UiPath Platform Reviews

The main use cases I see my clients implementing UiPath Platform for vary. It can be procure-to-pay, finance functions, GL reconciliation, and invoicing, specifically in the finance space. That's my background. 

Many customers implement Agentic AI, Agentic automation in the BPO space where they want to take away the human in the loop function, put an agent, and orchestrate that on top of calls and everything. 

The other places we're seeing a lot of traction are law firms, which are very document-heavy. They're trying to get agents sitting on top of their documents and trying to get information, which basically saves them a lot of time and effort. Even my wife's a lawyer, so I know they are running into many issues, wasting too much time with document processing, gathering, and then understanding the gist of the documentation, aligning it to the case. 

We're very user-heavy with a lot of human intervention. If it's possible to build agents to do the work with a chatbot and then orchestrate the chatbot and put guardrails around it in terms of testing and everything, that becomes our biggest function. On the finance side, be that reconciliation, where we can build an agent or an orchestrator which can help reconcile end-of-period bookings and then add top-line, bottom-line.

UiPath Platform offers features Maestro and the whole Agentic jump that others don't. Others are trying to catch up, but they're not there yet. They have their own version, however, they've really taken the initiative and tried to do this before anyone can. The test suite is a differentiator. If you look at SS&C Blue Prism or Automation Anywhere, they don't have the capability.

The biggest benefit from Academy courses is that it's very much driven by UiPath professionals who work for UiPath. They really understand what the product can do and how it aligns to market needs. We've seen that once people go through certifications or coursework, they understand the product very deeply. They understand how to position it in the market and how to differentiate it from its competitors.

The product in itself is very robust. As mentioned earlier, it really scales, drives value, and there's good ROI on the product. If you are considering an RPA product, UiPath Platform definitely is one to consider, given the length and breadth of its capabilities and how quickly you can generate ROI on it.

UiPath Platform could be better growing in the Agentic and the GenAI space. They are trying to get there. Traditionally, they are an RPA firm, so they are hamstrung by that because the market knows them as someone who does RPA. I know they're trying to change the narrative, but if they can come out with a very solid product which can help drive Agentic or GenAI use cases, they could become the leader in the market. To make it a ten out of ten, there needs to be a jump in the Agentic and the GenAI space.

I have been using and implementing UiPath Platform for two to three years.

With the cloud now, scaling with the growing needs of the organizations has become extremely easy. You just have to know if you need to add bots. The licensing has become very simple. 

Depending upon the use case, the scalability has become easy. You can go up and down based on capacity and how many bots and processes you want to automate. Scalability was never an issue for UiPath Platform, and with cloud it's become all the more easier.

It's a great product with great people who are very supportive and help everyone. I've worked with a lot of account executives, and they are true to the end. Having worked with other product companies, it is all about the sale and then disappearing. 

These account executives are really helpful. They take it to the end. 

UiPath Platform has been the Cadillac of the RPA world for a reason. It's left its competitors behind. If you look at the market space about five or six years back, there was Blue Prism, Automation Anywhere, and all the others. They still exist, however, they've fallen behind UiPath Platform in terms of market share. The reason for that is the reliability, the product as a whole, support, community, all of that. All of this makes the product a lot more stable and available.

I wouldn't call deployment simple. It isn't trivial. If you have the right set of people and partners who can really position or help you, it's not a setback, and it's relatively straightforward. If the partner's helping you and you have a very defined use case, you have your servers identified, you have everything identified, it becomes very straightforward. 

The documentation UiPath provides is also pretty good. We have a good set of people who have been there, done that. That's why we find it a little more straightforward.

Agentic is the next evolution of RPA. We have customers who have saved millions of dollars or thousands of hours in terms of time saved. 

The evolution now is Agentic. We want to build on top of that to help them not only automate but also orchestrate some of the tasks they're doing. It's not a question of people losing jobs, it's a question of people being re-planned to do more useful things. 

On the Agentic side, there are not many ROI calculations we've done, primarily because it's relatively new. On the RPA side, we have anecdotal evidence across our customers where we've saved them millions of dollars on the finance processing side. For example, in procure-to-pay, AP and AR, reconciliation. 

We've worked with other customers in hospitality where we've built technical APIs across different functions, different platforms to pull data from different places, and help them automate all of that using UiPath Platform.

They're going through a lot of license changes right now. If you're on prem going to cloud, they've simplified it a lot. It's simple enough now. Earlier, it was a little more complicated. We work with UiPath enough to really know the license model and how it works and everything. 

In my current field of sales solutions, I've been working for about 20 years now. 

The specific Agentic automation capabilities I or my clients are utilizing are agent building, orchestration, and testing. UiPath Platform support tries their best to help. It sometimes gets a bad rap as, when you get to support, it means you've tried every trick in the book. 

