What is our primary use case?
We have about 62 bots running in production today and saving around close to 600,000 hours a year of manual work.
How has it helped my organization?
UiPath Platform features have benefited our organization significantly, as we have about 62 bots running in production today and saving around close to 600,000 hours a year of manual work.
What is most valuable?
The features of UiPath Platform that I find most valuable are the unattended bots, which is what we mainly use, and then we dabbled into attended bots for a while. The unattended bots have been most successful for us so far.
What needs improvement?
UiPath Platform can be improved, as there are many capabilities we can utilize. The upcoming Agentic AI is going to expose many opportunities for us. There are features such as UiPath Apps, which we have not been successful at implementing in our company due to limitations, as we want to give control to the user community to run their own bots, however, at this point we haven't been able to fully implement that.
Additional features I would want to see included in the next release of UiPath Platform are the UiPath Apps and, along with Agentic AI, there are many use cases for the attended bots. If improvements can be made to attended bots, that would be beneficial asthere are many use cases in our company that we haven't explored yet.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using UiPath Platform for the last five years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
UiPath Platform has been working effectively for us. Apart from some minor hiccups, which would be expected with any software, the experience has been positive. Regarding reliability, there have been no complaints.
I have not experienced significant downtime with UiPath Platform. At one point, we had an issue we thought was related to UiPath Platform performance, however, we discovered it was the underlying software we were interfacing with. Even then, UiPath Platform provided the right support to help us. Overall, there was only one instance of downtime in four years, which did not create any significant impact.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
UiPath Platform has been scaling very effectively with the growing needs of our organization. We have been able to meet the needs of the organization even though we are growing every year.
How are customer service and support?
Technical support from my experience takes considerable time to respond. Most of the time, by the time they get back to us and we work through it, we either figure it out ourselves or find answers in the community.
On a scale from one to ten, I would rate customer service and technical support as a seven. This rating reflects that customer service has been good, however, technical support, due to the few experiences I had, lowers the overall score.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Prior to adopting UiPath Platform, I was using Automation Anywhere. We went with them for a year or a year and a half, and then we switched over to UiPath Platform.
How was the initial setup?
The challenges we faced with UiPath Platform were initially related to working with a vendor service provider to implement our first couple of bots. These challenges were more aligned with the service provider's situation than UiPath Platform itself. Eventually, when our team started growing and we adopted it at a bigger scale, we found that what we had done at POC was coming to fruition.
What was our ROI?
I have seen a return on investment with UiPath Platform. With 62 bots saving 600,000 hours, we are around 500,000 plus, on target to reach 600,000 this year. This translates to $50 an hour or $18 an hour depending on how half of the work is done in the Philippines, which we count for around $20 an hour, and whatever is in San Diego, where our company is based.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I haven't been directly involved in the pricing, setup cost, and licensing of UiPath Platform, however, I have been informed. My manager, who is a director, handles all of those aspects.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
Before selecting UiPath Platform, we considered Blue Prism, and then Automation Anywhere was implemented for a year or a year and a half before we switched to UiPath Platform. What stood out in my evaluation process was that the capabilities UiPath Platform provided were significantly more than what we had with Automation Anywhere. As soon as we switched over, our benefits almost tripled in the first year.
What other advice do I have?
When giving advice to other organizations considering UiPath Platform, I would emphasize that starting POCs is very important. Having been on both sides as a consultant before joining this company, we had some POCs which did not work out very well.
At our company, the POCs we selected were the best. Even today, those POCs turned into bots which give us more return on investment. Choose your automation ideas wisely, give adequate time, and manage stakeholder expectations.
I rate UiPath Platform a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Google
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.