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reviewer1978968 - PeerSpot reviewer
Deputy branch chief at National Institutes of Health
Real User
Oct 26, 2022
This solution has improved the ease of building automations and improved our team's overall efficiency
Pros and Cons
  • "UiPath has improved the ease of building automations. We were using SeleniumBase testing which is a legacy application and required a lot of manual work to maintain it."
  • "UiPath has made a significant difference on our staff's workload capacity and freed up team members to take on new endeavors versus getting stuck with manual tasks."
  • "We experienced some performance issues because our libraries are growing and we experience crashes from time to time."

What is our primary use case?

We have multiple use cases for this solution. We have applications built on Microsoft platforms and we use UiPath for our automation and automation testing. Being able to do this means that we do not need to keep reverting back to test every use case when we complete upgrades. 

We also use this solution for the automation of responses to support tickets. Any tickets that come through that can be automated, rather than it being done manually. 

How has it helped my organization?

UiPath has improved the ease of building automations. We were using SeleniumBase testing which is a legacy application and required a lot of manual work to maintain it. 

UiPath has made a significant difference on our staff's workload capacity and freed up team members to take on new endeavors versus getting stuck with manual tasks. 

What is most valuable?

This solution has been most valuable for our support ticketing processes. This has created efficiencies within our team and freed up time for them to focus on project work. It has prevented the need for them to stop what they are doing to complete a mundane task and then get back to what they were doing. 

What needs improvement?

We previously built automation repositories before it was offered by UiPath. There's no smooth migration from what we built to the newer studio that they have at the moment. This is the biggest hurdle we are facing. We would also need to rebuild all previous automations built in another solution called SeleniumBase.

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For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this solution for one and a half years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We experienced some performance issues because our libraries are growing and we experience crashes from time to time. This usually means we need to reboot. The stability could be improved in this regard. The ability to handle large-scale applications or multiple applications could be improved as our operations and libraries are going to continue to grow. Currently, our libraries need to be split and this creates more maintenance for us. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We are satisfied with the scalability. We are aware of new features coming in the future and we will be able to adapt and expand our applications based on these new features. 

How are customer service and support?

The technical support for this solution could be improved. They take longer to respond than I would expect. We would like a 24 to 48-hour SLA in place to manage expectations. 

I would rate their support a six out of ten. This is not due to their ability to resolve an issue. It is due to their lack of transparency and keeping us updated on how issues are being resolved. They are not good at communicating when we can expect our issue to be resolved. 

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

We used SeleniumBase. We needed a solution with enhanced technical capabilities and this is why we switched to UiPath. UiPath offered us a lot in terms of functionality. 

How was the initial setup?

I was a part of the implementation team in our organization where I made sure there were no roadblocks. I was working with UiPath's points of contact and they were coordinating and making sure the implementation happened as planned.

The initial setup was complex. It happened three years ago and we still have some questions about the setup. In order to get answers to these questions, we need to raise a support ticket. I feel like the knowledge of the support individuals could be elevated so we could receive answers right away. 

What about the implementation team?

We implemented this solution in-house. 

What was our ROI?

We have not yet experienced ROI using this solution as we have only been using it for a year and a half. We don't have control over the domain to see the metrics and KPIs at the moment. We are hoping that once some of our core applications are in operation, we will be able to assess the ROI. 

UiPath has reduced our manual effort and improved the overall efficiency of our team. 

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We considered Microsoft's Power Platform which does offer very similar functionality to UiPath including a Desktop AI Builder. However, this solution had limitations that UiPath does not. UiPath is focused on automation and offers a lot of support in this regard whereas Microsoft focuses on so many different areas. 

What other advice do I have?

I would advise others to hang in there for the first six to eight months as the initial learning curve can be frustrating. Once you get a hang of it, you will clearly see the benefit of using this solution. 

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten. Our test automations need to be improved for migration purposes and overall performance could be improved. If those two were resolved, I would give it a ten out of ten. 

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Technology executive at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Oct 13, 2022
Speed-to-market automation is amazing and efficiency results are tremendous
Pros and Cons
  • "The speed to market is amazing because an automation can go from the initial planning conversation to production in weeks."
  • "The solution has been a tremendous efficiency game for our company, delivering hundreds of thousands of hours of efficiency over 300 robotic process automations."
  • "Most of our automations have been without a user interface and we need the ability to interact with users directly."

What is our primary use case?

Our company uses the solution to automate processing of intended and unintended regulatory transactions in the banking industry. 

We are just starting to use the AI function of the solution. 

How has it helped my organization?

The solution has been a tremendous efficiency game for our company. 

We have delivered hundreds of thousands of hours of efficiency over 300 robotic process automations. 

What is most valuable?

The speed to market is amazing because an automation can go from the initial planning conversation to production in weeks.

What needs improvement?

Most of our automations have been without a user interface and we need the ability to interact with users directly. That should be coming in the next release for us. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the solution for four years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution has been very stable across hundreds of automations. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We scaled from dozens to hundreds of automations and are very satisfied with the solution's scalability. 

How are customer service and support?

