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Laura Dicke - PeerSpot reviewer
RPA analyst at Symrise
Real User
Top 20
An user-friendly solution that takes away repetitive work from employees
Pros and Cons
  • "UiPath's entire package is valuable. It is a user-friendly solution."
  • "UiPath needs to incorporate French and Portuguese language-based training. It is not easy for people without an IT background."

What is our primary use case?

We use UiPath in all business areas like finance, HR, accounts payable, production,  etc. 

What is most valuable?

UiPath's entire package is valuable. It is a user-friendly solution. 

What needs improvement?

UiPath needs to incorporate French and Portuguese language-based training. It is not easy for people without an IT background. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the product for four years. 

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What do I think about the stability of the solution?

UiPath is stable. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We have rolled out about 20 citizen development programs. We aim to reach 100 by the year's end. We use it all over the world. It is scalable. 

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

We chose UiPath because it is easy to expand the benefits program. 

How was the initial setup?

The tool's deployment is time-consuming. 

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

UiPath is expensive. 

What other advice do I have?

We implemented UiPath to increase quality and take away repetitive tasks from employees so that they could focus more. It helped us to cut down on time. 

The tool has helped us save a few minutes of employees' time. 

I rate it an eight out of ten. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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Chris Gadsby - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions architect at Buchanan Ingersoll and Rooney PC
Real User
Top 20
Useful for document manipulation
Pros and Cons
  • "The tool's most valuable feature is the ability to pull information and manipulate documents."
  • "UiPath should improve its support team."

What is our primary use case?

We use UiPath for document manipulation. It helps us split PDF files, clean and submit them to the government website. 

What is most valuable?

The tool's most valuable feature is the ability to pull information and manipulate documents. 

What needs improvement?

UiPath should improve its support team. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been working with the product for six to eight months. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I haven't had any issues with stability yet. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

UiPath is scalable. 

How was the initial setup?

UiPath's deployment was complex because we weren't familiar with it. 

What about the implementation team?

A partner helped us with the tool's implementation. They did the development work while we focused on back-end activities like getting the servers up. 

What was our ROI?

We have seen ROI with the tool's use. The legal department saves time and money with its use. 

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

I wasn't surprised by the tool's pricing. It was comparable to my expectations. 

What other advice do I have?

The business objective we tried to achieve with UiPath was the PDF turnaround times. We needed to meet the deadline for the filings. If we missed the deadline, we couldn't submit them. Hence, the timing of submitting the filings was critical.  

I work for a law firm where timing is critical. AI-powered automation has helped our organization unload people from repetitive tasks and instead focus on client and legal work. 

UiPath has freed our resources' time. Earlier, eight to ten people needed to work eight hours to complete the filing. We can do it in under an hour without ten people focusing on the task. 

I rate the product a nine out of ten. You need to take advantage of the solution's training to help you understand its capabilities. I was new to the product and was surprised by its capabilities. It is a huge benefit to access the training without paying for it. 

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reviewer2269383 - PeerSpot reviewer
UiPath Architect at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Real User
Top 20
Reduces human error, frees employee time, and offer excellent support services
Pros and Cons
  • "We've seen large time and money savings."
  • "Unfortunately, I used to be a lover of their Slack channel and people don't seem so responsive there anymore."

What is our primary use case?

I've used the solution within the healthcare system in the past. At this time, I use it for mortgages. 

I use the solution to automate any digital processes that have specific rules and steps to follow and can potentially save the company a lot of time and money.

What is most valuable?

The Studio is extremely user-friendly.  All of their products are user-friendly. I use the Orchestrator a lot as it's so simple. 

My assessment of the ease of building automation using the product is positive. The UI of the application itself is very easy to use and navigate. It's very easy to debug. The fact that they're constantly listening to the feedback from the customers and the developers in the developer community is great. They're constantly pushing updates to fix things or add new features based on that feedback. They are really a company that listens to their users.

