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.
"It uses a lot of AI, which is helpful, especially during the setup process."
"When I am developing any user UI, it gives me complete flexibility. I can manage in any way I want."
"The UI functionality is the most valuable aspect of this solution."
"The platform has valuable features for opportunity and finance management. It has all the essential features for customer service."
"The solution is easy to use and map."
"The solution is excellent at figuring how to build an application in three months. It makes it very quick and easy."
"Ability to generate QR codes and scan barcodes."
"Can design apps quickly and can connect to any database."
"The most valuable features of the Salesforce Platform are the ability to manage customers' data, many report filtering options, and consolidation."
"The Salesforce Platform's most valuable features are everything in one place, perfect reporting, highly customizable, and easy to receive information you need."
"I love the report building that is available."
"We haven't had any issues with stability so far."
"I found the ease of use most valuable in the Salesforce Platform. I also found the platform pretty light."
"It's very flexible and offers tremendous features for customers."
"The solution is very robust and easy to develop in."
"Scalability to configure and integrate."
"We're not in production yet, so we're still working through some issues."
"The connectors are the main components that reference the data sources, and these need to be improved."
"I have always felt that you need an IT background to use this solution."
"Microsoft PowerApps is not intended for customizing what's generated in a major way."
"PowerApps can't do a lot of things that users need now. For example, it can't handle signatures."
"The availability of templates needs to be improved. I understand that the ecosystem around it is still developing, but we need more templates. I would like the entire ecosystem around it to improve. I would recommend adding AI components. Even though we can always connect to Azure for AI components, they should slowly start looking at adding some AI components to PowerApps so that out-of-the-box learning can be applied to process flows. Salesforce has the Einstein layer that works along with license platforms. PowerApps should also have something similar."
"We'd like to see more integration capabilities in the future."
"The flexibility of the user interface could be better."
"I don't have any notes for improvement. It serves us well."
"Salesforce needs to be re-platformed, or re-architected, making it lighter."
"It may be slow, but that is relative. When compared to Siebel CRM, which was large, clunky, and extremely slow, Salesforce seemed fast to me."
"The reporting functionality is not very intuitive."
"Salesforce also did not integrate well with some of the other systems that we had."
"Salesforce's mobile app could be better. Also, it could integrate more seamlessly with Gmail."
"Salesforce Platform could improve by having better integration with Microsoft Azure. For development, we use Microsoft Azure and there was proper integration between the two solutions. We had issues with the customer and they were logged into the Salesforce Platform. We did not have any good way of integrating those issues into the R&D. The R&D mainly uses Microsoft Azure."
"The reporting needs improvement and the dashboard could have more components added."
Microsoft Power Apps is ranked 1st in Rapid Application Development Software with 78 reviews while Salesforce Platform is ranked 9th in Rapid Application Development Software with 82 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 OutSystems, whereas Salesforce Platform is most compared with Oracle Application Express (APEX), Microsoft Azure, Appian, ServiceNow and Google Cloud. See our Microsoft Power Apps vs. Salesforce Platform report.
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