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Automation manager at a wholesaler/distributor with 201-500 employees
Real User
Nov 21, 2022
Great Automation Hub with a helpful user community and an excellent learning Academy
Pros and Cons
  • "It's pretty affordable for what you get."
  • "We'd like more onboarding features for new people."

What is our primary use case?

We can use UiPath for pretty much anything, including document reading, day-to-day processing, or maintenance cases. For pretty much anything that the business comes up with, we can use UiPath. 

How has it helped my organization?

It's the only RPA software I've ever used. It's really given us the capability to help automate a ton of slow-moving tasks.

It is helping to automate some finance processes, shared service processes, and items like that to eliminate some tedious tasks that people don't want to deal with.

What is most valuable?

The Automation Hub helps prioritize things. I'd say using the community edition to get citizen developers on board has been great. Those are probably the two biggest aspects of the solution for me.

The user community is helpful. The forum is really great. I need to build up a bigger community around me; however, for right now, the users are super helpful.

I've used UiPath's Academy courses. It's great for letting people do training at their own pace. It also speeds up training. I don't have to spend hours teaching people how to do stuff. They can do it whenever they want. That's super helpful.

What needs improvement?

We'd like more onboarding features for new people. I mostly taught myself. It would help if it was more proactive in reaching out and saying, "Here are all of our connectors. Here's the stuff you can do." The program itself is really easy to use, however, to understand the capabilities, it would be nice to have more of a guiding hand.

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For how long have I used the solution?

I've used the solution for probably two years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The stability is good. I've never had a feed down and find it to be rather solid. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The scalability is pretty strong. It seems to be as scalable as you want to make it. It depends on your design. For example, if you make a shady bot, that's not going to work scalability-wise. However, if you build your bot the right way to handle tasks quickly, it'll do it quickly and will scale well.

How are customer service and support?

Technical support is really good. I've only used it twice. However, both times they have been really quick to respond and help.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

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

We did not previously use any other RPA software.

How was the initial setup?

I am involved in the initial setup process. I started the CoE of my last job, and I'm doing that at this job now.

What about the implementation team?

We used a partner to help with it, so it was pretty straightforward. If I had to do it myself, I'd probably struggle, however, with partners, it's easy.

What was our ROI?

I have seen an ROI. The first spot I made paid for the license. It's pretty quick to realize a return on investment. 

We've used Automation Hub to track monetary and hourly savings. My last company probably saved to the tune of $300,000 annualized. I just started this job. I will be able to note an ROI pretty soon.

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

I need to dig into pricing a bit more. It's pretty affordable for what you get. 

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We evaluated the whole market before choosing UiPath. However, I wasn't directly a part of the process and, therefore, can't get into specifics. 

What other advice do I have?

I do not yet use UiPath to automate processes that deal with a good cause that our company is involved in. I've only worked at the company for two weeks. I'm a little new.

I have yet to use the AI functionality in our automation program. 

I'd advise others to work with a partner to deploy it at your company. Don't try to do everything at once. Build a list of ideas before you start trying to get into things. Have a funnel of projects to do.

I would rate the solution a nine out of ten. They could improve a couple of things. However, it's really easy to use. You don't really have to learn any code. It is really easy to get people to learn it on their own. It's pretty solid overall.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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reviewer1986627 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of Transformation at a retailer with 5,001-10,000 employees
Real User
Nov 21, 2022
Is stable, helps to avoid certain costs, and increases time savings
Pros and Cons
  • "UiPath Orchestrator is a valuable feature for us. We started with all attended bots without Orchestrator, on-premises or on the cloud. It was almost like a very low-cost way to prove that we needed this technology and that we could use it. So, for our first year we did that. For the second year, we got Orchestrator, and it has given us the ability to utilize the bots more effectively. I thought we were going to have more attended bots, and we didn't because the process owners wanted things to happen in the background and wanted to be able to schedule them. Being able to do that and not have to have someone worry about triggering the bot or babysitting the computer while the bot runs, etc. has been the biggest gamechanger for us."
  • "UiPath Insights needs improvement. It's been almost five months since we got it, and I'm yet to see a business impact dashboard, which was the selling point. Trying to get Insights support has been really tricky. The documentation that's out there is not detailed enough, and it doesn't really tell you how to make it happen. I've paid for a product for five months that I still can't present to my senior leadership."

What is our primary use case?

