Microsoft Power Apps Reviews

We migrated all the applications to the PowerApps Server and are sending some to other users.

Generating reports is very fast with Microsoft PowerApps. It's stable and scalable as well.

Also, the technical support is good.

The price could be lower.

We've been using it since last year.

Microsoft PowerApps is stable.

It is scalable.

I am satisfied with the technical support for Microsoft PowerApps.

The installation was very easy because it's already in the cloud. It took about 20 minutes to install PowerApps.

You can install Microsoft PowerApps by yourself.

The cost for licensing could be lower.

I rate this solution at nine on a scale from one to ten.

I'm a developer and we use the product for in-house development and finding in-house solutions. We have a developer relationship with Microsoft. I'm currently working on a smart parking app for a college here in Kuwait. It would be a big time saver and enable drivers to know where there are available parking spots when it's a busy time and would maximize free space usage. It would make things easier for everyone.

The common data point would be the most valuable feature. PowerApps is also usable for data mining, it can be used with Power BI or SQL. All the data integrates easily on all Microsoft apps. And it comes with most of the subscriptions and extras.

The product could be improved by making it a production application and enabling the export of apps. If you want to set up a site for home rentals, for example, just a basic outline as a starting point, this can be done. The issue is that it cannot be exported. It can be applied in-house, for demonstration purposes for your employees, for example, but you can't really make use of it otherwise. It's a problem.

On the whole, it's a very workable solution because it's an automated way of making applications. You have a template, you have the application know-how, etc. If it could be exported into different languages and could enable different ways of outputting the information, that would be great. For now, it's limited and that's a bit of an issue. Enabling all the applications on internet-based devices to transfer data in and out would make it an excellent product. 

I've been using the product for six months and we're using the latest version.

It works as intended, it's not going to be a magical solution, but it just does what it's meant to do. That's the beauty of it.

I believe the product is very scalable.

Customer service has been pretty good. Actually I tried contacting them today and they've put up this bot that can get a response for you, but it takes more than a day, I think. I could do with some support. I can't access Azure Maps here, and I need Azure Maps to set up the smart parking system. 

I previously used BlinkID but nothing else really has the same power as PowerApps. Google has its Cloud Suite but they've been a bit slack, and Amazon is iffy. They're not really workable here. I live in Kuwait, and there are a lot of contracts with Microsoft - they have the App Center here, but they haven't enabled much of it other than for government contracts, I think.

The initial setup was very straightforward. I tend to think the documentation and the community forms are more than enough to help improve your setup experience. It's very, very, straightforward. I don't think it took more than five minutes to set up and that's amazing. Previously, it might have taken a week to complete setup - all the code, database, linking. 

I have no idea about licensing costs. I tried contacting Microsoft about this because the information isn't easily available and it was unclear where I could search for this. My guess is that the cost is dependent on the company and product needs. I tried to make a calculation and it looks like it's going to be much cheaper to purchase the product than if I were to hire an engineer, get him to develop an app, and have it maintained. This is a much more scalable and less expensive solution.

Previously, we had a whole department using the product. When I lived in Australia, it was used for assembling websites and to upload photos, videos and the like. It worked well because it was for internally-based users. 

My suggestion to anyone searching for a product would be to invest in a solution if you know that it works. Don't go for anything high-risk. This product works as it's intended. It's missing a few key features to make it really stand out but I believe it has the potential to be the best app for access to the database.

The product can be easily integrated - with Microsoft Graph, with common data links, and Power BI especially. You can have a dashboard ready, all the information you want, displayed in whatever form you want. It can present your data in whatever way, shape, and form you want it to.

I would rate this product a seven out of 10. 

We have a partnership with Microsoft. 

The flows are good and probably the best component of this product because they can be used in a variety of situations and we're using it all the time. We're also using a lot of portal and canvas too. This is a simple solution and user friendly.  

The product has a few issues. The portal and canvas apps are the main things that need to be improved. Bringing the UI of a model-driven app to something closer to what Salesforce has will definitely be a game changer.

I've been using this solution for three years. 