I have done automations for good causes. It was for responsibly disposing of medications. I didn't stick around to see the positive impact. I implemented it and then left. This was for a Fortune Top-Four company. There were a lot of people who ultimately received the notifications that came out thanks to this robot that let them know how to dispose of medications and the requirements. It also went as far as to locate the two nearest facilities based on their physical address within the closest driving distance. Hopefully, it caused a lot of people to be able to easily know where they could take those medications to dispose of them.

The solution enables us to implement end-to-end automation. It's extremely important. If you're going to automate something, you need to go all in. It's not necessarily black and white. There are exceptions to that rule. However, if it can be automated and it makes sense to automate it, then it should be automated. There shouldn't be human intervention if it's not absolutely necessary. Otherwise, it defeats the purpose of automating.

The user community is great. I see several people who are very trustworthy in their responses. It's very, very active. Everybody's helping each other out as far as giving them solutions to their issues, so it's something that I turned to quite a bit. 

We've seen large time and money savings. As you start doing more and more processes, other people talk to other people, and then you get other people coming to you saying they have processes that should be automated. It's simply a matter of knocking down those walls and getting people to understand that we have this tool at our fingertips. And once they understand that then the opportunities are limitless.

I've seen some minimization in the on-premises footprint thanks to UiPath. In some companies that I've worked at, yes. In others, no. Where I'm at right now, they're still on-prem there, however, they are planning to go to the cloud next year.

Whether it is essential or not for customers to go to the cloud to reduce this on-premise footprint depends on the customer. Some customers, especially in the healthcare space, are afraid of the cloud for security reasons even though there is a lot of documentation to prove otherwise that it is very secure. The healthcare industry is always behind when it comes to that stuff. It takes a lot of building up of trust. The same is true with the government. However, there are others that embrace leading-edge technologies, and those are the ones that are using the cloud.

I've used the Academy courses. I was able to get my advanced RPA developer certification. It allows me to stay current on all of the updates that are being done across all of the products. It's very easy to filter and find the course that you want to watch depending on the product or your level of expertise. The actual format of the courses is very well done. The person who speaks is very clearly spoken, and easily understood. They do a combination of reading, videos, and hands-on in all the courses. It is a little bit for every type of learning style, and I've gotten a lot out of it.

I do not use the solution's AI functionality in our automation program much. I have used document understanding, which is one of their AI products. It opens up a whole new world of possibilities. There's already so much that can be done very easily and there is nothing that's too difficult to implement. Once you do understand how to build processes that use AI, it opens up many other possibilities that could get even bigger in terms of the value that it brings to a company. I gained a lot of knowledge and new skills from going through the process of building out a document understanding process and understanding how to learn all those new tools. It also integrates with the action center and a couple of the other UI top products as well. It's a really good learning experience. 

It has enabled me to automate more processes. It can contribute to the end-to-end automation that we implement. It just depends on where the company is at and their automation journey if they have processes that would be very high returns in terms of value and require more AI integration.

The product can help speed up digital transformation and reduce the cost of the digital transformation. Having these tools in your toolbox allows you to do a lot more so long as you have the digital input.

We no longer require any expense, complex application upgrades, or IT application support. It's very easy, especially with the cloud. I did have some difficulties recently at a company that goes through a proxy on their VMs, which made it a little bit more difficult to install the machines and get them working. However, overall, when you have to install what is needed to build and run the automation and you're on the cloud version, it's simply an executable that you download. You click through a couple of screens that are very self-explanatory and well-explained. And that's it. There's nothing special to do as everything else is hosted in the cloud. As long as you have the wherewithal to set up a VM with the basic requirements that are needed, it's extremely easy.

I've seen a reduction in human errors while using UiPath. A robot is programmed to do what you tell it to do. It's not going to make the same type of mistakes that a human would make. It would make mistakes only due to the way that you program it. Therefore, it absolutely should and does reduce the errors that you would see otherwise from a human.