Technical support has been great and I rate it an eight out of ten.

The solution's community forums are great and help solve many issues. We can easily reference documentation for similar issues and that provides a lot of assistance. 

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

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

We previously used Pega but switched to the solution for its speed-to-market benefit. 

Our strategy is to use automation for maintainable, high-quality, repeatable processes while delivering excellent speed. 

How was the initial setup?

I was not involved in the initial setup within our environment, but have managed the deployment of several hundred automations and the process is straightforward. 

It is very easy to use our CICD pipeline to deploy and monitor solutions via the orchestrator tool. 

What was our ROI?

Our ROI is saving hundreds of thousands of hours in time by automating processes that used to be managed by staff. 

What other advice do I have?

Academy courses have been very helpful in preparing our developers for certifications.

I rate the solution a nine out of ten. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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Manger of it at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Oct 13, 2022
An easy-to-use solution that processes transactions quickly and saves time
Pros and Cons
  • "The solution is easy to use, has a good user interface, and processes transactions quickly."
  • "The solution has cut down the amount of time needed to process certain transactions, freeing up human resources to work on other things and creating a better work-life balance because staff are not stressed when working on a particular process."
  • "Initial deployment is very complex and some integrators aren't well qualified."

What is our primary use case?

Our company uses the solution to automate used to be a completely manual set of processes. 

How has it helped my organization?

The solution has cut down the amount of time needed to process certain transactions. We went from fifteen hours to three hours of processing time. 

The solution has freed up human resources to work on other things. This has created a better work-life balance because staff are not stressed when working on a particular process. 

There is much enthusiasm around using the solution and we plan to take advantage of courses offered through its Academy. 

What is most valuable?

The solution is easy to use, has a good user interface, and processes transactions quickly. 

What needs improvement?

Initial deployment is very complex and some integrators need better training. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the solution for one year. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is stable. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution is scalable.

How are customer service and support?

Customer service is good and I rate it an eight out of ten. 

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

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

The solution is the only one we have used. 

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was complex because our vendor was not as qualified as we thought and created code that did not work. The process to correct that was hard.

What about the implementation team?

We implemented through a vendor but had many coding issues to correct. 

Our vendor experience was a four out of ten. 

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

The solution has gotten pricier. 

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We did not evaluate other options. 

What other advice do I have?

So far, we are happy with the solution. It seems very stable and scalable with many different uses. We are still in the early stages of using the solution, but things look promising. We are not yet using the solution's AI function. 

I rate the solution a nine out of ten. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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Software Development Engineer at a media company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Sep 12, 2022
Allows us to build apps easily and quickly, reduces manual work, and has a great community for support
Pros and Cons
  • "One of the features that I find most valuable is the Apps feature. We can easily create an app, or a web app, that can connect to the robots that we created with UiPath. It is just a drag-and-drop functionality, and we can implement an app with minimal code. Once we have the app ready, we can easily and quickly share it with other stakeholders so that they start using it. The apps are also pretty professional to be used at an enterprise level. That's the main feature I love in UiPath."
  • "Our overall efficiency has improved, and with the introduction of UiPath, we were able to reduce the time by half and also reduce resources with these automations."
  • "UiPath is good in a lot of areas, but as an end user, I feel one thing that can be improved is UiPath Studio. It is an application that we can download to our system and then start building the use cases that we want. Sometimes, it takes a little bit of time to launch, and when we are building a complex application involving a lot of sequential flows, it tends to lag a bit."

What is our primary use case?

We do a lot of manual work on a routine basis. We brought in UiPath to reduce a lot of routine work and mundane tasks that we do. An example would be that we have developed internal tools in our company. We need to back up the logs for these tools. Earlier, we used to log into a system, copy the logs, and then store them at another place, such as Amazon S3. With the introduction of UiPath, we are able to achieve this completely in an automated way. We have set up a UiPath automation to log into a system automatically, take all the logs, and then put them in S3 so that we have a backup for all those logs. This was one of the major use cases that we had, and UiPath helped us to achieve that at scale.

We are using the cloud version. We have more of a hybrid model. We have a pipeline through which we deploy everything related to UiPath. We have a beta endpoint and a production endpoint. Everything goes through the pipeline. Once everything is deployed in beta, we do our testing, and when we know that everything is safe in the beta endpoint, we push everything to the production endpoint. It is basically a pipeline system that we manage.

How has it helped my organization?

Our overall efficiency has improved. Previously, the manual tasks that we had to do consumed a lot of time, and they were also prone to human errors because they were manual. With the introduction of UiPath, we were able to reduce the time by half, and we were also able to reduce resources with these automations.

We don't use drag-and-drop APIs, but there are components that we drag and drop to build a UI that can connect to the backend robots. It has increased the effectiveness of how we implement apps. We can create the UI that we want visually, easily, and immediately. Through code, it would take us more time. UiPath's drag-and-drop functionality has drastically reduced the time because everything is visual. We are able to quickly build the app that we desire.

What is most valuable?

