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Very fast in execution time, it requires less support time, and it is a good value for the money
Pros and Cons
  • "The company continues with research and development to expand the capabilities of the product to meet market needs."
  • "There are occasional bugs in the system but technical support is quick to address them and deliver solutions, patches, and upgrades."

What is our primary use case?

My day-to-day activity was to take data from invoices and put it into an Oracle DB. I have already automated banking uses, which deal with some of the invoices. The second case solution which I had worked with was multi-bot architecture.

We have certain kinds of applications spread across our organization and the data coming into that organization is common. We made a solution as a multiBot: one Bot is working on one application and we have hundreds of applications. So a hundred Bots work together on the same set of data to integrate it.

The applications are different. Say one is Oracle, one is SAP (System Analysis and Program Development) and one is Salesforce. In the way we implemented this, we segregated the workload into parts: part as a master Bot, part as a worker Bot and part as the closure Bot. The master Bot will work on the input part of the data set, the worker Bot will work with the individual (designated) applications, and the closure Bot will consolidate all the data and feed it back to the designated user. This was the plan for our architecture.

How has it helped my organization?

The Automation Anywhere product has improved our organization with the speed of processing. It is very fast in execution time, it requires less support time, and it is a good value for the money.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable features I see right now pertain to dealing with the servers. That has become a distant concern. Because data is already on the cloud, I can use a controller and my client as one unit. That is the best thing. I can use Automation Anywhere in my mobile, I can run my Bot through an Android app. This flexibility and centralization without worrying about availability is a good thing.

What needs improvement?

I think that all the expectations I had for the new release of the product are covered in the coming version A 2019. I'm very happy about what I hear about it. I think once I use this A 2019 release, I'll come to know what the things are that I'll want in the future. We have access now to a community edition version, which I have to download and will be testing out shortly.

The first of the new features that I believe will do me the best is the customization of the commands. I can build my own package as per my convenience. Let's say we have a variable command. We already have the ability to use XML commands and we have some Excel commands that are provided by Automation Anywhere. Now Automation Anywhere is allowing us the opportunity to build something of my own in their environment and deploy that in production. Before I could imagine that component and not build or deploy it. I can build it now and that an important new feature for our progress.

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What do I think about the stability of the solution?

As far as the stability of the product, it's doing well. My experience over the two years I have worked with it as a developer, going to the cloud has been good for reliability and accessibility.

We have not experienced downtime from the Automation Anywhere setup. When our infrastructure is down it definitely impacts my accessibility to Automation Anywhere. This is not actually the fault of the product as far as I have experienced.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I feel the one thing which I can tap to enhance the scalability of the system is the AI component of Automation Anywhere — that is IQ Bot. I think this is something which can really grow into a massive Bot solution with great advantages. I heard recently that the accuracy of that data reading for invoice processing is something like 70% accurate currently. I think they are trying for 90 or 90 % plus as a goal now.

How are customer service and support?

We have definitely had the opportunity to use technical support and I evaluate them as very good. If I have any data stuck somewhere, I query to the Automation Anywhere support guys. If I have some problem with the 11.x version, they'll admit that there's a bug in that version for a particular process or function and they will develop a patch for it in a new upgraded version. We definitely feel confident going accordingly with that and patch the update as a solution.

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

Our reason for adopting the product and why most of our clients prefer it as a solution is that we talk with them honestly about what capabilities they will need and why this product fills the purpose. Everyone can choose to do their tasks in a different way and other solutions could work to develop automation. What matters for me is the way the product allows users to easily develop the Bots. I do believe that Automation Anywhere is giving me the opportunity to quickly and easily develop stable Bots and it is better at that than other competitors you might want to compare it to.

How was the initial setup?

It is definitely not a simple setup. It is at a medium-complex level. It depends on what actually gets put into the brackets.

When there is a level of complexity, it's all related to the server, where I'm hosting my applications and my client. In the 11.x version, we control one server from another server. When we have to use many servers, the complexity of the setup begins to become more involved.

