects the respective data and creates an output that is required for reconfiguration.

Currently, we use version 6. Solution 6 has better features when compared to the 4.5 version. The main issue is screen scraping with Blue Prism gives us a big challenge because we need to define which technologies are web-based and have been built as opposed to it discovering the technology that it is built on. Whether it's a Window-based or Java-based application.

I have been using Blue Prism for about the last two and a half years. 

In terms of scalability, we have a control tool where we can add a respective robot. We do automation through the control tool and deploy the solution to let us procure the machine. We can use the scalability for a lot of different issues but the control room itself does not have the dashboard kind of ability. It really doesn't have the ability to monitor how many bots there are.

We used to contact Blue Prism for license parts and if we need another consultant.

Technical support is not as flexible as UiPath but it is very low profile maintained technical support. They fix issues that commonly occur in our RP. Everybody can know the types of issues that can occur and the solutions for them. But they offer very restricted support, only the team would know how to resolve an issue. Blue Prism doesn't offer public solutions to common issues whereas UiPath is really transparent. It offers different solutions to the world.

The initial setup is really straightforward overall. Whereas the other tools require more space for installations.

It's a very consistent end product but recently, I don't think they have any more upgrades to release. It's a very clear and consistent tool but it's restricted when it comes to the ability to integrate with other tools.

I would rate it an eight out of ten. I would rate it this because when compared with UiPath and Automation Anywhere, they do not provide the debugging option and other features that Blue Prism does. Blue Prism offers a better solution.

We use Blue Prism Cloud to scan the documents.

Blue Prism Cloud is easy to use. It helps with data scanning and analysis. Its AI features allow customers to find specific documents via an index.

The product’s pricing needs improvement.

It is a stable product.

It is a scalable product. We have one or two executives using it.

We have used UiPath before.

Blue Prism Cloud’s pricing is fine for commercial usage. However, other companies can’t afford to pay for five years of licensing at a one-time cost.

I recommend Blue Prism Cloud and rate it a nine out of ten. It provides document scanning as well as indexing.

We primarily use Blue Prism for the automation of Google Sheets. We were helping our finance department in automating their processes that include Google Sheets, email, and web-based applications.

The latest version, 6.6, has introduced a lot of new features that are helping to make our lives easier.

The most valuable feature is the ability to write custom code. This makes it more helpful than Automation Anywhere or other RPA tools.

The control room is good.

In the latest update, the Google Sheets automation works well. In the prior five versions, this was not user-friendly and did not work well.

The visualizations for different automations are good.

I would like to see a web-based control room, rather than the one that is in-built with the desktop version.

Integration with different databases would be an improvement because there are certain things that are not compatible with Blue Prism.

The is much improvement needed in the hyper-automation components, such as insights.

We would like to have more reusable components from different vendors, as it would make things easier for us. For example, drag-and-drop downloads that can be used within our automations.

We have been using Blue Prism for more than three years.

We are using both Automation Anywhere and Blue Prism for automating our processes. The ability to write custom code in Blue Prism makes it more helpful than Automation Anywhere.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

Initially we had a partnership with a cloud provider and we were using their cloud infrastructure to use Blue Prism and to provide Blue Prism resources in the cloud. My company is one of the Blue Prism partners globally and I am responsible for the technical aspects including delivery, developing robots, implementing the license and configuring some of the servers. 

One of our customers is from the telecommunication industry and they have more than 500 runtime resources and a lot of clusters configured, not only for the production environment but also in staging. 

Most of our clients utilize their own private cloud to run the robots and architecture and we are a certified provider with the responsibility to deliver the best we can from the product to our clients. We help them to achieve their goals, implement the COE and deliver financial return and ROI. 

Decipher has been a valuable feature that many of our clients use to extract information from documents. 

The version control could be improved and made consistent. There is a discrepancy between the versions on premise and the cloud versions.

There has not been any upgrades to the UI of this solution for some time. Blue Prism seem to be falling behind in this regard compared to other solutions on the market. 

In a future release, we would also like to the option to integrate with Github. 

I have been working with RDAs for more than four years now.

This is one of the most stable solutions I have used. 

Yes, this is a scalable solution. We have some clients with hundreds of robots running.

The customer support team for this solution are very good. They have fast response times. 

I would rate them a ten out of ten. 

Positive

The initial set is very easy. For deployment and maintenance, we usually work with one developer per process. Each developer is responsible for the end-to-end solution.

Yes, we have experienced ROI and use spreadsheets to calculate the benefits of automation of certain processes. 

The price is very competitive when you are comparing to other providers. 

This is a very stable solution. It does not require too much knowledge on programming because it has a bunch of native features that work consistently. 

I would rate this solution a ten out of ten because it provides everything we need in every phase. Blue Prism does not only focus on RPA solutions but also on the different areas that a process could be analyzed from including from a business, technical and financial perspective. 

We connect our processes and robots to the Blue Prism virtual machine. You can work on your software since the solution is based on a virtual machine that enables you to use Blue Prism as an LPR agent.

Blue Prism offers the whole package for LPR developers. It's a useful tool to automate anything. As an LPR developer, I think the most important feature is that it lets you get anything into blocks of code that you can use anywhere.

Blue Prism could be more efficient in its resource use. Having one LPR agent per virtual machine wastes resources. If we could execute many applications at the same time, it would improve and optimize the resource used.

In the next release, I would like to see the ability to reload the queues. There are queues for execution, and they should give us shortcuts so it's easier to manage them all. 

I've been using Blue Prism Cloud for eight months.

I seldom have issues, but sometimes Blue Prism has some blocking problems, but our support team can get us through. 

Blue Prism Cloud is scalable. You can get as many resources as you want. Of course, you need to buy more licenses and the price can increase exponentially. 

I've never used technical support, but I've gotten answers from community forums and blogs. 

The setup is straightforward. I rate Blue Prism Cloud eight out of 10 for ease of setup. It took us about three weeks to deploy it the first time. 

Blue Prism costs about $10,000. It's around $8,000 to $10,000. UiPath offers a free community edition for free. SAP offers an LPR solution for $500 a month. It is expensive. The price could be lower.

I rate Blue Prism Cloud seven out of 10.