Microsoft Power Automate vs Nintex RPA comparison

Microsoft and Nintex are both solutions in the Robotic Process Automation (RPA) category. Microsoft is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.2, while Nintex is ranked #10 with an average rating of 7.5. Microsoft holds a 21.2% mindshare in RPA, compared to Nintex’s 1.9% mindshare. Additionally, 87% of Microsoft users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 91% of Nintex users who would recommend it.

Microsoft Power Automate

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87% willing to recommend

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91% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 4, 2024

Microsoft Power Automate and Nintex RPA compete in the automation space. Microsoft Power Automate appears to have the upper hand due to its ease of integration and cost-effectiveness within the Office 365 ecosystem.

Features: Microsoft Power Automate features a low-code development environment, easy integration with Microsoft tools like SharePoint and Outlook, and is user-friendly even for those with limited technical skills. Nintex RPA boasts a strong drag-and-drop interface, cross-platform integration, and features advanced error handling mechanisms.

Room for Improvement: Microsoft Power Automate could benefit from enhanced AI tools, better integration with non-Microsoft environments, and more intuitive error messages. Nintex RPA needs improved object recognition, better PDF automation, and advanced AI integration for greater functionality.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Microsoft Power Automate offers wide deployment options across Public, Private, and Hybrid Clouds but needs better community support and documentation. Nintex RPA is primarily deployed On-premises and has mixed reviews for technical support, with some users experiencing delays.

Pricing and ROI: Microsoft Power Automate is cost-effective for Office 365 users, offering significant savings and being cheaper than many competitors. Nintex RPA, slightly more expensive, provides a strong ROI through shareable licenses and enhanced workflow efficiency.

To learn more, read our detailed Microsoft Power Automate vs. Nintex RPA Report (Updated: December 2024).

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Microsoft Power Automate vs. Nintex RPA

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Categories and Ranking

Microsoft Power Automate

Ranking in Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

2nd

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

125

Ranking in other categories

Process Mining (2nd)

Nintex RPA

Ranking in Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

10th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the Robotic Process Automation (RPA) category, the mindshare of Microsoft Power Automate is 21.2%, down from 21.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Nintex RPA is 1.9%, up from 1.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

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Gowtham J

Associate - Analytics at Ernst & Young

Provides valuable integration with other Microsoft tools

The initial setup process involves three trigger points. One is a manual trigger, where users interact with a button or interface element to start the flow. The second is the recurrence trigger, which allows users to schedule automated maintenance at a specific time. Third is a data-driven trigger, where the flow is initiated based on an event in a database, such as creating a new line item in SharePoint database. Once triggered, the flow continues to execute, performing the configured actions and providing the results.

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JonathanNg

Global Automation Lead - Customer Operations at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees

Helped us identify areas where frontline staff aren't following standard procedures or using unexpected systems, giving us better insight into our end users' workflows

To analyze and make sense of the data generated by Kryon process discovery can be a lot of effort. It's not as automatic as some might think. It really depends on how many processes you have and how actively you use them. But the scalability aspect isn't necessarily about deployment or technical maintenance. It's really about how you analyze and gain insights from the data gathering. I'd rate the scalability a seven out of ten because the solution has been scaling well for a long time. It's very easy to deploy. But getting value out of it at scale can be a challenge, just like with any deployment. We use it mainly for process discovery. We actually proceed it from different teams. So, we have 15 licenses that we rotate with different people, actually through different teams. So, we do discovery for the online team; we gather the results after about two weeks to a month. We analyze those results, and then we deploy them again on the analytics team. We regularly deploy it to different teams. So, it's in constant use. It just runs on the systems through discovery mode most of the time.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Third-party integrations with third-party applications are quite easy."

"The whole platform seamlessly integrates well."

"The RPA robotic process automation is a good feature. We can make a flow within a flow. We just made a UI flow. The flow is to run every day so far it's been quite helpful."

"The pricing of the solution is competitive, which is good for the Romanian market."

"The most valuable feature is the ability and ease of linking multiple connectors within the same flow."

"The most advantageous aspect of the solution is its cloud capabilities."

"The most valuable features of Microsoft Power Automate are the connectors, such as loops, which make things easier."