What about the implementation team?

We developed our architecture on our own by our own, designed to fit with our needs and purposes. We have also done the initial setup now for a number of different customers.

What was our ROI?

In some ways, we have seen a return on investment. For example, we have one customer who is aware of the FTE reduction (Full-Time Employee) on the repeated Bot creation jobs. They have scaled up by having their workers work in a different way. We are actually automating the repetitive Bot creation jobs and reducing the FTE where that human effort is not actually required. The company resources can spend more time focusing on the creative part of the work rather than creating the Bots.

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

I don't know exactly what the pricing schemes are for the product as this type of negotiation is not my responsibility, but I think the basic pricing comes to $15,000. We have many employees and perhaps not so many doing Bot development and deployment. The Bots can service a lot of people and I think the rest of the pricing is based on usage.

What other advice do I have?

For people looking for my recommendation for an automation product, I definitely would recommend Automation Anywhere instead of going for a more orthodox or older technology. With older tools, you are just doing the same things and not improving processes. With RPA a digital transformation is actually required for an organization to adopt a better way so they scale up and create an enormous amount of new opportunities for their organization to grow. It is a step to go in the direction where AI is going in. You cannot see the destination yet, but somewhere you have to start up using an RPA that is right for you. That is what I would recommend to my colleagues.

If you start talking about innovation as streamlining day-to-day processes, that is where to start from. It is where we started. We give clients various approaches, but we recommend that RPA is one thing which has stability and which is a good, long-term return on investment.

Once you invest you don't get the returns immediately. You have to wait some time while you work at creating the solutions by scaling the number of Bots you have and the processes you simplify and improve. After a time, your efforts will improve results. That is what we communicate with our customers. When we have them interested, then we come to a conclusion as to how we will go about implementing it.

On a scale from one to ten where ten is the best. I would rate this product as a ten-out-of-ten because the company and product have done everything to meet my expectations.

We used to expect new things in the A 2019 version and the company delivered on that. So, once I use this release of the product for some time again, I will probably have some new expectations. By 2020, I think we will send them feedback again.

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Advisory Council Member at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
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Reduces turnaround times. Exception and error handling could be much better.
Pros and Cons
  • "We saw a 70 percent decrease in manual steps. If something took 10 steps to do, we are doing it in three steps today."
  • "We would like a better coding interface for developers. We would also like to have a user interface which reduces the time to learn the product so more people in the organization can use software, like Automation Anywhere, quickly automating processes."

What is our primary use case?

We are using it in all departments: management, sales, human resources, IT, and customer service.

How has it helped my organization?

These are some of the benefits that we have seen using RPA:

  • We saw a 70 percent decrease in manual steps. If something took 10 steps to do, we are doing it in three steps today. 
  • We see 100 percent accuracy in whatever we do, which wasn't something we could expect from a human worker. 
  • We see a reduction in turnaround times. Something that used to take two hours to do, today takes 20 minutes to do. There is a 40 to 50 percent reduction in whatever is being automated in comparison with a human doing it. 

What is most valuable?

Three features that came up when we chose the product:

  1. The user interface.
  2. The Bot Store.
  3. IQ Bot, which other RPA don't have.

What needs improvement?

We would like a better coding interface for developers. We would also like to have a user interface which reduces the time to learn the product so more people in the organization can use software, like Automation Anywhere, quickly automating processes.

As an organization, we feel the exception and error handling could be way better.

We would like the software not to change as often. Architectures were radically reinvented without informing the customer. This wasn't something we appreciated. 

Some of the stuff being used internally in the product, like Elasticsearch or open source, did not pass vulnerability ability assessment. This is another issue. 

We hope Automation Anywhere takes internal component security seriously as we are looking forward to the Automation Anyway A2019 launch. We hope it addresses some of these issues with error handling as well as component security.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Scalability works fine. 

