Microsoft Power Automate vs. ServiceNow App Engine

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Microsoft Power Automate
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
Microsoft Power Automate is an advanced automation platform offering a range of features, including AI-powered automation, robotic process automation (RPA), business process automation (BPA), digital process automation (DPA), and process/task mining. The platform aims to empower organizations to securely automate their operations at scale by leveraging low-code and AI technologies.
$15
per month per user
ServiceNow App Engine
Score 7.0 out of 10
N/A
ServiceNow App Engine aims to bring creator workflow apps to production quickly for mission-critical tasks. Design with best-practice guidance and templates within a holistic low-code dev experience.N/A
Pricing
Microsoft Power AutomateServiceNow App Engine
Editions & Modules
Power Automate Premium
$15
per month per user
Power Automate Process
$150
per month per bot
Hosted RPA add-on
$215
per month per bot
Process Mining add-on
$5,000
per month per tenant
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Microsoft Power AutomateServiceNow App Engine
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Microsoft Power AutomateServiceNow App Engine
Considered Both Products
Microsoft Power Automate
Chose Microsoft Power Automate
In our experience, Microsoft Power Automate fails with throttling and became unusable to meet our client deadlines. Nintex did not experience throttling issues for us.
Chose Microsoft Power Automate
Power Automate don't require additional license like Nintex. Also, plenty of connectors in Power Automate connect external systems and applications.
Chose Microsoft Power Automate
We preferred PowerAutomate due to its integration and security within the M365 suite which our business was already using.
Chose Microsoft Power Automate
Firstly, it came with organizational license, so it was available to everyone, for some of the automations that we're not able to do so when we took license for other tools it was more difficult and tedious to do hence, we had to shift back to Microsoft Power Automate. License …
Chose Microsoft Power Automate
Microsoft Power Automate is worlds ahead of Zapier in so many ways. The looping, DOM access, and flow controls are much better. I feel that accessing different data within previous connectors used in a flow is much easier in Microsoft Power Automate as well.

The custom …
Chose Microsoft Power Automate
The Microsoft Power Automate have the browser based access which doesn't require any tool installation separately. Whereas for the Uipath, many dependencies are needed for the flows. We need to purchase the separate License for the UiPath but in case of the Power Automate, it …
Chose Microsoft Power Automate
I have only used Microsoft Power Automate as our organization is using microsoft ecosystem and i can access its features easily. With new features it is sufficient enough for my use as if now. I would recommend it for those who are in microsoft ecosystem to use it is capable …
Chose Microsoft Power Automate
I have many years of experience with Nintex applications and it stands up very well against Microsoft Power Automate. I hope Microsoft Power Automate can become the better workflow application. With the Integrated AI builder and continuous updates I expect they can become the …
Chose Microsoft Power Automate
We migrated from Flow. They only other we have used is Sharepoint workflows and Power Automate is miles ahead of that.
Chose Microsoft Power Automate
easy to use, easy to adopt
Chose Microsoft Power Automate
earlier we have used UiPath Automation Platform .Later we have used Microsoft Power Automate for below reasons
1.Accessibility
2.Microsoft Integration
Chose Microsoft Power Automate
  1. Power Automate beats UiPath basically from a costing perspective. I prefer Power Automate over UiPath because of its different costing segments that make it way cheaper than UiPath.
  2. SmartSheet provides a number of functions when it comes to dealing with and showcasing tabular …
Chose Microsoft Power Automate
User Interface and Ease of Use, Integration Capabilities, Bot Development, Cognitive Services and AI Integration, Scalability, Pricing, Community and Support. The most thing that Power Automate stands out from others is the Pricing models as it is way more cheap than Automation …
Chose Microsoft Power Automate
UIPath allows for automation of saving email attachments but the time required to create this automation is a great deal longer than Microsoft Power Automate.