One of the features that I find most valuable is the Apps feature. We can easily create an app, or a web app, that can connect to the robots that we created with UiPath. It is just a drag-and-drop functionality, and we can implement an app with minimal code. Once we have the app ready, we can easily and quickly share it with other stakeholders so that they start using it. The apps are also pretty professional to be used at an enterprise level. That's the main feature I love in UiPath.

UiPath's community is great. It is a place where developers like us post questions and get answers from our fellow developers. We've been using that. Their community is very active. Some of the communities out there in the market don't seem to be as active as UiPath's community. Whenever I post a question, I get a detailed response within 5 to 10 hours, which is very good. My peers have also told me the same thing. We get support in the community, and we can also contact community members for help, and they are glad to help us with any problems.

What needs improvement?

UiPath is good in a lot of areas, but as an end user, I feel one thing that can be improved is UiPath Studio. It is an application that we can download to our system and then start building the use cases that we want. Sometimes, it takes a little bit of time to launch, and when we are building a complex application involving a lot of sequential flows, it tends to lag a bit. 

As a developer, initially, UiPath is a little bit difficult to understand because it has a lot of features and components available with it. Understanding each one takes a little bit of time. After we get into the solution, they can provide more out-of-the-box hands-on. It took some time for us to grasp the concepts and features of UiPath and then implement them. If that time could be reduced, it would be really good.

In terms of features, I'm happy with the features that UiPath offers.

For how long have I used the solution?

It has been around one and a half years since I've been using UiPath in our company.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Its stability has been great. I've never seen it break or crash. It has been very reliable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

For production workflow, it is able to scale at high volume. It is able to take in a lot of transactions per second, which is really good for us because we have a huge customer base, and more customers are starting to onboard. The more RPA is used in the back end, the better it is. It is scalable as we expected it to be. It is able to cater to all the requirements that we have. 

How are customer service and support?

One good feature of UiPath is that whenever I do a Google search, I get a lot of answers. The community of UiPath is very active, and they're great. Whatever question I post, I get a reply to it. 

They also provide professional service. We have the enterprise version, and they provide professional service and support. Anytime that we have raised a ticket with them, we typically get a response within 24 hours. That has been really good. I would rate them a nine out of ten.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

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

We haven't used any other similar solution. We had in-house solutions, but they were not scalable. They couldn’t operate when the user base was increasing on a day-to-day basis. We saw UiPath and immediately went through the documents. Once we knew that UiPath could solve all our use cases, we just onboarded it and migrated all our in-house solutions to it, and since then, we haven't had any problems. It has been great.

How was the initial setup?

I was not a part of the deployment team.

What was our ROI?

We were able to reduce the resources. Previously, if we used five resources, then after we introduced UiPath, the number went down from five to three. We need two less resources with the automation that UiPath provides. There is about a 25% increase in efficiency with the help of the automation that UiPath provides.

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

I'm not aware of the pricing because I'm on the development team. The pricing mostly comes from our marketing team. They handle the pricing with UiPath and give us access to the UiPath licenses as a company. 

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We didn't evaluate other solutions. This was the first one that we encountered. 

What other advice do I have?

We have not used UiPath's artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities, but we are doing research on that. We haven't yet implemented anything in production.

I haven't yet explored UiPath Academy, but I have heard about it.

I would rate UiPath a nine out of ten.

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Sr. Manager at VaaaN Infra Pvt Ltd
Real User
Jul 19, 2022
Features an excellent UI with great functionality and third-party integration
Pros and Cons
  • "The software has an excellent UI; it's very user-friendly. The drag-and-drop options are some of my favorite tools, as they speed up the process, and I find that UiPath offers a solution for all kinds of automation."
  • "I highly recommend UiPath as it's easy to learn and offers significant advantages for all kinds of automation."
  • "The pricing could be more friendly."

What is our primary use case?

We use the solution to speed up automation. We were looking to overcome the challenge of handling vast amounts of data, and we use UiPath to create bots to handle that. Tasks can be automated, and human error is reduced.

How has it helped my organization?

UiPath improved our organization as it has many benefits; it's straightforward and quick to use, has excellent third-party integration, and simplifies all our task automation.

What is most valuable?

The software has an excellent UI; it's very user-friendly. The drag-and-drop options are some of my favorite tools, as they speed up the process, and I find that UiPath offers a solution for all kinds of automation.

The solution saves a lot of time via automation; a task that took over an hour now takes around two minutes, and it's all handled by bots.

We use the drag-and-drop options, and they speed up our workflows.

What needs improvement?

The pricing could be more friendly. 

For how long have I used the solution?

We have been using the solution for one year. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is stable, it's a reliable software. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The product is scalable; it has very good third-party integration and scalability options within the software.

We use the solution in our office, so there are slightly under 100 total users.

How are customer service and support?

The community support and documentation are helpful. I required some training initially, and was able to learn using UiPath websites and YouTube videos. 

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

I wasn't directly involved in the initial setup, but it took our team one to two months to get to know the product well.

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

I'm not directly involved in the financing, but the IT team considers this product costly.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten. It's an excellent product, but there is always room for improvement. 

