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Created a better atmosphere of better data quality
Pros and Cons
  • "Time-saving is the biggest area that has improved for us. We had users spending lots of time trying to get data from a system and then creating a file that was going to be used for our auditing purposes, which then gets submitted online. We definitely found some issues where an end-user was pulling data from different sources and then storing that data with lots of human touching that created issues."
  • "Since we've been with them, they've changed their licensing structure. It would be nice to have one set structure where they're not changing the structure on us because we were set with what we had, but now we are changing. I understand there's a lot of changes and reasons for it."

What is our primary use case?

Our primary use case is to scrape our database to get data out, create audit files for our tax team, and then take that data and go to websites for each state and submit our taxes online.

How has it helped my organization?

Time-saving is the biggest area that has improved for us. We had users spending lots of time trying to get data from a system and then creating a file that was going to be used for our auditing purposes, which then gets submitted online. We definitely found some issues where an end-user was pulling data from different sources and then storing that data with lots of human touching that created issues.

UiPath created a better atmosphere of better data quality. Time management was also much better, and now the user actually has a better experience doing that process because now it's a click of a button. They can spend their time doing the actual work that they want to do.

Instead of having to go back out through those websites and make corrections when they paid for the wrong taxes. In some states, it's a lot harder to make those corrections, especially if it's one where you overpaid. Now, they're accurate and they don't have to go back and make those changes to try and get that resolved.

We have seen cost savings from the time it has saved us. We save around 40 to 50 hours a month. Over the course of a year, it's quite a bit, and it adds up.

What is most valuable?

Web trading services are the most valuable features. 

It is easy to build out automations. I have an IT degree, but I was not doing the dev work within our department. I came from a data quality background and transitioned over to this because the low code has been great and all the online resources that they've provided us have been very beneficial.

Other members of my team have used the Academy. It helps to get a jump start. Now, luckily, we have a couple of us that do it. It's much easier to train and show them what we have already built and then say, "if you have questions, you look here." It's just been great.

They have the robotic enterprise framework that I wouldn't have used if it wasn't for the Academy. When I first started automating, I wasn't utilizing that process at all. That actually made a huge difference in how I programmed and how I even looked at building my automations to start with. I feel like learning that course specifically for me, was great, was like the best benefit for me.

What needs improvement?

Since we've been with them, they've changed their licensing structure. It would be nice to have one set structure where they're not changing the structure on us because we were set with what we had, but now we are changing. I understand there's a lot of changes and reasons for it.

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For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using UiPath for a year and a half. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I haven't had much issue with stability.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It doesn't seem to have a limit. Scalability has been great. Everything that we've run into that we've needed it to do, it's been able to do.

How are customer service and support?

Even being a smaller consumer as we are, when we've submitted tickets, they've been very responsive even to the point of when we couldn't get our deployment deployed because we had an issue. They were responsive and within a couple of emails of them understanding our issue, we were on a phone call and had everything resolved over a phone call

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was straightforward. A different part of our IT department did the setup and they seemed to do okay with it. We had some hiccups with it. When I did some upgrades with that, I had a couple of hiccups, but I was able to actually work with UiPath and they were able to help us resolve our issues.

My first deployment took a couple of weeks.

When we did our original deployment, it took a couple of weeks just to research and understand exactly what we needed to do for the on-prem plus the other daily work that we had going on. It wasn't the highest priority because at the time I was using the community addition to get started.

What was our ROI?

Our very first project was the biggest return on investment.

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

For bigger businesses, pricing doesn't matter as much. It has the right packages. But for a smaller company, it's really tough. There could be better package options that suit smaller companies. 

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

A consultancy called Agility Partners came in to help us. We had the tax automation we wanted to do and they gave us some options of different things and then they pointed us in the direction of UiPath thinking it would be the best benefit for us.

What other advice do I have?

As soon as you can, do it. You're not going to believe how well the automation will save you time, your company time, and even quality issues. This has been great.

I would rate it a nine out of ten. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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Prevents human error, increases data accuracy, standardization, and quality of data for the shipping processes
Pros and Cons
  • "Attended Bots have been star cases as it totally removes dependencies of user literacy to know the application."
  • "UiPath should focus more on recommendations of process automation based on ERP Applications like Oracle, SAP etc. They should also provide a list of possible RPA cases as per departments, processes and based on various industry domains."

