Microsoft Power Automate vs SAP Intelligent RPA comparison

Microsoft and SAP are both solutions in the Robotic Process Automation (RPA) category. Microsoft is ranked #3 with an average rating of 7.7, while SAP is ranked #17 with an average rating of 7.0. Microsoft holds a 13.0% mindshare in RPA, compared to SAP’s 2.1% mindshare. Additionally, 88% of Microsoft users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 87% of SAP users who would recommend it.

Microsoft Power Automate

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88% willing to recommend

SAP Intelligent RPA

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87% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 4, 2024

SAP Intelligent RPA and Microsoft Power Automate offer robotic process automation solutions. SAP Intelligent RPA leads in customization, while Microsoft Power Automate stands out with its integration capabilities.

Features: SAP Intelligent RPA offers advanced automation for complex processes and a library of pre-built bots that simplify automation tasks. It also features flexible orchestration and job factory for seamless deployment. Microsoft Power Automate provides seamless integration with Microsoft's ecosystem and extensive connectors, supporting a wide range of applications. It also includes intuitive flow creation and the ability to automate office tasks.

Room for Improvement: SAP Intelligent RPA could enhance integration options beyond its current scope and simplify the initial setup process. It also needs better documentation to assist users. Microsoft Power Automate can improve in customization for complex automation scenarios, provide more robust automation features, and improve its user interface for more complex operations.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Microsoft Power Automate offers a straightforward setup due to its deep integration with the Microsoft suite, providing ease in operation across platforms. Its extensive customer support options aid smooth deployment. SAP Intelligent RPA's deployment can be more intricate, but it offers strong support structures for users dealing with complex automation scenarios.

Pricing and ROI: SAP Intelligent RPA generally requires a higher initial investment, with potential for significant ROI through optimization of complex tasks. Microsoft Power Automate offers a competitive pricing structure, which is appealing for businesses seeking cost-effective, scalable solutions.

To learn more, read our detailed Microsoft Power Automate vs. SAP Intelligent RPA Report (Updated: December 2025).

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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)

SAP Intelligent RPA

Ranking in Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

17th

Average Rating

7.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

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 SAP Intelligent RPA is 2.1%, up from 1.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Microsoft Power Automate	13.0%
SAP Intelligent RPA	2.1%
Other	84.9%

Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

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Ayobami Shobaloju

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.

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SantoshSundar

RPA Technical Solution Lead at Infomentum

Helps automate processes but needs to offer different licensing models to users

Right now, I am not working on process mining at the minute. Before I switched to the company, I worked extremely closely with the process mining tool from UiPath, SAP BTP, and the process mining that they had created. I am working with MuleSoft Automation and Anypoint. We are not doing any sort of process mining at the minute, but in my company, because MuleSoft is one of the only RPA tools that we are looking at, we have another application called Appian that we are trying to explore now. Appian has process mining capability, which is why we thought we would look at it along with AI capabilities.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Technical support is responsive."

"In just in one click, we can see any documentation, etc., that we need. It makes it very easy to navigate."

"The initial setup isn't too difficult."

"Microsoft Power Automate offers over 200 connectors that enhance the user experience."

"The most valuable features of Microsoft Power Automate are the ease of use and the templates that are provided. I no longer need to make the document from scratch. I can search for what template I want and then it only requires me to modify it a bit for my needs. Additionally, it's helped improve my productivity and efficiency, and at the same time, it's quicker."

"The approval feature is the most important feature. We also use the flow history feature. It is a very useful product as compared to other products. We can automate easily when a list is updated. We can also handle approval-related issues and integrate it with emails."

"Good core applications."

"The product is very stable."

More Microsoft Power Automate pros

"It is remarkably easy to configure and code, and it doesn't require an extensive technical background or coding expertise."

"Most of the details are already in the help portal and SAP notes are available. It is well documented as part of the product support."

"It is a stable solution...It is a scalable solution."

"The standout features of SAP Intelligent RPA are its flexibility and integration capabilities."

"The initial setup of SAP Contextor is easy."

"The most valuable feature of SAP Contextor is that everyone is in one place in the program that I need."

"Scalability is fine. It is pretty nice."

"Contextor is a good solution for a Citrix environment. It's the first with this tool. Other tools provide the same functionality, but not with the Citrix environment."

Cons

"While working with big data, when we have structured data like logs, we have to work with an ETL tool before manipulating the data and creating the workflows and the forms. This can be improved. Big data support is something that I'd like to be covered a lot."

"They've already improved it, but I guess a testing suite would be nice to be able to test your automations in real time."

"WinAutomation is scalable to a certain extent. I would rate it seven for the scalability, which could be better. Softomotive is better scalable than WinAutomation in this regard."

"For countries in our region, it's not very well known."

"There should be a comprehensive or enterprise level of application to provide the cognitive AI, and there should be orchestration so that I can control all the robots on one station. The other tools are currently providing these features."

"It would be great if it was able to integrate more with various other platforms. It would make development easier."

