Reduces manual effort through automation and helps minimize operational risks
What is our primary use case?
My main use cases for UiPath Platform involve RPA, as we use it mostly for RPA and to automate data entry, some ETL work, control checks, and data processing.
My use cases for Agentic capabilities include reporting and fund accounting features.
What is most valuable?
UiPath Platform is good at detecting UIs.
These features have benefited my organization by reducing risk and saving money.
What needs improvement?
In terms of improvement, UiPath Platform should be easier to license.
I would like the next release of UiPath Platform to include a user interface or dashboard for our operations staff who would be using Maestro processes.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using UiPath Platform for two years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
We have experienced downtime and performance issues with Action Center performance, sending codes from websites, OTP codes when logging into websites, as it would time out on the OTP code and we would have to resend another one.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
UiPath Platform scales with the growing needs of my organization.
We have expanded usage of UiPath Platform, and the process was relatively smooth, although the biggest challenge was internal security concerns.
How are customer service and support?
I would evaluate customer service and technical support as medium.
The reason I rate it medium is that sometimes it takes us longer to get answers and, in my experience, some TAMs are stronger than others.
I would rate their technical support a seven based on the inconsistent knowledge within the TAMs.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Prior to adopting UiPath Platform, I was using Blue Prism.
How was the initial setup?
My experience with deploying UiPath Platform is positive.
What was our ROI?
I have seen a return on investment with UiPath Platform.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for UiPath Platform is unfavorable because it's too complicated.
There are too many different licenses for UiPath Platform, and it would be easier if it were more simple, and you charged me less.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
Before selecting UiPath Platform, we went to market with an RFP for Microsoft and Automation Anywhere, and we're currently a Blue Prism client as well.
What other advice do I have?
I assess Agentic AI's ability to extract data points as unclear because we use generative AI technically, not Agentic AI to extract data points.
My advice to other organizations considering UiPath Platform is to be prepared to spend some time to understand how it's licensed.
On a scale from one to ten, I would rate UiPath Platform overall as eight.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Hybrid Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Automation has reduced manual tasks and improved onboarding in financial operations
What is our primary use case?
My main use cases for UiPath Platform involve working in finance and banking, where we have a lot of manual processes relating to documentation.
Sometimes, we are still getting up to speed. One of the first things we have done is to take rates from the internet and transcribe them into our system, which is something that happens daily.
We also have some account cleanup tasks, such as using the bots to delete old items hanging out on our systems. Additionally, we are working on some onboarding processes, covering a couple of different areas.
What is most valuable?
We are still getting up to speed with UiPath Platform, so we're just using basic UiPath Studio and Orchestrator, and as the process owner of the whole thing, I definitely prefer Orchestrator.
It's difficult to explain to UiPath Platform how RPA helps since we don't have something specific that we're using, however, we are definitely seeing some dramatic time savings on the things we have automated so far.
What needs improvement?
I just came out of the product meeting, and I can say they are doing a great job as it is.
I hope we can leverage a lot of the agentic features. We are taking a more cautious approach on AI.
Making things more user-friendly, particularly for end-users, allowing those people to get involved in the process, would be wonderful, as I saw with Maestro.
I cannot think of any additional features off the top of my head.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using UiPath Platform for about a year.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
We have not yet expanded usage, as we are still trying to establish our initial processes. I would assess the stability and reliability of UiPath Platform as great, as we haven't had any issues with the platform itself. I have not experienced any downtime, crashes, or performance issues with UiPath Platform.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
UiPath Platform scales with the growing needs of my organization very well.
How are customer service and support?
I would evaluate customer service and technical support as very good. We have only had one or two support cases so far, and they were handled adequately.
On a scale from one to ten, I would rate customer service, technical support, and product as a nine. There is always room for improvement.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I was not using another solution to address similar needs prior to adopting UiPath Platform. However, I should mention that we do have ExcelQ and we use Power Automate for small cases and one-offs.
How was the initial setup?
The deployment had some challenges, however, I don't know that that is unique. Understanding the infrastructure was a little bit of a challenge. That was also intertwined with our decision to host on-site and, host internally, yet on AWS, which was new for us at the time.
