UiPath Reviews

One of the use cases I've worked on involved uploading a small book containing mathematical formulas, images, and other content to a website. We converted the book's introduction into an XML file and utilized UiPath to seamlessly upload all the information onto the publication website via a step-by-step process using notes.

Another use case involved generating reports by scraping data from specific websites, particularly in the banking sector. The information gathered from one website was then uploaded to another website. These automation tasks included handling schedules, duplicative tasks in Excel, and automating financial processes. This encompassed tasks such as fetching data from databases, manipulating the data, and updating the database accordingly. Furthermore, reports were generated and distributed to users both via email and Excel files.

The automation processes also extended to extracting data from various sources, such as PDFs, images, and tables, showcasing the versatility of the automation solutions implemented so far.

While we haven't incorporated AI or machine learning into our automation programs yet, I have acquired knowledge about these technologies through the Academy.

It empowers us to implement end-to-end automation, a crucial capability for our needs. Achieving full automation is pivotal, and building a process from start to finish ensures a comprehensive, 100% automated solution.

The UiPath user community is beneficial, especially when new features are introduced. For instance, with the recent addition of mail integration, the community provides valuable information. In cases where we encounter challenges using specific properties of activities in the APAC, the community forum becomes a reliable resource to discuss issues, seek solutions, and stay informed about various processes and functionalities.

It helped us in entirely minimizing our on-premises footprint.

I've seized learning opportunities through the UiPath Academy, where my initial learning journey began. I continue to rely on the Academy for various courses and continually update my knowledge.

It is expected to accelerate our digital transformation, enhancing the speed of various tasks over time. While I cannot provide insight into the cost implications, the positive impact on speed is noticeable when it comes to digital transformation efforts.

It has significantly minimized human errors, especially in tasks involving extensive document processing and repetitive jobs.

It has contributed to time savings for us. With the ability to automate the monitoring process for any website, we can now sit back and relax.

We have achieved cost savings by implementing automation. Utilizing automation allows us to streamline the tasks currently handled by multiple team members. With automation, we can allocate just one team member to monitor the automation board, resulting in reduced costs compared to the expenses incurred for seven individuals performing their specific tasks.

I find the pivot feature particularly noteworthy as it enables seamless connection to any source system, allowing for data retrieval from diverse sources. Whether dealing with conventional or unique source systems, UiPath's pivot feature empowers us to connect, extract data, and efficiently integrate it into the system. Additionally, I've been impressed by the task mining and task capture functionalities. This feature provides insights into the entire process, making it a compelling addition. The document understanding feature is perhaps the most significant and useful use case for UiPath. It allows for extracting data from both structured and unstructured formats, providing versatility in handling various document structures.

Creating automation with UiPath is straightforward, whether you're building them or simply learning how to use the tool. It offers a trial version that's accessible for two years, making it convenient for anyone looking to learn and apply the platform. The simplicity extends to the process itself; setting up conditions and building automation becomes easy and intuitive. Regardless of the complexity of the task, UiPath enables the creation of goal-based automation, ensuring efficiency and effectiveness in achieving specific objectives.

When dealing with a VPN connection, automating the process becomes essential. However, challenges arise when attempting to automate multiple VPN connections.

I have been using it for more than four years.

The stability of the automation depends on how we establish the rules for a specific automation task. When we define a set of rules for rule-based automation, it tends to operate smoothly without lagging or getting stuck. The automation remains robust as long as the established rules are adhered to, even when there are changes in the user interface of the system.

I would rate the scalability capabilities eight out of ten.

We reached out to tech support when encountering challenges that we couldn't resolve independently. Although direct contact with them has been limited to the initial stages, such as during the license purchasing process, we have relied on the technical team's assistance for troubleshooting and problem resolution.

The initial setup was relatively straightforward.

We have the flexibility to deploy both on-premises and on the cloud. The ease or difficulty of deployment is somewhat contingent on the client's machines. Various client systems may have specific restrictions; some are more stringent, while others have fewer limitations. The complexity arises when certain systems impose restrictions, especially concerning data source connections. The number of systems to be deployed dictates the need for a team knowledgeable about effectively integrating the software into diverse systems, but mostly two individuals are enough. Overall, I find the deployment process to be quite straightforward and maintenance to be easier compared to other alternatives.

The pricing is quite reasonable. I believe it is more affordable compared to other automation tools such as Automation Anywhere, which is often considered out of budget.

My suggestion would be for any user interested in learning about UiPath to start with the trial version before committing to the implementation. Overall, I would rate it eight out of ten.

