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BotFarm vs Microsoft Power Automate comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 4, 2024

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

Categories and Ranking

BotFarm
Ranking in Robotic Process Automation (RPA)
18th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
37
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Microsoft Power Automate
Ranking in Robotic Process Automation (RPA)
3rd
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
133
Ranking in other categories
Process Mining (3rd), Agentic Automation (3rd), Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Robotic Process Automation (RPA) category, the mindshare of BotFarm is 0.8%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Power Automate is 10.3%, down from 20.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Microsoft Power Automate10.3%
BotFarm0.8%
Other88.9%
Robotic Process Automation (RPA)
 

Featured Reviews

Rajneesh Prajapati - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Rpa Consultant at Accely Consulting
Automation has streamlined client data extraction and has improved reporting for business decisions
I work as a developer, and my manager is responsible for the research and analytics for the project with the client and business users. I am satisfied with BotFarm. I would rate my experience with BotFarm an eight out of ten. I do not see any room for improvement for BotFarm. I am using AI tools such as Amazon, Microsoft Azure, and ChatGPT. I am not using AI-powered bots in BotFarm. I am a partner with Automation Anywhere.
Ayobami Shobaloju - PeerSpot reviewer
Customer Solution Provider at Wema Bank
Automating processes has saved time and improved communication
Something frustrates me concerning Microsoft Power Automate, and that is about the integration with Microsoft Forms and Excel. The issue now is that I don't get my responses synchronized automatically, and that frustrates me a lot. If the team could take this as feedback, the synchronization of the feedback responses from the forms and the Excel sheets should be seamless. This synchronization issue happens frequently, and it causes a lot of delays in the sense that the mails that ought to go out to the agents fail at some point. I have to reload these responses so that the agents can get their responses as when submitted. What I notice is that the responses don't go out without proper synchronization, so I reload the field responses, and this works afterwards. I would say probably a seamless walkthrough process for new users would be beneficial. For those using it for the first time, a seamless walkthrough process would be fine.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The main features of the solution are the IQ Bot and web-based automation."
"The solution has very good processes, is very easy to deploy, has good reviews, offers good automation, and has very good developers working on it."
"From a solution standpoint, screen capture and tight integration with Outlook are valuable features."
"From a solution standpoint, screen capture and tight integration with Outlook are valuable features."
"The ability to drag and drop various components and the customizability are good features."
"The record option and the OCR technology have been great."
"The most valuable feature is the interface, which helps to provide a good user experience."
"There are not many challenges when setting up this solution, and there is a good amount of documentation to go with it."
"Its complete integration with Microsoft tools and the inclusion of the CRM are the most valuable features. It is embedded directly in the Office package, so clients have direct access to it. It has a lot more functionality than other standalone solutions, such as UiPath or Blue Prism."
"The best feature of the tool is that it is generic, so it allows one to do as he wishes."
"Microsoft Power Automate has positively impacted my organization as it has saved a lot of time and effort."
"The tool is very good at implementing automation within processes. It's saved us from doing a lot of manual processes."
"The most valuable features are that it is low-code and simple."
"It works best to build cloud flows."
"We have talked to Microsoft. We're a large company and we're talking to Microsoft on a regular basis. We have a partner we talk to when it comes to Automate. We are absolutely satisfied with technical support."
"This product has an easy-to-use interface with nice detail in the features."
 

