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Microsoft Power Apps vs Thinkwise comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 5, 2025

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

Categories and Ranking

Microsoft Power Apps
Ranking in Rapid Application Development Software
1st
Ranking in Low-Code Development Platforms
1st
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
92
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Thinkwise
Ranking in Rapid Application Development Software
29th
Ranking in Low-Code Development Platforms
28th
Average Rating
6.0
Reviews Sentiment
4.3
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2025, in the Rapid Application Development Software category, the mindshare of Microsoft Power Apps is 15.2%, down from 22.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Thinkwise is 0.3%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Guhan Eshwar - PeerSpot reviewer
Building tools with user-friendly interfaces abut needs integration improvements
An integration of Copilot options within Microsoft Power Apps would be useful. In UiPath apps, there is an autopilot function that uses a generative AI model, which creates layouts and connects data services automatically with a prompt. Such integration would be beneficial to build basic frameworks that can be enhanced. This would assist business process users who lack coding knowledge.
Marjolein Pordon - PeerSpot reviewer
Low-code platform needs knowledge of coding and best practices to make it work best.
This is not a stable solution. When work has been done on screen A, for example, this has lead to a downfall in screen B. This has occurred even when there appears to be connection between the two. This is mostly happening because developers are not using of are not aware of best practices within platforms. It's like Excel. I can make a lot in Excel, but if my calculations are wrong, it's me that is in the fault, not Excel.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The integration with SharePoint is part of the enterprise package, making it cost-effective."
"Creating a PowerApp is very easy. All I do is link and share the result with my colleagues. Deployment is very fast."
"It is easy to design automation processes."
"The solution is stable and reliable."
"I like how fast I can develop an application and put it in production with PowerApps. I think the integration is also excellent. The platforms is growing, so they are constantly adding more connectors on all these things."
"Overall the solution is reliable."
"It can make a very user-friendly solution, and you can show your data from it."
"I like the containerization of Azure."
"We use this solution as a customer portal for teachers so they can plan exams for their students. Exams will also be created in the portal in future."
 

Cons

"The fact that we couldn't share that with our other organization or outside of the organization, consisting of our colleagues in the joint ventures, was a weakness of the solution."
"When it comes to PowerApps, debugging can be difficult at times. It would be beneficial to simplify it."
"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."
"The flexibility and the user interface need improvement."
"PowerApps can't do a lot of things that users need now. For example, it can't handle signatures."
"Microsoft PowerApps can be more costly for small teams or organizations."
"I recommend improving Microsoft Power Apps' licensing model. I've encountered challenges related to licensing complexity, which has led some customers to opt for traditional solution development and deployment methods instead."
"This solution could be more user-friendly and involve less code. It requires a lot of SQL knowledge and programming. It is not a drag and drop solution."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We use the Office 365 package, and Microsoft PowerApps is a part of the package. We don't pay any separate price for this. There are no additional costs. We just pay for the Office 365 package."
"Typically, it's $20 per user, per month, commercial. For the government, on a per user basis, what we were looking at is $11.23 per month."
"One of the main things about this solution is the price. The cost for Salesforce is $35, $25, or $10 per user per month. PowerApps costs much less than that. It is at a good price point. It may change in the future, but at this point, its price is pretty fine."
"It was about $40. There are people that are lower than that, however, they don't give you the features."
"The product is inexpensive."
"It is comparable to other similar solutions."
"This is not an expensive product and there are no licensing fees."
"There are areas of Microsoft PowerApps that can be improved. For example, the license policies are expensive to purchases the premium connectors. If a company would like to use the premium features, they have to pay a lot of money. The Microsoft PowerApps portal could be easier to use when there are a lot of external users because if a company has 1,000 external users, it is too expensive to use the Microsoft PowerApps portal."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
12%
Computer Software Company
12%
Government
10%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
21%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Construction Company
10%
Retailer
8%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

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PowerApps, MS PowerApps
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Sample Customers

TransAlta, Rackspace, Telstra
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