UiPath Pricing for IDP: Are You Overpaying for an Old Tech?

Intelligent document processing (IDP) is one of the fastest-growing applications of AI,  expected to reach a market size of nearly $67 billion by 2032. So, it’s no wonder that everyone wants a piece of the pie. There are over 100 IDP tools available on the market.

The top among them is the UiPath platform, one of the oldest and most popular automation tools, which also has document processing capabilities. In this blog post, we explore UiPath pricing as a function of its features and potential ROI.

But first, let’s talk about what IDP software costs.

Understanding IDP software costs

There are a number of IDP software with several pricing models. The most common IDP software costing models are as follows.

Per page pricing:  In this model, you are charged for the number of pages you upload to the software. Google Document AI uses this model. It costs about $1.50 per 1,000 pages for OCR-based processing.

Per document pricing: In this case, you are charged for each document you upload. IBM Watson Discovery follows this model.

Feature-based pricing: This is a tiered pricing model that offers additional features in each tier. For instance, Rossum’s started tier costs at $18,000, with some limitations. When you upgrade to the ‘business’ tier, you get extra features, such as master data matching, custom functions, reporting, integrations, etc.

Per-seat pricing: IDP software designed by RPA providers offer a per-seat model, where you pay a fixed amount for each user license you buy from them (irrespective of actual documents processed). UiPath pricing includes this model.

Tokens or units-based pricing: Some automation providers expect you to buy additional tokens/units, even if you already have a subscription for their products to automate business processes. UiPath pricing plans also have this option. 

What is UiPath IDP?

UiPath’s IDP offering, known as Document Understanding, is a robotic approach to processing a wide range of business documents. It deploys AI robots to extract, store, analyze, and present information from documents.

How much does UiPath really cost?

To get started with UiPath, you need a subscription or a license. The free or pro developer licenses do not include Document Understanding features. You need a community, Pro trial or UiPath Enterprise license. 

• Community licenses are free for non-commercial use only, which means that you can’t use it in your business

• Pro Trial is for non-production internal use. It is also available for free for a limited time

• Enterprise licenses are for all commercial production workloads

While the website doesn’t state UiPath pricing for enterprises, unofficial sources say that licenses can cost anywhere from $1,500 to $10,000, depending on the features you need. 

Details of UiPath pricing and licensing framework is here. 

To use Document Understanding under Pro Trial or Enterprise licenses, you need additional AI units, which are charged per page of processing you do. For instance, you need 1 AI unit/page for OCR and classification. If you need generative validation as well, it’ll be 2 AI units/page.

More on metering and charging rates here.

So, how much does UiPath cost? Well, the simplest answer is that “it depends.”

Why UiPath pricing can be tricky

Have you read the above section carefully? Do you now know what it would cost you to process the documents you have? 

The most likely answer is no. 

Because the UiPath pricing model is impossibly complex, stemming from the fact that their IDP offering is an extension of their automation solutions, which have an existing pricing model. Adding IDP costs to this existing model has created unnecessary components to pricing. 

Here are all the dimensions you need to consider while estimating UiPath pricing for your project.

• Do you need an automation developer license?

• What tier of user, robot, or platform do you need? (There are platform individual SKUs as well)

• Is your license for a developer or business user?

• Are you using automation cloud, automation suite or standalone as your delivery mechanism?

• Is your project classic or modern? What if you need a combination of both?!

• How many additional tokens do you need for the tasks you perform?

To get a few documents regularly processed, you need to remember all of the above factors and then some! This can become too tedious too soon. Here’s why.

Complexity: UiPath pricing for Document Understanding is incredibly complex. You need to navigate your business factors as well as other features of the humongous platform to get to your workflows.

Unreliability: Each time you change any of the dimensions - like the nature of your project or tier of your license - you need to recalculate the whole UiPath pricing all over again.

Inability to forecast: If you need to know what the total UiPath pricing structure is, your best bet is to get a quote from sales. This means that you can’t do simulation-based planning to optimize costs.

