UiPath Platform Reviews

My main use case for UiPath Platform is that we use it for a lot of revenue cycle operations, automating different tedious revenue cycle tasks, besides automation.

The features that I appreciate the most on UiPath Platform are the Orchestrator and the ability to kick it off without having to manually do it. One big benefit of these features on UiPath Platform is that I didn't have to have someone manually kick it off; that's one big benefit that saves time and effort, allowing me to run it 24/7.

It also does a great job providing tracking and history, and we can leave breadcrumbs with it to see where things left off and stopped.

My teams have used the vendor's UiPath Academy course. The biggest benefits I have seen from using the Academy when we first started three years ago with UiPath Platform are that those courses helped a lot with just getting used to it, especially since we had to put our skills in our laps, never having done it before. The Academy was straightforward and helped us get started.

Improving the forms on UiPath Platform so you can easily assess answers could be a big benefit. The different dashboards are not very convenient or handy; you have to do a lot of manipulation with them, and I'd rather have ease of use and them be more user-friendly.

It would also be nice to have better insights into the processes, such as whether they are running smoothly and what the outcome is, because we have to leave a lot of breadcrumbs when we build something and would rather not have to do all that.

I have been using UiPath Platform for three years.

I have not experienced any downtime, crashes, or performance issues with the stability and reliability of UiPath Platform.

UiPath Platform scales with our growing needs; we have definitely expanded on it utilizing a lot of the current licensing model we had, so we didn't have to buy many new licenses. However, when license time came around or when AI units came around, we did see significant costs and lower ROI.

I would evaluate customer service and technical support for UiPath Platform as very good.

Prior to adopting UiPath Platform, I did consider using a different solution to address my similar needs, as I think the right tool is for the right job.

My experience with deploying UiPath Platform was really simple, and I appreciated how UiPath actually has people who would help you with it as well.

I have seen a return on investment with UiPath Platform; my first year doing it, we saved about 12 FTEs of hours.

My experience with the pricing, setup costs, and licensing for UiPath Platform is that I think it's very expensive; when comparing it to Power Automate or another company, Power Automate is obviously cheaper. All the other companies are kind of in line with the pricing, but I just think it's a real high cost that seems to keep going up, which reduces my return on investment.

Before selecting UiPath Platform, we compared all the major players and looked at the Gartner scale of who was on top. We did some peer references from people I knew in the industry and the gradual typical approach you would go to. We also got to see a demo of it, and compared to other demos, UiPath definitely looked more user-friendly; that's what stood out the most since the cost was pretty much the same as others.

The advice I would give to another organization considering UiPath Platform is to strongly consider your team and what kind of needs your team has; because with different solutions, there are different levels of computer science background you need, and whether you want low-code or no-code versus having someone who has business acumen with a bit of development skills, or just a high development department—so consider your staff. 

I would rate my overall usage of UiPath Platform as definitely an eight out of ten.

In Brazil, we have some standard processes. Some companies operate in similar ways. I cannot give all the details, but there is a process for financial invoices. We normally use UiPath to automate this process.

Using UiPath is very easy. Even for new users or developers who are just starting, it is easy to use. You just need to drag and drop the activity, so it is very easy to start using. We have UiPath Academy, which is very helpful when you need to learn something. When anyone is starting to use UiPath here in my company, we recommend starting with UiPath Academy. It helps a lot in every project that we have here. 

Also, there is the community, which is very helpful. We have lots of users, and for every question that we have, we can just Google it, and then we can find the answers in the community. Almost all the questions that we have can be found in the community, which is very helpful. We also have different integrations with different services, and this is very helpful as well.

I do not have any complaints about the tools themselves. They work very well. The only problem is the cost. It was more accessible initially, and we could have more resources with the same license. Now, the license is different, and we need a license for each tool that we have, so it is not very accessible to have all of the tools for installation.

I have used it for about six years.

The stability is very good. In the beginning, we depended on our infrastructure. However, now that we have services on the cloud, it is very stable.

