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Boris Netzer - PeerSpot reviewer
VP Delivery at Bynet
Reseller
Top 10
The most user-friendly and developer-friendly solution that increases productivity and efficiency
Pros and Cons
  • "The solution is very easy to implement."
  • "Support is not very satisfactory."

What is our primary use case?

Our customers have a large variety of use cases. It varies from financial processes, R&D processes, IT processes, services, and service desks. Most customers implement the solution for business processes. From a vertical perspective, we have pharmaceuticals, transportation, logistics, the public, defense, and banking sectors.

How has it helped my organization?

Some of our customers see growth in sales. Some see streamlining of the processes or removing errors from the process or rework. For others, the tool provides better usage or upscaling for the employees. All the customers can see benefits from the product. We do not implement any platform without a clear ROI to the customers, especially for the customers in Israel who are very ROI-oriented.

What is most valuable?

The product’s ability to have everything in one place is valuable. It's a web-based application so, our customers do not have any overhead from the maintenance perspective. 

The solution is very easy to implement. Developing something on it is very easy because we don't need to work on different screens, applications, and clients. It's the most user-friendly and developer-friendly RPA application in the market. It’s very, very easy to understand.

What needs improvement?

The product is not really intended to integrate with web applications. However, almost all enterprises use web applications, low-code applications, or advanced applications that use webhooks to trigger events. The product falls behind in working with webhooks.

Automation Anywhere has invested in the service desk, however, the first tier of the service desk, especially chat, is not really helpful but the second tier is very knowledgeable and professional. The product can do better in the service desk area. The tool must also add some of the more innovative features. 

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For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the solution for the last six years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The application is pretty stable. The on-premises system’s application doesn’t crash. It is stable as long as the infrastructure is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

On the SaaS version, we do not have any scalability issues. It’s 100% perfect. Since 2019, I haven't experienced downtime with the cloud systems.

How are customer service and support?

The technical support depends on the tier. The first-tier support by chat is low quality. The whole process can take a long time for the customer. 

How would you rate customer service and support?

Neutral

How was the initial setup?

The initial deployment took us less than one hour. If everything is prepared, all infrastructures are in place, and all the relevant people, definitions, and Active Directory are available, it can be deployed in less than one hour.

Automation Anywhere’s implementation is a click-through process. Mostly, it's a decision process within the system. There is a built-in bot distribution system if we need to scale up. We define the servers, and the system fires out the add-ons to the servers. Since it's a web-based system, we don't need to install almost anything. Just install the control rooms, and then everything else is done through the browsers.

The defense sector customers prefer to deploy the product on-premises. Half of our customers are on the cloud, and half are on-premises. The customers do not care what cloud provider we use since it’s a SaaS application. It is very transparent for the customer.

What about the implementation team?

Usually, we need three people to deploy the solution. We need one person from our side and two from the customer’s side, including a system administrator and a DBA. The tool requires maintenance once it's on-premise and there is no connection to the cloud. However, if there is a connection to the cloud and the servers are intact, we don't need to maintain anything.

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

The pricing model can be a bit more flexible. It mostly has the option for bundles. There is almost no possibility of adding single licenses to the bundle. I rate the pricing a five on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is very expensive.

What other advice do I have?

Our customers are aware of automation. Most of the processes are implemented in the areas where regular business automation with integration will not apply. Where people are currently applying manual work, our customers would like to automate those processes fully, but there is no possibility of any integration. Our customers also use the product in service areas where they need someone to work in two teams, like integration and screen scraping.

Once business users who don’t have tech skills understand how to use the solution, it's relatively easy for them. It's easier than using an iPad. However, the tool is not filtered to enable the business user to see what they need to see. We need to educate and train the users to use it. On the flip side, this ability is not present in other applications or is more difficult for business users to understand. Automation Anywhere is an easy application to learn.

The time taken to train non-technical employees on Automation Anywhere depends on which level we train them. They would need one week of training to implement basic processes based on desktop applications or Excel files.

Some of our customers use Automation Co-Pilot at the service desk. Automation Co-Pilot is only on the front with the business user. In the back, the core product runs on the business applications. It's the same integration and the same screen scraping. It's like an extension of the capabilities and translation of the graphic interface to the business user. If someone clicks on the screen, both aspects run on the back end of the different applications.

