# Microsoft Power Automate alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 501 of the 756 answers in the 3 categories where Microsoft Power Automate holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/microsoft-power-automate/alternatives/

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Celonis Process Intelligence Platform: 49
- Apache Airflow: 43
- Prefect: 39
- Microsoft Power Automate Process Mining: 25
- Make: 22
- Dagster: 20

## Robotic process automation

**Small business**: 13 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Power Automate (Microsoft Power Automate is #1 of 12 at 72%).

- Automation Anywhere Community Edition: first choice in 1 of those 13
- Microsoft Power Automate Desktop: first choice in 1 of those 13
- Zoho RPA: first choice in 1 of those 13

**Mid-market**: 23 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Power Automate (Microsoft Power Automate is #1 of 6 at 51%).

- UiPath: first choice in 2 of those 23
- Automation Anywhere: first choice in 1 of those 23
- IBM Robotic Process Automation: first choice in 1 of those 23
- Microsoft Power Automate Desktop: first choice in 1 of those 23
- UiPath Community Edition: first choice in 1 of those 23

**Enterprise**: 35 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Power Automate (Microsoft Power Automate is #2 of 6 at 22%).

- UiPath: first choice in 11 of those 35
- Automation Anywhere: first choice in 4 of those 35
- SS&C Blue Prism: first choice in 2 of those 35
- Blue Prism: first choice in 1 of those 35

## Process mining

**Small business**: 55 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Power Automate (Microsoft Power Automate is #1 of 12 at 25%).

- Apromore: first choice in 10 of those 55
- Microsoft Power Automate Process Mining: first choice in 8 of those 55
- ProcessMind: first choice in 6 of those 55
- Fluxicon Disco: first choice in 5 of those 55
- Celonis Process Intelligence Platform: first choice in 2 of those 55
- Mindzie: first choice in 2 of those 55
- IBM Process Mining: first choice in 1 of those 55
- Microsoft Power Automate Process Advisor: first choice in 1 of those 55

**Mid-market**: 72 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Power Automate (Microsoft Power Automate is #5 of 9 at 5%).

- Celonis Process Intelligence Platform: first choice in 14 of those 72
- Apromore: first choice in 9 of those 72
- Microsoft Power Automate Process Mining: first choice in 8 of those 72
- IBM Process Mining: first choice in 5 of those 72
- UiPath Process Mining: first choice in 5 of those 72
- SAP Signavio Process Intelligence: first choice in 4 of those 72
- Mindzie: first choice in 3 of those 72
- ProcessMaker: first choice in 3 of those 72

**Enterprise**: 73 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Power Automate (Microsoft Power Automate is #6 of 8 at 0%).

- Celonis Process Intelligence Platform: first choice in 33 of those 73
- Microsoft Power Automate Process Mining: first choice in 9 of those 73
- SAP Signavio Process Intelligence: first choice in 3 of those 73
- IBM Process Mining: first choice in 2 of those 73
- SAP Process Mining by Celonis: first choice in 1 of those 73

## Workflow orchestration

**Small business**: 77 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Power Automate (Microsoft Power Automate is #9 of 12 at 0%).

- Prefect: first choice in 20 of those 77
- Make: first choice in 17 of those 77
- Zapier: first choice in 15 of those 77
- n8n: first choice in 9 of those 77
- Apache Airflow: first choice in 4 of those 77
- Dagster: first choice in 4 of those 77
- Activepieces: first choice in 3 of those 77
- Hevo Data: first choice in 2 of those 77

**Mid-market**: 75 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Power Automate (Microsoft Power Automate is #10 of 14 at 2%).

- Apache Airflow: first choice in 19 of those 75
- Prefect: first choice in 12 of those 75
- Dagster: first choice in 10 of those 75
- n8n: first choice in 7 of those 75
- Make: first choice in 5 of those 75
- Kestra: first choice in 2 of those 75
- Temporal: first choice in 2 of those 75
- Workato: first choice in 2 of those 75

**Enterprise**: 78 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Power Automate (Microsoft Power Automate is #10 of 16 at 2%).

- Apache Airflow: first choice in 20 of those 78
- Prefect: first choice in 7 of those 78
- Temporal: first choice in 7 of those 78
- Dagster: first choice in 6 of those 78
- BMC Control-M: first choice in 4 of those 78
- Camunda: first choice in 4 of those 78
- Workato: first choice in 3 of those 78
- Astronomer Astro: first choice in 2 of those 78

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