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Head of functional & technical architecture - Support functions Information System at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees
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Provides automation at scale, frees up time to focus on value-added tasks, and increases automation consumption
Pros and Cons
  • "We did not encounter any stability issues with Automation Anywhere during the time I worked with the solution."
  • "The feature, which might be interesting for companies that don't already have an identity management system, was a bit tricky because I would have preferred the system to directly rely on our corporate identity and access management system to manage the bot's credentials."

What is our primary use case?

I am striving to provide individuals with more time to focus on value-add tasks due to widespread headcount reductions. For instance, in finance and accounting activities, we use Automation Anywhere to replace individuals in maintenance tasks or those that were previously unknown to be time-consuming. This is where we witness the greatest utilization of bots. 

Moreover, we employ bots to handle fines associated with individuals driving company cars. With hundreds of fines occurring each month, it used to be a nearly full-time responsibility for one person to receive the fine, identify the driver at the time of the incident, and ensure the fine was directed to the appropriate person for payment. Such activities lacked significant value and consumed a considerable amount of time for someone, but now the bot handles these tasks on our behalf. I believe that finance is the primary area where we extensively utilize Automation Anywhere.

How has it helped my organization?

When we began deploying the bots, we established Key Performance Indicators to assess the return on investment. For instance, if a bot could save one-third of an individual's time, we would evaluate the amount of time saved and dedicate it to value-add tasks. However, evaluating the exact monetary savings facilitated by the bots is challenging because the funds are not directly spent on low-value activities. Instead, they can be utilized differently. 

It is important to note that the bots never completely replaced human workers. No job was entirely taken over by a bot. Rather, it was an assessment of how effectively we spent money with the assistance of bots, as they enabled individuals to perform tasks more efficiently. Although I don't recall the exact details since it was in the past, we would reassign the equivalent of full-time employees to these value-added tasks instead of low-value ones. At the time of my departure from the RPA topic, we had 150 bots in production, and we had a clear understanding of how many full-time employees would be dedicated to higher-value tasks as a result.

The ability of Automation Anywhere to provide automation at scale is commendable. We have indeed achieved tangible business benefits. That is certain. I am no longer aware of the metric used to evaluate this, except for the fact that we have eliminated various mundane activities from the workday of numerous individuals.

Automation Anywhere has helped our organization increase its automation consumption.

What needs improvement?

From what I recall of the type of issue we had to deal with when we started implementing Automation Anywhere, it was the integration with the identity and access management system that the company might use. This is because Automation Anywhere has a vault where we store all the information related to the bot, including the password it will use to connect to the system. The feature, which might be interesting for companies that don't already have an identity management system, was a bit tricky because I would have preferred the system to directly rely on our corporate identity and access management system to manage the bot's credentials. This way, we wouldn't have to store this information in the bot as well. It's something to consider in terms of integrating with an existing IT landscape.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Automation Anywhere for almost six years.

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What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We did not encounter any stability issues with Automation Anywhere during the time I worked with the solution.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Automation Anywhere is scalable.

How are customer service and support?

The technical support was helpful and responsive.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

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

We had previously been using UiPath, and in late 2017, we acquired an organization that was already using Automation Anywhere, which belonged to a much larger organization. Consequently, we began to explore that tool and benefited from our colleagues' positive experiences with Automation Anywhere.

They were able to provide suggestions on the setup and deployment of the solution. As a result, we ultimately decided to discontinue the use of UiPath and transitioned to Automation Anywhere. Without the acquisition, we might not have implemented Automation Anywhere and instead would have continued with UiPath or explored other alternatives. Due to the acquisition, we were able to recognize that Automation Anywhere was one of the market leaders and swiftly create a proof of concept.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was straightforward. Although I was involved in the deployment project, the actual installation was carried out by those responsible for implementing the Windows servers.

We needed to acquire the hardware because we had an internal cloud at that time, so we still have it. I would say that we managed to allocate the servers. It didn't take long. We provided training for the people who would deploy and customize the product with the assistance of Automation Anywhere in France. The global deployment infrastructure was ready to be used within a few weeks.

What about the implementation team?

The implementation was completed in-house with the help of the Automation Anywhere team.

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

We obtained benefits from the original price prior to the acquisition and had to engage in negotiations due to the expansion of the usage scope. We were required to purchase licenses and bot runners, which determined the permissible run times for the bots. We successfully achieved a fair price worldwide. 

What other advice do I have?

I rate Automation Anywhere an eight out of ten. 

