Microsoft Power Automate vs Robomotion

Microsoft Power Automate

• Organizations already licensed for Microsoft 365 or Dynamics 365
• Automating older Windows applications that have no API
• Approval processes that run through Teams and SharePoint

Robomotion

• Back-office work in web portals and desktop software that have no API
• Teams that want deterministic RPA steps and AI agents in the same flow
• Organizations that need to keep automation on their own machines

Microsoft Power Automate

• The free license and Microsoft 365 licenses cover standard connectors only; premium and custom connectors need Premium at $15 per user / month.
• Unattended desktop flows need a Process license at $150 per bot / month, and the machine must be registered by a Premium user.
• The desktop app runs only on Windows 10, Windows 11 and Windows Server, and devices with ARM processors are not supported.
• The standalone iOS and Android app reached end of support on August 31, 2026; Microsoft points mobile users to the browser portal and Teams.

Robomotion

• The Free plan includes robots for 14 days only; after that it leaves 50 daily credits for agents, and more credits cannot be bought.
• Plans cap robots by type, and a production robot for scheduled flows starts on Pro. Extra robots cost from $19 to $99 a month each.
• AI model usage is paid to the model provider with your own key, and the site says third-party services may cost extra.
• Self-hosted plans start at $499 a month, and SSO, SAML and an SLA are listed only under Enterprise.

Microsoft Power Automate

Cloud flows

Automated, scheduled and instant flows connect cloud apps, and on-premises services through a data gateway. Microsoft cites more than 1,400 prebuilt, certified connectors, and custom connectors can be built.

Desktop flows (RPA)

Power Automate for desktop builds or records flows that operate Windows and web applications through their interfaces. Attended runs happen with a person present; unattended runs need a Process license.

Copilot authoring

Copilot in Power Automate creates, edits and extends flows from a natural-language description, in both the cloud designer and the desktop app.

Process and task mining

Analyzes how a process actually runs to find steps worth automating. Premium includes 50 MB of mining data per user, and a tenant-wide add-on provides 100 GB.

Microsoft 365 integration

Flows can be built and run from inside Teams, Excel, SharePoint and OneDrive. Microsoft 365 licenses include the right to create and run cloud flows with standard connectors.

Governance and hosted machines

Managed Environments and data loss prevention policies give admins control over flows. Hosted Process runs unattended bots on virtual machines that Microsoft manages.

Robomotion

AI Assistant and visual canvas

Describe a workflow in plain language and the assistant builds it and connects the tools; every step stays on a canvas you can open and edit, then put on a schedule.

Browser and desktop robots

A software robot signs in, clicks, reads and types across websites and desktop applications that have no API. Recorders cover browsers, Windows, Java and image or OCR targets.

AI agents that call workflows

Agents run workflows on request, and any flow can be wired into an agent as a tool. Google's Agent Development Kit and the Hermes agent are available as nodes on the canvas.

Apps on top of workflows

An app is a user interface to a set of workflows, with MCP tools for agents. Ready-made apps and agents can be installed from the store and then edited.

Local or cloud execution

Workflows run on Windows, Mac or Linux computers you control, in Robomotion's cloud, or a mix chosen per workflow. Paid cloud plans include unlimited local execution time.

Credential vault and your own AI keys

Credentials are encrypted in a workspace vault and used only when a workflow runs. Keys from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google or OpenRouter are added once and billed by the provider.

Microsoft Power Automate

• Power Automate Free$0

  Free license described in Microsoft's licensing docs: cloud flows with standard connectors only, no sharing, and desktop flows run locally in attended mode.

• Power Automate Premium$15

  per user / month, paid yearly

  Cloud flows with standard, premium and custom connectors, attended desktop flows, process and task mining with 50 MB of data, and 250 MB of Dataverse database capacity.

• Power Automate Process$150

  per bot / month, paid yearly

  One bot for unattended desktop flows, or a license for a cloud flow that any number of users can run, with up to 250,000 actions a day.

• Power Automate Hosted Process$215

  per bot / month, paid yearly

  Unattended desktop flows on a virtual machine that Microsoft manages and hosts on Azure, so there is no machine of your own to maintain.

• Process Mining add-on$5,000

  per tenant / month, paid yearly

  Add-on for the Premium plan only: 100 GB of process mining data, with 2 GB of Dataverse database and 1 TB of file capacity.

Robomotion

• Free$0

  50 daily credits for trying agents, 250 one-time credits and 1 GB of storage. Robots are included only during the 14-day trial.

• Solo$49

  per month; $40.83 / month billed annually

  1 user, 1 development robot, 3 application robots, 50 flows, 2,500 AI credits and 80 cloud run hours a month, and 25 GB of storage.

• Pro$129

  per month; $107.50 / month billed annually

  From 3 users, with 3 development robots, 1 production robot, 5 application robots, 250 flows, 7,500 AI credits and 240 cloud run hours a month.

• Team$399

  per month; $332.50 / month billed annually

  From 5 users, with 5 development, 2 production and 15 application robots, unlimited flows, Document Understanding and 25,000 AI credits a month.

• Starter (Self-Hosted)$499

  per month; $415.83 / month billed annually

  Self-hosted on a public cloud or on-premises: 3 users, 2 development, 5 application and 1 production robot, 250 flows. Growth, at $999 a month, has unlimited flows.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Self-hosted in a private cloud or on-premises with unlimited robots, flows and users, SSO and SAML, an SLA with priority support and dedicated onboarding.

Microsoft Power Automate

No public discounts listed.

Robomotion

• Annual discount

  Lower monthly rate with annual billing

  The pricing toggle advertises 20% off for annual billing. The page's own price table gives $40.83 a month for Solo billed annually against $49 monthly, about 17% less.