Planning for PowerApps and Flow Costs

• PowerApps can be purchased stand-alone or as part of another suite.
• Spending on PowerApps can grow past base licensing as capabilities are added.
• Customers may have problems keeping PowerApps licenses under control.
• Factors external to PowerApps pricing could increase the cost of use.

PowerApps is a suite of applications, services, connectors, and a data platform that provides a low-code rapid application development environment to build custom line-of-business applications such as purchase order trackers and asset management tools.

It competes with other third-party offerings, including GeneXus, Kony, Mendix, Outsystems, Progress Software, and WaveMaker, but it offers tighter integration into Office 365 and Dynamics 365 than most third-party offerings. PowerApps can be purchased as a stand-alone plan or acquired as part of Office 365 or Dynamics 365 subscriptions.

PowerApps Base Licenses

PowerApps is licensed on a Per-User basis, although some capabilities are aggregated across a tenant. A license is required to build applications in PowerApps or to run applications created by others. Some plans extend the capabilities of the service or provide a free environment for learning how to build applications. Microsoft Flow, a workflow service, is included in every PowerApps plan. (Pricing for each tier is shown in the chart “Pricing of PowerApps Plans and Add-Ons“.)