We primarily utilize an attended bot, meaning they are not created by users. We have made efforts to retain control over IT in bot creation to prevent it from becoming a new avenue for shadow IT. When we started in 2018, the final department had a dedicated team responsible for bot development. However, they eventually hired contractors who developed C-Sharp programs that interacted with SAP through APIs. The bot would simply launch these programs, which is not the ideal method for automation, as we believe the bot should directly interact with the application instead of relying on a separate program to communicate with SAP through an API. I believe the team responsible for this no longer exists. Presently, we have a process in place to identify relevant use cases, and we are collaborating with a subcontractor who creates the bots for us based on specifications provided by the business.

We utilize Automation Anywhere with an attended bot. This implies that after receiving the specifications from the business and creating the purchase, we establish an agreement on the bot's scheduling for execution. However, the user never directly interacts with the bot; they only observe the results of its actions. Therefore, there is no need to provide training for users to utilize Automation Anywhere. We maintain IT control over it, while the development itself is outsourced. Consequently, the issue of the learning curve is not applicable to our situation.

We didn't use a lot of APIs with Automation Anywhere. Instead, we simulated the user's actions on the application's user interface. I can't recall any instances where we relied on APIs to initiate actions in the systems we were connecting to. However, I am aware that APIs can be utilized. There was a point when we wanted to employ APIs to retrieve the password or the bot from our identity and access the financial system just before the bot was about to commence its task. Additionally, we intended to trigger an API to reset the password once the bot had completed its job to ensure that there were no potential security threats associated with the user IDs used for the bots.

For those who prefer using API integration instead of a comprehensive process automation solution, I would like to emphasize that it's not exactly the same approach. Integrated APIs require developing a program for them to interact with. In my opinion, RPA offers a more straightforward approach as it simply replicates user actions within an application. We already have a ready-to-use bot. However, I wouldn't recommend using bots for everything, especially when we encounter use cases that resemble interfaces. 

Essentially, it involves manipulating the user interface of an application to extract data and then sending that data to another application on a daily basis. This approach doesn't seem logical. I'm not sure about the usage of APIs in the context of actual IT program development, where we need to retrieve data from various source systems that provide APIs. In such cases, we genuinely desire bots that faithfully mimic the actions of real users within an application. Our intention was never to replace any kind of deployment with bots, which is why we wanted Information and Communication Technology to be involved in the decision-making process. We wanted to ensure that the distinction was made between tasks that should be handled by bots and those that should be treated as interfaces or programs, aligning with our understanding of process automation.

We have a team of three people in Spain who are in charge of the daily operation of the Automation Anywhere platform. However, deploying our new bot is a quick process. There is a test environment where the bot is validated, after which it is transferred to the production control room and the bot's schedule is updated.

The team responsible for the data operations of the platform, taking everything into account, including the intrusion of the new bot into the production environment. They also handle the platform's maintenance. I believe we have three individuals dedicated to these tasks.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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Automation increases productivity and reduces manpower requirements
Pros and Cons
  • "Automation is going to become a new area we will certainly encourage a lot of people to pursue because of the lasting dividends it provides, including saving time and manpower."

    What is our primary use case?

    We are supposed to produce 40,000 components of shells for bayonet caps. Forty thousand caps are required in each shift, which means it comes to about 120 caps per minute. For that purpose, we make use of the vibrating feeder and inserts for all the shoots. We also had composite tools to perform various operations. The additional components, which are supposed to come on the rotary table, were also finished and brought to the table. The shell gets placed from the vibratory feeder on top of it. There are two operations: hot white glass falls into it, and as soon as it falls, it goes to the next position, where it gets molded. The molding shape takes place.

    What is most valuable?

    Actually, we are supposed to produce 40,000 components of shells for bayonet caps. Forty thousand caps are required in each shift. That means it comes to about 120 caps per minute. Automation is going to become a new area we will certainly encourage a lot of people to pursue because of the lasting dividends it provides, including saving time and manpower.

    For how long have I used the solution?

    I have not come across them. Automation Anywhere is a company that keeps sending their literature very often. I possess it, and I am getting good information through them.

    How are customer service and support?

    Normally, I go through a lot of journals that provide a lot of information on automation. Practically, I have done a lot of work, which gives me the confidence that I can handle any type of automation.

    How was the initial setup?

    You only give instructions to them regarding what is required. You explain to them.

    What other advice do I have?

    AI is also supporting now. Most people are into AI because of the benefits we get, and it enables changes required through AI easily. It offers a lot of cost benefits and enables faster productivity. Normally, there are specific people we use to contact, who actually do the automation. No, I cannot decide a rating right now.

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    Software Analyst at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
    Real User
    Top 20
    New users can grasp the basics within a few hours
    Pros and Cons
    • "The most valuable feature is the user-friendly interface."
    • "Automation Anywhere's frequent updates are unnecessary and disruptive."