The solution has freed up employee time. The most recent report that I got from some automation that has been done in the past shows that, over the past five or six months of automation, that I have built there have been two full-time employees at 60 hours a week who were let go, and then there were at least two other people that were are now spending at least half their time doing manual inputs. Now, they are doing other things. There's a direct impact that I've seen just from recent automation.

The money saved from manual labor is a clear cost savings. Other times, it's more about cost avoidance. Sometimes there is some additional value that it brings that's almost unable to be calculated - such as customer satisfaction, customer retention, or customer acquisition. Those things are a little bit harder to calculate. For the most part, it offers a clear time equals-money type of cost-benefit.

What needs improvement?

Unfortunately, I used to be a lover of their Slack channel and people don't seem so responsive there anymore. Unfortunately, I've gotten away from using their Slack channel. That would have been a really good way for me to get some help from the community, yet I don't find it helpful anymore.

They're working on integrating their version of a chat. They're starting with Studio Xpress or StudioWeb. I don't use StudioWeb and I don't use StudioX, however, I would love to have that type of feature in Studio. I could use it across the board, not just in Studio, but in Assist. 

Their error messaging could use some improvement. More times than not an error that you receive is accurate or not clear.

In terms of missing features, I can't think of any. They are always ten steps ahead.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've used the solution since 2018.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is stable and reliable. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution is 100% scalable. 

How are customer service and support?

It's very easy to open an issue with support. I've learned over the years that you don't need to necessarily say that you have a high-priority issue in order to get a quick response. They are very responsive. They are very clear in the steps they need you to take to give you what they need in order to fix your problem. If they're unable to fix it by requesting that information. They get on a call with you to troubleshoot. They follow up with you after. They give you a survey to make sure they did well. Every part of their support process is great. I have no complaints at all.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

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

I have only scratched the surface of RPA. With Blue Prism and Automation Anywhere, I've only worked with them enough to see where they are in comparison to UiPath. I also fully trust the reports that Gartner puts out, and UiPath has been on top for so long now and always is and always keeps that spot. I don't want to waste my time on anything else. I want to stay in this lane with a product and a company that I know and love - one that has done an amazing job - and be an expert in that rather than go around and only know a little bit about a lot of things.

How was the initial setup?

It's very easy to implement the solution and I've done it multiple times. I'm not somebody who typically installs software. I'm not a hardware person. I'm not even good with other types of software necessarily, and yet I find the installation process to be very simple.

I didn't need a lot of staff to handle the deployment process. There are companies that I've been at that have to follow certain protocols for auditing purposes and have to have somebody that's designated DevOps in order to do the deployment. In which case, it requires a little bit more hand-holding or documentation to explain how to do that to somebody who's not in the position like I am who knows how to do it, and you have to explain it to them. I don't think that it's needed or necessary, and it actually hinders the process, especially when we deploy something to production. It doesn't work quite the same in production as it just did in development, and you need to make changes, and it really hinders that process when you have another set of hands to go through.

Maintenance has the potential to be a little bit difficult. That said, I've done big upgrades twice now. For the most part, things have been backward compatible. I haven't had an issue. I didn't need to go back and fix any previous processes that were deployed. I just started using the newer versions of things on new processes going forward and the old ones still ran with no issue whatsoever, it very clearly states things that have been deprecated or things that will be deprecated by a certain date. 

With the cloud version, there is not much maintenance required. However, they did just do an upgrade on the cloud. I was not aware that it was coming, and it would have been nice to at least see something on the site to catch your eye, some type of scrolling banner or flashing to tell you, "Hey, this is updated. Click this link to see what the updates are." In the cloud, if you're not using the automation suite, it will just update without you knowing about it, which I'm not a fan of. I understand that's how that works. If you don't have an automation suite, however, I would like to know. Don't make me go search for it. I'm on Orchestrator every day. I'd prefer if they put something there, or put something in Studio so that I know it's coming since the changes did affect us. They had some role and permission changes that affected my developers, and they weren't able to publish anymore, and I had to figure that out. Ultimately, you do have to make sure that you're staying up to date with your studio and assistant.

