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Knack vs Microsoft Power Apps comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 25, 2026

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Categories and Ranking

Knack
Ranking in Rapid Application Development Software
33rd
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No-Code Development Platforms (6th)
Microsoft Power Apps
Ranking in Rapid Application Development Software
1st
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
96
Ranking in other categories
Low-Code Development Platforms (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Rapid Application Development Software category, the mindshare of Knack is 0.9%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Power Apps is 9.0%, down from 15.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Rapid Application Development Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Microsoft Power Apps9.0%
Knack0.9%
Other90.1%
Rapid Application Development Software
 

Featured Reviews

it_user1460940 - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Director at ITdirector.ie
Flexible and granular security options, good filtering, and the pricing model is cost-effective
The vendor does a really poor job of marketing this software because it should be more popular. This is something that I have pointed out to them. It's a super piece of software, but very few people are aware of it. I am an EX-IT director and I've worked in big systems, and I'm amazed this solution isn't more popular. The "native" integration with other products could be improved. The user interface for the systems that you build can use some improvement because as it is now, you may have to use HTML and CSS to make it look more modern or to match a clients existing look. The documentation is amazing, although they don't do videos and their YouTube channel is very poor. They could create some training videos.
BS
Automation Enthusiast at Self employed
Low-code AI workflows have streamlined content curation and currently support rapid app creation
Microsoft Power Apps could be improved because there are still a lot of jargons and too many moving parts. For example, if you look at Copilot, the term Copilot is confusing in the sense of whether it is Copilot in M365, Copilot Studio, or Copilot in Microsoft Power Apps. There is a plan designer which uses Copilot. The whole thing how AI has been positioned is still not lucid for the end user. An end user wants to know exactly what they want and where they go to get it. I think that could also be because things are evolving so fast. From an end-user perspective, the way it has been positioned, the clarity and the boundaries between the different types of offerings and AI offerings available is confusing as of now. There should be better clarity on that. The biggest issue I have, and I have also spoken to a few of my clients about this, is the licensing model. In traditional software development, almost 95 percent of the time, the development team bears the cost of the licenses. For example, if I develop something, I may have to pay licenses for four or five different software that I use. As a user, if you use my services, you probably pay something to me as a subscription, but you do not have to bother about the licenses. All that is wrapped under the hood. Unfortunately, in Power Platform as such, and even in other low-code things like UiPath, if you use a premium feature such as Dataverse, almost everything ends up using Dataverse or SQL Server or some relational database. If you use that, then as an app builder or app maker you have to have a premium license. The end user too would need to have a premium license. That really makes the adoption prohibitive. It is too expensive. We are talking about something like around just for Microsoft Power Apps alone, approximately twenty dollars per month, which is extremely high. Another point to consider for what else can be improved in Microsoft Power Apps is that one does not know what compute power one is getting when one buys a license. If you look at the licensing model, you will get to know how much of Dataverse storage you will get in terms of log storage, database storage, and file storage. However, you do not get to know how much of compute power is being given to you. I do not think Microsoft has an SLA saying that any request of a certain amount, such as MB per second, you will get a response time of whatever, one by sixtieth of a second or some millisecond. I do not think that they have that performance SLA in place. They do have storage SLA which comes with the license, but they do not have a corresponding SLA for performance.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The security is the most valuable feature, in particular, the way I can give different access to different areas to different people, so you can really fine-tune access for different users."
"For all no-code platforms that let you create a front end, you can click together something very quick."
"When compared with Microsoft Power Automate, it is a bit more mature, and we're able to build things pretty rapidly."
"You can easily connect Power Apps with other databases, like Excel, SharePoint, SQL, etc."
"We have integrated data from external systems without facing any significant challenges."
"The integration with SharePoint is part of the enterprise package, making it cost-effective."
"The most valuable feature is the time-to-market because you can make apps pretty fast."
"The most valuable feature is the compatibility with other Microsoft components."
"In Microsoft PowerApps the most valuable features are the fully customizable design that we can control everything that we would like to control. For example, the integration between Microsoft and third-party services through pre-built connectors, and the functionality to create custom connectors."
 

Cons

"The user interface for the systems that you build can use some improvement because as it is now, you have to do a lot of HTML and CSS to make it look modern."
"The product could be improved by making it a production application and enabling the export of apps."
"Microsoft PowerApps can improve the number of bugs that are present. When you are using the different applications it is not accurate."
"The user interface is pretty good, although it is a little bit clunky and can be improved."
"The portal and canvas apps need to be improved and brought up to speed."
"It has to improve the threshold limit where it can handle data beyond 5000 items."
"Improvements could include more templates for application development, especially those commonly used across different companies."
"When it comes to PowerApps, debugging can be difficult at times. It would be beneficial to simplify it."
"Microsoft PowerApps could improve the speed of Power Automate, it is not very fast."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"This product has really good value, as it doesn't have a per-user cost, there's a flat fee."
"It is not expensive. There is no licensing cost."
"The company has a subscription where you can use certain features for free, but there are features that require a premium subscription to use."
"I pay nine dollars monthly for the subscription to this solution and the price of the is reasonable."
"Pricing for this solution is completely based on user requirement. If your requirement is simple or less complex, then the basic licensing model can work, e.g. the free model, or else, you need to go for the premium features or premium model."
"On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing a six out of ten."
"Microsoft Power Apps is not an expensive solution."
"It is comparable to other similar solutions."
"Whatever the cost of licensing is, it is in the millions."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
University
16%
Comms Service Provider
14%
Construction Company
6%
Government
6%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Government
10%
Comms Service Provider
7%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business31
Midsize Enterprise17
Large Enterprise50
 

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PowerApps, MS PowerApps
 

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