We use the solution for integrating Microsoft Team and SharePoint. Also, we use it to manage document libraries and automation processes.
Process Automation Engineer at Automation Catalyst
Easy to set up, but its AI features for data and process mining need improvement
Pros and Cons
- "It works best to build cloud flows."
- "It is challenging to scale the solution across multiple branches."
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
The solution's most valuable feature is cloud flows.
What needs improvement?
They should improve the solution's features for data and process mining. It is easy to run small automated tasks but difficult to build large complex flows. Also, it is challenging to scale it horizontally across multiple branches.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been using the solution for a year.
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What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I rate the solution's stability as a seven. Its error-handling feature needs improvement.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We have three developers and ten end users of the solution. It is a scalable solution, and I rate its scalability as a six. But it could be better for large and complex cloud flows.
How are customer service and support?
We often take help from online forums to fix errors instead of the solution's support documents.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We use our in-house software as well.
How was the initial setup?
The solution's initial setup process is straightforward and takes a day to complete. I rate the process as a nine.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We evaluated UiPath. It has better functionality and scalability. But, Power Automate is more accessible as our systems are integrated with Microsoft ecosystem.
What other advice do I have?
I advise others to take some YouTube courses on how to build solutions for desktop and cloud flows.
I rate Microsoft Power Automate seven out of ten.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Digital and E-Business Analyst at a construction company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Stable solution and easy to setup
Pros and Cons
- "It is a stable solution."
- "Sometimes it can be difficult to share flows for multiple users to edit."
What is most valuable?
I really like the built-in integrations with other applications like Teams. The product is also straightforward and easy to use.
What needs improvement?
Sometimes it can be difficult to share flows for multiple users to edit. So, it is a potential area of improvement.
For additional features, it would be helpful to have a more collaborative building of flows.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using this solution for four years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is a stable solution.
How are customer service and support?
I never needed customer support for this product. It is easy to use.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is easy.
What other advice do I have?
Overall, Microsoft Power Automate is an eight out of ten.
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Head of Learning and Development at Acronotics
Cross-platform, stable, and scalable
Pros and Cons
- "The solution helps automate manual tasks and interacts with multiple applications."
- "The initial setup is complex and has room for improvement."
What is our primary use case?
We use the solution to reduce costs by automating repeat processes.
How has it helped my organization?
The solution helps automate manual tasks and interacts with multiple applications.
What is most valuable?
Automation is the most valuable feature. We can do so if we want to automate the gateway process, such as tracking data from SharePoint, Outlook, or Excel.
What needs improvement?
The initial setup is complex and has room for improvement.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the solution for two years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The solution is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The solution is scalable.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is complex. I give the initial setup an eight out of ten.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
When accompanying customers, we discuss the license requirements. Based on these requirements, we suggest whether a per-user plan or multiple platforms per-user plan would be best.
What other advice do I have?
I give the solution a nine out of ten.
The solution is easy to maintain.
Microsoft Power Automate is a cross-platform solution and I recommend it to others.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Microsoft Azure
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Senior. Engg. Manager at a construction company with 501-1,000 employees
Useful connectors, stable, and initial setup simple
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable features of Microsoft Power Automate are the connectors, such as loops, which make things easier."
- "We use Microsoft Power Automate to automate everything, such as mailing, gathering data from a web scraping, and scheduling time."
- "I rate the technical support from Microsoft Power Automate a four out of five."
What is our primary use case?
We use Microsoft Power Automate to automate everything, such as mailing, gathering data from a web scraping, and scheduling time.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable features of Microsoft Power Automate are the connectors, such as loops, which make things easier.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Microsoft Power Automate for one year.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Microsoft Power Automate is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We have five people in my organization using Microsoft Power Automate.
How are customer service and support?
I rate the technical support from Microsoft Power Automate a four out of five.
How was the initial setup?
I rate the initial setup from Microsoft Power Automate a five out of five. The process took us approximately one day.
What was our ROI?
I rate the return on investment from Microsoft Power Automate a four out of five.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
With our Microsoft Office 365 license, we are able to use Microsoft Power Automate.
What other advice do I have?
I rate Microsoft Power Automate an eight out of ten.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
RPA/IA Solution Architect at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Fast and easy to use, but if it had queue support and it was capable of doing more complex automation, it would be a much better tool
Pros and Cons
- "It is quick, so I'm quite happy with it, and it is also easy to use."
- "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."
What is our primary use case?
We use it for office automation.
What is most valuable?
It is quick, so I'm quite happy with it. It is also easy to use.
What needs improvement?
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.
