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OpCon vs UiPath Platform comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

OpCon
Average Rating
9.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
59
Ranking in other categories
Workload Automation (7th)
UiPath Platform
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
894
Ranking in other categories
Robotic Process Automation (RPA) (1st), Agentic Automation (2nd), AI-Agent Builders (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

OpCon and UiPath Platform aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. OpCon is designed for Workload Automation and holds a mindshare of 1.7%, down 2.0% compared to last year.
UiPath Platform, on the other hand, focuses on Agentic Automation, holds 44.0% mindshare, down 50.0% since last year.
Workload Automation Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
OpCon1.7%
Control-M18.9%
AutoSys Workload Automation9.9%
Other69.5%
Workload Automation
Agentic Automation Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
UiPath Platform44.0%
Automation Anywhere38.2%
Moveworks6.3%
Other11.5%
Agentic Automation
 

Featured Reviews

Jose Rivera Hernandez - PeerSpot reviewer
Helps automate all kinds of jobs and it's worth the price because it saves a lot of time and money
One problem that I had with them when we got SMA Technologies is that sometimes the jobs fail, but they automatically restart. SMA Technologies automatically gets a notification that the job has failed, and they restart it on their end, so now, we have the job restarting twice. There were times when we came into the office in the morning, and we had two files because the job ran twice. I do not know if the system can prevent a job from running the second time. If a job has run successfully, or it is running, it should not run again.
Kyle Grimm - PeerSpot reviewer
Desktop development has become faster and improves automation results
My thoughts on UiPath Platform's user community suggest that a lot of content seems outdated and old now that gets referenced. The community experience for the AI is limited because putting the error codes into the community search field doesn't return many results. However, a lot of information from pre-AI, before 2022, is still accurate and helpful, but the cutting-edge content just isn't in the community yet. There should be better training on UiPath Platform. I wish I could search UiPath IXP training and have a course pull up as the first result without having to dig through a bunch of links, dead-end links, and random things. Easier access for training would be ideal.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The end code response allows us to evaluate how a process finished, set the termination/end code appropriately, and then trigger further processing based on how it ended."
"The most valuable features are its integration into Windows, into VM, and into AIX, as well as SQL."
"Previously, we would receive a file from a vendor, then we would have to go through and make changes to individual accounts in our core system. There are probably between 10 to 20 accounts any given week. It probably took around five minutes for it to run through the report and make all the changes, and that was if there was nothing complicated with all very straightforward changes. Now, that is done in 30 seconds."
"One of the advantages of OpCon is the ability to use the API and web services. We couldn't do that with our previous solution. We have been able to change our procedure for ticketing. When a job is down, we can immediately create a ticket from OpCon in our ticketing solution, which is ServiceNow, using the web services."
"When a lot of jobs are scheduled on different platforms, without any interaction possible between them, it's very difficult to manage things. With OpCon we avoid this difficulty. It's very visual."
"The image scanning and anti-malware features are really valuable."
"Often times there are criteria that cannot be determined by the system, which allows a human to make the determination and use the Self-Service Solution Manager to trigger a job."
"Thus far we have only had a few minor problems, all of which the vendor addressed quickly. We have not encountered any major problems. The product is very stable and reliable."
"We enjoy the constant innovation. It's coming out with new things that we can use and new features all the time."
"A key feature of this solution is its built-in VM orchestration capabilities, allowing us to manage virtual machines without additional setup."
"As a mid-sized regional bank, we've seen benefits from using UiPath Platform such as saving over 50,000 FTE hours just this year alone, and we are probably going to exceed our goal of over 66,000."
"The AI feature has enabled us to automate more processes overall."
"The most valuable thing about this solution is that it is easy to develop and easy to train everyone how to use."
"What I found most valuable in UiPath is that it's easier to set up than other tools. It also helps reduce human error and is a scalable solution."
"When we would have a huge backlog, we would hire short-term employees for some of our cases. Now, we don't have to do that anymore."
"The most valuable features of UiPath are data entry, data reading, and some simple logical calculations."
 

