Business Transformation and Automation Manager at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
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If we are thinking about customer facing processes, we have seen savings of about 25% of the workforce involved

What is our primary use case?

The thing that I find very interesting with UiPath is that no process is too simple or too complex to put UiPath on it, so it can work anywhere on any type of process. This is why we're able to put in on customer facing processes, but also back office processes, for example in voice processing.

What is most valuable?

Firstly, it showed everybody that automation is possible and that it does not require much effort. The future holds a lot of surprises when you put the right technology to the right process, then you get great results. What I can say is that we see a solid return on investment, both for us and for our customers.

What needs improvement?

We have seen issues in the past, but we've also seen the actions that it can do to correct them. For example, it's just one color change or the place of a button in an application change and so on.

I'm looking more at the potential of this product, so looking back, we had support for everything that was needed, our small issues were fixed, but now I'm looking at the roadmap that UiPath has for this product. 

I can say with confidence that is a future proofing investment. I mean what other technology would come out and then bring business value.

How are customer service and support?

I always appreciated technical support from UiPath, because I see both business understanding and also the technical understanding so the support team was able to get the discussion with both my business team and my technical team.

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How was the initial setup?

It depends on your expectation. If people have expectations that API technology is very easy to implement, it's not 100% true. It is easy to train a robot to do a specific task. But when you use more robots or you put them on complex processes, then the story's changing so you need very strong development skills and very good system architects who will understand this.

What was our ROI?

We have seen a return on investment in the longer term because we have some rather small processes. Our advantage is in terms employee experience or our colleague experience. But when you're looking at customers, we have seen numbers in hundreds of thousands of savings per year.

If we are thinking about the customer-facing processes, we have seen saving about 25% of the workforce involved in this. The main saving was in the time to respond to customer.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We did this analysis about three years ago. We compared Automation Anywhere, Blue Prism and UiPath and then the decision was to move with UiPath and our first proof of concept was on UiPath.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate the product eight out of ten. I am scared not to be too subjective because I would go for a higher grade. I still see some room for improvement. I still see some need for integration with other solutions, but I would certainly recommend these to all my customers, comparing it to what the competition has.

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Increased speed and accuracy for invoicing, but the accuracy depended on using native PDFs
Pros and Cons
  • "This solution has improved business by facilitating increased speed and accuracy."
  • "Templates had to be created for different formats."

What is our primary use case?

I use this solution for the automation of Accounts Payable invoices.

How has it helped my organization?

This solution has improved business by facilitating increased speed and accuracy.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature of this solution is capturing information.

What needs improvement?

I have identified two issues that have to be improved:

  • It was necessary to use native PDF rather than a scanned PDF document to improve accuracy.
  • Templates had to be created for different formats.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this solution for six months.
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Works at Optisol
Consultant
Locating an element and adding the conditions are very easy

What is our primary use case?

  • Automating web applications is the primary use for my organisation.
  • Also, data scrapping is another main usage.

How has it helped my organization?

  • Improvement in the way of quick and fast automation development.
  • Functional testers have changed as an automation test engineer.

What is most valuable?

  • Web automation is the most valuable.
  • Locating an element and adding the conditions are very easy compared to other tools.

What needs improvement?

  • Everything is awesome; no improvement is needed at this stage.
  • One word to say about UiPath is, it is simply great.

For how long have I used the solution?

Less than one year.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Excellent.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Excellent.

How are customer service and technical support?

It has the best service.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Earlier we were using Selenium for test automation in our organisation.

How was the initial setup?

The setup is simple, nothing complex to understand.

What about the implementation team?

I didn't implement it through vendor teams.

What was our ROI?

Good.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Reasonable pricing. If there can be a decrease for individual learners/developers.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Before taking part in UiPath, I have used the trial version of Automation Anywhere.

What other advice do I have?

If mobile automation is included in UiPath, it would be great.

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Telecommunications Engineer at a manufacturing company with 11-50 employees
Real User
Great UX and very intuitive UI

What is our primary use case?

Data transfer between different apps is the main use case for us.

How has it helped my organization?

We've been using UiPath in plenty of business processes with great results. It's made our lives easier by automating data entry between different applications, reducing to a minimum repetitive work that everybody hates doing. Our teams have won a lot of time they now use in more interesting tasks where they can really make a difference.

What is most valuable?

  • Great UX and very intuitive UI
  • Fast and easy to learn
  • Simple to configure with Orchestrator
  • Works with most web apps and desktop apps, including Citrix
  • UiExplorer is a fantastic help
  • Can be used in attended or unattended modes.

What needs improvement?

  • Debugging mode has room for improvement
  • Sluggish to develop when several XAML files are open
  • Price for large projects.

For how long have I used the solution?

One to three years.
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Works at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
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Has good workflow capabilities and supports a broad set of applications

What is our primary use case?

The most relevant use cases are business processes that include repetitive human tasks that make use of different apps in a common workflow.

How has it helped my organization?

There are lots of opportunities to improve these business processes in terms of efficiency, time taken, and error rates.

What is most valuable?

  • Good workflow capabilities
  • E-learning and training academy
  • Fully robotized and human-assisted automation
  • A broad set of applications supported
  • VB.NET and C# for developers make it easy to get started.

What needs improvement?

  • Price could be an issue for large projects, but that's where you'll get a high ROI too.
  • The collection of applications supported can grow, but we've seen it's happening in the last versions.

For how long have I used the solution?

One to three years.
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It has a very easy drag-and-drop interface that makes automating processes a breeze

What is our primary use case?

Automating various processes in systems such as SAP, Windows automation, and Excel. By making generic components, we are able to reuse them for various projects and clients.

How has it helped my organization?

This solution has enabled us to automate repetitive processes in an easy manner which has improved our KPIs. It's not that time-consuming to automate processes.

What is most valuable?

UiPath has a very easy drag-and-drop interface, which makes automating processes a breeze. The activities make you do most things, and if not, you have the option to custom-code them in .NET.

What needs improvement?

  • Some features feel a bit buggy, and older versions are prone to crash. 
  • Double screen support would be nice. 
  • More AI and ML support.

For how long have I used the solution?

Less than one year.
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retired at a non-profit with 501-1,000 employees
Real User
It easily reduces non-litigated tools for our clients
Pros and Cons
  • "It is extremely helpful with our invoicing process."
  • "I would like UIPath to improve the OCR visuals."

What is our primary use case?

It is extremely helpful with our invoicing process. 

How has it helped my organization?

The key benefits are the reduction of the non-litigated tasks for our clients. It reduces time and staff needed to deal with these tasks. 

What is most valuable?

The automation process is helpful. 

What needs improvement?

I would like UIPath to improve the OCR visuals. Also, I wonder if one day the automation tools will be able to make simple decisions by themselves. 

For how long have I used the solution?

One to three years.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It scales up easily. 

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was not complex. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The pricing is reasonable.

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Software Application Developer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
MSP
Good custom components and debugging capability
Pros and Cons
  • "The UI Explorer can examine the underlying structure of the application's user interface."
  • "I would like to see the replacement of VB.NET with some more popular programming language as the program's backbone."

What is our primary use case?

I use it professionally to build software robots for an international company.

How has it helped my organization?

My organization is spanning across multiple countries so it's hard for me to see UiPath's influence. However, in my office, we are yet to implement the first solutions.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable features of this solution are:

  • Custom components that can be found on UiPath Go!
  • Debugger with variable watch capability.
  • The UI Explorer can examine the underlying structure of the application's user interface.

What needs improvement?

I would like to see the replacement of VB.NET with some more popular programming language as the program's backbone.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using UiPath for around one year.

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