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Process mining · October 2026 Edition

Microsoft Power Automate vs Celonis Process Intelligence Platform

Two of fourteen models named Microsoft Power Automate first on the direct prompt; two named Celonis Process Intelligence Platform. Microsoft Power Automate was named by nine of the fourteen models and Celonis Process Intelligence Platform by fourteen and Microsoft Power Automate carries 14 labels and Celonis Process Intelligence Platform 64, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Microsoft Power Automate

accepted challenger

Named in four categories this edition.

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share5%3%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate7%52%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#5#7A position in a field of 9; printed, not drawn.
Labels1464A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Microsoft Power Automate reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.UiPath Process Mining was named alongside these two in nine of the fourteen direct answers. Apromore vs Microsoft Power Automate · Apromore vs Celonis Process Intelligence Platform · Microsoft Power Automate Process Mining vs Microsoft Power Automate

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the process mining page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Microsoft Power AutomateFirst choices, of fourteen modelsCelonis Process Intelligence Platform
Direct229 against Celonis Process Intelligence Platform
Paraphrase006 against Celonis Process Intelligence Platform
Comparative013
Budget-constrained105 against Celonis Process Intelligence Platform
Scale-constrained003 against Celonis Process Intelligence Platform
Negative001 against Microsoft Power Automate · 10 against Celonis Process Intelligence Platform
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Microsoft Power Automate and Celonis Process Intelligence Platform were named in the same answer fifty-two times, of the 333 answers naming Microsoft Power Automate and the 191 naming Celonis Process Intelligence Platform. In those answers Celonis Process Intelligence Platform took the first choice sixteen times and Microsoft Power Automate fourteen.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Microsoft Power Automate and Celonis Process Intelligence Platform stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.1 Fast
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Microsoft Power Automate Celonis Process Intelligence Platform first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Microsoft Power Automate on the left and Celonis Process Intelligence Platform on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Microsoft Power Automate and Celonis Process Intelligence Platform stood in it.

Microsoft Power Automate first, Celonis Process Intelligence Platform not the choice

2 of 14 modelsCelonis Process Intelligence Platform was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5Microsoft Power Automate alternatives: Apromore, ProcessMind, QPR ProcessAnalyzer
Grok 4.1 FastMicrosoft Power Automate alternatives: Apromore, UiPath Process Mining

Celonis Process Intelligence Platform first, Microsoft Power Automate not the choice

2 of 14 modelsMicrosoft Power Automate was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Mistral SmallCelonis Process Intelligence Platform alternatives: SAP Signavio Process Intelligence, UiPath Process Mining
MiniMax M2.5Apromore, Celonis Process Intelligence Platform alternatives: IBM Process Mining, Microsoft Power Automate Process Mining, UiPath Process Mining

Neither was the first choice, one was named

2 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
GPT-5.4 miniUiPath Process Mining alternatives: Celonis Process Intelligence Platform, SAP Signavio Process Intelligence
GLM 4.7 FlashXMindzie alternatives: ABBYY Timeline, Apromore, Microsoft Power Automate

Neither was named

8 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Gemini 3.5 FlashMicrosoft Power Automate Process Mining alternatives: Apromore, KYP.ai, UiPath Process Mining
Perplexity SonarMicrosoft Power Automate Process Mining alternatives: SAP Signavio Process Intelligence, UiPath Process Mining
DeepSeek V4 FlashMicrosoft Power Automate Process Mining, UiPath Process Mining alternatives: Mindzie, Minit, ProcessMind
Llama 4 MaverickProcessMaker
Qwen 3.7 FlashEverflow Process Intelligence, ProcessMaker alternatives: SAP Signavio Process Intelligence, UiPath Process Mining
Kimi K2Microsoft Power Automate Process Mining, Mindzie alternatives: Apromore, MEHRWERK, QPR ProcessAnalyzer
GPT-6 LunaApromore alternatives: Power Automate Process Mining, SAP Signavio Process Intelligence, UiPath Process Mining
Muse Glimmer 30BDecisions, ProcessMaker alternatives: Microsoft Power Automate Process Mining, Noxus

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Microsoft Power Automate leads by twenty-one points.
Microsoft Power Automate25%#1 of 12
Celonis Process Intelligence Platform4%#7 of 12
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Microsoft Power Automate leads by two points.
Microsoft Power Automate5%#5 of 9
Celonis Process Intelligence Platform3%#7 of 9
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Celonis Process Intelligence Platform leads at enterprise.
Celonis Process Intelligence Platform67%#1 of 8
Microsoft Power Automate0%#6 of 8
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Microsoft Power Automate

No label in this category carried a quote.

What the models said about Celonis Process Intelligence Platform

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.

“What to Avoid (Unless You Have the Budget) ... Celonis | $60K–$100K/year + $40K–$80K implementation | Case-volume pricing adds up fast; opaque enterprise sales” Kimi K2 · direct prompt · hard negative
“What I would avoid on a limited budget: Celonis, IBM Process Mining, and similar enterprise suites” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · hard negative
“avoid enterprise-first tools like Celonis, which are often described as more expensive” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · hard negative
“The undisputed heavyweight market leader... If you have a highly complex, multi-vendor IT architecture and a large budget... Choose Celonis.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“Celonis — The Market Leader ... Key Differentiator: Deep execution management with AI-powered recommendations and the broadest ecosystem” Kimi K2 · comparative prompt · first choice
“Celonis remains the undisputed heavyweight, commanding a 31.2% market share through its sophisticated Execution Management System (EMS)” Claude Haiku 4.5 · comparative prompt · first choice
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.