What is our primary use case?

RPA - Novigo Automation Framework Solutions - Setup an Automation Factory Model.

Automation Focus has been Productivity, Quality, Cost, Process Optimization, and compliance.

Focused on delivering Process Automation for Oracle EBS ERP application for various departments including IT, Finance, Operations, Engineering, Sales .etc 

  1. Manufacturing: Master data maintenance & monitoring Inventory transactions, BOM error fix & transfer, WIP issue & complacent
  2. Finance: Financial closing, IC transaction, security & FA master & transactions, Master data, duplicate check, auto-CM creation & auto-payment, Customer Master, running letter, print errors & auto-receipts
  3. Supply Chain: Sales order Integration with the portal, shipment, RMA, digital shipping & backorder, item cost update & inventory interface, procurement, receiving & monitoring
  4. System Admin: Access provisioning, - Creating responsibility, Monitoring pending transaction & analyzer.

How has it helped my organization?

RPA Automation has accelerated heavily within the organization. 

It started with task automation and ended up with process automation.

  • Increased Operational excellence - With multiple FTE savings every month.
  • Lowered operational cost with a minimum saving of 780+ Man hours every month.
  • Overall $1 million annual savings through improved process efficiency.
  • Increased Shipping Order execution velocity by 2x times -At least 10,000 orders in every 4 days.
  • Amplified shipping process efficiency and employee productivity by 100% - with one click execution.
  • ABCDi (AnyBody Can Do it) technique enables Zero dependencies on SME requirement to perform the task and Zero dollars spend on training the Shipping operators.
  • Prevents human error, increases data accuracy, standardization, and quality of data for the shipping process.
  • Excellent ROI with investment cost recovered in 1.25 months timeline and an Annualized ROI for 5 years is 68.50%
  • Built from LTI Novigo Automation Framework, it provides the agility and speed required to customize and deploy the solution quickly.

What is most valuable?

  • Attended Bots have been star cases as it totally removes dependencies of user literacy to know the application. 
  • ABCDi (AnyBody Can Do it) technique enables Zero dependencies on SME requirement to perform the task and Zero dollars spend on training the Shipping operators.
  • With Novigo Automation Framework, the implementation lifecycle is accelerated by about 25%-to-32%, while drastically reducing the implementation services cost. Identification of possible use cases along with efforts required, time involved, and cost savings can be easily envisioned by using NAF.

    What needs improvement?

    • RPA AI capabilities - UiPath is leading in this area.
    • UiPath should focus more on recommendations of process automation based on ERP Applications like Oracle, SAP etc. They should also provide a list of possible RPA cases as per departments, processes and based on various industry domains. 
    • More on RPA Governance features to be provided out of the box. 
    • RPA Capabilities with IVR Channels to address voice commands will be a game changer for Customer call center cases.                                                                               

    For how long have I used the solution?

    We have been using UiPath for two years.

    What do I think about the stability of the solution?

    Excellent in stability. 

    What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

    Easily scalable in a few minutes.

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

    No.

    How was the initial setup?

    UiPath Cloud Orchestrator setup is pretty must straightforward, we manage to do a complete setup in a matter of a few hours time.

    What about the implementation team?

    We deployed it in-house - SI - LTI.

    What was our ROI?

    >30% ROI  - we recovery of overall investments recovered in seven months' time.

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

    UiPath is very cost-effective.

    Which other solutions did I evaluate?

    Yes, we have evaluated all top RPA products like Automation Anywhere and Blue Prism.

    Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

    Hybrid Cloud

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

    Microsoft Azure
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    Nilesh PawarDirector - Cloud Architecture at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
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    5-Star RPA Platform - UiPath 2020.4

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    Business Intelligence & Automation Manager at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
    Real User
    UiPath allows us to not only automate but to also do new things that would have previously required an army to develop and execute.
    Pros and Cons
    • "his solution has allowed us to tackle tasks that could not possibly be done by humans."
    • "The initial setup process seemed very complicated."

    What is our primary use case?

    We currently use an on-premise Orchestrator instance along with VDIs for Studio development, testing, and production Robots. We use UiPath in a few different ways: for repetitive high volume and or high complexity time-intensive tasks, for tasks with high error rates and or low error tolerance, and as a component in larger digital workstreams requiring the interaction of multiple systems and workers.