We use UiPath to automate various processes across different functions within our organization including back-office operations, with a particular emphasis on finance, procurement, HR, and IT, as RPA technologies initially emerged from the finance sector.

Also, we extend our automation services to areas directly associated with production and supply chain operations.

Our primary goal is process automation, which lowers costs, enhances quality and improves operational flexibility. This is crucial due to our multi-time zone operations, requiring continuous processing. We're also dedicated to integrating various applications within the organization and addressing gaps. While engineering and IT departments have substantial automation, we're working on refining and addressing specific gaps in these areas.

The orchestration process itself offers a high level of impact, flexibility, and ease of development. While we have made significant improvements, particularly in terms of integrations and the seamless connection of integrators to applications, the process remains remarkably straightforward and efficient. It has significantly improved the accuracy of our operations, particularly in terms of quality, and has also reduced the time required.

There's room for enhancement, particularly in the support department and in the area of reporting, to provide a more robust product for gathering insights.

I have been working with UiPath for approximately five years.

The solution's stability is quite commendable and even when we encounter incidents, we consistently update to the latest versions. We typically lag about seven months behind the latest releases because it takes around three to four months for the new versions to stabilize after their initial release. I would rate it nine out of ten.

Scalability appears to be quite robust, especially when we have a solid model in place.

The improvement is needed for their support services. I would rate it seven out of ten.

Neutral

The initial setup was relatively straightforward. Back then, we were using a standalone automation suite. While we now have a cloud-based automation suite, the transition wasn't complex, and we found it quite easy to implement.

We've seen a positive ROI. Our organization, with the assistance of skilled consultants, successfully implemented the system and we established a robust business model and have maintained a centralized approach.

We evaluated several solutions available at the time, all of which were related to end automation. Ultimately, we opted for UiPath and that decision was influenced by the learning opportunities offered through UiPath Academy. At the time, it appeared to have the most compelling value proposition, with a strong ability to market and demonstrate the product effectively compared to other options.

The ease of use depends on whether you're a developer or someone who mainly uses automation. Nowadays, it is much more user-friendly compared to when I first started using it back in the day. The landscape has evolved significantly with a wider range of solutions available today and they've made substantial improvements, especially in terms of document standards.

Overall, I would rate it eight out of ten.

We have a variety of use cases, primarily in finance and HR, which make up around seventy percent of our use cases.

Our focus has primarily been on document processing and it has significantly reduced the time spent on reading documents and manually inputting data.

The AI center's automation has proven to be highly valuable, although we haven't yet harnessed its full potential. It's exceptionally beneficial, particularly when it comes to handling invoices. 

With numerous hospitals generating thousands of invoices, this automation has made a significant impact. Implementing AI in our automation has significantly enhanced the accuracy of our operations. 

These improvements have resulted in increased efficiency and a significant reduction in the time needed for these processes. The last time we estimated, it amounted to around 60,000 hours saved.

Integrating with tools such as Asana or other service and project management platforms would be a valuable enhancement.

I've been using UiPth personally for approximately a year and a half, while my company has utilized it for around five years.

The stability has been excellent, and we haven't encountered any problems.

Scalability is a bit challenging for on-premises solutions. We anticipate that the transition to a hybrid environment and cloud will provide more flexibility.

When we initially engaged with UiPath Professional Services, the experience was excellent, they replayed and assisted swiftly and seamlessly. However, recently that changed. I would open a support ticket, and it would sit untouched for a week with no response. Even after I inquired or raised questions, there was no follow-up. Sometimes, I had to call multiple times a day to get any action. It seemed that some managers had to step in to take control of the situation, and even then, there were delays in responses. I rate it four out of ten.

Neutral

Overall, I would rate UiPath eight out of ten.

We use UiPath to automate the extraction of information from PDF files and populate websites with this data. 

Our primary goal is to save time for our business users, allowing them to focus on more engaging tasks instead of manually clicking and inputting information on various websites.

The incorporation of AI in our automation liberates resources for other tasks. I believe we save approximately thirty minutes per employee each day.

The most valuable aspect is the ease of accomplishing tasks. It's incredibly user-friendly, making it accessible even to non-developers. Whether it's clicking in specific locations or entering data on a website, it simplifies the process significantly.

Updating the tool across multiple virtual machines can be time-consuming and somewhat cumbersome. It would be more convenient if this process could be automated.

I have been using UiPath for three years.

It offers good stability capabilities.

It is a highly scalable solution.

Their customer support has proved to be excellent. I would rate it ten out of ten.