In terms of performance, it is a little bit slower with calculations than a typical Excel Macro, for example.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using this solution for about six months.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is a very stable product.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It is already implemented company-wide, so we don't have to scale it too much. It already has lots of functionality built-in.
How are customer service and support?
I haven't used their support.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I also work with UiPath, Blue Prism, and Automation Anywhere. Functionality-wise, Blue Prism and Power Automate are two completely different tools, but they share the common RPA target.
How was the initial setup?
It was easy. It was already in the company when I joined.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
We are using the free version of Power Automate.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate it a six out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
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Solutions Expert at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
Very easy to set up and configure, but the OCR part is missing
Pros and Cons
- "It has a gamut of things. Power Automate is easy to configure. It is more for a citizen developer. It is low code/no code. It is one of the easiest tools when it comes to configuration. By default, we have a lot of Microsoft products on our laptops or desktops. So, it is very easy to configure the remaining products."
- "Power Automate is doing really well."
- "The OCR part or scanning of documents is missing."
What is our primary use case?
The use cases include Power Apps and Power Automate. We have had use cases for scheduling meetings. We have also used it for HR onboarding solutions where document verification was done by using Power Apps and Power Automate.
I have sold both cloud-based and on-premises solutions.
What is most valuable?
It has a gamut of things. Power Automate is easy to configure. It is more for a citizen developer. It is low code/no code. It is one of the easiest tools when it comes to configuration. By default, we have a lot of Microsoft products on our laptops or desktops. So, it is very easy to configure the remaining products.
What needs improvement?
The OCR part or scanning of documents is missing.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been selling it for the past one and a half years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is stable.
How are customer service and support?
I am definitely satisfied with their support.
How was the initial setup?
Its initial setup is straightforward. It is very easy to set up.
The number of people required depends on the size of the project. It depends on how big a project is and what is the use case. It could be just a two-member team, and it could also be a ten-member team. It depends on the number of use cases that have to be automated.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Its licensing is flexible.
What other advice do I have?
Power Automate is doing really well. It is a good solution. I would recommend it, but it also depends on a client's requirement.
I would rate it a seven out of 10.
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Senior Consultant at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Reasonably priced, responsive technical support, simple to use and install
Pros and Cons
- "You can automate almost everything in your organization by simply dragging and dropping and selecting a few options, whether it's an Excel spreadsheet or other on-premise data."
- "These products have some limitations, such as the need to build some custom controls in PCF or use the JSON format."
What is our primary use case?
We use Microsoft Power Automate when we need to automate manual processes in our automation, or when we need to send a document for approval, or when we need to integrate some beams channels and messages.
What is most valuable?
It's quite simple to use. You can automate almost everything in your organization by simply dragging and dropping and selecting a few options, whether it's an Excel spreadsheet or other on-premise data.
Power Automate is integrating artificial intelligence into the product, allowing us to automate future aspects, such as in pharma companies, medical agencies, and even banks, which are now using these products to automate their manual processes. And because robotic process automation is already built into Power Automate, these features make this product fantastic and accessible to everyone.
These products are intended low-code, no-code solutions. As a result, even a strategic developer can create and automate your day-to-day tasks at their workplace, whether it's management work or a developer is dealing with day-to-day issues with APIs.
In terms of IT, everything can be automated, but other things can also be automated. We can automate the reporting process, as we can with the help of an AI builder. Using Power Automate and Power Apps, we can generate sales reports on the fly.
What needs improvement?
In terms of issues, I haven't had any until now because automation requires you to complete a task in less time. These products have some limitations, such as the need to build some custom controls in PCF or use the JSON format. There are some limitations, but it's a mature Microsoft product, and we can do almost everything.
Third-party systems can also be added. We can create a beautiful dashboard if another software provides open APIs. Even when discussing complete Power platforms, four components must be mentioned: Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Virtual Agents, and Power BI. When we use all four, we can create a complete solution, whether it's a visualization dashboard, automated chatbots, or the rest, which we can achieve using Power Apps. Power Apps is also divided into three types of apps: canvas apps, model-driven apps, and data-driven apps. Another option is to use open-source, which refers to open projects known as portals. So we can actually do the same thing. When someone is creating a website, we can do the same thing here in the portal. So the things we can do with Power Apps are the same as the things we can do with the Power platform.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been working with Microsoft Power Automate for almost two years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
There are some limitations with the calls and other things, but it is a stable product.
How are customer service and support?
Typically, we raise technical support through the Azure portal. If we have a basic plan in place, we can submit a request to Microsoft.
Microsoft also provides Twitter support. If you have any questions or encounter any technical difficulties while deploying your Power App or configuring your Power Apps or Power Automate environment, you can raise a ticket on the portal and Microsoft will respond directly to you.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I also work with Power Apps.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is a very simple procedure. We can deploy in any organization depending on their needs, we can look into licenses to see what kind of license will meet their requirements.
