Zapier 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.

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

Compared on	Zapier Free plan · from $19.99/mo Visit Remove	Microsoft Power Automate Free trial · from $15/user/mo Visit Remove
What it is	No-code tool that connects web apps and runs automated, AI-assisted workflows	Microsoft tool for cloud workflows, desktop RPA and process mining
Free plan	100 tasks per month; two-step Zaps only; unlimited Zaps, Tables and Forms	No
Cheapest paid plan	$19.99/mo billed annually (Professional)Zapier pricing	$15/user/mo billed annually (Power Automate Premium)Microsoft Power Automate pricing
What it covers	For 750 tasks/month; price rises with the task tier.	Paid yearly; includes cloud flows, attended desktop flows and process/task mining (50 MB).
Free trial	14-day free trial of the Professional plan for new accounts, no credit card required	30-day free trial covering UI-based cloud flows and standard connectors
Platforms	Web	Web, Windows
Integrations (vendor's figure)	9,000+ apps	1,400+ connectors
Open source	No	No
Good for	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	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	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	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 by	Zapier, Inc.	Microsoft 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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