Microsoft Power Apps Reviews

PowerApps is currently the best low-code platform because of Microsoft's investments—not just in low-code development but also in generative AI in order to accelerate development. The Power Platform integrates really well with all the new technologies, including AI. It's maturing fast, though I haven't had the chance to fully compare it with others like Mendix, which has been around for a while. To make a completely informed and unbiased decision on which is better, I'd need more experience with other platforms. But from my perspective, for most customers, it ticks a lot of boxes, especially in terms of rapid development.

Power Platform also supports developers when they hit the limits of drag-and-drop features. If you want to build something more native, that’s doable too. Our use cases vary depending on the customer.

Because we're a company that helps customers automate processes using Power Platform. Power Platform has a very industry-agnostic nature, meaning it can be applied across various sectors—whether it's healthcare, banking, construction, automotive, or manufacturing. Wherever there are processes still relying on paper, currency, or Excel that need automation, PowerApps is a good fit.

Power Platform has a range of products—apps, CloudFlows, Power BI, Pages, and now the Copilot edition. But the ones I use most often, especially with our customers, are apps combined with CloudFlows running in the background. We're also seeing a rise in conversations about Copilot.

In apps, we tend to jump in when things get critical in context, especially when building enterprise applications for our customers. We often have to go the extra mile in terms of design and user experience. We don’t usually rely solely on out-of-the-box features. Instead, we bring our own designs and improvements in that area. Of course, we start with what Power Platform provides out of the box, but in some cases, we have to build our own components and create custom experiences.

The favorite feature among most makers is the PowerApps Studio, where they can get started and create. For myself, my role is a bit different—I’m more involved in presales, selling the platform to customers, showing demos, and focusing on governance and the security aspects of the platform as a whole. So I have fewer hands-on tasks with Power Apps, and I don’t really have a specific favorite feature. However, I do enjoy the overall experience of creating applications.

In the future, I would like to see a more intuitive merged experience for pro-coders. For instance, being able to quickly work in Azure within a preferred IDE, like how developers typically structure their code in TypeScript or other conventional programming languages. It would be great if Power Platform had a nice integration between the low-code environment, where developers can drag and drop, and the pro-coding side. This way, both pro coders and low-code developers could work together without any friction, and both types of users would have an experience that meets their expectations.

I would like to see improvements in the Power Apps experience—specifically, the experience for makers developing Power Apps. So far, Microsoft has made good progress. They have a nice feedback cycle, and they listen, adapt, and improve.

So, a greater focus on the overall experience would be nice, so that all types of makers feel welcomed and don’t get frustrated when building.

I have been using it since 2019. 

Microsoft's technical support is fast in responding, but they don't always have the full knowledge right away. When you contact them, you won’t necessarily get an immediate answer because a lot of expertise also lies with partners who have the most project experience.

However, Microsoft does react pretty fast, and they try to involve everyone who could potentially help. It’s beneficial if you're connected to Microsoft at different levels. For instance, if you have FastTrack solution architects in your organization or if you’re connected to Microsoft resources, they have ways to get things resolved quickly and provide fast answers for any issue.

So, the key is to be connected through different layers to ensure that not only do you get a fast response but also the right kind of help in case you encounter technical problems.

Neutral

Given the nature of the Power Platform, which is designed to be accessible to everyone, Microsoft's goal is to empower people everywhere to achieve more. Power Platform tries to accomplish this because it’s a tool meant for anyone who loves technology. If someone is tech-savvy, they can build and automate using Power Platform. However, it’s not easy because a lot of factors are involved.

There’s change management and company culture to consider. Every company has a history and a culture that either accepts or blocks new technology, so you have to take that into account. Then there’s the cost. Once you understand the value of Power Platform, you’ll realize it’s not free and comes with a specific cost. Some companies are willing to pay, but others hesitate, especially considering the global crises we’ve faced recently, like COVID and ongoing conflicts. This can make selling the platform more challenging.

It’s a process that can't be done in two, five, or even ten days. But it’s also not something that needs to be perfect right from the start. It’s important to get started on the right foot, with people on the customer side who are committed and fully understand Power Platform. It works best when adopted from the bottom up, with support from top management.

The deployment process can take anywhere from weeks to months, depending on the organization—its size, history they have, and how it has adopted other technologies in the past. If the company already uses several Microsoft tools, it can go more smoothly compared to starting from scratch. There are many factors to consider. Having a partner like us, who has experience working with different customers and knows what not to do, can make the process faster and smoother.

It's one of the main reasons why we work with it. Customers see the value in using Power Platform because they realize that many of their processes aren’t running optimally. A lot of them are manual, paper-based, or heavily human-oriented, and they want to automate those processes. Power Platform is a great fit for that. It helps bring together data and processes that are spread across different systems because of its high integration capabilities.

