UiPath Platform Reviews

We are using UiPath as our RPA solution for finance, supply chain, revenue cycle, HR, and IT. At the moment, we're using it mainly for unattended automations of big jobs.

In the healthcare field, where systems often don't talk to each other, UiPath helps data to be shared between systems. My colleagues have been talking about that and there has been an improvement. That's important because it helps us to keep in line with one another.

Also, security and compliance are a big deal in our organization, especially because we are in healthcare, and we keep it as secure as possible. UiPath assists us with that in terms of credentialing and separation of duties. We don't take security lightly.

The tenant concept, where you can have everyone working in their own space, is valuable.

We're just starting to implement UiPath on a larger scale. We've been using it for about nine months maybe, so we're new to it.

We really have not had a lot of hiccups or anything that's been difficult. The stability has been good. On a scale of one to 10, I would give it an eight right now and that's only because we haven't really tested the boundaries.

The scalability is good. It's easy to do. It will get pushed a little bit more as we get more mature with the product, but so far so good.

We had a different solution prior to UiPath, and what we've really liked so far with UiPath is the way that they interact with us in terms of customer support and satisfaction. They're very in tune with what we need. They have a lot of experience in the RPA world.

Our TAM is Micah de Boer and our sales engineer is Mick Taylor. Our account manager, Garet Wright, has been outstanding.

Positive

We previously used Automation Anywhere. One of the reasons we switched was that it didn't seem to be as mature as UiPath. Another was that it does not have a citizen developer program or even the concept of a citizen developer. In addition, it didn't seem to be as stable. We had a lot of issues with the system going offline or having problems. And when it came to customer service, they were not responsive to our needs. It would take days for them to get back to us on questions or issues that we submitted.

Right now we are an on-prem model, but we are switching to a SaaS-based model in the cloud.

From what I have heard from my team, the deployment of UiPath has been much easier than the deployment of Automation Anywhere. It is much more straightforward, clearer, and easier.

The team that supports the platform is a team of just two people. Both are senior analyst programmers and they are responsible for the deployment and the infrastructure set up of everything related to the UiPath product. We have two other individuals on my team who are the RPA developers, the ones writing the bots.

The deployment has been pretty lightweight so far in comparison to what we had to deal with when we used Automation Anywhere.

We did it ourselves.

It's returning hours back to employees so that they can do more tasks that involve thinking, and not have to do so much mundane, repetitive work. That gives us a good return on investment because something that might have taken an individual an hour to do can be done by a robot in five minutes. It's definitely freeing up some actual work time for people.

We've saved the equivalent of five or six FTEs, and that's in the short amount of time that we've been using UiPath.

It has also improved our employees' joy at work because they aren't having to do some of the mundane activities that they had to do in the past.

Licensing allocations are easy. We also have the ability to have a robot license be fully utilized, meaning it can do more than one thing. If it's idle, we're able to use that robot for some other automation, rather than having a one-to-one relationship between automations and robots.

We just moved to their Enterprise licensing model and it seems fair at this point. It will be interesting to see where we are over the next three years and if we're able to show a return on that hefty investment.

One area that is challenging for me is tracking licenses. It would help to have a license dashboard so that we would know how many licenses have been allocated, who they're allocated to, and when they were last used. Right now, to gather that information, I have to go to four different screens in UiPath and then consolidate all that. A licensing module that we could look at from administrative and management perspectives, would be awesome. That's the main thing I have been hearing from my staff.

When we first chose our initial vendor, Automation Anywhere, we had done an RFP process and had gone through pilots. It was close in terms of which was number one and which was number two. When we discovered that Automation Anywhere wasn't meeting our needs, we contacted other folks who had used Automation Anywhere and had switched to UiPath and asked them for feedback and what their experience had been. We did some benchmarking with others around us to see what they were doing.

Comparing UiPath to what we had before, it has been a cakewalk. Be sure that you work with your leadership and with your IT areas to pick the best deployment solution for your company.

We haven't had an opportunity to use all the features and functions, but in terms of the robustness of the product and the communication we've received from our teams at UiPath, we've had an outstanding experience with them, and we really look forward to keeping that going in the future as we build out this program.

My previous company was in the banking sector, and we had done automation with websites, UI, SAP, Excel files, and PDF. In my current company, it is being used for finance and HR. We have ERP, CRM, chatbots, etc. We are using this solution to integrate different systems.