    How has it helped my organization?

    We are able to roll out customized sales reports for every appointment for all 400 of our sales agents, which is something that was not even feasible before. It could not possibly be done by humans alone without hiring an army.

    What needs improvement?

    We have been patching together a number of different solutions to try and create a more holistic automation solution. The newly announced features such as Long Processes, AI Fabric, and improved attended dashboard will go a long way in solving those needs.

    For how long have I used the solution?

    Eight Months

    What do I think about the stability of the solution?

    On a scale from one to five where one is not stable and five is very stable, I would rate the stability of UiPath platform as a three. We had a lot of trouble initially, most of which was our own fault. Migrating all development, testing, and production, to identical virtual machines to ensure parity helped tremendously with stability and reliability. We still have to be very careful with selectors though and have learned to not trust the default capture particularly with Java-based applications.

    What do I think about the scalability of the solution?


    How are customer service and technical support?

    I'd say the customer support is nothing short of excellent. We've had access to both technical and business experts as needed, and have regular conversations regarding challenges, successes, and the path to full-enterprise deployment.

    On a scale from one to five where one is the least beneficial and five is the most beneficial, I would rate the UiPath Academy RPA training for our team as a four. It's no substitute for programming experience and computer science knowledge, but one of our Accounting Analysts and a Process Engineer each completed the first course and within a couple of weeks were producing basic automations. It's a fantastic entry point both for non-technical and technical users to learn about RPA and get up and building fast.

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

    Previously I've used Automation Anywhere and switched when changing companies.

    How was the initial setup?


    What about the implementation team?

    Our infrastructure team handled implementation with considerable help from UiPath. On a scale from one to five where one is very bad and five is excellent, I would rate our experience with UiPath as a five. The service was excellent.

    What was our ROI?

    It took us about four months to see a return on our investment. In the last six months, we have saved about a hundred thousand dollars and we have freed up about five FTE (Full-Time Employees) of capacity.

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

    Plan to scale from the start! We initially deployed with a single-node on-premise configuration to test everything out and validate the business case. Six-months later and we now have to stand-up a new environment that is critical-process-capable (multi-site/cloud, load balancing, log monitoring, failover, etc) and has the capacity to handle the number of robots and users needed as we roll out enterprise-wide. It would have been more cost-effective and much easier on the infrastructure team to plan it all out ahead of time.

    Which other solutions did I evaluate?

    We evaluated BluePrisim, Automation Anywhere, and UiPath. Our Process Engineers and citizen developers really liked the flowchart-esque UI and the business leaders were impressed by UiPath's ability to build a PoC for one of our worst processes in just two days.

    What other advice do I have?

    On a scale from one to five where one is very difficult and five is very easy, I would rate the ease of use as a three. The flow is ideal for process-minded people and analysts, so they are able to navigate the UI and start building quickly. Our more advanced developers occasionally opine about the lack of an editor like interface and the need to click through a lot of UI elements to access more technical elements. Overall though, we feel it strikes a good middle ground, particularly when compared to other major competitors.

    Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

    On-premises
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    IT Analyst at a printing company with 10,001+ employees
    Real User
    Saves us time and helps eliminate errors in repetitive manual processes
    Pros and Cons
    • "Using this solution has allowed us to enter a lot of customer data into our system in a much quicker and more efficient manner."
    • "In the training, between steps two and three, there is a pretty big leap in terms of how difficult the material is."

    What is our primary use case?

    We are using Studio and Orchestrator.

    Our primary use case is automating data processing for clients translating into other systems.

    We do not run our automations in a virtual environment.

    With respect to how easy it is to automate our company's processes, on a scale of one to five, I would rate this solution a three. I think that the technology that we use in the printing industry is a little more difficult to automate.

    I am currently involved in the UiPath Academy training. We have third-party contractors who have been doing the development, and I am the first internal employee who will be developing. I find that the training is good in the first step, and also in the second step where we're learning about Orchestrator. However, when it moves to the third step and they are talking about the framework, I think that it is a pretty big leap and that is where I'm struggling. This is the section that I am in right now.

    There was one project that was completed before I started, at my understanding is that from the point that we purchased our UiPath license until we had our first robot was less than six months. For my project, it has taken two months.

    How has it helped my organization?

