UiPath Reviews

I work at a large retailer and we use UiPath to support the HR and e-commerce departments. For example, we can automate the management of HR tasks, such as scheduling training courses for associates. We have around 500 bots running in production. 

UiPath helped us realize some cost savings by eliminating several FTEs. 
UiPath freed up our employees to work on other things. Instead of doing repetitive tasks, they can learn new skills or work on more exciting jobs. When we automate, we don't lay off employees. They're shifted to other projects once a robot takes over their process.

I set up the entire automation team in 2017. The UiPath Academy courses have been useful for training our staff. I have completed almost all of the certifications.

It's challenging if you don't have knowledge bases or community forums. When UiPath first launched, we had to Google everything, and it was hard to find accurate information. UiPath Academy has enabled me to grow professionally. I started as a developer and later became a technical lead. Now I'm in an architect role. 

A robust user community is essential for any solution. The community updates us about new features in the latest release notes. We can ask the community about how to deal with common problems and always get a quick response. Users can create custom solutions and upload them to the marketplace. 

I like the UiPath Orchestrator. The Marketplace is also helpful because there are pre-built automations we can use. One of our processes is used to manage annual charitable donations.

We use UiPath for end-to-end automation but only for about half of our processes. We've also integrated the solution with other tools. 

I have used UiPath for eight years. 

I rate UiPath support six out of 10. It's primarily an email-based model. Sometimes we have questions, and it takes days for them to respond and sort our issue out. 

Neutral

My firm uses two or three tools, but most of our bots in production use UiPath. 

I was present for the initial deployment, and I have been involved with the upgrades. Everything went smoothly. 

We relied on the UiPath team during the initial phases, but we've developed in-house expertise since then. I did the last upgrade for the UiPath Studio, Orchestrator, etc.

The licensing model could be improved. UiPath charges more if you increase the number of components. It should be included within the premium licensing. We have 100 percent end-to-end automation for some of our processes. However, we're limited by the licensing from fully automating all of them. We can't use all the features. 

I rate UiPath eight out of 10. 

We use UiPath to automate activities that are typically done on a computer by an individual. It's used to automate purchases involving a large volume of transactions for hundreds of organizations. 

UiPath has improved customer confidence and helped us cut costs. We can complete tasks faster and reduce our backlog. A fast turnaround time keeps our stakeholders happy. It also improves accuracy. We can customize and optimize the processes. 

Before UiPath, we had a five-person team. It took them each around six hours to complete 200 tasks. We cut that down to one hour by implementing automation, so it took only five employee hours to do the same amount of work that formerly required 30. It also saves energy consumption because the same result can be completed in far less time, so the employee's computer isn't running continuously.

We can reduce our on-prem footprint because we can store our data in the cloud and use UiPath to automate cloud-based data solutions. The cloud is more accessible, and various tools can access the cloud database, whether you're using a mobile phone or desktop. 

The UiPath Academy helped prepare our team to use the program. The introductory course taught them everything they needed to know to start working. UiPath also has a huge community that has been helpful when we have issues. Most of our questions have already been answered.

We've used some of the AI features. For example, machine learning is built into the document understanding system. We're working on integrating ChatGPT, but that's not mature yet. APIs are available, but we are still not integrated. The ChatGPT APIs can make our automation more complete and compliant. 

We can do complex automations with UiPath. For example, we can automate processes that need to be authenticated to run and integrate processes with the AI engine. UiPath didn't require any upgrades. We could run it on our existing infrastructure. 

The user interface is intuitive and easy to understand. This automation increases the ease of operation for the employees. 

Building automations can be a little complicated. There are so many variables and commands. We're also trying to integrate new technology like ChatGPT. Although ChatGPT has many APIs, they're not sufficiently integrated. If UiPath could add more API integration and tutorials in the academy, it would help us utilize them more effectively.

We have used UiPath for four years.

UiPath is stable, but it's crucial to understand new features when upgrades are released. Updates can cause problems because sometimes we don't know how to use the new features.

UiPath is scalable.

I rate UiPath support nine out of 10. We don't typically require support because we can usually get all the answers from the UiPath community. 

