Microsoft Teams vs. Power Apps

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Microsoft Teams
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Microsoft Teams combines video conferencing software with team collaboration tools. The communications platform allows MS Office users to conduct conference calls and share files via SharePoint, and join or initiate a group chat.
$4.80
per month per user
Power Apps
Score 7.9 out of 10
N/A
PowerApps is a low code / rapid application development product from Microsoft that allows users to quickly build apps.
$20
per month per user
Pricing
Microsoft TeamsPower Apps
Editions & Modules
Free
$0.00
per user/per month
Microsoft Teams Essentials
$4.80
per month per user
Microsoft Teams Enterprise
$5.25
per month per user
Microsoft 365 Business Basic
$7.20
per month per user
Microsoft 365 Business Standard
$15
per month per user
Power Apps Premium
$20
per month per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Microsoft TeamsPower Apps
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsDiscounts are available for non profit organizations.
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
Microsoft TeamsPower Apps
Considered Both Products
Microsoft Teams
Chose Microsoft Teams
It will eventually be the replacement for Skype for Business. Microsoft has announced the end date for Skype and already new instances of Office 365 below a certain number of users don't even include Skype. Already, all they get is Teams. And it's definitely the winner for …
Chose Microsoft Teams
Teams definitely has the upper hand over zoom and GoToMeeting. The fact that it is bundled with M365 is a huge plus not only from a cost perspective but it gives you deep integration with the other office products. This allows seamless file sharing with sharepoint and OneDrive, …
Power Apps
Chose Power Apps
I think Appian has all major features and my Manager gives this 2 tools to choose one from that. I found Power Apps is easy to learn and develop, but I feel Appian is realy complex. I strugles to learn something in Appian but that didn;t works well. Power Apps gives me …
Chose Power Apps
I'm not sure if you can say D365 CRM is an alternative to PowerApps, because basically all the customization of using D365 CRM, or what used to be called XRM, is now called a model-driven PowerApp. Likewise, SharePoint has become intimately connected to canvas PowerApps. Both …
Chose Power Apps
PowerApps has much power when talking about Office 365 and Azure integrations. Has low cost and it is easy to create/deploy applications. Bonita is open-source but it is necessary to have many technical skills to create applications and also to handle the infrastructure when …
Chose Power Apps
PowerApps is what the company has presented to us as our option. While Nintex is nice and relatively capable, it is always a +1 to the Microsoft platform and requires its own validation and integration. Nintex can also be feature limited in its online version depending on the …
Features
Microsoft TeamsPower Apps
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Teams
6.7
192 Ratings
13% below category average
Power Apps
-
Ratings
Task Management7.1146 Ratings00 Ratings
Gantt Charts6.175 Ratings00 Ratings
Scheduling6.6163 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow Automation6.2101 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Access7.7184 Ratings00 Ratings
Search6.5169 Ratings00 Ratings
Visual planning tools6.7117 Ratings00 Ratings
Communication
Comparison of Communication features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Teams
7.5
201 Ratings
6% below category average
Power Apps
-
Ratings
Chat8.7200 Ratings00 Ratings
Notifications7.6199 Ratings00 Ratings
Discussions8.0187 Ratings00 Ratings
Surveys7.4111 Ratings00 Ratings
Internal knowledgebase7.0122 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with GoToMeeting6.547 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts5.743 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with Outlook9.0155 Ratings00 Ratings
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Teams
7.2
186 Ratings
9% below category average
Power Apps
-
Ratings
Versioning7.2130 Ratings00 Ratings
Video files7.0158 Ratings00 Ratings
Audio files7.4160 Ratings00 Ratings
Document collaboration8.3173 Ratings00 Ratings
Access control7.8156 Ratings00 Ratings
Advanced security features6.9117 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with Google Drive5.353 Ratings00 Ratings
Device sync7.4132 Ratings00 Ratings
Low-Code Development
Comparison of Low-Code Development features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Teams
-
Ratings
Power Apps
8.7
21 Ratings
4% above category average
Visual Modeling00 Ratings9.519 Ratings
Drag-and-drop Interfaces00 Ratings9.520 Ratings
Platform Security00 Ratings9.520 Ratings
Platform User Management00 Ratings9.020 Ratings
Reusability00 Ratings7.520 Ratings
Platform Scalability00 Ratings7.519 Ratings
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User Ratings
Microsoft TeamsPower Apps
Likelihood to Recommend
7.9
(279 ratings)
9.0
(23 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
3.8
(9 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.4
(63 ratings)
9.0
(4 ratings)
Availability
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.3
(113 ratings)
9.7
(6 ratings)
Implementation Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
6.3
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Professional Services
7.0
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Microsoft TeamsPower Apps
Likelihood to Recommend
Microsoft
Positive: The virtual workspace created for a work team within the same company, for the resemblance of information and communications in one place.Negative: The access for members of a non-profit organization who have external emails from the host but need the same access as an internal person since their volunteer work is part of the very core of the federation.
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Microsoft
PowerApps is well suited for "quick-wins" and fast prototypes of business solutions. It also is beneficial for situations where business partners and developers work together - it allows the business folks to provide a "quick-and-dirty" prototype which is then fleshed-out by developers that are trained experts on the platform. The interactive and easy to understand representation of the solution allows business partners to "see" the solution and add, remove, or correct aspects of it themselves. It provides a common view and understanding of the actual solution across business units and tech teams. PowerApps, being a low-code\no-code platform is not well suited for business processes that require many complex computations or large amounts of custom code - such as solutions that are better architected as Web Site or "full-blown" desktop solutions. There are solutions that are just not easy or quick to accomplish in a low-code\no-code platform. Enterprise Architects should know the difference, however business partners often try to create a solution and only when stuck because it becomes too complex do they engage a tech team for assistance - at which point there are sunk-costs involved and hinderences to re-platforming the solution
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Pros
Microsoft
  • Virtual meetings - ease of set up and execution
  • File sharing! We build channels for projects, and being able to invite only project members is huge!