I use UiPath Studio to develop the code, and I use UiPath Orchestrator to publish my work. We have our own UAT systems to test the code. We can install the UiPath in the test environment and find all the compilation errors in the debug mode and fix them. We also have version control. If we upload a version and it doesn't work, we can downgrade the version. Everything is tracked in UiPath Orchestrator.

We are using it on-premise. In my previous company, it was on the cloud, and we accessed it through the cloud. 

UiPath Academy courses have been helpful for me. There were lots of activities that I didn't know about, and UiPath Academy was helpful for that. There are multiple ways to do an activity, and UiPath Academy helps you to find out those activities. When you start using it, you can find out which activity will work the best for you. The courses are interactive and not boring with just videos or PDFs. They have a mix of PDFs, videos, and interactions. It is fun and interesting if you have a passion for it.

I found the UiPath community very helpful. At the beginning of my career, I had lots of doubts, and I posted them in the community. We had got an unknown error, and we posted our query there thinking that there must be at least one person who has had the same issue. They solved the issue quickly. It was a quick response. If you post a question, sometimes, you can also get a response within five minutes.

I use attended automation, and it has helped to scale RPA benefits in our organization for processes that require human-robot collaboration. We have a process for reconciling bank statements. When the finance department is done with their files, they send them over to me by email, and I have to start the process manually from UiPath Orchestrator. It needs human interaction. It is a monthly process, and we don't want to automatically trigger based on something.

We use its AI functionality a little bit. We have automation for processing invoices that are in different formats. We are using an ML model to train and replicate the output based on the incoming PDFs. We don't have to manually identify the PDF format and process it. Its AI is very helpful in the case of dynamic files where when a PDF is in one format, we want to process it in a certain way, and when it is in another format, we want to process it in a different way. We have automation to automatically identify the fields and then process the documents accordingly. It is helpful in the case of dynamic files. 

It has reduced human errors. We have a process to send emails to the end-users based on the training they complete in our LMS. I did the automation, and the SME was very happy with that automation. She used to have lots of manual errors where she might miss one email id or put an incorrect email id. With the bot, we automated it and added exceptions, etc. It is more stable now, and there are fewer human errors. It is also very helpful for data entry work where there are lots of chances of human errors. All this can be avoided with a bot.

It has freed up employee time. The time saved depends on the complexity and the length of the process. For our LMS use case, the SME used to take around one hour every morning, and now, she doesn't have to do that. Even if she is on leave, our bot is available 24/7/365. 

The UI Explorer in the UiPath Studio is valuable. We can get a unique and dynamic selector for every element in the UI, which is helpful for me in finding out a particular UI element. Most of my automations have had UI interactions. So, I found it the most helpful feature.

It is pretty easy to build automations. I am from an engineering background, but even if you don't have much coding or programming knowledge, you can easily learn and use this tool. I used UiPath Academy to learn about this tool, and they have got a detailed explanation about everything. So, even if you don't have prior experience, you can easily use this tool.

They give updates every year. Before the new features go live, they put them out in the Community edition. When the features are stable, they release them. They have got a helpful community forum. If you have any roadblocks, you can post your question there and you will get a response, sometimes even within five minutes, depending on the complexity of the question.

When I started working with UiPath, there were no activities for SAP, but in the version that I'm using right now, there are SAP activities or SAP modules. Previously, I had to code everything from user login to user logout, but now, all the activities are available. I just have to drag and drop and give the username and password. I don't have to do it from scratch. It would be great if they can include activities for all of the most common CRMs and ERPs. They can integrate it with different activities for the most common systems.

I have been using this solution for around five years.

It is mostly stable. We recently upgraded our UiPath Orchestrator, and we stopped receiving the emails that we used to receive in the morning about the status of our bots and jobs. I created a ticket, and they said that the particular version or update that I had wasn't stable. They provided me with a different version that was stable.

It is great. In my previous company, one single bot was doing all the processes. In this company, we have six bots, and every day, around 50 processes are running. So, it is scalable.

For the email issue that we had, we created a ticket, and they responded the next day. The response time was less, and they also provided me with the correct solution.

Positive

When I started my career, I started working in Python and website development with Django. When I heard about UiPath and RPA, I felt that it is going to be the future. So, I switched to RPA. UiPath is the first tool I used, and I'm still using it.

I have used Power Automate from Microsoft, but I found UiPath much better because it has a single package with UiPath Orchestrator, Studio, etc. It has everything in a complete package.