"With the desktop version, we can automate many things. The ability to do a lot of things is one of the most valuable features."

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"Kryon RPA is very stable - we've not had many disruptions, and the product is updated regularly."

"The most valuable features for our organization are the automatic processes which save main power in the back office."

"What I like most about Kryon RPA is the user experience. I also find the layout and design of the solution better for programming compared to other RPA solutions."

"We use Kryon Studio to develop new wizards and we use the features to capture elements from the screen and automate processes... The screen capture allows us to interface with systems which don't have an API, or where the API is very expensive, and it allows us to do on-screen integration."

"The task mining aspect has been the most valuable for us. That's why we actually bought it."

"We took a very complex business area, and every activity in it which can be done automatically is being replaced by the robot instead of people working on it."

"It's very seamless to interact with Excel files and web app pages."

"The full-service automation aspects and the process discovery are the most valuable features of Kryon RPA."

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Cons

"All the services on the Microsoft platform are great. If we want to try something like with SharePoint or Azure or the 365 CRM, then we can't with the everyday community edition of the Microsoft Power Automate. It would be a good thing if there was some sort of trial period. Let's say you have 14 days. That way, can log into the loading screen with Power Automate, and get to utilize services like SharePoint, OneDrive, 365 CRM or etc. to see if they like them. It would be a good way for Microsoft to cross-sell or up-sell."

"Looping can be a bit tricky."

"I've had issues with reordering columns. When I tried to do it, it seemed to take a long time, and then, later, it gave me some kind of error."

"It doesn't have any OCR capabilities."

"For countries in our region, it's not very well known."

"From an improvement perspective, Microsoft just needs to make sure that they have a real enterprise RPA tool. PowerApps and Power Automate are still not at the level of UiPath and Automation Anywhere. It could be because Automation Anywhere and UiPath have been in the market for quite some time. It's just about Microsoft increasing their focus in terms of product reviews and development and making them competitive products that one can consider at an enterprise level. Right now, their use cases are limited as compared to what one would consider doing with UiPath and Automation Anywhere."

"They can provide a deeper level of feedback about running processes. When I compare it to Blue Prism, the control room has slightly less information about the running processes and possible errors. I'm not a pro, so I am not entirely sure if this is a core feature of the product or if it is because of the way our partners have developed it or set it up."

"AI-enabled voice recognition features could be included in the product."

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"I would expect that in the first year there is no ROI. It has to be measured over three or five years."

"Another major drawback is OCR. We are not able to read scanned documents correctly in a reliable way. There is always some margin of error. Some of the processes require us to read scanned documents, and you need to ensure that it is 100 percent accurate. Without that level of assurance, you can't automate such tasks."

"What needs improvement in Kryon RPA is the support. Sometimes, the solution has problems, so I contacted support, but I didn't receive immediate help from the team. You have to wait a while before the problem gets solved. This happens a few times in terms of getting cases solved. It would also be better if Kryon RPA had a cloud version because currently, from what I know, it only has an on-premise version, though I could be wrong about that. There isn't any additional feature I'd like added to Kryon RPA because it's a good service, but the support is very, very bad, so that area could be improved."

"We would like to see having a little more specific documentation, or some of the examples be easier to find. One of the big things that we get directed to now is the Kryon Community page, but a lot of that wasn't in existence or publicized when we started doing our training and education. Now, we're stumbling through using it. For the majority of the time, we have either had to try and interpret what the instructions meant or do a service desk ticket."

"With the customer support, there have been some times where we have had to go through explaining the issue a couple times because it has gone through a couple of people's hands. There have been a couple of scenarios where we have had to re-explain the issue and bring somebody new up to speed on what is going on or what the problem is."

"Kryon could be easier to use, especially in comparison to UiPath."

"When a project is very big, a lot of memory is taken up. Then, machines don't have enough memory. This could be improved upon to be more efficient."

"We have found some difficulties regarding the integration with legacy systems where the screen has elements in the Hebrew language. The connection to Hebrew, right-to-left systems, is more challenging."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is free for us. It is embedded directly in the Office package."

"It's more fragmented licensing, where every little thing that you add, you get an extra license cost."