I highly recommend UiPath as it's easy to learn and offers significant advantages for all kinds of automation. 

The solution is perfect for our requirements. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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Software Developer at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
Real User
Jul 4, 2022
We can simply drag and drop based on our application requirements, so things go smoother and faster
Pros and Cons
  • "I find the whole product useful, but I like the intuitive design the best. It's a well-designed UI, and it's comfortable for this use case."
  • "We reduced our work time by at least 70 percent because developers no longer need to write a considerable amount of code for a single automated task."
  • "UiPath should improve the test case criteria in future versions because the test cases are not well-designed. I feel everything is fine other than that."

What is our primary use case?

UiPath is deployed on AWS EC2 instances, and we use it for basic automation.  Very few developers are working on UiPath here. Our end-users don't deal with this. We only use our database and the data collected from UiPath, but the automation is not visible to our customers. We only use it in our internal development or design phase or to collect some automated data. 

We haven't used UiPath's machine learning capabilities, but we are working on that. That could be useful in a few use cases for triggering some queues and running processes in the background. We are using asynchronous jobs, but we don't rely on AI yet.

How has it helped my organization?

It helps us design the automation capabilities of our products. You can quickly create some AI-driven, easy-to-use, automated tracking products. We can also design the workflow to enhance the optimal automation process. Before using UiPath, we needed to write code to define some UI tasks manually. It required a vast amount of coding and used up much of our developer bandwidth. 

UiPath saves us some time and development costs by helping us quickly design some automated tasks and workflows. We reduced our work time by at least 70 percent because developers no longer need to write a considerable amount of code for a single automated task. UiPath can do all of that.

The drag-and-drop APIs reduce the time it takes to build workflows because we can define an orchestration URL and how we log in to the system. We can easily define entire edge cases and workflows. This helps us a lot. The AI will help us, too, but we are still in the development phase. 

In the early stages, it took a little time to see value from UiPath. Our engineering team needed to learn the product, but we were good to go in two weeks. 

What is most valuable?

I find the whole product useful, but I like the intuitive design the best. It's a well-designed UI, and it's comfortable for this use case. You can easily automate anything. The drag-and-drop APIs make things easier for us. We can simply drag and drop based on our application requirements, so things go smoother and faster.

What needs improvement?

UiPath should improve the test case criteria in future versions because the test cases are not well-designed. I feel everything is fine other than that.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using UiPath for about two and a half years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We have been using this for about one and a half years, and it's highly stable so far. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Based on our current use case, we believe we can scale toward the AI path of that product, and we are still in the process of evaluating this. Once we implement the AI features, we expect to scale up further.

How are customer service and support?

I rate UiPath support nine out of ten. I'm impressed with them. It has a steep learning curve, but UiPath provides a lot of online documentation, helping us figure out everything ourselves.

The technical support from the updates team is nice. They provide instant support for any issue, but we've barely used them because everything is well-documented, and the UI is intuitive. 

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

We were working on coding architecture and directly defining and using our code.

How was the initial setup?

A different team handled the installation. We have two people managing the solution, but it doesn't require much maintenance. We install patches about once a year. The updates can affect our data and the process we use, so that's a challenge sometimes. 

What was our ROI?

We have definitely seen a return because UiPath has cut the engineering cost significantly. It frees up our engineers to do other tasks. It has reduced our workload by around 80 percent. We still required one or two developers to develop all these UI cases.

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

We find UiPath's total cost of ownership is cheaper because we significantly reduced the resources required for development. We believe it's a reasonable price for the value we get in this application use case.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We tried Automated Anywhere, but that doesn't work for us. UiPath provides much more features, and we can enhance things better. UiPath's drag-and-drop functionality also makes things easier for us. After trying these two products, we found that UiPath is a major gamechanger for our use case.

What other advice do I have?

I rate UiPath an eight out of ten. The test cases could be better, and we're still evaluating the AI-driven part. Otherwise, I would rate this as a nine. I highly recommend this product because of all the advantages it offers, and UiPath has great documentation and videos available on multiple channels. It has considerably reduced the manual work we are doing. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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Senior RPA Developer at InnoWise
Real User
May 30, 2022
Saves our clients manpower and man-hours and increases data accuracy
Pros and Cons
  • "The UiPath Apps feature has helped to reduce the workload for our IT department by enabling end-users to create apps. Even some of the business people have been trained to do that. They have been able to build small, attended bots."
  • "The ROI is very good, we have been able to deploy many processes and upper management is pretty happy with the investment they have made in the bots."
  • "The stability is good, but they keep upgrading versions. If you want some of the new additions, sometimes you have to take a beta version."

What is our primary use case?

We are a consulting company and we work for different clients. I have mainly used UiPath for financial processes, like bank and vendor reconciliations, order management, order processing, collections, and invoice processing.

How has it helped my organization?

UiPath automations have saved a lot of man-hours for business people. They used to have to do simple tasks, like creating reports in Excel and calculating with formulas. We just uploaded the data into SQL Server and then connected to Power BI through UiPath. It was a small project for us, just a matter of two minutes or so to put things in place, but it saved them a lot of time. With the bots doing this "small" work, it enabled the employees to relax and work on more valuable tasks.