Cons

"The UI refresh rate is really bad and needs improvement."
"The products are extremely powerful and capable. Anytime you have such capability, the programming/configuration that goes into making it work can be complicated."
"The only thing that we have been talking about with the vendor is the Solution Manager tool that we have. It is a great tool. It is getting replaced by another tool that is probably called Enterprise Manager. We just had a few complaints about it. The navigation of that new tool is a little bit more arbitrary than what we have been used to."
"Some additional logging-information reporting would also help. They have all the information there but you still have to search around and look back. It's not right there for you, where you click and can get the reporting. You have to know the system and do some additional searches. So reporting is another area that they can build on by simplifying it."
"The one area it needs some help in is the mainframe area because that is not its strength. They support the mainframe but it's not something that they are good at."
"The logs are a little daunting to look at the first few times, however, as you begin to understand what you're looking at, it becomes easier."
"Do your first install, your first upgrade, with SMA. It's simple, it's as per the manual, as per the training, but you need that little bit of confidence."
"The ability to retrieve information from logs in variables to display relevant information would be helpful."
"Our struggle lies in the man in the middle concept where people just want to throw it over the fence, however, we emphasize that they need to help us with it."
"AI can become more intelligent to facilitate the ease of automation."
"To be considered a ten out of ten, UiPath Platform needs to enhance its capabilities, and I would lean into the integration of AI to coach and mentor you through the process."
"UiPath's extensive built-in features, like communication mining, can be overwhelming to learn due to the sheer volume."
"There is a need for more integrations with external technologies like OpenAI, Gemini, SAP, Bedrock, BambooHR, etc."
"Support should be improved."
"The area that has room for improvement in UiPath Platform is the price."
"Unfortunately, I used to be a lover of their Slack channel and people don't seem so responsive there anymore."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The purchasing price was in the $30,000 or $40,000 range, but I don't remember how much of that was licensing or installation and how it was broken out."
"While the base pricing is reasonable, the à la carte options are making the overall cost more complicated and potentially problematic."
"It used to be per machine, so we had X number of devices licensed. Now it's not. If we had a lot of machines, the new license might've decreased the cost. Unfortunately, we didn't see the same gains."
"Our license is for 1000 jobs. Including support, the license and upgrades are 2000 euros a month."
"This solution is slightly more expensive than our previous solution. Right now, we are paying about $40,000 a year. However, we think it's well worth the cost to keep things automated, reducing our staff."
"This solution is certainly not the cheapest, but we win in time."
"Our licensing is on a yearly basis."
"It is at a decent price for the work that it does for us."
"I am using the free community version. The enterprise version is obviously a little expensive."
"A robot license costs $6,000 USD per year, or $10,000 NZD."
"One area that is challenging for me is tracking licenses. It would help to have a license dashboard so that we would know how many licenses have been allocated, who they're allocated to, and when they were last used. Right now, to gather that information, I have to go to four different screens in UiPath..."
"UiPath is relatively expensive. It's not expensive if you only need to automate one or two processes, but if you need to use more, it's somewhat costly. There's also a free community version."
"The solution is affordable enough to get a good return on your investment."
"UiPath is a bit more expensive than other similar solutions, and its price is increasing daily."
"UiPath is more expensive than other solutions on the market, such as Microsoft Power Automate."
"We have 200 licenses for bots in production and pay between $200,000 and $300,000 per year currently."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
46%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Non Profit
4%
Government
3%
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
4%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business16
Midsize Enterprise29
Large Enterprise19
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business239
Midsize Enterprise145
Large Enterprise661
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about OpCon?
My favorite feature is the dashboard feature, which shows jobs that are running, and completed, any failures, and provides dashboard reporting.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for OpCon?
I am the one who signs the contract. In the beginning, when I started working here, it seemed very expensive, but after I learned everything that it does, I found it worth the price. I would recomm...
What needs improvement with OpCon?
One problem that I had with them when we got SMA Technologies is that sometimes the jobs fail, but they automatically restart. SMA Technologies automatically gets a notification that the job has fa...
Best RPA tools for IBM iSeries
I can only speak to UiPath since that is the only RPA solution that I have used. I know that there are specific packages that you can integrate into your project that is specifically made to work w...
RPA that Bots can run without centralized control?
Yes, Attended Bots which can run without centralized control Module. RPA Tools like Automation Anywhere, uiPath ,Power Automation they do support this.
How do I choose between UiPath and Microsoft Power Automate?
Microsoft‌ ‌Power‌ ‌Automate‌ ‌is‌ ‌intuitive‌ ‌and‌ ‌easy‌ ‌to‌ ‌integrate‌ ‌and‌ ‌use.‌ ‌I‌ ‌like‌ ‌that‌ ‌there‌ ‌is‌ ‌no‌ ‌coding‌ ‌experience‌ ‌necessary,‌ ‌and‌ ‌appreciate‌ ‌the‌ ‌automated‌...
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

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