Automation Co-Pilot increases productivity because everything done in 50 clicks before is done in one click now. Processes where a user must follow the instructions and run through the processes, including the decision metrics and decision junctions, Co-Pilot provides all the best practices within it. No one needs to open any applications and learn the processes. All the decisions are made on the application. It's a tremendous improvement in the time spent and efficiency achieved.

Automation Co-Pilot freed up some time for staff from a business perspective, but mostly, it improved the response time to the customers. Whatever someone needs to do on ten screens in five to ten minutes, it's done in one click in a few seconds.

Automation Anywhere’s ability to provide automation at scale is pretty good. It depends on the scale and how large the company is. It's very easy to see in an enterprise. The top three RPA platforms are not intended for SMB users. It's mostly for enterprise companies or at least for the companies with large operations, not necessarily from the headcount perspective but from the operation perspective. In such companies, it's very, very successful.

Automation Anywhere works well with API, but it lacks API management capabilities. Automation Anywhere could be better in integration. Integration between core Automation Anywhere applications with other core business applications can be better.

Automation Anywhere has helped all our customers to increase their automation consumption. Our largest customer in the pharmaceutical area had an exponential increase in their automation consumption, and they are still growing. We started in 2020. Now, they have hundreds of processes. Smaller companies are increasing on the center of excellence side. We implement at least 10 to 20 processes every year if companies have a small center of excellence. Some customers implement 40 to 50 processes a year. It's scaling up really quickly.

My advice to someone who wants to use API integration instead of robot process automation depends on the use case. There is an automation paradigm, and we need to know what to automate and how to automate it. Some processes are not intended to be automated with RPA. Some processes are intended to be automated only with RPA. So if a company doesn't have any API management tool, then automating with API can be very challenging because they can do it right but not manage it. Then, they would have a spaghetti of API connections that they cannot maintain or manage. However, if a company has an API management tool, API capabilities, and applications, it's probably better to automate using APIs and not screen scraping.

If a company with limited IT capabilities is keen to implement business processes that require RPA, I would suggest they configure Automation Anywhere because it's very easy to implement. It is user-friendly and developer-friendly. It is pretty business-user-friendly. It is very, very easy to maintain. It's a great application to implement.

Overall, I rate the product an eight out of ten.

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Technical Project Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Real User
Top 20
Integrates well with SAP and API-to-API, but complex processes are difficult to automate
Pros and Cons
  • "The integration of RPA bots with other processes and documents is good. We don't have any issues there. We could have more connectors, but it's fine. I have used it for SAP and for direct API-to-API, and that went well."
  • "It is good for standard procedures with an SOP. For those, it works well. But there are processes that are tricky and need human intervention and intelligence. In those cases, the process gets stuck."

What is our primary use case?

We use it for processes related to IT operations in the manufacturing industry.

How has it helped my organization?

There are hectic IT processes, jobs that run overnight, weekly, and monthly. We can optimize, rewrite, and automate them. They represent the most important use cases that I have been involved with: IT operations and software for manufacturing.

It has helped our organization increase automation consumption by 20 to 30 percent.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature is the Control Room.

Also, the integration of RPA bots with other processes and documents is good. We don't have any issues there. We could have more connectors, but it's fine. I have used it for SAP and for direct API-to-API, and that went well.

What needs improvement?

It is good for standard procedures with an SOP. For those, it works well. But there are processes that are tricky and need human intervention and intelligence. In those cases, the process gets stuck. Something that is a straight-ahead process—you do A, B, C, and D—is fine. But when you do A and then have to decide whether to do B or C, where there is a need for logical thinking and human intervention, we find it difficult to automate those cases. We have to break down those processes and do that tweaking.

We would like to see a more seamless UI, and we would like AI help. Wherever we are stuck or there is a logical error, AI help, with prompting and suggestions on what to do, would be good. If I have dragged and dropped something in the wrong logical sequence and it fails during execution, there should be automated AI help.

We use NetBeans IDE where we get something like automated help, but that's a platform for doing standard Java and PHP development. Automated help is coming up more and more in many tools. For example, Microsoft is providing it. We would like to have something like that in Automation Anywhere, with automated debugging and self-help.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Automation Anywhere for two years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Overall, the product is stable for SOP-based use cases. It is not very stable for complex use cases.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It is not very scalable for complex use cases.