Positive

We also tried Automation Anywhere. It has a more user-friendly and attractive interface. UiPath has more features, a larger user community, and is more capable of handling integrated processes. I think Automation Anywhere is a better fit for small businesses and startups. 

The deployment was straightforward. We purchased the license, downloaded the software, and installed it, then we programmed our bots. The deployment can be completed by one person in two days. 

The software is on-prem, but the data is stored in the cloud. The solution is installed on a server that multiple people can use. Regarding maintenance, there are only routine updates. The bots themselves need to be maintained, monitored for performance, and optimized. Sometimes you need to modify them when we have additional requirements. 

The ROI is excellent because you can significantly reduce your staff's working hours. You'll start to see a return after one or two years. 

Large enterprises can negotiate a better price, but UiPath is comparable to Automation Anywhere if you're a small company. Automation Anywhere is affordable for small integrations. There are various kinds of licenses, and the return for a small company could be positive. Still, the architecture and usage-based licenses are costly. As the volume increases, it may become unaffordable for smaller businesses. 

I rate UiPath nine out of 10. It's a great solution, but it isn't easy to use, and you need to learn a lot. I recommend taking advantage of the free courses and other resources available. 

My main use case for this product is process automation. For example, we use UiPath to make quick and easy applications for our internal office use.

It has reduced repetitive tasks. We now have more efficient processes. Manual testing was one of the time-consuming tasks that we used to do. Our testing team used to spend days and nights testing. UiPath has completely boosted the process. For example, previously, if we needed three employees to do a particular manual test, now, because of the automation that is available, we require just one employee. It has saved a lot of time, and it has also enabled us to deliver better-quality products. With automation, less manual work is involved, and the quality of the product that we deliver is very good. We have also been able to automate a lot of tasks, such as compliance tracking.

It's very easy to build automations using UiPath. Most of the things are just drag-and-drop. People with zero to minimal coding knowledge can build applications using UiPath. It's straightforward. One thing that facilitates this is that a lot of in-app guides or inbuilt tutorials are available, which makes UiPath very easy for a beginner who is starting out with UiPath. With such a good knowledge base, it becomes very easy for them to get a grasp of everything and start building applications.

It enables us to implement end-to-end automation. It also improves the employee experience. In software development, especially in the field of testing, there are many repetitive tasks, and they are prone to many manual errors as well. Automation through UiPath boosted employee morale, and it also improved the customer experience. We have been able to deliver better products on time to customers with UiPath.

It's a cloud-based solution, and it has helped to minimize our on-premises footprint.

With the AI functionality, we have been able to identify areas where automation can be implemented. We are trying to identify where process automation can be brought in and efficiency can be improved. The AI functionality is good, but there's a lot of initial work that needs to be done for this. It has enabled us to automate more processes. Within a month, we have been able to automate around 40 to 45 processes that were pending for a long time. It has definitely speeded up the entire process.

It speeds up digital transformation and also reduces the cost of digital transformation. Less manual intervention is needed, and less manpower is needed. It definitely reduces the overall cost for the company. Also, when something is automated, it's very quick. Redundant or repetitive tasks are completely reduced, and a lot of time is saved. So, it definitely saves time and cost.

This digital transformation didn't require expensive or complex application upgrades, or IT application support. Everything was inside UiPath. We just took some additional training from UiPath to get it implemented. Other than that, we did not use anything.

It has reduced a lot of human error. With manual testing, there were a lot of errors. With automation, that has been completely eradicated, and a lot of time and effort has been saved. It has reduced human errors by 100%.

It has improved our customer experience as well. We provide services to our clients or customers. Any human error leads to a delay in delivering the application. With automation, we have completely removed human errors, and we are able to satisfy our customers. It has impacted the retention of our customers.

It has freed up employees' time as well. A task that previously required three or four employees just requires one employee now. We do not spend all our time on a process. Once we implement and start an automation process, everything happens automatically. We can concentrate on other aspects of software development. It has saved 20 hours per week or 4 hours per day. 