We have quite a few use cases, and a few big ones are creating purchase orders, reviewing invoice PDFs and extracting information from them, and creating customer orders from forms that are emailed in.

What is most valuable?

UiPath Orchestrator is a valuable feature for us. We started with all attended bots without Orchestrator, on-premises, or on the cloud. It was almost like a very low-cost way to prove that we needed this technology and that we could use it. So, for our first year, we did that. For the second year, we got Orchestrator, and it gave us the ability to utilize the bots more effectively. I thought we were going to have more attended bots, and we didn't because the process owners wanted things to happen in the background and wanted to be able to schedule them. Being able to do that and not have to have someone worry about triggering the bot or babysitting the computer while the bot runs, etc. have been the biggest game-changers for us.

The biggest benefit we've seen from using UiPath is time savings. Since June, when our fiscal year started, we've saved 8,000 hours so far. We're measuring everything in terms of hours saved, mainly because that's where we see the most benefit. I haven't really seen a big cost reduction, like replacing people with automation. Our teams are pretty slim right now.

A lot of the time what we found was that people were working extraordinarily long days. Now, they're actually able to do their job because they don't have all these other things that they had to take care of before. With some of our use cases in customer service, we've been able to avoid costs by not having to hire temporary staff. This is because a lot of the transactions that they would've taken care of are now done by the bots. They are doing it faster and more accurately. We have automated 36 processes so far. We have three attended, but most of our processes are unattended.

The biggest value of the UiPath Academy courses has been the ability to point new citizen developers to it. They are self-guided and require very little oversight from the team, so it provides the ability to grow a citizen development community with very little time from our team. The UiPath Academy is also useful for onboarding new team members; you can point them to some of the basic courses and have them get an idea of what RPA is all about, what we have, Orchestrator, etc.

What needs improvement?

UiPath Insights needs improvement. It's been almost five months since we got it, and I'm yet to see a business impact dashboard, which was the selling point.

Trying to get Insights support has been really tricky. The documentation that's out there is not detailed enough, and it doesn't really tell you how to make it happen. I've paid for a product for five months that I still can't present to my senior leadership.

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?

The stability is good overall, and we haven't really had any issues. We do have certain processes, especially with certain systems, that are very finicky, and we have to go back and keep updating. I don't know how much of it is UiPath versus just the nature of automation.

How are customer service and support?

We got premium support, but getting the attention of the person that is dedicated to our account has been really hard. It shouldn't be that hard, especially not when we're paying $12,000 a year for it.

We've also had a lot of issues with Insights. When we get to the right person, it's helpful and easy, but getting to the right person is way too complicated, especially considering that we're paying for premium support.

So, I would give technical support a rating of seven on a scale from one to ten.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Neutral

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

We went with UiPath because they are a leader in the robotics industry.

How was the initial setup?

The initial deployment was complex. We started with all attended, and transitioning from attended to orchestrated was not easy. Nobody understood that we had been operating robots without any orchestration, so whenever we talked to UiPath, they would tell us to get our on-premises Orchestrator and migrate it to the cloud even though we didn't have an on-premises Orchestrator. They should've already known that because they had all the details. It wasn't straightforward, but we did it.

Transitioning to Orchestrator in the cloud, probably, took us three months. 
We had to recreate workflows because the workflows were attended to.

What about the implementation team?

We did it ourselves.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

I talked to the CIO of a medical company, and they had implemented Automation Anywhere. They had a good experience with it, and it was good for their use cases. However, their use cases were very different from ours. So, I talked to some of our partners, and one of our partners had a relationship with a UiPath partner, so we did the proof of concept with UiPath. It worked, and so we just went from there.

What other advice do I have?

Understand what your goals are with RPA, and make sure that UiPath is the right vehicle for it.

Overall, on a scale from one to ten, I would rate UiPath at nine.

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ManishJain1 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technology lead at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Real User
Nov 21, 2022
Saves time, has a great user community, and Academy training courses are helpful
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable feature is definitely the document understanding."
  • "Maybe they should build more out-of-the-box apps rather than companies building their own implementation from scratch and maybe build them as a product on top of the platform. That would save time in implementation."

What is our primary use case?

We have implemented a couple of use cases. One is with our creative collection scenario. We are also working on order automation. That will go live in October.

How has it helped my organization?