Positive

I previously used Microsoft's Power Automate tool, but I switched to UiPath because it offers a wider range of features. Microsoft's focus seemed to be primarily on Microsoft-related costs, often neglecting comprehensive support.

The initial setup is straightforward, but the main challenge I encounter is related to updates.

Overall, I would rate it ten out of ten.

Our company deals with data analysis and we use the RPA to help with various functions related to data analysis and to keep our operations moving 24/7.

Since we've automated, we've received great results in improved performance and helped increase productivity. Our business has expanded and the solution has made customer service faster. We're also able to respond to various suppliers and stakeholders more efficiently. Whatever they require they can get in just the click of a button.

The biggest benefit so far has been the upward trajectory of our productivity. Our teams have become more efficient and productive. 

We're also saving on staff and allowing staff to work more remotely.

It's very easy to deploy and we can use it without any problems. It's easy to learn. We have various staff members using the product. It's easy to troubleshoot if you run into issues. The support team is very efficient.

It's just easy. It streamlines our activities very well. Before acquiring it, we had issues with data loss and record keeping. Now, it automates everything. It's efficient for tracking and acquiring whatever data you are using. 

It took us less than a month to automate everything. From there, it's picked up very well and has been super stable. there's no buffering. We have no problems. 

We use it for a diverse group of people who come from different departments. It can be used in customer service, bookkeeping, HR, et cetera. It works across diverse projects and staff. 

The automation saves time on various tasks. It used to be handled by a human workforce that had to handle repetitive or cumbersome tasks. Now, it can be done efficiently without even using humans. Now, we can run 24 hours a day. Even when shifts are over, the robots keep working.

We can enable end-to-end automation. It's enabled now. We're even thinking of implementing it further and acquiring more products. We want to use it as the core of our automation. We do have processes that are almost end-to-end. Three-quarters of them are almost fully automated. For example, ticketing. How we attend to our customers is very extensively automated using UiPath.

The user community is very efficient. They help us a lot. We can exchange notes. For example, we've used the community to figure out how to implement benchmarking in our company. We get very efficient notes on how to improve our systems.

It's helped minimize our on-premises footprint. It's on the cloud. For example, we can have more staff working remotely. When we had our entire team in the office, our production cost was very high. However, now that we've allowed remote work, we've saved money and found more efficiency.

Some of our staff have used our Academy courses. Some staff that are not so tech-savvy have taken advantage of the courses. It's improved the general knowledge of the platform and has made onboarding more efficient so that other users can learn more about how to benefit from this platform.

It's helped us with digital transformation. It's helped us move away from manual processes and away from analog systems. We're working to be more digitally efficient. 

It has helped free up employee time. They are now able to engage in other activities within the company. It's enabled them to complete their work and assigned responsibilities on time. It's likely freed up employee time by 50% to 60%.

From a value perspective, we have seen cost savings. Tasks that have traditionally taken a week take far less time. It helps save money on the organization's part as it all takes less time. We might have seen a cost saving on tasks of 42% to 50%.

It would be nice to have physical support, where UiPath can come to companies and do frequent visits for troubleshooting. It takes a while to respond back and forth when there's an issue. 

I've been using the solution for three years. 

The solution is stable unless we have a network problem or connectivity issues. 

We use it across the organization, and within different departments. We have 500 users, and 12 people using the solution on a daily basis. 

The scalability is good. It's easy to scale up.

Support is very friendly. They are amazing people. The time it takes to respond might be a day. When they do reach out they are super-efficient. 

Positive

We did not previously use a different solution. 

We are working with the latest version of the solution. 

From what I understand for IT, who deployed it, it's not hard to maintain the solution. 

Our IT dealt with the vendor during the initial setup.

We have witnessed an ROI since the production costs have gone down while the productivity has risen overall. Everything across operations is streamlined and staff are working more efficiently.

For small users and startups, the price is a bit high. However, it does give good value for money. For established organizations, it's reasonable. 

We did evaluate other solutions, however, we found UiPath very popular and heard good things from people who used it. 

We are not currently using the tools' AI functionality. We're just considering adopting it. We're not there yet. 

I'd recommend the solution. It helps you realize your automation journey. It's good to get some training or some general knowledge about the product so that you can use it without delay.

I would rate the solution nine out of ten. It's one of the most popular options on the market. It's adaptable across departments, from product to service, to finance - everything. It can be used across the board. 

