Microsoft Corporation

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

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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.

88 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

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

4% Neutral

92% Positive

Pros

Enables Productivity
Trustworthy
Saves Time
Fair

Feature Ratings

Average 83

Automation Orchestration

100

Cloud Hosting

100

Out of the box integration

Automation Apps

Central Deployment

Unsupervised Launch

Role-Based Access

Concurrent Work

Code-Free Programming

Performance Monitoring

Action Logging

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 81

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Ease of Implementation

Ease of IT Administration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training

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Kate P.

Role: Operations
Industry: Other
Involvement: End User of Application

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2024

Automate Workflows, Empower Everyone

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Power Automate from other similar products?

It excels in user-friendly workflow automation, especially within the Microsoft 365 environment.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The intuitive interface, pre-built connectors, and drag-and-drop functionality empower business users with little coding experience to automate tasks and processes.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Features like nested loops, parallel branching, and custom functions are not currently available

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Microsoft Power Automate makes automating tasks a breeze, even for non-coders, within Microsoft apps. Great for most workflows, but consider other options for super complex needs or very technical teams.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Enables Productivity

Sumit S.

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

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2024

Tricky to use, but cost effective.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Power Automate from other similar products?

The way Microsoft Power Automate is built is very good. It makes use of all Microsoft Office Applications. Integration is very easy.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Compatibility and integration with Office 365.

What do you dislike most about this product?

It is not as low code as it sounds. The person needs to have some knowledge of coding to work in Microsoft Power Automate.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

This tool is growing at a rapid pace. It almost has all features which other automation tools have. And the most important part, it is way more cost effective than any other tool in the market.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Antony M.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Engineering
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2024

Fantastic Features.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Power Automate from other similar products?

it has AI Builder feature that allows users to incorporate AI capabilities into their workflows, such as form processing, object detection, and text recognition, enhancing the automation with intelligent actions.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Microsoft Power Automate automates repetitive tasks, freeing up time for more strategic activities and reducing human error.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Complex workflows or those involving many third-party services can sometimes experience performance bottlenecks.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Evaluate your specific automation needs and compare them with the features offered by Power Automate to ensure it meets your requirements.

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Inspires Innovation
Caring

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Awards & Recognition

2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

Microsoft Power Automate Ratings

88 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

97 Plan to Renew

84 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+91 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Microsoft Power Automate?

Pros

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

Automation Orchestration Manage, monitor and schedule the interactions, tasks and workflows among bots and other automation solutions through a centralized dashboard

Cloud Hosting Deployment of RPA bots in a cloud environment hosted and managed by the vendor.

Out of the box integration Ready-to-use connectors with 3rd party applications, systems and databases.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Kate P.

Automate Workflows, Empower Everyone

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Sumit S.

Tricky to use, but cost effective.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Antony M.

Fantastic Features.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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