The employees involved have been happy and they have also suggested a few other processes that could be automated, after seeing the results.

There was also an order management project in which we extracted details, such as delivery date and quantity, from a PDF. Before it was automated, that was a tedious task. It took a lot of time for people to do it and their accuracy was lower than the robot's. The automation reduced the team size for that business and they were very happy. They saw a very good ROI. And it used to take the business much longer to do small reconciliations, but the bots are so fast. They are seeing good results. It has reduced a lot of human error. Initially there are some errors, but once you learn from them and train the bot, you get accurate results.

We have only done a few attended automations, but they have sped up processes that require approval. In those situations, they play a major role. More than the monetary savings, the benefit is that people can concentrate more on the important work, and with less stress. But unattended automation is the most important process.

What is most valuable?

The OCR makes it much easier to extract the details, as does Advance Document Understanding.

I would also rate the ease of building automations as an eight out of 10. It's quite easy in general. In some cases we need to use a coding language like Java or .NET, but we can easily build simple or medium-level tasks. It's even accessible for business people. If we try to explain the code or the architecture of our design, they're able to easily understand.

The UiPath Apps feature has helped to reduce the workload for our IT department by enabling end-users to create apps. Even some of the business people have been trained to do that. They have been able to build small, attended bots.

And when it comes to minimizing our on-prem footprint, I would also rate it at eight out of 10. We have seen good results from our on-premises build.

And if we are not sure about something, we can get help from the UiPath community. I have worked throughout the whole cycle, and in all aspects we get good support. People voluntarily contribute to the community. It is a vast community and we get answers quickly. UiPath itself helps people connect and they give badges and goodies to people who are contributing well.

Initially, it was mandatory for us to get certification through the UiPath Academy. The course is free and even the business people have been interested in upskilling themselves. All the Academy courses are very good.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using UiPath for over three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The stability is good, but they keep upgrading versions. If you want some of the new additions, sometimes you have to take a beta version.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The scalability is very good, and with the latest version it will be much easier.

Almost all our departments have used UiPath automations. Management is trying to identify what else is possible. It's spreading to all our company's departments.

How are customer service and support?

Whenever we have an issue that we cannot solve, we contact technical support and they try to identify the issue and give us the best solution. If we give them our machine IDs, they try to get into the machines and resolve things. Some of our cases were really complex, and they visited our site. That was the best part.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was straightforward. It is a little technical but not very complex. The deployment time depends on getting all the prerequisites in place but it usually doesn't take long, about two hours, on average.

Maintenance depends on the complexity of the automations. You have to monitor things regularly.

What was our ROI?

The ROI is very good. We have been able to deploy many processes and upper management is pretty happy with the investment they have made in the bots.

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

Compared to other solutions, the pricing is moderate.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We compared UiPath with other tools and then we made the decision to go with it. A few of our clients use other tools, but in our experience, UiPath is best. It is much easier to use, compared to the others.

We referred to industry reviews and we had discussions with peers and colleagues. I did some research into the market and then I chose UiPath.

What other advice do I have?

Automation will enable you to concentrate more on the things that require decision-making and knowledge, rather than just doing repetitive tasks.

As we have upgraded the versions, it has reduced the time involved as well. Initially, it was taking some time. But once we and the whole business got used to it and understood how the bots work, things went way faster. The solution is improving every day. It has already moved to the cloud and it should start working on IoT because they have started with AI. That will make IoT will be much easier.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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Business Analyst at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
May 8, 2022
Easy to use, straightforward to set up, and there are helpful online tutorials available through UiPath Academy,
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable feature of UiPath is its usability. It's very easy to understand."
  • "UiPath has helped to both speed up and reduce the cost of our digital transformation."
  • "The error handling is in need of improvement. We'd had a problem tracking when errors occur, and troubleshooting how things are captured in production."

What is our primary use case?

Our primary use case for UiPath is the automation of some of our processes. The main departments that have been affected are accounts payable and accounts receivable.

We are developing expertise internally. At least for the first year, we worked with an outside consultancy to provide us UiPath development. They were working with the business team here closely, but also helping to train our people.

The main parts that we've got are in the area of invoice automation, but we also have some bots that deal with the automation of some of our engineering applications within Oracle.

We run six bots, primarily dealing with invoice automation from our suppliers. That is working in conjunction with Abbyy. So, part of the process is UiPath and part of it is Abbyy FlexiCapture. We also have some engineering applications in Oracle that we also use it for. Examples of this are updating bills of materials, or printing out invoices.

The key savings and kind of the real business case of the project were to do with invoice automation.

How has it helped my organization?

UiPath allows us to implement end-to-end automation. We utilize the Task Capture functionality for some of the initial parts. Then, building the bots is done with Studio, and Orchestrator is used for monitoring. It's complete, end-to-end automation.

The invoice reconciliation has been very useful. We now process 80% of our invoices automatically, of which 80% of those get no human contact. The remaining 20% of the ones that are automatically processed are either exceptions or they are certain expense items or the price doesn't match up. In this case, there's some human intervention, but we are getting a high percentage of things going through automatically.