Scalability depends on how you are automating and using resources like queue triggers. If you use queues, it is easy to scale. You just need to change the number of robots for the process, and then it works very fast.

Every time we need support, most questions can be answered by searching on the Internet or finding solutions in the community. When we require technical support, we contact UiPath. For instance, we had trouble with the database while using UiPath on-premise and connected to support. They were very helpful, addressing the issue in three hours. Therefore, I would rate customer service a ten. It's a very easy tool to use, so normally, we do not encounter many troubles. But when we do, the answers are either in the community, or we contact support.

Positive

It depends on the customer and project. Sometimes, I am involved in the deployment process. I might be a developer, and sometimes I need to deploy in a development tenant. Another team analyzes and deploys it to production, or we deploy it to a tenant for deployment. A global team, for example, analyzes, publishes to production, and ensures they have all the documents before publishing to production. We use the process to run through.

In the beginning, the return on investment is quick. As automation scales, requiring more licenses, it becomes more expensive. At first, processes save money, but eventually, automation without cost savings occurs due to licensing costs.

Besides using UiPath Academy, having expertise in the automation process is crucial because it is not just about setting up automation. Governance becomes critical as automation scales. Planning is essential before starting the process to avoid chaos as automated processes increase. For example, restricting developer access to production is crucial. Overall, I would rate UiPath an eight out of ten because, while it is the best tool regarding resources and integration, pricing is problematic.

My use cases for UiPath Platform in my organization are to automate process, operation process and the business process.

I find the security features of UiPath Platform most valuable because I don't have problems with UiPath Platform during my journey, and I appreciate the support. The support of UiPath Platform is very fast, with rules and security response, which makes it responsible, and I appreciate this. I have seen time saved and value from using UiPath Platform so far. Security operations are very important for us, but I think the time saved is significant.

I think UiPath Platform could improve in the catalog regarding options and hyperautomation, as I think this is more evaluated, and operations too. I don't want to see additional features in future releases. I don't have current pain points that I would want them to fix.

I have been using UiPath Platform for almost four or five years.

I assess the stability and reliability of UiPath Platform as very good.

The support of UiPath Platform is very fast, with rules and security response, which makes it responsible, and I appreciate this.

Positive

I have considered other automation solutions in the last years, but for RPA, I only used UiPath Platform and Automation Hub among other things.

My experience with deploying UiPath Platform is very good, as my team discusses this, saying it's very secure and fast.

My experience with contracting for UiPath Platform is good, and I think there is an opportunity for price revision, but it's a good negotiation for us because of security.

I have seen time saved and value from using UiPath Platform so far. We have 800 people saved now with using UiPath Platform in terms of FTEs. That is per year, the time I am saving with UiPath Platform.

I selected UiPath Platform over Automation Anywhere because of its security, as I think it's the best.

The price is what would make it a perfect solution for me. I would give UiPath Platform support a rating of nine on a scale of one to 10. I have experience with contracting, licensing, and pricing of UiPath Platform, but I handle this job once a year during the contract revision. I currently have almost 300 robots deployed with UiPath Platform. I deployed a little more than a hundred robots across several years. I plan to expand and deploy more robots next year. I would rate UiPath Platform a nine on a scale of one to 10.

Currently, we are using mostly RPA, which is fixed automation, outcome-based. We know what the input and output are. This will do that regular task, so that is what is current. Earlier I was preferring RPA, however after seeing agentic's potential, I wanted to explore more on agentic AI and how that entire business workflow can be automated. 

Currently, we are in food manufacturing, and we have many business functions such as order-to-pay or procurement-to-order. We are doing all these things by having third-party software such as an ERP suite, Snowflake, and other tools. 

I want to explore how we can use Maestro to bring up that entire business automation workflow. We are trying to achieve the same business flow that is happening. I wanted to try it with Maestro. 

We went with UiPath Platform for a specific use case. We were already doing it, however, there was significant manual involvement. So, for us to implement UiPath Platform was to find software or a tool that can automate all these things. 

