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ZNo-code workflow automation and AI agents across 9,000+ apps for businesses
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Microsoft Power Automate vs Pipedream
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Microsoft Power Automate if…
- you want the lower entry price ($15/mo vs $99/mo)
- you want to trial it before paying
- you work on Windows
- you're in its core audience: enterprise it and automation teams, microsoft 365 organizations
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Choose Pipedream if…
- you want a free plan to start with
- you need an API to build on
- you're in its core audience: ai agent developers, saas product teams
Side by side
Feature Microsoft Power Automate Pipedream
Pricing modelFree trialFreemium
Starting price$15/mo$99/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Data retention—Customer event data automatically deleted from subprocessors; account deletion removes personal data
Security and complianceGDPRSOC 2 Type II, GDPR, HIPAA
MCP server—
AI agent builder—
Prompt-to-workflow—
Desktop RPA—
Custom connectors—
PlatformsWeb, WindowsWeb, API
CategoryWorkflow AutomationDeveloper Tools & APIs
CompanyMicrosoft CorporationPipedream, Inc.
Based inUnited States—
Founded——
Part of——
Key features
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- Cloud flows for digital process automation
- Attended and unattended desktop RPA
- Natural-language flow authoring with Copilot
- More than 1,400 prebuilt connectors plus custom connectors
- Process and task mining with AI recommendations
- AI document and image processing
- Hosted RPA on Microsoft-managed virtual machines
- Managed Environments and data loss prevention controls
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- Managed OAuth and token refresh for 3,000+ APIs
- 10,000+ prebuilt actions and triggers
- Remote MCP server with built-in tool discovery
- Connect proxy for calling any API endpoint
- Hosted Connect Link or embeddable browser SDK
- SDKs for TypeScript, Python and Java, plus REST
- Bring your own OAuth clients
- Credentials encrypted at rest, scoped per project
Plans and prices
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Microsoft Power Automate
Free trialFree
Power Automate Premium$15.00 user/month, paid yearly
Power Automate Process$150.00 bot/month, paid yearly
Power Automate Hosted Process$215.00 bot/month, paid yearly
Process Mining add-on$5,000.00 tenant/month, paid yearly
Pipedream
Free$0
Startup$99/mo billed annually ($150 monthly)
BusinessCustom
Strengths and limitations
Microsoft Power Automate
- 30-day free trial includes premium features
- More than 1,400 prebuilt connectors
- Works inside Teams, Excel, SharePoint and OneDrive
- Covers cloud, desktop RPA and process mining in one product
- Listed prices are billed yearly
- Not available on-premises; cloud service only
- Desktop app is Windows 10 and 11 only
- Process Mining add-on costs $5,000 per tenant per month
Pipedream
- Free plan includes every feature in development, with no credit card required
- Unlimited team members on all plans
- Prebuilt tools are public on GitHub and can be extended
- SOC 2 Type 2 and GDPR on all plans
- Production use requires at least the $99/month Startup plan
- Usage beyond included credits and users costs extra
- SSO, SCIM and HIPAA are only on the custom Business plan
- Conduit is still in early access
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