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reviewer2298897 - PeerSpot reviewer
Developer at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Top 20
Enhances efficiency and productivity across various industries
Pros and Cons
  • "It's incredibly user-friendly, making it accessible even to non-developers."
  • "Updating the tool across multiple virtual machines can be time-consuming and somewhat cumbersome."

What is our primary use case?

We use UiPath to automate the extraction of information from PDF files and populate websites with this data. 

Our primary goal is to save time for our business users, allowing them to focus on more engaging tasks instead of manually clicking and inputting information on various websites.

How has it helped my organization?

The incorporation of AI in our automation liberates resources for other tasks. I believe we save approximately thirty minutes per employee each day.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable aspect is the ease of accomplishing tasks. It's incredibly user-friendly, making it accessible even to non-developers. Whether it's clicking in specific locations or entering data on a website, it simplifies the process significantly.

What needs improvement?

Updating the tool across multiple virtual machines can be time-consuming and somewhat cumbersome. It would be more convenient if this process could be automated.

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For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using UiPath for three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It offers good stability capabilities.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It is a highly scalable solution.

How are customer service and support?

Their customer support has proved to be excellent. I would rate it ten out of ten.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

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

I previously used Microsoft's Power Automate tool, but I switched to UiPath because it offers a wider range of features. Microsoft's focus seemed to be primarily on Microsoft-related costs, often neglecting comprehensive support.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is straightforward, but the main challenge I encounter is related to updates.

What other advice do I have?

Overall, I would rate it ten out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Private Cloud
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Senior Presales Consultant at Advansys-ESC
Real User
Top 5
Helps minimize our on-premises footprint, saves us time, and integrates with different applications
Pros and Cons
  • "UiPath has multiple valuable features, including stability, automation, and integration with different applications."
  • "The data extraction has room for improvement."

What is our primary use case?

We use UiPath in the telecommunications and banking sectors to automate various processes, including IT, HR, and financial receipt processing.

We began using UiPath to automate repetitive and rule-based tasks, such as extracting data from documents, inserting data into applications, and sending reports to end users using databases.

How has it helped my organization?

UiPath helps implement end-to-end automation by extracting information from documents using the OCR engine and automating procedures by integrating with Salesforce, SAP, and other systems.

The UiPath User Community is extremely helpful.

UiPath has helped to minimize our on-premises footprint.

UiPath Academy courses benefit our developers by providing them with certifications and badges that help them improve their UiPath skills.

We are currently testing the AI and machine learning capabilities of UiPath to make it easier to automate more complex processes.

UiPath has helped reduce the cost of our digital transformation and the number of human errors.

UiPath has helped free up staff time to focus on more valuable work by automating repetitive tasks.

What is most valuable?

UiPath has multiple valuable features, including stability, automation, and integration with different applications. In addition, the OCR in Document Understanding and the integration with the chatbot are also good.

What needs improvement?

The data extraction has room for improvement.

AI and machine learning always have room for improvement.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using UiPath for five years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

UiPath is stable.

How are customer service and support?

The technical support is good.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

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

Compared to other automation tools, UiPath is expensive.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate UiPath eight out of ten.

Building automation using UiPath is moderately difficult.

I recommend UiPath.

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reviewer2281728 - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Analyst at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Easy automation building with a helpful user community and responsive support
Pros and Cons
  • "It's helped us minimize our on-premises footprint."
  • "If they had more development assistance, it would be helpful."

What is our primary use case?

We use the solution for building automation. 

What is most valuable?

It's easy to build automation using UiPath. I'd rate the ease of use eight out of ten. 

UiPth allows us to implement end-to-end automation. It's very important to us and very helpful. 

It's helped us minimize our on-premises footprint. 

The user community is very helpful. We are able to converse with people and look for solutions to questions. 

I've used the UiPath Academy courses. It helps us use the US version.

It has helped us speed up digital transformation and reduce the cost of digital transformation. We were able to speed transformation in a way that wasn't expensive. 

UiPath has helped us reduce human error. It's also assisted with productivity.

The product has freed up employee time, however, how much time depends on the process itself. 

The solution has helped us save costs. How much we save depends on the process.

What needs improvement?

The recording module could be improved. The screen identifications can be better. 

I'd like it to have a more convenient development. If they had more development assistance, it would be helpful. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I've used the solution for two to three years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The product is stable. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution has been scalable. 

How are customer service and support?

Technical support is very good and very responsive. 

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 a different solution.

How was the initial setup?

It was easy to deploy the product. It was quite quick to implement.

