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Time invested leads to greater time savings
October 11, 2023

Time invested leads to greater time savings

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with Microsoft Power Automate

We use Power Automate to streamline and improve data entry, automatically add information required for reporting, communicate with colleagues about new gifts entered that are of importance to them, share when there is action requested from colleagues within and outside of the department, move data files used for reporting or importing, and track assignment progress.
  • Power Automate makes it easy to connecting a variety of applications together without any technical skill
  • Flow history makes it easy to troubleshoot and determine where exactly a flow has failed.
  • Flow checker points out errors before you move forward in a flow rather than having to test the flow and have it fail.
  • While this is a product largely built for low to no code users, I find some of the errors and instructions a bit too technical and could have a few more examples.
  • Copying and pasting apply to each loops or scopes is often no possible/fails.
  • Make it easier to create custom connections with limited API experience.
  • Ability to work with Microsoft and Google products
  • Certified connector with Blackbaud
  • Nonprofit discount
  • At least 55 human hours saved per year and growing
  • Greater user involvement in data hygiene as they can make updates without having to have their work checked
  • New processes are easier to adopt as we are an automation first shop now
While I have not had the chance to work with the AI capabilities I think for new users they could be very beneficial because they could build something with AI and then see the steps needed and learn from there. It sounds like a very promising feature to explore when we have time.

Do you think Microsoft Power Automate delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Microsoft Power Automate's feature set?

Yes

Did Microsoft Power Automate live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Microsoft Power Automate go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Microsoft Power Automate again?

Yes

Power Automate is well suited for situations where there is set logic for business processes. Many times you likely already have instruction documents that can act as a blueprint or process map for building your flow. At this time I have yet to find a use case that was not well suited for Power Automate but would imagine ones that are relational between humans it would not do well.