We performed a comparison between Microsoft Power Apps and Pega BPM based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Pega BPM comes out on top in this comparison. It has impressive automotion features, is stable, and scales easily. In contrast, some Power Apps users encounter a sluggish performance when working with heavy volumes of data.
"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,"
"We particularly like the workflow connectors in the forms, for information introduction purposes."
"There are a lot of different applications; you can connect PowerApps, or Flow, or Power BI to many different types of applications to interchange data."
"The initial setup was very easy."
"The most valuable feature is the time-to-market because you can make apps pretty fast."
"The initial setup is not complicated."
"I have found the technical support to be helpful."
"We get feedback on a real-time basis, which is actually very useful for us."
"Pega BPM's most valuable feature is the use of CDX to solve problems."
"Pega BPM offers a lot of out-of-the-box functionalities."
"The solution offers excellent workflows."
"Can do a lot of things with minimum time and cost."
"This solution is useful for business process management if you have any banking solutions or need to manage a process."
"Pega BPM's most valuable features are case management, integration, the convenience of using REST APIs, and the ease of changing things at the UI level."
"It is quite configurable, which is the most exciting feature. We can easily configure it as per our needs."
"The most valuable aspect of the solution is the various workflows."
"The stability of this solution could be better."
"The solution should move to the next step in its maturity model and include mobile versions for Android and iOS."
"The flexibility of the user interface could be better."
"Customization is somewhat complicated."
"The area where this product can be improved is the documentation. When we get stuck it's with the documentation when we are not able to find the codes we need."
"I would like to see more improvement, for example, in direct collaboration."
"The connectors are the main components that reference the data sources, and these need to be improved."
"The product could be improved by making it a production application and enabling the export of apps."
"Pega currently is trying to add chatbots to their systems, and it's still quite immature. This part definitely needs to be improved."
"I would like to see Pega BPM improve the user experience."
"Pega Cloud early adoption and use for cross enterprise capability was new to many. The early adoption meant version 2.0 of their cloud service may require refactoring and redesign of some services."
"There are some UX shortcomings within the solution. However, it's my understanding that they have addressed them and in the next three months they will come out with a new updated version. They will be moving away from HTML5."
"It is not fully compatible with all versions of Internet Explorer, so sometimes, it does not work."
"If it could also be integrated with robotics, it could help with a lot of things, even if we don't have APIs, we could still talk to other applications. If it could invoke a bot, for example."
"I believe that Pega's strategy when it comes to the UX part is not that great currently as compared to the other emerging BPM tools in the market."
"The pricing model needs to be improved. Right now, it's too expensive."
Microsoft Power Apps is ranked 1st in Rapid Application Development Software with 77 reviews while Pega BPM is ranked 7th in Rapid Application Development Software with 57 reviews. Microsoft Power Apps is rated 7.8, while Pega BPM 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 Pega BPM writes "Fastens application development and has all the features to meet the requirements of our customers". Microsoft Power Apps is most compared with Oracle Application Express (APEX), Mendix, ServiceNow, Appian and QuickBase, whereas Pega BPM is most compared with ServiceNow, Camunda, Appian, IBM BPM and OutSystems. See our Microsoft Power Apps vs. Pega BPM report.
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