This automation has enabled us to move some headcounts into different, higher value-adding activities instead. We have freed up approximately 10 full-time employees by using UiPath. We didn't let anybody go. Rather, they've been moved into other more creative roles.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature of UiPath is its usability. It's very easy to understand. I think in general, some parts of the process were difficult to grasp, and there were challenges along the way. But now at this more mature part, it's definitely increased employee satisfaction. People have been able to move into higher value-added, more enjoyable tasks.

We've got a group of citizen developers that work on UiPath. These are people that weren't developers but given a bit of training and its ease of use, they have been able to utilize it.

Both members of my team and I have used the UiPath Academy, and the training has been really good. It has enabled us to utilize the citizen developer approach. It is because of the conciseness and quality of the teaching that we have been able to employ citizen developers. We didn't really envision that as something that was possible, but given the ease and usability of the tool and the quality of the training, that's been possible for us.

UiPath has definitely helped to reduce human error. The main process that has gone through automation is the accounts payable process. Now, some of our suppliers may offer discounts and stuff like that. So, it's reduced the time for us to get things into the system. We've got increased visibility, and we've reduced the number of people working on this process, ultimately meaning cost savings as well.

What needs improvement?

The one negative that this solution has is its reporting. I found it a bit confusing because it was suggested to us that we use Elastic and Kibana for reporting. To me, this seems a little bit fragmented. I understand that UiPath has the Insights feature, but it wasn't what they recommended for us and I think the reason is that it isn't powerful enough for what we want to do. Ideally, we should not have to utilize other tools for reporting.

When it comes to speeding up our process, it has not made any impact. This is because the licensing and agreement part is quite time-consuming. Where we may have wanted to scale up quicker, we've been limited by signing contracts or getting things moving in that regard. As such, it's not really sped up our procurement process or enabled us to scale as quickly as we'd like when we wanted to.

We scale up some parts of the system quicker and we were seeing large delays in processing some of the documents that we wanted. This problem was that we didn't have the hardware or software ready for us to scale. So, in that regard, we've not found the ability to scale beneficial.

The error handling is in need of improvement. We'd had a problem tracking when errors occur, and troubleshooting how things are captured in production.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been working with UiPath for between 18 months and two years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

My impressions of the stability are largely positive. However, I'd like to see more emphasis placed on error handling for production.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

With respect to scalability, I'd like to see it be made more fluid. It was a bit slow for us to be able to scale. If it was more elastic or there was a different way of billing it instead of having to sign up we had to sign up for a year-long license, it would have been useful. It wasn't that we minded the length of the contract or the cost. Rather, it meant that there were contracts that had to be signed, etc. 

With the processes that have already been implemented now finished, we're actively looking at where else it can be deployed. There is even interest from the executive team. They would like to see it used further.

How are customer service and support?

UiPath has an active community but we've not really engaged with them very much. When we were in need of help, we contacted support and our account executives, but not the community.

The technical support has been really useful. I would rate them a ten out of ten.

In general, they've been very responsive, and easy to get them on a call if required. I've been really happy with the SLAs they've provided to us.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

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

This was our first RPA implementation.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was fairly straightforward. As we are using the on-premises solution, we've had to invest in additional hardware.

What about the implementation team?

We used a consultant to assist us with our deployment. We definitely found it beneficial because it gave us experience. We didn't have any experience with RPA, and they helped us to get off the ground and provided some best practices.

There are three members of our team that are responsible for bot deployment and maintenance. One is a UiPath developer, another is a support developer, and the third is a business analyst.

What was our ROI?

We have definitely seen a return on investment.

UiPath has helped to both speed up and reduce the cost of our digital transformation. Compared to traditional automation approaches, it's been a lot quicker and less costly to implement. It very minorly affected us in terms of needing IT support. For example, we've had to work with our Oracle applications team, as well as our infrastructure team, in getting some of those parts set up. Overall, I've not found it to be burdensome.

UiPath has definitely saved on costs for the organization. I think that initially, there was some skepticism. Obviously, there were significant implementation costs but now, we're definitely seeing the fruits of that. 

Our total savings at the moment is between 50,000 and 100,000 per year.

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

The licensing fees are billed annually.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

The company evaluated Automation Anywhere and Microsoft Power Automate before choosing UiPath. I can't speak to the pros and cons of the different options because the decision was made just before I became involved.

What other advice do I have?

Overall, in terms of ease of building automation, our experience has been positive.

UiPath has features available for attended automation, although all of our automations are unattended. Similarly, we don't yet use the solution's AI functionality but it's something that we're really interested in starting to use.

My advice for anybody who is looking into implementing this product is to ensure that the processes they want to automate are standard and standardized. That was a key barrier that we realized, and it delayed things for us by quite a bit.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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Automation Engineer at Danfoss
Real User
May 2, 2022
Great automation and AI functionality but is a bit pricey
Pros and Cons
  • "They are providing an architecture that is really amazing."
  • "Automation Anywhere is really helpful financially."
  • "UiPath updates its software every year. The problem is the support for the old code. For example, right now I'm using the 2021 10.3 version. If I have developed a code three years back and I want to update the packages, it won't work as expected."
  • "If you are going to automate some websites, the stability is very bad, however, for ERP it is really good."