Chose Microsoft Power Automate
Microsoft Power Automate is a Low-Code,No-Code approach making it easy for a beginner to learn and understand. The integration with microsoft ecosystem is an advantage. The cost is less when compared to uipath. There are pre built templates available and the AI integration is …
Chose Microsoft Power Automate
Microsoft Power Automate is the platform we can say very user friendly You need not to know the coding and programme you just need to enter the flow you wanted and you are set . You no need lengthy program and eventually no time is required. Very productive tool we are using …
Chose Microsoft Power Automate
Power Automate is a no-code/low-code solution tailored for workflow automation, data integration, and AI integration, making it an excellent choice for Microsoft-centric organizations.
OutSystems, on the other hand, is a comprehensive application development platform, offering …
Chose Microsoft Power Automate
Power Automate is very well integrated with Microsoft office 365 suit, Teams channel and SharePoint online. The workflow UI is very user-friendly and the users from non-technical background can easily understand the tool and start automating any simple and complex workflows. …
Chose Microsoft Power Automate
Power Automate is much more powerful than IFTTT or Zapier, and the cost is included in our current license. IFTTT is sometimes too simple in their API capabilities, and Zapier charges per process which means the high frequency tasks that we most want to automate quickly get …
Chose Microsoft Power Automate
Both have their use cases. Nintex Automation Cloud allows external users to submit forms, which Microsoft PowerAutomate or PowerApps doesn't allow. (Power Pages is very costly)
Chose Microsoft Power Automate
The only other similar product I have used is Excel with advanced formular and macros, PA is by far more superior and easier for the laymen
ServiceNow App Engine
Chose ServiceNow App Engine
We use both platforms but for separate reasons. ServiceNow App Engine offers more for troubleshooting, etc. Sailpoint is purely for requesting access to things. But they are similar apps
Chose ServiceNow App Engine
Easy and adaptive features and people with no code to basic code developers can handle this, and the reusability of the many functionalities has added advantage. The incident management tool is at the top of the industry, has easy scalability, and adapts to customer needs. …
Chose ServiceNow App Engine
ServiceNow App Engine lags Almost most of the feature and we compare it with Microsoft SharePoint and power automate, but the reason why we were using ServiceNow App Engine is because it is a part of the automation COE. We have to use only the ServiceNow App Engine to implement …
Chose ServiceNow App Engine
ServiceNow App Engine is an excellent management platform that is very easy to navigate around its clean and straightforward interface and its ability to manage multiple project workflows is excellent and very valuable reports which are easily generated using ServiceNow App …
Chose ServiceNow App Engine
ServiceNow App Engine is best among all the competitors. Its integration is best with Outlook and ERP, its SLA management is best, and very organized filters are very useful. Categorization of tickets is something that is very useful. It's very easy to search the tasks/order …
Features
Microsoft Power AutomateServiceNow App Engine
Low-Code Development
Comparison of Low-Code Development features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Power Automate
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Ratings
ServiceNow App Engine
7.5
Ratings
11% below category average
Visual Modeling00 Ratings6.60 Ratings
Drag-and-drop Interfaces00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Platform Security00 Ratings7.60 Ratings
Platform User Management00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Reusability00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Platform Scalability00 Ratings6.80 Ratings
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User Ratings
Microsoft Power AutomateServiceNow App Engine
Likelihood to Recommend
7.8
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6.9
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Likelihood to Renew
9.3
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-
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Usability
9.0
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7.6
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Availability
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10.0
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Performance
-
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10.0
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Support Rating
7.9
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-
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In-Person Training
9.0
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-
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Online Training
8.9
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10.0
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Implementation Rating
7.6
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-
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Configurability
9.0
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8.0
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Ease of integration
8.5
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10.0
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Product Scalability
-
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8.0
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Vendor post-sale
9.0
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10.0
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Vendor pre-sale
10.0
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9.0
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User Testimonials
Microsoft Power AutomateServiceNow App Engine
Likelihood to Recommend
We replaced all the classic SharePoint and Nintex-based workflows with Power Automate. This saved extra licensing costs and getaways from managing legacy workflows. Power Automate Designer is very user-friendly and requires no additional learning curve. We also use it to replace RPA solutions created with other platforms using the Power Automate Desktop application.
