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RPA Developer at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
User-friendly, easy for automation building, and saves employee time
Pros and Cons
  • "The user community is pretty great. You can find an answer to basically any query."
  • "It would help if there was functionality whereby you could upload something like a flow chart and the solution could process steps according to the flow chart."

What is our primary use case?

We use the solution for automation. It helps with Excel automation, validation, data extraction, et cetera. We use UiPath for a client project we are working on. 

How has it helped my organization?

It's helped improve the organization via an increase in ROI. The employees are much more productive and they no longer have to do repetitive, tedious tasks. 

What is most valuable?

The product is very user-friendly. It has great drag-and-drop features. My background isn't in computer science, and it was easy for me to get familiar with UiPath and the user interface. 

You can do almost anything related to automation. If it's related to email. databases, Excel sheets, et cetera. There's nothing that needs automation that can't be done on UiPath.

It's very easy to build automations. We can easily build end-to-end automation. We had a process, for example, that needed to be triggered once an email was received. The attachments needed to be downloaded and processed and a reply had to be sent back. UiPath could handle each one of those tasks. 

The user community is pretty great. You can find an answer to basically any query. You can participate and reply as well. 

I've used the Academy courses to learn more about UiPath since I started using the product in May. I started with the foundational course and then did the advanced course and action center and document understanding overview course. It's helping me learn everything fairly extensively. 

The solution has helped us speed up digital transformation. They have enabled very fast digital transformation to meet a company's needs.

It helps reduce human error. I've helped deal with processes that would require employees to deal with thousands of forms. Using UiPath can reduce human error quite extensively. If there was a chance of human error at 25% before, it's been reduced to a maximum of 2% to 3%.

The solution helps free up employee time. The employee, in turn, can be more productive and learn new things in the meantime. It's likely freed up more than 30% of employee time so far. 

What needs improvement?

I've only used the solution for six months so it is hard to consider improvements. It would help if there was functionality whereby you could upload something like a flow chart and the solution could process steps according to the flow chart.

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For how long have I used the solution?

I've used the solution since May of this year. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is stable. From what I have heard from my team, it's almost always stable. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Our clients are large-scale enterprises. 

It is very scalable. You can add or change things as needed and update processes as necessary. We do have quite a sizable process that involves ten to 12 departments and it works well. 

How are customer service and support?

Technical support is responsive. They were very kind when I dealt with them.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

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

I've used other platforms such as Power Automate and Automation Everywhere. UiPath is a lot better as it is very high-level. 

How was the initial setup?

I did not directly deal with the initial deployment. 

There is not too much maintenance required. 

What was our ROI?

Clients have noted an ROI. They've found employees are much more productive. 

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

I haven't seen the pricing or dealt with the licensing of UiPath.

However, I have heard of clients switching to Power Automate due to the fact that it was cheaper than UiPath. 

What other advice do I have?

I do not exactly use the AI functionality. It's not part of my job at this point. 

I'd recommend automation for digital transformation. As for which platform to use, it would depend on which processes they need to use. UiPath is quite suitable for mid-level to large enterprises.

I would rate the solution nine out of ten. It's an excellent product. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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Real User
A coding-free and user-friendly tool that provides optimization, accuracy, and a three-fourth reduction in working time
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable features of UiPath are Excel automation and web portal automation."
  • "There is a lot of complexity in the things we can do in UiPath, like connecting to an organization's databases or using APIs in the process."

What is our primary use case?

My previous company was a share market or brokerage company, and we used UiPath for the client's reports. We used automation to get the records of their clients and get their financial reports in the desired manner. We go to the company database, get the proper data of the clients, and arrange it in the desired manner of our company's officers or the manager for the back office or the accounting department.

We arrange the data in a particular manner. We give it to them so that they can analyze and get the record for themselves, analyze their market reports, and get the desired result. We use automation to get the data in the Excel database so they can use that data in a particular manner for the future aspect of the company's client.

My current organization is a service-based company. Our client is a US-based company that manages the insurance portal of the US. They arrange the insurance portal for their US insurance client. We go to their particular portal and automate it, get the desired data, and save it to the database of the client's company.

Firstly, we used Excel for database use. We are currently managing SharePoint using UiPath and arranging the data on SharePoint, where all the clients can access their data and save the record on their own.

How has it helped my organization?