Since we are fairly new, I will say we have only two scenarios running right now, and they've been going on for almost a year. It's definitely saved us a lot of time. We haven't rolled out too many scenarios yet. When we'll be rolling out our order automation for 15 countries, I will see more benefits in the uses as we go.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature is definitely the document understanding. We have started using it for the order automation project that I'm working on. It definitely has some challenges also, especially dealing with other languages. However, so far, it's good.

We only have our Cash App or our credit collection scenario. We save around one-tenth of the time we typically spend where a lot of transactions happen. We save around 60 hours every month, at least for now.

UiPath's user community is definitely helpful. Usually, I'd look it up there first when we run into a problem.

Our team has used UiPath Academy courses. Academy courses were really helpful in giving us a good start to have a good foundation. Although we use UiPath to develop our scenarios, having that Academy access and going through the training definitely helped us get up to speed very quickly.

What needs improvement?

I definitely want some improvement on the documentation of the understanding side.

Maybe they should build more out-of-the-box apps rather than companies building their own implementation from scratch and maybe build them as a product on top of the platform. That would save time in implementation.

We're a SAP shop, so I'm looking more at what scenarios can be pre-booked using UiPath. I know there are some escalators that are there in SAP. However, they are not production ready, in my view. That area definitely can be improved since they're all Excel-based, and they're more proof of concept rather than production ready.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using the solution for almost two years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Stability is one area where I'm really concerned. Sometimes it does behave erratically and I have to stop everything, and deploy it again, and it works fine. Therefore, I have some concerns about how it's going to scale out when there is a very high volume.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I'm concerned that we may have issues with scalability as it can behave erratically, and I have to stop and redeploy it.

For example, right now, we have a very small implementation. We will be implementing this order automation for 15 countries with a lot of customers. So I have concerns about how UiPath will scale out to these countries plus even more countries that I am planning to implement as well. What will be the process, what will the performance impact, and how is it going to behave? I do have concerns there right now.

How are customer service and support?

I have dealt with technical support a few times. That said, most of the time, I could figure out the problem myself. There is one problem that I'm still dealing with in terms of technical support, and it's been ongoing. They have involved the product team to help resolve that particular issue. I have to say that I'm not thrilled with the support that I got.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Neutral

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

We did not previously use a different solution. We used to do everything manually.

How was the initial setup?

I lead our automation implementation. For our treasury, it was easy; however, for the automation we are going live with in October, the process is a bit more complex. 

Our implementation strategy involved starting small and starting with a couple of use cases. I decided to use UiPath as our partner to cover our bases since I wanted to ensure we have a good foundation with best practices before we start doing anything in-house.

What about the implementation team?

We had UiPath assist us with the initial implementation. The experience was pretty good. There were some challenges to deal with in terms of having a robust solution with good logging and notifications. That definitely didn't happen right off the bat. That said, overall, it was an okay process. 

What was our ROI?

We are definitely seeing an ROI. For example, we are saving 60 hours every month, and it's a small implementation. With order automation, we are going to save a lot of time. I don't have the exact numbers yet. However, we are positive about the outcomes we expect.

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

I was quite surprised at the pricing. We decided to implement action forms, and at that time, I was not aware that there is a separate licensing. It's difficult sometimes when you have to go back to your finance team or the sponsor and tell them that you need more money. Any licensing requirement has to be clear up front rather than being revealed later. I'm not worried about the cost, it's more about knowing what license we need, and in my implementation, we had quite a few mishaps related to licenses.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We looked at a couple of other products.

I don't want to go into what products we looked at. However, I can definitely say the main criterion behind selecting UiPath was its ease of use. We did a proof of concept in-house without any help. That was my main criterion for making a decision. 

Also, there's a good product path in terms of what they're doing next. UiPath is a market leader. We wanted to go with a solution that not only meets our needs for now but also is taking the effort, time, and money in building the product and bringing new capabilities.

What other advice do I have?

We're fairly new to the process and have yet to get into using UiPath for a good cause.

We aren't using the AI functionality yet.

I'd advise potential users to do their homework. Look at other products and make the decision based on what capabilities you are looking at. I will say don't look at only one scenario. Look at the overall picture. Look at what your future plans are. I still believe UiPath is the best product when it comes to RPA. However, you have got to look at the whole picture at the outset.

I would rate the solution an eight out of ten. There are a lot of good things happening. It's very easy to use, and UiPath has a very good product roadmap. That's the key for me. Especially with AI, process mining, cost mining, et cetera, they're really going to help any company that signs on.