It has saved a lot of costs for us in terms of employee reduction. We now need just one employee for a task rather than four employees. So, there are savings in terms of employee salary. We are also able to retain customers better, which has improved our revenue. Overall, about 25% of our cost has been saved. We were losing revenue and customers because they were not satisfied. With UiPath, our efficiency has improved, and the time to market has reduced. 

There are two features that I like a lot in UiPath: one is the Orchestrator option, and the other one is the Studio option. I especially like Orchestrator because it's very insightful for us. It's like a centralized hub to manage and maintain all of our process automation and task-mining. It systematically organizes each and every folder so that it's easy for us whenever we need to know, set, or take something. Studio is where we primarily do most of our designing. It's a very good tool. Most of it is drag-and-drop. These are the two main useful features for us.

The dashboard view could be more visually appealing. Dashboards in any software should stand out with colors, numbers, and other things, but in UiPath, the dashboard is not that visually appealing. The UiPath team could make it more visually appealing for us to get more insights.

Another improvement area is related to product updates. Earlier, we used to get monthly updates about the product, but that has stopped now. If they could bring that back, it'll be very good.

We have recently tried the AI functionality. There is a lot of learning that we need to do with regard to AI. It's good, but it's not as smooth as Orchestrator or Studio. The AI aspect of the product could be better. We're currently working on allowing the AI to automatically detect areas where automation can be brought in and efficiency can be improved. That needs some more refinement. It's currently not straightforward. Sometimes, it just repeats whatever it said previously, so nothing new comes out of it. The AI aspect of the product can be much more refined. Apart from that, I don't have anything else. It's a well-thought-out and complete product. It's very easy to use and easy to understand.

I've been using UiPath for around a year.

It's a cloud-based solution. It's very stable, and we just need to make sure that it's up to date. Personally, I have not seen any bugs, errors, or performance issues with this. We are not using an on-premise model. It's cloud-based. So, the service is always available, and it's always quick. It's very stable, and I have no complaints.

The applications that we develop with UiPath are also very reliable. They don't crash or have any performance issues. They are very stable and reliable.

When we started with UiPath, our main use case was to be able to quickly and easily make applications for internal purposes, but now, we are doing a lot more with UiPath. We are doing compliance, and we are doing AI-related process automation. It's definitely a scalable solution.

It's deployed across multiple departments. Each department has its own RPA functionality and RPA usage. In my department, 20 of us use UiPath, but I'm not sure about its users in other departments. 

Their support team is very knowledgeable. Whatever issues we have, they try to explain them to us in a better way. The SLA or response time is pretty quick. It's 24 hours for us. I have no complaints. I would rate them a nine out of ten.

In addition to the support team that UiPath has, I depend on the user community for all my queries. I see the UiPath Community as the main support tool. It's my go-to space for anything related to UiPath, and I am very satisfied with the quality of the community.

Positive

I am not aware of any other solution that we used to use.

It didn't take a lot of time to implement, which is a very good thing about UiPath. In about two to three weeks, we got the entire setup done. That was very quick.

It's a cloud solution. We have deployed it on AWS. Being a cloud solution, it requires very less maintenance from our side. That's one of the very good things about UiPath. We just need to make sure it's up to date.

We have definitely seen an ROI. Customer satisfaction has improved a lot. We have been able to retain customers better, and we have been able to reduce manual errors by 100%. 

Its pricing is straightforward. There are two editions: one is the community edition and one is the enterprise edition, which is a paid one. The paid edition is priced reasonably.

They charge extra for additional training and implementation, but that should be bundled up with the enterprise edition itself. All in all, it's reasonably priced.

To anyone considering UiPath, I would advise checking out the trial version of UiPath before going on to the actual version. Before you start using UiPath, there are a lot of things you need to get your head around. People who generally use UiPath have zero or minimal coding skills. This is something that you definitely need to know.

You can try out the UiPath Academy as well. They provide certification courses. I have not used UiPath Academy, but I have seen my team using it for the certification program they offer. I have heard that it's very good.

I would rate it a nine out of ten because I have not faced any issues with the product. Whatever we wanted to achieve with this product, we have been able to achieve.