  • Peer-to-peer communications - being able to "ping" one of my colleagues, either text, video or call-only, on-demand, is what runs our business.
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Microsoft
  • Power Apps has formats that are pre-built that don't require any coding which makes it easier to achieve your vision. This does become a challenge if your App needs don't fit into that format.
  • We deal with a ton of data so the fact that you can connect to any data source in addition to their pre-stablished data connections makes the process a breeze.
  • The online learning resources and tutorials are helpful as well for those who are tech savvy.
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Cons
Microsoft
  • The feature of notifications in the mobile application could be improved. Sometimes notifications of different teams are not visible and are only visible when the application is opened.
  • It uses lots of computational resources while running and thus, slows down the system sometimes.
  • It allows a few channels per team. The number of channels could be increased for better productivity.
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Microsoft
  • More complicated to understand in comparison with Nintex Forms.
  • Complicated to find errors.
  • Using PowerApps for SharePoint Forms is a bit complicated by setting up the start and load scenario with a lot of JavaScript.
  • Load values, change them by code, and save them back could be easier. Actually quite complicated to handle a lot of variables.
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Likelihood to Renew
Microsoft
Microsoft Teams is included with our Office 365 subscription and we have no intention of migrating off of Office 365 and Microsoft products. Since Microsoft Teams is included for free with our Office 365 subscription, and since we enjoy all the features, benefits, and functionality, there is no question that our team will continue to use the product
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Microsoft
No answers on this topic
Usability
Microsoft
User experience has been much better than the previous Skype for Business app. It has an easy-to-use interface with persistent chats. The search feature is very fast and useful. MS Teams has mostly focused on Collaboration and team building features which are very useful for organizational communications. Since Teams is accessible from multiple platforms like Laptop, Desktop, Mobile phones, etc it has been very convenient from a Mobility perspective.
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Microsoft
PowerApps is a great solution and I have spent the last year familiarizing myself with the platform and building custom applications to complete a whole range of tasks such as asset management, custom invoice generation, and item restriction tracking. We as a company have barely begun to scratch the surface of what can be achieved with PowerApps.
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Reliability and Availability
Microsoft
Rare, but outages do happen
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Microsoft
No answers on this topic
Performance
Microsoft
Sometimes about once a week I get a message that says "Sorry, there seems to be something wrong". But it goes away in a few minutes.
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Microsoft
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Microsoft
Using Microsoft Teams has resulted in much faster business communications with both co-workers and consultants. There has been little need for support with this software as the interface is very intuitive and the product is overall very well designed. We did encounter an issue with the built-in phone service, however, this was quickly resolved by the support team.
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Microsoft
The community forums are extremely responsive to questions asked, there is a good body of online documentation and many community posts to draw from. Although the platform has changed, which means some of the posts are out of date and the solutions provided aren't relevant. Of relevance, I read over 400 articles plus documentation to get this first app built in SharePoint, move it to SQL and make it work exactly the way it should.
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Implementation Rating
Microsoft
I find everything I need for my day-to-day work.
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Microsoft
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Microsoft
Our company and IT department previously used Skype for our communication needs. Skype was not dependable in my opinion, because it seems each time I used it during a call and/or a meeting, I and several other team members would get disconnected more than once. This caused a great interruption of our meeting, caused team members to have to ask others to repeat themselves and caused a general lack of interest in employee attendance during meetings.
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Microsoft
Much cheaper, much more customizable, and easier to use. There is not much of a learning curve and the licensing cost is much cheaper. PowerApps does one thing very well, whereas other platforms are mediocre. There is much more customization possible for your in-house workflows that you can build yourself vs using NetSuite engineers to build it for you.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Microsoft
Honestly, this tool is worth every penny. Yes, it's not free and you pay for the quality of services and the license. But the ROI and the benefits are all there. Also, the renewal, negotiation, and contract terms are all very well explained by our Microsoft account manager, and she's a charm.
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Microsoft
No answers on this topic
Scalability
Microsoft
It does not appear to have a limit to how many teams and employees we can have using it
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Microsoft
No answers on this topic
Professional Services
Microsoft
I used Skype for Business to take calls, hold conferences, and provide remote assistance to users. Microsoft Teams, on the other hand, is superior to Skype for Business in my opinion. My job entails a lot of screen sharing.
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Microsoft
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
Microsoft
  • I'm not sure I can point to a specific ROI, but it has improved our ability to communicate and work more effectively together.
  • It's also nice to have records of every interaction, photo, and document that has been shared. Less chance of something completely disappearing.
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Microsoft
  • It has given us a focal point for development. We now have the possibility of connecting to mobile and the default SharePoint online interface isn't always easy to manipulate. PowerApps has given us an opportunity to improve our user experience.
  • An improved user experience has given us a better shot at compliance. When users don't fight the environment, they don't gravitate towards workarounds or non-compliance.
  • As lists and libraries change, the platform scales pretty well.
  • Having users with the capability to create their own forms and tools has dialed back the app dev need (there is a balance though) and distributed power to the process architects and people who actually need the solutions in the first place—much more efficient model of service delivery: self-service.
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