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Nirasha Wijepala - PeerSpot reviewer
Robotic Process Automation Engineer at Sri Lanka Telecom
Real User
Great community support, easy to use, and has 100% accuracy
Pros and Cons
  • "I have tried Blue Prism and Automation Anywhere. When I compare UiPath with these solutions, UiPath is easier to use. There is also a lot of community support."
  • "At the functional level, UiPath is almost perfect. The only area for improvement would be the ability to use code. In Blue Prism and other tools, we can write the code, whereas UiPath is drag-and-drop, so sometimes we have limitations when it comes to implementation."

What is our primary use case?

I am working with a Telecommunication company. I work on the software side and IT infrastructure side for the company. We had an EFT, and we needed to automate some functions. That is the main reason for using UiPath. We are able to do service failure handling, order handling, and other tasks. Currently, there are ten to twelve use cases related to telecommunication, but we are planning to automate most of the systems.

We have not yet used the AI functionality, but we are planning to use it in the next year.

How has it helped my organization?

UiPath automation has been helpful for the support team. With the error rate that we had, we could not manage the system. We could not manage the work with the people we had. We had five people on the team. By automating five or six operations, we are operating with two people. The other three people are working in other areas. We also did some automation for operations for the service provisioning team. In that team also, they had some resource issues with two to three people. They are now running operations without any issues. We have also automated use cases related to workflow for the call center back office. We have automated processes related to broadband customer changes. The savings vary from use case to use case. Overall, the support team has replaced five to six members, and the back office team now works with half the team. In some cases, we did not have human resources at all. We automated those processes, and they are functioning without human resources.

UiPath has helped to minimize our on-prem footprint.

UiPath has helped to automate repetitive tasks. Our teams were getting tired because they were doing the same thing. There are also benefits in terms of efficiency because bots can run 24/7.

UiPath has also helped with accuracy. We have 100% accuracy.

UiPath has reduced human error. We are not manually entering the values. They are coming directly from Excel. There are no misunderstanding issues. Bots only do what they are instructed or programmed to do.

UiPath has freed up 50% to 60% of the time of our staff.

What is most valuable?

Its integration is valuable, and it is very easy to use. I could do self-study and get started with the Community edition of UiPath. I have tried Blue Prism and Automation Anywhere. When I compare UiPath with these solutions, UiPath is easier to use. There is also a lot of community support. I have taken a lot of support from the UiPath Community. UiPath has a very good community, so I feel it is very easy.

What needs improvement?

There were one or two bugs, but they have already been fixed. At the functional level, UiPath is almost perfect. The only area for improvement would be the ability to use code. In Blue Prism and other tools, we can write the code, whereas UiPath is drag-and-drop, so sometimes we have limitations when it comes to implementation.

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For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using UiPath since 2020. It has been almost three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We have had some issues with the Community version, but in the licensed version, we have not had any issues. I would rate it a nine out of ten in terms of stability.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It is scalable. We started with one attended bot and one unattended bot, and now, we have three attended bots and three unattended bots. If we increase the number of projects, we can get a new license and deploy the bots. It is very scalable.

If we are not using a license, we can remove that license in the next year, but that has not happened. Every day, we are increasing the processes.

How are customer service and support?

UiPath has a good community. If we have a problem, we can resolve almost all of our problems through the information available on the Internet. The design part is simple, and we have to design the system as the requirement but during the implementation, if we need it, we can get help from the community.

I have also used UiPath Academy. They provide a good foundation. We can learn the basic things about Excel automation and other functions. They cover the user cases for implementation. I have followed many things, and it has been a good support for me.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

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

I have worked with Blue Prism and Automation Anywhere. Both Automation Anywhere and Blue Prism are complex, whereas UiPath is very simple. It is easy to learn. A beginner can easily and quickly work with UiPath, whereas it takes time to work with Blue Prism. UiPath is easy, and we can quickly learn UiPath. Its learning curve is low.

UiPath has a huge community. The community support is less with other tools.

How was the initial setup?

We have had on-premises and cloud deployments. Currently, we are using the cloud one. The initial deployment took one or two days. It was not that difficult. The implementation of a use case takes one to two months.

In terms of maintenance, we need to maintain our infrastructure and bots. There may be some issues with the bots, and we need to monitor whether the functionalities are completed or not. 

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

Its price is reasonable. UiPath's licensing is not a problem for us because we are a big company, but for small companies that need automation, it is difficult to afford. I am from Sri Lanka, and in our country, SMBs do not invest this amount of money into licensing. For a big company, it is not an issue. 