    What is our primary use case?

    We used Automation Anywhere to automate three SAP projects.

    We implemented Automation Anywhere to update company code levels with a new general ledger and profit and loss accounts. This update was based on conditions involving multiple P codes and SAP instances.

    How has it helped my organization?

    Previously, updating the general ledgers across multiple SAP instances was a manual process, but it has since been automated.

    Automation Anywhere is easy to learn, with a dedicated certification that takes one month to complete. However, to gain sufficient practical experience, users typically require at least six months to work on automation projects.

    Automation Anywhere has helped save costs by, for example, doing the job of two full-time employees.

    We have integrated SAP desktop automation, Web applications, and ServiceNow with Automation Anywhere.

    We use ServiceNow APIs to manage tickets, not the application itself. All actions, including updating ticket details, processing, and adding comments, are performed through the APIs. If processing is successful, we update the ticket comments via the API. For any issues, we attach logs and update the comments with the error message before closing the ticket, all through the ServiceNow API.

    Automation Anywhere has helped save costs and time and has reduced the number of human errors.

    The Automation Anywhere interface is user-friendly, allowing even new users to grasp the basics within a few hours. While I haven't used Blue Prism, its interface appears more complex. Other automation tools also present a steeper learning curve than Automation Anywhere.

    What is most valuable?

    The most valuable feature is the user-friendly interface. When updated packages are available, we receive demos and can practice the automation in the portal.

    What needs improvement?

    Automation Anywhere's frequent updates are unnecessary and disruptive. Updates are often pushed for no apparent reason, even for perfectly functional packages. This excessive update frequency is undesirable and should be reduced.

    For how long have I used the solution?

    I have been using Automation Anywhere for two and a half years.

    What do I think about the stability of the solution?

    I would rate the stability of Automation Anywhere eight out of ten.

    What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

    I would rate the scalability of Automation Anywhere seven out of ten.

    How was the initial setup?

    The initial deployment is straightforward. We move code from private to public in a zip file and provide it to the developers. It takes approximately ten minutes.

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

    I have heard that Automation Anywhere is expensive.

    What other advice do I have?

    I would rate Automation Anywhere eight out of ten.

    Our client is an enterprise business.

    Two leads and three support people are required to maintain Automation Anywhere. Once we develop the bot, we hand it to the support team.

    We have approximately 2,000 users of Automation Anywhere.

    Automation Anywhere helps automate routine tasks, freeing employees to focus on other areas, and can even automate processes with underdeveloped back-end systems.

    Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

    Public Cloud
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    RohitShetty - PeerSpot reviewer
    Product Owner at BHP
    Real User
    Top 10
    Core RPA and customer service are very good, but it is expensive and not very AI-centric
    Pros and Cons
    • "The core RPA service that it provides and the stability that it has in maintaining that as a cloud service solution is a key enabler for us. Its stability is good, and the low-code/no-code setup that it has is very user-efficient."
    • "The AI centricity is a bit behind compared to the way we see Microsoft and AWS doing it. This is the feedback that I have also given to them. They need to expand themselves to provide more services than just RPA. Only RPA may not be enough for us, and it would not be our preferred choice for an automation tool."

    What is our primary use case?

    The use cases depend on the group functions that are in our business units. They are related to finance, procurement, and marketing spaces. This is where we are heavily utilizing it for productivity gains in terms of FTE realization.

    It is an enterprise-grade tool for us. At the COE level, we are using it for automations related to the group functions. We have a comprehensive team of around 30 to 40 people supporting it. It is not used for one or two use cases. It is a proper enterprise-grade automation mechanism for us for different areas. On average, we do a couple of million dollars of automation engagements annually with it.

    How has it helped my organization?

    It meets the productivity targets that we have set for ourselves. The customer service that they provide is also quite efficient. They try to keep a close eye on our key problem areas and how they can be a partner in solving it. It has always been a very positive collaboration with them.

    The integration of automation into our workflows, APIs, business applications, and documents with Automation Anywhere is quite good. It is quite seamless and scalable. They are certified. We can only adopt it if it is a certified integration.

    Automation Anywhere has helped save time and cost. The savings are tangible and recorded with us.

    What is most valuable?

    The core RPA service that it provides and the stability that it has in maintaining that as a cloud service solution is a key enabler for us. Its stability is good, and the low-code/no-code setup that it has is very user-efficient.

    What needs improvement?

    The AI centricity is a bit behind compared to the way we see Microsoft and AWS doing it. This is the feedback that I have also given to them. They need to expand themselves to provide more services than just RPA. Only RPA may not be enough for us, and it would not be our preferred choice for an automation tool.