For our use cases, we were previously using different tools and a tech stack. It made a difference, though not drastic, with about a 2 to 3% change over in the three or four use cases we are doing. It was previously a manual process combined with specific tools. With UiPath Platform, we are using RPA bots and have removed all other tools.

As a business-based person who handles engineering and IT from the business side, I can say that improvements would be beneficial in the automation of the entire software development life cycle through more agents, similar to the testing automation currently being done.

The activities we have implemented are pretty straightforward. The testing time and process were somewhat challenging. While deployment was straightforward and easy, the testing part, particularly testing the functional use case, was difficult. 

Writing test cases and dealing with failures was challenging. We had apprehensions about whether it would work well with the current setup, even with some latency. 

I have been using UiPath Platform for the past eight months.

We maintain metrics and KPIs for these bots, monitoring their functionality and performance. We compare metrics between previous and current states, which shows significant improvement. We have not experienced any stability issues so far.

While we are not using the full set of functions or functionality of UiPath Platform, only utilizing a limited part of RPA bots, we have experienced good scalability with what we are using.

I have been using the community support, which I would rate between seven to eight out of ten. 

The response is good as they have a large community. When questions are posted, someone always tries to help. The notification system is effective, alerting users when someone from UiPath Platform has posted a potential solution to their thread.

In terms of technical support, we haven't reached out so far so I can't say how they are.

Positive

It made a tremendous change in the way that we are doing the deployments. Right now, are doing on-prem deployments. It's connected, yet we eventually wanted to move to UiPath Cloud or maybe AWS. 

It's pretty straightforward for whatever the activities that we have made, and we didn't have much. Testing was pretty straightforward and easy yet testing the functional use case made it a little difficult.

The change came from business requirements when customers indicated that the current process was not optimal. We then started exploring alternative solutions, which led us to implement UiPath Platform.

We wanted to remove that manual intervention or bring up some human touch there. First, we did a prototype to see how the end-to-end workflow was happening for one use case. Then we tried to derive metrics, such as how much time we are saving in terms of resources and for the entire flow. It made a significant difference for us at that point in time. Usually, it used to take many minutes and had to interact with numerous tools and technologies. When we implemented UiPath Platform and RPA, it showed substantial improvements from a metrics perspective regarding time savings and overall efficiency.

I cannot provide specific advice about certain aspects as we have not extensively explored all features. We have not had to raise any support requests so far. 

Every business and company has its own requirements. The best suggestion is to understand the full functionality of UiPath Platform and carefully consider the areas where it should be implemented rather than utilizing it everywhere without proper evaluation.

Based on the overall functionality and features being used, the reviewer rated UiPath Platform an eight out of ten, indicating satisfaction with the solution.

I started with UiPath Platform for evaluation purposes and found it to be effective. We are now using it for processes and Intelligent Document Processing (IDP). These are the two main use cases that I have implemented using UiPath Platform. There are several different scenarios we can implement, and I have used it for both RPA and IDP.

I have used both attended and unattended automation options. The majority of my processes are unattended, but I have developed attended processes as well.

UiPath Platform is a low code solution. It offers a wide variety of activities and integrations with multiple applications, including CRM tools. At the same time, it provides us the flexibility to write our own custom code using features like Invoke Code or languages such as VBA and Python. This means we have the freedom to create our own code while also benefiting from a low code platform that allows us to build solutions based on existing activities.

One of the great things about UiPath Platform is its rapid evolution. This keeps people interested, especially when news breaks that new features are rolling out. Organizations become curious about potential use cases and how they can implement these updates. It’s impressive that they invest so much in improvement because it helps us enhance our offerings to business teams. With a single tool that encompasses a variety of functionalities, we can seamlessly integrate and address multiple problems simultaneously.

UiPath Platform is evolving and continuously adding new features. When I started, UiPath Platform was straightforward and easy to learn, even easy to implement because every function or predefined action, called an activity, was self-cleared and self-explanatory regarding its function, input, output format, and capabilities. They are currently implementing AI in every single product of theirs.