Currently, we have five to six bots, and we are planning to increase them every year. It would be nice to have a version that has fewer features and a lower price.

What other advice do I have?

UiPath is one of the best tools I have used. I have worked on Java and most web services technologies. Robotic process automation is one of the best technologies I have come across.

I would rate UiPath a nine out of ten.

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Mayur Mali - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior RPA Developer at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
Real User
It's easier for beginners to learn, and the learning curve is shorter compared to other tools
Pros and Cons
  • "If you know Python and any other programming language, writing custom scripts is simple. Other solutions like Robocop and Power Automate have less flexibility in the scripting languages you can use."
  • "Sometimes, we get an error when we are developing something in the UiPath Studio for Salesforce. It gives me an error when I create one line of code, but I don't get the error when I make the same line of code again. We also get some bugs when UiPath adds new features. If we're developing multiple activities on one core, it can slow the response times a bit, and it will take more time when we try to download the dependencies or other packages."

What is our primary use case?

We have multiple use cases, including banking and finance. We are primarily taking data from PDFs and manipulating it in Excel, but we also build some UI-related automations. 

How has it helped my organization?

UiPath has saved my team some time by streamlining our processes. Previously, it took nearly a month to complete the accounting processes, but we've reduced it to one week. Before we implemented UiPath, they were working day and night to complete the task, so it reduced the time by almost 90 percent. We're further refining the process to reduce the time to five or six days.

The solution has reduced human error, which also saves us some time because we don't need to go back and correct mistakes. It's almost 100 percent error-free. It saves us money from server costs when we automate processes because there are typically so many people working on the same task. It reduces payroll costs. 

The UiPath Academy offers multiple certificates, which is excellent because we're asked for certifications during our interviews and audits. We've completed most of the UiPath Academy course. There's a foundational certification, and UiPath offers additional courses when they launch a new feature. We can get a deeper understanding of that particular function. The best thing is that it's free, and anyone can access the academy courses. 

What is most valuable?

UiPath's interface is excellent and accessible to new developers. It's easier for beginners to learn, and the learning curve is shorter compared to other tools. If you know Python and any other programming language, writing custom scripts is simple. Other solutions like Robocop and Power Automate have less flexibility in the scripting languages you can use.

We can implement end-to-end automation in most cases because we can use a different language if we encounter any limitations. For example, in one of my projects, we had an issue extracting the data from a scanned document. After reading that scanned copy, it couldn't pull the correct number. We could clean the image using Python scripting, and recreate it so that the output was correct. If we reach a hurdle we can't get over, we can switch to a different scripting language. 

UiPath's community is another thing that sets it apart from other RPA tools. Whenever we get stuck on something, we can go to the community to see if others are facing the same issue. There are many queries in that forum. That's how my team often solves an issue. The forum will have the solution 90 percent of the time. It's a fantastic resource. 

What needs improvement?

UiPath could improve machine learning for its Document Understanding module. We have to train that model to pull the data from different digitized or non-digitized documents. The classification could be improved, but I'm not sure how they could make it better. 

Sometimes, we get an error when we are developing something in the UiPath Studio for Salesforce. It gives me an error when I create one line of code, but I don't get the error when I make the same line of code again. We also get some bugs when UiPath adds new features. If we're developing multiple activities on one core, it can slow the response times a bit, and it will take more time when we try to download the dependencies or other packages. 

If we're doing UI-related automation, updates to the website might remove a specific UI element, and it affects the code. That's a drawback to using UiPath for a website.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have used UiPath for more than four years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

There are some performance issues during development. When we transfer a process from one machine to another using GitHub, it will work fine on my machine, but it will take time for the other developers to redownload the particular dependencies. It is not going to update immediately. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I rate UiPath nine out of 10 for scalability. 

How are customer service and support?

I rate UiPath support seven out of 10. Their frontline support agents don't know that much and often cannot recognize the issue. After contacting UiPath two or three times, they finally assigned us a technical person who could resolve the issue within twenty minutes. However, it took two or three days altogether. Our bot wasn't functioning for that entire time. 

How would you rate customer service and support?

Neutral

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

I have used other RPA tools, including Robocorp, Power Automate, and Automation Edge. UiPath is great for data manipulation. When we want to take values from tables like columns and rows, it's effortless because it's using the .NET language. I use Power Automate and Robocorp because some clients need to develop their processes with these tools. 