    For how long have I used the solution?

    I have been using Automation Anywhere for around three years.

    What do I think about the stability of the solution?

    It is quite stable. I would rate it an eight out of ten for stability.

    What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

    Its scalability is quite good. It is much better and improved now. I would rate it a seven out of ten for scalability.

    It is being used by multiple departments at one location. It is being used purely at the group functions level such as finance, supply, and marketing, but not for the asset-centric operations with mining and other things.

    How are customer service and support?

    They are quite good. I would rate them an eight out of ten.

    How would you rate customer service and support?

    Positive

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

    We are using both Automation Anywhere and Power Automate Desktop for different purposes. Automation Anywhere is our COE tool, whereas Power Automate Desktop is our citizen developer tool. We have good experience with both of them, but we are trying to make a switch from Automation Anywhere to Power Automate Desktop as a part of our cost-efficiency drive. We are doing a competitive analysis to see whether we are ready for it or not.

    Overall, Automation Anywhere has been stable, especially the latest versions, but its usage is expensive for us. Power Automate Desktop is our preferred tool.

    Our business users who are not technical are more comfortable with Power Automate Desktop than Automation Anywhere. Automation Anywhere is a COE-grade tool. It is not for citizen developers. Automation Anywhere is easy for professional developers or someone who has experience with automation technology. It would take a non-technical person a month of hands-on experience to learn it.

    How was the initial setup?

    The deployment was good, but the migration to the cloud was a bit tedious. It was an extensive engagement.

    The upgrades are quite seamless now because it is now in the cloud, so the effort is quite less. We have a team set up for maintenance.

    What about the implementation team?

    A team of around 20 people was needed because it was a big-scale implementation. In migration, 25 to 30 people were involved. We have a DevOps team for operational support with almost the same number of people.

    What was our ROI?

    We have seen ROI for our original automations. They were mostly low-hanging fruits with savings of a few FTEs, but the moment any automation has an ROI of only one FTE, it is not an economical solution for us to use. Power Automate Desktop is cheaper for us to use.

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

    Its usage is expensive for us because my user base is mostly in Manila and KL. The unit cost of labor is cheaper there than in the U.S. or Australia, which puts a bit more stress on how to get a positive ROI while continuing to use it.

    I would rate it a six out of ten for pricing.

    What other advice do I have?

    I would absolutely recommend Automation Anywhere. It has great potential. The people who provide services are quite professional. They want us to succeed in our journey. They are not only interested in profits. They want us to do well. 

    When it comes to automation and AI, there is a huge appetite at the group functions level but not much on the asset side of it. We are more focused on health and safety, and from the functional or transactional aspect, we have a keen interest in the overall automation and AI.

    Overall, I would rate Automation Anywhere a seven out of ten.

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    Sr Director of Automation at Asure Software Inc
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    Top 20
    A robust platform that integrates well and is no-code
    Pros and Cons
    • "The feature we found to be the most valuable is the documentation automation as it allows us to focus on the actual important piece of building automation instead of tracking some of the repugnant documentation that goes along with building automation."
    • "Automation Anywhere's network has room for improvement."

    What is our primary use case?

    Some of our use cases for Automation Anywhere have been embedding automation into our AML process and Anti-money laundering process as well. Also using automation to navigate some of our legacy applications to extract information from the UI.

    The challenge we're trying to solve with Automation Anywhere is extracting information from our legacy applications. We do not have exposed endpoints. We have to use Automation Anywhere to be able to navigate and extract information for customers and from data information as well.

    How has it helped my organization?

    The processes and tasks automated by Automation Anywhere are a little bit more detailed. What we've come to figure out is the processes previously were not documented correctly. And Automation Anywhere allows us to get more insight and documentation out of our processes.

    One of the immediate opportunities we see to leverage AI within our processes and our operations is customer service. Leveraging the natural language models and human response to be able to generate customer-focused responses is something that we plan to leverage very soon.

    Automation Anywhere has improved our organization by allowing our resources to focus on the task at hand that impact our customer, while we use Automation Anywhere to replace some of the redundant work that some of our users and internal team members are facing.

    Our company approach to generative AI for Automation Anywhere is more in line with building the future, allowing us to enhance our processes without necessarily embedding our internal team members with redundant tasks, allowing them to focus on the actual deliverables of a business versus generating a response to email or reading email. Allowing them to be a more human-focused team member.

    Looking into Automation Anywhere in terms of the relationship with AWS, we manage our servers locally for our VMs and are looking to migrate to AWS. The partnership with AWS will allow us to integrate some of our processes and allow access to some of our DVs. This will be a good improvement for us.