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reviewer1978956 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr Manager Digital Innovation at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Nov 20, 2022
Cuts down development time and has a straightforward implementation process
Pros and Cons
  • "The core RPA is the best feature because of how easily we can get started. The other most valuable feature is DU or Document Understanding. It doesn't require huge setup and implementation times. When you look at a pure machine learning model, it requires a lot of expertise. Though UiPath is not purely plug-and-play, it's almost like plug-and-play because it can be up and running very quickly."
  • "In the UiPath Academy, there's not much documentation for Document Understanding and Process Mining. Documentation for some of the newer tools needs to be added to the UiPath Academy."

What is our primary use case?

We use it mostly for reconciliation, automatic emails, and monthly, quarterly, and yearly reports and extractions. Document Understanding is another big use case for us.

What is most valuable?

The AI functionality cuts down development time. The out-of-the-box models are pretty good at extracting and do account for variations. We don't have to do it template by template, at least for invoices and purchase orders. Thus, it's a huge time saver.

We have more than a hundred unattended automated processes and hope to scale as well. We have a healthy pipeline, and our COE just prioritizes them and chooses the ones with the most impact.

The core RPA is the best feature because of how easily we can get started. The other most valuable feature is DU or Document Understanding. It doesn't require huge setup and implementation times. When you look at a pure machine learning model, it requires a lot of expertise. Though UiPath is not purely plug-and-play, it's almost like plug-and-play because it can be up and running very quickly.

UiPath has definitely helped us with productivity. It has helped us to grow because as we bring in more companies, we don't have to add more people or train new people. The existing staff can handle the growth. Also, the team no longer has to do some of the manual, repetitive activities and can focus on more value-added work. We're looking at how to move analytics and data into the department and use the time saved to upskill the employees.

I connect with local customers and find it very beneficial to share best practices. My team tells me that the UiPath user community forums are pretty active and that if they're stuck and post a question they get a response pretty quickly. I only hear good things about the forums.

I took the UiPath Academy basic certification training before I rolled it out to the others. It's pretty good, but you still need to be technical. You cannot pick an analyst and then put them through the full certification. However, the training is self-explanatory. The Automation Academy is good as well. The biggest value I've gained from UiPath Academy is the self-learning methodology. Having free self-learning material makes sense when you don't know whether you are committing to the solution.

What needs improvement?

I would like to know more about the product features and real use cases. Sometimes, all I hear is how quickly the solution can be up and running, and I don't hear about all the work that goes into it. Because everybody has a choice with bots and process improvements, unlike that with ERP systems, I would like to have more information on how to constantly evangelize.

In the UiPath Academy, there's not much documentation for Document Understanding and Process Mining. Documentation for some of the newer tools needs to be added to the UiPath Academy.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using UiPath for three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I haven't seen any degradation in terms of performance.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It scales well.

How are customer service and support?

UiPath's technical support is pretty good. If their level one support is unable to take care of an issue, they will then escalate it to product managers. I would give technical support a rating of eight on a scale from one to ten because they are not as good at supporting some of the newer technologies.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

The initial deployment is straightforward. It took a few months to set up everything, and we scaled slowly. It's easier now that we've moved to the cloud.

What about the implementation team?

We did it all ourselves. We tested everything in UiPath Academy first to see if it would work for us.

What was our ROI?

UiPath has reduced the number of hours spent on manual work, and that is our ROI.

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

The cost could be lower. The pricing is not transparent, so we don't always know if we really are getting a good price.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We evaluated Automation Anywhere and Blue Prism. When we looked at the total cost of ownership, UiPath felt better for our situation.

What other advice do I have?

Compared to other solutions, UiPath offers a lot of products in its portfolio. The customer success manager attends to our needs, gives access, answers our queries, and takes care of us. Also, UiPath has a robust community, so it pays to be with the leader to get all of these benefits. Thus, I rate UiPath at nine on a scale from one to ten.

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RPA Developer at a university with 5,001-10,000 employees
Real User
Nov 20, 2022
Helpful community, great Academy courses, and reduces the need for manual processes
Pros and Cons
  • "The solution is pretty stable."
  • "The biggest pain point we've seen so far is that we have trouble identifying best practices in certain areas and circumstances."

What is our primary use case?