Unnecessary decisions: You are expected to choose from ‘classic’ and ‘modern’ features or list whether you need classification/extraction/generative validation or store results in Document Data! Each of these decisions has an impact on UiPath pricing.

Implementation not included: On top of all this, remember that UiPath’s license fee is only for the product or LLMs you use. UiPath pricing doesn’t include implementation costs. If you need it implemented on your private/public cloud or on-prem, you’ll be referred to a partner, who might charge you for their professional services. 

If you’re already exhausted by this UiPath pricing framework, we understand. Consider an alternative with Tune IDP.

Tune IDP: A simpler, more affordable option

Tune IDP is a simple AI-powered tool that transforms your unstructured data into meaningful and actionable insights.

With Tune IDP, you can:

• Ingest multimodal documents in any layout and data format

• Get accurate classification and indexing with Tune’s personally fine-tuned LLMs

• Export data for dashboards or as input for enterprise workflows

• Set up a robotic process automation pipeline based on your IDP results

• Handle rules, metrics, exceptions and more

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Tune IDP pricing: Clear and easy to understand

Tune IDP is an end-to-end consulting and implementation offering. Tune experts take care of solving your business problems with AI, bringing together everything you need. 

And we charge a simple outcome-based price for it. The outcome can be number of pages, documents, or even citations processed by the LLM. The price you pay in this outcome-based model includes:

• Consulting: Understanding your business problem and identifying a tech-based solution for it

• Product enablement: Choosing the right LLM and fine-tuning it to your needs (if it’s a closed source LLM you prefer, license fees may be extra)

• Implementation: Deploying it to your cloud or on-prem infrastructure (we also set up the servers and optimize them for you)

• Training: Tune experts offer workshops to get users accustomed to the new product

• Support: Our teams work on maintenance contracts supporting your users every step of the way

UiPath vs. Tune IDP: Which is the better choice?

If you’re looking for a simple, easy-to-use, fair-priced intelligent document processing platform, then Tune IDP is undoubtedly the better choice for the following reasons.

Ease of use: The Tune Document Parser is a simple one-step process to get started on analyzing your documents. Try for yourself now!

Capabilities: Once you drag and drop a document, it extracts data, identifies key insights and generates a JSON. 

Interactions: Once a document is processed, you can ask Tune Chat any question about the data and get answers instantly.

Scale: Automate the indexing of millions of documents with over 99% accuracy with Tune IDP.

Integrations: For dashboards, reporting, cross-platform automation and other business use cases, you can integrate Tune IDP into your enterprise tools.

Flexibility: Use Tune IDP on public cloud, private cloud, on-prem or on a hybrid setup to suit your needs.

Seeing Tune IDP in action: Real examples

Enterprises across the globe have been using Tune IDP for complex and heavy document workloads. 

Indexing 1M documents at 35x speed and 1/5th the price

A multi-billion dollar analytics leader needed a way to access the information they curate from external sources, index these documents, crunch the numbers, and offer insights as dashboards to customers.

Tune AI’s intelligent document processing solutions delivered accelerated data indexing at dramatic cost savings. 

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Experience the quiet power of Tune IDP today

Generative AI, large language models and chat-based interfaces have dramatically transformed the way in which we work today. Document processing is no different. 

From enterprise contracts to vendor invoices and employee agreements, every document is a powerhouse of data. If you understand this data, you can increase efficiencies, save costs, automate processes and explore new business opportunities.

Tune IDP enables exactly that! With Tune, you get the ease of use, power of fine-tuned machine learning models, agility of an energetic team and simple, transparent pricing. 

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Questions About UiPath Pricing?

1. Is UiPath free or paid?

UiPath pricing includes a free tier for personal use. However, that doesn’t cover the intelligent document processing feature. To use IDP, you need an enterprise license, which is paid.

2. What is included in the UiPath license cost?

The UiPath license typically offers access to UiPath Studio for developing and managing automations. For advanced features, especially around AI, you might need additional tokens or units.

3. Are there hidden costs with UiPath?

UiPath pricing is complicated and influenced by a wide range of factors. To accurately forecast costs, you will need to dig deep into them all. Your best bet is to contact sales for a quote.