Power Apps vs. Vuforia Studio

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
Vuforia Studio
Score 9.6 out of 10
N/A
Vuforia Studio allows users to author and publish scalable AR experiences that transform manufacturing, service and training processes without the need for extensive programming or costly custom designers. The vendor states that Studio is the only drag-and-drop authoring environment that enables industrial content creators to: Accelerate content creation —…N/A
Pricing
Power AppsVuforia Studio
Editions & Modules
Power Apps Premium
$20
per month per user
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Power AppsVuforia Studio
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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Community Pulse
Power AppsVuforia Studio
Top Pros

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Top Cons
Features
Power AppsVuforia Studio
Low-Code Development
Comparison of Low-Code Development features of Product A and Product B
Power Apps
7.7
19 Ratings
9% below category average
Vuforia Studio
-
Ratings
Visual Modeling7.617 Ratings00 Ratings
Drag-and-drop Interfaces9.418 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform Security9.518 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform User Management8.118 Ratings00 Ratings
Reusability3.518 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform Scalability8.117 Ratings00 Ratings
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Small Businesses
Creatio
Creatio
Score 9.3 out of 10

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Medium-sized Companies
Quixy
Quixy
Score 9.9 out of 10

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Enterprises
Creatio
Creatio
Score 9.3 out of 10

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User Ratings
Power AppsVuforia Studio
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(21 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.7
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Power AppsVuforia Studio
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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PTC
Vuforia is free but there is a watermark on the output of it. So if you want to remove it then you have to purchase it. It's easy to use and some features like multiple targeting in images and object and surface tracking help you to achieve what you want.
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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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PTC
  • Object tracking
  • Surface tracking
  • Camera supports
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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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PTC
  • Sometimes take time to load render object
  • Sometimes, it took more time to recognize an object in the dark
  • Slow support for new features
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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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PTC
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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PTC
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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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PTC
Vuforia studio is well suited in cases like you wants to track objects and surface in the plane. Image recognization at multiple targets is one of the very good functionalities of EasyAR. And if you want to render 3d objects in your mobile application then it's well suited. It is free too so you can create applications at minimal costs.
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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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PTC
  • Easy to use so we achieve deadline on time
  • Its free to use so we created app on low cost
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