It’s especially useful for companies working extensively with Excel, SharePoint, and other collaboration tools since Power Platform integrates well with them. Many companies centralize their tasks with this platform, reducing the need to open multiple apps in parallel just to complete their daily tasks. It also allows more people to get involved in the development process. Instead of waiting for a developer to join the company, employees can learn Power Platform and use it to solve their problems.

It’s also an excellent tool for core developers, provided they understand the strengths of Power Platform. They shouldn’t compare it directly to programming languages like JavaScript or TypeScript—that’s the wrong comparison. Power FX, the formula language of Power Apps, should be appreciated for what it can do in combination with the Power Platform ecosystem. If developers understand its value, they can quickly test ideas without spending months implementing multiple features. You can create functional prototypes and gather feedback from users rapidly because of how quickly things can be built and tested.

Power Platform also supports rapid development, making it easier to create fast, clickable prototypes that can be populated with real data immediately. It’s beneficial for people at all levels, from professional developers to department employees looking for a self-help solution to automate processes, like dealing with thousands of Excel sheets linked across different areas. It works well in industries that have diverse systems, offering a unified platform to bring everything together.

I also like the direction Microsoft is taking with their investment in Power Platform. They’re not just focusing on making one aspect good; they’re thinking in terms of partnerships and broader opportunities. It’s becoming a solution that fits everywhere.

For example, we created an application that helps construction site managers measure doors or other objects on a new construction site. They need accurate measurements to place orders with suppliers. Normally, they would do this manually with pen and paper, sometimes using hardware devices like a Bosch distance reader to get the measurements. 

Afterward, they would manually input everything into Excel, and from there, create an order in SAP, which often involves a lot of manual steps because there's no direct integration from Excel to SAP. This makes the process error-prone, with lots of potential for mistakes during data entry and order creation.

What we did was centralize and digitize the process with Power Apps. It stores all the measurements in a database, so the site manager can easily access the history of measurements, like from the past month, for example. Once they have the correct measurements, they can just press a button, and the system automatically uploads the data and sends it for ordering.

This entire process, which was previously manual or poorly set up, was automated using Power Apps. We also integrated it to capture the measurements directly from the hardware device into the app. Since many construction sites have periods where there's no internet connection, it works offline. Once the connection is restored, the daily measurements are uploaded and centralized, allowing for data history, reporting, and direct integration with SAP to place orders.

Overall, this automation led to a 75% increase in productivity, saving 75% of the manual work. It’s a significant improvement.

If I had to choose between Power Platform and Mendix, I would always choose Power Platform. They’re constantly improving Power Platform overall. But to be realistic, with optimism for areas that still need improvement, I would give it an eight out of ten. So, there’s still room for improvement.

We are a construction company, and we use the solution for a lot of project management tasks and to make some relevant tools for the business.

The solution's most valuable feature is integration. It's highly beneficial because you can bring data from many different places to it. It's an easy, pluggable solution that everyone can use. It can make a very user-friendly solution, and you can show your data from it. The solution has a new, modern look and feel and is integrated with Microsoft Power Automate and AI technology.

Microsoft Power Apps must be more robust when integrating with Microsoft Power BI. It should be a more connectable solution so that it works in a better way.

I have been using Microsoft Power Apps for five years.

Sometimes, the solution faces network failure, slows down, and does not fetch things correctly. It has some limitations in showing the number of data, which is understandable since it's a low-code tool.

I rate the solution’s stability a six out of ten.

I think the solution's scalability is growing faster, and it was a long wait for such a tool with Microsoft. It's been improving for the last five years, so the progress is good, and people are using it. People like the tool because it has good scalability. More than 1,000 people are using the solution extensively in our organization.

I rate the solution’s scalability a seven out of ten.

We raise a ticket through Microsoft for any issues. Sometimes, the support is good, and we get call center support. Other times, we have to fix the issues ourselves. The technical support from Microsoft is not consistent.

Neutral

We previously used Microsoft .NET, which took many months to develop the system. We switched to Microsoft Power Apps because it is easier, requires fewer people, and requires less time to deploy.

The deployment time depends on the situation, but deployment is pretty easy. You can fix things and deploy the tool within two hours. We have different environments from test to production. We move, set up a package, deploy the package, and change the connection strength. Around two to three people were involved in the solution’s deployment.

On a scale from one to ten, where one is difficult and ten is easy, I rate the solution's initial setup a seven out of ten.

We implemented the solution through an in-house team.

The solution has helped grow our organizational value by converting tasks from manual to automatic.

Microsoft Power Apps is not an expensive solution.

On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing a five out of ten.