Cons

"It is too expensive and not worth the price."
"We have connectivity and integration with pretty much every single tech stack across the table that we have in the world, and there are a few areas that they don't do that well yet."
"The stability needs to be improved."
"The community forums can be improved a little bit because they have mixed solutions or discussions with respect to some ideas."
"The machine learning needs to be improved so that they perform better in terms of predictive analysis and sentiment analysis."
"Sometimes I feel like it doesn't work properly and we are not able to provide the dexterity needed."
"The discovery suite that they just acquired could be included."
"IQ Bot, used by BotFarm, needs to be improved with respect to being able to read handwritten documents using the OCR."
"The solution is difficult to customize. I would like to see more flexibility when it comes to using different kinds of activities."
"What needs improvement in WinAutomation by Softomotive is its stability. Stability is quite important to me. Another area for improvement in the solution is robot scheduling because it's not 100% accurate, in particular, it's 90% accurate. The monitoring of the robot could also be improved because it's not very straightforward, and you have to look in a few places or at least two places which means that monitoring is not a one-glance process."
"It is easy, but it doesn't follow the industry-wide standards. I can only use the processes that Microsoft gives us."
"One of the challenges is dealing with OCR text recognition."
"It would be great if you could integrate outside of Microsoft environments."
"It's not as user-friendly as a solution such as UiPath, which is really easy to use."
"When we create a support ticket on the Microsoft platform, it takes a good amount of time in certain cases, especially when we get stuck, and at that time, Microsoft's response can be much slower."
"The solution is still maturing very quickly and it's going to take no time for this to be Enterprise RPA."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We are on an annual license for the solution and is priced well."
"The solution prices are expensive. It would be more beneficial for customers to lower the pricing."
"Licenses are paid on a yearly basis and the cost is quite high."
"An unattended bot license costs around $5,000, whereas an attended bot license costs roughly $1,500."
"The license of this solution is on an annual basis. The price is fair. However, what we did initially was a POC, but now we are looking at moving from a POC to expanding it out further. I would appreciate some kind of discount."
"Its price is quite high as compared to other solutions, but it has a lot of features and good stability. They should reduce its price."
"The product is slightly expensive"
"There is a license for this solution and it is on an annual basis. I am satisfied with the price."
"With our Microsoft Office 365 license, we are able to use Microsoft Power Automate."
"It is free for us. It is embedded directly in the Office package."
"There is zero licensing cost. It comes with our Microsoft Office subscription."
"The license cost could be better."
"My company switched to a monthly payment for the WinAutomation by Softomotive license. I don't have the exact figure, but it roughly amounts to 500 Euros a year which isn't bad."
"The solution is free with Microsoft 365."
"There is a per-user licensing model for individual users."
"The platform is averagely priced. I rate the pricing a five out of ten."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
13%
Marketing Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
8%
Insurance Company
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise14
Large Enterprise18
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business50
Midsize Enterprise17
Large Enterprise66
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for BotFarm?
Licensing and other pricing matters are handled by my manager, so I am not able to fully describe the price and licensing. Automation Anywhere provides partner licenses free for six months and also...
What needs improvement with BotFarm?
More detailed error handling would be beneficial, especially since the AI feature was recently added.
What is your primary use case for BotFarm?
I use it in my client project to extract data and communicate it for business purposes. I summarize the data, and when a customer talks about their details, I extract the data from that point in th...
RPA that Bots can run without centralized control?
Yes, Attended Bots which can run without centralized control Module. RPA Tools like Automation Anywhere, uiPath ,Power Automation they do support this.
How do I choose between UiPath and Microsoft Power Automate?
Microsoft‌ ‌Power‌ ‌Automate‌ ‌is‌ ‌intuitive‌ ‌and‌ ‌easy‌ ‌to‌ ‌integrate‌ ‌and‌ ‌use.‌ ‌I‌ ‌like‌ ‌that‌ ‌there‌ ‌is‌ ‌no‌ ‌coding‌ ‌experience‌ ‌necessary,‌ ‌and‌ ‌appreciate‌ ‌the‌ ‌automated‌...
How is Automation Anywhere compared to Microsoft Power Automate?
‌Neither‌ ‌solution‌ ‌requires‌ ‌any‌ ‌coding‌ ‌experience,‌ ‌and‌ ‌both‌ ‌are‌ ‌easy‌ ‌to‌ ‌use‌ ‌and‌ ‌have‌ ‌great‌ ‌drag-and‌ ‌drop‌ ‌functionality.‌ ‌The‌ ‌training‌ ‌and‌ ‌resources‌ ‌for‌ ‌A...
 

Also Known As

No data available
Power Automate, Microsoft Flow, MS Power Automate, WinAutomation by Softomotive, ProcessRobot by Softomotive, Minit
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Cisco, CocaCola Bottlers Japan, Macy's, Whirlpool, Unilever
1. Coca-Cola 2. General Electric 3. Siemens 4. Accenture 5. Deloitte 6. Johnson & Johnson 7. Ford 8. Nestle 9. Procter & Gamble 10. IBM 11. Amazon 12. Google 13. Microsoft 14. Adobe 15. Cisco 16. Oracle 17. SAP 18. Intel 19. HP 20. Dell 21. Verizon 22. AT&T 23. T-Mobile 24. Walmart 25. Target 26. Home Depot 27. McDonald's 28. Starbucks 29. Nike 30. Apple 31. Facebook 32. Twitter
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