As it is in the cloud, it's very simple to deploy. It's ready-to-use software as a service, and we can use various connectors. In addition, if something is outside the scope of Power Automate, we can create a custom connector. How it is deployed is entirely up to the organization. If for example, they have three environments: development, testing, and production, we can easily switch, and we can use Azure DevOps to create CI/CD pipelines, and we can deploy that solution in any environment in the organization.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
It is not a costly solution. You can have two types of licenses, one is user-based, and the other is app-based in the Power Platform.
What other advice do I have?
I work as a senior consultant for Microsoft technology as a developer, mains power developer, but I would love to explore other options.
It's a genuine Microsoft product, which is the main reason I would recommend it to someone.
I would rate Microsoft Power Automate an eight out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
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Application Support Specialist at a tech company with 1-10 employees
Comprehensive solution but too complicated, especially for ordinary users
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable feature is how much you can do with this solution."
- "Power Automate is too complicated - it forces you to go through extra tasks instead of streamlining your workflow."
What is most valuable?
The most valuable feature is how much you can do with this solution.
What needs improvement?
Power Automate is too complicated - it forces you to go through extra tasks instead of streamlining your workflow. In the next release, I would like InfoPath to be re-included.
How are customer service and support?
Tech support is hit and miss.
How was the initial setup?
The setup is complex - it's confusing for IT workers, let alone ordinary users.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Power Automate is a separate license, so make sure that if you implement it, you have the appropriate license for all the users who will use it.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate this solution as seven out of ten.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Chief Information Technology Officer at BMC Solutions
A multi-purpose solution which is scalable, stable and comes with good tech support
Pros and Cons
- "The best feature of the tool is that it is generic, so it allows one to do as he wishes."
- "The solution could have more integration with different platforms."
- "The licensing price is too high."
What is our primary use case?
We use the solution as a business process automation tool. It allows one to automate an application in his organization.
What is most valuable?
The solution is not only meant for SharePoint, but for everything. It has millions of connectors. The best feature of the tool is that it is generic, so it allows one to do as he wishes. He can obtain data from Twitter and put it on his SQL Server. He can obtain data from WordPress and connect it with IBM.
What needs improvement?
The solution could have more integration with different platforms.
The licensing price is too high.
For how long have I used the solution?
Microsoft Power Automate has only been released recently, so I have been using it for the past three or four years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The solution is certainly stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The solution is definitely scalable.
How are customer service and support?
Technical support is very nice. It's fast.
How was the initial setup?
As the solution is cloud-based, it does not require installation.
What about the implementation team?
The solution does not require deployment, but a team is needed for development and this will vary with the scope of the project. Every site would require around eight to ten people.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The licensing price should be more cost-effective.
As we are talking about a Microsoft product, the licensing can be purchased on a monthly or yearly basis.
What other advice do I have?
The solution is both cloud-based and on-premises.
We are consultants of Power Automate. We do not use the solution ourselves.
So far, we have handled 14 or 15 projects and are working on one at present.
I would recommend the solution to others.
I rate Microsoft Power Automate as an eight out of ten.
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Associate Director at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
A simple solution with an interface that allows one to scale up with ease
Pros and Cons
- "I like the scalability option and the simplicity, the way we can really use the interface to easily scale up."
- "There should be more transparency when it comes to which features accompany the pricing, as there appear to be hidden features of which I am not aware."
What is our primary use case?
We have the latest version installed.
What is most valuable?
I like the scalability option and the simplicity, the way we can really use the interface to easily scale up.
What needs improvement?
There should be more transparency when it comes to which features accompany the pricing, as there appear to be hidden features of which I am not aware.
There are factors we must consider when scaling up, such as whether we are using full or partial features. Were I to buy an additional premium, another license, I would lack clarity what I could expect to get in exchange or whether the features would help me to scale up. This is why better transparency is important.
Scalability can be improved and this is why it is key to know how the features can be integrated into the scalable solution.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using Microsoft Power Automate for the past six months or so.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The ability to know how the various features can be integrated into the solution would improve scalability.
How are customer service and technical support?
I have not had occasion to contact technical support, so I am not in a position to comment on it.
How was the initial setup?
Installation was pretty easy, as we handled it through our office, making use of our office license.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
There should be increased transparency about which features attend the pricing.
What other advice do I have?
We are customers of Microsoft.
There are more than 100 users making use of the solution in our company.
I would definitely recommend this product to others for its ease-of-use.
I rate Microsoft Power Automate as an eight out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
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