We use it mostly for reconciliation, automatic emails, and monthly, quarterly, and yearly reports and extractions. Document Understanding is another big use case for us.

The AI functionality cuts down development time. The out-of-the-box models are pretty good at extracting and do account for variations. We don't have to do it template by template, at least for invoices and purchase orders. Thus, it's a huge time saver.

We have more than a hundred unattended automated processes and hope to scale as well. We have a healthy pipeline, and our COE just prioritizes them and chooses the ones with the most impact.

The core RPA is the best feature because of how easily we can get started. The other most valuable feature is DU or Document Understanding. It doesn't require huge setup and implementation times. When you look at a pure machine learning model, it requires a lot of expertise. Though UiPath is not purely plug-and-play, it's almost like plug-and-play because it can be up and running very quickly.

UiPath has definitely helped us with productivity. It has helped us to grow because as we bring in more companies, we don't have to add more people or train new people. The existing staff can handle the growth. Also, the team no longer has to do some of the manual, repetitive activities and can focus on more value-added work. We're looking at how to move analytics and data into the department and use the time saved to upskill the employees.

I connect with local customers and find it very beneficial to share best practices. My team tells me that the UiPath user community forums are pretty active and that if they're stuck and post a question they get a response pretty quickly. I only hear good things about the forums.

I took the UiPath Academy basic certification training before I rolled it out to the others. It's pretty good, but you still need to be technical. You cannot pick an analyst and then put them through the full certification. However, the training is self-explanatory. The Automation Academy is good as well. The biggest value I've gained from UiPath Academy is the self-learning methodology. Having free self-learning material makes sense when you don't know whether you are committing to the solution.

I would like to know more about the product features and real use cases. Sometimes, all I hear is how quickly the solution can be up and running, and I don't hear about all the work that goes into it. Because everybody has a choice with bots and process improvements, unlike that with ERP systems, I would like to have more information on how to constantly evangelize.

In the UiPath Academy, there's not much documentation for Document Understanding and Process Mining. Documentation for some of the newer tools needs to be added to the UiPath Academy.

I've been using UiPath for three years.

I haven't seen any degradation in terms of performance.

It scales well.

UiPath's technical support is pretty good. If their level one support is unable to take care of an issue, they will then escalate it to product managers. I would give technical support a rating of eight on a scale from one to ten because they are not as good at supporting some of the newer technologies.

Positive

The initial deployment is straightforward. It took a few months to set up everything, and we scaled slowly. It's easier now that we've moved to the cloud.

We did it all ourselves. We tested everything in UiPath Academy first to see if it would work for us.

UiPath has reduced the number of hours spent on manual work, and that is our ROI.

The cost could be lower. The pricing is not transparent, so we don't always know if we really are getting a good price.

We evaluated Automation Anywhere and Blue Prism. When we looked at the total cost of ownership, UiPath felt better for our situation.

Compared to other solutions, UiPath offers a lot of products in its portfolio. The customer success manager attends to our needs, gives access, answers our queries, and takes care of us. Also, UiPath has a robust community, so it pays to be with the leader to get all of these benefits. Thus, I rate UiPath at nine on a scale from one to ten.

We use it to transfer information from one system to a government system.

We also use UiPath to automate processes that track mileage on vehicles, which would then allow us to calculate some of the GHG emissions.

It has really helped us become more efficient. UiPath has made the lives of our data operators a lot easier because they would normally have had to manually enter all this information or transfer data.

AI Computer Vision has been great because it works through VMware. It's able to see the elements through the VMware window on the government system that we interact with.

UiPath's user community is great. I get a lot of answers and am able to talk to folks who know the products and can provide support directly.

The UiPath Academy courses are an easy way to learn how to use Studio.

The licensing has been a challenge in terms of what is included with our current license. They've changed it a bit.

The learning curve to get UiPath up and running is hard, although we're pretty comfortable with it now.

Promoting its use is the hardest part for us. It's tough to get people to believe in using the assistant or Studio without fearing the loss of their jobs.

I've been using UiPath for about five years.

It's very stable, and we've never had an issue with it.