It is currently becoming somewhat complicated because AI is good, but too much of everything might spoil the dish. They are trying to evolve or include AI features everywhere, which could be challenging because I am not able to find proper use cases for each product having AI. Until we have specific use cases, we would not be able to use it effectively, and this also complicates the development and environment. This is one concern I have currently, though they might have other perspectives while developing this. My personal view is that involving AI in every product might be premature until we find actual use cases.

The AI integration is promising. We can utilize AI across various applications. We have autopilot functions, auto-healing capabilities, and now they’ve introduced IXP, which stands for Intelligent Access and Processing using AI. Additionally, we have communication mining for large language models (LLMs), which is a significant advancement. While it's good that we are leveraging AI to tackle problems, I do have concerns about relying too heavily on AI without fully understanding its actual usage. There’s a trend to incorporate AI into everything, even basic RPA tasks. That’s something to keep in mind.

My primary concern is related to the lack of clear use cases for AI technologies. I am a fan of AI and actively use it, but without proper use cases, its applications can seem unproductive. As we introduce these tools, their complexity tends to increase, and without defined scenarios for implementation, it becomes challenging to adapt to the technology effectively. Currently, new features are being rolled out, but we lack comprehensive insights into how to set them up and utilize them effectively. It would be helpful to understand the specific scenarios where we can apply these tools. If I had access to relevant use cases, I would be able to leverage AL tools more effectively. When new products are offered, it's essential that the providers also include use cases, training, and documentation to fill this information gap.

I have been using UiPath Platform for around seven to eight years.

The downtime for UiPath Platform is very minimal. I would rate it a nine out of ten.

For bugs, I would give a rating of around eight and a half. While they may not have many bugs, there could be better documentation. They offer a wide range of features, so having proper documentation and clear configurations is very important. 

Scalability is good for UiPath Platform. I would rate it a nine out of ten.

My organization works only on RPA solutions, so about 80% to 90% people are working with UiPath Platform. The client we are working with has a very small team of two to three developers.

Initially, their support was great, but now, since they are catering to a larger number of customers, I learned that they have different support plans. This means that support can be provided via email or phone, depending on the support plan you purchase from them. For resolving any issues, I believe it would be more effective to discuss matters over a call rather than through emails.

I am uncertain if they are fully aware of how this shift has affected their support quality. In the past, it seemed there were no different support plans, but now there are. I'm not sure about the cost differences either, but I would prefer comprehensive support for those who are paying for it.

There are instances where I encounter configuration issues that aren't well documented or where I face understanding gaps. Coming from a technical background, I often find that certain configurations need to be handled by the infrastructure team. In those situations, getting assistance from the support team would be much easier if we could arrange a call rather than relying on email exchanges.

Positive

With cloud infrastructure, they manage the entire application environment themselves. In contrast, on-premises setups are more complex, as we need to deploy multiple applications that require integration. This approach also comes with certain limitations, particularly regarding the use of large language models (LLMs) and AI technologies. Therefore, deploying solutions on the cloud is generally easier compared to managing them on-premises, which can be a bit more challenging.

I have been using their cloud solution for the last four to five years, but the Orchestrator is on-premises.

In terms of maintenance, an RPA solution requires ongoing maintenance, especially when applications are updated, formatting changes, or processes are modified. Various factors can necessitate upgrading or maintaining RPA systems. However, if there are no external impacts on the process, inputs, or outputs, the system can run smoothly for an extended period—possibly for a year or more—without issues or significant maintenance. Dependent applications, such as third-party applications, which are outside the control of RPA, can impact the process. Changes or updates to these external applications can indeed impact the overall process.

I'm not heavily involved in pricing, but I know that license prices are continuously increasing. The cost often depends on the organization and the number of licenses purchased, with larger purchases generally resulting in lower costs. This can lead to savings on extra expenses, especially since providers are now offering solutions as a service. For smaller organizations that may not have the infrastructure to support complex setups, using tools directly on UiPath Cloud can be a viable option. This strategic approach seems to be well thought out by the providers.