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The best and most stable project management software allows project members to work together and collaborate through documents which is accessible from any place through Cloud services. ServiceNow App Engine provides easy features and setting of the interface security and tools adjustment are excellent as well as the reports which the platform offers.
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Pros
  • Sending confirmation email to clients and user once the flow is triggered.
  • Fetching or Dumping files from one location to another if the flow is triggered.
  • Schedule flow helps to send alerts and triggers the flow at a specific interval of time to carry out the required task.
  • Power Automate also be used to convert any file format to a specific file format and save it to the required location
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  • Easy ticketing system
  • Good for keeping track of issues
  • Sends tickets directly to IT
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Cons
  • No activity disable feature in the workflow, this would have saved lot of time
  • Allow turn off feature to not trigger any pending runs in the queue or add new feature to just run pending runs when the workflow is turned off
  • Allow easy copy and paste activities from UI
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  • Sometimes attachments do not get linked with the tickets
  • Sometimes updating ticket state causes an issue
  • Requires stable internet connection to work smoothly
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Likelihood to Renew
Power Automate is a great product that has a vast array of options on how to use it. Your imagination is the only hurdle with using Power Automate as there is no limit to what can be done with the system. It has brought a lot of value to our business through the use of custom systems, connectors, and streamlining processes.
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There are limited use cases where we are just using the service now app engine as of now
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Usability
For most tasks WinAutomation is great and easy to use. You just set up tasks on a step by step basis and you can even tell the program what to do when there is an error (such as continue with job). Sometimes with complicated web extraction jobs it would be good to be able to easily extract data from the web page source.
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Since people can handle the tool without any development background, this was really helpful and can be adopted by anyone, as reusability functions and drag-and-drop features are very easy. Many in-built features and functionality for integrating other applications are handy and adaptable.
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Reliability and Availability
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Almost 100% available on time
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Support Rating
both Community support and Microsoft official support typically respond to (and resolve) reported issues in a VERY expedient manner, usually going above and beyond for education and bugfixing. I have been thoroughly impressed with the level of support I had been provided in the past.
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They tried their best to resolve our queries every time we contacted them about any technical support
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In-Person Training
after reviewing the main features of Power Automate, the Microsoft trainer focused on some of our real life use cases implementation, from simple to more advanced.
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Online Training
although it was productive, it is more difficult to stay focused and in a 7 hours a day online training (including screen share issues and the fact that the trainer just can't precisely show the exact location of your mistake)
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Implementation Rating
I had to migrate from Robocorp to Power Automate. The automation was using API and sharepoint. So it was better to use Power Automate instead of Robocorp so we did the migration. in some areas the migration was easy but creating flows and making it smaller codes was difficult. Debugging the code was tough so we took lots of time.
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App engine can be used just to process the minimal amount of the data which is being received from the user. We are service now catalogue items or any other data technology.
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Alternatives Considered
Power Automate can do many things that most platforms can't do as a 'citizen-developer' with no access to coding tools and deployment. It allows you to develop and deploy low/no-cost automation flows quickly. The blocks in Powert Automate do the API work for you, where you only need to connect the key data points and actions taken.
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Easy and adaptive features and people with no code to basic code developers can handle this, and the reusability of the many functionalities has added advantage. The incident management tool is at the top of the industry, has easy scalability, and adapts to customer needs. Compared with others, pricing is reasonable for the type of support and features it provides.
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Scalability
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It is scalable but not reliable
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Return on Investment
  • Automating emails for finance and payroll has not only saved hours of work for those departments but lowers the risk of human error.
  • Creating workflows and approvals for our goals and bonus system has saved everyone in the organization hours of manual work and MATH!
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  • It has a positive impact on our business.
  • Clients security concerns are solved using service now
  • It maintains record of large infrastructure.
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ScreenShots

Microsoft Power Automate Screenshots

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