IBM Datacap vs UiPath Studio comparison

IBM and UiPath are both solutions in the Robotic Process Automation (RPA) category. Additionally, 89% of IBM users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 80% of UiPath users who would recommend it.

IBM Datacap

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89% willing to recommend

UiPath Studio

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80% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between IBM Datacap and UiPath Studio based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Robotic Process Automation (RPA) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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Categories and Ranking

IBM Datacap

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) (6th)

UiPath Studio

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

4.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Robotic Process Automation (RPA) (28th), Low-Code Development Platforms (23rd)

Featured Reviews

Bhasker ReddyPIdintla

Technical Delivery Head at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Has improved document scanning accuracy with advanced OCR capabilities

IBM needs to improve on scanning and reading accuracy for unstructured documents. Additionally, an important missing feature is the ability to merge documents and present data across different UI screens. This is especially beneficial for customer onboarding where documents are scanned not all at once but periodically. Incorporating automation could also aid in this area.

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VijayBhallamudi

Senior Business Analyst at Flix

Citizen developers have automated finance processes and created reusable modules across entities

There are some weaknesses, though nothing on the top of my mind at the moment. From a process and OCR point of view, for example, we are currently doing a use case about e-invoicing. We feel the accuracy that the OCR provides from UiPath Studio was not as high as we had initially anticipated. We had to not go with that module that UiPath Studio offers. UiPath Studio has an a la carte mode where you can buy specific functionalities without having to buy the whole package. We decided to test out a few other tools in the market and bought a customized tool specifically for OCR purposes because UiPath Studio's accuracy was not as great. It comes more on a use case-to-use case basis. Certain use cases that we try show that certain functionalities could be improved, and there is definitely a scope for improvement. That being said, the functionalities that we bought UiPath Studio initially for work pretty well. We wanted a centralized automation hub, an Orchestrator, and maximum license utilization for the bots we were purchasing. They are basic, but at the same time, they are easy to use. The ease of use is one of the main reasons why we still favor UiPath Studio. The AI and OCR parts are something we are looking to explore more in the coming year, and that will probably give us more insights into the functionalities and their value. At the moment, we use Oracle as our ERP. We have not had much success integrating with Oracle so far. UiPath Studio offers a lot of customized integrations for SAP, but not much for Oracle Cloud. We had to leverage our internal ERP in-house team to build integrations. We used Oracle Cloud integrations rather than UiPath Studio integrations with respect to ERP. Every conference or event that UiPath Studio organizes, when we have a chance to speak with someone from UiPath Studio, we bring up Oracle Cloud integrations. I believe that in Europe and the US, Oracle Cloud is growing in usage, so we would appreciate more effort focused there. However, with Salesforce, we used a couple of cases with customer service in our company, and we integrated with it very smoothly without any blockers. At the moment, we have not explored AI and ML capabilities of UiPath Studio as much as we should have. We conducted a series of process discovery workshops in our company, and the use cases we received did not require AI or ML functionalities because they were core finance operations, and we did well with just the regular functionalities of UiPath Studio. We are still looking forward to finding a case where we could leverage AI and ML capabilities. We do not want to use AI functionalities just because we want to use them. It is more of a situation where we ask if it is needed, and we are still looking forward to finding a case that demands the need for AI functionalities or a nice-to-have feature. At the moment, we still have not used or explored those things of UiPath Studio.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The most valuable feature is its ability to capture data, which changes all the time into different formats."

"The solution automates manual data entry."

"It reduces human error and saves time."

"It helps companies figure out how to use advanced imaging techniques, processes, best practices, and other tools."

"I like Datacap's integration with FileNet because financial companies use that export. The second part is web services integration, which is effortless to implement."

"It's resiliency. There are multiple ways of identifying what you are looking for. There are multiple export formats."

"The big thing these days is really the Insight Edition component and being able to build annotators to extract from literally unstructured content: paragraphs and information where there's no start anchor point to define where that data is located. There could be a number of entities in that which you have to draw information from. Being able to extract from them is really the differentiator today between that product and many of the other products..."

"The administration of the application following an error is most valuable. We are able to know easily when something is stuck in the system."

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"Compared to other tools, UiPath Studio licensing cost is low."

"Right now we have it deployed, and it is dealing with about 50% of our document volume."

"UiPath Studio is good for automating business processes and repetitive tasks within my company."

"The fact that with UiPath Studio we can build reusable modules that we can use across automations has been specifically very useful to us as a company and team driving this project."

"There are a lot of great things in UiPath Studio; whatever is required for the development is there, and I do not think I face any difficulty during the development of any use case from UiPath Studio's side."

Cons

"Third-party integration could be improved; it's very slow."

"There should be an increase in the capacity of the workflows. Datacap is a little limited in this aspect. So, you cannot really implement all the possibilities."

"When a client's requirement is not available in Datacap, out-of-the-box actions should be simpler to implement and not very complex."

"Datacap has performance issues when processing large volumes of documents. We're doing 18,000 pages daily. Scanning takes almost 20-30 minutes, but it normally takes one or two minutes. We informed IBM and opened a ticket for that. They forwarded the issue to developers but didn't give a specific timeline for it to be resolved. Version 8.1 is already at the end of support."

