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Microsoft Power Automate vs SAP Signavio Process Intelligence comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 1, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Microsoft Power Automate
Ranking in Process Mining
2nd
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
125
Ranking in other categories
Robotic Process Automation (RPA) (2nd)
SAP Signavio Process Intell...
Ranking in Process Mining
7th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
14
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Featured Reviews

Nilesh Pundkar - PeerSpot reviewer
Good for email routing and management features but additional costs for plug-ins
Power Automate has fewer features and more limitations in general. It's not as mature a product as some of the others, like UiPath or Automate Anywhere. One of the main issues I've found is that Power Automate struggles with accessing Excel or other Office documents on servers. Even though it's a Microsoft product, we often have to log in through remote systems, and syncing can be problematic due to the way we use servers. At the very least, they should provide access to Office 365 directly, without requiring additional logins on servers. Most people utilizing Power Automate are already working within the Office 365 environment. Any proof of concepts (POCs) using Power Automate would naturally be built on top of Office 365.
Venkat Sivaprakash - PeerSpot reviewer
A scalable and stable tool that needs to provide its users with an exact focus on where process transformations can happen
Certain areas that provide users with an exact focus on where process transformations can happen are available in Silico but not in SAP Signavio Process Intelligence. The aforementioned reason can be considered for improvement. The product doesn't allow me to focus on a particular value stream and how the value stream performs. I wish the future releases of the product possess the aforementioned capabilities since only Silico has such capabilities right now, while Signavio and Celonis fail to offer Silico's capabilities.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Its complete integration with Microsoft tools and the inclusion of the CRM are the most valuable features. It is embedded directly in the Office package, so clients have direct access to it. It has a lot more functionality than other standalone solutions, such as UiPath or Blue Prism."
"I like that Power Automate gives us a connector to be able to connect different data sources or different software."
"The solution offers a lot of documentation and tutorials for users to learn about various aspects and features."
"AI Builder is a good add-on."
"The best feature is that it doesn't require any other connectivity."
"I use the product for automation."
"The development time for ProcessRobot is very good compared to other solutions."
"The product provides valuable integration with other Microsoft tools."
"It has the ability to create journey maps, and to connect journey maps to BTMM."
"The product's best feature is the connection and integration between all of the capabilities."
"One of the most valuable things about process intelligence is that it allows you to mine data over a long period of time, such as one or two years. This gives us a deep understanding of how your processes actually work."
"The product is relatively user friendly, it does what you need it to do."
"By clearly defining process owners, customers can not only better achieve their goals but are always accountable to partners and audits."
"The initial setup was simple. One can know how exactly the process performs just by clicking a few buttons."
"I like the tool's ability to visualize the entire process flow, how the process flow flows, and what deviations happen from the process flow. It also helps to figure out the process bottlenecks."
"It's easy to set up."
 

Cons

"Automatic selectors that allow me to select parts of a website could be more adaptable."
"It lacks a lot of functionality that other tools have. There should be queue management, and there should also be the capability to deal with a little bit more complex automation. If it had queue support and if it was capable of doing more complex automation, it would be a much better tool."
"While using this solution, we found it to be basic."
"We find the solution to be not that user-friendly, and might be using the older version, which really did not have a lot of features, so my review is mostly based on the older version."
"Not suitable for connecting other applications like browsers and third party applications."
"The downside is the lack of orchestration and supplemental tools such as capturing existing processes and using them to build out."
"Microsoft Power Automate is limited if we want to create a complex flow because we have to split the log into two flows."
"Looping can be a bit tricky."
"The solution is not very intuitive. It is very complicated to use."
"The UI could be improved."
"SAP Signavio Process Intelligence slows down when you feed a lot of data. It needs to improve its processing ability. The tool should also incorporate AI features that can automate things. Many of the competitors have this feature."
"It could be more scalable."
"Interface could be more user friendly."
"SAP has to figure out a better way to price it. Their licensing structure isn't ideal as it's based on data; therefore, it's hard to estimate client costs."
"With the new release, I have some problems. Actually with Signavio, many of the processes are not viewable for unclear reasons. The product itself is reachable most of the time, but some processes are not there. Some pages do not loading at times."
"The product doesn't allow me to focus on a particular value stream and how the value stream performs."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is reasonable and the western license is fantastic."
"My company switched to a monthly payment for the WinAutomation by Softomotive license. I don't have the exact figure, but it roughly amounts to 500 Euros a year which isn't bad."
"The price of the solution is reasonable. I rate the pricing a five out of ten."
"It's more fragmented licensing, where every little thing that you add, you get an extra license cost."
"I believe one of the advantages of this device is its low cost."
"I would rate the pricing an eight out of ten, with ten being expensive because there are charges for additional plug-ins."
"The pricing of this solution is very good and for me, it's the best option there is."
"The platform is averagely priced. I rate the pricing a five out of ten."
"The costs of the solution require transparency since sometimes it refers to the number of users and sometimes the amount of volume that is used"
"I would not say the product was terribly expensive but I would not say it was cheap either."
"The solution is expensive, and I rate it an eight out of ten."
"The pricing is expensive."
"It is a fairly expensive solution."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
14%
Computer Software Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Government
5%
Computer Software Company
19%
Manufacturing Company
15%
Energy/Utilities Company
10%
University
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

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.
How do I choose between UiPath and Microsoft Power Automate?
Microsoft‌ ‌Power‌ ‌Automate‌ ‌is‌ ‌intuitive‌ ‌and‌ ‌easy‌ ‌to‌ ‌integrate‌ ‌and‌ ‌use.‌ ‌I‌ ‌like‌ ‌that‌ ‌there‌ ‌is‌ ‌no‌ ‌coding‌ ‌experience‌ ‌necessary,‌ ‌and‌ ‌appreciate‌ ‌the‌ ‌automated‌...
How is Automation Anywhere compared to Microsoft Power Automate?
‌Neither‌ ‌solution‌ ‌requires‌ ‌any‌ ‌coding‌ ‌experience,‌ ‌and‌ ‌both‌ ‌are‌ ‌easy‌ ‌to‌ ‌use‌ ‌and‌ ‌have‌ ‌great‌ ‌drag-and‌ ‌drop‌ ‌functionality.‌ ‌The‌ ‌training‌ ‌and‌ ‌resources‌ ‌for‌ ‌A...
What do you like most about SAP Signavio Process Intelligence?
The product helps us build solid business use cases.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SAP Signavio Process Intelligence?
The solution is expensive but lesser than SolarWinds. It comes with free SAP licenses.
What needs improvement with SAP Signavio Process Intelligence?
The solution is not very intuitive. It is very complicated to use.
 

Also Known As

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