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 scalability is good."
"It's a very workable solution because it's an automated way of making applications. You have a template, you have the application know-how,"
"The initial setup was very easy."
"Microsoft PowerApps's most valuable features we found are that it's very similar to the other Microsoft products, you can do the basic automation quite quickly. The interface is similar to the other Microsoft products which makes it easy to navigate around because we are used to Microsoft products."
"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."
"The most valuable feature is automized processes."
"The most valuable feature is the simple data connectivity components."
"I like the containerization of Azure."
"The solution's most valuable feature is its quick setup. Nowhere else you can create a good-looking application this quick. It's a fairly robust system."
"The best part of Pega, for me, is that they let you reuse a lot of the aspects in the product."
"The case management is great."
"Application development is very rapid. A lot of code gets reused while building the applications, which is something we highly appreciate."
"It is quite configurable, which is the most exciting feature. We can easily configure it as per our needs."
"The solution is operating well overall."
"Pricing is a little on the high side."
"The most important features of Pega BPM are case management and claims management, and soon they'll also be offering claims processing. I also love Pega BPM in terms of performance. It's also one of the very few user-friendly solutions in the market. It may take some time to learn Pega BPM, but once you get a proper handle on it, tracking and managing processes become very easy anytime, anywhere. Pega BPM also has very good documentation you can use to learn the solution. Pega has a community portal that has complete information and explanations, and if you're facing a challenge, you can post your challenge on the community portal and get a resolution at the same time."
"The flexibility of the user interface could be better."
"Microsoft PowerApps is not responsive in nature."
"It's sometimes hard to import groups of options. At this point, I need to enter those manually and it slows the process down."
"Integration with databases and other tools needs to be improved."
"If the price was reduced and the quality of the user interfaces was improved it would be beneficial."
"The connectors are the main components that reference the data sources, and these need to be improved."
"You can't add too many filters onto anything you build, otherwise, it will be very slow and it will affect your performance."
"Customer support needs improvement."
"The licensing cost is very high."
"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."
"The biggest thing I have seen is when going from one version to another and upgrading to the latest version, it takes a pretty long time for an organization to go through an upgrade process. I think that's an area where they can make it a little smoother."
"What should be included is some UI features and maybe some integrations. This includes documentation on how the UI works."
"The unit testing needs to improve, as well as the user interface."
"Pega is claiming they're into low code but as per Gartner Magic Quadrant, Pega is not there now."
"The solution's pricing model or licensing model could be a little better."
"Pega Cloud early adoption and use for cross enterprise capability was new to many. The early adoption meant version 2.0 of their cloud service may require refactoring and redesign of some services."
Microsoft Power Apps is ranked 1st in Rapid Application Development Software with 77 reviews while Pega BPM is ranked 7th in Rapid Application Development Software with 57 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 "Fastens application development and has all the features to meet the requirements of our customers". 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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