Microsoft Power Automate vs Zapier

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.

Written head to head: Zapier vs Microsoft Power Automate, with when to choose each side.

Compared on	Microsoft Power Automate Free trial · from $15/user/mo Visit Remove	Zapier Free plan · from $19.99/mo Visit Remove
What it is	Microsoft tool for cloud workflows, desktop RPA and process mining	No-code tool that connects web apps and runs automated, AI-assisted workflows
Free plan	No	100 tasks per month; two-step Zaps only; unlimited Zaps, Tables and Forms
Cheapest paid plan	$15/user/mo billed annually (Power Automate Premium)Microsoft Power Automate pricing	$19.99/mo billed annually (Professional)Zapier pricing
What it covers	Paid yearly; includes cloud flows, attended desktop flows and process/task mining (50 MB).	For 750 tasks/month; price rises with the task tier.
Free trial	30-day free trial covering UI-based cloud flows and standard connectors	14-day free trial of the Professional plan for new accounts, no credit card required
Platforms	Web, Windows	Web
Integrations (vendor's figure)	1,400+ connectors	9,000+ apps
Open source	No	No
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	Sending new web-form leads into a CRM and a Slack channel Copying email attachments to cloud storage automatically Adding new orders or calendar events to a shared spreadsheet
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 allows only two-step Zaps and 100 tasks a month Every Zap step, AI step, code run and connector call draws from one shared monthly task allowance Multi-step Zaps, premium apps and webhooks require a paid plan
Made by	Microsoft Corporation	Zapier, Inc.

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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