I have also used Blue Prism. Blue Prism is more expensive. I used its Community Edition recently because I wanted to explore other tools, and I felt that its UI is not as good as UiPath Studio. They both have drag-and-drop functionality, but Blue Prism is not as user-friendly as UiPath. I have never used Automation Anywhere, but I have heard from my peers who are from the same background that it needs programming knowledge.

It was a bit complex because we have two virtual machines, and each one had three robots in it. We had to do remote desktop on the virtual machine to run the automation. We have recently improved all the processes in our company. They are now dynamic, and they can run in the background. Even if the virtual machine is closed, they will run.

It was implemented in-house.

We have definitely seen an ROI. It replaces the manual work and allows us to do other productive tasks rather than doing repetitive and manual tasks every day. If someone costs $50 per hour, and we are able to save one hour of manual work every day for that person, it is a substantial saving.

It is a bit expensive, but it is cheaper than Blue Prism. We have six robots in total. There are no other costs in addition to the standard licensing fees.

I love this tool. They have been improving it every year based on the user experience, or they have been releasing a stable version for any bugs.

I would rate it a ten out of ten.

Our use cases for UiPath AI and automation are diverse and cover a number of functional areas within our business. We are doing everything from building simple to medium to complex RPAs. 

We have started utilizing communication mining and have a unique use case leveraging document understanding. Essentially, we are getting our feet wet across the board.

UiPath has allowed us to free up time for our employees so that they can engage in more value-added activities. Although cost has not been a significant driver, we focus on being more efficient and consistent throughout the organization. 

It has enhanced the overall experience for our stakeholders, including employees and customers, by streamlining processes and improving engagement.

Document understanding has been immensely valuable due to the breadth and depth of its application. Additionally, the potential of Generative AI is expected to drive significant value.

Since we are still in the early stages of using UiPath, identifying areas for improvement is challenging. We anticipate that some aspects may emerge as time progresses.

We have been using UiPath for close to a year, approximately ten months.

The solution has been stable so far.

UiPath has proven to be scalable.

We have received excellent customer service and support from UiPath. We have a good Technical Account Manager (TAM) and a strong relationship with the team managing our account.

Positive

We previously used Power Automate and other solutions. Most automation has transitioned to UiPath. We switched due to the fact that UiPath offers a broader range of functionalities and addresses our speed-to-delivery challenges.

The initial setup of UiPath was straightforward, thanks to a good partner.

We have been using an implementation partner, and they have been great so far.

While we have not yet achieved the ROI we expect, we are on target to do so. There have been some instances of ROI, although we are still in the infancy stages.

Typically, pricing is reflective of the value provided. While more value for less cost would be preferred, we do not focus extensively on costs.

We evaluated other options before choosing UiPath. It seemed best in class and fit our needs after due diligence.

I would rate UiPath a nine out of ten.

My client is a bank, and we create bots for them. They had processes that their employees used to do manually. They gave them to us to mimic the actions that they did. We automated those processes.

UiPath has increased the net worth of our organization. From UiPath, our organization has gained much more than expected.

UiPath improves the workflow. When we automate the processes, they go into the bank environment where they are used by all the employees from all the regions or states.

UiPath enables us to implement end-to-end automation. It is very easy to build automation using UiPath.

UiPath improves efficiency. The last project I worked on had 1,200 people working on the process. We automated that process, and with automation, 1,200 people have been eliminated directly.

I have not used UiPath's AI functionality but my team has. It makes it easy to automate processes that are more complex or involved.

UiPath has not saved us costs. When we use AI Fabric, we have to implement it additionally to the production environment, and it costs more.

UiPath has reduced human error by about 70%.

UiPath has freed up employees' time. The time saved depends on the process. If a person is doing the same process the whole day and we automate that, he has the whole time for other activities.

The Excel activities are valuable. We can do browser automation through other sites or tools, but for Excel, using tools or options like Selenium or JavaScript is quite complicated because we have to import the file from the JSQL or other things, whereas, in UiPath, we get direct activities. We can directly perform the operations by using the activities. We can directly apply logic to it, and that is how UiPath makes Excel automation easy. This is why I like it.

We have been getting positive outcomes from the UiPath Community. Whenever I have any questions, I go directly to the UiPath Community. Most times, we get the answer from there.

Currently, we have to additionally implement UiPath Fabric. It would be easier if it is already integrated with UiPath rather than having to add it. We have to take the dependencies by searching them. We should be able to go for the default ones.

Its stability also needs improvement.

It has been approximately one and a half years.

The stability needs to be improved. The UiPath selector is consistently failing.

It is a scalable product. We have about 150 users using the solution. It is being used in multiple departments.