What is our primary use case?

At my company, we automate everything, including the ERP. It's for logistics as well as the production. 90% of our use case is automating SAP and the bonus software.

What is most valuable?

The user interface is amazing. If we want to look at the conditions, we can do so easily. We can just search and we can find it. It's very simple.

They provide architecture that is really amazing. 

It is quite stable. It is really good and very reliable, which is what I really want. 

You can scale the solution very well.

I have used automation. The report was helpful. It trains employees - even those that didn’t have any experience. In UiPath, it’s not as clear how you go about things or where to click. It's very difficult to change items. The best part of UiPath is the automation.

I have a downloaded code. When you ship the plan from one country to another country, there will be a lot of historical data in the item. Typically, we have to delete this manually. It is a lot of data. We have exclusively recruited people for this job in the past. Then, we came up with some designs for the automation and it has saved them plenty of time. We are able to finish all the deletion of unnecessary data in record time. That was a really easy way to help save time and human resources. Automation Anywhere is really helpful financially.

Manually, a task like this would have taken around 30 days to deal with 10,000 lines of deletion. Now, with automation, the same task can be done in two days.

In the past, our recruits have come from Ireland. I’m not sure how much labor time we’ve saved with UiPath, however, it’s significant.

I have tried UiPath’s Academy. I got certified from UiPath. The best part is that the lectures are really good. They also provide the trial motions, which is really helpful when learning.

I have watched UiPath Academy’s orchestrated videos and done the pre-development. I completed the entire video and then did the test. They have certified me for Orchestrator and the developer parts.

One really good thing about UiPath is the user community. We can just search for a term and get help with questions. Most questions will be answered by the community. That is really amazing and helpful. Participating in the community makes UiPath really easy. It's very easy to find solutions to questions you have.

The UiPath community compares well against other RPA communities out there. On a scale of one to ten, I would say that the automation ranks at a nine. It’s a helpful tool.

We use attended bots as well as unattended bots.

Attended automation has helped to scale RPA benefits in our company by automating departments or all specific processes that require human-robot collaboration. We know how to use automation with merchants so that they help you with authorization for the end-users. The robots have really helped us in specific use cases, especially around logistics, for example.

We have just started using UiPath’s AI functionality. We are exploring it now after we got some orientation from UiPath. Within one year, we'll start using it for the plans that we have created for this year.

UiPath automation has reduced human mistakes. That is the best part. If somebody, a human, does the same continuous actions, mistakes will happen. With automation, we’ve had zero errors at this point.

What needs improvement?

UiPath updates its software every year. The problem is the support for the old code. For example, right now I'm using the 2021 10.3 version. If I have developed a code three years back and I want to update the packages, it won't work as expected. They do not follow up with support for the old version. Therefore, a person has to exclusively work again with the old robot to make it compatible with the new version.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using the solution for four years now.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Stability-wise, I would say, for an ERP, UiPath is good. If you are going to automate some websites, the stability is very bad, however, for ERP it is really good. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The scalability is good. Based on the demand, we can actually scale up things. Again, it depends on how we implement UiPath in the organization.

How are customer service and support?

We pay extra for UiPath support. For us, it's really good.

Since we are paying extra money for support, whenever we have a problem they exclusively send two people to our organization. They elaborate and explain the solution to the problem. That's only due to the fact that we pay extra money. We have experienced only positive scenarios with support.

While I'd rate paid support eight out of ten, when you don't pay for support the service may be only a five out of ten.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

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

I also have Automation Anywhere and Microsoft.

Microsoft's solution is better than UiPath. However, UiPath compared to Automation Anywhere is better.

With UiPath, they should have at least some basic knowledge of .NET. It's very different from Microsoft. Somebody without any background can develop robots.

Compared to Automation Anywhere, UiPath is really good. Especially the user interface. Some of the Orchestrator functionality is also really good compared to Automation Anywhere. 

How was the initial setup?

We had used an earlier version (8). We had to use that and log into the Orchestrator, et cetera. At that time, all versions were difficult. Now, they have the availability to make the setup easier and we have the entities to deploy the package. It's now very easy and very convenient.

The deployment takes about two minutes maximum.

For the deployment strategy for UiPath, we did a QA first. We had a tech that would create the instance, we'd deploy the Orchestrator and then just do the QA. We'd create another code request for the master branch. 

What was our ROI?

I have seen some ROI, however, I have only high-level ideas about what it is. Our team is in Denmark and in India. From what I heard, we are getting considerable value for money at this time.

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

The solution is a bit pricey.

More and more companies are coming out with similar solutions, and therefore the space is likely to become very competitive.

What other advice do I have?

I have used the cloud deployment at well. Now I use the on-premises version. 