I rate UiPath Platform eight out of ten.

The primary use case for UiPath Platform is to automate different processes, such as manual processes or time-consuming processes that we have. We try to automate them utilizing UiPath Platform and try to reduce the human dependency in the organization, or at least in business processes.

The primary benefit of UiPath Platform is absolutely clear. If you remove people from mundane work, manipulating Excel, getting data from SAP, and so on and so forth, it definitely helps them to elevate themselves and upgrade themselves in order to work on something better.

Studio and its capabilities are still at the top for me because if there is any process that I need to automate or I need to look into, that works really great. Apart from that, the integration service is a really cool thing. We utilize it a lot, and we also utilize the agentic capabilities, although it is kind of limited as of now, unlike if we utilize the cloud's agentic platform or something else that is pretty broad, and you can even integrate it with LangChain. That part is very limited in UiPath Platform as of now. It does give you a little bit of functionality, but not a lot. Apart from that, I really appreciate their Action Center. Orchestrator is another product which helps us act as a command center and helps us to control everything. That also works very well for us. Automation Hub works in order to maintain all of the automation ideas.

Agentic Automation has definitely helped us with a couple of complex scenarios that were not very straightforward to handle just with the help of UiPath Platform, specifically when we have to take some decisions when we are seeing a specific use case in front of us. Those kinds of scenarios we have also automated with the help of UiPath Platform.

One thing that UiPath Platform can definitely improve is they are currently making a ton of changes in their core products, such as Orchestrator and specifically in Studio. These changes are good to a point. Something which is working really well should not basically have a ton of changes in terms of changing the entire UI and changing the options. When the developer performs an upgrade, it is hectic. I now have to go through this entire new thing. I have to learn all of it. Things are still the same, but everything is moved. The way that we identify elements and the way that we deal with the identification of selectors and everything also keeps on changing with every upgrade. That is kind of a negative for me because I know how to handle a couple of things when it comes to Studio and those are working very well for me. When it comes to business users, it is even less for them. They do not know much, and when they learn and the UI changes, they are discouraged. They think they have to learn something new. UiPath Platform should focus on improving their product, but making too many changes too quickly in UI, even from one version to another, I think that is not a very good idea. However, it is not a very difficult thing to learn. After maybe a couple of days or maybe after a week, you get used to it. We do notice slowness as well. That is one of the things.

The biggest challenge that we face when dealing with UiPath Platform is the concept of unknowns or basically how different processes are connected to each other. They have tried to handle it to a certain level with the help of Automation Hub, but still the interconnected processes, like how one process is dependent upon another, that is not available. A best way to think about it is how a graph essentially works, with how one point is connected to another. I would really appreciate UiPath Platform to develop something, whether it is with the help of AI or a simple tool that they can develop, that can allow me as a business owner to put in all of my processes in there and see how one of my APIs is being utilized by four different processes. If this goes down, four of my automated processes are impacted. That functionality I would really love to see. They can move insights forward, I think. They can start focusing on it.

I am currently still working with UiPath Platform.

I give the stability of UiPath Platform an eight.

It requires too many resources, frankly, with scalability. I would rate it a seven. Because if I have to spin up a new machine, I have to get an additional license and everything. It is a headache. The licenses are too expensive for UiPath Platform. I give it a seven just because of that.

I would rate UiPath Platform technical support a nine, for sure. They are great.

The initial setup process for UiPath Platform is quite simple. The machines having everything is quite simple. Having that said, a couple of times, the debugging of an issue is not quite straightforward, but the initial setup is quite straightforward in my opinion. You should know what you are doing. You should be aware of the basic things before you dive into anything.

We have both models. We are resellers as well, and we also allow clients to purchase their licenses and then onboard on their self-hosted Orchestrator. However, if it is an Orchestrator that we are managing, most of the time we are the reseller.

I give the pricing for UiPath Platform a four, not even five. I do not think the pricing model of UiPath Platform is good. Moreover, every year they change their licensing model, which directly impacts their pricing, and people are confused as well. That is one thing.

I will compare UiPath Platform to products from other vendors such as Power Automate. In one line, UiPath Platform is only lacking in the license cost. Its license is too expensive for anyone to justify automating a small process, and that is where Power Automate has an edge. Apart from that, UiPath Platform provides a mature tool with better functionality and better options in order to automate, and I will say that overall experience with UiPath Platform is much better when you compare it with Power Automate. Having that said, just because of that license cost, UiPath Platform is kind of losing now. I am seeing a lot of vendors, even our clients are requesting to move away from UiPath Platform and try to utilize Power Automate or maybe any kind of agentic solution. That is where we are also trying to explore BotCity and a couple of other things which will not cost as much as UiPath Platform. Maybe in some scenarios, the cost is one-eighth of the actual license of UiPath Platform per year.