UiPath is better than the alternatives, but some of the other tools perform better. For example, if I have the same code in Robocorp and UiPath and run the processes at the same time, Robocorp will complete faster if we're only considering UI-related automation. In most use cases, it's the same, but Robocorp is a little bit faster when automating UI-related processes because it's directly selecting that particular UI element. 

If I want to click to the next page and process the data, it will be faster in Robocorp. In UiPath, it's easier to develop the code and configure the bot, but Robocorp is faster. 

How was the initial setup?

Deploying UiPath is easy. Only one person is needed to install it. It takes around two or three hours to install and configure the solution because the file is larger We have to download UiPath Studio and other components

UiPath requires some maintenance. If the process involves a user interface, we need to adjust it when the website is updated and a UI element is changed. When that happens, we need to update the code that references that particular UI element.

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

UiPath is expensive compared to other solutions like AutomationEdge, which is cheap. Last year, it wasn't too high, but I believe they updated their licensing model, making it very costly.

What other advice do I have?

I rate UiPath eight out of 10. UiPath is an excellent tool, and you can get support quickly from UiPath. One thing I would note is that you can negotiate with UiPath for lower initial costs, but they will likely increase the price after you enroll. 

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Andrew Douglass - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Automation Consultant at Guidehouse
Consultant
Clients saw immediate benefits to the bottom line, and employees were no longer stuck doing repetitive stuff
Pros and Cons
  • "I like UiPath's Orchestrator. It's the core piece."
  • "Sometimes, UiPath support is like a lottery. They have many intelligent people who can get you what you need, but it depends on whether the person you're assigned knows the solution. It might be that they have so many customers and not enough staff. The ticket response times can be pretty slow."

What is our primary use case?

We use UiPath to build attended and unattended automated processes for public and private sector clients. I try to make the processes as slim as possible so that they aren't as dependent on external applications. We have an abundance of documentation, and the goal is to have very little overhead. 

How has it helped my organization?

All the businesses where we've deployed UiPath were pleased with the solution. They saw immediate benefits to the bottom line, and employees were no longer stuck doing repetitive stuff. Organizations typically start realizing the benefits in the first month.

UiPath has reduced human error. It also offers visibility that helps build rapport between contractors like me and my clients in the federal government or other process owners we're working with. The solution cuts the costs associated with digital transformation. The more you want to digitally transform your business, the more expensive it will be. With UiPath, that means the solution needs to use more of the product offerings, like IDP, the AI panel, and other stuff like that. But even with the minimal architecture, it will still cost at least a little bit.

UiPath significantly frees up employee time. On average, I estimate it saves between 50 to 100 hours per automation annually. The amount of money saved offsets the cost of licensing because you're saving time and reducing headaches. 

What is most valuable?

I like UiPath's Orchestrator. It's the core piece.  Automations are relatively easy to build. There is a learning curve initially, but I would rate it seven out of 10 for ease of building automation. The end-to-end automation is critical. It helps us develop a strategy where everyone has their things automated, saving time throughout the organization. The UiPath community forums are a helpful resource where you can contribute and get answers. 

What needs improvement?

I think UiPath's documentation for new features is a bit incomplete at times. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have used UiPath for around four years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The stability depends on the VM you're running UiPath on, so that's not even really UiPath at that point.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

UiPath prides itself on being very scalable. The unattended RPAs make it easy to scale. If you need to add more bots to run more processes, you can just have your IT department provision a new VM and buy more unattended licenses. 

How are customer service and support?

I rate UiPath support five out of 10. Sometimes, UiPath support is like a lottery. They have many intelligent people who can get you what you need, but it depends on whether the person you're assigned knows the solution. It might be that they have so many customers and not enough staff. The ticket response times can be pretty slow.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Neutral

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

Previously, I used Power Automate mainly for its API integration and cloud workflows. I wasn't using it as an RPA solution. 

How was the initial setup?

Due to the ridiculous nature of the government and the premium associated with adopting newer things, we can only do attended bot deployment right now. That means we publish new packages, send them via email, and deploy them on their type of system. In any other RPA shop, we would publish to Orchestrator and manage the process from there. The deployment is straightforward once you know what you're doing, but we need to maintain some oversight on the beginners to ensure they publish the processes correctly.  

I would like to see a GitLab model. In a CI/CD pipeline, it runs a series of tests after every commit to ensure that everything's functioning. It doesn't require maintenance so long as the engine keeps running, but we review the processes annually to see if there are any pain points or if anything needs optimization. 

What was our ROI?