    Using this solution has allowed us to enter a lot of customer data into our system in a much quicker and more efficient manner.

    In terms of eliminating human errors, this solution has definitely helped. I would estimate an eighty percent reduction in the number of errors.

    With respect to saving time, automation has taken a process that used to take two or three days to perform, down to several minutes.

    What is most valuable?

    The most valuable feature for us right now is being able to automate our process applications.

    What needs improvement?

    In the training, between steps two and three, there is a pretty big leap in terms of how difficult the material is. Moving right from the basics into the framework is causing me to struggle a little bit, and I think that there is room for improvement here.

    What do I think about the stability of the solution?

    With respect to the stability from a bot perspective, on a scale from one to five, I would rate this solution a four. It has been pretty stable for us.

    What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

    We have less than fifty people involved in our RPA program at this time.

    What about the implementation team?

    We have contractors who are doing our development right now. On a scale of one to five, I would rate our experience with them a three. They seem to be struggling with the PDD.

    What was our ROI?

    In the project that I worked on, we have definitely seen ROI. We replaced a process that was being done manually, so we began to see returns immediately.

    What other advice do I have?

    For the way in which we are using this solution, the features have been working very well. Our company is very young in this so we are still learning. We will get a lot out of this solution.

    If you have a lot of manual and repetitive tasks in your company then this is definitely a great solution for you. That said, I know that things can always improve.

    I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

    Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

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    Product Manager at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees
    Real User
    Saves the organization time, and enables the reallocation of resources but reporting needs more development
    Pros and Cons
    • "Customer support is a bright spot and helps give users confidence in the solution."
    • "We are having some on-going stability issues."

    What is our primary use case?

    We use Studio, Orchestrator, Studio and Orchestrator right now for RPA development for automating pretty much anything that rules-based processes can accomplish that are mundane and take time. 

    How has it helped my organization?

    UiPath has improved our organization simply through the ability to automate. Creating rules-based processes and making them automated can allow us to make better use of people's time. Now people are not working weekends and overtime. People are working their regular hours and doing their regular jobs.

    What is most valuable?

    I would say the most valuable feature in the solution is Orchestrator in conjunction with the customer service piece which is also very valuable. The ability to troubleshoot whether it is infrastructure support or a development support issue, having somebody to reach out and provide feedback is very beneficial.

    What needs improvement?

    One additional feature that I would like to see included in the next release of this solution — and actually looking forward to — is more development in the reporting. The Insight piece that was announced was very good to hear about. We are excited about that and looking forward to it just so we do not have to develop our own reporting infrastructure. Instead, we can leverage UiPath's Insight platform to do reporting, deliver reports, measure production errors, and further simplify how we gather and assess information. As far as room for improvement, I would say that is my biggest missing piece.

    What do I think about the stability of the solution?

    On a scale from one to five where one is not stable and five is very stable, I would rate the stability of UiPath platform as a three. Right now, we are having some connectivity issues, between Orchestrator and our environment. We have been working with our infrastructure support team and UiPath infrastructure report team to figure out what's going on. We are working through the issues and I'm very impressed with the support that we have been given, but we have got to figure out what the issues are and solve them.

    What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

    We have approximately 15 people in our organization involved in the automation program and I don't think it would be difficult to scale that usage up.

    How are customer service and technical support?

    I would say that overall I'm very pleased with the customer and technical support from UiPath. They have been very responsive. If there is any need or if there is an issue, they are good at getting to work on finding a solution. They also provide additional resources.

    Our team used UiPath Academy's RPA training and on a scale from one to five, where one is the least beneficial and five is the best, I would say the training is probably a four-out-of-five. The feedback that I've gotten from others that attended is that it is very informative and they are good training courses. The tests are challenging enough that it makes participants involved so that they are prepared for the next course. So mostly the RPA training is a positive experience.

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

    We did previously use a different solution, but it was a proprietary vendor solution — one of our servicing vendors created it. They were not able to deliver solutions of service packs within an expected timeline. We had to identify different short-term and long-term needs and decided to invest in a new solution. We had to identify a way to bridge some of those gaps in the interim until we could get those upgrades on that platform.

    We ended up choosing UiPath automated processes on the recommendation of Accelerate who we were using as a consultant.

    How was the initial setup?

