What is our primary use case?
Most of the time, it'll be used for some invoice processing and AP (accounts payable) processing. I worked on some insurance company use cases, including claim processing, new business documents, and data extraction. Primarily, it is used on invoices processing and AP processing.
What is most valuable?
The training is very helpful. You can train the document. There is a machine learning feature inside the solution. When the documents come in next time, it'll actually try to extract the data with minimum configurations.
Even normal business users can train on the Kofax system. That is one of the features which is very good in Kofax TotalAgility.
The image announcement features are really good. For example, with the conversion of the documents from color to black and white and the after-image conversion, the quality of the document really increases sometimes. The size reduces. That way, it can help to store the documents for the long term.
It's not so complex to design what you need to. Even for developers, it’s very easy. I have worked on a few other products wherein workflow configuration and other things were really difficult. There will be a lot of customizations required. However, in this product, there is not so much customization required.
A lot of out-of-the-box features are available. We can reuse those, and there is an out-of-the-box RPA integration. You can integrate Kofax RPA whenever you want to do something with your legacy system. You can use that RPA integration, and you can perform the operation using the robot.
What needs improvement?
In terms of OCR, if you see the OCR currently is using some omni reader, such as ABBYY OCR engine. There is a lot of OCR technology. It is all really good now. If you look at the OCR by Google or the other Microsoft OCR we have, we get a good OCR result compared to the Kofax OCR engine. There should be some integration allowed so that we can use the OCR results from any other good OCR engine. While the image, the field extraction, is really good in KTA, the OCR result is not so good.
The handwritten aspect is not so perfect. It’s still maybe 40% or 50% accuracy. It is not easy to read handwritten text since the handwriting will differ from one person to another person. It needs improvement. When you look at the Google OCR engine, the OCR result of your handwritten data is not so good.
There is something called Quick Capture. Quick Capture is something that is helpful for the end user. With it, there will be less dependency on the developer. However, we can't do table line item level extraction. Table line item extraction is not possible through Quick Capture. We’d like to have this capability.
For how long have I used the solution?
I’ve been using the solution for more than six years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is a stable solution. I have worked with many big companies where they scan millions of pages every year, and hundreds of users are using it every day, and it is a stable application. It’s reliable. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn’t crash or freeze.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The solution’s scalability is excellent in terms of adding more users to the system. It is capable of handling hundreds and thousands of users. I have worked with a company where maybe there were not just hundreds if not thousands of users using this.
Recently, we completed one project for an Indonesian customer. They have a mobile application that is developed using Kofax mobile SDK, and we have a KTA on the server side, and thousands of agents are using it. More than 100 users are using the data verification on the server side, and more than 3,000 or 4,000 agents are using the mobile app.
How are customer service and support?
Sometimes we involve the technical support team if there are any issues we cannot solve. Most of the time, they are very helpful, and if there are some scenarios where we need to involve the technical support team.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
There is no specific reason I started working with Kofax. I started working with the product called Intelligent Capture, which is similar to Kofax Capture. Initially, I started working on that 16 years back. Then, Kofax was an enterprise-level product. I wanted to work on this and then that's how I got into Kofax Capture and then gradually, I moved to Kofax TotalAgility.
How was the initial setup?
It's not so complex to set up. It is straightforward. I have been working on this OCR data extraction for a very long time, I felt it's not so complex. It is easy for a business user who may not be technical. It’ll be easy to configure. It's not as complex as other products.
The deployment depends on the number of documents. For example, if you want to process invoices, the installation development requires a little bit of customization. The deployment with the production and user training can happen within seven to eight weeks. When there's a different type of document when you have a company-specific document, then the time it takes may increase. However, for standard invoice processing, the deployment should be completed within eight weeks.
In terms of customization, maybe you may have to have some web services to integrate with your core system or need to export the OCR field data and the documents to the core system. All these things can happen within eight weeks.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
There are different sets of licenses available. There are concurrent user licenses. There are different options. However, I'm not involved much on this sales side. I'm more involved in the implementation of the solution.
It is a bit expensive. However, it is worth the money since it can be used for multiple processes. For example, a company can use the RPA capabilities and the integration with their core system, and if they use invoice processing, with invoice processing, they can use any other documents processing. The cost will be worth it, however, if an organization just goes with invoice processing, it may not be worth it.
What other advice do I have?
I'm currently working as a freelancer. I am not into any company, I do freelancing on Kofax. I work with multiple customers - it's not just one customer.
I’d advise potential new users that Kofax is an expensive product. It’s not a cheap product. I have been in this industry for a very long time. I can share that users will get excellent field extraction features. They can get out-of-the-box RPA capabilities, and they can get the enterprise-level, good product for OCR.
I’d rate the solution nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.