To this day, we face security challenges. Being in the financial sector, that's a big concern. And, having more concise documentation, specifically to those finance concerns, would be very helpful if that could be put out there somewhere.
What was our ROI?
So far, we are just about breaking even with UiPath Platform. We have had UiPath Platform for about a year; we are coming up on our renewal. I crunched some numbers a week ago, and we are a little bit under, however, since this is our first year, we understand it might take a bit of time to reach that speed.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing shows that it is definitely a cost, so we are trying to ensure we get good ROI on that. The licensing seems pretty simple, requiring us to purchase only per bot. I understand from my boss that things were a bit more complicated previously, so I appreciate that the licensing is simplified at this time. Of course, I wish we didn't have to pay per developer seat, however, that's how it goes.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
In considering other solutions before selecting UiPath Platform, Blue Prism was a top contender, and we also looked into Power Automate, however, it really didn't hold a candle to either of the other two.
We went with one of the UiPath Platform partners that helped us make that decision. What stood out to me in the evaluation process was our reliance on market share and the company's positioning as a leader. Blue Prism seemed to be having some organizational challenges that may impact their future direction. We liked the forward-thinking approach of UiPath Platform, and the pricing was on par with Blue Prism, making it seem a better choice.
What other advice do I have?
My thoughts on UiPath Platform's user community in terms of the value I gain by being part of it are that it is my first place to go if I have any questions or need some light troubleshooting, so it is very valuable for me. I think our developers also find a lot of value from there, figuring out how to structure certain things.
My advice to other organizations considering UiPath Platform is for larger organizations to take the plunge. For smaller organizations, I would suggest balancing how large of a scale they are interested in and if that justifies the cost. We are right on the cusp, so it can be challenging; we only have about 1,600 employees, which limits our scaling potential. We really need to work to get that ROI.
On a scale from on eto ten, I would rate UiPath Platform overall as a nine, as it is pretty good.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Saves significant productivity hours through seamless automation and reliable orchestration features
What is our primary use case?
The main use case for UiPath Platform is RPA, or more specifically, Intelligent Automation.
What is most valuable?
The features of UiPath Platform that I appreciate the most are Queues and Orchestration. These features have benefited my organization by saving hundreds of thousands of productivity hours and labor hours per year.
My team has used the vendor's UiPath Academy course. The biggest benefit that I have seen from the academy is that it gets people started quickly and provides a consistent foundation in how to use the product.
What needs improvement?
UiPath Platform can be improved by including the ability to build human-in-the-loop interfaces with chat and with web apps in the next release.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using UiPath Platform for ten years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I would assess the stability and reliability of UiPath Platform as high; in the last eight years, we have probably submitted fewer than five support tickets, and I have not experienced any downtime, crashes, or performance issues.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
UiPath Platform scales very well with the growing needs of my organization. We have expanded usage to every corner of the company, and the process has been smooth, supported by a rich citizen developer program.
How are customer service and support?
I would evaluate customer service and technical support as having recently improved, considering there was a year where I did not speak with any representative of UiPath.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Prior to adopting UiPath Platform, we were using Pega Systems and Kryon about ten years ago to address similar needs.
How was the initial setup?
My experience with deploying UiPath Platform has been seamless and has gone exceptionally.
What was our ROI?
I have seen a return on investment with UiPath Platform, including hundreds of thousands of hours saved per year.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
My experience with the pricing, setup costs, and licensing is that pricing is the weakest part of UiPath Platform, which is driving people to other vendors.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We are constantly evaluating platforms and technologies; for RPA, it would be Power Platform, and for agentic workflows, crew.ai, and all the other small ones were considered before selecting UiPath Platform.
What other advice do I have?
My advice to another organization considering UiPath Platform is to evaluate use cases carefully, figure out the right ones to put on the platform, educate the developers really well, have them take academy classes, or bring in a partner to build the first few.
On a scale from one being the worst to ten being the best, I would rate UiPath Platform overall as a nine.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Enables seamless process automation and simplifies issue resolution using task routing
What is our primary use case?
My main use case for UiPath Platform is that I do a lot of automation, being a developer as well as a BA, and mainly we help businesses and financials using Orchestrator.