My experience with various tools leads me to believe that UiPath is significantly ahead of its competitors. They invest a lot of resources into continuously evolving and upgrading their products, especially with the incorporation of AI technology, which is a hot topic right now.

However, it's important to note that your choice of tools depends on your specific needs. For basic Robotic Process Automation (RPA), there are multiple vendors available that may offer more affordable options, including some open-source tools in the market.

When it comes to Intelligent Document Processing (IDP), there are also numerous vendors to consider. Ultimately, what matters most is your priorities and requirements. UiPath stands out in the market due to its comprehensive suite of solutions, which includes RPA, testing tools, IDP tools, Intelligent Process Automation (IPA), process mining tools, and communication mining tools. This wide range of offerings can greatly aid organizations in their digital transformation journeys. Therefore, UiPath is a leading choice for RPA products.

UiPath Insights is a valuable feature. Recently, they introduced UiPath Maestro, which I believe is focused on BPMN processes. For analytics, there are tools for communication mining and process mining. However, I haven't worked with any specific analytics tools yet. While UiPath does provide various insights, I wouldn't say there’s a dedicated analytics tool that I've used.

I would recommend it depending on the use case. If you are looking for an enterprise-level or full end-to-end solution for your automation journey, you should consider UiPath Platform. However, if you only need individual functionality like Robotic Process Automation (RPA), you can choose any other RPA vendor. If you have a significant pipeline of tasks to automate or a variety of processes that require automation, UiPath Platform is an excellent option. It provides robust integration capabilities and can handle multiple use cases. Conversely, if the focus is on a specific problem and there are budget constraints, opting for another vendor might be more suitable.

I would rate UiPath Platform an eight out of ten.

I initially used UiPath for repetitive and structured or mechanical types of automation. I was a software engineer, and I handled maintenance processes for applications, whether it involved starting up servers, generating reports, or conducting health checks. These repetitive operational maintenance tasks were handled with UiPath. It was a tool for creating workflows to handle such menial tasks. 

Automation must be present in an organization. Without it, you are stuck with manual processes that require lots of manpower for menial tasks. Automation allows large companies to scale their services efficiently, focus on more strategic tasks, and serve their customers efficiently. Its benefits can be seen immediately after the deployment. Your staff does not have to do repetitive tasks anymore.

Communications mining happens at the intake part of an internal process. It helps to classify information coming from various channels, such as an email or a ticketing system. It is useful for triaging and actionable insights. You can action that using a downstream automation. It can help with any process, whether it is a finance, IT, HR, logistics, or healthcare process. They also have IXP which combines Communications Mining with Generative Extraction. Tone or sentiment analysis in documents helps with better redirection or triaging. It goes hand in hand with the capability to classify documents.

Communications mining can help save time for your resources. If about 80% of your incoming communication is related to order management, with automation, the return will be direct. There will be hard savings in terms of people needed to work on the order entry processes. Instead of ten resources, you might need just three resources. The savings depend on the use case or the volume of a particular use case.

A key strength of UiPath is that you can easily and quickly build automation. If you are familiar with UiPath, you can automate simple to medium processes in a few hours. If you do not have any technical background, you can get started with UiPath and be up and running in one week with the help of a foundational course. I had a colleague with a background in political science. He did the foundational course and was able to build a project on his own in just one to two weeks. He is now a successful technical project manager working with UiPath.

UiPath helps to reduce human errors if the process, requirements, and exceptions are properly defined and the process is fully optimized before being automated. The ideal target is 100% accuracy, but that is usually not possible for most processes. About 90% or more accuracy is more realistic. 

We have started to gather use cases where we can leverage agenting automation. It opens up more capabilities or coverage on the existing use cases as compared to before where we could only automate an end-to-end process to a limit. For example, we could only automate entering an invoice into a system using UI or API automation and downloading a report. With Intelligent Automation, they have added the capability to read from structured and unstructured documents and then classify the content. 

Agentic automation now allows us to handle complex tasks like invoice dispute investigations, which wasn't possible with traditional RPA. Using UiPath Agent Builder and Agentic Orchestration, we can automate and manage end-to-end processes across applications and provide meaningful resolutions. This makes workflows more dynamic and flexible compared to rigid, structured automation.