We're currently rolling out some of our first few automations. So far, it's been in finance and procurement. We're just automating some of their inventory processing workflows.

The automation will be unattended. We have three that are in active development and another six in backlog awaiting development.

How has it helped my organization?

The first few automations have definitely had an impact already. One that we're rolling out, we anticipate having a great impact. One that I'm currently working on should probably have the biggest impact so far on one of our departments. It will save us time and therefore cost. It's a very manual process with lots of human error opportunities. Between how much faster it's going to happen now and how it will be 100% accurate, we anticipate seeing a huge benefit from that.

What is most valuable?

I appreciate the infrastructure. There are numerous platforms through which we can perform automation. We are in the Microsoft sphere, and so we have the opportunity to use the Power Platform to do lots of automation. However, I've been impressed with the infrastructure that UiPath provides in developing, publishing, and rolling out these automations and then being able to monitor and manage them effectively.

The community can be helpful. In the public forums, I have seen some forum threads that are very active with lots of people that respond with great answers and great context, and multiple options. That said, there are just as many cases where no answer is ever provided, and it just disappears into obscurity. I've had multiple of those types of approaches myself, where I've posted questions and gotten no response. The community can be helpful. For somebody like me that wants to get something out of it, I would also need to be willing to put something into it and help others answer their questions, as that's how the community works.

For the most part, I was impressed with the Academy courses. They did a great job of introducing me to a new piece of software I hadn't seen before and establishing some familiarity with it. The instructor-led training from UiPath, allowed me to put into practice some of the things that I had learned in the Academy. 

What needs improvement?

The biggest pain point we've seen so far is that we have trouble identifying best practices in certain areas and circumstances. There is no shortage of resources in the Academy and on the forums that have great information. That said, a lot of them are specific to use cases, or they're too generalized, which makes it difficult to know exactly how we should be handling a certain scenario or just some basic things about how to best set up the folder structure for our given environment.

It's been difficult to navigate that as it is still so early in our implementation of RPA. We want to ensure we're doing it right to establish a good foundation from which we will build all of our future automation. We are constantly concerned that we're not doing something the right way.

During a UiPath conference attendance, I really appreciated having access to experts directly. I can just ask them, "Here's our scenario. In this context, what's the best practice?" And I can get a straightforward answer. We don't have access to them outside of this conference. I don't always have the time to watch the videos or go through the multi-hour-long training to get to the one best practice that might be nested inside a larger training.

Finding some of the answers ourselves is difficult since they are contingent upon our scenario and the context we're building. There's not a one size fits all. To that end, it's no surprise that there's not going always to be a single solution that can just be published to say, "Always do this, this way." Without that context, we really do need to be able to talk to somebody, and we haven't had that yet.

In terms of the UiPath community, I probably can't answer a whole lot of questions since I'm so new; however, for a community like that to function and succeed, there have to be enough people with the expertise that are willing to put in that time for free. In a realm of automation that touts itself as a solution for people who have no time, it's no surprise that there are not always people that are willing to sacrifice what time they don't already have to begin with to give out free service.

Once I have automation ready for production, I don't see a way to deploy that to a production tenant environment without manually recreating everything. In a typical development environment in software development, you develop in one area, and then when it's ready for deployment, it's packaged up with all of the assets and everything that it needs, and then you deploy it to the production environment. You do some final testing to ensure the deployment takes, and you're done. Whereas here, it seems like I'm having to recreate everything manually. I can import the automation, yet I need the whole structure and orchestrator and all of the assets (75), and I have to recreate everything manually. It seems something is missing. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I just started using the solution three months ago. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is pretty stable. That said, that'll be a question better suited for me in about three months after we've had our bots live. Since we're only in development and testing them in pretty controlled environments, it's harder to tell. It seems like it would be pretty stable. However, I can't answer that fully.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

From what I understand, it scales well. I understand that's one of the directions that we see ourselves going. We'll be taking on more and more automation and scaling up quickly.

How are customer service and support?

I haven't had any technical support directly from UiPath yet. I've only learned that we can request a technical account manager, and I understand that we don't have one right now. I'm not sure what additional cost that may incur, either. It's always that question of the cost versus the benefit. That's what we need - that technical expertise from somebody that can have a short conversation with us and help steer us in the right direction.

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

I have worked in the Power Platform with Microsoft. That is not specifically for RPA, per se. However, I've worked in it and have familiarity with it. 

