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Bizagi vs Microsoft Power Apps vs OutSystems comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
6.8
Bizagi enhances financial returns with licensing, consultancy, and improved process efficiency, offering significant profitability and competitive advantage.
Sentiment score
7.7
Microsoft Power Apps boosts time-to-market, automates processes, and reduces costs, despite complex licensing and varied returns.
Sentiment score
7.1
OutSystems typically offers high ROI through fast development and cost savings, though initial expenses and developer skills impact outcomes.
The connection between Power Apps and Power BI simplifies generating and presenting reports, alleviating the workload and enhancing productivity.
The aim is to create a cleaner interface to replace spreadsheets, thus standardizing processes and improving efficiency.
Developing that same project in OutSystems can be completed in around 40 to 50% less time, requiring only six resources.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.9
Bizagi's customer service is knowledgeable and efficient, but response times vary, with premium users receiving quicker support.
Sentiment score
6.4
Microsoft Power Apps support varies in responsiveness; technical users report fewer issues, while rapid updates cause confusion.
Sentiment score
7.2
OutSystems' service is generally proactive and responsive, but advanced help varies by SLA, location, and contract tier.
It is a community product, there is not much support we can expect.
The toolset is very intuitive, so we didn’t need to contact their support much.
Their assistance was crucial as we developed the solutions.
Microsoft's technical support is around a seven to eight.
A few months ago, I contacted support for an issue, but the response time was longer than expected.
Many helpful videos and documentation are available on the OutSystems site, making it relatively easy to learn the platform.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
6.5
Bizagi is scalable with Azure integration but may face limitations for enterprise use and future user-based pricing concerns.
Sentiment score
6.7
Microsoft Power Apps' scalability is generally positive, though some encounter licensing challenges and issues with complex, large data sets.
Sentiment score
7.7
OutSystems offers scalable, adaptable solutions for enterprises, with seamless cloud expansion and efficient management, despite pricing concerns.
There is no direct scalability option.
If I rate scalability from one to ten, I would probably give it a six.
If it is flexible and includes premium connectors, scalability is easy.
It is quite scalable, though there are some limitations regarding the number of records.
They can be deployed vertically and horizontally, supporting as many deployments as needed.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
6.9
Bizagi is reliable with fast performance, few bugs, and strong user satisfaction, especially benefiting cloud users in slow internet regions.
Sentiment score
7.6
Microsoft Power Apps is stable and reliable, but may slow with large datasets; generally rated 7-9 out of 10.
Sentiment score
8.0
OutSystems is praised for stability and reliability, handling large systems well, with minor issues on high data loads.
I would rate the stability of Microsoft Power Apps as a nine out of ten.
 

Room For Improvement

Bizagi faces performance, interface, and integration issues; users desire more automation, better pricing, cloud support, and improved documentation.
Users want better integration, performance, and customization in Power Apps, with concerns about costs, data handling, and support.
OutSystems faces performance and integration issues, high licensing costs, and needs improvements in support, automation, UI, and documentation.
Reporting capabilities can be improved more, and community support should be increased.
For more mature environments, the integration to live systems is lacking, which affects its applicability.
This would assist business process users who lack coding knowledge.
These tools should be intuitive for business users who will need at least a week of training to use them effectively.
In many use cases, applications might require importing data exceeding two thousand records, potentially reaching one hundred thousand.
It is crucial to be aware of which module corresponds to which application in real-time projects, as there are multiple applications.
I would like to see more integration between the use of artificial intelligence to speed up the process delivery time.
 

Setup Cost

Bizagi offers a free modeler, but enterprise features have costs; generally less expensive than Pega or Appian.
Microsoft Power Apps pricing is generally reasonable, especially with Office 365, but can increase with premium features and external users.
OutSystems is costly, suited for larger enterprises, with yearly fees varying by usage, covering licenses and infrastructure.
Bizagi's pricing is very aggressive, and it was one of the reasons we chose it.
For small to medium enterprises, it is affordable, especially with Microsoft Enterprise licensing.
For more elaborate work, an upgrade to an enterprise license, costing around $35 per license, is needed.
It is in the middle range and considered reasonable given the current price.
Subsequent users can be added at an additional cost per user; exact pricing details can be found on the OutSystems site.
 