UiPath is easy to scale. If we want to share the bot or the scripts, it is easy to do so with other team members. It is also easy to add licensing and grow the current bot or create a new one.

Our experience with UiPath's technical support has been really good. We get great responses to tickets when we need help. On a scale from one to ten, I would give technical support a ten.

Positive

The initial setup was pretty straightforward. We learned Studio, started with a simple script or bot, and grew from there. Our implementation strategy was to look at our highest demand for transferring data and make the bot do that.

Our ROI is that instead of having a team of seven people to manually do the data transfer, we now have two people.

The pricing is fair.

We looked at Blue Prism and went with UiPath because of its ease of use, the Magic Quadrant rating, and the price.

It's great software and has helped us a lot. It gives us a competitive edge.

Overall, I'd rate UiPath at nine out of ten and would advise you to go for it.

Our company uses the solution to understand documents, process invoices, move data from one system to another, conduct background investigations, and other day-to-day use cases for federal and state offices. 

For one use case, we built a sandbox for malware analysis using the bot. 

For another use case, we scan thousands of resumes to find an individual with a specific skill set. 

We have completed 90 automations with mostly attended bots that we have built. We are not using AI much right now, but plan to use it to solve problems in the future. 

The solution can be used across systems or with more generic use cases. 

It is easy to go to the code level and write automations that only require a couple of lines of code.

Training materials should include behind-the-scenes information such as what goes on underneath the infrastructure and how components interact with each other. This type of information matters more to solution architects than high-level buildings or components. 

The solution has a few bugs that need to be worked out. 

I have been using the solution for three years. 

The stability has been good so far but we do not have much volume. We handle diverse implementations that include five to ten bots. We do not yet have the load to fully rate performance. 

The solution is a good platform for scalability and accommodates multiple nodes. 

Technical support has been pretty good and we have a direct contact who is very responsive. It sometimes takes a day or two to make contact, so technical support is rated a nine out of ten because there is room for improvement. 

The user community is helpful and it is easy to find answers or at least a direction for solving issues. 

Our team utilizes the Academy for certifications and finds it useful because it provides high-level information about features. 

Positive

We did not use another solution. 

The setup is cumbersome for on-premises because documentation is outdated or instructions are not clear so we have to get clarity from support. 

The setup for SaaS is easy because you can log in and start using it immediately. 

We implement the solution in-house using a hybrid model. Some federal government offices are very particular about exposed data so we use on-premises for them. Others are more open so we prefer to use the SaaS platform. 

We also work with many business groups to promote RPA and set up their infrastructure environments in the solution. 

The solution's ROI is that it saves time, eliminates errors, and reduces repetition. Tasks that used to take days are now completed within seconds or hours. 

The solution is more expensive than Power Platform which offers many connectors to third parties. 

For example, an unattended bot costs $50 per month on Power Platform so it makes sense for developers who work on the Microsoft Platform. 

The solution can run $10,000 per year. 

Prior to using the solution, we looked at Automation Anywhere but did not enjoy developing with it.

Many other products such as ServiceNow, Pega, or SAP have RPA but use their own domains. They also require many blocks of code to automate. 

We will be looking at Power Platform's next iteration because we are not sure about the future of the solution's partnership with Microsoft. 

When implementing the solution, go small first. Do not jump directly to the most complex case for automation or you will get lost and think the solution is ineffective. 

Start by building small workflows, realizing the gains, and slowly increasing performance. 

I rate the solution an eight out of ten. 

We have a team with a set of developers, business analysts, and managers who are constantly looking at processes within our organization that we can automate to ease the burden of our employees. Our use cases align with departments like finance, inventory management, and HR. They include all the corporate level and core processes within our organization. Most of the automations are unattended.

A simple example would be that we have sales reps who get orders from customers. Those reps have to use some of our internal systems including our ERP system which is SAP. They use the systems to create orders and generate sales order numbers, invoices, et cetera. I have worked on these processes wherein we automate all those steps for them so that they don't have to go through the basic steps and do the same things for different orders.

