UiPath Platform Reviews

I have used UiPath for use cases that are both transactional and linear. It involves human resources, cybersecurity, OEM reporting, IT service management, service delivery, and examining of patents and trademarks. We work with federal agencies in the public sector. 

I enjoy the enhancement of UiPath's debugging tools. I like the IDE and integration services. There have been massive improvements. I love to work with Orchestrator. It has become more streamlined and helpful. 

UiPath needs to improve its documentation. AI Fabric's installation was an absolute nightmare. I tried to get help from the documentation portal and couldn't find what I was looking for. 

I have been using the product for four and a half years. 

We have seen ROI with the tool's use. One of my use cases involves the Patent and Trademark Office, where two GS-15 patent attorneys worked on patent suspensions. An unattended bot helped to save two full FTEs' a year's worth of work. 

We wanted to achieve less human error with AI-powered automation. We also wanted to streamline the process so that human involvement was less. Also, it helped us do more things than a human. 

AI-powered automation has increased accuracy for one of our use cases. We used AI Fabric and Document Understanding to help with reconciliations that came in PDFs. 

Automation has helped us free up our resource time by over 1000 hours. 

I last used Process Mining in 2020. 

I don't enjoy using Power Automate since its scope is limited. The environment where I use Power Automate did not purchase advanced licenses. UiPath offers more flexibility for programmers who are into API solutions. It wasn't available in Power Automate, which annoyed me. 

I run a team of developers and spend most of my time in Orchestrator. It is the best product from UiPath. 

We use UiPath for automating tasks for customer operations.

The most valuable aspect is its ease of use. The utilization of AI has resulted in a time-saving of either four or eight hours per week. When analyzing a customer's job workflow, it's done promptly.

There is room for improvement in browser automation, particularly regarding access and success rates. Success and failure recognition are key areas to focus on.

I have been using UiPath for four years.

It is relatively stable, I would rate it seven out of ten, as it should be improved.

I would rate its scalability features six out of ten.

I would rate its support team seven out of ten.

Neutral

We have experience with NTT-AT WinActor and Blue Prism, but we opted for UiPath because it proved to be more effective and reliable.

The initial setup was easy.

It used to come at a high cost, but now it's more budget-friendly. Considering the features it offers, it's definitely a good value for the money.

Overall, I would rate UiPath eight out of ten.

We had two distinct automation needs. First, we aimed to simplify the process of obtaining weekly updates on new employees. This involved automating navigating a portal, identifying new employees, and distinguishing between contractors and full-time employees and aims to streamline maintaining an accurate and current employee database for your company. 

The second use case focused on case number categorization. We needed to categorize cases originating from sources like SSM, DC Salesforce, and others into different categories, such as origin-related or finance-related, to prioritize and address them based on their urgency and type.

It offers an advanced and in-depth set of features, allowing for intricate and specific automation tasks. It is designed for a more user-friendly and localized experience, catering to individuals who aren't necessarily focused on development. 

The ease of use in both running and developing automation bots is a key factor for us. We also measure customer satisfaction not only in monetary terms but also in terms of the hours saved. For example, if we can save ten thousand hours in a year, it's a substantial achievement because it translates into cost savings for the organization. Ultimately, the hours saved through automation equate to tangible financial benefits.

The concept of process analysis would be helpful. Having a tool that can assess the entire workflow of an automation created by someone would be highly beneficial. This tool could identify areas where enhancements or improvements are feasible, simplifying the process of refining and optimizing automation workflows. In the case of case number categorization, we encountered an issue. While creating the automation, the system was designed to detect and categorize cases into various specified categories.

I have been using UiPath for a year and a half.

The performance of the automation largely depends on the developers and the environment. For unattended automation, ongoing monitoring is necessary, especially when your team is actively making changes to the interface of the platform or system you're automating.

It is highly scalable as it can be deployed to handle large datasets and execute numerous processes concurrently. This scalability enhances its efficiency and productivity, making it a valuable tool.

My company made the decision to opt for UiPath over other vendors approximately five to six years ago. The primary reason for this choice was its superior technology and the seamless integration it offered for running our processes.

The initial setup was straightforward.

It doesn't have many direct competitors that offer a comparable blend of advanced automation features and competitive pricing. What sets them apart is their commitment to continuous improvement and innovation, evident in their advertising and technology enhancements. 

Overall, I would rate UiPath nine out of ten.

We automate business processes that take up a lot of effort and manhours. Our company deals with a lot of documents. 

The most valuable feature is Task Capture. 

We work with Google Cloud and are excited about the possibility of a partnership. 

I have been using the product for six months. 

The tool is very stable. The product's stability depends on the processes you configure it with. 

UiPath's scalability is impressive. 

UiPath's support is great. 

Positive

The tool's deployment was straightforward. There were a few inefficiencies within my company. 

We currently have the tool deployed across different business lines suffering from silos. In the future, we may move towards a centralized structure. 

We have seen ROI with the product's use. 

We want to reduce our employees' demand hours and have them focus on high-value tasks. 

UiPath has fundamentally changed our organization, and we want to learn more about its capabilities. 

The tool has freed up our resources' time. 

I rate the product a ten out of ten. I like working with the software. It might be daunting to start automation and get employees to accept it. However, having a good rollout plan and strategy will ease your concerns. 

I work in finance, and we have diverse use cases for UiPath.We use it for invoice processing, ML detection, and tag categorization of items that we sell. 

UiPath Action Center is very valuable. 

We ran into issues during the upgrade. It was not warned before. 