Valuable Features

Bizagi offers user-friendly automation, strong integration, and agility with BPMN 2.0 support, enhancing business efficiency and transparency.
Microsoft Power Apps offers seamless data integration, low-code development, and scalability, enhancing business processes within the Microsoft ecosystem.
OutSystems streamlines development with low-code tools, offering rapid deployment, easy integration, and enhanced productivity through reusable components.
It is open source.
The user interface is very good, making it easy for business people to understand.
It integrates seamlessly with Power Automate for process automation and connects with email, SharePoint, Power BI, and MS Teams, facilitating everyday processes.
Canvas Apps provide complete user design flexibility with many connectors to integrate into Microsoft Power Apps, making it efficient to fetch and update information from various data sources such as Dataverse, Excel, SharePoint, and Azure.
The most valuable features for us are predominantly on the user interface front.
OutSystems offers a lot of reusable components and solutions that I can simply drag and drop and use, which has a significant impact on project delivery time.
OutSystems has a very good learning curve for developers.
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Low-Code Development Platforms category, the mindshare of Bizagi is 3.3%, up from 2.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Power Apps is 14.9%, down from 23.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of OutSystems is 9.9%, up from 9.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Paparao Nadipineni - PeerSpot reviewer
Enables budget review efficiency with open source advantages and workflow orchestration
Definitely, right now, it is purely open source, and we don't have much community support. If they add a few more capabilities like AIML and DocGen AI, these features would be good. Reporting capabilities can be improved more, and community support should be increased. Otherwise, people cannot onboard that particular technology easily.
Guhan Eshwar - PeerSpot reviewer
Building tools with user-friendly interfaces abut needs integration improvements
An integration of Copilot options within Microsoft Power Apps would be useful. In UiPath apps, there is an autopilot function that uses a generative AI model, which creates layouts and connects data services automatically with a prompt. Such integration would be beneficial to build basic frameworks that can be enhanced. This would assist business process users who lack coding knowledge.
DhrubajyotiBiswas - PeerSpot reviewer
Helps us efficiently streamline repetitive tasks, but they could provide improved connectors to integrate with outside platforms
The OutSystems' most effective features for speeding up development cycles are the process orchestration and the drag-and-drop updating of business processes. I would recommend it to a friend or colleague, especially if they are looking for a solution that is easy to deploy and helps streamline internal processes. I rate it a six out of ten.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
13%
Computer Software Company
12%
Government
9%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Computer Software Company
11%
Government
10%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Educational Organization
11%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

How easy is it to migrate process flow charts (modeled using tools like Visio) into Bizagi?
I have been using Bizagi with a major project for a state government agency for about four years now. It is pretty st...
What do you like most about Bizagi?
The natural notation is the best feature of Bizagi because it makes it compatible with other products.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Bizagi?
Bizagi's pricing is very aggressive, and it was one of the reasons we chose it. It was less expensive than some of th...
How would you choose between Microsoft PowerApps and Salesforce Platform?
I think it depends on your use case. If your organization uses Microsoft Enterprise products, PowerApps will work be...
Would you choose ServiceNow over Microsoft PowerApps?
Hi Netanya, I will choose ServiceNow because ServiceNow is a very good tool compared to Microsoft PowerApp. Because ...
Would you choose Microsoft Azure App Service or PowerApps?
Microsoft Azure App Service is helpful if you need to set up temporary servers for customers to run their programs in...
Which solution is better for developing non-ITSM applications: OutSystems or Service Now?
The short answer is that OutSystems is far better for 2 main reasons. Firstly, with Service Now you are locked into t...
What industries do you think OutSystems is most useful for?
I cannot really name an industry in which OutSystems cannot be beneficial. Who does not want to make top-notch applic...
How did you decide which OutSystems edition was the best one for you?
We started using OutSystems fairly recently, so we are still on the free version of it. My company is still testing ...
 

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