    Automation Anywhere is easy to use for people who don't have experience because it is a no-code solution and is user-friendly in terms of being able to generate automation with a plethora of available tasks and variables.

    One or two automation walkthroughs of the actual process are required to learn Automation Anywhere. It takes a short amount of time for a user to get acquainted with Automation Anywhere. There are some latencies with being able to expose certain things such as APIs or establish a certain connection, but building automation is short in terms of development.

    We have a few tools that are integrated with Automation Anywhere. We use a lot of Microsoft tools. Azure AD is integrated directly with Automation Anywhere and allows us to expand our ability to automate processes. We also have some desktop applications and some proprietary software that we would like to integrate with Automation Anywhere.

    Automation Anywhere is a robust platform that allows us to make multiple connections and scale horizontally across the actual environment to give us a more robust integration or automation that allows for downstream impact whether it is internal users or external users of our products. It allows us the ability to go horizontally fast with a lot of multiple integrations of products.

    Automation Anywhere has helped us save time and costs, sometimes in the same automation as well as replacing some of the redundant tasks. Some of our users are giving us the ability to scale quicker without adding additional resources. That saves costs. We save hundreds of hours with some automation and two to three hours for others, but the cost impact of being able to do that with automation has saved a ton of costs as well. We have a lot of bots running daily, manipulating and removing the redundancies of those manual tasks. The resource costs saved equal hundreds of thousands of dollars.

    What is most valuable?

    The feature we found to be the most valuable is the documentation automation as it allows us to focus on the actual important piece of building automation instead of tracking some of the repugnant documentation that goes along with building automation. 

    What needs improvement?

    Automation Anywhere's network has room for improvement. Expanding its partnership with a few other vendors. The likelihood of including companies like AWS, Google, and things like that is the exact approach to what I think Automation Anywhere can improve on. It allows business users who participate and are clients of those vendors to a seamless process integration with Automation Anywhere. This allows for an ecosystem that supports a more robust development of automation because we get a broader use case amongst multiple users of the same product.

    For how long have I used the solution?

    I have been using Automation Anywhere for four years.

    What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

    Automation Anywhere allows us the ability to scale across multiple platforms and in different volumes. At a small scale, we don't have to readdress that automation or that bot to be able to scale if configured and built correctly. It is a very scalable approach that we can take in terms of the integration that we have access to. It allows for an open platform to be able to scale.

    How are customer service and support?

    The technical support is user-friendly. They are responsive and normally respond within 24 hours. They provide us with updates so we are not left in the dark and keep us involved. They make sure to follow up with a call if anything is needed.

    How would you rate customer service and support?

    Positive

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

    We did not use any automation beforehand but we have a partnership with Workato that allows us to leverage more API-driven automation as well. We utilize both due to the actual diversity of Automation Anywhere. It gives us the ability to navigate a UI, a more legacy application whereas Workato gives us the ability to connect APIs. We use both of them in the same automation platform.

    How was the initial setup?

    It took us a month to deploy. We set up a few runners or virtual machines to be able to do that work with our IT team who configured some of the runners and made sure that we embedded applications that were gonna be useful and practical for the actual automation itself. We then walked through a few test automation and were able to deploy our first automation within a month.

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

    Automation Anywhere pricing and licensing are competitive compared to the other automation vendors. Automation Anywhere gives us a platform to scale quickly without embedding a lot of costs on our end. It is reasonably priced.

    Which other solutions did I evaluate?

    We evaluated the landscape of automation and the partners and vendors that offer the service before we chose Automation Anywhere. My positive previous experience with Automation Anywhere helped make the decision a lot easier for us.

    Automation Anywhere is easy to use. It is a simple platform to understand. A simple platform to roll out. We don't need a robust education in terms of automation. We can train internally. We can expose other POs or PMs to the actual application and they will be able to give us additional insights of automation that we can improve.

    The con is the resources assignment outside of our internal team members. Finding resources who have good experience variant with Automation Anywhere in the States may be a con for us.  

    What other advice do I have?

    I would rate Automation Anywhere nine out of ten. From what I have seen, they are headed in the right direction to get a ten.

    We do not currently use Automation Co-Pilot, but we are excited to start using it. We are going to have a session about using Co-Pilot with our internal teams.

    Upgrading Automation Anywhere is simple in terms of the control room to be able to do an upgrade or speak to our account executive to get additional licenses or products added to our instance.

    Maintenance depends on how we build the automation. We keep in mind the actual process of being able to manage automation as we build it, which will ultimately save us a call for maintenance at the end. Being able to enable notification error handling within the automation helps reduce the actual maintenance requirements for automation.