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

The pricing is very fair. They have adjusted their pricing model so that several variables and volume base could be one of them. I'm not too sure. A lot of times I'm cut out from those conversations. The company itself has to sign off on contracts or make the decision on that. That said, it's my understanding the pricing is very fair for what they give you. You see your benefit and the return from it quickly.

What other advice do I have?

I'm a developer and an architect. 

The ease of usability and implementation for UiPath as well as the wide array of products that they have to support their automation journey make it a great product. The amazing support they have is great. The community that they have is bigger than all the other options, so you're going to find more resources when it comes to needing help with any type of issue. I'd advise those considering the product to look at the ratings and pertinent reports to get an overview of who's the best.

I'd rate the solution ten out of ten.

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Manav Grover - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
A user-friendly, time-efficient product that makes automating processes straightforward
Pros and Cons
  • "I like how easy it is to automate tasks and how time-efficient the product is."
  • "The interactive selection could be more accurate."

What is our primary use case?

We use UiPath for replicating manual tasks and PDF automation. 

How has it helped my organization?

UiPath saves us a significant amount of time and is recognized as the leader in Robotic Process Automation. It helps us a lot. It makes us much more efficient at dealing with repetitive tasks, reduces costs, and makes automating processes easier compared to other automation solutions.

The solution reduces human error; automating manual cases lowers the risk of error by over 90%, including recurrent mistakes. This keeps our clients happy.  

The product frees up a significant amount of employee time by automating manual tasks and being so user-friendly and time-efficient, meaning we don't have to spend much time using the app. 

What is most valuable?

I like how easy it is to automate tasks and how time-efficient the product is.

UiPath is very user-friendly, so even employees with no coding experience can use it, which adds value to staff with less experience in coding.

Building automation using UiPath is easy; creating scripts for automated test apps and PDFs isn't difficult.  

The solution enables us to build end-to-end automation, which is important to us, and it's one of the only automation apps that can provide this.   

We use the platform's AI functionality in our automation program, which has significantly contributed to our end-to-end automation. It's cost and time-efficient, and that's what we want from an automation app.   

UiPath speeds up and reduces the cost of digital transformation without requiring expensive or complex application upgrades or IT support. It provides features in a cost-efficient way.  

What needs improvement?

The interactive selection could be more accurate.

The customer support could be faster. 

For how long have I used the solution?

We've been using the solution for between three and six months. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

UiPath is a stable app; I give it nine out of ten for stability.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution is scalable; I can't see any ways in which there would be a problem or limitation with scalability.

How are customer service and support?

We contacted technical support, and they have solved most of our issues lately. Sometimes we don't get the solution we want and are dissatisfied, but overall, I rate them very highly.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

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

UiPath is the only automation solution I have used. 

How was the initial setup?

I wasn't involved in the solution's deployment, and apart from keeping the version up to date, it doesn't require any maintenance. 

What was our ROI?

The solution saves costs for our organization, though I'm not aware of precisely how much.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We didn't evaluate any other options, the company provided UiPath, and we didn't have a choice in the matter. It's an excellent product, and we don't have any problems with it. No solution is perfect, but that's to be expected.

What other advice do I have?

I rate the solution 10 out of 10.

We use UiPath to automate processes that deal with a ''good cause'' we are involved in; specifically, we use it for employee diversity.  

The product's automation helps a lot in achieving the results regarding our ''good cause''; we encounter fewer errors compared to other automation apps.

Being a part of the UiPath user community is valuable.  

I recommend the solution and have recommended it to many of my friends who work in the same domain. 

We have yet to use any UiPath Academy courses, but we plan to in the future.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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Alin Mistode - PeerSpot reviewer
Enterprise Architect at a wholesaler/distributor with 501-1,000 employees
Real User
Allows us to automate monitoring and implement robots for network monitoring, ticketing systems, and remediation activities, but the developer studio could be improved
Pros and Cons
  • "I like the interface. It's simple to interact with. We can replicate and multiply the robots when we need to change something."
  • "The developer studio could be improved. There have been glitches, but it has improved from year to year."