In my previous organization, one process took a person two to three hours to complete. With automation, that process could be done in only 15 minutes. Two to three hours of hard work could be utilized with another process, and the person is free from that particular complex process. In my current organization, the user needs to log into every portal, get the details, and arrange data in a particular manner.

It took almost four to five hours to get all the insurance details and fill up in a particular manner. This process is now done through automation within one hour or half an hour so that the person can utilize that time with other work. UiPath automation provides optimization, accuracy, and a three-fourth reduction in working time. Compared to other tools, UiPath automation immensely helps a person or an organization.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable features of UiPath are Excel automation and web portal automation. There are many complex details and works in Excel that the operation department does manually. They arrange the data in formulas or in a particular manner. Through automation, Excel work is done very smoothly.

After that, we can arrange the data and save it in the desired manner. When using the web portal, the manual person needs to go to the portal and get the desired information. With UiPath, a lot of work has been done through automation so we can get accurate data in the desired manner.

What needs improvement?

UiPath is a user-friendly tool compared to other automation tools. UiPath can be made easier to learn. There is a lot of complexity in the things we can do in UiPath, like connecting to an organization's databases or using APIs in the process. We are now using SharePoint. There can be more simpler things to connect with SharePoint. We have to go to the SharePoint website, get the client ID or the user ID, put it on UiPath, and then connect every time we start the process. So, there are a lot of things that can be simplified.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using UiPath for more than three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

UiPath is much easier to use. Stability-wise, the solution has a lot of scope because there are many complex things in other tools. UiPath is a stable solution.

What about the implementation team?

I was involved in the solution's deployment. We had some difficulties at the start of the deployment process. Firstly, we deploy our code on the UiPath orchestrator. But there is a lot of complexity to organize that orchestrator through our organization. We found the solution by deploying our codes on our own Windows server and running it through them.

At first, we did all the R&D on deploying the code ourselves. Then, the DevOps team came in, and they did the rest.

It doesn't need a lot of people to deploy because it is easier to do once you understand the deployment.

What other advice do I have?

We are using on-premises servers to deploy our codes on UiPath. We are using our own server to deploy the code for automation.

Not much maintenance is required for the solution from our end. We deploy the code on the server, and the process runs smoothly after the deployment. However, if there is a change in the process, website, or the way in which we get data, we need to make necessary changes to get the data in a particular manner.

Although I am an engineering person, I was out of touch with technology for eight years. However, I didn't need proper experience to use UiPath because UiPath is a coding-free platform. We can learn UiPath even if we don't know coding. It can be difficult if any nontechnical person wants to learn UiPath, but they can properly understand the UiPath. Other automation tools like Automation Anywhere or Blue Prism are complex tools. But UiPath is the most user-friendly tool for automation.

One process in my previous organization took two or three hours to complete. A person needs to sit at the table and do what's needed for two or three hours, which is a complex process. Once automation was introduced in our company, the process was done in only 15 minutes with accurate data and reports arranged in the desired manner. People don't need to sit at the table for two or three hours; they can be utilized for other things.

UiPath enables us to implement end-to-end automation. In my current organization, I use web portal automation to log into a particular website or portal page and deliver the data to a person who can share the data with higher management. There's no need for human effort to arrange the data for that particular person.

There's a UiPath forum where people can go and ask questions. They connect you with the proper answers as much as possible and give you the proper solution to your problem. Communication with UiPath's user community is much easier.

I've done the foundation course from UiPath Academy, and I'm currently pursuing the advanced certification from UiPath Academy. UiPath Academy courses have benefited me a lot. I was out of touch with technical things, and UiPath was almost a new thing for me. I learned a lot of things through UiPath Academy. It helped me a lot because I learned many things from there and implemented them in the processes.

We are not currently using UiPath's AI functionality, but we are considering using it in the next one or two months.

UiPath has greatly helped reduce human error because UiPath performs the processes accurately. A lot of complex operations are performed on Excel. Through UiPath automation, all the permutations and combinations are applied, and we get accurate results.

UiPath automation has saved us a lot of time because the process takes almost half the time to get things done.

Overall, I rate UiPath an eight out of ten.

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reviewer2278551 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Reduces the amount of human intervention and errors and is easier to use versus other solutions
Pros and Cons
  • "I find the ease of building automation in UiPath valuable. It's easier to do that in UiPath versus other platforms, such as Blue Prism and Automation Anywhere."
  • "What needs some improvement in UiPath is its Document Understanding functionality. It should be simplified because, right now, it's a little complicated to use, as you have to give it data or details, so in the future, I hope that could be improved."