We do have some level of success with agentic automation. I will say that ninety percent of it is POC. I am aware of one project in our company which is actually running in production which is utilizing the agentic capabilities of UiPath Platform. With all of that said, I will say that the product that UiPath Platform is offering, personally, I think there is still a ton of work that needs to be done. For example, when we were utilizing their new document understanding offering as well, there were a lot of things which frankly were quite frustrating when it comes to deployment. We had to work with their team to make changes on the fly so that at least we can deploy our solution via the beta libraries that they were providing us over the call. That level of support is great, but it would have been much better if this was not required. We had to essentially delay the deployments and do a ton of things in order to essentially get things sorted out from UiPath Platform's side.

It is useful to monitor the tone or sentiment in messages for our operations. Every company has their own way of analyzing such data. Our company also has a lot of such data available. We do such analysis on this basis. Earlier it was simple reviews, but now we are doing that analysis on even complex data. One example, as I said earlier, is contracts that we are dealing with a lot. It is certainly useful, but it is still a developing technology in our opinion. It is getting matured. We are early adopters for sure. We would like it to improve further.

We did automate actions using UiPath Platform Communication Mining, but frankly, we have not explored it much because it has a very specific use case and we do not want our critical data to go inside their model, be analyzed, and do a lot of things. Most of the clients just back off because of that.

The biggest challenge that we face when dealing with UiPath Platform is the concept of unknowns or basically how different processes are connected to each other. They have tried to handle it to a certain level with the help of Automation Hub, but still the interconnected processes, like how one process is dependent upon another, that is not available. A best way to think about it is how a graph essentially works, with how one point is connected to another. I would really appreciate UiPath Platform to develop something, whether it is with the help of AI or a simple tool that they can develop, that can allow me as a business owner to put in all of my processes in there and see how one of my APIs is being utilized by four different processes. If this goes down, four of my automated processes are impacted. That functionality I would really love to see. They can move insights forward, I think. They can start focusing on it. I would rate this review as an eight overall.

Our use case is business process automation where we use UiPath Platform to automate different manual processes that are being done today at different business units in the company end to end.

The first best feature in UiPath Platform would be the Elastic Robot Orchestration, ERO, that helps to scale up or scale down robot devices automatically for cost optimization. The second would be the overall tenant concept in the orchestrator that isolates data and view based on function, ensuring security. The third would be its excellent integration capabilities with multiple applications, allowing for easy data pulling in our automation.

We have generally integrated it with most Microsoft-based applications such as MS Dynamics, SharePoint, Teams, and Outlook, as well as some non-Microsoft applications such as S/4HANA, SAP, and Salesforce.

For email automation, we are using the Communication Mining feature in UiPath Platform, allowing us to train the email documents to assess tone and content with about 90% accuracy.

In terms of UiPath Platform itself, I think improvements could be made to the UI arrangement to make it more user-friendly and simpler. The operational support is generally good, but often starts from scratch when we reach out with problems, resulting in wasted time. Finally, the cost and complexity of licenses could be simplified as some similar vendors provide features at a lower cost.

We have been using UiPath Platform since 2021.

I would rate the stability of UiPath Platform a nine, stating that downtime, bugs, or glitches are very rare.

The system is scalable. I would rate the scalability a perfect 10.

The UiPath Platform user community has been excellent, being very responsive, and we often seek help there to find solutions. The community team also organizes events regularly.

I would rate the technical support an eight.

Positive

We also use UiPath Platform besides Automation Anywhere.

If I compare UiPath Platform with Automation Anywhere, UiPath Platform's core RPA product is much more mature, with enterprise-grade features that Automation Anywhere still lacks. However, Automation Anywhere offers a simpler and faster go-to-market approach for automation development.

We are using the regular RPA platform instead of the Agentic Automation.

For email automation, we are using the Communication Mining feature in UiPath Platform, allowing us to train the email documents to assess tone and content with about 90% accuracy.

UiPath Academy is a one-stop solution that serves as a proper training platform, which we have integrated with our in-house training platform to keep our developers and solution architects up to date with new features and capabilities.

It depends on the use cases; we perform a cost-benefit analysis for every new use case, determining whether it is related to headcount saving, regulatory and compliance saving, or faster processing. In general, we keep a threshold of 100k US dollars in terms of direct FTE savings for each automation use case.

In terms of processing speed, we see a reduction of at least 50% to 60% after automation, which translates to significant time or effort savings per use case.

I would rate UiPath Platform an eight in terms of cost efficiency, with one being cheap and ten being expensive.

UiPath Platform works when reviewing the solution.

Since it is a SaaS platform, there is no maintenance required on our part, as everything is managed by the vendor.

