Vendor Analysis
published on Jan 16, 2017
Report Overview:
The UiPath founders began creating automation libraries in 2005, subsequently in 2013 forming the company as Deskover and launching the first UiPath Desktop Automation product based on Microsoft Workflow Designer.
In 2015, Deskover became UiPath and the company formed partnerships with BPO firms including Cognizant, Capgemini, and NIIT and with specialist professional services companies.
In April 2016, UiPath launched its Front Office and Back Office Server Suites based on its Server 2.0 architecture.
Investors in UiPath include Credo Ventures, Earlybird Venture Capital, and seedcamp.
Who is this Report for:
NelsonHall’s RPA & AI Technology Evaluation profile of UiPath is a comprehensive assessment of UiPath’s RPA and AI software designed for:
- Sourcing managers monitoring the functionality and capabilities of existing suppliers of RPA and/or AI technologies and identifying vendor suitability for RPA & AI software RFPs
- Vendor marketing, sales and business managers looking to benchmark themselves against their peers
- Financial analysts and investors specializing in the RPA & AI software sector.
Scope of this Report:
The report provides a comprehensive and objective analysis of UiPath’s software offerings, capabilities, and market presence in RPA and AI technology including:
- Analysis of the company’s offerings and key software functionality within RPA and AI technology
- Analysis of the company’s delivery organization in support of its RPA and AI technology
- Analysis of the profile of the company’s RPA and AI software customer base, including the company’s targeting strategy and examples of current contracts
- Revenue estimates for the company’s RPA and AI technology business
- Identification of the company’s strategy, emphasis, and planned developments to enhance its RPA and AI technology
- Analysis of the company’s and its software’s strengths, weaknesses and outlook in RPA and AI.
Key Findings & Highlights:
UiPath RPA software is separated into a number of distinct roles. The UiPath suite includes:
- UiPath Studio, for automated process mapping
- UiPath Robot, for automated process execution
- UiPath Orchestrator, for automated process/robot monitoring and management.
UiPath Studio is a process designer application for developing and mapping end-to-end processes using a visual drag and drop diagram model, a "Visio-like" workflow designer based on Microsoft Workflow Foundation.
UiPath Robot is bot software programmed to execute processes set up using UiPath Studio. These bots take two forms: UiPath Front Office Robot and UiPath Back Office Robot.
Automated processes/workflows are published to UiPath Orchestrator and deployed and managed from here.