What is our primary use case?

We use UiPath for robot authentication. We primarily use the software for accounting, particularly in our financial department, where we place some details from the client site, put them on a particular website, download the details, and then send those to a specific client.

I work for a big organization with many team members who access UiPath. On the client side, mostly enterprise clients, UiPath also has many users.

How has it helped my organization?

We've seen many benefits from UiPath, particularly from the client side.

The first benefit is manpower reduction, or reducing the number of people required to do the work.

Another benefit of UiPath is the reduction of errors. Sometimes, you'll notice errors from human intervention, but when the work is done via UiPath, you won't see any errors, so the solution has improved the success rate.

What is most valuable?

What I like most about UiPath is that it significantly reduced the amount of human intervention, which means that what usually takes people to do in ten to fifteen minutes would only take the robot one to two minutes.

I also like that UiPath runs 24/7.

I find the ease of building automation in UiPath valuable. It's easier to do that in UiPath versus other platforms, such as Blue Prism and Automation Anywhere. My organization has a lot of activities and needs to give specific details and accesses, and I found that UiPath works in the final product.

UiPath enables my organization to implement end-to-end automation. Sometimes, it's required for the user interface, but implementing end-to-end automation still depends on the product and agenda.

The solution helped minimize the on-premises footprint of my organization, mainly because it allows you to do a significant amount of work remotely, so UiPath is the best way to minimize your on-premises footprint.

My team has utilized UiPath Academy, precisely the basic course, then the development course, and then the advanced certification. You have to start with the basic course that shows you how the platform works, then move on to the development course, and then the advanced course or certification.

What I like best about UiPath Academy courses is that you see several maintenance scenarios you don't get to observe daily. You'll see perfect examples of different scenarios in the videos plus the instructor has a good teaching style, so my team was able to understand the lessons easily.

I also found that UiPath has helped in significantly reducing the cost of digital transformation.

In terms of reducing human error, UiPath has helped decrease it by twelve to fifteen percent. Sometimes, humans working for five to ten hours become tired, while the robot can work twenty-four by seven without getting tired, complete the work on time, and ensure that all details it encodes are correct.

Because of UiPath, my organization doesn't need so many people, but you still need to manage the robot, monitor it, and ensure that reporting works fine. It's not like my team has to do another project after utilizing UiPath. Still, the solution requires managing routers, which now requires one person with UiPath versus ten people without UiPath, so that's one example of what the solution has helped reduce. UiPath helped free up about thirty percent of employee time.

I like the most recent update that was completed for UiPath because it helped solve the clustering case, and then the modern authentication is good.

What needs improvement?

What needs some improvement in UiPath is its Document Understanding functionality. It should be simplified because, right now, it's a little complicated to use, as you have to give it data or details, so in the future, I hope that could be improved.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using UiPath for more than four years now.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

UiPath is a stable solution.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Currently, we find UiPath scalable, but we still need to observe and monitor it for an extended period to check its scalability.

How are customer service and support?

We have not had any issues with UiPath technical support. They've helped us a lot and have provided a lot of input, and we are satisfied with how they've handled different types of issues.

Our rating for them would be seven out of ten.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Neutral

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

I've used Blue Prism and Automation Anywhere.

In my organization, my team previously used Excel Automation, which means the team uses scripts and macros to automate tasks. However, there was a lot of limitation, while in UiPath, there was none, so my organization switched to UiPath.

How was the initial setup?

Deploying UiPath wasn't as complex. My organization has a lot of members who can access everything. There wasn't any issue with deploying the solution.

What was our ROI?

At the moment, I haven't seen ROI from UiPath, but maybe in the future, I will.

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

I find UiPath a reasonably priced solution.

What other advice do I have?

My organization currently doesn't use UiPath to automate processes that deal with good causes, but there is a possibility in the future.

The organization I belong to has not implemented the AI functionality of UiPath in its automation program.

UiPath is currently deployed on-premises, but the team is considering moving it to the cloud.

Sometimes, the solution requires maintenance, specifically on the server side, as that runs 24/7, so you need to integrate and do some checks to maintain UiPath.

I recommend UiPath versus Blue Prism and Automation Anywhere. If you are using other platforms, I suggest moving to UiPath.