"Speed of OCR is one issue. It's a challenge because we have customers that have millions and millions of pages that they want this solution to crank through. In order to do that you have to have a large infrastructure in place, and that directly impacts licensing based on the core count."

"IBM needs to improve on scanning and reading accuracy for unstructured documents. Additionally, an important missing feature is the ability to merge documents and present data across different UI screens."

"The interface can be more intuitive."

"It can take some time to implement."

More IBM Datacap cons

"Some of the recent upgraded versions, the package sometimes create problems, so that has to be tested first and then it should be available in UiPath Studio, because everybody wants to use the latest package, but sometimes when we are using the latest package, it creates problems."

"On the improving side, concerning costing, I am not sure because the cost of the new product is very high."

"We feel the accuracy that the OCR provides from UiPath Studio was not as high as we had initially anticipated."

"We are not seeing improved ROI because the bigger chunks of use cases we have already addressed. When we take it down to the medium size, the cost of development and deployment is something which is prohibitive and it doesn't make a good financial business case."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"This solution is the most expensive in the market."

"This solution offers seamless integration with other enterprise products, which is my area of responsibility, focusing on government sector projects. Larger enterprise projects don't pose problems. It might be suitable for small businesses as well."

"You save a lot of time and money, but the benefit is you have people who are able to run the systems, check to see if there are any errors at all, and there are a lot less errors than a human system."

"Pricing depends on how much we use it. We pay per bulk quantity. We pay as you go. Therefore, it sort of depends on our usage of it."

"If you want IBM Datacap on cloud, which is a service run by IBM, the price can be quite expensive, but if you want to just purchase the licenses and own those yourself, then the price is very competitive."

"Pricing needs to stay competitive."

"IBM could offer more competitive pricing. This would allow them to attain more users. Some of our clients are considering moving to a different solution called Encapture which is similar but offers more competitive pricing."

"It varies, and it depends on the client's requirements and negotiations. Nowadays, Datacap is also included in the IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

18%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Government

Insurance Company

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Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	12
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	12

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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Datacap?

Pricing is in the mid-range but could be more affordable, rated at four point five.

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What needs improvement with IBM Datacap?

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What is your primary use case for IBM Datacap?

I primarily use IBM Datacap ( /products/ibm-datacap-reviews ) for data capture and scanning documents with OCR. Specifically, it's used for DocuSign ( /products/docusign-reviews ) as well.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for UiPath Studio?

The cost is another element which needs to improve because it's increasing and it is becoming prohibitive in some use cases. At the end of the day, you put in so much effort and the licensing and a...

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What needs improvement with UiPath Studio?

Any RPA is never straightforward. It needs a lot of maintenance and it keeps requiring updates. There is a lot of maintenance required. Besides, the cost itself is not where it used to be six years...

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What is your primary use case for UiPath Studio?

RPA is something which we deployed to address some of our documentation requirements or document management related requirements. That's what we are using it for. Right now we have it deployed, and...

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Overview

IBM Datacap helps you streamline the capture, recognition and classification of business documents and extract important information. Datacap supports multiple-channel capture by processing paper documents on scanners, mobile devices, multi-function peripherals and fax. It uses natural language processing, text analytics and machine learning technologies, like those in IBM Watson, to automatically identify, classify and extract content from unstructured or variable documents. The software can reduce labor and paper costs, deliver meaningful information and support faster decision making.

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UiPath Studio is a comprehensive tool for automating repetitive tasks. It's designed to enhance efficiency and productivity by providing a robust environment for building automation workflows quickly.

UiPath Studio offers a rich set of features catering to users looking to streamline operations through automation. Intuitive drag-and-drop functionality and seamless integration capabilities make it ideal for automating both simple and complex processes across diverse environments. Its detailed debugging tools and support for attended and unattended automation enable users to tailor their automation solutions to fit specific needs. By focusing on improving operational efficiency, UiPath Studio helps organizations to innovate while reducing manual efforts. It stands out for its adaptability and ease of implementation, fostering faster, more efficient process automation across industries.

What are the key features of UiPath Studio?

Drag-and-Drop Interface: Simplifies the automation design process, making it more accessible.
Comprehensive Activity Library: Offers pre-built activities for common processes, enhancing workflow creation.
Advanced Debugging Tools: Facilitates error identification and resolution to ensure reliable automation.
Attended and Unattended Modes: Allows flexibility in automation execution, catering to different organizational needs.
Integration with Third-Party Applications: Enhances workflow capabilities by connecting with external systems.

What benefits should users consider when evaluating UiPath Studio?

Increased Efficiency: Automates repetitive tasks to free up valuable employee time.
Cost Savings: Reduces labor costs by leveraging automation to handle routine tasks.
Scalability: Adapts to growing demands and more complex workflows with ease.
Improved Accuracy: Minimizes errors that can occur in manual processes.
Faster Deployment: Quickly implements with minimal disruption, accelerating time-to-value.

UiPath Studio is implemented across multiple industries, including finance, healthcare, and manufacturing, to automate data entry, billing operations, and compliance checks. In finance, it streamlines transactions and reporting. In healthcare, it manages patient data and administrative tasks. Manufacturing firms apply it to handle inventory and quality control processes, ensuring consistency and precision.

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Sample Customers

Turkcell, PowerSouth Energy Cooperative, Central Nacional Unimed, Conqord Oil

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