What was our ROI?

I have witnessed an ROI while using the solution. 

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

The pricing is reasonable. It's cheaper than its competitors. There are additional fees for maintenance and support. 

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We did evaluate other options before choosing UiPath. We chose this solution based on its feature offering and reasonable cost. It had a better graphical user interface than other options. 

What other advice do I have?

I'm a UiPath customer. 

At this point, we don't use the UiPath AI functionality. 

I'd rate the solution nine out of ten overall. 

I'd advise potential new users to do a proof of concept before investing in UiPath. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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reviewer1237107 - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Information Officer at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Real User
Top 20
Provides us with the key to digital transformation, but development life cycle could be shorter
Pros and Cons
  • "UiPath Academy courses... are our entire training platform. We brought people who are not IT-savvy, complete laymen who were not in IT at all, into our platform of technology. To do that conversion, the Academy had to be very strong."
  • "The development life cycle using Automation Anywhere is shorter. With UiPath, the development life cycle is slightly longer, but it is not a major issue."

What is our primary use case?

We have many use cases, but the primary ones are on the finance side for intelligent automation. We use it for system updates and system manipulations.

How has it helped my organization?

UiPath has improved our organization in terms of 

  • quality
  • accuracy
  • reduction in headcount
  • working around the clock
  • consistency.

It is the primary key to our digital transformation. And we have been able to do so without expensive or complex application upgrades or IT application support.

Our accuracy and compliance have improved manyfold. And in terms of employee time, our benchmark is to save three employees per bot, but we have achieved something around 2.1 employees per bot.

We are a consortium with multi-discipline businesses, and we are able to use UiPath automation across all our sectors, but it has mainly helped us with shared services.

What is most valuable?

UiPath enables us to implement end-to-end automation, and that is something that is important to us.

Of course, we have used the UiPath Academy courses, and that has been very handy and very useful. That is what we have used to significantly build up our capabilities. They are our entire training platform. We brought people who are not IT-savvy, complete laymen who were not in IT at all, into our platform of technology. To do that conversion, the Academy had to be very strong. It was not only the UiPath Academy that helped with their training, it was Microsoft PowerApps as well. The two of them together created this magic.

What needs improvement?

One functionality we would like to see is OCR.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using UiPath for the last three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It's very stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It is scalable.

How are customer service and support?

We have not had technical support from UiPath.

How was the initial setup?

It's a very straightforward deployment, but any time we update the deployment, it becomes a bit complex.

We have a few VMs on-premises that we use for Orchestrator and the machines to run the bots, but the queue to run the bots is in the cloud. Most of our applications are on the cloud.

Implementing the first set of activities took us about nine weeks. We engaged a consulting party to identify the platform we should use. While we were doing that, we did opportunity assessments across the organization, to identify the processes that would be most valuable to automate.

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

UiPath is slightly more expensive than Automation Anywhere, from what I understand. But the pricing comparison is a mix between the two because UiPath attended bots are quite cheap compared to Automation Anywhere. If you bring in UiPath's unattended bots, that's expensive.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We have used Automation Anywhere, Blue Prism, and now UiPath. We had to decide among the three, but ultimately, there was no choice for us because Automation Anywhere and Blue Prism did not respond to some of our systems. This was especially true when doing screen grabs, specifically on the AS400. So it was a no-brainer for us.

I don't see a major problem with UiPath's ease of use, but I'm not a developer, I'm a decision-maker. But honestly, the development life cycle using Automation Anywhere is shorter. With UiPath, the development life cycle is slightly longer, but it is not a major issue.

What other advice do I have?

The most important thing is to follow the best practices from UiPath in building the bot processes. What happens is, when application upgrades happen, if you haven't done it in the right way, your applications will fall apart. You have to make sure that the screen-grabbing methodology and referencing are done according to the best practices of UiPath.

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Amin Patel - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Intelligent Automation Developer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Top 20
It's highly scalable and customizable, but the setup is complex and it costs more than competing tools
Pros and Cons
  • "UiPath improved lots of features, like sequencing, recording, etc."
  • "I had some issues with the ERP Automation features, and the setup is complex."

What is our primary use case?

I did a proof of concept for a music industry client. It went well, and the client adopted UiPath. 

What is most valuable?

UiPath improved lots of features, like sequencing, recording, etc.

What needs improvement?

I had some issues with the ERP Automation features, and the setup is complex. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

UiPath is stable. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

UiPath projects are highly scalable. There are lots of customization options and ways to easily scale your existing bots. 

How are customer service and support?

