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Executive Summary
Updated on Mar 6, 2024

UiPath and Microsoft Power Automate offer extensive automation capabilities, seamless integration with other systems, and competitive pricing. UiPath is praised for its user-friendly interface and robust security measures, while Microsoft Power Automate is commended for its diverse range of pre-built connectors and customizable options.

  • Features: UiPath is valued for its user-friendly interface, extensive automation capabilities, seamless integration, and robust security measures. Microsoft Power Automate is praised for its ease of automation, workflow streamlining, application integration, notifications, and time-saving features. Additionally, Power Automate offers a wide range of pre-built connectors and customizable options.
  • Room for improvement: While both platforms have areas for improvement, such as enhancing user interface and performance, the choice between UiPath and Microsoft Power Automate ultimately depends on the specific needs and preferences of the user.
  • Deployment: UiPath users suggest that the spent about three months on deployment and a week on setup, while others spend a week on both. Reviews for Microsoft Power Automate indicate varying timeframes, with some users taking three months for deployment and others only a week, with an additional week for setup.
  • Customer support: Users have praised UiPath and Microsoft Power Automate for their excellent customer service and support. They have commended the promptness and effectiveness of the teams, as well as their knowledge and helpfulness in resolving issues.
  • Pricing and ROI: Both solutions accommodate different business needs with their flexible licensing options, but UiPath users have reported a more favorable return on investment regarding cost savings, productivity improvement, and workflow streamlining. Microsoft Power Automate users expressed satisfaction with its automation capabilities, efficiency, and seamless integration with various applications. The platform's flexibility, user-friendly interface, and range of pre-built connectors were also commended.

The summary above is based on over 100 recent interviews with UiPath and Microsoft Power Automate users. To access the review's full transcripts, download our comparison report.

To learn more, read our detailed Microsoft Power Automate vs. UiPath Report (Updated: May 2024).
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Q&A Highlights
Question: Which one to choose, Power Automate or UiPath, for unattended and attended bots implementation for a simple RPA use case?
Answer: Uipath
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Pros
"The RPA robotic process automation is a good feature. We can make a flow within a flow. We just made a UI flow. The flow is to run every day so far it's been quite helpful.""The solution helps automate manual tasks and interacts with multiple applications.""The email routing, consolidation of the reports, and management features are strong.""The most valuable feature is that it is very easy to use.""The most valuable feature of Microsoft Power Automate in the desktop version is web scraping because you can do a lot with it. I work in retail and you can study prices changes, which can give you a lot of information. The solution is no code which is a large advantage.""The initial setup is very simple.""The ease of use and the integration with some of the existing products that we have would be its main takeouts.""This product has an easy-to-use interface with nice detail in the features."

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"UiPath is a strong brand.""UiPath is user-friendly.""We were able to automate a lot of data entry into our financial system. We've automated spreadsheet manipulation in the area of financial management.""The most valuable feature of unattended robots is that they are always available.""I like the UiPath Orchestrator. The Marketplace is also helpful because there are pre-built automations we can use.""The product is very intuitive and easy to use, and I am not a developer.""It is easy to use as drag-and-drop features are present.""I find the solution easy to use... I've been able to take people with absolutely zero technical background and quickly scale them up in a matter of weeks so they're building bots. I haven't been able to accomplish that same feat with the other platforms."

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Cons
"Things need to be improved with respect to RPA kinds of solutions.""Microsoft Power Automate could improve by adding more features to the free version it would be good because there are many features that you have to pay for. There are some functions that IT personnel, like myself, have a difficult time using and could be made more user-friendly.""There are frequent version updates and that impacts different algorithms so we have to adjust our code.""It would be great if it was able to integrate more with various other platforms. It would make development easier.""The solution is still maturing, and it's going to take time for that to happen.""Their OCR capabilities are not as evolved as the other tools.""Microsoft Power Automate could improve by offering recurring execution on the desktop.""It doesn't have any OCR capabilities."

