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Microsoft Power Automate
Formerly Microsoft Flow

Overview

What is Microsoft Power Automate?

Microsoft Power Automate is an advanced automation platform offering a range of features, including AI-powered automation, robotic process automation (RPA), business process automation (BPA), digital process automation (DPA), and process/task mining. The platform aims to empower organizations to securely automate…

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Power Automate Premium

$15

Cloud
per month per user

Power Automate Process

$150

Cloud
per month per bot

Hosted RPA add-on

$215

Cloud
per month per bot

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
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Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Starting price (does not include set up fee)

  • $15 per month per user
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Product Details

What is Microsoft Power Automate?

Microsoft Power Automate is an advanced automation platform offering a range of features, including AI-powered automation, robotic process automation (RPA), business process automation (BPA), digital process automation (DPA), and process/task mining. The platform aims to empower organizations to securely automate their operations at scale by leveraging low-code and AI technologies.

Capabilities

  • (DPA) digital process automation through cloud flows to connect apps, data, and services.

  • Automates repetitive tasks using UI-based automation with (RPA) robotic process automation through desktop flows.

  • Ensures consistency with business process flows—the (BPA) business process automation capability in Power Automate.

  • Process advisor: Power Automate also includes process and task mining capabilities to analyze and optimize workflows.

  • AI Builder: Power Automate uses AI to automate tasks that are repetitive or time-consuming. For example, its AI can automatically extract data from documents, generate reports, or answer customer questions.

  • The "describe it to design it" feature allows users to create flows by simply describing them in natural language, making it faster and easier for users to create flows, to produce flows that are more likely to be used.

  • The Power Automate platform offers a wide range of connectors, so users can more easily integrate existing applications and systems.

Microsoft is now adding two new features to Power Automate:

  • Copilot, an AI-powered assistant that suggests actions, connectors, parameters, and supports flow debugging.

  • "Create text with GPT," an AI-powered action used to generate text for various purposes, including content creation, feedback gathering, and document information extraction.

  • Power Automate Process Mining (launched August 2023) - Optimizes operations and uncovers opportunities for automation.

Microsoft Power Automate Features

  • Supported: (DPA) Digital Process Automation - Cloud Flows
  • Supported: (RPA) Robotic Process Automation - Desktop Flows
  • Supported: (BPA) Business Process Automation - Business Process Flows
  • Supported: AI Builder
  • Supported: Process Mining - Process Advisor
  • Supported: Task Mining - Process Advisor

Microsoft Power Automate Screenshots

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Microsoft Power Automate Videos

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Microsoft Power Automate Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android, Windows Phone
Supported CountriesAsia, Australia, Canada, Europe, France, Germany, India, Japan, Korea, Norway, Singapore, South Africa, South America, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States
Supported LanguagesEnglish, Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Finnish, French, Galician, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Lithuanian, Latvian, Malay, Norwegian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian (Cyrillic script, Serbia), Serbian (Latin script, Serbia), Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional)

Frequently Asked Questions

Microsoft Power Automate is an advanced automation platform offering a range of features, including AI-powered automation, robotic process automation (RPA), business process automation (BPA), digital process automation (DPA), and process/task mining. The platform aims to empower organizations to securely automate their operations at scale by leveraging low-code and AI technologies.

Microsoft Power Automate starts at $15.

UiPath Automation Platform, SS&C Blue Prism Intelligent Automation, and Automation Anywhere are common alternatives for Microsoft Power Automate.

Reviewers rate Usability highest, with a score of 9.

The most common users of Microsoft Power Automate are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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March 05, 2024

Automate with Powerful Features thanks to Microsoft Power Automate

Verified User
Engineer in Corporate
Information Technology & Services Company, 10,001+ employees
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Implementation Rating
9
The implementation of Microsoft Power Automate is easy as it comes with the Office 356 app. There is no pre installation of software, you just need the web browser and 365 license to create the workflows. The additional applications require installations incase they are being used within the automated workflows. We can easily automate other MS apps like Teams, outlook, forms etc
March 05, 2024

Microsoft Power Automate the Powerful Platform for your workflows!

Verified User
Professional in Information Technology
Utilities Company, 5001-10,000 employees
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Implementation Rating
8
Migration from Nintex to Microsoft Power Automate was sometimes a hassle because of functions that aren't available out of the box. But it's better than it was. The maximum duration of a workflow instance should be longer for approval processes that take months.
November 29, 2023

Microsoft Power Automate, the tool that has everyone's eye on !

Verified User
Manager in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 1001-5000 employees
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Implementation Rating
8
We Initially started with Microsoft Power Automate, overall the design and actions that are present in the Power Automate are very advanced based on other RPA tools in terms of recorders, excel based automation. The deployment of the tool is way to simple when it comes to other RPA tools. We just have to install the tool and login with the MS account associated with the necessary MS Power Automate license that's it. We can easily schedule the process by navigating to the web console of the Power Automate.
October 18, 2023

Power Automate Review

Shine Nazeer | TrustRadius Reviewer
Shine Nazeer
RPA Developer
Quadance Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (Information Technology & Services, 11-50 employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Implementation Rating
7
I had to migrate from Robocorp to Power Automate. The automation was using API and sharepoint. So it was better to use Power Automate instead of Robocorp so we did the migration. in some areas the migration was easy but creating flows and making it smaller codes was difficult. Debugging the code was tough so we took lots of time.
October 18, 2023

An Effective tool to automate your work

Verified User
Engineer in Quality Assurance
Mechanical Or Industrial Engineering Company, 51-200 employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Implementation Rating
9
We were never using any automate previously so this product was life changing for us as it increases the the speed and quality of work also as it is not manual process error and miss has been reduced drastically. Productivity improvement can be visible for some of the areas Overall tool is very good with high ease of application




October 16, 2023

If already knee deep in Microsoft licensing, it's good, if not, there are better choices.