One of the key features that we chose, the bot as a service or the BotFarm, when they launched version 11.3, they decided not to have the BotFarm anymore. This put us in a situation because we expected to have bots on demand, just like our cloud software. This would have been cost efficient for us to use. We hope to see this again being realized with A2019. I hope the scalability from an on demand basis improves.

How are customer service and technical support?

A lot of the technical support is done by my teams. I do not have great visibility. As far as what my team has told me, it was a tedious process before. They have relaunched the entire support portal. It seems to be a lot more user-friendly to log tickets and reach out to people there.

Their customer success team are a great bunch of folks who try to support and get things done for you.

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

I have personally used RPA before. It is just the buzzword now. 

At the time, we were looking at or looking at replacing our complex, legacy platform which had a lot of steps. Our multiple, previous software tools that had a lot of Python, Perl-based scripting, and Perl website scrapping plugins.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was extremely complex. Version 11.3 came with multi-forest Active Directory support and version 11.10 did not have that support. We had multi-forest Active Directory and it took us one month to resolve when we started implementing it. Again, this information wasn't communicated to us.

I hope going forward I see Automation Anywhere being faster, more transparent, and communicating more in advance than right now.

What about the implementation team?

We had a terrible experience with a local integrator. I don't think that they were ready for the integration/deployment process. We spoke to Automation Anywhere who has implemented more stringent partner qualification schemes to take care of this issues.

What was our ROI?

We have not seen ROI at the present moment.

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

Our costs are approximately between $5,000 to $10,000 per license.

They have a ridiculously expensive bot licensing structure, especially for the Asian region.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Currently, we use Automation Anywhere, Blue Prism, and UiPath in my organization.

What other advice do I have?

Start small. Conduct proof of concepts, then choose a process with a quick return on investment.

There are product issues. They have a reckless product roadmap. 

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Real User
Top 20
Document processing and queue management enhance efficiency despite complex interface
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable features of Automation Anywhere are the document processing and queue management."
  • "The workflow has a complex drag-and-drop interface that is not user-friendly and requires a good technical understanding, which can be challenging for users."

What is our primary use case?

Our use case involves reconciliation in a security company where money is collected from different locations and is reconciled at the end of the day. Other use cases include IT service management automation and HR processes, labeled HR two point zero. This involves payment processing in the HR space and fulfillment receiver.

How has it helped my organization?

Prior to implementing Automation Anywhere, the HR department faced challenges with payment scheduling, resulting in significant delays and monthly penalties. By automating this process, the department has eliminated these penalties and reduced the turnaround time for payment processing from two weeks to one day. This automation has not only improved efficiency but also generated substantial cost savings, as each transaction previously incurred a penalty of four rands.

Automation Anywhere offers good learning materials that are free to access. However, some background in RPA or an understanding of workflows is recommended to effectively utilize the platform and its resources. While the materials are comprehensive, a basic understanding of automation concepts will make the learning process smoother.

The learning curve for Automation Anywhere is relatively short, with non-technical users able to start developing within a week. This rapid learning process allows beginners to learn on the go and immediately apply new knowledge. With dedicated practice, approximately 40 hours, or a week's effort, can result in significant developer readiness.

Automation Anywhere has significantly improved our turnaround time, transforming our operations from lagging to leading. We are now ahead of our transactions and able to proactively meet metrics, cutting costs and avoiding penalties. This proactive approach has resulted in substantial cost savings and the elimination of losses due to penalties, marking a significant achievement for our organization.

We have integrated Automation Anywhere with an SAP application, encompassing processes that involve Excel and other mainframe applications.

The integration was challenging, but our experience with RPA technology proved beneficial. We collaborated with application owners to identify suitable APIs and address concerns regarding sensitive data and test environments. Leveraging Automation Anywhere's integration tools, including IQ Bot and cognitive capabilities, we successfully accessed necessary materials and automated sensitive processes. We also incorporated our existing workflows and adhered to standard screening procedures throughout the integration.