I'm a consultant and a customer of Microsoft Power Apps. The solution is automatically updated, and I'm using the recent cloud version of Microsoft Power Apps. Two to three people are enough to maintain the solution. Microsoft Power Apps supports our mobile workforce or remote operations well.

Overall, I rate the solution seven and a half out of ten.

Right now, our primary use case is very easy to explain. I push applications for applications and supply applications on mobiles because a lot of my customers need to have to access certain data from an iPad or iPhone.

Microsoft PowerApps has made our organization faster and more secure. 

What I find the most valuable is the simplicity to create PowerApps and link them to a list and then bring the list from SharePoint, and sharing the data in SharePoint with other people who do not need to have access to a mobile. 

Creating a PowerApp is very easy. All I do is link and share the result with my colleagues. Deployment is very fast. It takes about a month or so. 

I would like to have more options for changing the layout because customizing something as simple as colors is very hard. The environment is low-code/no-code, so changing something small is hard because you need to find tips for doing that online. It takes quite a few clicks to find a solution sometimes. 

Greater customization overall would be good. 

I would like for them to make it easier to link to a list. It would be great to see not only empty boxes but also those with the first data of your actual list when you create pages. 

More widgets would be better as well. 

The end-user experience would benefit from being more fun. 

I started using Microsoft PowerApps six months ago. 

I have not had any real problems with performance. Any stability issues with PowerApps come from network quality and are not related to the solution's performance. 

Right now, I can't say much about the solution's scalability. At the moment, we are using it for a few users, but I think we plan on increasing our scope in about two years. This would be about 1,700 people in France on the Continental retail side. 

I mostly use the Microsoft website for issues I run into so I have not had any interaction with the PowerApps support team. We also have a very strong IT team within our organization. 

Overall, I give Microsoft PowerApps an eight out of ten. 

Before going with Microsoft PowerApps, we evaluated Mendix and WINDEV. But these are not Microsoft products and we have a big contract with Microsoft. 

I do not have any advice for future users because the solution is holding up well for me. 

We use the solution to integrate with enterprise solutions like SAP and other enterprise solutions. It's highly integrated and highly secured. 

Externally or internally, we have several business processes that need to be automated. We write evaluations and also evaluate business procedures to see how they can be simplified. Power Apps is one of the solutions that we mostly use in our company to automate processes. We also have several clients who use it to automate SAP processes. This is the most critical business function in clients' core mission.

It's easy to use. We create great user experiences.

The track-to-use function is great.

It is easy to design automation processes.

The initial setup is mostly pretty simple. 

Users don't have to have any technical competence in order to begin creating automation. 

We'd like to have access to previewed content and preset options. If we could preview content for specific software, that would be ideal.

The user experience could continue to be improved upon. 

We'd like more features and less to no coding. 

I've been using the solution for three to four months. 

It is s stable product and I have found the performance and reliability to be good. It doesn't crash or freeze. 

The solution is scalable. It's also adjustable. 

We have around 200 people using the product.

We do plan to increase usage. 

The product is fully supported by Microsoft. We have a ticket for tracking issues. There's also a community around it that can assist. They are quite responsive. 

Positive

We've also used Blue Prism and UiPath. Since most of the automation processes are based on Microsoft technology like Excel and other Microsoft-related solutions, and Power Apps is based on Microsoft technology and is highly integrated with those solutions, it made sense to switch.

It's a stand-alone solution and uses connectivity to the software we want to automate. It's not hard to set up or to start automating things.

I'd rate the solution a four out of five in terms of ease of setup. It's not overly difficult. 

We were able to deploy the product in about a week. 

We have 50 to 100 people maintaining the solution. 

I handled the implementation myself as I started out using it for testing purposes. I did not have outside assistance. 

I don't handle the licensing aspect of the solution. It's handled by another team. 

It's my understanding we pay around $150 to $200 USD per user. 

We're using the latest version of the solution. 

I'd recommend the solution. It works so well with other Microsoft solutions. It also could reduce the workforce and release employees from redundant daily tasks.

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.

We use Microsoft PowerApps for internal business solutions that eliminate the need for Excel workbooks.

To keep track of which accounts our project managers were working on so that we could charge time back to those other lines of business.

The UI functionality is the most valuable aspect of this solution.

If the price was reduced and the quality of the user interfaces was improved it would be beneficial.

I have been using Microsoft PowerApps since 2019.

Microsoft PowerApps is a stable solution.

The scalability of Microsoft PowerApps is limited.

We have a few thousand users in our organization. They are completely different. Most are individual contributor roles, but who uses what for what varies greatly.

It is being used extensively, and I'm sure there are plans to expand its use even further.

I would rate technical support a five out of five.

I also have experience with OutSystems.

