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Process mining · November 2026 Edition

PM4Py vs Microsoft Power Automate

Zero of fourteen models named PM4Py first on the direct prompt; one named Microsoft Power Automate. PM4Py was named by nine of the fourteen models and Microsoft Power Automate by seven and PM4Py carries 12 labels and Microsoft Power Automate 10, so the shares are not directly comparable.

PM4Py

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

Microsoft Power Automate

accepted challenger

Named in six categories this edition.

First-choice share4%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate17%20%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#5#6A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels1210A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, PM4Py reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.UiPath Process Mining was named alongside these two in eleven of the fourteen direct answers. Microsoft Power Automate Process Mining vs PM4Py · Microsoft Power Automate Process Mining vs Microsoft Power Automate · Apromore vs PM4Py

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the process mining page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
PM4PyFirst choices, of fourteen modelsMicrosoft Power Automate
Direct01
Paraphrase00
Comparative001 against PM4Py
Budget-constrained211 against PM4Py · 1 against Microsoft Power Automate
Scale-constrained00
Negative001 against Microsoft Power Automate
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where PM4Py and Microsoft Power Automate stood in it.
ModelDirectPMParaphrasePMComparativePMBudget-constrainedPMScale-constrainedPMNegativePM
Claude Haiku 4.5PM
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 FlashPM
Perplexity SonarPM
Grok 4.20PMPM
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2PM
GLM 4.7 FlashXPM
MiniMax M2.5PMPM
GPT-6 LunaPM
Muse Glimmer 30BPM
PM PM4Py Microsoft Power AutomatePM first choicePM named as an alternativePM argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, PM4Py on the left and Microsoft Power Automate on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where PM4Py and Microsoft Power Automate stood in it.

Microsoft Power Automate first, PM4Py not the choice

1 of 14 modelsPM4Py was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Qwen 3.7 FlashMicrosoft Power Automate, UiPath Process Mining alternatives: Apromore, QPR ProcessAdvisor

Neither was the first choice, one was named

1 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
DeepSeek V4 FlashProcessMind alternatives: Apromore, Microsoft Power Automate, QPR ProcessAnalyzer, UiPath Process Mining

Neither was named

12 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5Mindzie alternatives: Apromore, Microsoft Power Automate Process Mining, QPR ProcessAnalyzer, UiPath Process Mining
GPT-5.4 miniApromore alternatives: SAP Signavio Process Intelligence, UiPath Process Mining
Gemini 3.5 FlashMicrosoft Power Automate Process Mining alternatives: Apromore, UiPath Process Mining
Perplexity SonarApromore alternatives: Power Automate Process Mining, QPR ProcessAnalyzer, SAP Signavio Process Intelligence, UiPath Process Mining
Grok 4.20Microsoft Power Automate Process Mining alternatives: Apromore, UiPath Process Mining, process.science
Mistral SmallABBYY Timeline, Apromore, UiPath Process Mining alternatives: Microsoft Power Automate Process Mining
Llama 4 MaverickMindzie
Kimi K2Apromore, Microsoft Power Automate Process Mining alternatives: QPR ProcessAnalyzer, UiPath Process Mining
GLM 4.7 FlashXUiPath Process Mining, process.science alternatives: IBM Process Mining, SAP Signavio Process Intelligence
MiniMax M2.5Apromore, Microsoft Power Automate Process Mining alternatives: IBM Process Mining
GPT-6 LunaApromore alternatives: Celonis Process Intelligence Platform, Power Automate Process Mining, SAP Signavio Process Intelligence, UiPath Process Mining
Muse Glimmer 30BKye, Microsoft Power Automate Process Mining alternatives: Mindzie, Workfellow, process.science

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Microsoft Power Automate leads by sixteen points.
Microsoft Power Automate16%#3 of 13
PM4Py0%#10 of 13
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Level: the same share of first choices.
PM4Py4%#5 of 11
Microsoft Power Automate4%#6 of 11
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Microsoft Power Automate leads by four points.
Microsoft Power Automate4%#5 of 10
PM4Py0%#– of 10
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about PM4Py

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.

“it lacks a user-friendly GUI and requires technical expertise—best for very limited budgets with data-savvy teams” Grok 4.20 · budget prompt · soft negative
“Open-source options like ProM or PM4Py exist but are more for research/academia than enterprise use.” Grok 4.20 · comparative prompt · soft negative
“It is the industry standard for open-source process mining... Complete flexibility, free, and easy to automate in data pipelines.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“PM4Py (Free/Open Source) - Best Overall Choice” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“PM4Py is a no-license-cost open-source option—but it’s a developer library, not a ready-made business-user app.” GPT-6 Luna · budget prompt · alternative

What the models said about Microsoft Power Automate

No label in this category carried a quote.

Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.