I would definitely recommend this product to other enterprises as it is an enterprise-grade level RPA software, although it might not suit organizations operating at a lower scale or margin due to cost.

Overall, more than 1,000 users utilize the solution. I would rate this review a nine.

We primarily use UiPath Platform to replicate business processes in the order management space, the service assurance space, the supply chain and warehouse spaces, as well as the business intelligence space.

Primarily, we utilize the simple UI automation with all of our tools. In our business, there are tons of different platforms and it's not always easy to get the right access to integrate them natively through code. We use UiPath Platform to overcome some of the environmental challenges that we see in the business. Across our automation suite in UiPath Platform, we're saving a little over ten million dollars a year.

We haven't started using some of the newer, better features in UiPath Platform. A lot of the features I'd want to be able to use, they've already rolled out. We just haven't taken advantage of them yet. The only reason that it wouldn't be a ten out of ten right now is that they don't always identify my needs before I identify them to get their help.

I have been in my current role for seven years. I've been using UiPath for four years. 

It has been very stable and reliable, working great for us. We have a couple of redundancy measures set up, but I haven't had to implement them in the four years that I've been running the platform. I basically just have disaster recovery for redundancy.

It scales really well. We have quite a few automations and the team is constantly working to enhance and improve them.

UiPath Platform support has been great. 

We have a technical account manager that we work really closely with. He's helped us to upgrade our Orchestrator and upgrade the platform that we're using. He works through whatever unique internal environment scenarios we have to overcome to make sure that it's doing exactly what we need, even though we're constantly having new security measures to implement on top of it.

Positive

We have looked into using Power Automate and Blue Prism in the past, and didn't find enough value in their products versus what we get from UiPath Platform for the price that we pay to really incentivize us to move off the platform we're currently on.

I didn't actually set up UiPath Platform originally. I was not involved in the initial deployment. When my team took it over, we had to redeploy it.

We inherited the UiPath team, and recently we renegotiated our contract to have an enterprise license, and the pricing is great now.

The pricing has been fine.

My advice to others would be to understand the environment you're looking to deploy it in and ensure you don't over-engineer it. 

On a scale of one to ten, I would rate UiPath Platform as a nine. While there is always room for improvement, based on the industry leaders I've seen, they're not missing anything that anyone else is doing any better.

My main use case for UiPath Platform is that we use it for a lot of revenue cycle operations, automating different tedious revenue cycle tasks, besides automation.

The features that I appreciate the most on UiPath Platform are the Orchestrator and the ability to kick it off without having to manually do it. One big benefit of these features on UiPath Platform is that I didn't have to have someone manually kick it off; that's one big benefit that saves time and effort, allowing me to run it 24/7.

It also does a great job providing tracking and history, and we can leave breadcrumbs with it to see where things left off and stopped.

My teams have used the vendor's UiPath Academy course. The biggest benefits I have seen from using the Academy when we first started three years ago with UiPath Platform are that those courses helped a lot with just getting used to it, especially since we had to put our skills in our laps, never having done it before. The Academy was straightforward and helped us get started.

Improving the forms on UiPath Platform so you can easily assess answers could be a big benefit. The different dashboards are not very convenient or handy; you have to do a lot of manipulation with them, and I'd rather have ease of use and them be more user-friendly.

It would also be nice to have better insights into the processes, such as whether they are running smoothly and what the outcome is, because we have to leave a lot of breadcrumbs when we build something and would rather not have to do all that.

I have been using UiPath Platform for three years.

I have not experienced any downtime, crashes, or performance issues with the stability and reliability of UiPath Platform.

UiPath Platform scales with our growing needs; we have definitely expanded on it utilizing a lot of the current licensing model we had, so we didn't have to buy many new licenses. However, when license time came around or when AI units came around, we did see significant costs and lower ROI.

I would evaluate customer service and technical support for UiPath Platform as very good.

Positive

Prior to adopting UiPath Platform, I did consider using a different solution to address my similar needs, as I think the right tool is for the right job.

My experience with deploying UiPath Platform was really simple, and I appreciated how UiPath actually has people who would help you with it as well.

I have seen a return on investment with UiPath Platform; my first year doing it, we saved about 12 FTEs of hours.

My experience with the pricing, setup costs, and licensing for UiPath Platform is that I think it's very expensive; when comparing it to Power Automate or another company, Power Automate is obviously cheaper. All the other companies are kind of in line with the pricing, but I just think it's a real high cost that seems to keep going up, which reduces my return on investment.

Before selecting UiPath Platform, we compared all the major players and looked at the Gartner scale of who was on top. We did some peer references from people I knew in the industry and the gradual typical approach you would go to. We also got to see a demo of it, and compared to other demos, UiPath definitely looked more user-friendly; that's what stood out the most since the cost was pretty much the same as others.

