UiPath Platform Reviews

My use cases for UiPath Platform involve starting with simple robots, as I saw in my company that I need to handle many paychecks. First, we scan the paycheck and the robot does the job in our system and sends emails of notifications that these paychecks are entered correctly in our system. From that, we started complex robots where some interact with two software systems: our system and another program that does the work orders, leading us to develop a robot that helps the technical team in our company by synchronizing the work orders.

What I appreciate most about UiPath Platform is the Use Application feature, which is new and helps with interacting with programs and websites more easily, a convenience we did not have in the past.

The downsides of UiPath Platform include that running an Orchestrator is a bit complicated. I implemented it but did not do it more because it requires money, and here, we do not have sufficient funds to buy some features. I would request a new feature that can interact with emails more easily in the future.

I have been using UiPath Platform in my career since 2020.

Regarding stability, I do not see lagging or crashing in UiPath Platform very often. I have seen this a couple of times, but it is not frequent.

In terms of scalability, I think UiPath Platform is good and performs adequately.

There is a website for UiPath Platform where I can ask questions about implementation, but I have not contacted the team directly.

The initial installation of UiPath Platform is easy. It took me about three, four, or five minutes to set it up for the first time; it is not complicated.

Regarding the pricing of UiPath Platform, I wish for a lower price here in North Africa. When I speak with my boss about prices, he blocks me, saying there is no way to buy and to just use the community license. While I see many features in videos and want to learn, videos do not allow for practice. It gives you two months, and although I tried to get the certification and watched some videos, I could not practice because it requires payment.

UiPath Platform requires updates, especially when there are functions that do not run, so we perform updates, particularly on the very old robots.

On a scale from one to ten, with ten being the best, I would rate UiPath Platform a nine for everything.

The best features of UiPath Platform include their document extracting technique and OCR, which are highly effective, as well as their data management and implementation methods. Their exception handling capabilities are particularly strong in this regard. The valuable features of UiPath Studio that have helped in designing automation processes include document understanding to process or scan documents, recent authentic automation that's currently in high demand, and their UI apps integrated with the studio, along with their assistance to trigger the process from the client side.

UiPath Orchestrator has been essential in managing automated tasks for my organization, as it is a must-use feature. Without the orchestrator, I cannot control my project or automation. If I want to trigger the process either by time or any event, I have to use the orchestrator to check the status of the jobs running and the output. Additionally, if an exception occurs, I can only see it on the orchestrator; it is a crucial component, as without it, I cannot monitor my jobs.

The best features of UiPath Platform include their document extracting technique and OCR capabilities. UiPath Studio has been valuable in designing automation processes through its document understanding functionality, authentic automation capabilities, and UI apps integration. The orchestrator has proven essential for managing automated tasks, controlling projects, and monitoring job status and exceptions.

There needs to be more user use cases in their demo, as the current use cases are very basic. They should include moderate use cases with varying difficulty because implementing a project using only simple use cases is insufficient. They have numerous features that cannot be covered completely in their tutorial, so adding instructions and small videos about particular features or assets would enable users to understand how to use these features without requiring additional training from the academy or other portals.

I have been using the solution for three to four years.

Regarding stability, I would rate it as nine because they are updating their features very frequently, which requires us to manage with their frequent releases.

The scalability of UiPath Platform deserves a rating of nine as I haven't encountered any issues in this regard.

The technical support for UiPath Platform deserves ten out of ten. They are available within a given time, and their support is strong, with a very robust community portal from which I can get support directly.

When comparing UiPath Platform with other automation tools such as Blue Prism, Automation Anywhere, and Kofax, I find that in terms of quality and features, UiPath Platform is superior. They have numerous features, and their OCRs can process handwritten documents.

On a scale from one to ten, I rate the overall solution as nine because of its frequent modifications, and developers need to stay up to date with the release documents. What stands out about UiPath Platform is its feature set compared to other tools. I would recommend this product to other users because of its extensive features. While I'm not certain about its cost comparison to others, feature-wise, it is better than its competitors. It offers multiple capabilities that some automation tools don't currently provide, so if the product is within budget, users should opt for UiPath Platform.