My rating for UiPath as a solution is eight out of ten.

My organization is not a UiPath customer. My organization is an integrator that creates the robots and recommends UiPath to businesses.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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Architect in Consulting Enterprise at Wevioo
Real User
Low-code solution provides scraping for data extraction, and Document Understanding for scanned documents
Pros and Cons
  • "The scraping for data extraction is very important. There is also a connection with all Microsoft tools, like Outlook, Excel, Word, et cetera. And OCR, the Document Understanding feature, is important because we have clients that ask us to read data from scanned documents."
  • "We have the new license, the Flex Plan with Automation Suite, but we don't have practical examples and we have found it a little bit difficult when dealing with it. We could use more specifications about it and practical examples."

What is our primary use case?

I create robots for clients of our company. We have an insurance client that asked us to help with sending letters by email and extracting documents related to insurance, between their insurance agencies.

We also do e-signatures using an API with a server to get digital signatures for all the customers of a bank. And with other banks, we have worked on onboarding clients. We have all the information about them and we do subscriptions for them.

We also have a lot of clients that ask for filters and updates in Excel files.

How has it helped my organization?

Employees who were doing the same tasks every day are happy to have time to do innovative things and stop doing tasks that a robot can do. They feel free from those unwanted tasks. These kinds of tasks are often boring, and employees can make mistakes. They spend a lot of time doing them without any benefit, because it's something they do every day. There is no innovation when they have to do those tasks. The most important part is that we can help employees in these situations.

The benefits include managing employees' time. A robot can work at night or even on the weekend, whenever you schedule it to run. It's helpful because employees can let it do their jobs when they are at home. There are also fewer errors because when you give a robot a formula, it does all the iterations in the same way. Even if there is a special situation or an exception, the robot can help itself get through it. So it helps with an employee's time and efficiency, and they are happy about that.

There are two kinds of robots that we deliver. One type of robot works independently, giving our client's employees time while the robot does its work. And there are other robots that do work but need a human to verify things. But even that type of robot reduces the work, leaving only the validation.

And when we start discussing RPA with a client, we can see the difference in the costs. We ask them how much they spend on a task or how much time it takes, because even hours have a cost. We then give them the difference. If a robot does that task, it will spend X amount of time on it and you will save this much money. It depends on the project, but sometimes we save them 30 or 40 percent of their time or even more.

What is most valuable?

The scraping for data extraction is very important. There is also a connection with all Microsoft tools, like Outlook, Excel, Word, et cetera. And OCR, the Document Understanding feature, is important because we have clients that ask us to read data from scanned documents.

UiPath Orchestrator is also important to help us schedule our bots.

In addition, UiPath is a low-code solution, which is very useful and helpful. Given the features and solutions it offers, it's quite easy. The ease is a seven out of 10, or even more. The challenge for us is connected to the demands of the client. Sometimes we work with banks, sometimes with insurance companies, and the challenge is to know what they really require before we start developing. We need to know the exceptions that we might face. But the development part is quite easy thanks to the UiPath Academy and the forum. It's not that hard.

We can even teach our clients a little bit about the use of the UiPath. It's easy and doesn't require an IT engineer. They get excited to use it.

I started my use of UiPath with the UiPath Academy and I'm still learning there because there are updates and new features to learn about. The Academy is very helpful with its videos and explanations, and with the questions at the end of the lessons. I like that it allows me to learn on my own time. It's very constructive because things are explained well and I like that I don't have to be at a school to learn it.

Also, the UiPath community is very good. Anytime I have a problem, or something blocks me, I post a question on the forum and people spend a lot of time helping me. Even if the first solution doesn't work, they come up with another one. When I started working with UiPath, there were only a few people who knew the platform and I had to wait days and days to get an answer, and sometimes I wouldn't get one. But over time, I feel the difference because there are more people in the community and they are more responsive and very helpful.

What needs improvement?

We have the new license, the Flex Plan with Automation Suite, but we don't have practical examples and we have found it a little bit difficult when dealing with it. We could use more specifications about it and practical examples. Sometimes clients ask us questions, but, even on the UiPath forums,  we don't have answers. We have to spend a lot of time trying to find them. Practical responses about installations and the differences between the kinds of installations would be helpful.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been working with UiPath for almost three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It's very stable. I haven't faced a problem with UiPath Studio. I would give it a 10 out of 10 for stability.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It's scalable. I would rate it a nine out of 10 on this aspect.

