What are the benefits from the latest UiPath innovation with access to UiPath full platform capabilities via UiPath Flex Licensing?
Evolution of UiPath products and platform
Robotic process automation (RPA) has been transforming the way we work for years now, along with supporting capabilities like artificial intelligence (AI), Process Mining, Document Understanding, Analytics, and everything else needed to operate and innovate your business at digital speed.
At UiPath these capabilities are brought in a single, fully integrated platform. This approach delivers cost-effective governance and management from one place – The UiPath Business Automation Platform - allowing to discover, automate and operate business processes at scale in a responsible way (AI is only the latest example).
This platform transformation includes the cloud-first, customer - choice delivery model. The Business Automation Platform is available via SaaS with UiPath Automation Cloud or self-hosted for total control with Automation Suite. Between capability increases and delivery options, it is believed the Business Automation Platform offers unprecedented automation power and flexibility to the organization, even over UiPath products delivered as standalone-installed servers.
Flex Licensing
In early 2022 UiPath introduced the Flex licensing model which mirrors the same philosophy of integration and flexibility. With Flex, customers can deploy UiPath capabilities under a single license in any way they choose: the full Business Automation Platform from Automation Cloud or Automation Suite. Existing customers can also continue to use key capabilities as standalone-installed Windows servers under Flex licensing. A key benefit of Flex is the possibility of moving from one delivery model to another without any change needed in the licensing.
Platform Delivery
Looking forward, it is clear UiPath can deliver more automation capability faster with the platform approach than with standalone-installed servers. This means that most of the future effort will focus on evolving Automation Cloud and Automation Suite, so that the full cross-product potential of new automation scenarios can be delivered. UiPath is not deprecating or removing access to standalone-installed servers, and will continue to update them with each release - but typically only features that are specific to a single product will be added going forward. Evaluate the potential additional benefits of Automation Cloud or Automation Suite as future upgrade cycles are considered.
Act now if you are not already on Flex
As more customers move to the Business Automation Platform delivery options, and our future efforts are increasingly centered on exciting cross-product scenarios, it has also been decided to consolidate UiPath licensing plans towards the Flex plan, which is more aligned with the future platform direction. Therefore, UiPath has decided to fully retire the legacy plan on October 31st, 2023, and will be offering only Flex licensing to new or renewal deals. See more information about our licensing plans on our website at https://licensing.uipath.com/.
If you are not already benefitting from Flex, reach out to the corresponding account representative to discuss upgrading.