Speaking about bot creation and management features, I rate the tool as four out of five compared to the other market leaders. UiPath is much better, but SAP is not very far behind. For SAP Intelligent RPA, the main thing I would say is that whenever someone plans to use SAP, it is best to use it within an SAP ecosystem. If they already have an infrastructure set up with admins and basic consultants, it is really good for them to start and jump onto SAP Intelligent RPA. In terms of process mining, SAP is extremely good. Process mining gives us the bottlenecks, and SAP Intelligent RPA can tap into them and start automating them, but if they don't use it without process mining, then they will have to depend on business users to tell them where the bottlenecks are. Relying on business users is not reliable most of the time, and then they cannot prioritize things because there might be one department, like the finance department, which will prioritize their processes to be automated while somebody like plant maintenance or material masters, material management teams might not have the supply chain team to have their processes automated. It is important for people to use SAP Intelligent RPA with the process mining tool. SAP's process mining part is the area where some AI is embedded. Considering that it has been a while since I worked on SAP Intelligent RPA, I feel there might be new features that have come up since then, but I don't know if they have any AI integrations. The time I worked with the tool, there were no AI integrations in it. I rate the tool a seven and a half out of ten.
Before opting for it, it's crucial to analyze which processes should be automated. It is also important to understand that SAP IRPA isn't a one-size-fits-all solution and it can't magically automate every process. It's advisable for the client's technical or IT team to carefully assess which processes are straightforward and align with its standard configurations. These are typically the processes where automation is most efficient and has a higher likelihood of achieving successful results. On the other hand, if a process is highly complex and heavily customized, attempting to automate it might lead to reduced efficiency. In such cases, the client should be prepared for challenges, and the efficiency gains may not be as significant, perhaps only a slight reduction in manual effort. Overall, I would rate it eight out of ten.
CTO RPA at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Real User
2019-12-09T10:59:00Z
Dec 9, 2019
I created a Contextor precursor in the Societe Generale Group 20 years ago. This tool was discovered by the Xsarnet Company, and ten years ago Xsarnet changed its name to Contextor. In December of last year, Contextor was purchased by SAP. As a creator of the Contextor precursor, I know this solution internally. I have a strong knowledge of this tool and other solutions, so I am capable of many comparisons between all of these solutions. UiPath or Automation Anywhere are good solutions, each has its advantages and disadvantages. I would recommend this solution to others. It's a good solution. I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.
SAP Intelligent Robotic Process Automation lets you automate enterprise business processes. Design process automations within the Cloud Studio by creating end-to-end workflows. Generate packages from these automations into the Cloud Factory powered by SAP BTP to configure and execute these packages with Agents. Agents running on workstations can work as a digital assistant (attended automation) or as a digital worker (unattended automation).
SAP Intelligent RPA enables business users and...
Speaking about bot creation and management features, I rate the tool as four out of five compared to the other market leaders. UiPath is much better, but SAP is not very far behind. For SAP Intelligent RPA, the main thing I would say is that whenever someone plans to use SAP, it is best to use it within an SAP ecosystem. If they already have an infrastructure set up with admins and basic consultants, it is really good for them to start and jump onto SAP Intelligent RPA. In terms of process mining, SAP is extremely good. Process mining gives us the bottlenecks, and SAP Intelligent RPA can tap into them and start automating them, but if they don't use it without process mining, then they will have to depend on business users to tell them where the bottlenecks are. Relying on business users is not reliable most of the time, and then they cannot prioritize things because there might be one department, like the finance department, which will prioritize their processes to be automated while somebody like plant maintenance or material masters, material management teams might not have the supply chain team to have their processes automated. It is important for people to use SAP Intelligent RPA with the process mining tool. SAP's process mining part is the area where some AI is embedded. Considering that it has been a while since I worked on SAP Intelligent RPA, I feel there might be new features that have come up since then, but I don't know if they have any AI integrations. The time I worked with the tool, there were no AI integrations in it. I rate the tool a seven and a half out of ten.
Overall, I would rate SAP Intelligent RPA as a nine out of ten.
Before opting for it, it's crucial to analyze which processes should be automated. It is also important to understand that SAP IRPA isn't a one-size-fits-all solution and it can't magically automate every process. It's advisable for the client's technical or IT team to carefully assess which processes are straightforward and align with its standard configurations. These are typically the processes where automation is most efficient and has a higher likelihood of achieving successful results. On the other hand, if a process is highly complex and heavily customized, attempting to automate it might lead to reduced efficiency. In such cases, the client should be prepared for challenges, and the efficiency gains may not be as significant, perhaps only a slight reduction in manual effort. Overall, I would rate it eight out of ten.
The product did not work. I would rate it a two out of ten overall.
I rate SAP Contextor a seven out of ten.
I created a Contextor precursor in the Societe Generale Group 20 years ago. This tool was discovered by the Xsarnet Company, and ten years ago Xsarnet changed its name to Contextor. In December of last year, Contextor was purchased by SAP. As a creator of the Contextor precursor, I know this solution internally. I have a strong knowledge of this tool and other solutions, so I am capable of many comparisons between all of these solutions. UiPath or Automation Anywhere are good solutions, each has its advantages and disadvantages. I would recommend this solution to others. It's a good solution. I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.