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The best Microsoft Power Automate alternatives

5 tools that do a similar job to Microsoft Power Automate. Each entry says what it does and who it suits, so you can pick the one that fits instead of the most famous.

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Microsoft Power Automate

Microsoft's workflow and robotic process automation tool, with Copilot to build flows from descriptions.

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    IFTTT

    AI tool · Freemium

    A simple automation service connecting apps and smart-home devices with if-this-then-that applets.

    Best for: Personal and smart-home automations; Simple social cross-posting

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    Make

    AI tool · Freemium

    A visual automation platform for building multi-step workflows between apps, including AI steps.

    Best for: Complex visual workflows; Cost-conscious automation

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    n8n

    AI tool · Freemium

    A workflow automation tool with strong AI and agent nodes, available as a cloud service or self-hosted.

    Best for: Self-hosted automation; Technical teams building AI agents and workflows

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    Pipedream

    AI tool · Freemium

    A developer-friendly integration platform that mixes pre-built actions with code steps in Node.js or Python.

    Best for: Developers automating APIs; Connecting AI agents to apps

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    Zapier

    AI tool · Freemium

    A no-code automation platform connecting thousands of apps, with AI steps and agents.

    Best for: No-code integrations between SaaS apps; Non-technical teams

How we pick: tools in the same category that solve the same problem, projects that name each other as alternatives, and open-source projects that describe themselves as an alternative to Microsoft Power Automate. We don't take payment for placement.