If anybody is going to evaluate UiPath, first, I would say, you need to look into what kind of automation you are going to do. If it's ERP, I would definitely recommend UiPath. If it's something, like a PDF or insurance kind of use case, then I wouldn't recommend UiPath. From my experience, what I understand is that UiPath is good for SAP. However, you can use it for any other kind of ERP as well.

I'd rate the solution a seven out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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Senior Consultant Cybersecurity at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Apr 6, 2022
Saves time, reduces maintenance costs, and has a helpful online learning academy
Pros and Cons
  • "The process design work and the workflow management and the custom templates, those features are the most valuable to us right now."
  • "UiPath has helped save 60% of costs for us in our organization."
  • "They could work to improve the user community."

What is our primary use case?

I mainly use UiPath for all automation tasks. We focus on the security automation side. We are doing some research on security automation regarding incorporated SIEM. We mainly are focusing on the security automation side using UiPath.

What is most valuable?

The process design work, the workflow management, and the custom templates are the most valuable aspects to us right now.

In terms of the ease of building automation using UiPath, it's easy to use. Previously, we had to do everything manually. When it came to automation, we had to design it manually and we had to have the documentation and everything in a separate place. By using UiPath, we can collaborate with everyone in one single system and we can maintain everything in one repo. Everything in one single system makes it easy to use and reduces our time spent creating automation while also improving effectiveness and efficiency. In terms of time saved, while previously it might have taken us two to three days to do perform a task, we now have it down to one.

The automation cloud offering helps to decrease UiPath's total cost of ownership by taking care of things such as infrastructure maintenance and updates. We don't have to host in our environments. They are responsible for maintaining everything. We can also connect from anywhere, which is very useful. The automation cloud offering helps to decrease UiPath's total cost of ownership as it reduces maintenance costs.

I use the UiPath Academy to learn more information, get new features, and learn about them as I go. UiPath Academy courses have been extremely helpful in getting up to speed and getting updates on the new features.

These days, once they release the new features, we can immediately learn about them from the Academy. We have everything, including guides, in one place. We don't need to search here and there and go and search features and ask for help from someone else. Once we first log in to the Academy, we can see everything that's saved there. We have one single place from which to learn.

The UiPath user community, in terms of the value that we gain by being a part of it, is good. The forum is also there. If someone needs help they can put the question on the forum as well. While there's no extreme support, for mid-level questions, we have some sort of support there right from the community.

We use attended automation. Attended automation has helped to scale RPA and has benefited the company by automating department or role-specific processes that require human-robot collaboration. UiPath helps to improve the effectiveness of the processes. Time is saved and human errors are reduced when we leverage this aspect. We've likely seen a drop of 50% in human error. It's also freed up 50% of employee time.

We do use some of UiPath's AI functionality in our automation program. I use some subject features. While using complex processes, we can segregate them into different parts and we have more visibility of the processes. When it comes to automation, we can make decisions such as how these processes are aligned and how to rearrange them. The AI functionality enabled us to automate more processes overall.

UiPath has reduced the cost of digital transformation so far. Some upgrades were required, however, they weren't massive. Most of the stuff can be managed.

What needs improvement?

They could work to improve the user community. For example, having a common place to discuss items. They could improve user forums. That way, we can share knowledge and experiences across different industries. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using the solution for around six months. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

In terms of stability, it's really good. I haven't come across any problems.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Scalability is really good. We can change anything we want with minimum time.

The cloud offering allows us to scale up operations. When the number of users increases and the number of tasks goes up as the business expands, we can easily, with the cloud subscription, share it with more users. It's really easy.

I currently use the solution daily, which will likely continue. Many people use the solution in our organization, including all developers and project managers as well as IT admin. Around, altogether 80 to 90 people are using UiPath. I've automated two processes so far, however other departments also use it and they are doing their own automation projects. 

How are customer service and support?

Technical support has been very helpful. 

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was straightforward. For implementing and getting support and we could directly work with the company. UiPath was very helpful.

Deployment was done by a separate IT team, however, we are used to testing the product and giving feedback. We provide the feedback, what we use, and everything, and it can get tweaked. It's quite straightforward and easy.

It took about three months to deploy UiPath.

The implementation strategy was to communicate with IT. They know the whole solution, however, we were participating in the process to witness how to use the software and how it's helpful. We give feedback on how it feels to do our work. Therefore, I don't directly install it; I only advise on my findings from a usage standpoint. 

What about the implementation team?

UiPath helped to deploy the UiPath solution in our organization.

What was our ROI?

UiPath has helped save 60% of costs for us in our organization.

We have seen an ROI. Considering the overall cost we spent before vs after and considering our increased accuracy and the time savings when you see the bigger picture, it's worth more than what we spent.

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

The pricing and licensing of UiPath seem to be affordable. 

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

The IT team may have looked at other options, including Blue Prism. I didn't directly participate in the evaluation process. 

What other advice do I have?

We are UiPath customers. 

It's a good process automation tool. I'd invite anyone to consider this tool if they are planning to go into automation tasks. However, they definitely need to have a trial period. After that, if it suits their goals, then they should acquire it for their organization.

I would rate the solution a ten out of ten. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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