My use case for UiPath Platform includes various automations such as web automation, desktop automation, SAP integration, and ServiceNow integrations. I have been involved in multiple developments and completed multiple end-to-end automations.

UiPath Platform has increased efficiency by around 50%-70%. It has helped reduce human error by about 60%-70%, and we even have some healing agents in recent upgrades that automatically identify any changes in UI elements.

The best features of UiPath Platform include its user-friendly nature; since this is a low-code and no-code platform, it is very accessible. Someone with technical knowledge of RPA can simply try downloading some community versions of UiPath and get started. It is very easy and friendly to access, and if you have any questions, the UiPath community and academy-level training are extremely useful for those who are initially unaware of the platform.

UiPath Platform has helped users who have limited programming knowledge, as those who are aware of basic coding can utilize features such as Autopilot, which corrects mistakes. If there is something wrong, it will guide them back on the right track. Users with basic knowledge can try learning through academy-level courses, and many community platforms such as YouTube serve as helpful resources for sharing questions and resolutions.

There are areas within UiPath Platform that could improve. While the interface is user-friendly and features are advanced, further simplification could enhance usability. One improvement could be addressing compatibility issues. Sometimes, when upgrading, users need to downgrade due to version compatibility problems.

I believe they should reduce the certification costs or offer better deals, especially around December or January when people may be interested in discounts. 

I have been using UiPath Platform for three and a half years.

I have not experienced any downtime so far. I would rate stability as a perfect ten out of ten. We receive notifications for any potential downtime, so we are prepared for any future occurrences.

The scalability of UiPath Platform is impressive and fits our capacity requirements. Our clients are primarily large enterprises.

Currently, more than 1,000 users in my organization utilize UiPath Platform, and I observe many migrations from other platforms to UiPath due to its accuracy and up-to-date versions.

I would rate the technical support for UiPath Platform a ten out of ten. The support channels are effective, and tickets receive prompt responses.

Positive

When comparing UiPath Platform with other solutions I have tried, such as Automation Anywhere and Blue Prism, I appreciate the built-in REFrameworks. Understanding the REFramework allows me to build automations effectively, whereas other platforms lack such built-in frameworks and may lead to mistakes during automations.

I find UiPath Platform to be a bit expensive compared to other platforms, including certifications. Some organizations provide vouchers for free certification, but individuals need to invest their time and money for certifications, making it a bit costly.

It has a high cost, for instance, $150 for basic certification and $300 for professional certification plus GST, while unattended machines cost over $10,000. It is indeed expensive, but I still choose UiPath as the best option overall.

We use both the attended and unattended automation options available in UiPath Platform; during the development phase, everyone does attended automations, such as in debug mode or for testing purposes. When we transition from the development phase to UAT or system integration testing, we use the unattended mode.

The impact of UiPath Platform's analytics on our decision-making processes is significant; it is based on the processing and automation tasks. For example, for web automation, users need to log in, format data, and download files. Using community versions, you can conduct trial runs to see its effectiveness, and based on demo sample workflows, you can take the next steps. I feel UiPath Platform is the best, as I have experience with multiple platforms.

The maintenance requires some effort; typically, a developer focuses on code development, while support teams address issues post-deployment due to UI element changes or interruptions. I'd say if we have five developers, one support person is sufficient, and for maintenance of five to six unattended machines, two people can effectively manage the workload.

Overall, I would rate UiPath Platform a nine out of ten.

Clients usually use UiPath Platform for the automation of use cases in departments like HR, Finance, and IT support.

UiPath Platform can handle very complex processes. We have implemented various complex use cases using UiPath, and they are performing very well.

UiPath Platform integrates with several systems, whether they are ERP systems such as Oracle or SAP, as well as other systems.

UiPath Platform utilizes AI features. They recently released a new platform called Agentic Automation, which exposes AI and RPA in one platform, making it something fresh and new.