Technical support is much needed. It has to be there. 

Our team has used UiPath Academy and UiPath Community. Whenever we get stuck while building the solutions, we most often get a solution from there. It is quite efficient.

Positive

I have used Selenium. In Selenium, we write scripts. We use the Java language for automation. We have to write the code, which makes it more complex, whereas, with UiPath, we can use direct activities, which makes it easier to understand and write the code.

We work in the cloud. Its deployment is easier. For the older versions, it was quite difficult, but with the upgraded version, it is quite easy.

It takes five to ten minutes, depending on how many bots you want to implement. If you want to implement one, you can directly do it in ten minutes.

One person is enough for the deployment. For maintaining the bots, we have a team because the developers and users do not have access to the production environment.

We have seen a 100% ROI.

The price of UiPath is comparatively higher than Selenium. Selenium is a free tool, and UiPath is quite expensive. 

Some organizations make automation costlier than it has to be. They use UiPath, and while selling the products, they make it more costly. It depends on the organization.

Freshers can learn UiPath. They will get knowledge about logic building. 

I would recommend UiPath to others. I would rate UiPath an eight out of ten.

I have done the certification in Microsoft Certified Solution Associate (MCSA) and Microsoft Azure Administration. I look after the actual environment site where we can run the bots. We watch the environment's behavior, and we operate the Orchestrator, which is connected to the AI system. We run different types of processes through Orchestrator, and I am the administrator of Orchestrator. I give the rights and assign roles to the users. 

UiPath has been performing very well. It is very easy to learn and understand. We are going to move the most work done by employees to the bots because the bots get work done in minutes instead of hours. An eight-hour job can be done in three to four hours. 

We plan to bring more bots for efficiency. We would like to add more bots and reduce the time taken for various tasks.

We can design bots in a static or dynamic way. We can use the dynamic way to perform the actions in any environment or platform.

UiPath has freed up employee time. The time saved depends on the complexity of the process.

UiPath is easy to work with and understand. If anything is confusing, we just send our questions, and we get the answer as soon as possible. Designing a process with email, Excel, and any other application can take more than 15 or 20 days.

UiPath saves costs. By using bots, we can save the costs of services provided by humans, but I do not have the metrics. We have many departments, such as finance and global compliance management, and it is hard to know how much cost it has saved.

Orchestrator and features such as Queues Triggers are helpful in monitoring the ports and looking after the performance.

I have done the UiPath Academy course to learn how to manage the environment and Orchestrator. I was able to learn many things through UiPath Academy, and I was able to work on Orchestrator myself. The benefit of UiPath Academy is that it is accessible from everywhere. You can continue watching the videos at home or in the office. The explanation, presentation, and instructors are very good. You do not have to watch the videos again and again. You can just watch it once, and you understand everything.

For UiPath Orchestrator and Studio, if I want to watch the performance of my machines at a specific time or time range, there is no option for that. There are options for one day or week, but there is no option to specify a date such as from Nov 1 to Nov 3. This option should be there for queues and monitoring.

It has been more than one year since I have been using UiPath.

I would rate it an eight out of ten in terms of stability.

It is a scalable solution. I would rate it a nine out of ten in terms of scalability.

We do not need much support to use UiPath. We are not getting many errors.

Positive

I have not worked with any other similar solution. I have only worked with UiPath Studio and Orchestrator.

We have worked on the Python scripts to design the bots, but it was complicated. We had to write more and more scripts and make them efficient. It was very hard. With UiPath, we found a very good option to perform the activities in an easy way. We do not have to code much. We can just drag and drop things and have a solution. 

It is mostly straightforward. We just need to call IT to install UiPath. I give the license via a machine key.

We have it on-premises. We have not connected it to the cloud or third party. 

In terms of maintenance, there are certain packages that we have to download for running the activities. For example, if I am using Python with UiPath Studio, I need to download a specific library.

We implemented it in-house. For deployment, there are two or three members of the team who work with UiPath and provide the infrastructure, and then we have about 25 developers. We have a development team and an operations team.

The development team develops the processes and the operation department runs those processes via triggers or manually. They are usually run on the Windows environment. There are multiple bots working at the same time, and we have the monitoring tool by UiPath, and we are also working via Kibana. Kibana works with Elasticsearch. We have all the logs and bots' performance metrics. We can view it all with one dashboard in Kibana.

RPA is the future. Every bank and organization is looking for bots to perform their jobs because bots are more efficient than humans.

