I really like the built-in integrations with other applications like Teams. The product is also straightforward and easy to use.
Digital and E-Business Analyst at a construction company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Stable solution and easy to setup
Pros and Cons
- "It is a stable solution."
- "Sometimes it can be difficult to share flows for multiple users to edit."
What is most valuable?
What needs improvement?
Sometimes it can be difficult to share flows for multiple users to edit. So, it is a potential area of improvement.
For additional features, it would be helpful to have a more collaborative building of flows.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using this solution for four years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is a stable solution.
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How are customer service and support?
I never needed customer support for this product. It is easy to use.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is easy.
What other advice do I have?
Overall, Microsoft Power Automate is an eight out of ten.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Head of Learning and Development at Acronotics
Cross-platform, stable, and scalable
Pros and Cons
- "The solution helps automate manual tasks and interacts with multiple applications."
- "The initial setup is complex and has room for improvement."
What is our primary use case?
We use the solution to reduce costs by automating repeat processes.
How has it helped my organization?
The solution helps automate manual tasks and interacts with multiple applications.
What is most valuable?
Automation is the most valuable feature. We can do so if we want to automate the gateway process, such as tracking data from SharePoint, Outlook, or Excel.
What needs improvement?
The initial setup is complex and has room for improvement.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the solution for two years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The solution is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The solution is scalable.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is complex. I give the initial setup an eight out of ten.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
When accompanying customers, we discuss the license requirements. Based on these requirements, we suggest whether a per-user plan or multiple platforms per-user plan would be best.
What other advice do I have?
I give the solution a nine out of ten.
The solution is easy to maintain.
Microsoft Power Automate is a cross-platform solution and I recommend it to others.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Microsoft Azure
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Senior. Engg. Manager at a construction company with 501-1,000 employees
Useful connectors, stable, and initial setup simple
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable features of Microsoft Power Automate are the connectors, such as loops, which make things easier."
- "I rate the technical support from Microsoft Power Automate a four out of five."
What is our primary use case?
We use Microsoft Power Automate to automate everything, such as mailing, gathering data from a web scraping, and scheduling time.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable features of Microsoft Power Automate are the connectors, such as loops, which make things easier.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Microsoft Power Automate for one year.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Microsoft Power Automate is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We have five people in my organization using Microsoft Power Automate.
How are customer service and support?
I rate the technical support from Microsoft Power Automate a four out of five.
How was the initial setup?
I rate the initial setup from Microsoft Power Automate a five out of five. The process took us approximately one day.
What was our ROI?
I rate the return on investment from Microsoft Power Automate a four out of five.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
With our Microsoft Office 365 license, we are able to use Microsoft Power Automate.
What other advice do I have?
I rate Microsoft Power Automate an eight out of ten.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
RPA/IA Solution Architect at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Fast and easy to use, but if it had queue support and it was capable of doing more complex automation, it would be a much better tool
Pros and Cons
- "It is quick, so I'm quite happy with it. It is also easy to use."
- "It lacks a lot of functionality that other tools have. There should be queue management, and there should also be the capability to deal with a little bit more complex automation. If it had queue support and if it was capable of doing more complex automation, it would be a much better tool."
What is our primary use case?
We use it for office automation.
What is most valuable?
It is quick, so I'm quite happy with it. It is also easy to use.
What needs improvement?
It lacks a lot of functionality that other tools have. There should be queue management, and there should also be the capability to deal with a little bit more complex automation. If it had queue support and if it was capable of doing more complex automation, it would be a much better tool.
In terms of performance, it is a little bit slower with calculations than a typical Excel Macro, for example.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using this solution for about six months.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is a very stable product.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It is already implemented company-wide, so we don't have to scale it too much. It already has lots of functionality built-in.
How are customer service and support?
I haven't used their support.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I also work with UiPath, Blue Prism, and Automation Anywhere. Functionality-wise, Blue Prism and Power Automate are two completely different tools, but they share the common RPA target.
How was the initial setup?
It was easy. It was already in the company when I joined.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
We are using the free version of Power Automate.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate it a six out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Solutions Expert at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
Very easy to set up and configure, but the OCR part is missing
Pros and Cons
- "It has a gamut of things. Power Automate is easy to configure. It is more for a citizen developer. It is low code/no code. It is one of the easiest tools when it comes to configuration. By default, we have a lot of Microsoft products on our laptops or desktops. So, it is very easy to configure the remaining products."
- "The OCR part or scanning of documents is missing."
What is our primary use case?
The use cases include Power Apps and Power Automate. We have had use cases for scheduling meetings. We have also used it for HR onboarding solutions where document verification was done by using Power Apps and Power Automate.