How are customer service and support?

I have needed their help too many times but they have been so helpful. They respond with emails, and sometimes I even talk with them on Google Meet. They are responsive.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

We have worked with UiPath on-premises, on Azure, and on a private cloud. That's where we use it the most. An on-premises setup is easy to do, and on a private cloud, it's not complicated. But with the Automation Suite, it is complicated and we asked UiPath to help us.

When we deploy it for our customers, we ask them to prepare the production environment for us so that it is already ready. For deployment, we have an architecture and an infrastructure engineer. Sometimes we need the infrastructure engineer if something is complicated about the infrastructure. We work with the IT department of the client and our infrastructure engineer.

For unassisted robots, we take the robot from the development machine or the test machine to the deployment machine. For clients using Orchestrator, we create the robot, the job, and we execute the robots from Orchestrator.

Maintaining UiPath is not difficult. One engineer can handle it, for now.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

I did some research on Power Automate, but I haven't worked with it. I only saw the interface and some examples. We are planning to learn more about Power Automate and the differences between it and UiPath, but for now, we are only working with you UiPath.

What other advice do I have?

My advice is to use the UiPath Academy and do some practical exercises. And when working with your client, ask all the questions that you have, including exceptions and real cases. Technically, everything is good. Just attend the Academy and use the forums and everything will be okay.

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reviewer1444071 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Intelligent automation at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Enables us to implement end-to-end automation and has very useful templates
Pros and Cons
  • "Document processing is a valuable feature in UiPath."
  • "UiPath needs to improve its onboarding and operational excellence."

What is our primary use case?

We use UiPath in the banking industry to help with the loan process. UiPath can check the title and address, and get documents from government and public websites. It can also check UCC scripts and the depth of support before feeding the information into the line of business application for the loan process.

How has it helped my organization?

Building automation using UiPath is quite easy.

UiPath enables us to implement end-to-end automation as long as the format is compatible.

Being a part of the UiPath user community is helpful because it provides us with a lot of resources for our internal research. We use the UiPath Academy courses to train our team members when we have new projects or implementations.

UiPath helped us reduce our on-premises footprint. The bots have taken over the repetitive tasks, freeing up our people to focus on other areas.

For some of our digital transformation initiatives, the solution helps reduce costs, but the extent of the savings depends on the licensing costs.

We only require IT application support for some aspects of our digital transformation.

Before UiPath, there was a human error rate of five percent on tasks. With UiPath, the human error rate has been reduced to three percent. UiPath can save people's time anywhere from a few weeks to three months, depending on the complexity of automation.

What is most valuable?

Document processing is a valuable feature in UiPath. It allows us to process various scanned and PDF documents, extract data from them, and further evaluate the data for business purposes. This could include income tax files that are required for load processing or documents for property inspection reports.

The templates are very useful to us. We reviewed templates for almost 400 similar scenarios where changes are made to two configuration files. These scenarios may be helpful to the customer.

The integration is also good.

What needs improvement?

UiPath needs to improve its onboarding and operational excellence.

The licensing cost and technical support have room for improvement.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using UiPath for almost five years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

UiPath is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

UiPath's scalability depends on how we design the solution. Our clients are medium-sized organizations.

How are customer service and support?

The technical support takes a long time to resolve our tickets. 

How would you rate customer service and support?

Neutral

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is straightforward. Deployment usually takes a few hours. Configuration can sometimes be challenging because the deployment is across multiple instances of the orchestrator.

What about the implementation team?

We implement UiPath for our clients. Minimal maintenance is only required for complex deployments.

What was our ROI?

Some of our customers have seen a return on investment within the first eight months, while others have seen it after 15 months.

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

The UiPath license is expensive.

What other advice do I have?

I give UiPath a nine out of ten.

Based on the complexity of the automation required, I would recommend UiPath.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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reviewer2159145 - PeerSpot reviewer
Architect at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Real User
Top 5
It saves us time and helped us reduce our on-prem footprint, but it could be a little cheaper
Pros and Cons
  • "They offer free courses for developers, and we take advantage of those. The UiPath community has also had a tremendous impact on our operations."
  • "UiPath is quite expensive compared to Power Automate. That's the main difference, and we have to purchase a new license for every feature."

What is our primary use case?