The most important features of the UiPath Platform are the UI automation capabilities and Document Understanding.

UiPath Platform is doing a good job with enhancements; they are releasing new features almost every six months. However, I would recommend that they improve their ability to be a low-code, no-code platform, as this would be a great feature for their platform.

I have been working with UiPath Platform for about six years.

I would rate UiPath Platform's support a seven out of ten. They need to work on improving their response time for open tickets and handling complex support cases, as I have seen some cases take a very long time to troubleshoot and get to the source of the problems. Therefore, they need to improve their response time as well as increase the teams in their support team, especially when handling complex support cases.

Neutral

Deploying UiPath Platform takes a couple of weeks.

The price of UiPath Platform in the Middle East region is a little bit high; having a lower price for the Middle East region would make it more attractive.

It suits big enterprise customers. However, if the customer is of medium to smaller size, UiPath Platform may not be a suitable choice.

It is an expensive tool. When compared to competition, such as Microsoft's Power Automate platform or IBM Cloud Pak, UiPath is expensive. Both of them are much lower in terms of pricing than the UiPath Platform, so they need to consider this in the enterprise scheme.

I would rate UiPath Platform a nine out of ten.

We're a bank, so we primarily use UiPath to automate tasks such as filling out Excel sheets, organizing PDF files into folders, and reconciling rejected checks and chargebacks.

We prioritize use cases by meeting with each business unit to operational challenges that they would like to solve through automation. They walk us through the process they want to be automated, and we prioritize the requests based on potential hours saved and the automation difficulty.

The business units don't interact with the bots much. We get requests via email, and our Center of Excellence develops and maintains all the bots.  

UiPath helps us improve operational efficiency. We want to grow our bank by increasing the number of accounts without adding more employees. Our headcount hasn't increased in the last four years while our assets have grown tremendously. By automating data entry and other monotonous tasks, UiPath has improved employees' sense of job fulfillment. It frees them up to work on more challenging tasks and work on new skills.

We like UiPath's integration with the ARIA framework and Orchestrator we use to manage our automations. The Copilot also helps us streamline the development process.

There could be better documentation for Copilot, and UiPath could provide solution design documents as part of the training.

We have used UiPath since 2021.

We haven't had any issues.

UiPath scales well with our environment. 

I rate UiPath customer service eight out of 10. I had one issue where they pointed me in the right direction but didn't fully resolve it.

Positive

We've done some simple tasks with homegrown automation that UiPath could handle, but we opted to build the processes with tools we already had.

The initial setup involved using a UiPath partner, which significantly facilitated our production and deployment environments.

We've saved about 2,500 hours annually with UiPath.

I'm not responsible for the budget, but I know that UiPath is more expensive than its competitors. 

I rate UiPath eight out of 10. 

My main use case for UiPath Platform is to automate SAP processes and to do Excel automations with VBA and Python.

In my day-to-day work, those automations look like many processes I do, such as generating invoices for the merchants and invoices for the logistic team.

I don't have anything else to add about my main use case or any other types of automations I've built with UiPath Platform.

The best features UiPath Platform offers include the very easy-to-use UiPath Studio because I can use blocks to make the connection from point A to point B.

The block style interface is helpful for my work because, compared to other tools I've tried, such as Power Platform, UiPath Platform is easier to use as it has many integrations, and I appreciate the UI style and the learning development courses the organization provides to users.

All features are enjoyable to me, and the main feature I use is the Excel integration, which allows me to start the software on my cell phone and run it on VBA which fixes my sheet.

UiPath Platform has positively impacted my organization because the time saved is the main characteristic for me. I take two or three hours to do an automation in VBA only, but with UiPath Platform, I can do this remotely and it's faster than manual input.

I save about two to three hours per day overall due to using UiPath Platform.

I don't find any features or aspects challenging or wish were different; the platform actually gives me all the support and I can use all features easily.

At the moment, I don't wish for anything else regarding needed improvements from UiPath Platform.

I have been using UiPath Platform for about five years.

UiPath Platform is stable for me.