The advice I would give to another organization considering UiPath Platform is to strongly consider your team and what kind of needs your team has; because with different solutions, there are different levels of computer science background you need, and whether you want low-code or no-code versus having someone who has business acumen with a bit of development skills, or just a high development department—so consider your staff. 

I would rate my overall usage of UiPath Platform as definitely an eight out of ten.

At my current job, my main use case for UiPath Platform is general processes for finances, where many of them deal with finances. We do data entry with UI automation, and I would say the majority is UI automation.

Examples of how the features of UiPath Platform have benefited my organization include tracking, metrics, and analytics. It feeds into Insights, and it's really useful when it comes to dealing with fires that arise every day. Being able to diagnose and actually look inside is good, having it all organized.

The features of UiPath Platform that I prefer most, as compared to Power Automate, include Orchestrator, which is good, and I appreciate built-in data extraction. 

IXP is a good upgrade over Document Understanding, and Action Center is nice. Overall, Orchestrator as a whole is good. 

With IXP, we have a few large processes that leverage extraction from PDFs, which has been pretty helpful. Same thing with Action Center; anything that we do with IXP or extractions we include human in the loop.

To improve UiPath Platform, I would really want to see improvements on Action Center in customization on how it's laid out. They have a layout that makes sense in some cases, but I would want to actually create a custom UI for Action Center because sometimes it does not make sense what they're trying to do, and you want to move things around. If we could edit the CSS, that would be great.

On all of their tools, especially those meant for attended or human in the loop, any interface that we have that is business facing should be customizable. I would prefer to see UiPath hands off on that and just let the user figure out what is best for the end user instead of it being a prepackaged thing. Sometimes it works and makes total sense, but in other cases, it does not. Business users ask, 'Can we change this? Can we do this? Can we do that?' and the answer is often 'We can't because it's prepackaged.'

I have been using UiPath Platform for five or six years.

I have not experienced issues with stability or reliability in UiPath Platform. Orchestrator has been down once in the past year.

UiPath Platform seems to scale appropriately for the growing needs of my organization.

My evaluation of customer service and technical support is overall positive as we have direct communication with the product team, and they are pretty good. 

On a scale from one being the worst to ten being the best, I would rate customer service and technical support an eight. 

They are mostly good, though sometimes we catch them reading off the wiki, and we do not need that when we can read it ourselves.

Positive

When you're doing staple UI automation or data entry, the implementation works well. It's consistent. We've been privileged to use all of their products really early. 

We had a lot of issues with IXP. We've been using it since last October, and it was really just trial and error and figuring out what worked, what didn't work. It's all fixable. It's just a matter of timeline. Some things are quick fixes. Some things take months. 

While we have a hybrid setup, we are moving to the cloud.

Before selecting UiPath Platform, I considered leveraging everything, including Power Automate and the entire Power App suite. 

I have used Blue Prism in the past. I find Power Automate always available. Even when I use UiPath Platform, for any email intake we do, if business wants to do a data entry process with an Excel input file, I pick up that email with Power Automate and create a queue item for UiPath Orchestrator through an API call, which is easier because it's part of Microsoft. 

If I need to use O365, mainly SharePoint, Teams, or Excel as part of a process, I opt to do that portion in Power Automate because it's simpler. For complex code that is required, data manipulation, extraction, and UI automation, I still prefer using UiPath Platform since we already have the environment set up for that, but data manipulation in Power Automate is a nightmare.

My advice to another organization considering UiPath Platform is to make sure you understand what makes for good automation. Don't try to do something overly complex; don't shoot for the stars, as you might have a really bad experience and waste a lot of money and time. 

I would rate UiPath Platform as a solid eight or nine out of ten.

My use cases for UiPath Platform in my organization are to automate process, operation process and the business process.

I find the security features of UiPath Platform most valuable because I don't have problems with UiPath Platform during my journey, and I appreciate the support. The support of UiPath Platform is very fast, with rules and security response, which makes it responsible, and I appreciate this. I have seen time saved and value from using UiPath Platform so far. Security operations are very important for us, but I think the time saved is significant.

I think UiPath Platform could improve in the catalog regarding options and hyperautomation, as I think this is more evaluated, and operations too. I don't want to see additional features in future releases. I don't have current pain points that I would want them to fix.

I have been using UiPath Platform for almost four or five years.

I assess the stability and reliability of UiPath Platform as very good.

The support of UiPath Platform is very fast, with rules and security response, which makes it responsible, and I appreciate this.

Positive

I have considered other automation solutions in the last years, but for RPA, I only used UiPath Platform and Automation Hub among other things.

My experience with deploying UiPath Platform is very good, as my team discusses this, saying it's very secure and fast.

My experience with contracting for UiPath Platform is good, and I think there is an opportunity for price revision, but it's a good negotiation for us because of security.