Automation Anywhere automated 90 percent of the process, with the remaining reserved for quality assurance to ensure complete processing.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable features of Automation Anywhere are the document processing and queue management.

What needs improvement?

The workflow has a complex drag-and-drop interface that is not user-friendly and requires a good technical understanding, which can be challenging for users. Additionally, the IQ Bot configuration is complex and requires significant effort to interpret unstructured data effectively. Simplifying these aspects would be beneficial.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Automation Anywhere for over two years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Automation Anywhere is stable, and I would rate it nine out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Automation Anywhere is reasonably scalable, and I rate it as eight out of ten.

How are customer service and support?

The customer service is straightforward, and the support process is efficient. Issues are addressed through logged tickets, making it quite good.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup of Automation Anywhere was straightforward and completed within a day, primarily due to our accreditations and existing understanding of other technology tools.

What was our ROI?

We reduced the number of full-time equivalent employees from five to one through automation.

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

Automation Anywhere is thought to be quite expensive, especially for smaller organizations. The pricing model, which varies based on the number of bots and level of support, can become costly. For corporate environments, it is manageable but still on the higher side.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate Automation Anywhere eight out of ten.

We use Document Automation and intelligent automation to identify fraudulent transactions and false claims. Automation Anywhere was instrumental in this process, helping to detect and prevent fraudulent activity. This has been a significant achievement in combating fraud.

We utilize Automation Anywhere across multiple environments, including quality assurance, user acceptance testing, and production, within various regions.

Automated bots monitor the active solutions and restart machines as needed to prevent downtime and reduce the need for manual maintenance.

Weekly maintenance of the bots, including any necessary manual tasks, requires one to two hours.

There are specific use cases where I would recommend Automation Anywhere, such as finance and accounting, human resources, customer service, and IT operations. It’s essential to consider the specific needs of an organization to determine if it’s the right fit.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Hybrid Cloud
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Lead developer at McKarthy Labs
Real User
Top 20
The copilot helps our workers save time and focus on more important work
Pros and Cons
  • "The Automation Copilot is helpful. It will automatically give you all the solutions your bot requires. It's like a dictionary."
  • "The integration is not always seamless. Sometimes, it takes a while to get everything to communicate and be ready to go into production."

What is our primary use case?

I'm a developer supporting my clients with Automation Anywhere. I work at McKarthy Labs. We use Automation Anywhere to provide automated processing to our clients. For example, we might get paid to do automated invoice processing. The bot can extract all the information, complaints, or remarks in that invoice. All of these details will go into an Excel spreadsheet. 

Any repetitive, rule-based task will be appropriate for Automation Anywhere, but a judgment-based task will require some AI to implement. For example, if a user needs to send an email once an invoice is ready, we can check automatically to determine when the invoice is available in the appropriate folder and send the email to the user.   

The developer gathers the requirements, and we prepare our business equipment once approved or assigned. First, we will see which applications are being used and how they could be automated. For example, we might need to automate logging into a Gmail account multiple times.  We'll create it in three phases: 30 percent, 30 percent, and 40 percent. The process can be completed in about a week. Sometimes, it may take longer due to data scalability issues or some required changes in the back end. Some minor changes in the domain may take a little more time. 

How has it helped my organization?

Since we started using Automation, we have automated more and more tasks. We are gradually expanding the capacity. It has helped them save time and money. The automation copilot has helped our workers save time, freeing them up for other work. I have a co-pilot based on SQL database connectivity. It pulls the required information tables. Automation Anywhere's AI is excellent for automating any process. 

What is most valuable?

It's easy for non-technical users to work with Automation Anywhere. There are many options and methods they can use if they want to run a bot. The Automation Copilot is helpful. It will automatically give you all the solutions your bot requires. It's like a dictionary. 

What needs improvement?

The integration is not always seamless. Sometimes, it takes a while to get everything to communicate and be ready to go into production.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have used Automation Anywhere for five years.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I rate Automation Anywhere eight out of 10 for scalability. 