One of the biggest pros for sticking with Microsoft would be that we're a Microsoft shop, so it would keep all of our solutions in the same realm. We wouldn't have to export and import data across services and databases. It would just all be under the same umbrella. That's a huge benefit of sticking with Microsoft.

With UiPath, there's a stronger infrastructure that supports the development, maintenance, and scale of automation versus Microsoft. However, Microsoft is still pretty new and young to the RPA development environment, and they move very quickly. I would expect that they are not done developing their RPA suite either. I imagine that we'll see future iterations where they become a stronger contender to what UiPath provides.

How was the initial setup?

I was not involved in the initial setup. That happened before me. 

What was our ROI?

We have yet to see an ROI since we don't have any of our automation fully live. We anticipate an immediate return as soon as these are in production based on the countless hours that will be saved from people's workdays.

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

The licensing is a headache. Luckily, I don't have to deal with it directly. That's above me. As a developer, I have to deal with the licensing just in trying to build new automation and ensure that there are licenses available to be allocated at runtime. That alone is just obscure enough to make it complicated and leave me unsure as to if I've set it up correctly.

What other advice do I have?

I'm an RPA developer.

We do not yet use the AI functionality. 

I would advise potential new users to make sure they know what it is that they want. In our case, we need to choose between the options of sticking with the Microsoft Power Platform or going in a new direction with UiPath. Even though the Power Platform could potentially do everything we need to automate, it's not apples to apples against UiPath. If what your need is better suited to one or the other, don't force your solution into one product.

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten. I'd rate it higher. However, there are technical issues that I've encountered and a steep learning curve. We've had difficulty in finding the specific answers we're looking for and lack access to technical experts that can answer complex questions, pricing, the ambiguous nature of the licensing, and how those get provisioned. There are some core features still missing.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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RPA Developer at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
Real User
Nov 20, 2022
Preset activities allow integration of code to make it more powerful and dynamic
Pros and Cons
  • "The solution includes preset activities but allows integration of code and expressions that make it more powerful and dynamic."
  • "The upgrade process could be improved so that it does not require download and reinstall."

What is our primary use case?

Our company uses the solution to process state reporting uploads for clients. 

For one use case, we automated the process of dragging forms, filling in fields, capturing confirmations, logging information, and moving files for upload. 

For another use case, we automated the process of manipulating data, setting filters, and generating reports in Excel. 

We are now moving to another department that uploads yearly tax reporting files to websites. 

We do not yet use AI but have many possible use cases for reading invoices and PDFs so we will try these processes first. 

How has it helped my organization?

We have saved a lot of time on uploads. For example, our state reporting uploads now take only two to four minutes and that saved us 7,500 hours for January alone. We anticipate similar time savings for the automations we are currently doing in another department. 

As we continue to automate our uploads, we will not need as many seasonal workers so that is a big cost savings. 

What is most valuable?

The solution includes preset activities but allows integration of code and expressions that make it more powerful and dynamic. In nine month's time I have barely scratched the surface, but it feels like it integrates to so many things that finding new use cases is easy. 

The automations allow us to better catch errors because data is always transcribed correctly.

What needs improvement?

The upgrade process could be improved so that it does not require download and reinstall. It would be nice to have an upgrade option that talks directly to the orchestrator. 

Some documentation can be improved. For example, documentation for integrations and activities tells you what it does but does not tell you how to fill in variables or fields. I had issues finding some things I needed for new activities or integrations. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the solution for nine months. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is pretty stable. You may have version issues because there are a lot of updates, but that is not a stability issue. It is always important to make sure you have the latest updates. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution is definitely scalable but it takes time to learn how to best scale. There are many routes you can take which depend on different things. 

How are customer service and support?

The Community is super helpful because they share information that is of great benefit. Forums have been useful when I have needed help. 

I gained my experience through the Academy's courses. I was in a different role at my company but they needed another UiPath developer. For three months, I did a rotation with the RPA foundations course. After that, I was able to start working in the full time developer role. The Academy was very helpful and allowed me to jump in with no UiPath experience. 

Technical support is very helpful. I only contacted them once for an issue with the Salesforce API package that would not run with attended users. They responded in a timely fashion and helped me quickly resolve the issue. I rate support a ten out of ten. 

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

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

Our company previously did not use an RPA tool but rather used command line scripts and tools with Python. 