What is our primary use case?

We used this solution to automate monitoring, implement robots, and monitor the robots. We use it for network monitoring, ticketing systems, and remediation activities. This is a SaaS solution. 

This solution is mostly used by network engineers in managed services. The engineers look after telecom networks, and they are the end users. For automation, a sizable team of developers, specialized automation developers, and solution architects used the solution. There were about 40 RPA developers and 10 solution architects.

We plan to automate some of the business processes regarding financial reporting.

How has it helped my organization?

We used this solution in the automation of a legacy Jira application that was used for CR management. We use the change request template, and we're able to collect data from various systems through APIs and submitting requests.

Since we started using this solution, our team has had more time to work on other tasks.

The solution has reduced human error by processing the data directly from the source and into the destination application without human intervention.

Our internal clients are glad that KPIs are increasing.

A lot of my colleagues have used the UiPath Academy course. There were also colleagues who used the course and weren't involved in the day-to-day automation process.

It really helps employees be aware of how the tool works, how they can better describe processes, and with what level of detail they need us to describe processes so we can automate their work.

One of the biggest improvements was that some of our colleagues who weren't technical and weren't working in the automation domain started to build their own robots to automate some parts of their work without help from our automation team.

UiPath's community is used by quite a lot of our developers to solve some issues and get resolutions faster. The community is quite big compared to other communities. We get more resources, and it's more active than other communities.

We use Attended Automation for some of the monitoring, like creating outlets based on network events. Attended Automation helped scale RPA benefits in our organization by automating department or role-specific processes that require human-robot collaboration. 

With the involvement of a lot of colleagues from different departments, mostly using Attended Automation, we have increased the awareness of automation and robot automation in the company.

What is most valuable?

I like the interface. It's simple to interact with. We can replicate and multiply the robots when we need to change something.

It's easy to build automations using UiPath. Colleagues who aren't very technical can develop their own automations.

What needs improvement?

The developer studio could be improved. There have been glitches, but it improved from year to year.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have used this solution for three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We had some issues with stability because of some unattended robots. During execution, there were stability issues.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We didn't have many issues with scalability.

How are customer service and support?

We have a good relationship with UiPath. We are in Romania, and they have an office here.

I would rate support an eight out of ten. 

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

The setup was easy. Within one month, we migrated from Blue Prism to UiPath and started implementing some robots.

We had a small POC to discover how it would fit in our infrastructure and how feasible it would be to have all the functionality from our previous tools. We rolled it out for a small department and migrated all automation to UiPath. Then, we gradually rolled it out to other areas.

What was our ROI?

Overall, the solution saved costs. Last year, it saved us between 8% and 12% of costs.

We increased the speed of delivery of automation, so it's a good return on investment.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We also evaluated Blue Prism. Due to its subscription pattern, it wasn't flexible enough for everybody to understand it and work with the tools. Licensing was a bottleneck.

Blue Prism didn't reduce the cost of automation, but it increased the number of automations we did in the same period by 30%.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate this solution seven out of ten. 

My advice is that depending on the business domain where you want to implement the solution, it's more feasible for document processing and ingesting data in applications, not for executing commands in various application servers or infrastructure. 

Stability is an issue. In large deployments where you have a lot of robots, these issues can cause a lot of intermittent problems with the operation of the robots.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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ManishJain1 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technology lead at FMC Corporation
Real User
Saves time, has a great user community, and Academy training courses are helpful
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable feature is definitely the document understanding."
  • "Maybe they should build more out-of-the-box apps rather than companies building their own implementation from scratch and maybe build them as a product on top of the platform. That would save time in implementation."

What is our primary use case?

We have implemented a couple of use cases. One is with our creative collection scenario. We are also working on order automation. That will go live in October.

How has it helped my organization?

