This platform is suitable for more simple apps. If you are looking to create complex applications that you need to be running fast on your computer, then you cannot really rely on it. However, if you have a developer on your team, you can provide them with access to Power Apps to create a prototype of the application there first. The platform is amazing for this purpose. It will give your developer a place to see what the end product may look like and from there, they can develop it manually. Power Apps also has a special platform for developers within it, so it is quite useful for them to track data and app performance.
Power Apps can be quite powerful for building complex applications, but it definitely comes with limitations—many of which seem increasingly driven by Microsoft’s revenue goals rather than product improvement.
I built several small yet important flows that were scheduled to run daily. Initially, they worked fine on my local production machine—until one day, they just stopped functioning. After a long wait to get in touch with Microsoft support, I was told the functionality I had used wasn’t supported—even though their own documentation clearly explained how to implement it. I pointed this out, but my request for clarification was simply ignored.
Eventually, I found a workaround using Microsoft’s hosted environment to trigger my local machine for processing (which was necessary since I was working with local files and scraping a few web pages). That workaround also worked for about two months—then it, too, was blocked by Microsoft.
At that point, I gave up on Power Apps and went back to developing in C#. But the problems didn’t end there.
I had subscribed to the full suite of Microsoft’s paid services. While canceling a free subscription was easy, canceling the paid ones turned into a nightmare. I eventually managed to cancel most after several months, but one subscription simply refuses to die. More than a year later, they’re still debiting my account every quarter, despite my repeated attempts to stop it.
Honestly, if you're a small business—stay far away from Power Apps. The support is lacking, the limitations are increasing, and canceling subscriptions feels deliberately difficult. Maybe large companies can absorb these issues, but for smaller teams, it’s just not worth the hassle.
I think Microsoft Power Apps can replace a developer for websites and applications that do not require features that are too complex. This solution is built to help regular users make apps for mobile and web as well as websites without the help of specialists. For that, it is great. The tool feels just like you’re making a presentation with PowerPoint, so everyone can use it. However, if you seek to make something super complex, obviously this is not the platform to do that. Your developers can have a go at it, but it is code-less so it can go very far for difficult solutions. But if you would like, you can make a simple version of your app on Power Apps, try its features, see what works and what does not, and then build the end product separately.
Microsoft Power Apps enables businesses to create custom applications with ease. Its low-code environment fosters rapid deployment, simplifying the development process and enhancing workflow management. Seamless integration with Microsoft products further enriches its functionality.Microsoft Power Apps provides a versatile platform for custom application development focused on efficiency and automation. Users leverage its low-code capabilities to facilitate the rapid deployment of...
This platform is suitable for more simple apps. If you are looking to create complex applications that you need to be running fast on your computer, then you cannot really rely on it. However, if you have a developer on your team, you can provide them with access to Power Apps to create a prototype of the application there first. The platform is amazing for this purpose. It will give your developer a place to see what the end product may look like and from there, they can develop it manually. Power Apps also has a special platform for developers within it, so it is quite useful for them to track data and app performance.
Power Apps can be quite powerful for building complex applications, but it definitely comes with limitations—many of which seem increasingly driven by Microsoft’s revenue goals rather than product improvement.
I built several small yet important flows that were scheduled to run daily. Initially, they worked fine on my local production machine—until one day, they just stopped functioning. After a long wait to get in touch with Microsoft support, I was told the functionality I had used wasn’t supported—even though their own documentation clearly explained how to implement it. I pointed this out, but my request for clarification was simply ignored.
Eventually, I found a workaround using Microsoft’s hosted environment to trigger my local machine for processing (which was necessary since I was working with local files and scraping a few web pages). That workaround also worked for about two months—then it, too, was blocked by Microsoft.
At that point, I gave up on Power Apps and went back to developing in C#. But the problems didn’t end there.
I had subscribed to the full suite of Microsoft’s paid services. While canceling a free subscription was easy, canceling the paid ones turned into a nightmare. I eventually managed to cancel most after several months, but one subscription simply refuses to die. More than a year later, they’re still debiting my account every quarter, despite my repeated attempts to stop it.
Honestly, if you're a small business—stay far away from Power Apps. The support is lacking, the limitations are increasing, and canceling subscriptions feels deliberately difficult. Maybe large companies can absorb these issues, but for smaller teams, it’s just not worth the hassle.
I think Microsoft Power Apps can replace a developer for websites and applications that do not require features that are too complex. This solution is built to help regular users make apps for mobile and web as well as websites without the help of specialists. For that, it is great. The tool feels just like you’re making a presentation with PowerPoint, so everyone can use it. However, if you seek to make something super complex, obviously this is not the platform to do that. Your developers can have a go at it, but it is code-less so it can go very far for difficult solutions. But if you would like, you can make a simple version of your app on Power Apps, try its features, see what works and what does not, and then build the end product separately.