We have had some of our bots running thousands of transactions per day, saving between five and ten full-time employees' hours, which is huge. And that is just one process. We have over 80 bot licenses and over 100 processes that we have automated, so it's pretty significant.

And while we haven't used it to pull patient information into a dashboard, we have pulled that information together for other purposes. That way, sensitive data is very secure when it comes to processing customer orders and the like. It's made things faster. Before, accessing it could cause errors or slow down the daily functionality. With the help of UiPath, being able to pull it easily into a single view means we are not misreading information or misunderstanding it.

Our company deals with hospitals and provides them with necessary supplies in their continuum of care. Although we don't deal directly with patients, automation has improved the efficiency of delivering that care. It's done at a much faster rate, rather than slowing it down.

We have also used UiPath's artificial intelligence and machine learning and these capabilities have made things better. These are not things I experienced using Automation Anywhere when I was a developer myself. AI and ML were never on our radar when we dealt with business processes. But now, they're opening up more doors, giving us more intelligent automation. Without them, it would probably be a little more difficult to tackle a problem. They have made things easier.

It's very easy to adapt to and it's very user-friendly and robust at the same time. You don't need to have a lot of technical knowledge to use UiPath. Overall, it's a very good tool for tackling simple and very complicated business processes.

Also, UiPath is easily integrable with other systems. When we are modeling our business processes, we use Appian as a business process modeling tool and it integrates very easily with UiPath. That's a bonus for us because we're dealing with very sensitive data. UiPath is definitely easy to use with a lot of systems.

I have been using UiPath since April of this year, which makes it about six months. Before that, I was with Automation Anywhere as a developer. Now, I'm a business analyst using UiPath.

With the latest upgrade of Orchestrator, about a month ago, sometimes, when we are running our bots, the server crashes and the bot has to stop. There is a certain time limit to it. About two or three hours after it runs, it closes down and the bot stops and you have to rerun. There is some sort of a timeout issue.

It's something that we are still figuring out with the support team from UiPath. We don't know if it's something internal to our systems or if it has something to do with the upgrade. We have been in that loop for quite a while and have yet to receive a resolution.

From my team's perspective, and from talking to a few others here at the UiPath event, the area that probably could be improved is the support system from UiPath. When we have technical issues and we reach out, sometimes the support is very delayed when a resolution, or a conversation, is really needed. Otherwise, everyone is happy with the tool.

Neutral

Our company is a manufacturer and distributor of medical supplies and products. Our automation journey started with Ashling Partners as our consulting firm. They helped us to analyze our business processes and come up with some automation ideas and, after a few months, we got UiPath.

The number of full-time employee hours spent on mundane tasks has been greatly reduced, which has resulted in great savings for our company.

The other definite benefit is no more errors, which is especially important in the healthcare field. UiPath has greatly increased the speed at which we deliver our products.

For example, we have an inventory management division and we often have branch realignments happening. They would take a week to deal with the branch realignments and handle all the inventory. Now, with a process we created for them, it takes a day or two for a bot to do it for them. It's saving them time.

We have had feedback from higher-level management where they say, "We don't have to worry about these manual tasks now. All we have to do is shoot you an email that says we have a branch realignment coming up and ask you to please run the bot for us." They give us the file and then it's done in a day or two. It's easing their workload and they are able to focus on other things. Before, it was a really painstaking process for them. Weeks of effort have been reduced to days and hours. That's a big win.

For me, as a business analyst, the biggest difference between Automation Anywhere and UiPath is that UiPath gives me the ability to capture every step. Previously the way I would do it was to sit down with the business user and take notes such as, "Okay, he's clicking into this screen, going to this system," or I would have to record the process. But now it's very simple because I can turn on the recorder and have all the steps documented so I can refer back to them. I can then give that to my developer who can then use it as a benchmark when he's building his process.

The ability to get into the finest of details with UiPath is very helpful. You don't have to worry about those manual methods and can focus on the bigger things. These are some of the advantages of UiPath.

Also, the scalability across the systems that Automation Anywhere is compatible with is limited versus that of UiPath. With UiPath you can connect to different backend sources without restrictions. In the processes that I have worked on with UiPath, there hasn't been a huge complexity if I have to do something with APIs or with databases. Whereas, in Automation Anywhere, it was a little harder. It wasn't very flexible with all the different systems.