The solution is stable if the load is not too high. If it is, then we have issues and need Microsoft to help us sort things out. In the low to medium load, it's very stable.

Our implementation wasn't huge but the solution is scalable.  

The technical support was good. They provided us with first-rate architects and good support.

Positive

The initial setup was relatively straightforward. 

I recommend this solution because of the type of connectors that they have, the cost is reasonable, and it's easy to learn. 

I rate this solution seven out of 10. 

The performance is showing signs of improvement. 

Technical support is okay.

It is good for using for small apps and automation on Microsoft Office items.

The stability of this solution could be better. It's getting better, the performance. However, it's not there yet.

We'd like to be able to leverage more reuse of the code we are implementing in the apps.

I've been using PowerApps for two years.

The solution needs to improve stability and performance. However, they are working on it. 

Technical support is okay and we are mostly satisfied with it. 

Neutral

I'm a customer and an end-user.

I would advise other users to try out the product. We've had a largely positive experience. It's good for using for small apps, and automation specifically for Office stuff. If a company needs that kind of specific usability, I'd suggest they use PowerApps.

We primarily use the solution to create apps for business users which navigates them from within our platforms.

There are lots of good videos on Youtube that are available to help users train themselves on the product and understand its intricacies. They have a workshop that allows you to learn the product in a day.

As a business person, I design a lot of screens. The solution really resonates with me. Their design is amazing.

You are able to create a screen app within a day once you get the hang of everything. 

There are great templates on offer that make creating apps easy. They have galleries that help you pick predefined templates. You can also standardize these. It's low effort and low code. However, if you want to code more and have code validation or mobile, you can do that as well.

They have a web version of the solution, as well as a version for tablets.

The solution is pretty difficult to understand. You need to educate yourself on the product in order to be able to effectively use it.

The solution needs a bit more refinement in general.

It's still a new product. There's a lot of improvements that can be made from a useability perspective. 

There needs to be better guides and documentation available for new users in order to help them properly understand the product and how to use it.

I started using the solution after Power Automate, and therefore I started learning more about Power Apps probably last year in August. I would estimate I started on it in or around July and August of last year.

The solution is definitely stable. I haven't had any issues with it in that regard. It doesn't crash or freeze. There are no bugs or glitches. It's good.

Scalability-wise, I haven't put any complexity behind my apps yet. I haven't really experimented with scaling them up. From what I can see on the tutorial videos I've found, it seems to be possible. However, I have not directly attempted to scale anything so far. I couldn't speak from personal experience on the matter. I'd love for it to be possible.

I do plan to increase usage in the future. There are a few people who have seen my apps who have definitely reached out to me and said, "Oh, this is great." I help them understand how you can use Power Apps themselves as not many people knew about the product before they saw my work. 

More and more people are using it within the organization. I'm not sure of the exact numbers, however. I still have not set up any session for Power Apps for training. I've done sessions for Power Automate, Excel, Word, and SharePoint. There just needs to be more training for awareness. This is a relatively new product. Maybe that's why it doesn't yet have the visibility.

I don't really use technical support at all. All my questions when I reached out to technical support, were directing me to Power Apps In a Day - the training session. I did that and they'd answer all my questions. I did have a few questions based on a few functionalities, which I went on the Microsoft site to find answers to. I basically found two blogs. I understood that those functionalities are not yet there. I put down my feedback in terms of it should be there or not. Then that was it. 

I don't really directly communicate with Microsoft technical support. You need to go out and find your own answers online.

We did not previously use a different solution. 

There isn't an implementation process for the product. It is on the cloud. Everything is pretty automatic. In that sense, it's rather straightforward. It's not overly complex or difficult. It's on the user accounts. I just go ahead and start creating my app from there.

I'm not sure of the cost of the solution. That's not an aspect of the solution I handle.

I am using the latest version of the solution. I'm unsure of the exact version number.

I'd recommend the solution to other organizations.

In general, I would rate the solution at a seven out of ten. We've mostly been satisfied with the product, however, it is still immature and needs time for tweaks and advancements.

