We performed a comparison between Microsoft PowerApps and Salesforce Platform based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: The two solutions are very comparable. Microsoft PowerApps has slightly better ratings regarding the service and support.
"If you want something that you can use for cellphones, multiple tablets, and things like that, you can use PowerApps for the front end. It gathers all the information, and the information goes somewhere else."
"We particularly like the workflow connectors in the forms, for information introduction purposes."
"The most valuable feature is the simple data connectivity components."
"It is easy to design automation processes."
"Microsoft PowerApps's most valuable features we found are that it's very similar to the other Microsoft products, you can do the basic automation quite quickly. The interface is similar to the other Microsoft products which makes it easy to navigate around because we are used to Microsoft products."
"The solution is stable and reliable."
"It uses a lot of AI, which is helpful, especially during the setup process."
"The cloud aspect has been great. We don't have to do a lot of research in order to begin integrations. It's so easy to integrate with other solutions."
"The Salesforce Platform's most valuable features are everything in one place, perfect reporting, highly customizable, and easy to receive information you need."
"The solution provides a preferred method of backing up data."
"Marketing and Sales Lead, Forecasting, Campaign management."
"It is an easy product to use and does great things for our company. It keeps track of all of our sales activity."
"The presentation is clear and easy to comprehend."
"The reporting capabilities are pretty user-friendly."
"Features they are integrating to the other services."
"What I like about the Salesforce Platform, in particular, its enterprise edition is that apart from its many features, you can have a wider view of the customers, a 360-degree view. I also enjoy managing opportunities in the Salesforce Platform a lot because it's easier and gives you a wider view, compared to HubSpot."
"Customer support needs improvement."
"There is room for improvement with the amount of code required to implement the expense classification app."
"I have always felt that you need an IT background to use this solution."
"We're not in production yet, so we're still working through some issues."
"Microsoft PowerApps can be more costly for small teams or organizations."
"They probably need to improve intelligent document processing."
"The solution could improve by having more connectors for different solutions in a way to create custom connectors. Additionally, they should make HTTP Connectors free again because it was not always a premium feature. These HTTP connectors allow you to send API requests which can be important."
"The solution should have more integration with other platforms."
"The reporting for Salesforce could be approved. It is a manual process and it would be useful to have a guide or videos on how to generate reports or any other cool things that you could do with the platform."
"Salesforce is incredibly slow. It was difficult to run live sales calls and leveraging Salesforce at the same time."
"They need an easy way of getting details and then adding to it and then being able to do it in a more simplified way"
"The reporting needs improvement and the dashboard could have more components added."
"I would like to have integration with Google."
"If you have resellers or distributors, you just need to figure out a way to set up the system in the backend. Since every company is different, it takes a little bit of time to figure that out."
"When we're documenting information such as notes, and so forth, if we were to go back to the same case all notes go missing."
"It would be better if they can add more from the pricing and functionality perspective. It is very expensive. I would be more than happy if they drop the prices. From the licensing perspective, if they can add more functionality, I would be more than happy."
Microsoft Power Apps is ranked 1st in Rapid Application Development Software with 77 reviews while Salesforce Platform is ranked 9th in Rapid Application Development Software with 81 reviews. Microsoft Power Apps is rated 7.8, while Salesforce Platform is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Microsoft Power Apps writes "Low-code, low learning curve, and reduces manpower". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Salesforce Platform writes "Reliable with good reporting and custom dashboards". Microsoft Power Apps is most compared with Oracle Application Express (APEX), Mendix, ServiceNow, Appian and Pega BPM, whereas Salesforce Platform is most compared with Oracle Application Express (APEX), Microsoft Azure, Appian, ServiceNow and Amazon AWS. See our Microsoft Power Apps vs. Salesforce Platform report.
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