There's an ROI despite the high cost. We save time, and many of the processes are much more robust than they could be if they were performed manually. UiPath can process an Excel file with thousands of rows. Human employees can do that by themselves, but bots can do the job so much faster. 

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

I think UiPath costs too much. They know they're top dogs, and that's fine, but I would never recommend them for anything other than a large enterprise or the federal government. There are development costs and unattended bot licenses are more expensive. UiPath has additional apps you can purchase that all have separate costs. 

What other advice do I have?

I rate UiPath eight out of 10. 

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GHULAM-MUSTAFA - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager Digital Enablement at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Top 20
Can consume APIs directly from any application, reduce human error, and improve operational efficiency
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable feature of UiPath is the ability to consume APIs directly from any application."
  • "UiPath is limited to one application at a time and cannot process two applications simultaneously."

What is our primary use case?

We use UiPath in various internal departments to automate our HR, financial, and IT operations, including access management and ISO compliance to control traffic.

We have UiPath deployed both on-premises and in the cloud.

How has it helped my organization?

Building automation with UiPath is easy. The solution is user-friendly, and we do not require technical knowledge or skills to use it. With a little training, we can start building automation with UiPath. Customer support is helpful if we get stuck at any step, and the dashboard is user-friendly and centralizes control in one place.

We use UiPath for multiple end-to-end processes.

The UiPath User Community is a good place to learn and get answers to questions we have related to UiPath.

The UiPath User Community edition is flexible and allows us to practice and learn for free before taking what we have learned to our enterprise edition of UiPath.

UiPath has improved our operational process efficiency, allowing us to schedule processes to run 24/7 and freeing our employees from repetitive tasks so they can focus on other work.

UiPath Academy courses are useful for our employees. We also have access to the enterprise learning portal, where materials are available.

UiPath has helped reduce human error. When all the prerequisites are met and the process is fully automated there is a zero percent chance for human error. For the processes that are not fully automated, UiPath was able to reduce human error by 60 to 80 percent.

Before UiPath we had one employee tied to one business process and after implementing UiPath we have one employee tied to multiple domains. Our staff now has time to work on other tasks.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature of UiPath is the ability to consume APIs directly from any application.

What needs improvement?

UiPath is expensive, and its cost could be reduced to make it more accessible to small and medium-sized businesses that could benefit from it. The orchestrator and licensing cost should be flexible instead of hard-coded licensing.

UiPath is limited to one application at a time and cannot process two applications simultaneously. This functionality could be improved to support dual browsing, making it more efficient.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using UiPath for almost four years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We have not experienced any crashes of UiPath. We have experienced some slowdowns three times this year, but this could be due to our internal network rather than UiPath.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The scalability is good. We can adjust our workflows according to the conditions with no issues.

How are customer service and support?

Technical support is extremely helpful. We contact support whenever we need to upgrade our volumes, and by following their guidelines and prerequisites, we can easily complete the upgrade ourselves. Once the support team responds to our call they are quick to resolve our issue.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

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

Before UiPath, we performed manual integrations, but the types of processes we could automate were limited. We faced challenges automating any process where humans needed to make decisions or where minor tweaking was required between the target and source applications. UiPath has removed these restrictions.

How was the initial setup?

UiPath is easy to install, and its representatives are flexible in supporting our installation. Upgrading our libraries and maintaining UiPath security protocols is also easy, which makes the overall installation process straightforward.

Two people are enough for the deployment.

What about the implementation team?

We implemented UiPath in-house.

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

UiPath is more expensive than other solutions on the market, such as Microsoft Power Automate.

The Flex license is around $11,000. It should cost at least half that price compared to other solutions. We must purchase an orchestrator for each platform, which is mandatory and adds to the cost. UiPath should consider this and offer a more economical license.

What other advice do I have?

I give UiPath eight out of ten. The cost brings down the overall rating.

Maintenance is required when running UiPath on-premises for the server, OS, and DB. On a bi-weekly and quarterly basis. We also have to implement tools for the firewall.

I recommend UiPath for large-scale and multinational organizations because they can afford the licensing costs. Organizations should explore UiPath before embarking on a transformation journey, as transformation requires significantly more cost than automating existing legacy applications. UiPath is flexible and can integrate with all applications.

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Nicole Otero - PeerSpot reviewer
RPA lead at US Navy
Real User
Improves operational accuracy and efficiency
Pros and Cons
  • "UiPath's most valuable features are automation and document understanding."
  • "I want our relationship to be better because of the nature of what we do."

What is our primary use case?

