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Alternatives to Microsoft Power Automate
23 automation integration tools sit alongside Microsoft Power Automate in this directory. Below is what separates each from Microsoft Power Automate on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 23
- With a free tier
- 16
- Cheaper to start
- 2
- Microsoft Power Automate starts at
- Free, then $15/month
Why people look past Microsoft Power Automate
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Microsoft Power Automate entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
Cost climbs steeply across the tiers
Microsoft Power Automate publishes 4 tiers, from Free up to $215/bot/month. Teams that outgrow the entry plan can find the next rung a large step, the Microsoft Power Automate pricing page breaks each one down.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Automate your work across 7,000+ app integrations
- Starts $4.989999999999998 a month dearer, at $19.99/month.
- 3 tiers to Microsoft Power Automate's 4.
The fair-code workflow automation tool
- Starts $5 a month dearer, at €20/month.
The platform for the new way of working
- Starts $6 a month cheaper, at $9/month.
Managed Apache Flink and Debezium with credit-based pricing and a free tier
- 3 tiers to Microsoft Power Automate's 4.
Postgres-backed distributed task queue and workflow engine for Python, TypeScript and Go
- Starts $485 a month dearer, at $500/month.
Open source unified API and OAuth infrastructure for product integrations, licensed under Elastic License 2.0
- Starts $35 a month dearer, at $50/month.
Every Microsoft Power Automate alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Power Automate (this page) | Free, then $15/month | - | 4 | |
| ZapierLow-code automation platform with 900+ integrations. More intuitive for simple workflows compared to Power Automate's complexity. | Free, then $19.99/month | Usage-based | 3 | vs Microsoft Power Automate |
| n8nOpen-source workflow automation with self-hosting option. Alternative to Microsoft's cloud-only approach. | Free, then €20/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Microsoft Power Automate |
| MakeAffordable automation platform with visual flow builder. Competitive pricing and simpler interface for basic to intermediate workflows. | Free, then $9/month | Freemium | - | vs Microsoft Power Automate |
| Decodable | Free | Per credit by task hour | 3 | vs Microsoft Power Automate |
| Hatchet | Free, then $500/month | Per month by task run count | 4 | vs Microsoft Power Automate |
| Nango | Free, then $50/month | Per connection per month | 4 | vs Microsoft Power Automate |
| Kogito | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Microsoft Power Automate |
| Flowable | Free | Quote | 2 | vs Microsoft Power Automate |
| Meltano | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Microsoft Power Automate |
| jBPM | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Microsoft Power Automate |
| Activiti | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Microsoft Power Automate |
| Orkes | Free | Quote | 2 | vs Microsoft Power Automate |
| Prefect | Free, then $100/month | Freemium with per-user and usage-based tiers | 4 | vs Microsoft Power Automate |
| Dagster | Free, then $10/month | Free open-source core plus paid cloud platform | 4 | vs Microsoft Power Automate |
| Windmill | Free, then $120/month | Open-source | 2 | vs Microsoft Power Automate |
| Autonoly | Free, then $29/month | Freemium | 5 | vs Microsoft Power Automate |
| HighByte Intelligence Hub | $18500/year | Per site per year | 4 | vs Microsoft Power Automate |
| Cyclr | $1595/month | Per month by API call volume | 4 | vs Microsoft Power Automate |
| Alloy Automation | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Microsoft Power Automate |
| IBM MQ | $312/month | Per virtual processor core per month | 3 | vs Microsoft Power Automate |
| Camunda | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Microsoft Power Automate |
| Mage AI | $100/month | Usage-based cloud platform | 4 | vs Microsoft Power Automate |
| HighLevel | $97/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Microsoft Power Automate |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Microsoft Power Automate badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (16)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
What you would be giving up
Microsoft Power Automate is most often brought in for workflow automation, data integration, process automation, app integration, api connectivity. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Microsoft Power Automate is broadly right and the question is cost, the Microsoft Power Automate pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Automation Integration category lists everything the directory holds, and best automation integration tools ranks them.
Microsoft Power Automate runs on web, cloud, desktop. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Microsoft Power Automate alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Microsoft Power Automate?
- 23 other automation integration tools are listed in this directory, led by Zapier, n8n, Make, Decodable. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Microsoft Power Automate?
- 16 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Zapier, n8n, Make, Decodable, Hatchet.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Microsoft Power Automate?
- Yes. 2 of the alternatives below start under Microsoft Power Automate's $15/month: Make at Free, then $9/month, Dagster at Free, then $10/month.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Microsoft Power Automate?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: cost climbs steeply across the tiers. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Microsoft Power Automate?
- Microsoft Power Automate is most often brought in for workflow automation, data integration, process automation, app integration, api connectivity. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Microsoft Power Automate?
- Windmill is recorded with an open-source licence model.
- How were these Microsoft Power Automate alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Automation Integration, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Microsoft Power Automate against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Microsoft Power Automate covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every automation integration tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Automation Integration category, 23 tools beside Microsoft Power Automate. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.