Since we are fairly new, I will say we have only two scenarios running right now, and they've been going on for almost a year. It's definitely saved us a lot of time. We haven't rolled out too many scenarios yet. When we'll be rolling out our order automation for 15 countries, I will see more benefits in the uses as we go.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature is definitely the document understanding. We have started using it for the order automation project that I'm working on. It definitely has some challenges also, especially dealing with other languages. However, so far, it's good.

We only have our Cash App or our credit collection scenario. We save around one-tenth of the time we typically spend where a lot of transactions happen. We save around 60 hours every month, at least for now.

UiPath's user community is definitely helpful. Usually, I'd look it up there first when we run into a problem.

Our team has used UiPath Academy courses. Academy courses were really helpful in giving us a good start to have a good foundation. Although we use UiPath to develop our scenarios, having that Academy access and going through the training definitely helped us get up to speed very quickly.

What needs improvement?

I definitely want some improvement on the documentation of the understanding side.

Maybe they should build more out-of-the-box apps rather than companies building their own implementation from scratch and maybe build them as a product on top of the platform. That would save time in implementation.

We're a SAP shop, so I'm looking more at what scenarios can be pre-booked using UiPath. I know there are some escalators that are there in SAP. However, they are not production ready, in my view. That area definitely can be improved since they're all Excel-based, and they're more proof of concept rather than production ready.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using the solution for almost two years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Stability is one area where I'm really concerned. Sometimes it does behave erratically and I have to stop everything, and deploy it again, and it works fine. Therefore, I have some concerns about how it's going to scale out when there is a very high volume.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I'm concerned that we may have issues with scalability as it can behave erratically, and I have to stop and redeploy it.

For example, right now, we have a very small implementation. We will be implementing this order automation for 15 countries with a lot of customers. So I have concerns about how UiPath will scale out to these countries plus even more countries that I am planning to implement as well. What will be the process, what will the performance impact, and how is it going to behave? I do have concerns there right now.

How are customer service and support?

I have dealt with technical support a few times. That said, most of the time, I could figure out the problem myself. There is one problem that I'm still dealing with in terms of technical support, and it's been ongoing. They have involved the product team to help resolve that particular issue. I have to say that I'm not thrilled with the support that I got.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Neutral

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

We did not previously use a different solution. We used to do everything manually.

How was the initial setup?

I lead our automation implementation. For our treasury, it was easy; however, for the automation we are going live with in October, the process is a bit more complex. 

Our implementation strategy involved starting small and starting with a couple of use cases. I decided to use UiPath as our partner to cover our bases since I wanted to ensure we have a good foundation with best practices before we start doing anything in-house.

What about the implementation team?

We had UiPath assist us with the initial implementation. The experience was pretty good. There were some challenges to deal with in terms of having a robust solution with good logging and notifications. That definitely didn't happen right off the bat. That said, overall, it was an okay process. 

What was our ROI?

We are definitely seeing an ROI. For example, we are saving 60 hours every month, and it's a small implementation. With order automation, we are going to save a lot of time. I don't have the exact numbers yet. However, we are positive about the outcomes we expect.

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

I was quite surprised at the pricing. We decided to implement action forms, and at that time, I was not aware that there is a separate licensing. It's difficult sometimes when you have to go back to your finance team or the sponsor and tell them that you need more money. Any licensing requirement has to be clear up front rather than being revealed later. I'm not worried about the cost, it's more about knowing what license we need, and in my implementation, we had quite a few mishaps related to licenses.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We looked at a couple of other products.

I don't want to go into what products we looked at. However, I can definitely say the main criterion behind selecting UiPath was its ease of use. We did a proof of concept in-house without any help. That was my main criterion for making a decision. 

Also, there's a good product path in terms of what they're doing next. UiPath is a market leader. We wanted to go with a solution that not only meets our needs for now but also is taking the effort, time, and money in building the product and bringing new capabilities.

What other advice do I have?

We're fairly new to the process and have yet to get into using UiPath for a good cause.

We aren't using the AI functionality yet.