I have sold both cloud-based and on-premises solutions.
What is most valuable?
It has a gamut of things. Power Automate is easy to configure. It is more for a citizen developer. It is low code/no code. It is one of the easiest tools when it comes to configuration. By default, we have a lot of Microsoft products on our laptops or desktops. So, it is very easy to configure the remaining products.
What needs improvement?
The OCR part or scanning of documents is missing.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been selling it for the past one and a half years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is stable.
How are customer service and support?
I am definitely satisfied with their support.
How was the initial setup?
Its initial setup is straightforward. It is very easy to set up.
The number of people required depends on the size of the project. It depends on how big a project is and what is the use case. It could be just a two-member team, and it could also be a ten-member team. It depends on the number of use cases that have to be automated.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Its licensing is flexible.
What other advice do I have?
Power Automate is doing really well. It is a good solution. I would recommend it, but it also depends on a client's requirement.
I would rate it a seven out of 10.
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Application Support Specialist at a tech company with 1-10 employees
Comprehensive solution but too complicated, especially for ordinary users
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable feature is how much you can do with this solution."
- "Power Automate is too complicated - it forces you to go through extra tasks instead of streamlining your workflow."
What is most valuable?
The most valuable feature is how much you can do with this solution.
What needs improvement?
Power Automate is too complicated - it forces you to go through extra tasks instead of streamlining your workflow. In the next release, I would like InfoPath to be re-included.
How are customer service and support?
Tech support is hit and miss.
How was the initial setup?
The setup is complex - it's confusing for IT workers, let alone ordinary users.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Power Automate is a separate license, so make sure that if you implement it, you have the appropriate license for all the users who will use it.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate this solution as seven out of ten.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Module Lead at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Effective scheduling, reasonably priced, and good technical support
Pros and Cons
- "I have found the scheduling and email notifications features to very good compared to other RPA tools I have used."
- "In an upcoming release, the exception handling mechanism could improve. The issue that we are facing is whenever there is a failure in any of the middle execution and if you wanted to navigate it to the end of the last line of execution, we do not have this feature available. If we had this feature it would make it even more stable."
What is our primary use case?
I am new to RPA systems and I have recently received access to Azure where I am testing out the ProcessRobot solution.
What is most valuable?
I have found the scheduling and email notifications features to very good compared to other RPA tools I have used.
What needs improvement?
In an upcoming release, the exception handling mechanism could improve. The issue that we are facing is whenever there is a failure in any of the middle execution and if you wanted to navigate it to the end of the last line of execution, we do not have this feature available. If we had this feature it would make it even more stable.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using this solution for approximately one and a half years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The solution is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I have found the solution to be scalable.
We have three people working with this solution in my organization.
How are customer service and technical support?
The technical support has been good.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have used previously Winautomation. When comparing the two solutions both are equally good.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup was in the middle range of difficulty.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The price of the solution is reasonable.
What other advice do I have?
My advice to others that want to implement this solution is that it has very good features and I have not had any issues.
I rate ProcessRobot by Softomotive an eight out of ten.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Senior Customer Solutions at a media company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Simple to set up, integrates well with Microsoft solutions and is quite stable
Pros and Cons
- "Technical support is available regionally and it's quite good."
- "I need to have more integration capabilities from this solution."
What is our primary use case?
We primarily use the solution for our customers, to automate fields, for example.
What is most valuable?
The solution integrates well with Microsoft Office and other Microsoft solutions.
The solution offers pretty good automation capabilities.
The code of the product is very good.
The initial setup was quite simple. We didn't have any trouble with the process.
The solution has been very stable so far.
Technical support is available regionally and it's quite good.
What needs improvement?
I need to have more integration capabilities from this solution. It's limiting us right now. Other solutions on the market are better in this regard. They need to step up and improve this aspect in future releases.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The stability is good. We haven't really had any issues with the performance. I don't recall dealing with bugs or glitches. I don't recall it crashing or freezing.
How are customer service and technical support?
We've dealt with technical support in the past. We don't have local support, however, we do have access to regional support. It's good. I'd say that we are happy with the level of support on offer.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We have experience in Microsoft Power Automate, however, we work with other solutions around the RPA - such as Micro Focus.
How was the initial setup?
Overall, we found the solution to be very straightforward. It wasn't difficult or complex. In our case, it was easy. A company should have too much trouble handling the implementation process.
What other advice do I have?
We are partners with Microsoft.
I'd rate the solution at an eight out of ten. We're quite happy with the product right now.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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