Workflow automation and iPaaS · RankedMicrosoft Power Automate
Microsoft Power Automate is a workflow automation product from Microsoft that gives business teams tools to automate processes and approvals without writing code · microsoft.com ↗
Strongest at enterprise. Ranked 8 of 62 for small business buyers.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Zapier is first at 42%.
Workato is first at 35%. 0 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Workato is first at 43%.
Why models recommend it
“I'd recommend starting with Workato or Power Automate if you want enterprise governance”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Scale-constrained question · first choice
“Predictable pricing, strong governance, good for Microsoft 365 shops”Kimi K2 · Negative question · first choice
“heavy Microsoft users → Power Automate first”Grok 4.20 · Scale-constrained question · first choice
“Microsoft Power Automate if you're already heavily invested in Microsoft 365 and want to test whether its ecosystem and governance meet your needs.”GPT-6 Luna · Scale-constrained question · alternative
What gives them pause
“Low-code/no-code automation platforms (Zapier, Make, Workato, Power Automate, etc.) ... a compromised app can read/write data on your behalf.”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Negative question · warning
“non-M365 users report clunky UI, high error rates outside that stack, licensing complexity, and governance issues”Grok 4.20 · Negative question · warning
“licensing complexity and weaker fit for a heterogeneous stack can create unexpected costs and maintenance burden”Perplexity Sonar · Negative question · warning
“be cautious if your automations span many non-Microsoft systems or you want to avoid ecosystem dependence”GPT-5.4 mini · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Microsoft Power Automate, over the 154 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 135 | 38 | Compare → | |
| 115 | 24 | Compare → | |
| 100 | 5 | Compare → | |
| 99 | 33 | Compare → | |
| 55 | 6 | View → | |
| 46 | 1 | Compare → | |
| 38 | 1 | View → | |
| 30 | 2 | View → | |
| 25 | 1 | View → | |
| 23 | 2 | View → |
What the models named instead of Microsoft Power Automate →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Microsoft Power Automate's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- вашите екипи
- Price stated
- Вижте плановете и цените
- Customers named
- Групата за застраховане Hanover, Hanover Insurance Group, Cineplex, Holland America Line, Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA)
- Headquarters
- Vancouver, Canada
- Founded
- 1975
- Also from Microsoft
- Azure Synapse, Bing Webmaster Tools, Microsoft 365, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Microsoft Accessibility Insights, Microsoft Ads and 51 more
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
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Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 139 of the 154 answers that named Microsoft Power Automate and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
269 of the 285 domain citations in answers naming Microsoft Power Automate came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Grok 4.20 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Kimi K2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |