We performed a comparison between Microsoft Power Apps and Pega BPM based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Pega BPM comes out on top in this comparison. It has impressive automotion features, is stable, and scales easily. In contrast, some Power Apps users encounter a sluggish performance when working with heavy volumes of data.
"The product is very user-friendly."
"The solution is excellent at figuring how to build an application in three months. It makes it very quick and easy."
"If you want something that you can use for cellphones, multiple tablets, and things like that, you can use PowerApps for the front end. It gathers all the information, and the information goes somewhere else."
"There is value in being able to collect and compare information in real-time to present alternatives for correcting vulnerabilities."
"As a business person, I design a lot of screens. The solution really resonates with me. Their design is amazing."
"We like that this solution allows us to fully define our test environments, and link them using different code. This means we can do different tests, but with one basic structure, and then export the data and use it in other platforms."
"Flexibility, easy setup, and fairly quick results are valuable features of the product."
"It is easy to design automation processes."
"In general, we use web services to integrate this solution with our other tools. It is the main approach we use with this solution and it integrates with all tools that we need. If you want to integrate with other solutions such ThreatFire or similar, it is possible as well."
"This is a customizable product."
"The workflow designing and integration are the most valuable features. Also, the UI design was pretty easy."
"The initial setup is pretty straightforward."
"It cuts down the time taken for coding. Earlier it used take for us four hours to do a particular code. Now this can be done in less than 30 minutes. That's the kind of productivity gains you can get."
"Case Management, as well as Workflow Automation, are Pega's most powerful capabilities."
"While Pega technical support is okay, it also depends on the issues you need help with and who your contact is with Pega."
"The product helps you to build faster."
"The pricing structure needs to be improved, the current information is confusing."
"As far as dealing with SharePoint, it'll allow you to ha manage up to 2000 rows, however, performance-wise, they're recommending that you just keep it at the default of 500 rows."
"I would like to see more improvement, for example, in direct collaboration."
"The connectors are the main components that reference the data sources, and these need to be improved."
"There is room for improvement in error handling and debugging."
"The set up of the solution could be simpler."
"Its user interface can be better. It is good, but it can be a bit clunky."
"The editor in the Web browser could be improved because it can be difficult to implement the commands in the buttons."
"I believe they simplify the application development. It is still complex. The learning is not easy, it takes time compared to other products on the market."
"It needs more integration with other platforms."
"The solution could be more scalable."
"Reporting is not so clear and not so great. We really struggle to get the right reporting. When we need reporting based on the content of the tickets, we are not able to get it. The MIS reporting is not great. That's one of the reasons why we are switching to ServiceNow. Its compatibility with the higher versions of Internet Explorer should be improved. It really works well in Mozilla Firefox or any other browser, but when it comes to Microsoft Edge or Internet Explorer, sometimes, the layout gets disturbed. The positioning of the buttons changes, and there is some distortion in the layout. I am not sure whether it is our configuration problem or Pega's, but when it is working in Mozilla Firefox, it should also work in Microsoft Edge or Internet Explorer."
"Pega BPM could improve the UI, it is poorly designed to have a good UX experience."
"The training aspect of Pega BPM requires significant enhancement. There should be more opportunities for third-party training and engaging events, such as hackathons where individuals can share their expertise. Additionally, the training structure itself should be more organized, as I have received feedback from my colleagues in the COE that the current training approach is overwhelming and requires excessive referencing to obtain accurate information. Another area for improvement would be the user experience with regard to RPA. Simplifying the IDA for citizen developers would make it easier for them to adopt the RPA tool."
"It is scalable, but it also interacts with a lot of other systems. I think they thought that the interface to other systems, legacy systems, was its strength, but when problems do occur, quickly diagnosing those problems has been a challenge."
"I think there is room for improvement in the low code/ no code environment that they're promoting now. That needs to be aligned a little bit more. I still feel that it is not that friendly for a person who has no experience with Pega to just go in and try to create something."
Microsoft Power Apps is ranked 1st in Rapid Application Development Software with 78 reviews while Pega BPM is ranked 8th in Rapid Application Development Software with 58 reviews. Microsoft Power Apps is rated 7.8, while Pega BPM is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Microsoft Power Apps writes "Low-code, low learning curve, and reduces manpower". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Pega BPM writes "Provides built-in frameworks that can be reused and reduces time and cost". Microsoft Power Apps is most compared with Oracle Application Express (APEX), Mendix, ServiceNow, Appian and QuickBase, whereas Pega BPM is most compared with ServiceNow, Camunda, Appian, IBM BPM and OutSystems. See our Microsoft Power Apps vs. Pega BPM report.
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