    I would say the initial setup was straightforward and it wasn't too complicated. From the time we purchased the UiPath license until our first bot introduction I think it was only about two months. The installation itself was easy too. We were able to install it on-premises, get all the licenses running, get all our basic needs set up so we could do development, and put a bot into production. It was not a long onboarding process before we started seeing results. 

    What about the implementation team?

    We did use the assistance of a consultant for the deployment. That would be Accelerate. Our experience with them was okay. On a scale from one through five I would say they scored a three-out-of-five. The delivery was not quite what we expected and did not meet our timeline. We set out with a goal and we fell short of that goal, and we're working with them to help us have a good forward-thinking plan. Delivery was not fully met, so we weren't too happy with that. But otherwise, they were right there.

    What was our ROI?

    We have seen a return on investment and some performance benefits. For example, we were able to pretty much completely automate one process that had two FTEs (Full-time Employees) who were spending 40 hours a week completing a process. Using UiPath we were able to almost completely automate that process and bring that workload down to 10%. So now the bot does 90% of the work and they just handle Excel. 

    I think I could say we'll save approximately $400,000. Somewhere around there. But it isn't just financial savings. The solution helps to eliminate human errors, saves the organization time, and allows the reallocation of resources. I would say, based on the use cases that we have, we have saved roughly 60% of our effort on automated processes. So the users are now managing business exceptions that they may have and are handling things on a higher level.

    Which other solutions did I evaluate?

    I don't know if we had additional options on a shortlist because I wasn't involved in that part of the selection process. I was brought in a little bit later. But there are obviously a host of different vendors that have different solutions that Accelerate would have been aware of. We went through a vetting process and identified Accelerate as our number one choice as a consultant. From there, UiPath was the vendor they suggested, so that's how we got connected with UiPath.

    What other advice do I have?

    We run our automation in a virtual environment. The implementation is good. We are having a few issues. I don't know if it's directly related to the virtual environment, but we are having some connectivity problems which affect stability. Otherwise, we're good.

    On a scale from one to five where one is very difficult and five is easy, I would rate the ease of use as a four. It is a four and not a five for the simple fact that the product does not really achieve the level of simplicity I expect. I'm not a technical person. Most non-technical people can — if you're kind of familiar with the different workflow options and sequences — go in and develop some things you need to accomplish for automation with this tool. I would say that for more complicated pieces, you need a more technical background. The focus on making it easy for non-technical users is very important and they could do a better job of it in my opinion.

    On a scale from one to ten, where one is the worst and ten is the best, I would rate this product at probably a seven out of ten. That leaves a lot of areas for improvement. On the other hand, I'm pretty pleased with the product and what UiPath has delivered.

    The advice I would to a colleague at another company who is researching this solution is that with UiPath, customer support is a driver. Anybody can deliver a product, but it's what kind of system or service you provide to back it up that can matter as much or more. My experience has been great with UiPath and their ability to provide excellent support matters a great deal to my customer experience.

    Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

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    The ease of use and implementation together are a huge value-add and time saver to any organization
    Pros and Cons
    • "It took us only about two days of man-hours to build it out. Thus, it is easily implemented, programmed, and deployed. The ease of use and implementation together are a huge value-add and time saver to any organization."
    • "I would like more defined processes for around use cases. This might be helpful, as it is more general at the moment."

    What is our primary use case?

    Our primary use case for it right now is in human resources. We are using it as a recruiting capability where we receive resumes in from recruiters, one in particular. Then, we're looking at the emails, pulling data off the resumes, and loading it into a database. We are also identifying resumes which might need some additional clarification. This saves a lot of time, so somebody doesn't have to go through each email, evaluate them, and pull the resumes down.

    Our customers are the DoD, mostly, and some civilian agencies.

    What is most valuable?

    • The ability to integrate easily within our IT environment.
    • The ease in which we are able to program and tie it into our various applications.

    What needs improvement?

    I would like more defined processes for around use cases. This might be helpful, as it is more general at the moment.

    What do I think about the stability of the solution?

    We have not experienced a whole lot of issues with UiPath at all internally. 

    In some of the pilots that we are developing for our partners or for our customers, we haven't seen any major big issues or bugs.

    What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

    We are still in the initial phases of deploying different bots, one bot at a time. Once we get into the Orchestrator area, we are looking at more of shared, multiple Unattended bot deployments. Then, we will have a better feel for it.

