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Microsoft Power Automate vs Nintex RPA comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 4, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
6.8
Microsoft Power Automate enhances efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and ROI through automation and familiar UI, providing substantial productivity improvements.
Sentiment score
7.3
Users report cost savings, reduced errors, and improved efficiency with Nintex RPA, achieving savings up to $300,000.
Then cumulatively, from a weekly perspective, we've saved up to 10 to 12 hours.
Customer Solution Provider at Wema Bank
It has helped us save time, and we've saved thousands of hours through automation.
Assistant Manager, Data Science & Analytics at American International Group
There has been around 20% to 30% productivity improvement, which will definitely save money and costs.
Engineering Manager at a wholesaler/distributor with 10,001+ employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.3
Microsoft Power Automate's customer service varies; premium plans and regional support improve responsiveness, while community aids overall experience.
Sentiment score
7.4
Nintex RPA users praise responsive technical support and proactive service, though some experience delays and desire direct phone support.
Having experience with coding is essential to fully utilize Power Automate.
Assistant Manager, Data Science & Analytics at American International Group
They offer 24-hour technical support that consistently answers inquiries.
Talent Acquisition Specialist at APERCE
On a scale of one to ten, the technical support of Microsoft Power Automate rates as three within India, and eight or nine for support from outside India.
Power Platform Developer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
6.6
Microsoft Power Automate is scalable and cost-effective, yet struggles with advanced tasks, better for small to medium organizations.
Sentiment score
6.9
Nintex RPA is scalable and flexible, enabling easy expansion and deployment, though data analysis at scale presents challenges.
Microsoft Power Automate is scalable enough for me and my customers.
Senior Operations and Group Information Technology Manager at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.5
Microsoft Power Automate is stable and reliable, with high user satisfaction and minor issues that are quickly resolved.
Sentiment score
7.1
Users rate Nintex RPA stable at 8/10, noting minor issues from updates, system changes, or configuration errors.
 

Room For Improvement

Microsoft Power Automate users seek better stability, integration, user-friendliness, error handling, connectors, documentation, and clearer licensing and environments.
Nintex RPA requires better object recognition, OCR, integration, AI updates, and improvements in training, compatibility, and debugging tools.
Developers should have discretion over which view they want to use, either the old designer view or the new designer view, as Microsoft is forcing the new designer view, which most developers don't prefer.
Power Platform Developer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
The synchronization of the feedback responses from the forms and the Excel sheets should be seamless.
Customer Solution Provider at Wema Bank
One thing I might suggest is to look at connecting more diverse connectors, so users do not require much time to connect to different applications.
Sr. General Manager , Global IT Services at a non-profit with 5,001-10,000 employees
 

Setup Cost

Microsoft Power Automate offers cost-effective automation, often bundled with Office 365, though premium features may increase costs for enterprises.
Nintex RPA offers moderate pricing, ranging from $5,000 to $100,000, with separate charges for infrastructure and optional features.
The price of Microsoft Power Automate was affordable for our clients, who are small companies.
Talent Acquisition Specialist at APERCE
I don't remember paying anything excessively or overpriced.
Sales Manager at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees
Microsoft Power Automate is reasonably priced compared to others in the market.
Senior Operations and Group Information Technology Manager at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
 

Valuable Features

Microsoft Power Automate streamlines task automation with low-code tools, seamless integration, and robust connectors, enhancing productivity and efficiency.
Nintex RPA offers intuitive workflows, cross-platform integration, task mining, scalability, and competitive pricing, enhancing document handling efficiency.
The best features of Microsoft Power Automate are its ability to switch from one app to another without user interaction, so you can automate a task, take data from one source, process it, and then output it in another format or have it as an input for another app, and also to transform data and have that done with minimal human interaction.
Sales Manager at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees
If I want to fill something in Power Platform and need to fill another item in Salesforce, instead of doing the same task in different platforms, I can directly fill it in Power Platform and integrate it with Salesforce through API in Microsoft Power Automate, and my work is complete.
Power Platform Developer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Microsoft Power Automate has positively impacted my organization as it has saved a lot of time and effort.
Customer Solution Provider at Wema Bank
 