From the early days, UiPath stood out because of its intuitive interface and ease of use, enabling the automation of complex processes without requiring technical knowledge related to development. UiPath has since expanded from simple automation to Intelligent Automation and Agentic Automation. The coverage of more complex use cases has increased, making it more robust. Processes not capable of automation five or six years back can now be automated easily. We can read from documents using Document Understanding or create complex workflows that require many decisions using agents. They are moving towards Agentic Automation.

The UiPath community offers a lot of value for sharing knowledge and networking. It helps you build knowledge and grow professionally within the same company or land your dream job in this space. Many large companies are using UiPath as the main automation tool.

UiPath Academy was my first point of entry when I started using UiPath. With its help, I was able to build my first robot. It has also helped me to be up to date with the latest and greatest features of UiPath.

Now that UiPath is moving towards BPMN as part of agentic orchestration on Maestro, there is a need to make it easier for newcomers in the BPMN space to understand the components of a BPMN workflow. More awareness is needed since even technically inclined individuals are not very familiar with BPMN.

I have probably used UiPath since 2017.

Our clients are large enterprises and small to medium businesses. We are both a partner and a customer. About 90% of our resources are working with UiPath. We are a small company with 200 to 300 employees.

Sometimes the technical support team gets repetitive with the questions they ask, and for complex issues, it drags on too long.

Neutral

Some of our customers are on-prem, and some of them are on the cloud.

If you are on the cloud, you do not need to worry about deployment. On-premise, it is similar to other software where you need to provision an infrastructure, either AWS or any of the hyperscalers. It might require more steps and effort, but it is doable.

For complex cases, it could take an average of three months. Simple ones can take less than a month.

In terms of maintenance, any solution requires some sort of support and maintenance.

UiPath Autopilot saves 20% of my time. Most of my time goes into building projects for customers and not for personal productivity. The only automations that I leverage are the prebuilt ones for my personal use, such as UiPath Autopilot.

There is always an opportunity to improve. They have been trying to improve pricing by consolidating some of these SKUs together. They are trying to bundle more capabilities with the same set of licenses, which is good. However, because things are always changing, it leads to some confusion. They can make it more streamlined and consistent.

Compared to Blue Prism and Automation Anywhere, UiPath is more user-friendly and constantly innovating to lead in agentic capabilities.

Overall, I would rate UiPath an eight out of ten.

Currently, we do not have any AI use cases. I work for a healthcare system. Our main use case is using UiPath to replicate what medical coders do. We input codes from certain medical systems into another, and it automates our billing cycle. This allows us to input the codes directly into the insurance billing cycle, speeding up our payment process.

Our hospital does not get paid if we are slow to get the codes to the payers. By automating this process with UiPath, we wanted to speed up the process of getting paid by the insurance companies. It has been amazing. Just this year, we probably saved 45 million dollars, and the next year, it will be upwards of 80 million.

In health care in America, many processes are still paper-based. Document processing is valuable as it allows doctors to have documents processed in advance, making it easier to access and ask questions. Additionally, UiPath has freed up staff time significantly, to the point where some staff had to be laid off. Our use of automation sped up the process of getting paid from insurance companies, saving us substantial amounts of money.

We're looking to add AI, specifically generative AI, but it's a matter of our organization implementing it. With autopilot features like Microsoft's Copilot or ChatGPT, users can start chatting immediately. However, with UiPath, one needs the UiPath Assistant installed on every machine, which is unrealistic as many people use the same machine in the hospital.

My enterprise has been using UiPath since 2021. My team inherited it in 2023, so it has been about 11 years.

The solution just went live yesterday, so I don't have feedback on its stability yet.

The solution is scalable. We previously had an older solution, and UiPath helped us revamp and upgrade our systems, making them more scalable.

The customer support from UiPath is amazing. We are part of the hypercare, and I would rate it as a nine out of ten.