How are customer service and support?

I rate Automation Anywhere support 10 out of 10.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

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

We have used UiPath and Power Automate. It depends on the client's requirements. We use Automation Anywhere if the clients prefer that. 

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

Automation Anywhere is a little expensive, but it's a good value. I've seen many companies use Power Automate, and the subscription is very low. 

What other advice do I have?

I rate Automation Anywhere eight out of 10. 

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Senior Account Executive at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Reasonable price, easy to use, and helps to improve productivity and accuracy
Pros and Cons
  • "It is easy to learn and easy to deploy. That is the best part compared to the other RPA solutions available in the market. Automation Anywhere is easier than UiPath and Blue Prism."
  • "There is a limitation with Automation Anywhere where if you want to build your own packages and deploy them, it is very difficult."

What is our primary use case?

I have built multiple solutions. Many times we have used Automation Anywhere for data entry. At times, we have used it for Excel Automation tasks. We have also used it to create a virtual assistant agent to improve employee productivity and remove manual tasks.

How has it helped my organization?

We built a solution for an airline client where they had to scrub more than 5,000 PNRs on a daily basis, which was not possible with manual tasks, so we deployed a bot there. The bot is doing the scrubbing on behalf of the agent and sending the report at an interval of one hour. Because of this, we could achieve 100% more productivity. Previously, such tasks were done manually. After automation, there is no need for any person to sit for this task.

We are not only using it to automate manual tasks. We are also using it to overcome other challenges.

We are using Automation Anywhere with other applications. We have Python scripts and Java scripts. We do face multiple challenges while automating. Sometimes, Automation Anywhere does not have the required compatibility, so we have to go with another application. For example, if we want to do some kind of highlighting in an Excel file, it is not possible with Automation Anywhere. In such cases, we have to go with some third-party tools, VBA script, PowerShell script, etc.

Automation Anywhere has been helpful for tasks that are repetitive or do not require human intervention. If human intervention or decision-making is required, that task is not possible with Automation Anywhere. Also, if a task is using multiple applications, it becomes complex for Automation Anywhere or any RPA solution.

Automation Anywhere is not very hard to learn for business users. Like any tool, it requires some learning. It takes one to three months for a business user to use Automation Anywhere. There are many learning resources available at Automation Anywhere University. There are complete or end-to-end courses available about Automation Anywhere. You can also do certification in Automation Anywhere.

Automation Co-pilot has been helpful when any human intervention is required in the RPA process. If I need human intervention, I can use Automation Co-pilot where a human can intervene and make a decision on the basis of the data. Based on the decision, we can go ahead with the remaining processes. This is now possible. It is a very useful feature.

It improves productivity. Previously, there were many manual tasks that people had to do on a daily basis. Those tasks are now taken care of by bots, and people can focus on other tasks. It has improved productivity by 30%. We have deployed Automation Co-pilot for 700 users, and there is about a 30% increase in productivity.

We have more accuracy. Bots are more accurate than humans. Previously, there were high chances of human errors. With automation, errors have been reduced. There is more productivity and accuracy.

We have integrated Automation Anywhere with multiple applications. We have integrated it with Salesforce. We have integrated it with Windows services for Windows-based automation. We have also integrated it with other applications based on the requirements.

We have seen time savings, but it is hard to measure time savings. The time savings vary from process to process. For example, it takes a person three to four hours on a daily basis to download the reports, do the scrubbing, and generate the report. With automation, such repetitive tasks can be performed by a bot, and the person can do more productive tasks.

Similarly, the cost savings also vary. Sometimes, we are able to save more. It depends on the data and volume.

What is most valuable?

It is easy to learn and easy to deploy. That is the best part compared to the other RPA solutions available in the market. Automation Anywhere is easier than UiPath and Blue Prism.

In terms of cost, Automation Anywhere is cheaper than UiPath and Blue Prism. These are the advantages of Automation Anywhere, but other solutions have their own advantages.