How are customer service and support?

Their technical support is good overall, not excellent. They can improve the response time and on-call support. We have SLAs, so we need support to be immediate.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Neutral

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

We did not have a previous solution.

How was the initial setup?

Recently, automation has gone to the cloud, and that has been most beneficial because installation was quite hectic before. On-prem was quite difficult, but the moment they launched the cloud version, it became easy.

With on-prem, there were issues with installation over production as well as the setup of the Control Room. Often, the Control Room would go down or hang, and we would have to do restarts. It was not seamless.

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

The licensing cost could be improved. It costs a lot. At the very least, the developer licenses and the control panels should be made free to enterprises, and the production environment licensed. Production should bear the cost; we would be okay with that, but not the development side.

What other advice do I have?

Business users didn't find it that easy to use, but for developers who are building the use cases, it's quite easy. For the business users, the issues were standard ones, such as navigation, user friendliness, and the terminologies that they needed to understand. They often require training before using it, and not just one training session, but training and retraining. On a scale where 10 represents a low learning curve and one is a large learning curve, Automation Anywhere is a seven. For non-technical people, it's difficult. For them, the learning curve is a four or five. It usually takes four to five months for them to be able to really use it on their own.

We have developed solutions for IT back-end processes, so there are no end-users. These jobs run weekly, fortnightly, and monthly. There are two or three people involved with it, but it's the jobs that we have automated.

We need three to four people to maintain the solutions, but that doesn't take a lot of time—about four hours a week. It's not something that needs to be done every day. Before the jobs run, they check to make sure everything is okay, that no errors or notifications are coming up. The maintenance is very low.

Automation Anywhere is good but not exceptional. It's good because, for simple use cases, we use it with different technologies. For complex processes, automations should perform better.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Private Cloud
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Prabu Baskaran. - PeerSpot reviewer
RPA Specialist at Expleogroup
Real User
Top 20
A stable and reasonably priced tool that has easy-to-understand drag-and-drop features and a responsive support team
Pros and Cons
  • "The support team responds quickly."
  • "Automation Anywhere has to improve its technical features."

What is our primary use case?

I use Automation Anywhere for the reconciliation process in the finance sectors, telecom industry, and banking and insurance sectors. Mostly, I use it for reconciliation and data feeding for SAP and Oracles applications. Sometimes, I use APIs, too.

How has it helped my organization?

Automation Anywhere has improved the way our organization functions. With every release, the tool improves its standards and technical aspects. They have also improved a lot from the security point of view. IQ Bot structures the unstructured document. It is very important to our organization. The time taken to realize the benefits of the solution depends upon the process. If it is a simple process, we would need one month.

What is most valuable?

Document understanding,Bot Store, AARI ie co-pilot are very useful.

What needs improvement?

The product has to improve document understanding. It must also provide more training.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the solution for more than eight years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I rate the tool’s stability a nine out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The product is deployed across multiple departments and teams. More than 200 people are using the solution in our organization. I rate the solution’s scalability an eight out of ten. We faced some problems while scaling the tool. Once we upgrade the package, it doesn’t work. When we update the package again, the issue gets resolved.

How are customer service and support?

It is very easy to contact the support team. The team responds to our queries within a day. The product provides different levels like Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze. If we enroll in the Bronze level, the support team will help us, but the time will be delayed. They'll reply within a day.

If we choose Silver, the team replies within two working hours. However, we get a response from the team within a day. The team reaches out to the customers who have raised tickets. The support team responds quickly. The team shares the documentation with us. If it doesn't work, they will immediately set up a meeting, look into the issue, and try to help us with the steps to follow.

The support team follows certain steps. If we raise a ticket, they provide some steps in a document containing the solution to our issues. We can immediately connect with the right person if it doesn't resolve our issues. To save time, if we raise a request to connect with the support team member, instead of sending a document, they should immediately connect with us to provide support.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

It's very easy to deploy the tool. We just have to export it from the development control room and import it to another control room. We can select the files we need and export or import them. It is very simple, like a file upload or download.