UiPath Platform's scalability works well because it has been able to grow with my needs, but my use is very small at the moment.

I never needed customer support for UiPath Platform.

Positive

I don't have any previous experience using a different solution before UiPath Platform.

My main metric for return on investment using UiPath Platform is time saved; I saved about three to four hours per day with the automations.

Before choosing UiPath Platform, I didn't evaluate other options because I used just UiPath Platform since it helped me with my demand.

My advice to others looking into using UiPath Platform is to study the UiPath Platform to use it in the correct way.

I don't have a business relationship with UiPath other than being a customer; I use it for personal use, but I can also do work.

I don't have any additional thoughts about UiPath Platform before we wrap up. I find it useful.

I don't use any other tech products.

I don't think there is anything that needs to change regarding how I found this interview.

On a scale of one to ten, I rate UiPath Platform a nine.

I have used UiPath for very few projects. My go-to tool when it comes to automation is Power Automate. The reason for that is that I work in the Microsoft 365 environment, so Power Automate is better connected than UiPath.

With UiPath, I helped some organizations in my company automate tasks like data entry into systems such as SAP. 

I like UiPath. I enjoy working on UiPath. It has a lot of different features to control, especially related to desktop flows. I helped some organizations in my company automate tasks like data entry into systems such as SAP. They had Excel files, and all that data needed to be input on standard screens in SAP. It was taking a fair amount of time to do it by hand. We created a flow that transfers all that data, interacting with the screens in SAP, and uploads that information where another alternative, like an API or mass upload tool, was not available.

It is pretty easy to build automation in UiPath. We could easily implement end-to-end automation. I was consulting a group within my company. I was helping them build the flow. For them, it was a game changer because they would have spent several man-hours trying to transfer all that data into SAP, creating all those SAP items. After that, they were not only able to complete the task at hand; they were also able to replicate and create more automations on their own because they knew how UiPath works. They learned a little bit more and were able to continue to expand the other processes they had.

We were able to realize its benefits quickly. It took us a couple of weeks to finalize the flow, but once it was built, we were able to start seeing the benefits. It definitely saved time.

I like the way that I can reference specific objects on the screen, like a specific text box, and add a value to it. The capability that UiPath has to recognize elements on the screen is what I found most useful at that time.

UiPath has a lot of courses for easy learning. There were several courses that I offered to the organization I was helping. I myself went through several online resources that UiPath offers to figure out things.

UiPath should be less sensitive to changes in the existing UI of the system we are trying to manipulate. If it was more intelligent in adapting to changes in the user interface and the tools we are trying to manipulate, it would be beneficial. If the UI changes or a label is changed, sometimes the whole flow breaks. Identifying where the flow breaks requires going into edit mode and making modifications. It might be quite extensive work with the new, updated UI.

I have been using UiPath here and there for at least two years. It is a part of the solutions that my company offers, but I have not used UiPath as much as Power Automate.

It performs well. I do not see any issues there.

I use Power Automate on a daily basis. 

It was easy. It took us about a few weeks for ideation, selecting UiPath as a tool, getting everything set up, building the flow, and testing.

In terms of maintenance, users continually review and upgrade their flows. They can reuse the existing flows to create new ones.

I am not familiar with the pricing. I worked for an organization where the UiPath was available, so I do not know what the pricing is.

It was through an internal community that I connected with the organization for which I did the automation, and that is a great advantage. They were looking for people to help create automation. I was curious about UiPath, and I wanted to learn. I raised my hand to build that for them. An external community or a learning community is something that has proven its value by creating synergies between people who do not know and people who already know a little bit, allowing them to get together and grow.

In my opinion, RPA solutions are alternatives to digital transformation. Digital transformation is a big project. When you do not have access to those big budgets or the structure to get into new capabilities on an existing system or implement a future system, that is when you go to RPA to supplement the digital transformation. If the use case is not eligible for the big capital investment or the big project investment, you go through the route of RPA.

I would rate UiPath a nine out of ten.

We use UiPath Platform for automation. We implemented automation across departments with this solution. We use robots to automate a process. 