Our use case started with the financial sector. We are expanding it to the navy's other operational aspects, such as HR, legal, procurement, etc. 

What is most valuable?

UiPath's most valuable features are automation and document understanding. 

What needs improvement?

I want our relationship to be better because of the nature of what we do. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been working with the solution for four to five years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is very stable. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

UiPath is scalable. 

How are customer service and support?

We work very closely with our UiPath representative. 

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

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

We used Microsoft Power Automate. UiPath suits our cloud environment better than Microsoft Power Automate. 

How was the initial setup?

Deployment was complex because of our environment since we needed to get approvals. 

What about the implementation team?

We work very closely with Deloitte. 

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We had evaluated Automation Anywhere. 

What other advice do I have?

Our business objectives for AI-powered automation are finding inefficiencies and improving efficiency and ROI. 

AI-powered automation has helped our organization to be more efficient and faster. It is working 24/7. 

UiPath has enhanced the accuracy of our operations. We were able to recoup funds that we previously knew didn't exist. It has boosted people's morale since they are not working on tedious tasks. 

We estimate that UiPath has saved the Navy about 156,000 hours. I rate it a ten out of ten. You need to understand the tool's processes. 

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Kapil Rampal - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Director at Ivory Education Private Limited
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
Easy to use, excellent support, and cheap for the value you get
Pros and Cons
  • "One thing that we love about UiPath is that the pricing is very good. While we are developing, they have a free option. The Pro option is for just $420. Once we go live, we do not mind paying, so the price point is very good."
  • "We would like to see small modules that we can pick and use. Currently, we have to implement a lot of things. The platform is very good, but we would love to have some more templates that we can quickly implement."

What is our primary use case?

We are an EdTech company. We are working on a solution that allows us to customize our offering by reviewing the intelligence that we have about a person. For example, based on how a person learns, we can customize our offering. If a person is more tactile, we can give more quizzes and other things so that the person uses his or her hands to interact. It is a work in progress. We are still implementing it. It is a lot of work.

How has it helped my organization?

It is very easy to build automations with UiPath. It is completely visual. You can easily drag and drop and create a process. It is fairly easy. People who are not technical are also able to work very well. In education, we have to work with educators apart from techies. In EdTech, we have people who understand learning, so we are able to deploy them for this, and we are able to build a better solution. Techies will not be able to build it because they are not educators. We have educators with over 20 years of experience. If we train them to be techies, they will take 10 years, but if we ask techies to become educators, they might take 100 years. With UiPath, we are able to use the skills of our education specialists along with IT and other departments that are needed.

UiPath enables us to implement end-to-end automation. We can use AWS, Azure, or any other product. It is easy for us to integrate UiPath with our current offering. It is very easy to implement and go live.

We are working on using their AI functionality. We are trying to use the user data that we have to understand about a person and deliver a solution accordingly. For example, right now, in education, one size fits all, so there is one program that is directed at a hundred people. If you see Coursera, they have a completion ratio of around 3%. What we have observed is that when we use a solution like UiPath, for the test cases, the completion ratio is very good. It is close to 80%, which is very good. It is going in the right direction.

As far as our business is concerned, if a person does not complete the program, we do not get paid. There is a revenue leakage. By using UiPath, we are seeing a higher completion ratio. For example, if a person enrolls in a university and completes the program, he will pay up for four years. If he drops out in two months and finds that we are not useful, then obviously, we would lose the revenue for three years and ten months. It is helping us reduce wastage. It is helping us increase our revenues with minimal cost addition. The pricing of UiPath is negligible compared to the benefits. We can recover its monthly cost from the revenue that we get from just one student. We have close to 5,000 students. It is very good for us.

In terms of reduction in human error, when you are developing a program, initially, you will discover many errors that you have been missing out on, so human error will be reduced to minimal if your protocol is right. If you make a basic flaw in your design, then it is different, but otherwise, human error is more or less eliminated. There is close to 30% reduction in human error. Once we scale up, that percentage will go up and efficiency will go up.

We plan to automate all manual processes. Some of them are already automated using UiPath, some of them are in progress, and some of them will be automated in the future, but we will save a lot of human time. Human resources are very costly these days. It takes years and years of training for them to add to our business. UiPath has been good for a lot of things that we thought were not possible. We are able to do them after using UiPath. They are able to help us in finance. They are able to help us in HR. They are able to help us with contact centers. It is very good.

What is most valuable?

One thing that we love about UiPath is that the pricing is very good. While we are developing, they have a free option. The Pro option is for just $420. Once we go live, we do not mind paying, so the price point is very good.