The time taken for deployment depends upon the number of files or packages since we use multiple workflows and tasks. It depends on the file size. However, it should not take more than three minutes. Even if it is complex, the deployment is completed within three minutes. If it is simple or moderately complex, depending on the file size, it uploads within 30 seconds. While deploying the product, we can see the progress in the control room.

What about the implementation team?

I have experience in deploying the solution. Whoever has the right to deploy can deploy the product. We can deploy it parallelly. The number of people required for the deployment depends upon the process. If it is five to six processes, one support team and one deployment team member is enough. We have five administrators. We also have 15 members in the support team.

The infrastructure team has some upgrade or patch activity every month. The team informs us about it. Usually, it happens only on weekends. Most of the bots will be idle on Sunday. It will run only for a few cases. Maintenance takes three hours monthly.

What was our ROI?

I have seen an ROI on the solution. The ROI depends on the use case. Some use cases have more documents we have to read, and we need to feed them into some applications. We check the FTE benefits and calculate the ROI based on it.

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

The product’s pricing is reasonable. The pricing depends upon the partner. We can get Runner, Attended, Unattended, IQ Bot, and Bot Insight licenses. The price is reasonable if we can get whatever the organization needs. There are no additional costs.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

The product fails in some environments. In some applications, the product behaves weirdly. UiPath is mostly accurate, and we are able to automate it. Automation Anywhere has to improve its technical features. It doesn’t work in some applications without any workaround. UiPath has better stability than Automation Anywhere. Everything works perfectly in UiPath. Sometimes, some controls don’t work after an upgrade in Automation Anywhere. We must update the package again to make it work. Compared to Automation Anywhere, we might have to wait longer for UiPath’s support team.

What other advice do I have?

Currently, I am using Automation 36O. The solution has added Google, Microsoft, and forms recently. We can easily integrate them. We can build a custom form for an Attended bot. The user can feed data, and the bot can pick it up and run it. Most of the tools have integrated this form. Instead of creating custom forms, the product provides an in-built forms section.

The solution has drag-and-drop features. There is no coding. If a person is well versed in coding like Java, Python, and VBScript, they can integrate the product. Even if we have no technical skills, it is very easy to drag and drop. It will work. We just need logical thinking.

The time taken to train non-technical employees depends upon the employees. Within two weeks, the employees would be able to understand the tool. They would also be able to develop simple processes. It is easy to expand the product across an entire company.

Integrating RPA bots, APIs, business applications, and documents into the solution is not hard. It is user-friendly. Integrating any web application or third-party application like Salesforce is very easy. I have used Salesforce API and some third-party web applications. The tool also provides some in-built APIs developed by the web application team. When I face some restrictions, the team provides me with APIs, which are easy to integrate. If something is not possible to automate in GUI, we choose a different solution for API building. Everything can be done within Automation Anywhere. It is easy to integrate the solution with third-party products.

We haven't explored more opportunities. We are using only simple processes. I would choose an RPA solution over an API integration. We need to have some security controls and approvals before we can integrate APIs. In RPA, we can not only integrate API but also have other in-built action items.

People can definitely choose Automation Anywhere. We will see a lot of changes and improvements in the upcoming versions. Based on these updates, organizations will get more benefits from the tool.

Overall, I rate the product a nine out of ten.

Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. Partner
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Kishor Namburu - PeerSpot reviewer
Head Of Information Technology at SAISOFT
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
The central command console is good
Pros and Cons
  • "Automation Anywhere's central command center is good."
  • "Productivity increased when we implemented Automation Anywhere, but it did not meet the client's expectations regarding the number of human workers it replaced."

What is our primary use case?

We deployed Automation Anywhere for our clients. It is used for tasks like HR, procurement, supply chain, visa processing, client onboarding, etc. 

How has it helped my organization?

Productivity increased when we implemented Automation Anywhere, but it did not meet the client's expectations regarding the number of human workers it replaced. We are currently trying to optimize it to use the maximum potential channels and identify ways to improve performance.

The clients are willing to use AI. They are conservative about it but still progressing in that direction.  The integration of Automation Anywhere into our clients' workflows, APIs, business applications, and documents was seamless, but it was a bit of a struggle until we realized that it has a built-in integration platform. Using the platform, we could define the process so that it also does downstream automation as well. 

What is most valuable?