What needs improvement?

There is a limitation with Automation Anywhere where if you want to build your own packages and deploy them, it is very difficult.

Integration with other applications can also be difficult at times.

Except for Automation Anywhere University, there are not a lot of education resources available for Automation Anywhere. They need to build a strong community for Automation Anywhere where any user or developer can post questions and get answers. That would make things very easy for us.

Its stability and support also need improvement.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Automation Anywhere for close to five years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Since the last two updates, we are having issues with Automation Anywhere. Our automation is not working properly on the Chrome application. They are saying that it is because of Chrome. From the stability point of view, I have a little bit of doubt.

I would rate Automation Anywhere an eight out of ten for stability.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It is scalable. I would rate it a nine out of ten for scalability.

We have about 26 people in our RPA team. In my organization, there are about a thousand people who are impacted by Automation Anywhere's automation on a daily basis.

How are customer service and support?

We have raised multiple tickets with Automation Anywhere, but we were not able to find a proper solution from them. I am not very satisfied with their support.

Their support needs improvement. They do not have a proper answer or justification about why we are facing certain issues. When we raise a ticket, we want an RCA so that we do not face the same issue the next time. They are not able to provide an RCA. That is the main issue. I would rate their support a seven out of ten.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Neutral

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

I have a lot of exposure to UiPath and Blue Prism. As compared to UiPath, Automation Anywhere has many limitations. Queue-based workload is not very feasible with Automation Anywhere. It is very difficult to use for that. I do not see many users using queue-based automation. That is a limitation that we have right now. UiPath and Blue Prism are good in this aspect. The queue implementation is very easy, and there are multiple things that we can achieve from the queue.

How was the initial setup?

It took about four weeks to deploy Automation Anywhere on-prem, do the basic settings, and do all kinds of installation.

Currently, we have to upgrade our license. Previously, we had the enterprise version with a limited license. We are now expanding the license. 

What about the implementation team?

For deploying it on-prem and doing the installation, we have our IT team with about seven people.

We also have seven people to support us if there is any issue with the Automation Anywhere service or any difficulty with the VM on which we have deployed Automation Anywhere.

What was our ROI?

Over the five years, we have seen 50% to 60% ROI.

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

Automation Anywhere is cheaper than UiPath and Blue Prism. From a market point of view, Automation Anywhere is reasonable. Any organization can adopt Automation Anywhere.

What other advice do I have?

If you are looking for an RPA solution and have cost restrictions, I would recommend Automation Anywhere. It is easy to use.

We are still evolving in terms of RPA. We have a roadmap. We have not yet used the AI capabilities of Automation Anywhere. With the help of AI and other technologies, we will be able to achieve more productivity. We are looking into GenAI and RPA AI. There are so many things where we can implement AI, but as of now, we do not have the right project for that. We have to figure out where we can use it.

Overall, I would rate Automation Anywhere an eight out of ten. There is a lot of scope for improvement.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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Saves a lot of time and shows each line the bot is executing during runtime
Pros and Cons
  • "At run time, Automation Anywhere can let you know which line of code the bot is running and what it is doing. It is very clear."
  • "When working with Excel, unlike other tools such as UiPath, Automation Anywhere does not have the standard variables for .Net data types."

What is our primary use case?

I am using Automation Anywhere to automate tasks with desktop applications. There are SAP applications, ERP applications, and browser-based applications. The business is related to the airline.

How has it helped my organization?

Automation Anywhere helps a lot. It saves time. Recently, we automated a process that used to take 5 minutes for an application, and there were 500 applications. It used to take a lot of time. Now, it takes only 1 minute for an application. The time savings vary based on the process. For some processes, it saves 70% of the time, and for others, it saves up to 50% of the time.

It frees up people from manual and repetitive tasks. They can do other interesting tasks.

What is most valuable?