One of our developers had been writing scripts and came across the solution. He showed our company how much time it saves while improving accuracy. 

How was the initial setup?

The setup is pretty straightforward. 

It is amazing how easy it is to automate some things. Once you learn the interface, everything is straightforward. 

What about the implementation team?

I assisted our department in implementing the solution in-house. I helped build and run things for our big rollout in January of 2022. 

Since then, I have automated fourteen processes with attended bots. 

What was our ROI?

There is a big learning curve to ensure you get everything invested in the solution to realize ROI. 

For example, my department only had two developer licenses but still managed to save 1,300 hours in the first year. Another department was scaling a much bigger deployment, so it took longer for them to hit returns.

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

The solution is affordable enough to get a good return on your investment. We get ROI over the cost of licenses. 

We started out on-premises because we did not have attended licenses. Now, we are moving to attended for bots and trying to publish more things to the cloud so others can run them. 

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

I looked at Blue Prism but have not spent time using it. 

What other advice do I have?

Start with a couple of solid use cases that would realize time and ROI benefits so you can see how the solution works. 

Do not go too wide or too fast with deployments. Focus on a few things first until you are clear how you want to expand. It is important to decide whether you want more citizen or RPA developers and whether your bots will be attended. Just take it slowly unless you are working with someone who has high-level knowledge. 

I rate the solution a nine out of ten. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
PeerSpot user
Sr RPA Architect at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Real User
Nov 17, 2022
Process automation platform that has significant ROI and has allowed our team to focus on more valuable tasks
Pros and Cons
  • "The Orchestrator really stands out as the most valuable feature. We don't have to train anyone. They can usually pick it up really quickly. It is easy to use and intuitive."
  • "I would really like to see the package deployment updated. As it is right now, if you want to update something, you have to take down the latest code, sync the packages and re-upload everything back through dev test to prod."

What is our primary use case?

We use this solution for finance, HR, and for handling invoice reconciliation. We also make use of donation approvals.

I find that UiPath's user community was more helpful a few years ago. When I go to use the UiPath forum, a lot of the answers are copied and pasted from old answers and they don't make a lot of sense. That being said, I do still occasionally get some value from it. 

We also make use of the academy courses. We have put all contractors through the basic courses to make sure that they've got a basic level of competence. The academy courses are useful to test that people know what they should. The architecture courses have been most beneficial to us.  

How has it helped my organization?

We are saving approximately three and a half million annually based on the number of hours saved multiplied by a salary base rate. That ends up being approximately 60,000 hours a year that's being replaced by bots and this is a big deal for us.

What is most valuable?

The Orchestrator really stands out as the most valuable feature. We don't have to train anyone. They can usually pick it up really quickly. It is easy to use and intuitive.

A lot of the packages are very easy to work with. There are some challenges when updating a package that you've built or a library that you've built in UiPath. Overall, the extensibility is really nice. 

What needs improvement?

I would really like to see the package deployment updated. As it is right now, if you want to update something, you have to take down the latest code, sync the packages and re-upload everything back through the dev test to prod. It's a big hassle when we've tested the library ourselves. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this solution for seven years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

This solution is very stable. Any complaints I have come back down to package management and custom issues with custom libraries. Outside of that, upgrades are really quick and really easy. We have bots disconnect so frequently that it is easy for us to catch issues manually.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

This is a scalable solution but UiPath could use some better visualization tools for bot utilization. They do have insights but they are a little bit rough to work with. I wouldn't want to put on a hundred bots at a time, but loading in a few here and there is really easy.

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

I used Automation Anywhere and Blue Prism for a while. The UiPath Orchestrator far exceeds the functionality of Blue Prism and Automation Anywhere. As far as the bot setup goes, UiPath is very easy to install, especially compared to Blue Prism. UiPath is more business user-friendly than Blue Prism. Sometimes it's nice to work with Blue Prism because it has such low-level code that it gives you a little bit more flexibility.

How was the initial setup?

We keep it pretty agile by necessity. We use a lot of contractors to get a lot of different approaches. We have 168 processes on 27 machines. We have some restrictions based on the company requirements but internally we move as fast as we can because we have to.

It is really easy for us to set up a VM and get UiPath installed. It is a five or six-step process. UiPath is significantly bug-free compared to what I'm used to with other products. I haven't had to raise a support ticket yet for UiPath.