The platform is robust. Particularly in process mining and task mining areas, it is very good. We are working on integrating it with our solution, and the API is fairly easy for us to work with. 

UiPath is very good. They have OpenAI integration. It is a free integration. They have something for extracting data. They have something for copying text from an image. These are all free and ready to be used in automation.

They have a UiPath community. They have a lot of activities to engage people, and the community is growing. It is not as wide as some of the older products such as PHP or Java, but for AI, it is a very good community. They have DevCons that are very popular as well. Their community is all over the world. They have developers in India. They have developers in the Philippines. It is very good.

What needs improvement?

We would like to see small modules that we can pick and use. Currently, we have to implement a lot of things. The platform is very good, but we would love to have some more templates that we can quickly implement. Other than that, it is very good. We do not require anything else. We are very happy with UiPath. It has been an eye-opener for us. We have discovered things that we thought were not possible earlier.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using UiPath for 17 months.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is completely stable. I have not had a single downtime in our development journey and usage. It is a very stable solution. I would rate it a ten out of ten in terms of stability.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It is easily scalable because of the way it is implemented. You start with a small license, and as your needs grow, you can keep taking more resources. UiPath also makes money as you grow. They scale it up for us, so we do not have to worry much about the product as such. It is quite scalable.

We have UiPath in multiple departments. We are an EdTech company, and we are using UiPath in the product department and the finance department. We are integrating some elements of HR. Customer support is the most vital component for us because you save a lot of manhours in customer support. Our tech teams are based out of India and the Philippines.

At the implementation stage, we have only 14 developers, but once implemented, it will be used for at least 5,000 customers.

How are customer service and support?

They have been very prompt and helpful. They pay attention to detail. They are available. Their support is a class apart. There are no issues. I would rate them a ten out of ten.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

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

We tried several products but did not implement any RPA. We tried Automation Anywhere and Microsoft Power Automate. We found UiPath to be the best in terms of features, community, and support. Some of the things that we tried did not work well for us.

UiPath is a class apart. Automation Anywhere is a standard solution. Overall, Automation Anywhere is very easy. It does not have a community. It does not have all the features. You are mostly platform-dependent when you are using Automation Anywhere, whereas UiPath has a community. You do not need UiPath to help you with everything. There is a lot of talent available. UiPath Academy is good. A lot of people get trained in UiPath. Pricing-wise also, UiPath is cheaper. It is also easy to implement. Automation Anywhere helps to get started very quickly, but we needed customization for our business. This is something where UiPath was better.

How was the initial setup?

It is deployed on the cloud. Everything is on the cloud. UiPath has helped to minimize our on-prem footprint. Ever since COVID, everyone has been moving to a phase where they can be completely remote. We have been transitioning from on-premises for the last few years, and this is a step in the right direction. Of course, we need to do more, but it is going in the right direction.

The number of people required depends on what you are using it for. We are using it for our own custom solution. We have 14 resources working on UiPath for our solution, but a small enterprise does not need that many people. A smaller team is good enough to implement because it has everything. For example, if you want to integrate Salesforce, you can easily integrate Salesforce. You can go and click on the marketplace and just use Salesforce.

It does not require any maintenance from our side. Everything is automatically maintained. The platform is continuously upgraded in the backend. We do not need much maintenance. It is a cloud solution, and everything is maintained at the backend. You do not need any intervention.

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

It is super cheap for the value you get. Their free version is good enough to implement. When you are building a solution, it takes months of effort, and sometimes, it takes years. Its free version is good enough for you to test out everything, so when you are developing, you do not need to pay. After that, there is a Pro version at $420. It is reasonable for the value it is offering. Their basic support is also very good, which comes with the Pro version. 

The Enterprise license is suitable when you need a hundred automation licenses. It is also reasonable. They give good pricing when you negotiate.

What other advice do I have?

I would highly recommend UiPath. You can definitely go for it. I would suggest being a little bit patient while implementing this solution initially because it can be overwhelming. There are so many options.

UiPath as a company is also good. They respond quickly. It has been a pleasure so far. Our product is not yet live. We are still working on it. It is a very big solution for us, and it will be a game changer for our business.

Overall, I would rate UiPath a ten out of ten.

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Avinash Nagamalla - PeerSpot reviewer
RPA Solution Architect / Lead Developer at Texas Capital Bank
Real User
Top 20
Great user community and Academy classes with an overall reduction in human error
Pros and Cons
  • "The community enables a lot of users to get involved with UiPath. There are many open forums where a number of users share their thoughts."
  • "The solution needs to offer more integrations."

