How much does Power Automate cost in 2026?
Quick Answer: Power Automate pricing as of July 2026: Premium $15/user/month (cloud flows, 1,400+ premium connectors, and attended desktop RPA), Process $150/bot/month (unattended RPA), and Hosted Process $215/bot/month (Microsoft-hosted unattended). Process Mining is a separate add-on at $5,000/tenant/month. Cloud flows on standard connectors are included with Microsoft 365, so many organisations only pay for premium connectors and RPA.
Pricing Overview
Microsoft Power Automate's licensing varies by whether automation is per-user or per-bot and whether it includes desktop RPA. Many organisations already have partial access through Microsoft 365, which complicates the picture.
Power Automate Pricing (as of July 2026)
| Tier | Price | Key Features |
|---|---|---|
| Power Automate (in Microsoft 365) | Included | Cloud flows on standard connectors only |
| Power Automate Premium | $15/user/mo | Cloud flows, standard + premium connectors, Dataverse, attended desktop RPA |
| Power Automate Process | $150/bot/mo | Unattended RPA, cloud flows scoped to the bot |
| Power Automate Hosted Process | $215/bot/mo | Microsoft-hosted unattended RPA (no self-managed machines) |
| Process Mining (add-on) | $5,000/tenant/mo | Process Mining, 100 GB — requires Premium |
Two corrections for 2026: attended desktop RPA (Power Automate Desktop) is now included in Premium at $15, rather than a separate $40 "Premium with RPA" plan, and Process Mining is a separate $5,000/tenant/month add-on, not a Premium feature. Power Automate now lists more than 1,400 prebuilt connectors (up from 1,000+).
What Each Plan Includes
Power Automate Premium ($15/user/mo)
Cloud automation with both standard connectors (SharePoint, Outlook, Teams) and premium connectors (Salesforce, SAP, Oracle), Dataverse storage (250 MB per user), attended desktop RPA via Power Automate Desktop, and AI Builder credits. This is the entry point for connecting to non-Microsoft services.
Power Automate Process ($150/bot/mo)
Unattended RPA where bots run on machines without human interaction. Each Process license includes cloud flows scoped to the bot. Used for high-volume, repetitive tasks like invoice processing and batch reporting.
Power Automate Hosted Process ($215/bot/mo)
The same unattended RPA on Microsoft-hosted machines, removing the need to manage your own VMs.
Hidden Costs and Considerations
- M365 included features are limited to standard connectors: any flow using a premium connector (Salesforce, SAP, custom) requires a Premium license at $15/user/month.
- Dataverse storage: the 250 MB per-user allocation fills quickly; additional storage is about $40/GB/month.
- AI Builder credits: the included allowance is shared across the tenant; heavy document/prediction use needs extra capacity.
- Process Mining: the $5,000/tenant/month add-on is a separate line item, not part of Premium.
How Power Automate Pricing Compares
Power Automate is competitive for organisations already on Microsoft. Zapier starts at $29.99/month but has no RPA; Make at $10.59/month offers more operations per dollar for pure cloud automation. UiPath's public self-serve Basic starts at $25/month (EU, up to 2 robots), with larger deployments quote-based. Power Automate's differentiator is native integration with Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, and Azure without premium connectors.
Editor's Note: We deployed Power Automate for a 200-person financial services firm already on Microsoft 365 E3. The M365 license covered standard-connector flows at no extra cost. When they needed Salesforce integration, 15 users required Premium at $15/user ($225/month), and they later added 3 unattended bots for invoice processing at $150/bot ($450/month) — about $675/month incremental, against invoice work that previously took 1.5 FTEs. ROI payback was under three months; the surprise was Dataverse storage, which they exhausted in six weeks. Re-checked July 2026: attended desktop RPA is now bundled into Premium (the old $40 tier is gone), Hosted Process is $215/bot for teams that do not want to manage VMs, and Process Mining is a separate $5,000/tenant add-on — worth modelling the bot count first, because unattended RPA is still where the real spend lives. — Rafal Fila, ShadowGen
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