Power Apps vs. ProcessMaker

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Power Apps
Score 8.2 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
ProcessMaker
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
ProcessMaker is a business process management and workflow automation platform. It uses a drag-and-drop interface to build workflows to drive automation.N/A
Pricing
Power AppsProcessMaker
Editions & Modules
Power Apps Premium
$20
per month per user
No answers on this topic
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Power AppsProcessMaker
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
Power AppsProcessMaker
Low-Code Development
Comparison of Low-Code Development features of Product A and Product B
Power Apps
7.9
19 Ratings
9% below category average
ProcessMaker
-
Ratings
Visual Modeling7.617 Ratings00 Ratings
Drag-and-drop Interfaces9.018 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform Security9.218 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform User Management8.218 Ratings00 Ratings
Reusability5.018 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform Scalability8.217 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Power Apps
-
Ratings
ProcessMaker
9.3
6 Ratings
13% above category average
Dashboards00 Ratings10.06 Ratings
Standard reports00 Ratings9.06 Ratings
Custom reports00 Ratings9.06 Ratings
Process Engine
Comparison of Process Engine features of Product A and Product B
Power Apps
-
Ratings
ProcessMaker
9.2
6 Ratings
9% above category average
Process designer00 Ratings10.06 Ratings
Process simulation00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
Business rules engine00 Ratings8.06 Ratings
SOA support00 Ratings9.06 Ratings
Process player00 Ratings9.05 Ratings
Support for modeling languages00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Form builder00 Ratings9.75 Ratings
Model execution00 Ratings9.05 Ratings
Collaboration
Comparison of Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
Power Apps
-
Ratings
ProcessMaker
7.5
4 Ratings
9% below category average
Social collaboration tools00 Ratings7.54 Ratings
Content Management Capabilties
Comparison of Content Management Capabilties features of Product A and Product B
Power Apps
-
Ratings
ProcessMaker
9.0
6 Ratings
10% above category average
Content management00 Ratings9.06 Ratings
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User Ratings
Power AppsProcessMaker
Likelihood to Recommend
8.3
(21 ratings)
9.0
(6 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.7
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Power AppsProcessMaker
Likelihood to Recommend
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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ProcessMaker Inc.
I loved it. You will not get an easier interface. You can develop workflow processes in a simple way, one which allows anyone to understand what you are trying to accomplish; however, you will get into some issues if your employees are scared of coding (when you get to the advanced features). For some, this will never be an issue as the knowledge you need is very basic. But for the school I was working with, it would have stopped them cold
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Pros
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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ProcessMaker Inc.
  • We can write PHP and Javascript code to handle the way the ProcessMaker does. It makes the ProcessMaker more flexible to meet our requests on our workflow.
  • The Processmaker provides a What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get flowchart design tool, we can draw our process very easy like Visio. And, We can use the flowchart to implement our workflow.
  • Also, the Dynaform, the electronic form function of Processmaker, is WYSIWYG form design tool, help us design forms participated in the process.
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Cons
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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ProcessMaker Inc.
  • I am still not able to achieve complicated workflows. May be a developer to create a plugin is required.
  • The UI can be more attractive and colourful.
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Usability
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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ProcessMaker Inc.
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
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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ProcessMaker Inc.
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
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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ProcessMaker Inc.
Before making the decision to get ProcessMaker, we assessed different and best options in the market, which are also quite competitive. KiSSFLOW, Blueworks Live, and Bizagi, being the most relevant and ADONIS, to mention the ones we consider the most relevant and capable of meeting our needs. In the end, we went for ProcessMaker because of mainly three things as described before: 1. Real-time process status tracking. 2. Metrics and dashboards. 3. Ease of use for constructing diagrams.
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Return on Investment
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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ProcessMaker Inc.
  • This would have been the easiest program to implement. It would have been the quickest, and the one that most of the employees would have been able to master. That alone would have saved countless dollars in time investment.
  • Unfortunately, the environment doesn't support knowledge of coding. So, they would never be able to advance further than a certain degree before having to bring someone else in again. It would have saved money at first, but then would have ended up costing in the long run.
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