I have been in three different organizations working with UiPath. In all of them, I had to create the center of excellence for UiPath. For automation, we decided to use UiPath because it was easy to learn. We had citizen developers involved. Most of the use cases were typical manual repetitive tasks and did not involve too much intelligence. I did not use the AI components in any of the use cases that I have done in the past. We mainly had end-to-end automation of simple processes. They were not too complex.

I have worked in the energy sector, and there were processes that were connected to renewable energy projects, but they were not related to a good cause, such as improving sustainability. We also had processes that did not provide any financial gains for the company, but they improved the motivation of employees. For example, we automated a process to check employees' birthdays and sent an email congratulating the person and tagging their manager as well. There were no financial gains, but it had a good impact on employees.

In most cases, it is easy to do automation with UiPath. It is not always the best solution, but in most cases, you can imitate what a user is doing. You can substitute that and create a process. It is very easy to do this. The complexity normally comes from the reengineering of the process to make it more efficient, but that is not about UiPath. That is more about the company thinking that we have been doing this for a long time and how we can make it better. It is very easy and straightforward most of the time. From the thousands of activities UiPath has, I end up using the same activities 90% of the time. It is very easy to remember and organize in my mind. As soon as I hear a process, I know how I am going to do it. For example, on receiving an email with an Excel file, we will extract the data that goes line by line into SAP or another platform. We will then save it and then write back the status by email. This is a very simple case, but it would be very hard to implement using any other technology. When it comes to end-to-end automation, about 90% of the time, you can do end-to-end automation with UiPath, but there are times when UiPath is not the best solution.

The main benefit of UiPath is that it is easy to develop and deliver automation. We can do this while software engineers are dealing with a more robust solution for the future. For example, when we need to connect different applications, and there are no API calls they can connect to, UiPath can provide a bridge for the short to medium term while resources are working on the final solution. I do believe that UiPath has a lot of strengths, but in terms of maintenance, there is one more application in the middle that we need to make sure is working for the end-to-end process to not fail. I can deliver a solution in one to two weeks instead of waiting six months for the final solution, but there will be more maintenance.

UiPath has freed up employee time, but the time saved depends on the use case. We had some very big processes that saved a few days. Overall, it frees up about 10% of our employees' time. 

UiPath has saved us costs in theory, but in practice, I am not sure. It saves the time of our people, but we are not letting go of those people, so the cost of those people is the same. However, these people might be doing other work that might bring money to the company. 

It is very easy to develop and deploy. It is easy to work with different applications at the same time. For example, I can read an Excel file and then go to SAP or any other platform. I can then open Outlook and send an email from Outlook. I can even use Teams. Being able to combine all these applications is the main thing that I like. 

I also like how fast it is to develop a big, low-code platform engine. You just drag and drop, and most of the activities are done. It is very fast to create processes. I like it.

Its pricing changed again this year. I do not know why it just went up, but I do not like that. This is something that I would like them to improve for sure. 

It would be nice to have the possibility to change the values in the middle of the debug. For example, I am debugging a process, and I write at a place. The value of that level is one, but I want to see the results of it if I change it to two. It does not seem possible in UiPath. It is possible in other software, but in UiPath, it is not yet possible.

I have been using UiPath for six years.

The Orchestrator, cloud, and everything else have been stable.

It is scalable. We have about 20 people using it. It will impact around 40 to 50 people.

I do not have direct contact with the UiPath technical support because we have a vendor, and we go through the vendor. 

The UiPath community is very good. I myself do not contribute much to the community, but anytime I have doubts, it is very easy to find a solution in the UiPath community. The community gives a lot back. There are a lot of people writing back. It is very well established. About 90% of the time, I find the solution, and the other 10% of the time, I find a way to the solution. It normally takes me less than a day. There are a lot of activities created by the community as well, which are very helpful. I know some of the people who create these activities. People just give back.

In my current organization, we were not using any other solution previously. In other companies where I worked, UiPath was the first solution, but in one company, I also worked with Blue Prism. We had both UiPath and Blue Prism at the same time.

UiPath is easier to learn. It has certain activities that Blue Prism does not have. Visually, UiPath is much more appealing. I know the visual appeal does not matter much to a lot of people, but it matters to me.

It is deployed on the cloud. We moved to the cloud last year, and it took us two months to set it up and go from on-prem to the cloud. About 50% of the time was spent on things related to our company in terms of security and other things. It was not on the UiPath side. On the UiPath side, it was pretty straightforward. It was pretty nice.

Five people were involved in total, but they were not involved not full-time. 

We have seen an ROI, but I do not have the metrics.

Its price is fair, but I would prefer it to be lower.