Automation Anywhere's central command center is good. We've used Automation Anywhere's AI copilot. It can integrate with around 70 to 80 percent of our client's applications. There are still issues with the other 20 to 30 percent. 

What needs improvement?

We had some issues with screen-scaping and recording. Also, some of the components are not user-friendly enough compared to UiPath. The learning curve isn't very long if you come from a programming background, but it may be difficult for someone without a technical background to understand. 

For how long have I used the solution?

We used Automation Anywhere for two years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Automation Anywhere is stable. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Automation Anywhere is quite scalable.

How are customer service and support?

I rate Automation Anywhere support eight out of ten. We get support from local partners. It's good. 

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

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

We also use UiPath. It depends on the client's preference.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was complex, but upgrading the automations was easy. The bots require some monitoring. It isn't more than an hour daily. We check to see if there are any issues or whether a process has gotten stuck. That's rare. 

What other advice do I have?

I rate Automation Anywhere seven out of ten. There are many more tools on the market that are much better than automation anywhere.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Hybrid Cloud
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Sura M. - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder at SkillCulture
Real User
Top 10
Is versatile, powerful, and easy to learn
Pros and Cons
  • "The overall usefulness of Automation Anywhere is the most valuable aspect of the solution."
  • "The price has room for improvement."

What is our primary use case?

We use Automation Anywhere to automate tasks in our organization.

We needed to connect with multiple bank websites to retrieve payment confirmations. However, banks, being banks, did not provide direct API access or placed significant restrictions on such access. Therefore, we decided to utilize Automation Anywhere to collect the data and integrate it with our automated system.

How has it helped my organization?

At the time, all of our automation goals centered on connecting to these sites, which required a great deal of manual effort. Despite the low cost of labor, it was error-prone and highly subjective. As a result, using Automation Anywhere helped us automate this process, eliminating the need for human intervention. We were able to achieve all of our initial objectives using Automation Anywhere.

The learning curve for our non-technical users was a couple of days.

We aim to automate our activities that currently require human intervention, which is susceptible to errors and inconsistencies. This approach is similar to how others have successfully employed AI or RPA tools. Our primary objective is to ensure that our processes are scalable and repeatable.

We successfully integrated Automation Anywhere with our local database. Like any implementation, we faced some challenges with change management, understanding, and other issues, but ultimately, it was a success.

Automation Anywhere helped save the organization time and money.

What is most valuable?

The overall usefulness of Automation Anywhere is the most valuable aspect of the solution.

What needs improvement?

The price has room for improvement.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Automation Anywhere for four years.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Automation Anywhere is scalable, but scaling it can be costly, making it a matter of economic viability for many organizations.

How are customer service and support?

The support is good.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

What about the implementation team?

The implementation was completed by the Automation Anywhere team.

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

Automation Anywhere is expensive.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We also evaluated UiPath and Selenium, but we ultimately selected Automation Anywhere because they had more experience in this area, which gave us greater confidence that the project would be successful.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate Automation Anywhere eight out of ten. Automation Anywhere is a versatile and powerful platform, but it exceeded our organization's budget.

Maintenance requires three or four team members because the target systems tend to change.

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Team Lead Development at a logistics company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Easy to use, has a short learning curve, and helps increase automation consumption
Pros and Cons
  • "The best features are the ease of use, the short learning curve, and the good support from our local partner."
  • "The quality and speed of Automation Anywhere's support need significant improvement."

What is our primary use case?

We use Automation Anywhere to automate websites and extract data from them.

How has it helped my organization?

Automation Anywhere helped us automate human tasks.

The learning curve is quite shallow.

Automation Anywhere has helped our organization by working around the clock, allowing us to rely on robots instead of humans. We no longer have errors, or if we do have some problems, we are informed. It is easy to implement and monitor the processing part of the software.

Cloud-based Automation Anywhere provides automation at scale with ease.

The integration of RPA bots, APIs, business applications, and documents in Automation Anywhere is good.

Automation Anywhere has helped our organization increase our automation consumption.

What is most valuable?

The best features are the ease of use, the short learning curve, and the good support from our local partner.

What needs improvement?

The quality and speed of Automation Anywhere's support needs significant improvement. We are not satisfied with the quality of support.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Automation Anywhere for two years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Automation Anywhere is scalable.