We're working on B2E applications and therefore we can't really get into specific use cases.

The solution allows you to use data to create excellent UI and quickly deliver an app. It speeds up production time.

You can't add too many filters onto anything you build, otherwise, it will be very slow and it will affect your performance.

For example, some companies want to use a lot of dashboards for Excel Spreadsheets or Sharepoint. If you put everything onto a mobile app, you won't get the kind of performance that you would if you just worked in Sharepoint. A mobile app has certain limitations.

I've been using the solution for the past year or so.

The solution seems pretty stable, or, at least, it's moving in the direction of becoming very stable. We've been happy with it. It's reliable.

The solution is quite scalable. There are third party connectors, or you can design your own connectors if you like. It's very customizable, which makes it very flexible and easy to scale.

I've never had to reach out to technical support yet. We've found that the documentation that they offer is good enough to answer any questions that we have. We also have many experts in our organization. We'll ask around internally before venturing out and asking Microsoft.

The initial setup is pretty straightforward. They have a lot of third party connections. It's easy to connect things if you need to. However, this can add to development costs. That said, it's nice to have the option.

I don't directly deal with the actual billing. Therefore, I don't know the exact cost or the licensing structure. That's an aspect of the solution someone else handles. That said, it's Microsoft, which tends to be a bit more expensive. It might now be the best option for smaller customers. 

I'm most likely using the latest version of the solution, although I don't know the exact number offhand. We have a partnership with Microsoft so we're likely to be using only the most updated versions. Everything else: Power BI, Power Stack, AI, and all that, are also on the most updated versions.

While for larger companies, it's probably not too much of a problem, cost-wise, to adopt this product, for smaller firms, it's likely too expensive.

Overall, I would rate the solution at a six out of ten. It's useful, however, there are limiting aspects of the product that could be improved upon.

The most valuable features are low-code and fast development.

Microsoft is evolving constantly.

PowerApps is still a bit new compared to a slightly more mature product such as OutSystems.

OutSystems has many features that are still not available in Power Apps.

Simple things like navigation are better with Outsystem without much coding.

The key is the licensing; the fees could be reduced, especially at the enterprise level.

I would like to have more usability, with more fanciful navigation. More like what you would find in Outsystems BI. They offer more drag and drop navigation, and more advanced navigational options around the drag and drop lists and hierarchical navigation out of the box is literally a drag and a drop.

It can be done in Power Apps, but you need to do a bit of coding to achieve the same thing. It's lacking in features.

We are in the evaluation phase and have been using PowerApps for three months.

We are using the latest version of this solution.

To be fair, we are relatively new to this solution. It's stable but at the moment in terms of stability, the enterprise version is more sustainable.

The version that I am using is not at an enterprise level. If you want to increase in size you have to purchase more licenses. It's scalable as long as you purchase the license.

We have more than 100 users in our organization.

I have not contacted technical support. We haven't had the need to.

I am currently working with Microsoft Power BI and Power Automate, which goes hand in hand with Microsoft Power Apps.

The initial setup is quite easy, it's as simple as turning it on.

It took us two weeks to deploy it and to come out with the first prototype.

The licensing fee at the enterprise level is expensive.

We are currently doing a proof of concept with Microsoft, we are evaluating some of their products.

I would recommend Microsoft Power Apps to anyone who is interested in using it.

As of recent Microsoft has been evolving the Power Platform rather aggressively. 

For example, I'm using Power BI, and every month they have a rollout of new features, and with Power Apps, when you compare to one year ago has evolved quite a bit, and so has Power Automate.

Microsoft is on a journey of evolving. 

It's a good tool now, but it will be a great tool soon.

I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.

Our primary use case for the solution is collecting business data and checking for initiative ideas to collect information.

The speed of the solution is valuable.

The solution can be improved by including codes that can speed up aggregates for our project development applications.

We have been using this solution for about a year, and we are currently using the latest version. It is deployed on Azure Cloud.

We currently use a different solution as our ERP.

I rate the solution a six out of ten. The solution is good but can be improved to cater to complex developments.