We primarily use UiPath for science-related automations.

How has it helped my organization?

The biggest benefit we get from UiPath is saving time. We work with small and medium-sized businesses that need to perform multiple mundane, repetitive tasks. UiPath reduces the time we spend on these tasks by about 60 to 70 percent. By automating low-level jobs, employees can focus on high-priority tasks. Automation has sped up our invoicing because we can process invoices 24/7. We saved more than $200,000 using UiPath.

UiPath helped us reduce our on-prem footprint. Using bots eliminates human error from most jobs if we develop the correct logic and business exceptions, but we still need humans working upstream. 

What is most valuable?

Building automations is quite straightforward. They offer free courses for developers, and we take advantage of those. The UiPath community has also had a tremendous impact on our operations.

What needs improvement?

The artificial intelligence and machine learning features are good, but there is some room for improvement. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have used UiPath for more than five years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

UiPath is stable. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

UiPath is scalable. 

How are customer service and support?

I rate UiPath support an eight out of ten.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

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

I have used several RPA tools, including Blue Prism, Automation Anywhere, and Microsoft Power Automate. UiPath is easier to learn and more user-friendly than other solutions. There are also lots of open-source resources you can use. Power Automate was included with our Office 365 license, so we use it for some things. However, it isn't our primary RPA solution. 

How was the initial setup?

Deploying UiPath is straightforward and only takes a couple of minutes. One person is enough to install it. 

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

UiPath is quite expensive compared to Power Automate. That's the main difference, and we have to purchase a new license for every feature. 

What other advice do I have?

I rate UiPath a seven out of ten. I would recommend it to others, but I can't give it a higher score because I'm not happy with the licensing model. That's what bothers me the most about UiPath. 

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Solutions Architect at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
Speeds up digital transformation and reduces human error
Pros and Cons
  • "The UiPath community has grown and is active. It is definitely helpful to be a part of it because others can assist us."
  • "I would like to see a universal recorder feature added so that we can record Excel macros. You could then click a button to record the screen, and then all the actions across applications would be recorded. This functionality is available already in Automation Anywhere, but the last time I checked, it was not available in UiPath."

What is our primary use case?

We have two primary use cases. We use UiPath to scrape data from multiple websites and platforms, mainly for competitive intelligence and internal use. The other use case is basic automation, that is, moving files from one system to another when there is no direct integration. Through UiPath and leveraging RPAs, we pull data from one system, for example, an S3 bucket or Google Drive, and put it into our database.

How has it helped my organization?

The use of UiPath has resulted in time savings for our organization. It has probably saved us 40 development hours a month.

What is most valuable?

Building automation with UiPath is easy. If you compare it to building these scripts using Python or any other programming languages directly, then it is incomparable. If you write a .NET or a Python code, it will take a lot of time development-wise. The ease of building automations is very high compared to that with programming languages.

End-to-end automation is important to us in terms of deployment and development. Development is definitely easy, but the orchestration of those flows and deployment can be a hassle to maintain and manage. With UiPath, we are able to monitor the workloads and orchestrate the different workloads within the app ecosystem itself.

The UiPath community has grown and is active. It is definitely helpful to be a part of it because others can assist us.

UiPath Academy courses helped reduce the learning curve.

You can speed up digital transformation and reduce the cost of digital transformation using UiPath. It provides a good orchestrator, and the fully managed option can help reduce the burden on IT staff.

We have been able to reduce human error by using UiPath. Suppose we need to move files from one place to another. If we move it through a system and predefined rules, the system will not make a mistake. It will always pick up the particular file and concatenate it where it is supposed to. However, a human can, by mistake, concatenate one file to another.

What needs improvement?

For small use cases, it would be great to have independent runner licenses with costs that are comparable to those of Power Automate. Then, UiPath would be a better alternative.

The AI functionality was not that effective in complex scenarios when I used it some time ago.

I would like to see a universal recorder feature added so that we can record Excel macros. You could then click a button to record the screen, and then all the actions across applications would be recorded. This functionality is available already in Automation Anywhere, but the last time I checked, it was not available in UiPath.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've used it for over a year.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

UiPath is a stable solution.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It is a scalable tool.

How was the initial setup?

I found the initial setup to be straightforward, and it took less than a week. You don't need dedicated staff to maintain the solution.

What about the implementation team?

We implemented it ourselves. We had a team of three who worked on the deployment.