    How are customer service and technical support?

    The support has been excellent and very helpful. We have received a lot of great information and assistance from the UiPath engineers and partner alliance people, who has been very helpful and responsive.

    How was the initial setup?

    It took us only about two days of man-hours to build it out. Thus, it is easily implemented, programmed, and deployed. The ease of use and implementation together are a huge value-add and time saver to any organization. 

    The ease of use did exceed our expectations. We heard it was easy. We had been trained up and had certified people. However, this was our first endeavor, in terms of deploying it internally, and it went extremely well. 

    What was our ROI?

    We have seen a huge benefit time-wise, in terms of the repetitive type of activities that we do. Now, we have automated those and can do the more hardcore analysis of the resumes. In the human resources area, it would take 27 minutes to process 20 emails. With UiPath, we are doing it in about two minutes, which is a huge time savings.

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

    Given how cheap it is to initially buy the product, the licensing methodology that they have in terms of renewing every year is appropriate. Later on, if they start charging more early on, for deployment, buying the license, and deploying it initially, then having a lower maintenance fee might be more appropriate. Now, with the scale they are at, it is an appropriate way to do the licensing.

    Which other solutions did I evaluate?

    We are a partner. We are totally onboard with UiPath. We did not look into different partners to use as a product internally.

    It is the market leader, particularly in the federal government. It is getting the widest use right now.

    What other advice do I have?

    The product is extremely helpful. In terms of usability, capability, and functionality, it's one of the best products that we have used in terms of being easily implementable and cost-effective.

    We find that all the materials out there for partner use are extremely effective and organized extremely well. They are very detailed and helpful.

    Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Partner.
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    The best part is you do not need to check anything manually

    What is our primary use case?

    Gone are the days when you have to deploy 100s of people for repeated tasks. We regularly update invoices of different channels and merchants to our workflow. Capturing each invoice requires some human attention. There are chances of using OCR or text-based extraction of invoices. We easily automate each type of invoice extraction to our spreadsheet. This reduces one hour (max 1.5 hr) of 100 employees in our organization.

    How has it helped my organization?

    Majorly replacing all the remote freelancers who were doing the copy-paste work for us to fetch invoices at low pay; they are now set free. We do not hire them, rather our UiPath robot does that, thus reducing the cost.

    What is most valuable?

    The best part of UiPath is you do not need to check anything manually. Whatever error comes, the robot automatically gets stopped rather than infiltrating absurd values in the next process.

    What needs improvement?

    We have deployed the technology for six months. We are facing a major challenge in front of us. The invoice automation can only be done when the invoices are on the website. Usually, we fetch invoices from partner websites as PDF. Thus we are doing extra work of converting the pdf to RPA readable file. If we had dedicated channel of PDFs then it would have worked but it is not like that. 

    For how long have I used the solution?

    Less than one year.
    Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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    reviewer1033404 - PeerSpot reviewer
    Works with 1,001-5,000 employees
    Real User
    The intuitive handling of the tool offers the chance to learn how to automate processes in an easy way

    What is our primary use case?

    The primary use case of UiPath in our company is to automate rule-based processes with easy decisions.

    How has it helped my organization?

    UiPath improved our company through flexible IT solutions, which offers a fast solution to different problems.

    What is most valuable?

    The most valuable feature of UiPath, in my opinion, is that the intuitive handling of the tool offers the chance to learn how to automate processes in an easy way.

    What needs improvement?

    In my opinion, the product could be improved in the area of scraping features like OCR. Sometimes, the success-quote is not very good with these features.

    For how long have I used the solution?

    Still implementing.

    What do I think about the stability of the solution?

    The stability of the solution is mostly good. Sometimes there are bugs.

    What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

    The scalability of UiPath is great. Orchestrator offers many options to scale the business.

    How are customer service and technical support?

    The support of UiPath is very fast and competent.

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

    No, I didn't use any other solution before.

    How was the initial setup?

    The initial setup was a surprise because it was very easy to start.

    What about the implementation team?

    I am implementing in-house for my own company.

    What was our ROI?

    I have no information about this.

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

    The costs of UiPath are very high in my opinion. Small companies may not be able to get many licenses.

    Which other solutions did I evaluate?

    UiPath was chosen by the head of our company.

    What other advice do I have?

    No.

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