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Camunda vs Microsoft Power Automate 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
7.1
Camunda delivers cost-effective, stable solutions enhancing productivity, reducing operational expenses, and offering comprehensive process coverage for large enterprises.
Sentiment score
6.8
Microsoft Power Automate enhances efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and ROI through automation and familiar UI, providing substantial productivity improvements.
On a daily basis, it saves about two to three hours.
Customer Solution Provider at Wema Bank
It has helped us save time, and we've saved thousands of hours through automation.
Assistant Manager, Data Science & Analytics at American International Group
There has been around 20% to 30% productivity improvement, which will definitely save money and costs.
Engineering Manager at a wholesaler/distributor with 10,001+ employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.3
Camunda's customer service is praised for helpfulness and expertise, though some mention challenges with complexity and regional support.
Sentiment score
6.3
Microsoft Power Automate's customer service varies; premium plans and regional support improve responsiveness, while community aids overall experience.
AWS provides the best support, followed by Microsoft, and then Google.
Chief Technology Officer at Looplex SA
They really understand deeply and in detailed fashion the solution.
Owner at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
They provide better support for the enterprise edition.
Technical and Solution Architect at Freelance
Having experience with coding is essential to fully utilize Power Automate.
Assistant Manager, Data Science & Analytics at American International Group
On a scale of one to ten, the technical support of Microsoft Power Automate rates as three within India, and eight or nine for support from outside India.
Power Platform Developer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
They offer 24-hour technical support that consistently answers inquiries.
Talent Acquisition Specialist at APERCE
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.0
Camunda excels in scalability using modern tools but faces database challenges; improvements are noted in documentation and setup.
Sentiment score
6.6
Microsoft Power Automate is scalable and cost-effective, yet struggles with advanced tasks, better for small to medium organizations.
Camunda offers a high level of scalability, especially when using its SaaS model, which manages and scales implementations automatically.
Technical and Solution Architect at Freelance
ECS and Fargate make horizontal scalability very easy.
Chief Technology Officer at Looplex SA
They have that REST layer, REST APIs layer that makes it easy to integrate and make it part of a microservices ecosystem and APIs.
Owner at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Microsoft Power Automate is scalable enough for me and my customers.
Senior Operations and Group Information Technology Manager at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.8
Camunda is highly rated for stability, with minimal bugs, and performs efficiently in various production environments even under load.
Sentiment score
7.5
Microsoft Power Automate is stable and reliable, with high user satisfaction and minor issues that are quickly resolved.
There haven't been any significant outages in my experience with Camunda.
Technical and Solution Architect at Freelance
We were not really concerned about the performance on the process itself because it was super simple, super straightforward, and it did not present itself as a bottleneck, nor did we feel it was adding additional time in the execution.
Owner at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
 

Room For Improvement

Camunda needs better customization, programming language integration, scalability, and AWS support, with enhanced documentation and performance improvements.
Microsoft Power Automate users seek better stability, integration, user-friendliness, error handling, connectors, documentation, and clearer licensing and environments.
More open documentation would be beneficial to understand the deployment process better and facilitate easier setup.
Technical and Solution Architect at Freelance
There is an issue where, in some situations, I need to scale up by observing both CPU and memory usage of containers, yet under the current options available at Amazon, this is not possible.
Chief Technology Officer at Looplex SA
Since they made the move to cloud deployment in a more SaaS-oriented way, they do not invest too much in the community version.
Owner at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Developers should have discretion over which view they want to use, either the old designer view or the new designer view, as Microsoft is forcing the new designer view, which most developers don't prefer.
Power Platform Developer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
It would be better to make it a wizard more than requiring coding.
Senior Operations and Group Information Technology Manager at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
We haven't gone into depth to explore the integration with AI, so I am not really sure.
Engineering Manager at a wholesaler/distributor with 10,001+ employees
 