I'd advise potential users to do their homework. Look at other products and make the decision based on what capabilities you are looking at. I will say don't look at only one scenario. Look at the overall picture. Look at what your future plans are. I still believe UiPath is the best product when it comes to RPA. However, you have got to look at the whole picture at the outset.

I would rate the solution an eight out of ten. There are a lot of good things happening. It's very easy to use, and UiPath has a very good product roadmap. That's the key for me. Especially with AI, process mining, cost mining, et cetera, they're really going to help any company that signs on.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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reviewer1978977 - PeerSpot reviewer
Developer at a recreational facilities/services company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Easy to use, saves on labor costs, and has a helpful community
Pros and Cons
  • "We have a sizable infrastructure, so it is necessary to have Orchestrator deploy all of the robots in all of our servers. It is not possible to work only with one computer. Therefore, that is an essential feature for me."
  • "We'd like to see mobile robots in the future."

What is our primary use case?

We have a lot of use cases. A lot of them are based on SAP transactions. From SAP to SAP, or SAP to local documents, or local documents to transfer information to SAP.

How has it helped my organization?

The main benefit is to save manpower in-house. The second benefit for me is avoiding printing on paper. That is the second KPI that I am working to reduce in the company, reducing paper usage. In one project, for example, we managed to save more than 1,000 pieces of paper daily.

What is most valuable?

The UiPath Studio has been very necessary for us. 

Orchestrator is a vital feature. We have a sizable infrastructure, so it is necessary to have Orchestrator deploy all of the robots in all of our servers. It is not possible to work only with one computer. Therefore, that is an essential feature for me.

We've been able to save on man hours. We save around 60 manhours daily per department. For example, the maintenance department works with many people, and we can save on labor.

All departments use automation; however, mainly the logistics department benefits. The finance department comes in second, and after that, production. We've created more than 40 automation so far. We use both attended and unattended robots. 

Even if you are just on a laptop, you can have UiPath. 

I've used the UiPath Academy. It's necessary to have credentials for the infrastructure. It helps us understand the features of UiPath properly.

I use the UiPath community a lot. When I have a job, I can write a question about it and get a response from an expert. It's quite a valuable service. With the community, we can reduce the time to resolve issues. We can learn from other people who have faced similar challenges. 

Setting up automation can be easy or complex, depending on the project. 

What needs improvement?

All documentation and transaction areas can always be improved. 

We'd like to see mobile robots in the future. We have a lot of cell phone tasks, and it would be ideal to replicate automation from the iPhone, for example. If you were at a certain location, you maybe could set up an automation that could send a message or open a cart. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using UiPath for four years. My company has worked with the solution for longer. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution has been 95% stable. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It's a very good tool, and it's easy to expand in terms of infrastructure. If we need more space or more servers, it's easy to just deploy more. 

How are customer service and support?

I have no experience with direct UiPath support, however, getting help from the community has been great.

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

I did previously use Auto ITX. It's a library from C# Program. It was only local. I don't know if was a standardization. I'm not sure why the company ultimately decided to begin using UiPath. This product is easy. It's drag-and-drop and very simple to use. 

How was the initial setup?

I have developed automation and uploaded Orchestrator. That's it. I didn't handle the initial implementation. 

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

I'm a developer and therefore do not handle the licensing aspects of the product.

What other advice do I have?

We're UiPath customers. 

I'm not sure which version we are using. I know it is not the last one. 

I do not use the AI functionality just yet. That's new to me and very interesting. 

While I would recommend the solution to others, it is necessary to have a good developer who understands the tool's value. Technical knowledge is necessary.

I'd rate the solution ten out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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reviewer1978956 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr Manager Digital Innovation at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Cuts down development time and has a straightforward implementation process
Pros and Cons
  • "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."
  • "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."

What is our primary use case?

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.

What is most valuable?

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.

What needs improvement?

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.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using UiPath for three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

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

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It scales well.

How are customer service and support?

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.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

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.

What about the implementation team?

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

What was our ROI?

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

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

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

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

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

What other advice do I have?

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.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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