How are customer service and support?

The technical support is not good. They are slow and the level of support is poor.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Neutral

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

We tried using Blue Prism for one of our projects but ran into a lot of complications when we tried to implement it ourselves. We found Automation Anywhere much easier to implement.

How was the initial setup?

We had an enablement package, which we could start using because Automation Anywhere turned it on automatically. We did not need to set it up ourselves, as it was only for bots running in our environment. It was not difficult.

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

The price for Automation Anywhere is reasonable.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We also evaluated UiPath, which has similar quality and features to Automation Anywhere. However, we chose Automation Anywhere because we had someone in our organization who was familiar with it. Blue Prism is significantly inferior to both UiPath and Automation Anywhere.

What other advice do I have?

I would give Automation Anywhere an eight out of ten.

API is our first choice whenever possible, but it is not always feasible, depending on the use case. Sometimes, we need to perform additional process steps beyond simply calling an API. In such cases, we may consider using an RPA tool, such as Automation Anywhere, especially if we do not have an API.

Typical maintenance is required. If we get new versions of bots, we need to update Automation Anywhere. However, the cloud services are maintained by Automation Anywhere itself, so we don't have to worry about that.

I recommend looking at IQ Bots, a very good and easy-to-use intelligent document-processing feature. I also advise taking the quick training available online and trying to build a simple but real process on their own. There is also a community edition that anyone can use, so it's easy to start with that to try out Automation Anywhere.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Hybrid Cloud
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General Manager at LifeCell international Pvt.Ltd
Real User
Improves accuracy and reduces manpower
Pros and Cons
  • "It improves accuracy and reduces manpower. It is easy to learn."
  • "I would like it to have AI and ML capabilities."

What is our primary use case?

We are a biotechnology company. We are in healthcare. We receive samples, and we need to do some of the entries. We did a PoC through Automation Anywhere. Our objective was to improve accuracy and reduce manpower.

How has it helped my organization?

We were able to 100% achieve our objectives. There was an increase in accuracy, and there was also a reduction in manpower. The bot reduced the manpower required. We could reduce nearly 40 members through this project in Automation Anywhere.

Automation Anywhere has helped our organization increase its automation consumption. Earlier, we did not have any automation for the labs to increase accuracy and reduce manpower. We have now achieved the same with Automation Anywhere. We have done about 60% automation. We have used it only for the lab. We are planning to use it for the marketing team, call center, and all other departments.

What is most valuable?

It improves accuracy and reduces manpower. It is easy to learn. We trained our lab people, and they were able to achieve accuracy with the technical knowledge. 

What needs improvement?

I would like it to have AI and ML capabilities.

The support can also be better. It can be faster.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been working with Automation Anywhere for the past two years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

There is 99.5% stability. It is very stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It is scalable. With a robust infrastructure, if the sample size increases, we can scale on an on-demand basis.

We plan to increase its usage. We are planning for the lab expansion. During the lab expansion, we will also increase the licenses.

How are customer service and support?

After the execution, we need to have service and support. Sometimes, there is a lag in the support. We are running labs 24/7, but when we raise a ticket, they are able to call and fix the same only on the next business day. For this reason, we have planned high availability for the RPA bots in the case of any incident. We are managing through that, and we have also highlighted the concern about the service and support. They also plan to work on it.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Neutral

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

We did not use any other solution.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was handled by the business owner and IT. It was done by our partner. It requires technical skills. We need to have a workflow. If we have a clear workflow, we can easily implement the same with the partner.

We provided hands-on training for Automation Anywhere through our partner. In the first phase, it took us at least three months to train the lab operations team and other teams supporting the project. We parallelly created a document for the initial phase. All the people who are now being onboarded use that document. They are able to support the bots without any additional training.

What about the implementation team?

We did the implementation with the help of our partner. They first understood the workflow of the healthcare sector and our architecture. After that, they planned the solution for us. It took them a minimum of one month to understand all those things, and then we did the PoC.

They have also done the integration with the lab software. It took them nearly four to six months for integration and report generation.

What was our ROI?

In the first year, we got 20% to 30% ROI. In the second or third year, we got the complete amount that we invested. There is also an improvement in the business because of data accuracy.