I recommend trying out the Community Edition where you can start doing some pilot projects and test its abilities. Then you can pitch it to your organization if you have not yet done any automation.

The UiPath Academy is a great place. That's where I went first, six months ago, when I wanted to know what UiPath path is and how it is different from other tools. I took courses that helped me to understand it better. The Academy is a very good website. The course was very user-friendly. It has a wide variety of subjects, so it's not just the regular certifications that you pick up. Rather, it has specific topics. As a business analyst, there are a lot of courses for me. I need not look at courses for a developer. The diversity of the courses that you can choose from is really nice. There are courses for any role that you are into as part of an automation journey. You don't have to worry about not knowing where to start. They give you a good head start. It's definitely possible to learn this tool and it's rewarding.

I was just talking to someone who said he's from the oil and manufacturing industry and they are also implementing UiPath and automations. Aside from our company, which is in healthcare, it seems that the solution is applied in pretty diverse areas, across every other industry. There are a lot of applications of the solution and a lot of success stories. It's really nice to hear those. They help us realize that we still have a lot more to extract when it comes to the benefits of UiPath.

We generally work on integrating it with our support ticketing system, which is ServiceNow. That way, we can standardize our input and get better results. It has been working really well for those kinds of processes.

A process that we worked on for operations, for example, was the ordering of phones for our new agencies. It accelerates a lot of that process and gets the people onboarded faster, more easily, and with fewer errors.

The most valuable feature is that it can be integrated with almost anything. We use in-house applications and we're able to integrate them through the database using endpoints and APIs. This sharing of information between systems via UiPath means our staff gets results quicker. Normally, we have to put in a request with the database team to go in and input the data. But UiPath already has access and it's really quick. It's really responsive and makes the experience easier for the business.

That is also true for third-party vendors. The vendor that we order our phones from has a UI, a website that we use, and we have been able to use the UI to integrate their application.

We can implement almost any interface that we want, in any way possible. It's really flexible.

And given that healthcare is highly regulated, UiPath works really well for credentialing and that type of security. We see that it has protocols that ensure that our data is not going to be stolen. We use the credential assets to save our passwords and sensitive information such as licensing.

I've been looking into Document Understanding. I've worked with it in previous jobs, things like AI center and OCR for documents. It would be helpful if they made the Document Understanding modules a little more user-friendly. There is a learning curve for using it correctly. It's a little bit hard, but once you get a feel for it it's good and it doesn't delay the automation process.

I've been using UiPath for almost four years.

The stability of UiPath is good. I haven't seen any abrupt occurrences in my time using it. Our production environment is always running. It's well-secured.

In regard to our processes, it's easy to scale. It is not that easy to scale on the business side of things, but the tool itself does provide an easy scaling process.

I haven't had the need to reach out to technical support that often because, with the community, you can find out anything regarding UiPath online. It's the same support team that answers those questions.

I did submit one ticket to support, and it was answered really fast. However, they did take a little long time to get to the root of the problem.

Positive

We did not have a previous RPA solution.

We do calculate ROI in terms of the hours we're saving the business. For example, with the specific processes that we created for phone ordering, we're saving the business a lot of hours. 

Currently, we're just using it for agencies because we want to see how this can impact things. But it's handling the process for more than 40 percent of our employees because most agency employees get phones as soon as they are onboarded.

I have evaluated other automation tools, and I've been asked many times in the different companies where I have worked why I prefer UiPath. It's the best choice because of the community, documentation, and the number of updates they come out with. They're really on top of things.

Other vendors are not on the same level. I have tried Blue Prism but it has poorer documentation and it doesn't have the support that UiPath has.

To get our certificates we had to use the UiPath Academy. The Academy gives you a sense of how UiPath works. It can get really technical, but to get a sense, at least, of how to start the journey of becoming a developer, in my case, it helped a lot.

Overall, it's a great tool to use. It has a lot of benefits documentation-wise and support-wise. It's really stable and it's really easy to use.