I would rate OutSystems a five out of five, and I would highly recommend them.

The initial setup was straightforward. I would rate it a five out of five.

Deployment took about a month once it was at my level and I fully understood it.

My implementation strategy was to meet with various business owners to identify a solution for them, then build and deploy that solution for them.

I did not work with a third-party integrator, consultant, or reseller. I completed the deployment by myself.

I had some help from YouTube and Google.

I'm not familiar with the maintenance aspect. I know there is a reference center and a few others from our IT department. I would guess that there is a team of a  few hundred people to maintain this solution.

There has been a return on investments. I would rate the ROI a five out of five.

Whatever the cost of licensing is, it is in the millions.

I would rate the licensing costs a one out of five.

My recommendation is to first investigate OutSystems.

I would rate Microsoft PowerApps a seven out of ten.

We use Microsoft Power Apps to support some IT processes and for employee evaluation. Sometimes, we use the solution to prepare electronic forms where we cannot use Microsoft Forms. We also use Microsoft Power Apps to prepare small custom applications.

I like the solution's ability to approve some tasks electronically. When we use Power Automate to build workflows, one of the steps is the approval process. It is very convenient to have the possibility of accepting some activities.

Because we have a lot of data and users, achieving an appropriate level of security and privacy is sometimes difficult, especially for sensitive data. I do not mean that the system is lacking in this area; rather, we need very competent people. I believe we don't have enough people to appropriately secure our data and control the transfer of this data.

I have been using Microsoft Power Apps for three years.

I rate the solution a nine out of ten for stability.

I rate the solution’s scalability a nine out of ten.

In some cases, it's very difficult to get very competent reactions from the support team regarding our tickets.

Neutral

The solution’s initial setup is easy.

We have seen a return on investment with Microsoft Power Apps regarding time savings.

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 Cloud can integrate with on-premise infrastructures, but this requires additional licenses. These additional licenses are expensive for us because we have 8,000 employees. Integrating cloud services with on-premises systems is not easy for us. This is mostly not because of technical problems but because of the cost of such integrations. I would recommend the solution to other users.

Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

We use the solution for collaboration modules within our company. For example, we use Power Apps to handle requests when investing in projects abroad and needing approval.

The solution integrates quickly with our organization's existing systems.

We're running a campaign to encourage users to utilize the Power Apps. This is particularly challenging as we incur licensing costs, and some individuals do not use the applications.

I have been using Microsoft Power Apps for three years.

There were no stability issues.

250 users are using this solution. We have some projects for next year that we will use to increase the usage of Power Apps.

When we need support, Microsoft helps us immediately.

Positive

Deployment is easy and takes three months to complete, depending on the project. When we start using their programming, they understand easily and faster.

The solution has increased productivity due to automation. We can automate and save 30% on costs. Power Apps allows us to allocate or invest time in other activities when the apps handle certain processes.

The product is cheaper.

The solution's maintenance is easy. It is easy to use, understand, and manage.

Overall, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.

We use the solution to create applications. We were getting ideas, fine-tuning, and putting them in different queues that are available to the whole organization.

We have been utilizing the tool for very long. We can easily build a very small application or a large database with the tool. It also provides integration with SharePoint. Anyone can easily build a very basic application using the solution. If anyone wants to create an application to put SharePoint lists, it can be easily built using the product with a few clicks by any user.

The product's usability and the ability to fine-tune are really good. It is easier to work with compared to AgilePoint. The product is very user-friendly.

The solution must provide more integration with third-party applications.

I have been using the solution for the last eight to nine months.

The solution is relatively more stable. Loading is also good. It gets a little slower when we load large amounts of data sets. However, it is good when it comes to downtime.

The solution is very scalable. I rate the scalability an eight out of ten. Around 50,000 to 60,000 people are using the solution in our organization. It is accessible to the whole organization.

I did not contact support because I could get most solutions to my problems on Google.

The solution is deployed on the cloud.

The tool is not that difficult to maintain. We have a separate support team taking care of maintenance. The team works on tickets and closes them. People have built many applications using the solution.

Power Apps is relatively cheap compared to other low-code and no-code systems like OutSystems and Mendix.

Power Apps is more scalable than AgilePoint. It is also easier to deploy things using Power Apps. We can use the tool to deploy smaller solutions without much coding knowledge. If we use Microsoft products like SharePoint, we can integrate them easily with Power Apps.

There are buttons available in SharePoint that enable us to create and publish an app with just one click. The documentation on Microsoft's site and the learning platform of Power Apps is good compared to AgilePoint. AgilePoint has limited videos because it does not have a large working base.

The tool is good. People should definitely try it out. It can be a perfect solution for the whole enterprise. Overall, I rate the product a nine out of ten.