Best Workflow Automation · head-to-head

Make vs Microsoft Power Automate

A sourced, side-by-side comparison for workflow automation. Make has the lower entry price. Every figure links to the public page it was captured from — the vendor's own wherever the vendor publishes the number, otherwise the named public source — with the date we captured it.

Make has the lower entry price — Make starts at $0/mo, Microsoft Power Automate at $0/mo. Free tier: Make Yes, Microsoft Power Automate No. HIPAA: Make —, Microsoft Power Automate Yes.

As of 2026-09-03 · figures link to their source below

Side by side

Make

$0/mo entry
Entry price$0/mo (Free)
Free tierYes
HIPAA (BAA)
SOC 2Yes
GDPRYes
Best forPower users and developers who need complex multi-branch logic

Microsoft Power Automate

$0/mo entry
Entry price$0/mo (Free Trial)
Free tierNo
HIPAA (BAA)Yes
SOC 2
GDPRYes
Best forMicrosoft 365 / Dynamics 365 shops extending existing investments

Sources — Make: make.com (verified 2026-09-03) · Microsoft Power Automate: microsoft.com (verified 2026-09-03)

Key features

Make: Visual scenario builder with drag-and-drop module canvas; Operations-based billing (granular per-action pricing); Advanced data transformation with routers, iterators, and aggregators; 3,000+ app integrations including HTTP/webhooks for any API; ISO 27001 certified security program on Enterprise plan

Microsoft Power Automate: HIPAA BAA available — Power Automate explicitly listed as in-scope Microsoft service; Attended and unattended RPA (desktop flow automation) built-in; Deep native integration with Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, and Azure; Process and task mining for workflow discovery and optimization; Copilot-powered flow creation (natural language to workflow)

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