    Not many people are involved in the maintenance of our automation because we embed some of the process owners into the process so they are aware if a bot was to fail. Then we give them corrective actions in terms of exception handling to be able to oversee that bot as well as to reinitiate a bot or add additional variables into the bot to allow the success of that bot. A minimal amount of people are required for bot maintenance.

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    Boris Netzer - PeerSpot reviewer
    VP Delivery at Bynet
    Reseller
    Top 5
    The most user-friendly and developer-friendly solution that increases productivity and efficiency
    Pros and Cons
    • "The solution is very easy to implement."
    • "Support is not very satisfactory."

    What is our primary use case?

    Our customers have a large variety of use cases. It varies from financial processes, R&D processes, IT processes, services, and service desks. Most customers implement the solution for business processes. From a vertical perspective, we have pharmaceuticals, transportation, logistics, the public, defense, and banking sectors.

    How has it helped my organization?

    Some of our customers see growth in sales. Some see streamlining of the processes or removing errors from the process or rework. For others, the tool provides better usage or upscaling for the employees. All the customers can see benefits from the product. We do not implement any platform without a clear ROI to the customers, especially for the customers in Israel who are very ROI-oriented.

    What is most valuable?

    The product’s ability to have everything in one place is valuable. It's a web-based application so, our customers do not have any overhead from the maintenance perspective. 

    The solution is very easy to implement. Developing something on it is very easy because we don't need to work on different screens, applications, and clients. It's the most user-friendly and developer-friendly RPA application in the market. It’s very, very easy to understand.

    What needs improvement?

    The product is not really intended to integrate with web applications. However, almost all enterprises use web applications, low-code applications, or advanced applications that use webhooks to trigger events. The product falls behind in working with webhooks.

    Automation Anywhere has invested in the service desk, however, the first tier of the service desk, especially chat, is not really helpful but the second tier is very knowledgeable and professional. The product can do better in the service desk area. The tool must also add some of the more innovative features. 

    For how long have I used the solution?

    I have been using the solution for the last six years.

    What do I think about the stability of the solution?

    The application is pretty stable. The on-premises system’s application doesn’t crash. It is stable as long as the infrastructure is stable.

    What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

    On the SaaS version, we do not have any scalability issues. It’s 100% perfect. Since 2019, I haven't experienced downtime with the cloud systems.

    How are customer service and support?

    The technical support depends on the tier. The first-tier support by chat is low quality. The whole process can take a long time for the customer. 

    How would you rate customer service and support?

    Neutral

    How was the initial setup?

    The initial deployment took us less than one hour. If everything is prepared, all infrastructures are in place, and all the relevant people, definitions, and Active Directory are available, it can be deployed in less than one hour.

    Automation Anywhere’s implementation is a click-through process. Mostly, it's a decision process within the system. There is a built-in bot distribution system if we need to scale up. We define the servers, and the system fires out the add-ons to the servers. Since it's a web-based system, we don't need to install almost anything. Just install the control rooms, and then everything else is done through the browsers.

    The defense sector customers prefer to deploy the product on-premises. Half of our customers are on the cloud, and half are on-premises. The customers do not care what cloud provider we use since it’s a SaaS application. It is very transparent for the customer.

    What about the implementation team?

    Usually, we need three people to deploy the solution. We need one person from our side and two from the customer’s side, including a system administrator and a DBA. The tool requires maintenance once it's on-premise and there is no connection to the cloud. However, if there is a connection to the cloud and the servers are intact, we don't need to maintain anything.

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

    The pricing model can be a bit more flexible. It mostly has the option for bundles. There is almost no possibility of adding single licenses to the bundle. I rate the pricing a five on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is very expensive.

    What other advice do I have?

    Our customers are aware of automation. Most of the processes are implemented in the areas where regular business automation with integration will not apply. Where people are currently applying manual work, our customers would like to automate those processes fully, but there is no possibility of any integration. Our customers also use the product in service areas where they need someone to work in two teams, like integration and screen scraping.

    Once business users who don’t have tech skills understand how to use the solution, it's relatively easy for them. It's easier than using an iPad. However, the tool is not filtered to enable the business user to see what they need to see. We need to educate and train the users to use it. On the flip side, this ability is not present in other applications or is more difficult for business users to understand. Automation Anywhere is an easy application to learn.

    The time taken to train non-technical employees on Automation Anywhere depends on which level we train them. They would need one week of training to implement basic processes based on desktop applications or Excel files.

    Some of our customers use Automation Co-Pilot at the service desk. Automation Co-Pilot is only on the front with the business user. In the back, the core product runs on the business applications. It's the same integration and the same screen scraping. It's like an extension of the capabilities and translation of the graphic interface to the business user. If someone clicks on the screen, both aspects run on the back end of the different applications.