I have seen time saved and value from using UiPath Platform so far. We have 800 people saved now with using UiPath Platform in terms of FTEs. That is per year, the time I am saving with UiPath Platform.

I selected UiPath Platform over Automation Anywhere because of its security, as I think it's the best.

The price is what would make it a perfect solution for me. I would give UiPath Platform support a rating of nine on a scale of one to 10. I have experience with contracting, licensing, and pricing of UiPath Platform, but I handle this job once a year during the contract revision. I currently have almost 300 robots deployed with UiPath Platform. I deployed a little more than a hundred robots across several years. I plan to expand and deploy more robots next year. I would rate UiPath Platform a nine on a scale of one to 10.

Currently, we are using mostly RPA, which is fixed automation, outcome-based. We know what the input and output are. This will do that regular task, so that is what is current. Earlier I was preferring RPA, however after seeing agentic's potential, I wanted to explore more on agentic AI and how that entire business workflow can be automated. 

Currently, we are in food manufacturing, and we have many business functions such as order-to-pay or procurement-to-order. We are doing all these things by having third-party software such as an ERP suite, Snowflake, and other tools. 

I want to explore how we can use Maestro to bring up that entire business automation workflow. We are trying to achieve the same business flow that is happening. I wanted to try it with Maestro. 

We went with UiPath Platform for a specific use case. We were already doing it, however, there was significant manual involvement. So, for us to implement UiPath Platform was to find software or a tool that can automate all these things. 

For our use cases, we were previously using different tools and a tech stack. It made a difference, though not drastic, with about a 2 to 3% change over in the three or four use cases we are doing. It was previously a manual process combined with specific tools. With UiPath Platform, we are using RPA bots and have removed all other tools.

As a business-based person who handles engineering and IT from the business side, I can say that improvements would be beneficial in the automation of the entire software development life cycle through more agents, similar to the testing automation currently being done.

The activities we have implemented are pretty straightforward. The testing time and process were somewhat challenging. While deployment was straightforward and easy, the testing part, particularly testing the functional use case, was difficult. 

Writing test cases and dealing with failures was challenging. We had apprehensions about whether it would work well with the current setup, even with some latency. 

I have been using UiPath Platform for the past eight months.

We maintain metrics and KPIs for these bots, monitoring their functionality and performance. We compare metrics between previous and current states, which shows significant improvement. We have not experienced any stability issues so far.

While we are not using the full set of functions or functionality of UiPath Platform, only utilizing a limited part of RPA bots, we have experienced good scalability with what we are using.

I have been using the community support, which I would rate between seven to eight out of ten. 

The response is good as they have a large community. When questions are posted, someone always tries to help. The notification system is effective, alerting users when someone from UiPath Platform has posted a potential solution to their thread.

In terms of technical support, we haven't reached out so far so I can't say how they are.

Positive

It made a tremendous change in the way that we are doing the deployments. Right now, are doing on-prem deployments. It's connected, yet we eventually wanted to move to UiPath Cloud or maybe AWS. 

It's pretty straightforward for whatever the activities that we have made, and we didn't have much. Testing was pretty straightforward and easy yet testing the functional use case made it a little difficult.

The change came from business requirements when customers indicated that the current process was not optimal. We then started exploring alternative solutions, which led us to implement UiPath Platform.

We wanted to remove that manual intervention or bring up some human touch there. First, we did a prototype to see how the end-to-end workflow was happening for one use case. Then we tried to derive metrics, such as how much time we are saving in terms of resources and for the entire flow. It made a significant difference for us at that point in time. Usually, it used to take many minutes and had to interact with numerous tools and technologies. When we implemented UiPath Platform and RPA, it showed substantial improvements from a metrics perspective regarding time savings and overall efficiency.

I cannot provide specific advice about certain aspects as we have not extensively explored all features. We have not had to raise any support requests so far. 

Every business and company has its own requirements. The best suggestion is to understand the full functionality of UiPath Platform and carefully consider the areas where it should be implemented rather than utilizing it everywhere without proper evaluation.

Based on the overall functionality and features being used, the reviewer rated UiPath Platform an eight out of ten, indicating satisfaction with the solution.

My main use cases for UiPath Platform in my current organization involve automation, so it helps with use cases where I don't want to do too much coding, where it's easier to pick up and I want Orchestrator. 

An obvious example of automations I've done is onboarding. We onboard users with various applications through UiPath Platform. So the ticket will come in, the bot will pick up the ticket, it'll go to all these applications, give you the access you requested and then it closes the ticket as well.

Originally for onboarding, we had many errors happening where the wrong access was given or admin access was accidentally approved. Now, when the bot picks it up, it'll check stuff like that. And if it's admin access, it will go to an extra approval step. Before, it might have been accidentally slipped through and it would be a lot of user error in that case. So now we don't have any errors for onboarding.