"With our Microsoft Office 365 license, we are able to use Microsoft Power Automate."

"The price is right. If you have Office 365 It's included."

"At the moment, from our experience with the two, Power Automate is a lot more expensive solution than Automation Anywhere, but it is also a far more reliable solution. With the price increases and with the current pandemic situation going on worldwide, a lot of the prices have fluctuated, but the packages and the all-encompassing features you get with the Microsoft package far outweigh the benefits from the Automation Anywhere side. Each package on the Automation Anywhere side is cheaper, but we need to continuously purchase subsequent packages to continue with our automation to the extent that we require. So, the Power Automate solution is a bit more pricey, but it does offer us a far better range of capabilities."

"The license cost could be better."

"It costs us nothing because we use it on the built-in cost that is a part of our existing license for 365. To use it more extensively, there are different pricing models. Its licensing is complex. It is complex to evaluate the cost in advance. As a result, people don't use it because they don't know what overall cost they are going to incur. There are too many criteria to figure out how much it is going to cost you to use the product to its full extent. Its licensing model should be improved, and the pricing should be more visible and transparent."

"The free version is quite good."

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"We're paying in the neighborhood of about $66,000 a year. The cost is fairly similar to its competitors' costs. It might have been a little bit more reasonable than the others, and that cost was with Process Discovery in addition."

"In addition to the standard licensing costs, there are manpower costs."

"The product has reasonable pricing."

"For an unattended robot it's $6000 a month."

"We are probably saving $6000 to $8000 a month in labor costs. It's not a ton, but we're right around $60,000 to $80,000 a year with our current deployment."

"The price is affordable."

"It is very cheap. I would rate the pricing a three out of ten, with ten being expensive."

"Compared to its competitors, Kryon RPA's pricing is very competitive."

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Computer Software Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

11%

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Financial Services Firm

23%

Computer Software Company

14%

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Questions from the Community

RPA that Bots can run without centralized control?

Yes, Attended Bots which can run without centralized control Module. RPA Tools like Automation Anywhere, uiPath ,Power Automation they do support this.

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We have found that Foxtrot (Now NintexRPA) is a very solid solution for IBM iSeries integration using the IBM ACS 5250 emulator, in addition Datamatics TruBot is an alternative solution.

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What do you like most about Nintex RPA?

Nintex RPA often includes security features, including encryption and user access controls, which ensure the protection of sensitive data and compliance with security standards.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Nintex RPA?

Although Nintex RPA is expensive, it is somewhat affordable considering its features. I would rate the cost aspect as an eight out of ten.

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Comparisons

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Compared 18% of the time

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Compared 1% of the time

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Compared 44% of the time

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Compared 9% of the time

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Compared 9% of the time

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Compared 7% of the time

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Compared 5% of the time

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Also Known As

Power Automate, Microsoft Flow, MS Power Automate, WinAutomation by Softomotive, ProcessRobot by Softomotive, Minit

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Overview

Microsoft Power Automate is a powerful tool that streamlines and automates tasks within an organization.

It is used for workflow automation, data integration, and creating automated notifications and approvals.

Power Automate connects different applications and services, such as SharePoint, Excel, and Outlook, to automate data transfer and synchronization.

Using Nintex RPA, enterprises can leverage trained bots to quickly and cost-effectively automate routine tasks without the use of code in an easy-to-use drag and drop interface. Users are now equipped with a comprehensive, enterprise-grade process management and automation solution that streamlines processes fueled by both structured and unstructured data sources.

Sample Customers

1. Coca-Cola 2. General Electric 3. Siemens 4. Accenture 5. Deloitte 6. Johnson & Johnson 7. Ford 8. Nestle 9. Procter & Gamble 10. IBM 11. Amazon 12. Google 13. Microsoft 14. Adobe 15. Cisco 16. Oracle 17. SAP 18. Intel 19. HP 20. Dell 21. Verizon 22. AT&T 23. T-Mobile 24. Walmart 25. Target 26. Home Depot 27. McDonald's 28. Starbucks 29. Nike 30. Apple 31. Facebook 32. Twitter

Amazon, Audi, Chevron, Toyota, Uber, Walmart

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