    Automation Co-Pilot increases productivity because everything done in 50 clicks before is done in one click now. Processes where a user must follow the instructions and run through the processes, including the decision metrics and decision junctions, Co-Pilot provides all the best practices within it. No one needs to open any applications and learn the processes. All the decisions are made on the application. It's a tremendous improvement in the time spent and efficiency achieved.

    Automation Co-Pilot freed up some time for staff from a business perspective, but mostly, it improved the response time to the customers. Whatever someone needs to do on ten screens in five to ten minutes, it's done in one click in a few seconds.

    Automation Anywhere’s ability to provide automation at scale is pretty good. It depends on the scale and how large the company is. It's very easy to see in an enterprise. The top three RPA platforms are not intended for SMB users. It's mostly for enterprise companies or at least for the companies with large operations, not necessarily from the headcount perspective but from the operation perspective. In such companies, it's very, very successful.

    Automation Anywhere works well with API, but it lacks API management capabilities. Automation Anywhere could be better in integration. Integration between core Automation Anywhere applications with other core business applications can be better.

    Automation Anywhere has helped all our customers to increase their automation consumption. Our largest customer in the pharmaceutical area had an exponential increase in their automation consumption, and they are still growing. We started in 2020. Now, they have hundreds of processes. Smaller companies are increasing on the center of excellence side. We implement at least 10 to 20 processes every year if companies have a small center of excellence. Some customers implement 40 to 50 processes a year. It's scaling up really quickly.

    My advice to someone who wants to use API integration instead of robot process automation depends on the use case. There is an automation paradigm, and we need to know what to automate and how to automate it. Some processes are not intended to be automated with RPA. Some processes are intended to be automated only with RPA. So if a company doesn't have any API management tool, then automating with API can be very challenging because they can do it right but not manage it. Then, they would have a spaghetti of API connections that they cannot maintain or manage. However, if a company has an API management tool, API capabilities, and applications, it's probably better to automate using APIs and not screen scraping.

    If a company with limited IT capabilities is keen to implement business processes that require RPA, I would suggest they configure Automation Anywhere because it's very easy to implement. It is user-friendly and developer-friendly. It is pretty business-user-friendly. It is very, very easy to maintain. It's a great application to implement.

    Overall, I rate the product an eight out of ten.

    Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. Partner
    PeerSpot user
    Product Manager at Automation and AI Tools
    Real User
    Is user-friendly, frees up human time, and is affordable
    Pros and Cons
    • "The most valuable feature of Automation Anywhere is the automation that frees up time for our employees to engage with customers."
    • "Automation Anywhere could enhance its services by establishing a local office in our region to provide better support."

    What is our primary use case?

    I have numerous use cases for Automation Anywhere. One of these use cases involves retrieving data from the Etimad portal and inputting it into an Excel sheet, which generates reports for me. This is one of the tasks I have accomplished using Automation Anywhere. Additionally, I utilize Automation Anywhere in the Business Intelligence solution for SFDA. This platform generates reports regarding available medications or food items for purchase, whether from vendors or suppliers. I have several more use cases as well.

    How has it helped my organization?

    We have implemented Automation Anywhere to eliminate repetitive tasks for humans and enable them to concentrate on more relevant tasks that enhance customer engagement.

    Automation Anywhere is designed for business users, providing a user-friendly UI that enables them to create and access reports quickly.

    The learning curve of Automation Anywhere is brief. The solution permits drag-and-drop commands, and the documentation is straightforward to understand and follow.

    Non-technical individuals can begin using Automation Anywhere within two months of training.

    Integrating Automation Anywhere Co-Pilot with our organization's day-to-day applications is straightforward.

    Co-Pilot has contributed to a 90 percent increase in productivity, as humans are now able to concentrate on tasks that provide greater value.

    Co-Pilot assists in freeing up staff to engage in value-added projects. We employed this solution for an organization that had 3,000 employees working on repetitive tasks, thus allowing them to dedicate more time to relevant assignments.

    Automation Anywhere has enhanced our clients' organizations by accelerating their tasks.

    Automation Anywhere helps to increase automation consumption. Presently, we are implementing the solution in over 3,000 automation projects. In comparison to the manual execution of tasks prior to employing the solution, we now witness a sevenfold increase in automated tasks, a number that continues to grow each quarter.

    What is most valuable?

    The most valuable feature of Automation Anywhere is the automation that frees up time for our employees to engage with customers.

    What needs improvement?

    Automation Anywhere could enhance its services by establishing a local office in our region to provide better support.

    For how long have I used the solution?

    I have been using Automation Anywhere for two years.

    What do I think about the stability of the solution?