Automation Anywhere is very stable. At run time, Automation Anywhere can let you know which line of code the bot is running and what it is doing. It is very clear. It is also easy to debug. When you have some change requests or you have to update the new version of the code to fix something, Automation Anywhere can help you to do the code review. Similar to GitHub, you can see the difference between the two versions. It is very good for that purpose.

What needs improvement?

When working with Excel, unlike other tools such as UiPath, Automation Anywhere does not have the standard variables for .Net data types. It does not support data tables and many of the data types supported by Microsoft and the .Net technology. When designing automation, you need to use only the few data types that Automation Anywhere supports. For example, when you work with Excel, you need to do many tasks with the data tables, cells, and rows, but that is more difficult with Automation Anywhere than with other platforms.

It is not flexible for custom activities. With UiPath, you can use C#. You can use VB.NET directly. With Automation Anywhere, customization is more complicated than UiPath.

There are a lot of resources available on the Internet to learn Automation Anywhere. They have Automation Anywhere University, but the difficult thing is that it does not have a specific path for a beginner. When I was learning it initially, I had to choose randomly. I could not work out where to start. It is probably better now.

A good thing about Automation Anywhere is that when the bot is running, it displays which line of the code is running, but we also want those logs to be displayed on the web. When we implement an automation process, currently, we have to write the code to archive the logs. That is the thing they need to improve.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Automation Anywhere for almost 3 years. I am using Automation 360. It is web-based. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is stable.

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

I have worked with UiPath, Power Automate, and a few local automation tools available in our country.

UiPath is easier to use for business users than Automation Anywhere. Automation Anywhere is also not as good as UiPath for custom activities. It takes a month to train a non-technical user on Automation Anywhere. You also cannot directly use C# and VB.NET. If it starts to support all data types in the platform, that would make it easier to learn and use.

We have used Google or Microsoft OCR for document understanding. We have also used the API of a third party to translate the document and email it.

At this time, I prefer open-source solutions because of the cost.

How was the initial setup?

It is deployed on-premises, and its deployment is straightforward.

The deployment of a bot used to take about three days. There were some steps for approval, and we used to manually deploy, but now, my company has CI/CD integration. We run the pipeline to automatically deploy. It is very fast now. It just takes an hour. We just need some approvals and we need to review the package. It is straightforward. One person is enough for deployment.

It is also easy to upgrade Automation Anywhere. It is not difficult. In terms of maintenance, one or two people are enough to maintain the bots. If there is any issue with the bot, we can resolve that within 5 days.

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

It is not too expensive, but there are many tools available in the market that can provide the same functionality at a cheaper price.

I have done some research on the automation market, and I see that there are many automation platforms. There are also open-source ones. Every organization wants to reduce the costs. Organizations are now considering cheaper platforms such as Microsoft Power Automate. Even my current organization is considering migrating to an open-source solution.

What other advice do I have?

I tried the AI capability, but it did not help me much in reality. I did not find it stable. It will probably get stable in the future. 

We are using APIs for integration. It is a perfect way to integrate.

I would rate Automation Anywhere a 9 out of 10. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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Software Engineer(RPA) Certified Advanced RPA in Professional Automation Anywhere at Prodapt
Real User
Enables us to automate high-priority projects first and gradually shift our focus to automating smaller, manually-driven projects
Pros and Cons
  • "Automation Anywhere offers valuable features, including command packages for PDF, Windows, XML, and Excel, as well as universal recording capabilities."
  • "Extracting customer addresses from Google that are not in a standard URL format is a challenge for Automation Anywhere."

What is our primary use case?

We use Automation Anywhere for our clients which consists of banks and a telecommunication company to automate their developing systems using bots. We receive the process definition documents from our clients and we developed a process that they need to approve before we can implement the automation.

How has it helped my organization?

With Automation Anywhere, we can automate high-priority projects first and gradually shift our focus to automating smaller, manually-driven projects.

It takes around three months to train non-technical people to use Automation Anywhere. We start training on simple Excel automation tasks and progress from there.