"Compared to other RPA solutions, there is a little bit of a feature gap."

"While Microsoft has a way of integrating well with itself and its own internal tools, it could do more to include external options and add them to the mix."

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"For potential features or improvements, one aspect I would suggest enhancing is the flexibility of the extraction process."

"I found that the SAP scripting of a program is easier than SAP Contextor."

"There should be more of an error, like a proper error feature, in future releases. Sometimes, we don't understand why that automation is not learning what, like, where it is stuck, or what is the reason like, or what is the criteria we are missing to add. So a proper error message would be helpful."

"I would like to see a better capacity for unstructured data, for example, PDF, or text within images."

"SAP Contextor could improve by automating some processes."

"The tool's licensing has been kind of a challenge...At the moment, the tool does not offer different licensing models to users."

"One way SAP Intelligent RPA could improve is by integrating built-in DI services for document processing."

"The initial setup is of medium complexity. It is neither too hard nor too simple. You need some background in SAP and an understanding of it."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Due to the pricing model, the solution is more convenient than any other tools."

"There is flexibility in pricing."

"It depends and varies a lot according to the licensing terms. There is no cost to maintain if we have less than 10 forms. Microsoft only charges if there are more than 10 forms. So, most of the companies can survive without paying anything extra. It is included in the Office 365 licensing."

"This is a cost-effective RPA solution."

"The cost to use Microsoft Power Automate is approximately $15 per user per month, for the basic plan. However, the solution comes free with the Microsoft 365 Suite."

"Currently, we are using the free license for testing. After everything is done, we'll buy the license."

"The licensing model is flexible in that you can pay per automation or per user. My client receives a discount because of the large number of users and pays approximately $15 for each one."

"This solution is reasonably priced and offers a free trial period."

More Microsoft Power Automate pricing and cost advice

"The pricing is not that expensive. It is manageable."

"This is not a tool or software with a license as others are. The SaaS model is based on the usage of the tool."

"The initial cost might seem higher, but over time, with continued use over five or ten years, the cost tends to decrease, making it a more economical choice."

"It all comes with a bundle right now. Having advanced features, it is competitively priced."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

15%

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

Insurance Company

Manufacturing Company

13%

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

Media Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	50
Midsize Enterprise	17
Large Enterprise	66

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	3
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	4

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.

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How do I choose between UiPath and Microsoft Power Automate?

Microsoft‌ ‌Power‌ ‌Automate‌ ‌is‌ ‌intuitive‌ ‌and‌ ‌easy‌ ‌to‌ ‌integrate‌ ‌and‌ ‌use.‌ ‌I‌ ‌like‌ ‌that‌ ‌there‌ ‌is‌ ‌no‌ ‌coding‌ ‌experience‌ ‌necessary,‌ ‌and‌ ‌appreciate‌ ‌the‌ ‌automated‌...

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How is Automation Anywhere compared to Microsoft Power Automate?

‌Neither‌ ‌solution‌ ‌requires‌ ‌any‌ ‌coding‌ ‌experience,‌ ‌and‌ ‌both‌ ‌are‌ ‌easy‌ ‌to‌ ‌use‌ ‌and‌ ‌have‌ ‌great‌ ‌drag-and‌ ‌drop‌ ‌functionality.‌ ‌The‌ ‌training‌ ‌and‌ ‌resources‌ ‌for‌ ‌A...

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What needs improvement with SAP Contextor?

The tool's licensing has been kind of a challenge. If the tool can bring up a usage-based licensing model, it would be really good. Even a flat rate kind of licensing model would be good, where, fo...

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What is your primary use case for SAP Contextor?

The inputs of SAP Intelligent RPA used to come from the process mining output. Whenever we connect process mining to the SAP instances, their SAP instances give us what processes, where the bottlen...

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What advice do you have for others considering SAP Contextor?

Speaking about bot creation and management features, I rate the tool as four out of five compared to the other market leaders. UiPath is much better, but SAP is not very far behind. For SAP Intelli...

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Also Known As

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

SAP Contextor, Contextor

Overview

Microsoft Power Automate is a powerful tool that streamlines and automates tasks within an organization.

It is used for workflow automation, data integration, and creating automated notifications and approvals.

Power Automate connects different applications and services, such as SharePoint, Excel, and Outlook, to automate data transfer and synchronization.

Microsoft

SAP Intelligent Robotic Process Automation lets you automate enterprise business processes. Design process automations within the Cloud Studio by creating end-to-end workflows. Generate packages from these automations into the Cloud Factory powered by SAP BTP to configure and execute these packages with Agents. Agents running on workstations can work as a digital assistant (attended automation) or as a digital worker (unattended automation).

SAP Intelligent RPA enables business users and technologists to become citizen developers. With powerful yet intuitive low-code and no-code capabilities, the solution supports you in driving automation by tapping into the expertise of citizen developers.

SAP

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

BNP Paribas, Societe Generale, Kabel Deutschland, Orange, Carrefour

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