    I would rate the stability of Automation Anywhere a nine out of ten.

    What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

    I would rate the scalability of Automation Anywhere a nine out of ten.

    How are customer service and support?

    I would like the technical support to respond quicker to the assigned tickets.

    How would you rate customer service and support?

    Positive

    How was the initial setup?

    The initial setup is easy. The deployment usually only requires me and one programmer from the client's end.

    What about the implementation team?

    I am a consultant and help implement the solution for our clients.

    What was our ROI?

    Our clients do experience a return on investment through the reduction in costs for tasks that were previously carried out by humans and are now automated. Automation Anywhere is five times faster than humans and more efficient.

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

    The Automation Anywhere license is affordable and not complex. In our region, we have the option to implement the solution on-premises or in a sandbox since nothing is in the cloud. This aspect makes the license even more cost-effective.

    Which other solutions did I evaluate?

    I evaluated UiPath, which is exceedingly expensive but offers superior support in our region. When considering the cost, support, capacity, integration, and overall value, Automation Anywhere emerged as the more economical and superior option.

    I also evaluated IBM, but I found that they were imitating UiPath, which is not advantageous for me.

    What other advice do I have?

    I would rate Automation Anywhere a nine out of ten.

    I have integrated RPA with various applications such as Excel sheets, Oracle systems, SAP, Salesforce, DTS, the corresponding tracking system, Enterprise Content Management, as well as some of the business processes from Camunda.

    Robotic process automation is crucial for maintaining operational efficiency in a business while eliminating human errors.

    We have many endpoints using Automation Anywhere.

    Maintenance is completed by the support engineers as per the license requirements.

    I recommend Automation Anywhere. The solution is cost-effective and offers significant value. It is recognized as one of the leaders by Gartner.

    Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

    On-premises
    Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. Reseller
    PeerSpot user
    Suraj_Singh - PeerSpot reviewer
    Robotic Process Automation Consultant at Accely Consulting
    Consultant
    Top 20
    Designed for situations where humans and bots work together, especially useful when users need to enter specific details during the automation process itself
    Pros and Cons
    • "Automation Anywhere's OCR functionality stands out as the most valuable feature for us, as it allows us to swiftly extract data for repetitive tasks, significantly boosting our efficiency."
    • "OCR technology could be more inclusive by offering a wider range of supported languages, as its current selection is limited."

    What is our primary use case?

    We use Automation Anywhere to automate specific use cases for our clients. The majority of use cases fall under the logistics and finance departments.

    Our organization utilizes Automation Anywhere on the Automation Anywhere private cloud infrastructure.

    We implemented Automation Anywhere to automate repetitive tasks and save humans time to focus on other tasks.

    How has it helped my organization?

    Automation Anywhere is easy to use with basic knowledge or training.

    The learning curve is easy. We can learn how to use it within one week. There are a lot of courses available for Automation Anywhere.

    Automation Anywhere Co-Pilot is designed for situations where humans and bots work together, especially useful when users need to enter specific details during the automation process itself.

    It has helped our clients significantly increase their production and has freed up time for employees to work on other tasks.

    We have integrated Automation Anywhere with our SQL database.

    Adding automation into workflows and APIs is easy.

    Automation Anywhere helps save organizations time and money. 

    What is most valuable?

    Automation Anywhere's OCR functionality stands out as the most valuable feature for us, as it allows us to swiftly extract data for repetitive tasks, significantly boosting our efficiency.

    What needs improvement?

    OCR technology could be more inclusive by offering a wider range of supported languages, as its current selection is limited.

    For how long have I used the solution?

    I have been using Automation Anywhere for four years.

    What do I think about the stability of the solution?

    Automation Anywhere is stable.

    What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

    Automation Anywhere does a good job of providing automation at scale.

    The scalability of Automation Anywhere has impacted our ability to expand across more processes.

    How are customer service and support?

    There was a time when the technical support was not able to provide an exact solution for my query.

    How would you rate customer service and support?

    Neutral

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

    While I've used UiPath, I prefer Automation Anywhere for its user-friendly interface and competitive OCR capabilities. Automation Anywhere's bi-directional flow, allowing both graph and sequence views, offers greater clarity compared to UiPath's linear flow.

    How was the initial setup?

    The initial deployment is straightforward.

    What other advice do I have?

    I would rate Automation Anywhere nine out of ten.

    Automation Anywhere requires maintenance and updates semi-annually. For an experienced person, it is an easy task.

    We have eight people on our team who utilize Automation Anywhere.

    I recommend taking advantage of Automation Anywhere's trial version to thoroughly test its capabilities within your specific environment before committing to a full deployment.

    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?

    Other
    Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. customer/partner
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