The features of UiPath Platform that I find most valuable are probably the orchestration part. You're able to see everything happen in real-time. You're able to see the logs as well. Everything's all in one application.

It's difficult to say where UiPath Platform could improve. Many of the improvements that I want are something they're planning to have done. 

An example would be Agentic AI; it was something that I wanted a bit ago. An integration with various other software that they spoke about today includes Google Cloud, Salesforce, and similar platforms. It's still coming out. I don't see everything, so it's hard for me to pinpoint something specific that they don't have on their roadmap.

I have been working in my current field for almost eight years now. I have been using UiPath Platform for six of those years, or five of them.

I would assess the stability and reliability of UiPath Platform and its bots or automations as pretty good. I would say reliability is very based on the developer. In terms of software, how it was built.

The plan is always to expand more. There's always something to do. As the company grows, so does the workload. So there's definitely a lot more work now. We currently sit at probably about 30 to 50 bots. We're looking to expand, probably double over time.

Prior to adopting UiPath Platform in my company, I had used other automation software, such as Power Automate, Automation Anywhere, and Python has a bunch of libraries that are available. 

We've used what we consider the best tool for the job. If it's within the Microsoft environment, we'll go towards the Azure stack rather than UiPath Platform. My current company, when I joined, already had UiPath Platform. They saw that UiPath Platform was pretty much a big leader in the space for RPA. It's a pretty big name.

My experience with deploying UiPath Platform and robots is pretty simple. It's very user-friendly. You don't really need a software background to pick it up. Deploying is just a couple of buttons.

We reduced our onboarding time for new developers from one to three days of the ticket closing to within the hour, 30 minutes.

I have evaluated other RPA solutions to compare with UiPath Platform in terms of both pros and cons; probably the biggest competitor would be Power Automate. It has the backing of Microsoft, which is huge. They have OpenAI, they have native connectivity with their entire environment. So it's a really big pro. The con is they're not very good at orchestration; they're more workflow-based, so that's a drawback. That's where UiPath Platform has an advantage.

My advice for someone who is considering UiPath Platform is simply to do it. A ten out of ten for me would be having native integration with everything I'd want and I don't think that'll ever happen. I'd want is Teams, however, Microsoft owns it, and they wouldn't give it away. 

On a scale of one to ten, I rate UiPath Platform an eight. It's a really good platform in terms of what it does and what it's offering now; it's getting better.

I started with UiPath Platform for evaluation purposes and found it to be effective. We are now using it for processes and Intelligent Document Processing (IDP). These are the two main use cases that I have implemented using UiPath Platform. There are several different scenarios we can implement, and I have used it for both RPA and IDP.

I have used both attended and unattended automation options. The majority of my processes are unattended, but I have developed attended processes as well.

UiPath Platform is a low code solution. It offers a wide variety of activities and integrations with multiple applications, including CRM tools. At the same time, it provides us the flexibility to write our own custom code using features like Invoke Code or languages such as VBA and Python. This means we have the freedom to create our own code while also benefiting from a low code platform that allows us to build solutions based on existing activities.

One of the great things about UiPath Platform is its rapid evolution. This keeps people interested, especially when news breaks that new features are rolling out. Organizations become curious about potential use cases and how they can implement these updates. It’s impressive that they invest so much in improvement because it helps us enhance our offerings to business teams. With a single tool that encompasses a variety of functionalities, we can seamlessly integrate and address multiple problems simultaneously.

UiPath Platform is evolving and continuously adding new features. When I started, UiPath Platform was straightforward and easy to learn, even easy to implement because every function or predefined action, called an activity, was self-cleared and self-explanatory regarding its function, input, output format, and capabilities. They are currently implementing AI in every single product of theirs.

It is currently becoming somewhat complicated because AI is good, but too much of everything might spoil the dish. They are trying to evolve or include AI features everywhere, which could be challenging because I am not able to find proper use cases for each product having AI. Until we have specific use cases, we would not be able to use it effectively, and this also complicates the development and environment. This is one concern I have currently, though they might have other perspectives while developing this. My personal view is that involving AI in every product might be premature until we find actual use cases.

The AI integration is promising. We can utilize AI across various applications. We have autopilot functions, auto-healing capabilities, and now they’ve introduced IXP, which stands for Intelligent Access and Processing using AI. Additionally, we have communication mining for large language models (LLMs), which is a significant advancement. While it's good that we are leveraging AI to tackle problems, I do have concerns about relying too heavily on AI without fully understanding its actual usage. There’s a trend to incorporate AI into everything, even basic RPA tasks. That’s something to keep in mind.

