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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 Skyvern
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 $29/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 Skyvern if…
- you want a free plan to start with
- you need an API to build on
- you want open source you can self-host or audit
- you work on Self-hosted
- you're in its core audience: developers, operations teams
Side by side
Feature Microsoft Power Automate Skyvern
Pricing modelFree trialFreemium
Starting price$15/mo$29/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Trains AI on your content—Yes
Security and complianceGDPRSOC 2 Type II, HIPAA
MCP server—
AI agent builder—
Prompt-to-workflow—
Desktop RPA—
Custom connectors—
PlatformsWeb, WindowsWeb, API, Self-hosted
CategoryWorkflow AutomationBrowser Agents & Scraping
CompanyMicrosoft CorporationIkonomos Inc.
Based inUnited StatesUnited 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
S Skyvern
- Vision and LLM-based website navigation without selectors
- Built-in CAPTCHA solving
- 2FA and TOTP login support
- Proxies with country, state or zip targeting
- Data extraction to JSON or CSV schemas
- Document download, parsing and routing
- Python and TypeScript SDKs, MCP support
- Integrations with Zapier, Make, Clay, n8n, Workato
Plans and prices
From each vendor's site. Prices change — confirm before buying.
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
Skyvern
Free$0
Hobby$29/mo
Pro$149/mo
EnterpriseCustom
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
Skyvern
- Open source and self-hostable via Docker
- Free plan with 5,000 credits, no credit card required
- CAPTCHA and 2FA handling built in
- SDKs for Python and TypeScript
- Free plan limited to 1 concurrent run
- 2FA/TOTP and residential proxies require the $149 Pro plan
- HIPAA compliance and SOC-2 report only on Enterprise
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