We handle both attended and unattended automation with UiPath Platform. We do not use any AI integration features in UiPath Platform.

UiPath Platform is easy to use, and the user interaction is good.

UiPath Platform allows for code-free use, but I mostly write code.

The support process of UiPath Platform can be improved. When we get stuck somewhere and need help from UiPath people, it takes considerable time to receive assistance.

I have worked with UiPath Platform for around two years.

I have not experienced any stability issues with UiPath Platform.

The scalability of UiPath Platform is good. We deployed the automation in departments, which helped us save resources, money, and improve quality.

The support needs improvement. 

I also worked with Blue Prism. When comparing UiPath Platform to Blue Prism, the main difference is the user-friendly aspect. UiPath Platform is easier to use.

UiPath Platform helps save time, increase performance, and decrease human errors. While quality is not always accurate, time and money savings are significant.

UiPath Platform is a cost-effective tool.

In terms of the learning curve, it was initially difficult but became manageable once we learned the tool and started working with it. It takes some time and effort in the beginning, and then you get the results. It saves a lot of time and also reduces costs.

I would rate UiPath Platform an eight out of ten.

My main use case for UiPath Platform was definitely RPA, but now it's agentic, and it is more focused on testing. I have used UiPath Platform for testing suites, and we have been testing our agents.

The best feature that UiPath Platform offers is the agentic agility layer to be able to make the agents. The agentic agility layer creates agents, and these agents take care of different jobs, one of them being obviously the manual testing of some of our data.

UiPath Platform has positively impacted my organization because when I was working at UiPath, it was great; you own dog food, so we really enjoyed that, and we could also show it to our customers.

When I was an employee, I was using UiPath Platform on a daily basis, so it has been six years.

I chose that rating for UiPath Platform because I love the solution. Regarding UiPath Platform's AI capabilities, I think its governance and security are great; we really like it. The accuracy and reliability of UiPath Platform's AI output are very good. My advice for others looking into using UiPath Platform is to focus on something that is easy to use, especially the GUI; that is very important.

My main use cases for UiPath Platform include bot automation, Agentic agents, and AI, with specific use cases that are healthcare-centric, while also leveraging technologies that the platform brings, such as RPA bots and agent orchestration.

Implementing these features from UiPath Platform has benefited my organization as we reduced DSO and improved clinical effectiveness and timeliness, leading to improved employee efficiency and accuracy.

The feature of UiPath Platform that I appreciate the most is the orchestration. 

UiPath Platform can be improved by being able to leverage what we have, and from an AI capability perspective, having a chat or voice capability on the platform would be beneficial. With Maestro and the concept of being able to orchestrate across other solutions is phenomenal and great, but I would also appreciate being able to just stick with one solution.

I have been using UiPath Platform for six years.

I have not experienced any downtime or performance issues.

UiPath Platform scales with the growing needs of our organization extremely efficiently.

I evaluate my customer service and technical support as top-notch. On a scale of one to ten, I rate my customer service/technical support as a ten. 

They have been highly responsive. In every cab meeting or conversation with senior leadership at UiPath, they have made things happen, and my account executive and solutions executive have also made things happen. I cannot say enough about how great the team that supports us is.

Positive

Before selecting UiPath Platform, we looked at some other vendors, and I have a background beyond the current relationship, as I have used UiPath Platform in other companies, which helped accelerate our decision-making.

My experience with deploying UiPath Platform is very positive.

We are seeing a return on investment with UiPath Platform.

My experience with the pricing, setup cost, and licensing of UiPath Platform is positive.

Prior to adopting UiPath Platform, we were considering other solutions, including purpose-built solutions from companies such as Tenor and also Blue Prism and OpenAI's ChatGPT.

My advice to another organization that's considering UiPath Platform is to understand your journey and what you're trying to accomplish. UiPath Platform can do it, and I don't have any concerns or questions around the technology or the capability or the organization to support. Another customer would need to be prepared and understand what they are doing and why. 

I rate UiPath Platform ten out of ten.