What is our primary use case?

I'm currently working as a solutions architect as well as the lead developer for UiPath. I have a vast number of use cases in various sectors and with SAP enterprise applications. I worked in the insurance sector and health sector, accomplishing different use cases.

I've used the solution in manufacturing in terms of procurement. We deal with a lot of products that come in and out and everything is being tagged in the SAP Enterprise application. We use UiPath RPA in order to close all the purchase orders that are already accomplished - and this needs to be done in SAP. UiPath is completely responsible for interacting with SAP applications in order to close purchase orders. 

I have developed a process that handles around 500 to 600 invoices a day, purchase orders a day. I'm running through multiple bots simultaneously.

What is most valuable?

Whether it is easy or difficult to build automation completely depends upon the behavior of the applications and the complexity of the business process. That said, compared to many other tools, it is the most flexible, developer-friendly tool. We can build out automation more quickly and easily compared to the other tools.

We use UiPath to automate processes to deal with a good cause. However, since it is a commercial tool and enterprise tool, the company is always looking for some greater ROI. If we can gain ROI and help with a good cause, we will. It's possible. 

UiPath allows us to implement end-to-end automation. This is important to us as operations and technology change. Since it's end-to-end, we can let people focus on more creative tasks. They can move away from repetitive work. Human energy can be placed into building and thinking and UiPath can automate away manual processes.

The user community is growing every day. It grows in value thanks to its flexibility. It provides a lot of features. You can discover how to build automation and look into orchestration. There's help with machine learning as well. The community enables a lot of users to get involved with UiPath. There are many open forums where a number of users share their thoughts. People can work on issues collectively and collaborate easily.

We have managed to minimize our on-premises footprint. We can use on-prem and cloud deployments which makes the solution much more flexible for our current technology needs.

We've leveraged the Academy courses. Compared to many other automation platforms or software development tools, UiPath provides a very good training portal where every beginner, user, or developer can log in and complete different courses. There are different certificates for security, orchestration, development, et cetera. We can find detailed training sessions and certification courses. 

We use AI in our automation. We are still doing some research with our Central Acceptance team in terms of implementing artificial intelligence. However, we have not implemented it so far. We are in the research stage.

UiPath has helped speed up digital transformation. It plays a major role as part of the digital transformation within the organization and also saves a lot of money in the effort. It helps streamline many of the business processes inside the company. 

It's reduced human error. I cannot say RPA is completely error-free, however, compared to humans, the results are highly error-free. Many of the complex business processes have far fewer errors. Thanks to UiPath we can handle tasks quickly while maintaining the configurations of the project.

UiPath has saved employee time. For example, usually, we will also be developing some of our agenda reports alongside our inventories. With UiPath, we assign each and every employee a robot to do some short tasks to help reduce the burden on the employee.

What needs improvement?

Currently, we have a lot of data extraction models in UiPath. Still, sometimes the data extraction model needs improvement. For example, extracting the data from various kinds of complex documents. Still, compared to the other automation tools, this works way better. 

The solution needs to offer more integrations. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I've used the solution for seven or more years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We never have issues with UiPath's stability. While we have had issues with older versions, the tool continues to improve and it's in great shape now. 

How are customer service and support?

We've contacted support about a few use cases. We only contact them sometimes and have meetings around feasibility. They listen to our problems and they come back with solutions, however, sometimes it takes time.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

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

I've worked with various products, including Automation Anywhere, Python Automation Frameworks, and Hyland RPA. UiPath is the best. It's more flexible and ready for developers to jump into business processes rather than focusing on more technical aspects. The product setup is easier too.

How was the initial setup?

Depending on the client, deployments can be on-premises, cloud, or hybrid. 

The setup is not complex compared to other tools. It's straightforward.

We typically have two to three people that help with the deployment process. However, for testing purposes, we have a huge team.

What about the implementation team?

I get a lot of help from different colleagues regarding different tools, however, with UiPath, the documentation is very good and the requirements are straightforward. 

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

I cannot say the solution is affordable. It is expensive compared to other tools. However, companies do not worry so much about this kind of thing. Before making a decision, business teams will always calculate the ROI.

What other advice do I have?

I'm a customer and end-user.

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.