What was our ROI?

We haven't seen much ROI; it has been average. As a result, we are moving to Power Automate.

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

The pricing is competitive, and for large-scale use cases, UiPath may make better sense cost-wise. However, it is not very viable for small-scale use cases. Power Automate is much cheaper and has similar functionalities.

UiPath offers two options. If you choose the on-premises option, then you would have to manage it yourself, but if you go for the fully managed one, then there won't be any overhead cost.

We are gradually moving to Power Automate and Power Apps because we are already on the Microsoft stack, and it helps us reduce the footprint. If the cost of UiPath were comparable to that of Power Automate, then UiPath would have been the better alternative.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

In my previous company, we used Power Automate, Automation Anywhere, and UiPath. The only good aspect of Power Automate is that it has very minimal cost implications. IQ Bot from Automation Anywhere is slightly better than UiPath's AI capability. Also, the ease of building automations with UiPath is comparable to that of Automation Anywhere and Power Automate.

What other advice do I have?

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

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
PeerSpot user
Center of Exellence Lead at a real estate/law firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Automation solution that is easy to learn, but the stability could be improved
Pros and Cons
  • "The task capture and task binding features have been most valuable. These features make it easier for a team who are not that familiar with RPA to successfully use UiPath."
  • "The stability of the bots could be improved. The bots could be expanded to have more objects already prebuilt."

What is our primary use case?

We use this solution for voice processing, user onboarding, offboarding, marketing, email consolidation, text form generation, text form ingestion, AP, and AR.

We are using UiPath's AI functionality although we have not been able to do much complex configuration. Theoretically, it works but as soon as we start adding different invoices, it's a very cumbersome, long, and human-centric process. Our company is planning to scale our automation efforts.

How has it helped my organization?

This solution is easy to use for the end user. The Academy courses make this possible as well as the community forums. I am a senior manager and my role is building the center of excellence. I learned how to write code on UiPath using the Academy and learned from my peers in community forums. 

This has been the biggest benefit. With other vendors, you had to pay thousands of dollars to learn how to use their solutions. With UiPath, you can learn on your own and expand your knowledge.

What is most valuable?

The task capture and task binding features have been most valuable. These features make it easier for a team who are not that familiar with RPA to successfully use UiPath. They generate the PDD the way it's supposed to be and capture the right screenshot.

What needs improvement?

The stability of the bots could be improved. The bots could be expanded to have more objects already prebuilt. It would be useful if it was clear to the end user that there are objects already built. It should be easily available or there should be a very simple search for objects. Many users don't know that Marketplace exists or that it gives you free bots. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this solution for eight years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

This is a stable solution and we have not experienced any crashes. The challenge we have experienced is when developers do not document requirements correctly but we have had no issues with the software itself. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

This is a scalable solution. 

How are customer service and support?

Customer support is provided mostly by a consulting firm. We usually raise a ticket and get an answer. We would like the technical support to be sharper and faster rather than going through the consulting firm as this can take more than a week. 

I would rate the support for this solution a six or seven out of ten. This score could be improved if we had a single point of contact. 

How would you rate customer service and support?

Neutral

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

Before UiPath, we used Blue Prism. We switched due to the ease of use of UiPath as I could learn how to use it myself and teach the team. This training is free and also offers free software. 

How was the initial setup?

If you are new to UiPath, the initial setup is not that straightforward. It is easier now that I have been working with the solution for a few years. The most challenging part of the setup is getting information on how UiPath connects with other systems. Only 1% of the community actually knows this. 

For the setup, our infrastructure team followed the instructions sent by UiPath. At that time, there was no cloud functionality. UiPath could offer better communication around the overall implementation and where data is stored.  The instructions are very easy to follow but the security approvals cause a lot of blockers. 

What was our ROI?

We have experienced ROI in two ways. Within the first three to six months, whatever we invested came back to us in terms of time-saving and money-saving. We have also seen an increase in client satisfaction in the sense that we can look up client information using attended bots. 

What other advice do I have?

This tool makes it easy to build a team that can manage it because of the availability of the academy and certifications for upskilling. The courses are set up to ensure the user fully understands what the certification is about before they are awarded it. 

It's easy to use and the dashboards give me easy access to insights. This is why I always recommend UiPath to others. Some organizations can waste millions of dollars trying to set up other solutions. 

I would rate UiPath a seven out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

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