It is an efficient and easy-to-use tool. If needed, you can get a lot of support through UiPath forums and other resources on the web.

We have not used the AI functionality in our automation program, but we plan to use it.

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

I have used UiPath for use cases that are both transactional and linear. It involves human resources, cybersecurity, OEM reporting, IT service management, service delivery, and examining of patents and trademarks. We work with federal agencies in the public sector. 

I enjoy the enhancement of UiPath's debugging tools. I like the IDE and integration services. There have been massive improvements. I love to work with Orchestrator. It has become more streamlined and helpful. 

UiPath needs to improve its documentation. AI Fabric's installation was an absolute nightmare. I tried to get help from the documentation portal and couldn't find what I was looking for. 

I have been using the product for four and a half years. 

We have seen ROI with the tool's use. One of my use cases involves the Patent and Trademark Office, where two GS-15 patent attorneys worked on patent suspensions. An unattended bot helped to save two full FTEs' a year's worth of work. 

We wanted to achieve less human error with AI-powered automation. We also wanted to streamline the process so that human involvement was less. Also, it helped us do more things than a human. 

AI-powered automation has increased accuracy for one of our use cases. We used AI Fabric and Document Understanding to help with reconciliations that came in PDFs. 

Automation has helped us free up our resource time by over 1000 hours. 

I last used Process Mining in 2020. 

I don't enjoy using Power Automate since its scope is limited. The environment where I use Power Automate did not purchase advanced licenses. UiPath offers more flexibility for programmers who are into API solutions. It wasn't available in Power Automate, which annoyed me. 

I run a team of developers and spend most of my time in Orchestrator. It is the best product from UiPath. 

We use UiPath for automating tasks for customer operations.

The most valuable aspect is its ease of use. The utilization of AI has resulted in a time-saving of either four or eight hours per week. When analyzing a customer's job workflow, it's done promptly.

There is room for improvement in browser automation, particularly regarding access and success rates. Success and failure recognition are key areas to focus on.

I have been using UiPath for four years.

It is relatively stable, I would rate it seven out of ten, as it should be improved.

I would rate its scalability features six out of ten.

I would rate its support team seven out of ten.

Neutral

We have experience with NTT-AT WinActor and Blue Prism, but we opted for UiPath because it proved to be more effective and reliable.

The initial setup was easy.

It used to come at a high cost, but now it's more budget-friendly. Considering the features it offers, it's definitely a good value for the money.

Overall, I would rate UiPath eight out of ten.

We had two distinct automation needs. First, we aimed to simplify the process of obtaining weekly updates on new employees. This involved automating navigating a portal, identifying new employees, and distinguishing between contractors and full-time employees and aims to streamline maintaining an accurate and current employee database for your company. 

The second use case focused on case number categorization. We needed to categorize cases originating from sources like SSM, DC Salesforce, and others into different categories, such as origin-related or finance-related, to prioritize and address them based on their urgency and type.

It offers an advanced and in-depth set of features, allowing for intricate and specific automation tasks. It is designed for a more user-friendly and localized experience, catering to individuals who aren't necessarily focused on development. 

The ease of use in both running and developing automation bots is a key factor for us. We also measure customer satisfaction not only in monetary terms but also in terms of the hours saved. For example, if we can save ten thousand hours in a year, it's a substantial achievement because it translates into cost savings for the organization. Ultimately, the hours saved through automation equate to tangible financial benefits.

The concept of process analysis would be helpful. Having a tool that can assess the entire workflow of an automation created by someone would be highly beneficial. This tool could identify areas where enhancements or improvements are feasible, simplifying the process of refining and optimizing automation workflows. In the case of case number categorization, we encountered an issue. While creating the automation, the system was designed to detect and categorize cases into various specified categories.

I have been using UiPath for a year and a half.

The performance of the automation largely depends on the developers and the environment. For unattended automation, ongoing monitoring is necessary, especially when your team is actively making changes to the interface of the platform or system you're automating.

It is highly scalable as it can be deployed to handle large datasets and execute numerous processes concurrently. This scalability enhances its efficiency and productivity, making it a valuable tool.

My company made the decision to opt for UiPath over other vendors approximately five to six years ago. The primary reason for this choice was its superior technology and the seamless integration it offered for running our processes.

The initial setup was straightforward.

It doesn't have many direct competitors that offer a comparable blend of advanced automation features and competitive pricing. What sets them apart is their commitment to continuous improvement and innovation, evident in their advertising and technology enhancements. 

Overall, I would rate UiPath nine out of ten.