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

It is not cheap, but we are able to get an ROI. I would rate it a seven out of ten in terms of pricing.

There are no costs in addition to licensing, but we had to pay our partner for one-time implementation.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We also did a PoC with UiPath and other solutions. We chose Automation Anywhere because we could get significant ROI with Automation Anywhere. Its accuracy and costs were better than others. We have purchased the bot with Orchestrator.

What other advice do I have?

You need to have a good partner to assess the performance and get the best solution. 

Overall, I would rate Automation Anywhere an eight 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
Vjaindra Sonawwane. - PeerSpot reviewer
AGM- IT ( IT Projects Delivery & Innovation) at TFS
Real User
Performs efficiently and helps reduce workload, but is complex to learn
Pros and Cons
  • "Automation Anywhere performs efficiently."
  • "The GUI needs to be improved."

What is our primary use case?

We use Automation Anywhere for process automation.

How has it helped my organization?

Automation Anywhere has enabled us to eliminate manual, time-consuming tasks, and increase accuracy within our organization by automating them.

We witnessed the benefits of Automation Anywhere within six months of its deployment.

Automation Anywhere helped reduce the workload of our P2P billings by around 60 percent.

Automation Anywhere helped our organization increase its automation consumption by 25 percent on our billing automation once we resolved all the background issues.

What is most valuable?

Automation Anywhere performs efficiently.

What needs improvement?

Automation Anywhere is difficult to use and could be made more user-friendly. The GUI needs to be improved.

Using Automation Anywhere can be extremely difficult for individuals who lack technical skills.

The learning curve for Automation Anywhere is challenging. We should not need to rely on a vendor to handle the solution. The end-user should be able to use the solution independently.

The automation at scale has room for improvement.

There are many features missing from Automation Anywhere, including cloud collaboration tools provided by Google and Microsoft, that I would like to see integrated into the solution.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Automation Anywhere for three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Automation Anywhere is stable. I rate the stability an eight out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Scalability involves both the customer and the vendor, requiring significant effort to increase due to its lack of user-friendliness.

How are customer service and support?

We experience difficulties in getting our issues resolved when dealing with technical support.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Neutral

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

I used Microsoft Power Automate, which was not a great application at the time. However, it has now become easier to use, more cost-effective, and more scalable compared to Automation Anywhere. As a result, we are considering switching back to it.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was complex. The vendor was unfamiliar with the process, and there was no guidance from Automation Anywhere regarding the requirements. According to Automation Anywhere, we were supposed to simply follow the onscreen instructions and click "next," which should have taken a maximum of one hour. However, due to an error and misunderstanding, it took us around three days instead.

The deployment started at the control room, then the client, and finally the developer.

One person, who was an Automation Anywhere specialist with infrastructure knowledge, was used for the deployment.

What about the implementation team?

We used a vendor for the implementation.

What was our ROI?

To realize a return on investment, we must utilize Automation Anywhere for several years.

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

Automation Anywhere is significantly expensive. The cost is at the highest end of the spectrum.

In addition to the licensing cost, let's say, $1,000, we also have to pay the OEM vendor fee, which can be around $150. Furthermore, we are responsible for the payment of managed services, and occasionally there are additional charges for maintenance.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We considered several options, including Blue Prism, before choosing Automation Anywhere.

What other advice do I have?

I give Automation Anywhere a six out of ten.

When I joined my organization, we were using Automation Anywhere. Consequently, I am currently using it. However, all the features are also accessible through Microsoft Power Automate, which offers a free upgrade.

We attempted to train non-technical staff members for one month to utilize Automation Anywhere; however, learning proved to be quite challenging. As a result, we ultimately abandoned the endeavor and opted to hire a technical professional.

Automation Anywhere requires technical personnel who can write code to utilize the solution, making it challenging to integrate RPA bots, APIs, business applications, and documents. We are compelled to hire a vendor to write the code, which is not a practical approach.

I would recommend Microsoft Power Automate over Automation Anywhere because Automation Anywhere is excessively complex and challenging to use.

We have three users across three teams who utilize Automation Anywhere in our organization.

Automation Anywhere is self-maintained unless there is an error.

I advise exploring other options before settling for Automation Anywhere.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Private Cloud

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

Microsoft Azure
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
PeerSpot user
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Updated: October 2025
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