I haven't contacted UiPath support because the solution is stable and doesn't require support in most cases. The UiPath community is strong, and you can find answers from multiple places online. 

How was the initial setup?

As a project consultant, I analyze the client's applications and set up everything for them. The initial setup is time-consuming. UiPath involves a longer setup process than other RPA tools.

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

I rate UiPath a five out of ten for affordability. UiPath costs a bit more than other tools like Blue Prism and Automation Anywhere. 

What other advice do I have?

I rate UiPath a seven out of ten. UiPath offers many customization options. I would recommend it to clients who want to do high-quality processes and complex use cases. You also must consider your budget because the license cost is a little higher than average. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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Pawan Sharma - PeerSpot reviewer
Specialist - Software Engineering at LTIMindtree
Real User
It saves us time and increases productivity for our organization
Pros and Cons
  • "UiPath saves us time and increases productivity for our organization."
  • "Sometimes, UiPath becomes a little laggy when we move from one page to another."

What is our primary use case?

I use UiPath for PDF automation. About 10 to 15 employees use this tool in our organization.

How has it helped my organization?

UiPath saves us time and increases productivity for our organization. The solution is highly accurate and reduces human error. It freed our employees to spend time on other tasks, saving us time and money. UiPath reduced the time employees spend on these tasks by about 40-50 percent. It cut the cost by approximately 30-40 percent.

What is most valuable?

UiPath is highly user-friendly. Anyone can build automations without any prior knowledge.

What needs improvement?

Sometimes, UiPath becomes a little laggy when we move from one page to another. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using UiPath for the last six months.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

There is some lag. Otherwise, UiPath works well for us. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

UiPath is highly scalable. 

How are customer service and support?

I rate UiPath support a nine. They respond quickly.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

What was our ROI?

We've seen a 60-70 percent ROI from UiPath.

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

The price of UiPath is reasonable.

What other advice do I have?

I rate UiPath a nine out of ten. It automates manual tasks with accurate results. UiPath has been great for us.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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CarlosMartinez4 - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Inteligence Analyst at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
Real User
Great for automating tasks, saves time, and has helpful support services
Pros and Cons
  • "The unintended robots are very useful. Just letting it run and having visibility, and controlling how everything works is definitely helpful."
  • "While UiPath works super well with other applications and browsers and app pages that we use in the RedLINK wires, when it comes to experience, sometimes it doesn't detect what it's supposed to be doing as easily."

What is our primary use case?

We started using it to automate manual processes from other departments. We service other departments, to begin with, including the media between the business and the IT departments. 

We started automating very repetitive manual tasks that the business side typically had. For example, if they had to open an application early in the morning to try to process transactions. Then, late in the afternoon, they would have to do the same thing as well. Now we have a robot that does that in the morning and the afternoon, which saves a lot of overtime since it has to be done at six or seven at night, and previously sometimes people would be forced to stay. Therefore, this way, we save that time and overtime. 

Another example would be we use it to download ATM transactions from a webpage. The robot downloads those transactions and then uploads them into our data warehouse, which reports for them. Normally, we don't have that information there.

Another use case would be in a department that would print a bunch of wires late in the afternoon. The department would print them out physically and store them somewhere where they review everything later. Now, with UiPath, we scan the transactions from the Fed, and we just print in PDF and send it to them via email, and it saves a lot of time.

How has it helped my organization?

The solution has saved us not just in automating but also in updates. For example, all these service charge codes for these particular lists of credit card accounts. We let the bot run. It ran for a really long time. I can only imagine how much longer it would've taken with humans.

What is most valuable?

I'm not sure of the exact cost savings. We just started asking about time savers. Some customers have told us it saves about 45 minutes a day. There's another process that only runs once a month. To put it in general terms, it reviews all of our credit card accounts and itemizes them, and makes them into a lot of reports. That saves about eight hours a month. Also, when it comes to helping us avoid overtime, there are 15 minutes of actions to be done, yet we are saving an hour or two of pay every time. 

The ease of automation is great.

The unintended robots are very useful. Just letting it run and having visibility, and controlling how everything works is definitely helpful. Sometimes they want it to run a certain way. Sometimes they'll tell us, "Oh can we tweak it a certain way?" And they do that more often than would I thought they would. It's simple to handle.

I really like the user community. When I go online to search for help or anything else, it's very valuable. Everyone's so helpful online. Whenever I'm stuck, and I'm basically self-taught when it comes to UiPath, I turn to the community. I've learned everything through the community. It is easy to learn.