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"When we have to capture some text from our invoices and from our notes and do some manual work, sometimes the tool doesn't extract the data in a precise way.""UiPath could use more OCR use cases to help with those features.""UiPath should expand its coding options and reduce its dependency on third-party resources. There should also be more flexible licenses for smaller businesses. It's hard for small companies to estimate the cost of adding users in their final budgets. UiPath could also improve error handling and capture a little more information about the execution of your processes.""Simplification and adaptability for smaller businesses would be a welcome enhancement.""Support should be improved.""Capturing ROI needs improvement. I would also like for it to have more logging mechanisms in Orchestrator.""The new features or functionalities that come with UiPath upgrades don't work perfectly in the initial days. Their new releases are not stable. We always find some set of issues. I have to work with the UiPath team for a week or so to resolve the issues, and then I'm able to use it. The stabilization should be there. We expect UiPath to reduce the number of errors before rolling out new features to end-users or customers.""The Form Builder for back-end robots needs to be a web portal instead of a full desktop application."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "This solution is bundled with our Office 365, so there is no additional licensing fee."
  • "You pay for use and if you want a premium connector or adapter, but a lot of things are available for free."
  • "Power Automate is a much less expensive product than the competition."
  • "This solution is reasonably priced and offers a free trial period."
  • "There are many different ways to license it."
  • "There is flexibility in pricing."
  • "This solution can save money when used for simple tasks specifically using only Microsoft products."
  • "There is zero licensing cost. It comes with our Microsoft Office subscription."
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  • "It costs much less and it does much more than the competitors' solutions."
  • "The pricing differs on the requirements. If there is a huge purchase, then we get a discount. There is not a fixed pricing of the product."
  • "If you want to do a demo trial, it is a 30 days free."
  • "The community edition is completely free. Then, people say, "There is nothing to lose, let me try it.""
  • "There are operational benefits in terms of time savings and user satisfaction of not having to do menial, repetitive tasks."
  • "Traditionally, Automation Anywhere and Blue Prism are the biggest things competing against UiPath. Those are usually what most of the clients lean towards, if they see a cheaper licensing option. Clients choose UiPath because it's easier to deploy and learn within their teams."
  • "We saw ROI in 15 days."
  • "They give it away in the community edition for free, so I use it at home."
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    Answers from the Community
    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:Yes, Attended Bots  which can run without centralized control Module. RPA Tools like Automation Anywhere, uiPath ,Power Automation they do support this.
    Top Answer:Microsoft‌ ‌Power‌ ‌Automate‌ ‌is‌ ‌intuitive‌ ‌and‌ ‌easy‌ ‌to‌ ‌integrate‌ ‌and‌ ‌use.‌ ‌I‌ ‌like‌ ‌that‌ ‌there‌ ‌is‌ ‌no‌ ‌coding‌ ‌experience‌ ‌necessary,‌ ‌and‌ ‌appreciate‌ ‌the‌ ‌automated‌… more »
    Top Answer:‌Neither‌ ‌solution‌ ‌requires‌ ‌any‌ ‌coding‌ ‌experience,‌ ‌and‌ ‌both‌ ‌are‌ ‌easy‌ ‌to‌ ‌use‌ ‌and‌ ‌have‌ ‌great‌ ‌drag-and‌ ‌drop‌ ‌functionality.‌ ‌The‌ ‌training‌ ‌and‌ ‌resources‌ ‌for‌ ‌AA‌… more »
    Top Answer:I can only speak to UiPath since that is the only RPA solution that I have used. I know that there are specific packages that you can integrate into your project that is specifically made to work with… more »
    Top Answer:I'm very familiar with UiPath and the RPA industry: was hired by Daniel Dines in 2015 when there were 35 employees and left in 2019 when there were 3K+. I'm a big believer in the product, leadership… more »
    Top Answer:UiPath is user-friendly, meaning even without coding knowledge, we only need basic logic understanding.
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    Also Known As
    Power Automate, Microsoft Flow, MS Power Automate, WinAutomation by Softomotive, ProcessRobot by Softomotive
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    Overview

    Microsoft Power Automate is a powerful tool that streamlines and automates tasks within an organization. 

    It is used for workflow automation, data integration, and creating automated notifications and approvals. 

    Power Automate connects different applications and services, such as SharePoint, Excel, and Outlook, to automate data transfer and synchronization. 

    UiPath is a user-friendly automation software that streamlines business processes by automating repetitive tasks. It offers extensive automation capabilities, seamless integration with other systems, and robust security measures. 

    Users appreciate its intuitive design, ease of use, and ability to automate complex workflows. 

    Its seamless integration with various applications ensures smooth data exchange and enhances workflow management, while strong security measures protect sensitive data and maintain compliance with industry standards.

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    1. Accenture 2. Deloitte 3. PwC 4. IBM 5. Capgemini 6. KPMG 7. Ernst & Young 8. Infosys 9. Cognizant 10. Wipro 11. Tata Consultancy Services 12. HCL Technologies 13. Genpact 14. Tech Mahindra 15. DXC Technology 16. Atos 17. NTT Data 18. CGI 19. L&T Infotech 20. Hexaware Technologies 21. Mindtree 22. Mphasis 23. Virtusa 24. Syntel 25. Zensar Technologies 26. WNS Global Services 27. Hexaware Technologies 28. Larsen & Toubro Infotech 29. Persistent Systems 30. QuEST Global 31. Sonata Software 32. Zensar Technologies
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    Microsoft Power Automate vs. UiPath
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    Microsoft Power Automate is ranked 2nd in Robotic Process Automation (RPA) with 123 reviews while UiPath is ranked 1st in Robotic Process Automation (RPA) with 763 reviews. Microsoft Power Automate is rated 7.8, while UiPath is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Microsoft Power Automate writes "Provides valuable integration with other Microsoft tools". On the other hand, the top reviewer of UiPath writes "Facilitates end-to-end automation, has good AI and document understanding capabilities, and saves us costs previously spent on manual tasks". Microsoft Power Automate is most compared with Blue Prism, Automation Anywhere (AA), IBM Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Tungsten RPA and Fortra's Automate, whereas UiPath is most compared with Blue Prism, Automation Anywhere (AA), Robocorp, Pega Robotic Process Automation and Tungsten RPA. See our Microsoft Power Automate vs. UiPath report.

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