Microsoft Power Automate vs Zapier vs Make vs Workato

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

Compared on	Microsoft Power Automate Free trial · from $15/user/mo VisitRemove	Zapier Free plan · from $19.99/mo VisitRemove	Make Free plan · from $9/mo VisitRemove	Workato Contact sales VisitRemove
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	Visual no-code tool for building automated workflows and AI agents across apps	Enterprise platform for integrations, workflow automation, APIs and AI agents
Free plan	No	100 tasks per month; two-step Zaps only; unlimited Zaps, Tables and Forms	1,000 credits per month; 2 active scenarios; 15-minute minimum interval between scheduled runs	No
Cheapest paid plan	$15/user/mo billed annually (Power Automate Premium)Microsoft Power Automate pricing	$19.99/mo billed annually (Professional)Zapier pricing	$9/mo billed annually (Core)Make pricing	Not publishedWorkato 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.	For 10,000 credits/month; price rises with credit volume.	Not stated
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	None stated	None stated
Platforms	Web, Windows	Web	Web, API	Web, API
Integrations (vendor's figure)	1,400+ connectors	9,000+ apps	3,000+ apps	1,200+ pre-built connectors
Open source	No	No	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	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	Syncing customer and order data between CRM, ERP and finance systems Automating multi-step processes that span several business applications Giving AI agents governed access to company systems
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	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	No published prices, free plan or self-serve sign-up on the pricing page; pricing is by quote The API platform and data integration start at the Business MCP edition; Agent Studio is in Workato ONE Each edition includes a fixed number of on-premise agents (OPAs) and concurrency
Made by	Microsoft Corporation	Zapier, Inc.	Make (part of Celonis)	Workato

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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