Setup Cost

Camunda's pricing is competitive, but costly for small businesses; enterprise edition offers advanced features and support options.
Microsoft Power Automate offers cost-effective automation, often bundled with Office 365, though premium features may increase costs for enterprises.
AWS pricing is very competitive compared to Azure and cheap compared to Google.
Chief Technology Officer at Looplex SA
There is a licensing cost for using the SaaS model and Enterprise edition of Camunda.
Technical and Solution Architect at Freelance
The price of Microsoft Power Automate was affordable for our clients, who are small companies.
Talent Acquisition Specialist at APERCE
I don't remember paying anything excessively or overpriced.
Sales Manager at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees
Microsoft Power Automate is reasonably priced compared to others in the market.
Senior Operations and Group Information Technology Manager at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
 

Valuable Features

Camunda is valued for its flexibility, open-source customization, user-friendly interface, and effective management of complex processes.
Microsoft Power Automate streamlines task automation with low-code tools, seamless integration, and robust connectors, enhancing productivity and efficiency.
EC2 makes scaling horizontally incredibly easy, especially when working under the ECS service.
Chief Technology Officer at Looplex SA
Camunda's support for BPMN 2.0 is a great advantage because it allows us to have a common language to discuss technology and business in the same perspective.
Owner at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
The biggest difference between Camunda and Bonita might be that Camunda is simpler and more flexible for setting.
Technical Director / Project Manager at I-way
We have saved thousands of hours by automating tasks that would have been labor-intensive and error-prone if done manually.
Assistant Manager, Data Science & Analytics at American International Group
If I want to fill something in Power Platform and need to fill another item in Salesforce, instead of doing the same task in different platforms, I can directly fill it in Power Platform and integrate it with Salesforce through API in Microsoft Power Automate, and my work is complete.
Power Platform Developer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Microsoft Power Automate has positively impacted my organization as it has saved a lot of time and effort.
Customer Solution Provider at Wema Bank
 

Categories and Ranking

Camunda
Ranking in Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies
3rd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
78
Ranking in other categories
Business Process Design (1st), Business Process Management (BPM) (1st), Process Automation (1st), AI Software Development (2nd), AI Customer Support (8th), AI IT Support (6th)
Microsoft Power Automate
Ranking in Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies
4th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
133
Ranking in other categories
Robotic Process Automation (RPA) (3rd), Process Mining (4th), Agentic Automation (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies category, the mindshare of Camunda is 13.6%, up from 13.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Power Automate is 10.1%, down from 14.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Camunda13.6%
Microsoft Power Automate10.1%
Other76.3%
Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies
 

Featured Reviews

CristianoGomes - PeerSpot reviewer
Owner at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Supports long-running asynchronous processes effectively but has not evolved much in recent years
I think Camunda is focusing too much on the SaaS offering right now and not much on improving and developing the product itself. I did not see any innovations on that aspect, especially for the open-source version. I was making some tests recently and the tool seemed pretty much the same as it was three or four years ago. Since they made the move to cloud deployment in a more SaaS-oriented way, they do not invest too much in the community version. To be honest, it did not change much from the Activiti initial version. Activiti was pretty much what Camunda is today. They invested a lot on Zeebe and made it the engine for their SaaS cloud version. Camunda itself, the embedded engine, did not evolve too much. They could invest more on that.
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.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
26%
Computer Software Company
12%
Insurance Company
6%
Government
6%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
9%
Insurance Company
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business43
Midsize Enterprise15
Large Enterprise29
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business50
Midsize Enterprise17
Large Enterprise66
 

Questions from the Community

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Which would you choose - Camunda Platform or Apache Airflow?
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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?
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Also Known As

Camunda BPM
Power Automate, Microsoft Flow, MS Power Automate, WinAutomation by Softomotive, ProcessRobot by Softomotive, Minit
 

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Sample Customers

24 Hour Fitness, Accruent, AT&T Inc., Atlassian, CSS Insurance, Deutsche Telekom, Generali, Provinzial NordWest Insurance Services, Swisscom AG, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, VHV Group, Zalando
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