Automate Basics

Microsoft Power Automate vs Make

Pick up to 4 tools and see their free plans, entry prices, platforms and limits in one table. Every fact comes from each vendor's own pages, checked 23 September 2026.

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Microsoft Power Automate

Free trial · from $15/user/mo

Make

Free plan · from $9/mo

What it isMicrosoft tool for cloud workflows, desktop RPA and process miningVisual no-code tool for building automated workflows and AI agents across apps
Free planNo1,000 credits per month; 2 active scenarios; 15-minute minimum interval between scheduled runs
Cheapest paid plan$15/user/mo billed annually (Power Automate Premium)Microsoft Power Automate pricing$9/mo billed annually (Core)Make pricing
What it coversPaid yearly; includes cloud flows, attended desktop flows and process/task mining (50 MB).For 10,000 credits/month; price rises with credit volume.
Free trial30-day free trial covering UI-based cloud flows and standard connectorsNone stated
PlatformsWeb, WindowsWeb, API
Integrations (vendor's figure)1,400+ connectors3,000+ apps
Open sourceNoNo
Good for
  • Routing approval requests and documents in SharePoint and Teams
  • Copying data from invoices or legacy desktop apps into Excel or an ERP system
  • Automating repetitive data entry on a Windows PC
  • Syncing new e-commerce orders into accounting tools and spreadsheets
  • Routing incoming leads to different teams based on form answers
  • Scheduling recurring reports that pull data from several apps
Watch out for
  • The free trial covers only UI-based cloud flows and standard connectors
  • Unattended desktop automation needs the per-bot Process or Hosted Process plan
  • Power Automate for desktop runs only on Windows (not on ARM processors); Windows Home editions cannot trigger desktop flows from the cloud
  • Free plan: 1,000 credits a month, 2 active scenarios and a 15-minute minimum interval between runs
  • Each module action uses a credit, so multi-step scenarios use credits faster
  • Team roles and shared scenario templates require the Teams plan or higher
Made byMicrosoft CorporationMake (part of Celonis)

Entry prices are the cheapest paid plan, as each vendor publishes it; “What it covers” says what that price is per (a user, a channel, a brand, a number of contacts). The sources are listed on each tool's page.

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