What is most valuable?
The best feature in the latest release of UiPath Platform for me is the Orchestrator, which I find very user-friendly for navigation, as I haven't seen such a good Orchestrator among any of the other competitors.
The best example I can give for the Orchestrator in UiPath Platform is that we have processes that contain thousands and thousands of queue items. Orchestrator makes it way easier for us to identify failed transactions, navigate what went wrong, and pinpoint the issues to bottleneck them out, allowing us to work on the issues and making the processes smoother.
I have used the vendor's UiPath Academy courses and I'm currently pursuing a course for BA. The biggest benefits I have seen from UiPath Academy are that it walks you through the basics. Even though the documentation is available on the portal, you need to search for it. Going through the Academy from start to finish in the video format, it provides a way to practice what we are learning. It's a tuition class where you can practice and validate your understanding.
I am a part of the UiPath user community and I aim to become an MVP one day. It helps me with many unresolved questions, such as determining which activity to use when and where, and the community is super helpful, responding across different time zones, providing a multicultural environment for assistance.
What needs improvement?
The next release of UiPath Platform should include a direct link to the documentation page from the Orchestrator, which would save us the trouble of searching it out. The negative aspect we considered was how quickly we can set things up on different platforms.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using UiPath Platform for five years, since day one.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
We have experienced some downtime; over the long term, we've faced issues lasting a day, however, they are resolved within that timeframe, and I haven't seen any issues persist for longer than a day.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
In terms of scaling with UiPath Platform, we haven't encountered any issues. Adding machines just relies on Orchestrator and different robot IDs, requiring no code changes.
The no-code to low-code framework simplifies the process for us. We have expanded usage significantly, transitioning processes that were previously limited to a certain set of business users to enterprise-wide applications, involving various business units and scaling has never been a challenge due to the ease of adding machines and robot IDs via Orchestrator.
How are customer service and support?
For technical support, we have a standard team called the MSP team from UiPath Platform who supports us, operating on a 24 by 5 model. They provide us great assistance, and we have a technical account manager who is really helpful.
I would rate customer service and technical support at a ten out of ten. They address any issues and complaints we have. The technical support managers evaluate problems themselves, and if necessary, they assist us in raising a ticket with the product support team, which adapts the product to meet our customized needs, ensuring we haven't faced any challenges.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Prior to adopting UiPath Platform, my company used Resource Pro and organizations that assisted in manual data entry, so no other solution addressed our similar needs. They switched over primarily due to costs and the need for time efficiency; we wanted to save human efforts and expedite processes, which eventually leads to better ROI.
How was the initial setup?
My experience with deploying UiPath Platform is pretty much simple; the process has remained consistent for five years. We use Bitbucket to deploy our codes and then transfer them for deployment where unattended machines and robots operate. It takes just one time to learn, and thereafter, we can do this every time.
What was our ROI?
I actually don't deal with the ROI from our team. I've definitely heard that whenever our leadership meets and collaborates, they save a lot of human hours and realize significant ROI.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I'm lucky enough not to handle the pricing and setup; my company manages that. However, when I was learning, I was a student and I did all the basic and free things, so I haven't paid a penny.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
The solutions we considered before choosing UiPath Platform were Power Automate and Blue Prism, where we checked them out, however, we found that UiPath Platform has a comprehensive umbrella of products that we can leverage across different environments.
What other advice do I have?
We haven't used Agentic AI in our processes yet. We plan to do it.
One fair advice to organizations considering UiPath Platform is that it might feel overwhelming initially, however, I would recommend starting with processes that are challenging to build. For instance, if you're in healthcare, tackle healthcare processes with more data and complexity, or in finance or insurance, deal with processes that have higher volumes and more UI changes. Once you undertake these hard processes, it simplifies the creation of smaller processes moving forward.
I would rate UiPath Platform overall at an eight out of ten, reserving the extra two points as there are various competitors and platforms.
UiPath Platform is making changes to introduce Agentic and enhance user-friendliness, and while I think it's fair enough to use UiPath Platform due to the range of products, I still perceive potential areas for improvement.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Amazon Web Services (AWS)