Positive

We use Power Automate a lot and still incorporate it alongside UiPath. Some hospital systems require us to be all on-premises, so we use both UiPath and Power Automate to get our systems working as needed.

Some automations were built in-house by our team of developers. We also worked with an external partner and UiPath to implement some other solutions.

We have seen a 100% return on investment. The process is night and day when compared to paying employees over time for the same work.

It is more expensive than other automation services, but I don't deal with the financial details much.

As automation software, I would rate UiPath a ten out of ten.

The main use cases for UiPath Platform are automations within the company across different departments. So far, we have only looked at RPA in UiPath Platform, but Document Understanding is the next one, and Agentic. We are evaluating Agentic right now, but we only have a license for RPA and DI now. We are working on an RPA use case right now, the first use case, while Agentic is under evaluation. We don't have a license for it, but we are trying to see if it's going to fit our use case.

My team and I have used the vendor's UiPath Academy courses. The biggest benefits that I have seen with UiPath Academy are the clear step-by-step instructions on taking you through the different tools available. I think UiPath Platform is the best; based on my research, I think it's one of the best for enterprise-level automation, while we use multiple tools for personal automation, but for enterprise-grade automation, I think it's the best out there.

I am still in the evaluation phase of UiPath Platform, so I don't know how it can be improved or what additional features should be included on the next release right now, maybe next year.

I have been using UiPath Platform for three months.

I will have to wait and see to assess the stability and reliability of UiPath Platform, as nothing is in production yet.

I will have to wait and see how well UiPath Platform scales with the growing needs of the organization.

I would evaluate the customer service and technical support so far as pretty good. On a scale from one being the worst to ten being the best, I would rate my customer service and technical support as nine.

Positive

Prior to adopting UiPath Platform, I was using Kofax to address similar needs.

My experience with the pricing, setup costs, and licensing has definitely been more money, and it has caused some confusion in the company compared to the competitors.

I could see a return on investment with UiPath Platform, but nothing is in production yet; I can see it's coming.

Before selecting UiPath Platform, I considered Automation Anywhere and Kofax, and we looked at all those options, as we even have a Kofax environment currently running.

What stood out in my evaluation process regarding UiPath Platform was definitely positive, and that's why we went with it. The factors I considered when making the change were definitely not cost, because that's way cheaper, but it's more for the enterprise-level automation that is the reason for moving to UiPath Platform. Nothing is live yet with these features, so we're just waiting, maybe a couple of weeks. I don't have thoughts about UiPath Platform user community in terms of value that I can gain by being part of it yet, since it's only been three months. I would rate UiPath Platform between eight and nine out of ten.

My main use cases for UiPath Platform in my current organization involve automation, so it helps with use cases where I don't want to do too much coding, where it's easier to pick up and I want Orchestrator. 

An obvious example of automations I've done is onboarding. We onboard users with various applications through UiPath Platform. So the ticket will come in, the bot will pick up the ticket, it'll go to all these applications, give you the access you requested and then it closes the ticket as well.

Originally for onboarding, we had many errors happening where the wrong access was given or admin access was accidentally approved. Now, when the bot picks it up, it'll check stuff like that. And if it's admin access, it will go to an extra approval step. Before, it might have been accidentally slipped through and it would be a lot of user error in that case. So now we don't have any errors for onboarding.

The features of UiPath Platform that I find most valuable are probably the orchestration part. You're able to see everything happen in real-time. You're able to see the logs as well. Everything's all in one application.

It's difficult to say where UiPath Platform could improve. Many of the improvements that I want are something they're planning to have done. 

An example would be Agentic AI; it was something that I wanted a bit ago. An integration with various other software that they spoke about today includes Google Cloud, Salesforce, and similar platforms. It's still coming out. I don't see everything, so it's hard for me to pinpoint something specific that they don't have on their roadmap.

I have been working in my current field for almost eight years now. I have been using UiPath Platform for six of those years, or five of them.

I would assess the stability and reliability of UiPath Platform and its bots or automations as pretty good. I would say reliability is very based on the developer. In terms of software, how it was built.

