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Microsoft Power Automate

Composite Score

8.8 /10

CX Score

9.1 /10

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What is Microsoft Power Automate?

Discover a better way to get things done across your organization through digital and robotic process automation. Build time-saving workflows into everything from individual tasks to large-scale systems with seamless integration using hundreds of prebuilt connectors.Enable everyone to build secure workflows with a no-code guided experience and cloud-based data loss prevention, identity, and access management services.

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Awards & Recognition

Microsoft Power Automate won the following awards in the Robotic Process Automation - Enterprise category

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2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Latest Award, 2024

5 Top Rated Capabilities

10 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2024

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024

2 Top Rated Capabilities

4 Top Rated Features

2023

8 Top Rated Capabilities

13 Top Rated Features

2022

Microsoft Power Automate Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

87 Likeliness to Recommend

97 Plan to Renew

84 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+91 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Microsoft Power Automate?

4% Negative

5% Neutral

91% Positive

Pros

Enables Productivity
Trustworthy
Reliable
Saves Time

Feature Ratings

Average 82

Automation Apps

Role-Based Access

Code-Free Programming

Concurrent Work

Central Deployment

Unsupervised Launch

Performance Monitoring

Action Logging

Native AI

Sentiment Analysis

User Libraries

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 81

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Breadth of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Availability and Quality of Training

Vendor Support

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Microsoft Power Automate Reviews

Umit B.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Finance
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2021

Clear winner for small scale automations

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Power Automate from other similar products?

Ease of use and much much wider community.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Minimum to no code knowledge required. Microsoft has made this one so easy to use.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Absolutely nothing

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Totally go for it. Also if you have other microsoft products in your company then this is an absolute must to have.

Pros

Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy
Unique Features

Zach J.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Agriculture
Involvement: Initial Implementation

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2021

Great product, saves time

Likeliness to Recommend

6 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Power Automate from other similar products?

It is easy to use and a big time saver

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The coding is fairly simple and easy to use

What do you dislike most about this product?

The price of extra licenses

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Go with this product for an office setting, it is easy to use and saves time

Pros

Trustworthy
Efficient Service
Effective Service
Inspires Innovation

Cons

Less Reliable
Less Performance Enhancing
Less Productive

Sachin B.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2021

Good for Microsoft services, lack of few features

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Power Automate from other similar products?

Power automate is not a great tool comparative to other RPA tools in market but what differentiated is that you can connect power automate to other Microsoft services fluently like we can easily automate SharePoint, one drive, outlook, etc. Super awesome to work with power apps. So basically they are not just dealing with front end automation, they are doing end to end automation for all Microsoft services.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favorite aspect is its integration with other services and also its OCR and AI capabilities of Microsoft makes it more reliable.

What do you dislike most about this product?

I dont like the Ui, its becomes messy when you keeps on developing a complex solution. Also compare to other RPA tools, its behind them in features and cost.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Yes definitely Microsoft and its services are always capable and reliable enough to consider your demands. If you want to automate so many things related to micros ft services also want to make everything like mobile applications, web application in power apps of micros ft and here too you can integrate power automate with them. But if you are looking for tools for front end automation then go for other rpa tools who has extended features for excel automation, web automation etc.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Trustworthy

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Awards & Recognition

2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

Microsoft Power Automate Ratings

87 Likeliness to Recommend

97 Plan to Renew

84 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+91 Net Emotional Footprint

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Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Automation Apps Ability to automate an end to end business process that is beyond task automation

Role-Based Access Enable different levels of access based on role e.g. administrators can modify and see all data or department managers have access only to their data.

Code-Free Programming Drag and Drop graphical user interface to setup processes based on recorded user action and library of stock actions.

Concurrent Work Bots can be synchronized to access resources at the same time and undertake processes in parallel from different machines.

Central Deployment Bots managed and published from a common location to provide version control, manage the bot's system access rights, and act as repository for future reuse.

Unsupervised Launch Bots triggered to action based on a schedule or when prescribed conditions are met.

Performance Monitoring Report on bot actions to help make improvements via customized dashboard.

Action Logging Executed processes are logged for detailed auditing and compliance regulation.

Native AI Ability to perform decision making as part of process automation

Sentiment Analysis Ability to analyze and uncover insights from attitudes and opinions expressed on social media.

User Libraries Stock of standard actions that are ready to use, as is, or that can be the building blocks of customized actions.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

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Microsoft Power Automate Reviews

Umit B.

Clear winner for small scale automations

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Zach J.

Great product, saves time

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Sachin B.

Good for Microsoft services, lack of few features

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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