Automation Co-Pilot has helped increase productivity. The bots save three to five minutes for each small task per person and even more time on larger tasks. One bot can handle thousands of projects.

Automation Co-Pilot has helped save staff time for other projects.

Automation Anywhere successfully integrates automation into workflows, APIs, business applications, and documents. Everything runs seamlessly in the backend with no issues. 

What is most valuable?

Automation Anywhere offers valuable features, including command packages for PDF, Windows, XML, and Excel, as well as universal recording capabilities.

What needs improvement?

Automation Anywhere has difficulty collecting data from Citrix and Oracle applications.

Extracting customer addresses from Google that are not in a standard URL format is a challenge for Automation Anywhere.

I would like Automation Anywhere to make available more development tools, so our people can learn on their own and enhance their skills.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Automation Anywhere for just over one and a half years.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Automation Anywhere effectively automates our manual tasks at scale.

How was the initial setup?

We clear up any issues in the testing phase, so once we are ready to deploy it is straightforward.

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

The solution itself is free unless we want to add the support option but we have to pay for the bots we use. There are two types of payment options: monthly or quarterly licenses for the bot agents. 

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Between Automation Anywhere, UiPath, and Blue Prism I find Automation Anywhere to be the best with UiPath a close second.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate Automation Anywhere an eight out of ten.

Upgrading Automation Anywhere is easy.

We use Automation Anywhere in multiple projects and multiple teams.

Maintenance is required for updating bots or if changes are made by the developers.

We have five to six people working around the clock who are responsible for the bot maintenance.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Private Cloud

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

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Partner
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Amarjeet Kamble - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
Connects with third-party tools, offers helpful support, and is easy to implement
Pros and Cons
  • "Being able to connect with third-party tools is the best feature."
  • "Companies need to better justify the ROI before usage - otherwise, they might spend money on things unnecessarily."

What is our primary use case?

Specifically, we use the solution for SAP where we have particular SAP processes that need automation. 

How has it helped my organization?

There were multiple processes where implementing a bot allowed us to automate processes and allow it to perform backend tasks. For example, employee onboarding, or creating orders. 

We were able to remove manual tasks and we were able to justify the processes based on the ROI witnessed. 

What is most valuable?

We see opportunities to operationalize AI. We aren't using it yet, however, in the future, we are looking to it. At this time, we do not have any AI use cases. 

Being able to connect with third-party tools is the best feature.

All RPA tools we are using have the same benefits in terms of automation.

The learning curve is okay. Practicing it is the key thing. Doing it over and over will help a person get comfortable. We do not have a lab environment where we can use and test it. That makes it difficult for users. They need to spend time with it, to play with it, to have a hands-on approach.

It took me two weeks to learn how to do an implementation. Going from the lowest knowledge levels to more of an expert takes a month or two. 

We have a few different tools and operating systems. It works well with other application data or operational items. 

With respect to your use case, it's easy to use and easy to implement. However, sometimes if there are complex requirements, the automation of processes gets a bit more difficult. 

What needs improvement?

If you come across any process, it can be automated via Automation Anywhere. However, companies need to better justify the ROI before usage - otherwise, they might spend money on things unnecessarily. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using the solution for around three years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It's a stable product. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution can provide automation at scale. 

How are customer service and support?

Technical support is quite responsive. Very rarely do I need to connect with the team, however, if I need to reach out, they are very good in terms of their response. 

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

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

I also use UiPath and SAP IRP. We work with different tools according to requirements. 

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is easy. It has its own orchestration and you just need to deploy it.

Any maintenance would fall under your organization's contract. 

What was our ROI?

We have saved us both money and time. 

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

The pricing is reasonable. The money you spend will be worth it. 

What other advice do I have?

We are an Automation Anywhere customer. 

I would recommend the solution to others, so long as they have some previous knowledge before setting out. 

I'd rate the solution nine out of ten. 

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