I have been using the solution for five years. 

UiPath is stable. 

The product is scalable. 

We get good resolutions when we raise issues. 

We did on-premise deployment and had to check load balancers, SQL server, and Redis. It took us about eight to nine months to get into production, which was cumbersome. 

We have seen millions of dollars of ROI. 

UiPath is expensive. 

Our business objective in automation implementation was to eliminate manual labor. Initially, we started with RPA. The finance department has a lot of manual work, including prescriptive things like driver's licenses and transcribing. We started using RPA to gain ROI.  

The use of automation has enhanced our accuracy. 

UiPath has helped us save 100,000 hours, which translates to millions of dollars saved. 

I rate the product an eight out of ten. 

We use the solution to automate our processes. 

The tool's most valuable feature is its embedded activities. 

UiPath needs to be easier to use. 

I have been using the product for two years. 

I rate UiPath's stability a nine out of ten. 

I rate the solution's scalability a nine out of ten. 

The tool's tech support is good. 

Positive

I have used Blue Prism before. 

The tool's deployment was easy. 

A consultant helped us with the tool's deployment. 

We have seen ROI with UiPath's use. 

The tool's pricing is fairly reasonable. 

We wanted to minimize manual work so that our employees could utilize their time efficiently. 

The solution has helped us save employees' time and money. 

I rate the product a nine out of ten. You should utilize the training, practice exams, and all other information in UiPath. 

We use the solution for building automation. 

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.

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. 

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

The product is stable. 

The solution has been scalable. 

Technical support is very good and very responsive. 

Positive

We did not previously use a different solution.

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

I have witnessed an ROI while using the solution. 

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

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. 

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. 

We use UiPath to automate some of our financial and HR workflows and to send emails to clients.

UiPath helps automate end-to-end processes.

It helps reduce the speed and cost of our digital transformation.

We do not require expensive or complex application upgrades to speed up and save costs in our digital transformation.

UiPath helps reduce human error, reducing our labor.

It saves me three hours per week.

UiPath saves us costs.

UiPath is a strong brand.

I would like UiPath to work more with our local partners, to provide us with lower prices, localized functionality, and support.

I currently use UiPath once a week. 

I would rate the stability of Uipath eight out of ten. We have had some stability issues with our VMware.

The local UiPath partner we are working with provides very slow responses to our technical issues.

Neutral

UiPath is priced 50 percent higher than our local RPA solutions.

I would rate the pricing of UiPath eight out of ten with ten being the most expensive.

I would rate UiPath seven out of ten.

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.

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.

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.

One functionality we would like to see is OCR.

I have been using UiPath for the last three years.

It's very stable.

It is scalable.

We have not had technical support from UiPath.

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.

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.

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.

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.

We can't disclose our exact use cases, but we do intelligent automation with UiPath.

It reduces human error and most bots are able to generate 50 to 60 percent savings in terms of employee time. It's definitely helping our organization to save costs. We are able to do work at one-sixth of the cost. Even after adding an FTE for bot support in the back end, UiPath saves us significantly on costs.

The Task Mining is one feature that is very helpful to any business analyst. I do business analysis, and the info that I produce goes to our UiPath team to develop automations. Task Mining is the only part I leverage.

UiPath is pretty flexible and offers security aspects as well. It helps us do intelligent automation, providing multi-language support. It can also integrate with any kind of application, such as Java or legacy-based applications. We can call APIs when needed, and it can be scheduled. We can even manage UiPath licenses for multiple uses.

It has certain built-in Excel features, so if you want to pick data from Excel or crunch data in Excel without using Excel macros, you can use UiPath and take that data to any type of ERP application. In that way, it's quite flexible. It has very good features that help you process data across different technologies and platforms.

The UiPath Academy courses are also very useful. I became certified in UiPath business analysis training, and have also done UiPath technical architect courses. It helps you kick-start your career in UiPath. It's very helpful.

UiPath helps with digital transformation at the outset, but I focus on the amount of runtime support needed for managing bots. If a bot is going to save four to six onshore resources, at least one offshore resource is needed to support it. That is one area where UiPath, Automation Anywhere, and every automation software has to focus. A lot of bots are highly sensitive. Even the slightest change in screen behavior or a small change in the process and, many times, they are not intelligent enough to run on their own. That means there is a high level of dependence on the support team. Automation software providers need to improve on this.

Also, UiPath could bring in a type of low-code or no-code automation so that it can be used by the masses instead of only by technically proficient people to develop solutions. Low-code or no-code automations would be really helpful. 

In addition, for intelligent automation to become really robust, a lot of features need to be added, and the accuracy of the model has to be improved. Right now, if I am going to implement any UiPath or AI solution, in the beginning, it will only be 30 to 40 percent accurate. It doesn't get to 70 to 80 percent.

These are the types of things that need to be improved in UiPath.

I have been using UiPath for between six and seven years.

It is a stable environment. It doesn't encounter any errors on its own, unless there are system or functional exceptions.

It has good scalability. We can even redeploy an existing use case to a new use case. Or when a new migration takes place, we can use UiPath by modifying it and making it work in the new enrollment.

Our support team handles technical support. I haven't contacted them.

The price is reasonable, although Orchestrator is really costly. Not many organizations will be able to afford that, but without Orchestrator, you can't do bot management. It becomes pretty difficult. UiPath has to focus on orchestration pricing. They need to bring in some innovative pricing.

From the business analysis angle, refine your use cases and make sure you are identifying the right ones, before deliberating about any automation platform, whether it is UiPath or not.