Bizagi Modeler vs Microsoft Power Automate

Bizagi Modeler is a business process modeling tool for creating, documenting, simulating, publishing, and sharing processes with BPMN. It supports BPMN process diagrams and value chain diagrams, and can import Microsoft Visio, XPDL, Bizagi, XML, and BPMN files. Documentation can be exported to formats including PDF, Word, Excel, web, SharePoint, and Wiki. The free plan includes process simulation and what-if scenarios, unlimited processes and models, and one user, with local storage. Enterprise adds comments on diagrams and shapes, an activity stream, unlimited editors and contributors, and a cloud repository with storage defined according to customer needs. Enterprise customers can choose a data location from ten data centers across the United States, Europe, and Asia. The maker says its cloud service encrypts network traffic and is monitored around the clock by its Cloud Operations team. Bizagi Modeler runs on the web and Windows. Plans are free or Enterprise with pricing on request; Bizagi also provides a user guide, video tutorials, and a community for questions and issue reports.

Microsoft Power Automate automates business processes through cloud flows, desktop flows, and low-code tools. Cloud flows connect apps, data, and services in cloud or on-premises environments; an on-premises data gateway can provide those connections. Desktop flows automate user-interface actions in legacy systems, with attended and unattended modes. Copilot can help create, edit, and extend automations using natural language, while built-in AI models support document and image processing, prediction, and analysis. More than 1,400 prebuilt certified connectors are listed, with custom connectors also available. Microsoft 365 experiences include Teams, Excel, and SharePoint. Administrators can use Managed Environments and data loss prevention controls, and search flow events in Microsoft Purview Audit Log Search. The service runs in current Edge, Safari, Chrome, or Firefox, and its desktop app is available for Windows 10 and 11. A 30-day trial is listed, but no free plan is established. Premium costs $15 per user per month, paid yearly; the number of flows available depends on the license. The standalone iOS and Android mobile app reached end of support on August 31, 2026.