Categories and Ranking

Microsoft Power Automate
Ranking in Robotic Process Automation (RPA)
3rd
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
133
Ranking in other categories
Process Mining (4th), Agentic Automation (3rd), Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies (4th)
Nintex RPA
Ranking in Robotic Process Automation (RPA)
23rd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
30
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Robotic Process Automation (RPA) category, the mindshare of Microsoft Power Automate is 13.0%, down from 20.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Nintex RPA is 2.0%, up from 1.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Microsoft Power Automate13.0%
Nintex RPA2.0%
Other85.0%
Robotic Process Automation (RPA)
 

Featured Reviews

Ayobami Shobaloju - PeerSpot reviewer
Customer Solution Provider at Wema Bank
Automating processes has saved time and improved communication
Something frustrates me concerning Microsoft Power Automate, and that is about the integration with Microsoft Forms and Excel. The issue now is that I don't get my responses synchronized automatically, and that frustrates me a lot. If the team could take this as feedback, the synchronization of the feedback responses from the forms and the Excel sheets should be seamless. This synchronization issue happens frequently, and it causes a lot of delays in the sense that the mails that ought to go out to the agents fail at some point. I have to reload these responses so that the agents can get their responses as when submitted. What I notice is that the responses don't go out without proper synchronization, so I reload the field responses, and this works afterwards. I would say probably a seamless walkthrough process for new users would be beneficial. For those using it for the first time, a seamless walkthrough process would be fine.
JonathanNg - PeerSpot reviewer
Global Automation Lead - Customer Operations at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
Helped us identify areas where frontline staff aren't following standard procedures or using unexpected systems, giving us better insight into our end users' workflows
To analyze and make sense of the data generated by Kryon process discovery can be a lot of effort. It's not as automatic as some might think. It really depends on how many processes you have and how actively you use them. But the scalability aspect isn't necessarily about deployment or technical maintenance. It's really about how you analyze and gain insights from the data gathering. I'd rate the scalability a seven out of ten because the solution has been scaling well for a long time. It's very easy to deploy. But getting value out of it at scale can be a challenge, just like with any deployment. We use it mainly for process discovery. We actually proceed it from different teams. So, we have 15 licenses that we rotate with different people, actually through different teams. So, we do discovery for the online team; we gather the results after about two weeks to a month. We analyze those results, and then we deploy them again on the analytics team. We regularly deploy it to different teams. So, it's in constant use. It just runs on the systems through discovery mode most of the time.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
15%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
9%
Insurance Company
5%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Computer Software Company
11%
Real Estate/Law Firm
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business50
Midsize Enterprise17
Large Enterprise66
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise18
 

Questions from the Community

RPA that Bots can run without centralized control?
Yes, Attended Bots which can run without centralized control Module. RPA Tools like Automation Anywhere, uiPath ,Power Automation they do support this.
How do I choose between UiPath and Microsoft Power Automate?
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How is Automation Anywhere compared to Microsoft Power Automate?
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Best RPA tools for IBM iSeries
We have found that Foxtrot (Now NintexRPA) is a very solid solution for IBM iSeries integration using the IBM ACS 5250 emulator, in addition Datamatics TruBot is an alternative solution.
What do you like most about Nintex RPA?
Nintex RPA often includes security features, including encryption and user access controls, which ensure the protection of sensitive data and compliance with security standards.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Nintex RPA?
Although Nintex RPA is expensive, it is somewhat affordable considering its features. I would rate the cost aspect as an eight out of ten.
 

Also Known As

Power Automate, Microsoft Flow, MS Power Automate, WinAutomation by Softomotive, ProcessRobot by Softomotive, Minit
Kryon RPA
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

1. Coca-Cola 2. General Electric 3. Siemens 4. Accenture 5. Deloitte 6. Johnson & Johnson 7. Ford 8. Nestle 9. Procter & Gamble 10. IBM 11. Amazon 12. Google 13. Microsoft 14. Adobe 15. Cisco 16. Oracle 17. SAP 18. Intel 19. HP 20. Dell 21. Verizon 22. AT&T 23. T-Mobile 24. Walmart 25. Target 26. Home Depot 27. McDonald's 28. Starbucks 29. Nike 30. Apple 31. Facebook 32. Twitter
Amazon, Audi, Chevron, Toyota, Uber, Walmart
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