The plan is always to expand more. There's always something to do. As the company grows, so does the workload. So there's definitely a lot more work now. We currently sit at probably about 30 to 50 bots. We're looking to expand, probably double over time.

Prior to adopting UiPath Platform in my company, I had used other automation software, such as Power Automate, Automation Anywhere, and Python has a bunch of libraries that are available. 

We've used what we consider the best tool for the job. If it's within the Microsoft environment, we'll go towards the Azure stack rather than UiPath Platform. My current company, when I joined, already had UiPath Platform. They saw that UiPath Platform was pretty much a big leader in the space for RPA. It's a pretty big name.

My experience with deploying UiPath Platform and robots is pretty simple. It's very user-friendly. You don't really need a software background to pick it up. Deploying is just a couple of buttons.

We reduced our onboarding time for new developers from one to three days of the ticket closing to within the hour, 30 minutes.

I have evaluated other RPA solutions to compare with UiPath Platform in terms of both pros and cons; probably the biggest competitor would be Power Automate. It has the backing of Microsoft, which is huge. They have OpenAI, they have native connectivity with their entire environment. So it's a really big pro. The con is they're not very good at orchestration; they're more workflow-based, so that's a drawback. That's where UiPath Platform has an advantage.

My advice for someone who is considering UiPath Platform is simply to do it. A ten out of ten for me would be having native integration with everything I'd want and I don't think that'll ever happen. I'd want is Teams, however, Microsoft owns it, and they wouldn't give it away. 

On a scale of one to ten, I rate UiPath Platform an eight. It's a really good platform in terms of what it does and what it's offering now; it's getting better.

I use this solution to automate processes and do screen scraping, image recognition, and other tasks.

UiPath Platform helps significantly in automating manual tasks. It reduces the workforce and the execution time required for operational tasks, so it provides good support.

The best feature about UiPath Platform is the role-based control access, which I have appreciated the most because whenever we want to implement securities and compliances, we can control the access for the solution.

AI-powered automation, combined RPA with AI, is the second best part, and the prebuilt automation concepts reduce the development time, which is the third best feature I appreciate. 

The UI is very user-friendly; if you are not a techie person, you can normally use drag-and-drop flows for a designer in UiPath Platform Studio, which is phenomenal, and when a non-technical person is going to use it, they can learn this particular process in a smooth manner.

Sometimes, regarding the limitations, heavy-level architectures and structures are needed, such as architectural setup required to boost IT support for long-scale automation. The learning curve, while low-code advanced automation is related to AI and ML, requires substantial technical knowledge. There could be some performance issues, such as automation breaking when UI elements change frequently, so these are limitations which I face, and these are the areas where UiPath Platform can improve.

The license pricing is very high, so compared to other competitors such as Automation Anywhere or Power Automate, it could be more competitive if these things were matched with the competitors.

I have been using UiPath Platform for the past three years.

The stability rates at eight out of ten. 

The scalability is impressive. Enterprise automation for small and large projects is easy, which is phenomenal.

We have 500 users using the solution.

I would rate their technical support a nine out of ten. Logistic support and integration is quite smooth; every time I required support, the support team was available and provided me with whatever assistance was required.

Positive

Blue Prism is one of the solutions that I have used, but it is less flexible for citizen users. The second solution I have used besides UiPath Platform is Microsoft Power Automate.

The deployment was easy. It doesn't require any maintenance.

It has reduced operational times and costs, particularly concerning manpower and the repetitive time needed to establish any process. It has positively impacted us and provided us with excellent solutions with phenomenal processing time. This was precisely what I needed.

It is expensive and not competitive compared to other competitor tools.

I have been using UiPath Platform for the past three years, and my experience is quite good with these process automation tools; I highly recommend this.

Users can utilize it because the UI is very simple and easy to use for non-technical persons. It helps overcome all the limitations, and the stability is very high, so it is reusable for multiple processes and purposes. I recommend all users to use it.

My overall rating for UiPath Platform is 8 out of 10.