Verified User
Manager in Engineering
Computer Software Company, 51-200 employees
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Implementation Rating
6
Implementing Microsoft Power Automate typically involves selecting a suitable plan, assigning licenses, and creating workflows using its no-code/low-code interface. I usually start with simple automation tasks and expand as users become familiar with the platform. Migrating from an existing workflow automation product depends on the complexity of existing processes. Users may need to assess and recreate workflows in Power Automate, potentially requiring modifications for custom code or complex logic. Data migration and user training are crucial for a smooth transition. The experience varies depending on the organization's specific needs and existing workflows, making planning, assessment, and user support essential for a successful implementation or migration.
October 16, 2023

Work reduction with process automation with Microsoft Flow.

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Sandro Silva
IT Consultant
dormakaba (Computer Software, 51-200 employees)
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Implementation Rating
8
Implementing routines in Power Automate requires prior study and preparation, with many tests and validations at each stage. A free subscription helps in this phase of the project, as you can make sure that all integrations and automations will work when put into production. . The option to export the flow from one environment and import it into a new one is also a facilitator when putting the flow into production, or if you have offline team members or even outsourced people who create the integration routines. Once the automation routine is implemented in production, its maintenance occurs without problems, allowing the validation of calls to flows that resulted in an error, as well as the data used that resulted in the error. It is common not to require interventions after the final phase of implementation, routines run efficiently and fluidly, even with high workloads.
October 12, 2023

Best automation tool from Microsoft

Dineshkumar Rajendran | TrustRadius Reviewer
Dineshkumar Rajendran
Applications Developer
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (Financial Services, 5001-10,000 employees)
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Implementation Rating
8
We also use Nintex automation workflows in our organization for SharePoint solutions. Currently the road map is to migrate all the workflows developed using Nintex to Microsoft Power automate. I have been involved in this migration project, migrated around 50+ workflows that are integrated with SharePoint online to Power automate. Power Automate has better user friendly UI and has more connectors compared to Nintex and dont see any challenges migrating the workflows to Power Automate
October 11, 2023

Power Automate, reduce your interactions with your email beyond just using mail! then Automate all the things!

Verified User
Analyst in Information Technology
Education Management Company, 1001-5000 employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Implementation Rating
Beyond programming our own internal tools, we didn't have much in the way of process automation. Power Automate has allowed non- and low skill programmers to automate and increase the speed of data flowing between systems in the organization. Using the drag and drop interface for basic interactions This has empowered our users to be able to program data transfers without needing to rely on the ITS department.
October 10, 2023

Great product, just needs to sand off some rough edges

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Outsourcing/Offshoring Company, 10,001+ employees
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Implementation Rating
10
implementing power automate was a bit tricky in learning the complexities, but the barebones is no harder than using Legos - grab a block, do a few settings, and wire them together. becoming a wizard took a few months and some research, but was really fast overall in getting up to speed.
October 10, 2023

Affordable and easy way to set up automations in a Microsoft environment.

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Building Materials Company, 201-500 employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Implementation Rating
10
There are some quirks to how email aliases are processed in power automate. But once those were figured out, it worked flawlessly, and we haven't had any major issues with the implementation of our Power Automate routine.

My knowledge of creating automations is limited to GUI macro software like Jitbit macro recorder, and scripting in PHP and Powershell. The GUI is much easier to use for a beginner than writing a script
October 10, 2023

Microsoft Power Automate has come a long way - it is a solid process automation tool now

Jeff Crowell | TrustRadius Reviewer
Jeff Crowell
Director of Service Delivery
Netrix LLC (Information Technology & Services, 501-1000 employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Implementation Rating
9
We have implemented Power Automate both internally as well as for a large number of our clients. We have migrated clients from oldter technology (e.g. InfoPath and SharePoint Designer workflows) successfully and that process is relatively straight forward. Usually with these migration projects clients are able to take advantage of the migration to update and enhance their process as well. Implementation is straight forward as well (once appropriate licensing is figured out) and business users can easily be trained on building simple Flows.
October 10, 2023

Microsoft Power Automate is an Incredibly helpful tool for automation process.

Abhijith Prasannakumar | TrustRadius Reviewer
Abhijith Prasannakumar
Automation Engineer
Quadance Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (Information Technology & Services, 11-50 employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Implementation Rating
9
In the case of creating 'resume downloading bot' my first option is Ui Path, but that is really hard to compare with Power Automate. When it comes to power automated, cloud flow provides faster results, and triggering is easier.
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