My primary concern is related to the lack of clear use cases for AI technologies. I am a fan of AI and actively use it, but without proper use cases, its applications can seem unproductive. As we introduce these tools, their complexity tends to increase, and without defined scenarios for implementation, it becomes challenging to adapt to the technology effectively. Currently, new features are being rolled out, but we lack comprehensive insights into how to set them up and utilize them effectively. It would be helpful to understand the specific scenarios where we can apply these tools. If I had access to relevant use cases, I would be able to leverage AL tools more effectively. When new products are offered, it's essential that the providers also include use cases, training, and documentation to fill this information gap.

I have been using UiPath Platform for around seven to eight years.

The downtime for UiPath Platform is very minimal. I would rate it a nine out of ten.

For bugs, I would give a rating of around eight and a half. While they may not have many bugs, there could be better documentation. They offer a wide range of features, so having proper documentation and clear configurations is very important. 

Scalability is good for UiPath Platform. I would rate it a nine out of ten.

My organization works only on RPA solutions, so about 80% to 90% people are working with UiPath Platform. The client we are working with has a very small team of two to three developers.

Initially, their support was great, but now, since they are catering to a larger number of customers, I learned that they have different support plans. This means that support can be provided via email or phone, depending on the support plan you purchase from them. For resolving any issues, I believe it would be more effective to discuss matters over a call rather than through emails.

I am uncertain if they are fully aware of how this shift has affected their support quality. In the past, it seemed there were no different support plans, but now there are. I'm not sure about the cost differences either, but I would prefer comprehensive support for those who are paying for it.

There are instances where I encounter configuration issues that aren't well documented or where I face understanding gaps. Coming from a technical background, I often find that certain configurations need to be handled by the infrastructure team. In those situations, getting assistance from the support team would be much easier if we could arrange a call rather than relying on email exchanges.

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With cloud infrastructure, they manage the entire application environment themselves. In contrast, on-premises setups are more complex, as we need to deploy multiple applications that require integration. This approach also comes with certain limitations, particularly regarding the use of large language models (LLMs) and AI technologies. Therefore, deploying solutions on the cloud is generally easier compared to managing them on-premises, which can be a bit more challenging.

I have been using their cloud solution for the last four to five years, but the Orchestrator is on-premises.

In terms of maintenance, an RPA solution requires ongoing maintenance, especially when applications are updated, formatting changes, or processes are modified. Various factors can necessitate upgrading or maintaining RPA systems. However, if there are no external impacts on the process, inputs, or outputs, the system can run smoothly for an extended period—possibly for a year or more—without issues or significant maintenance. Dependent applications, such as third-party applications, which are outside the control of RPA, can impact the process. Changes or updates to these external applications can indeed impact the overall process.

I'm not heavily involved in pricing, but I know that license prices are continuously increasing. The cost often depends on the organization and the number of licenses purchased, with larger purchases generally resulting in lower costs. This can lead to savings on extra expenses, especially since providers are now offering solutions as a service. For smaller organizations that may not have the infrastructure to support complex setups, using tools directly on UiPath Cloud can be a viable option. This strategic approach seems to be well thought out by the providers.

My experience with various tools leads me to believe that UiPath is significantly ahead of its competitors. They invest a lot of resources into continuously evolving and upgrading their products, especially with the incorporation of AI technology, which is a hot topic right now.

However, it's important to note that your choice of tools depends on your specific needs. For basic Robotic Process Automation (RPA), there are multiple vendors available that may offer more affordable options, including some open-source tools in the market.

When it comes to Intelligent Document Processing (IDP), there are also numerous vendors to consider. Ultimately, what matters most is your priorities and requirements. UiPath stands out in the market due to its comprehensive suite of solutions, which includes RPA, testing tools, IDP tools, Intelligent Process Automation (IPA), process mining tools, and communication mining tools. This wide range of offerings can greatly aid organizations in their digital transformation journeys. Therefore, UiPath is a leading choice for RPA products.

UiPath Insights is a valuable feature. Recently, they introduced UiPath Maestro, which I believe is focused on BPMN processes. For analytics, there are tools for communication mining and process mining. However, I haven't worked with any specific analytics tools yet. While UiPath does provide various insights, I wouldn't say there’s a dedicated analytics tool that I've used.

I would recommend it depending on the use case. If you are looking for an enterprise-level or full end-to-end solution for your automation journey, you should consider UiPath Platform. However, if you only need individual functionality like Robotic Process Automation (RPA), you can choose any other RPA vendor. If you have a significant pipeline of tasks to automate or a variety of processes that require automation, UiPath Platform is an excellent option. It provides robust integration capabilities and can handle multiple use cases. Conversely, if the focus is on a specific problem and there are budget constraints, opting for another vendor might be more suitable.

I would rate UiPath Platform an eight out of ten.