I would recommend UiPath. I would recommend starting with very simple processes. Do not go for a very big end-to-end process. Start with a part of it, gain confidence in it, and then start building on top of it. Many times, the process that people want to implement is too complex, and they do not put it down on paper. They do not do a cleanup of the process, and most of the discussion is happening while developing, which makes it complex, so I would recommend starting with something small, seeing the results, and growing from there.

Overall, I would rate UiPath an eight out of ten.

In my last company, we focused on Document Understanding. We received medical claim forms through Outlook and extracted the data from them. That is one use case. At my current company, I'm doing SAP automation.

My organization has automated around 200 daily processes that were previously manual. Some things that may have taken weeks in the past can be completed in a few hours. UiPath has reduced the costs of digital transformation and improved our productivity because the processes can continue running over the weekend when no one is in the office. 

I like UiPath's Document Understanding and OCR functions. That's UiPath's advantage. It has a native OCR tool, whereas other tools do not, so it provides an end-to-end solution that covers everything. We do not need to integrate other applications. 

It's effortless to build automations in UiPath. Anyone can learn it because it has a drag-and-drop interface. We only use about 10 percent coding. It's easy to understand. The UiPath Academy is also available for anyone who wants to learn the solution. The academy courses are free, and you can get a certification. Anyone can take advantage of it.  

I would like UiPath to add built-in ticketing to Orchestrator so you can raise a ticket directly to the vendor inside the solution and send the error information. We have to build our own error-handling process, which is an enormous task.

I have used UiPath for a little more than a year. 

UiPath is mostly stable, but we have encountered an issue after an update where a process created under a previous version may fail, so we need to update the bot. 

UiPath's scalability is excellent because we are automating processes in India and other countries. We have already automated more than 200. 

I rate UiPath support eight out of 10. 

Positive

I have used Automation Anywhere and Power Automate. UiPath has an advantage over other tools because it can perform end-to-end automation and cover more activities.

Deploying UiPath is straightforward. One person is enough to deploy the solution, but I may need to contact the solution architect if I need access to something. We deploy to multiple locations because we are a multinational company, but we are not providing services to any other company. We have our internal clients, including stakeholders in Denmark, Norway, and some other countries. 

I rate UiPath nine out of 10. UiPath is better than other competing technologies. 

I'm using one or two robots. We use the solution for reports. We have another software yet we don't have support. Instead of pulling reports manually, we use the program to get the reports and pull them for us. 

The solution is very simple. We can easily create robots. It's easy to build automation.

UiPath enables us to implement end-to-end automation. We have some manual procedures and it helps to complete those tasks. 

We use the UiPath user community. It's free. 

The amount of work we have is very small. We don't have big workflows. However, employees can now spend time on other things, and it's helped us manage our time around reporting.

The company has helped us minimize our on-site footprint.

We've used Academy courses. I've done classes myself. I don't use it every day. I've only used it once, actually.

The solution speeds up digital transformation and reduces the cost of digital transformation. with UiPath, we do not require expensive or complex application upgrades or IT application support.

UiPath has helped reduce human error. It has also freed up employee time. It has saved about 20 to 30 hours or so.

I've dealt with compatibility issues with Microsoft components. When we upgrade the UiPath framework, we might be able to fix the issue. 

We'd like the accounting team to be able to have improved data out of SAP. 

I've been using the solution for one year. 

The product has been stable.

It's a scalable solution. We have about 150 people using the solution. We may increase the usage in the future if we have an opportunity to apply more robots. 

I haven't worked with technical support.

I did not previously use a different solution. 

We're using the 2023 version of the solution. 

I was involved in the implementation. 

The setup was straightforward with the help of UiPath documentation. The implementation process took less than one day and we implemented with one or two people doing the work.  

UiPath does require a bit of maintenance, however, it is not that much. We're mostly just dealing with compatibility issues with Microsoft. 

We deployed the product ourselves. 

As for the cost, I'm not sure if it has saved us money. The customer still keeps the same number of employees, for example. That said, the important thing is to reduce the time it would take for them to handle tasks. In some ways, it's done that.

Our use case is still very small. Therefore, we don't want to buy a solution that is too big for us. We don't want to pay more than $10,000 USD for a license. Therefore, we're focused more on the community version. 

We did evaluate other options. We found UiPath to be more localized. They were one of the top solutions.

We are UiPath partners. 

We do not use the solution's AI functionality just yet. We're only using small automation. We also have yet to try the document understanding features. We still need to try some advanced features and I look forward to experimenting with it.

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten. 

I would recommend the solution to others who need to create automation.