Initially, we had a customer success manager from UiPath who showed our admin how to run the installation. At this point, we take care of all of it ourselves. 

What was our ROI?

We've replaced the equivalent of 20 to 30 employees who have all been moved to more valuable positions. We've taken processes that were supposed to take months and reduced this to days which has improved our customer experience. 

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

I would like to see a few more options for developer licenses because we end up swapping them so often. We've tried going through floating robots and a few options that have been not exactly what we're looking for. Price-wise, the cloud offerings are good. 

What other advice do I have?

I'd certainly say UiPath is worth it to save time and effort. The product is really stable compared to what I've worked with before. 

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten. 

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
PeerSpot user
Zack Phelps - PeerSpot reviewer
RPA engineer at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Nov 17, 2022
Feature-rich, great support, and helpful community
Pros and Cons
  • "The way they stay on top of Orchestrator is really helpful because that has been the platform that controls everything. The dedication to that is pretty helpful. Every time there's a new release, it seems there are more and more features. It's also not hard to learn."
  • "One improvement that could be made is in terms of keeping the documentation updated. Some of the online documentation is outdated. Because things are always changing, it is understandable that information becomes outdated pretty quickly, but sometimes, when you want to go use something, deploy something, or troubleshoot something, the documentation says, "Do this," but what it says to do no longer exists."

What is our primary use case?

We use it for everything. We use it for very simple things, such as moving data around in Excel, and bigger things that include using more advanced technologies, APIs, and some of the newer stuff that UiPath has had, such as Action Center, etc.

We have not yet used its AI functionality in our automation program, but we plan to do that in the coming months.

How has it helped my organization?

The company is growing so fast, and we've been able to use automation to keep up with that pace. We've started rolling out to individual citizen developers. We're trying to change the whole company in terms of the way people work by using this technology.

What is most valuable?

The way they stay on top of Orchestrator is really helpful because that has been the platform that controls everything. The dedication to that is pretty helpful. Every time there's a new release, it seems there are more and more features. It's also not hard to learn.

When it comes to the UiPath Community, everybody is helpful. If you don't know how to do something or you want to learn about something, it's pretty easy to connect with other people or talk to people at UiPath to get that knowledge or learn how to do something. You can also just point somebody to UiPath Academy. They go from knowing nothing to being pretty good with things pretty quickly.

What needs improvement?

One improvement that could be made is in terms of keeping the documentation updated. Some of the online documentation is outdated. Because things are always changing, it is understandable that information becomes outdated pretty quickly, but sometimes, when you want to go use something, deploy something, or troubleshoot something, the documentation says, "Do this," but what it says to do no longer exists.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using UiPath for a little over four years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Its stability has been really good, especially lately. It has always been relatively stable, but as they've added things, it still seems to be pretty stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Its scalability is pretty good. Orchestrator is able to handle whatever you're throwing into it. If you need to add a bunch of processes or jobs, it's pretty easy to do. The only thing that would slow that down is if you need new servers or something from IT. So, from the UiPath side, it's pretty easy, but there are other variables.

How are customer service and support?

They're pretty helpful. If you submit a ticket, somebody reaches out to you pretty fast, but usually, I'm able to just reach out to our account managers and get help within a few minutes. I'd give them high remarks. I would rate them a 10 out of 10.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

UiPath was pretty involved with it. So, it was pretty straightforward. We're about to move to UiPath Cloud though, and our account managers are pretty involved in that, but it has been pretty turnkey and straightforward.

Our implementation strategy was to get a platform that works and start building things. I'm not sure of the overall strategy. Some of the decisions were made before I got here.

What about the implementation team?

We worked pretty closely with UiPath. They've been great and pretty helpful. 

What was our ROI?

We have definitely seen an ROI. I don't know any of the specific metrics per se, but I know the values out there. We're just getting hammered with use cases everywhere. We did something literally last week that took us three days to deploy, and it saved a team 100 hours of work.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

I came to the company as they were just starting to use UiPath. I don't think they evaluated other options.

What other advice do I have?

My advice to others evaluating the solution would be to compare what UiPath is doing to all its competitors, and none of the competitors would scratch the surface of what the offerings are.

I'd give it a 10 out of 10. I liked UiPath so much that I went to get a job strictly in RPA. That wasn't directly UiPath, but before I started where I am now, I was working with UiPath just a little bit, and then I was like, "I want to pursue that for long."

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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