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Document Understanding User Guide

Last updated Apr 15, 2025

AI Center relation to Document Understanding

AI Center is the infrastructure on top of which UiPath® Document UnderstandingTM machine learning models run. These models can be deployed or instantiated for retraining with a few clicks.

See below for a summary of the Document Understanding plus AI Center deployment options.

Note:

In this context, on-premises means the software is deployed in the customer’s environment, which can include cloud deployments like Azure and Amazon Web Services.

Cloud refers to the UiPath-hosted Automation Cloud.

Deployment Type

Orchestrator

AI Center

Document UnderstandingTM ML Packages

Licensing

Notes

SaaS

Any

Not used

Automation Cloud

(SaaS)

Automation Cloud

  • Uses read-only SaaS endpoints (for example, du.uipath.com/ie/invoices)
  • ML packages not retrainable
  • Community vs. Enterprise determined by API key
  • Enterprise version may store data temporarily for service quality assurance and monitoring
  • Community version retains data for UiPath use
Automation CloudAutomation CloudAutomation CloudAutomation Cloud

(in AI Center)

Automation Cloud
  • Full cloud deployment
  • Zero customer infrastructure footprint for AI Center/Document Understanding
  • Document Understanding ML packages deployed via AI Center ML Skills may store data temporarily for service quality assurance and monitoring
HybridStandaloneAutomation CloudAutomation Cloud

(in AI Center)

Automation Cloud
  • Uses public ML Skill capability from AI Center
  • On-premises standalone orchestrated Robots call public ML Skills hosted inside AI Center cloud via direct URL, with Document Understanding API key from the Cloud platform
  • Reverse hybrid approach also possible (Cloud Orchestrator, on-premises AI Center): same approach of exposing ML Packages from On Prem AI Center using public ML Skills capability
On-premises - onlineStandaloneAutomation SuiteAutomation Suite

(in AI Center)

Automation Cloud
  • Default licensing model when picking on-premises
  • Cloud platform for licensing and metering checks only: no business data sent outside customer’s information security boundary
  • Enables subsequent SKU swaps because of visibility on metering usage
On-premises - AirgappedStandaloneAutomation SuiteAutomation Suite

(in AI Center)

On-premises

(in Orchestrator)

  • Not the default licensing model for on-premises Document Understanding unless specifically requested: installation more complex than on-premises - online install
  • Licensing file created by DealHub with standalone Orchestrator used for licensing
  • No post-deal close swaps as we have no visibility into actual usage

For further details about the deployment architecture, please contact your account team to share detailed documentation under NDA.

  • AI Center relation to Document Understanding

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