I'd advise people to try UiPath, depending on the size of the project and the business processes. It's important to calculate the expected ROI at the outset. Based on this calculation, you'll be able to gauge if it will be a product worth your time. If the volume of work is low, it may be better to go with an open-source option. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Hybrid Cloud
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Deepak M - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr RPA Uipath Lead Developer at a insurance company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Real User
Helps improve our patient experience, saves time, and organizational costs
Pros and Cons
  • "The OCR engine is a valuable feature."
  • "UiPath should lower its prices because many other RPA tools have reduced their prices, and Microsoft is a major competitor because it offers RPA services to its customers."

What is our primary use case?

Oracle has three broad categories: HCM, PPM, and finance. I have used UiPath to automate mainframe applications. I have automated all types of automation, including ServiceNow processes, PDFs, APIs, and web-based automation.

How has it helped my organization?

UiPath has a large number of Java and Python developers. Its modularization of packages for different types of activities and automation is very well done. UiPath also collects suggestions from end users and developers, such as those using the free UiPath software. In fact, UiPath does not release its enterprise edition directly; instead, it releases a free edition for developers to use and provide feedback on the forums. This gives UiPath a significant advantage. Additionally, UiPath has made its tool flexible by building it on the .NET framework but allowing users to also use Java and Python. This gives UiPath another advantage over other tools. I am not sure if other tools offer this type of functionality, but I know that UiPath does because I have used it for a long time.

It can connect systems that don't communicate with each other, enabling us to share data between systems using bots, which is important in the healthcare industry.

The application that was built for our organization is not capable of handling millions of users because it is very old. We must consider the Citrix application, the mainframe applications, and the desktop applications, which are also old. They were not designed to handle millions of customers. For example, CVS Pharmacy has millions of people using its applications on a regular basis. Therefore, we cannot expose that application to customers. We need to build a new client-facing application, but we cannot discard our existing application, which has been in our organization for many years. UiPath helps our applications communicate which improves our patient experience.

It helps our staff easily share data between systems by saving the information in Excel or CSV files and connecting the files to new applications.

We use UiPath to consolidate patient data from multiple sources into a single dashboard, which helps our doctors keep track of patient histories in one place.

The single dashboard helps our patients a lot because we save patient information in the same way for all hospitals including doctors, nurses, and medicines. This means that if we need a doctor nearby, want to change doctors, or are moving to a new city and need medical help, our data can help us find the right resources.

UiPath automation has helped our staff save time, especially for invoicing insurance policies in healthcare organizations. UiPath automation has saved millions of dollars and thousands of hours by simplifying the process in both the healthcare and telecommunications industries.

UiPath has streamlined tasks for our healthcare staff, especially data viewing, enabling them to focus on higher-value activities.

We use UiPath's AI and machine learning capabilities to understand documents. The machine learning process has significantly improved the accuracy of the bot's ability to read data from PDF files.

What is most valuable?

In 2019, UiPath introduced Computer Vision activities for Citrix applications. This was a major turning point for the company, and the functionality was very useful; I had not seen it in any other tools.

The OCR engine is a valuable feature. 

What needs improvement?

UiPath should lower its prices because many other RPA tools have reduced their prices, and Microsoft is a major competitor because it offers RPA services to its customers.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using UiPath for over five years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

UiPath is generally stable, but there are bugs in UiPath Studio that require fixing or restarting the application.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

UiPath is scalable.

How are customer service and support?

The technical support is good.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

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

I previously used Blue Prism automation, but at the time, the functionality was limited and there were not many features.

How was the initial setup?

The initial deployment is straightforward. We have some design methods. The dispatcher will handle input, the performer will perform the tasks. All processes will be transactional: our first module will create the transaction, the second will execute it, and the third will generate a report.

We use the CI/CD pipeline to deploy our software. After the software passes UAT testing, we need approval from the technical team before deploying it to production.

What about the implementation team?

The implementation was completed in-house.

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

UiPath is expensive. Automation Anywhere is much cheaper, and it does not have the same AI and machine learning capabilities or features. However, for some industry cases, such as document understanding and computer vision, these features are not required.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

I evaluated Automation Anywhere, which was not mature at the time but is now. I also evaluated Power Automate, which has the best price of all RPA tools and is capturing a large market share due to Microsoft's bundles and integrations.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate UiPath a nine out of ten.

We have thousands of people across the organization using the automation.

UiPath itself doesn't require maintenance but the infrastructure does at times.

UiPath offers a 60 to 90 day trial of its features so that users can try the solution before buying. We can also negotiate with UiPath sales to ensure that we see a return on our automation investment within the first year.

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?

Microsoft Azure
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