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Nanonets vs Microsoft Power Automate

Nanonets and Microsoft Power Automate are both workflow automation tools. Nanonets is aimed at enterprise and small businesses, while Microsoft Power Automate is aimed at small businesses and enterprise. Microsoft Power Automate costs less, from $15/mo versus $100/mo for Nanonets.

Nanonets

AI document processing and workflow automation

Microsoft Power Automate

Microsoft's workflow automation and RPA platform for Microsoft 365

PricingPaid · $100Paid · $15
Starting price$100/mo$15/mo
Free planNoNo
Free trial—30 days
Built forEnterprise, Small businessesSmall businesses, Enterprise
Platformswebweb, windows, ios, android
CountryUS · 2017US · 2016
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Choose Nanonets if

Finance and ops teams with document volume.

  • Handles varied layouts
  • End-to-end AP workflows
  • Accuracy improves with training

Look elsewhere if: Occasional parsing.

Choose Microsoft Power Automate if

Organizations standardized on Microsoft 365 that need governed workflow automation and desktop RPA for legacy apps.

  • Deep native integration with Microsoft 365, Teams, SharePoint and Dynamics
  • Many Microsoft 365 licences already include standard connector flows
  • Combines API automation and desktop RPA in one platform

Look elsewhere if: Small teams on mostly non-Microsoft SaaS apps who want quick, simple automations (Zapier, Make, n8n).

Nanonets vs Microsoft Power Automate pricing

Nanonets

  • Starter$100/mo$50 free credits first; 100 credits/mo, pay per run
  • GrowthCustomVolume pricing, up to 40% discount
  • EnterpriseCustomCustom volume

Microsoft Power Automate

  • Premium$15/user/moBilled yearly; cloud flows, attended desktop RPA, process mining
  • Process$150/bot/moBilled yearly; unattended desktop flows for one bot
  • Hosted Process$215/bot/moBilled yearly; adds a Microsoft-hosted virtual machine
  • Process Mining add-on$5,000/tenant/moBilled yearly; requires Premium, 100 GB data storage

Nanonets · Key features

  • Template-free AI extraction
  • Accounts payable automation
  • Approval workflows
  • Validation rules
  • Accounting integrations
  • Human-in-the-loop review

Cons

  • Costs rise with volume
  • Setup for workflows
  • Pricing complexity

Microsoft Power Automate · Key features

  • Cloud flows triggered by events, schedules or buttons across 1,000+ connectors
  • Desktop flows that automate Windows apps and websites through RPA
  • Attended bots on user PCs and unattended bots on VMs
  • Copilot that drafts flows from a plain-language description
  • Approvals built into Teams, Outlook and the mobile app
  • Process and task mining to find bottlenecks before automating

Cons

  • Licensing is confusing, with premium connectors and per-bot charges
  • Designer is slower and less intuitive than Zapier or Make
  • Error messages and debugging can be hard for non-developers

Nanonets vs Microsoft Power Automate: FAQ

Which is cheaper, Nanonets or Microsoft Power Automate?

Microsoft Power Automate starts at $15/mo and Nanonets at $100/mo. Both prices are checked on the vendors' own pricing pages.

Do Nanonets and Microsoft Power Automate have a free plan?

Nanonets has no free plan. Microsoft Power Automate has no free plan, a 30-day free trial.

Not sure yet?