Automate Basics

Workato vs Microsoft Power Automate

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

What it isEnterprise platform for integrations, workflow automation, APIs and AI agentsMicrosoft tool for cloud workflows, desktop RPA and process mining
Free planNoNo
Cheapest paid planNot publishedWorkato pricing$15/user/mo billed annually (Power Automate Premium)Microsoft Power Automate pricing
What it coversNot statedPaid yearly; includes cloud flows, attended desktop flows and process/task mining (50 MB).
Free trialNone stated30-day free trial covering UI-based cloud flows and standard connectors
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb, Windows
Integrations (vendor's figure)1,200+ pre-built connectors1,400+ connectors
Open sourceNoNo
Good for
  • 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
  • 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
Watch out for
  • 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
  • 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
Made byWorkatoMicrosoft Corporation

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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