While we haven't really taken any UiPath Academy classes, we were basically given the platform and just told to learn it ourselves. I did start doing the academy courses however, right off the bat, we had to develop already. I kind of had to do both at the same time, and that's where the online community comes in handy. The courses definitely taught me the basics, at least. And they helped me expand on that.

What needs improvement?

While UiPath works super well with other applications and browsers and app pages that we use in the RedLINK wires, when it comes to experience, sometimes it doesn't detect what it's supposed to be doing as easily. I have to do a workaround and so sometimes it can be tedious.

For how long have I used the solution?

We've been using it for about two years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We've never had an issue with performance stability.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We currently have 20 to 30 processes, and less than ten are via developers. We initially hired developers to help, and then they left, and now we are working on it ourselves. 

I see the potential of its scalability. We're still at a very small scale with it. 

How are customer service and support?

I've used technical support once. They helped me. When the developers set up UiPath for us, it ended up being kind of faulty. What we really needed was the enterprise edition, and some other settings weren't configured for our purposes. I contacted them for help, and we had a Zoom call. They were very friendly. They helped me set it up correctly in the way we needed it. While there were some communication issues, they helped us in the end. 

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 a different solution.

How was the initial setup?

I was not directly involved in the initial setup. However, the setup was not exactly right, and I contacted support for help. It seemed pretty straightforward in the end.

What about the implementation team?

We had third-party developers from Peru that helped us to install it and then they just left. We were just given the platform, and we had to teach ourselves how to use it.

What was our ROI?

We have witnessed an ROI. The company has mentioned the hours saved, and I'm not sure about the money saved.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We did not evaluate other options. 

What other advice do I have?

While we could use UiPath for good causes, like sustainability or the environment, we do not use it in that capacity yet.

We do not use the AI functionality just yet.

I'd advise other potential users to get a partner. We didn't have one. That's what we're doing right now. We're shopping for a partner so we can learn as we develop. Again, we were self-taught and it would've been much easier to dive in with a partner.

I would rate it ten out of ten as it does have massive potential. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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reviewer1986750 - PeerSpot reviewer
VP at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Real User
A user-friendly solution with stellar, 24/7 support and an invaluable community forum
Pros and Cons
  • "The solution requires little or no code and can be operated with minimal technical skills."
  • "AI and ML need further improvements to reach mature status."

What is our primary use case?

Our company uses the solution to automate formula-driven processes that are completed on a frequent basis. 

We create unattended bots to handle tasks for our finance, procurement, IT, and HR departments.  

At this time we do not use AI or ML.

How has it helped my organization?

UiPath has been instrumental to our success because we have an excellent relationship with our account executive and a lot of support from the leadership team. 

We have met with their C-Suites for one-on-one conversations and like that type of ownership. We appreciate their commitment and dedication to our success. 

What is most valuable?

The solution requires little or no code and can be operated with minimal technical skills. This lessens our dependency on third-party providers and allows use by citizen developers. 

What needs improvement?

AI and ML need further improvements to reach mature status. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the solution for eight years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is very, very stable with no issues when we deploy bots. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution is very easy to scale. 

How are customer service and support?

Technical support is stellar and available 24/7. There are no limitations on when support is available, including in the middle of the night. No organization is perfect and there is always room for improvement, support is rated a nine out of ten. 

The community forum is invaluable and very helpful for troubleshooting. For example, we sought support from different forums to learn how to use our in-house desk for L1 support.

Academy courses are used to upskill our team and keep up with the fast pace of new capabilities. The solution is always transforming and acquiring new technologies. 

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

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

I previously used Blue Prism, Pega, and Automation Anywhere. 

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is very straightforward and easy to use. 

Our team of developers and BAs are able to navigate the solution without requiring any handholding from the solution's SMEs.  

What about the implementation team?

Our in-house team deploys the easier automations.

We work with multinational partners for more complex deployments. Our team is knowledgeable and has the same competencies as MNCs so that enhances the partnership. 

What was our ROI?

The solution has improved workforce efficiencies by 120% and reduced errors by more than 90%.

We saved several million dollars within three weeks of deploying the solution.

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

I love the flexibility because ownership is willing to work with us to make sure commercials are viable. They are committed to being our strategic partner and are reasonable in terms of our current appetite. 

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Our company solely uses the solution. We find it to be more user friendly than other options. 

Most products are similar, so it comes down to commercials and that makes the solution much more cost effective than other options. 

What other advice do I have?

You should consider using the solution because there is a reason why it is the market-leading RPA provider globally.

I rate the solution a nine out of ten. 

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?

Other
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