Microsoft Power Automate Pricing: Plans and Free Options
What each license costs, and what the free one leaves out.
Microsoft Power Automate Premium costs $15 a user a month, billed yearly, and a Process license costs $150 a bot a month. It is free in a limited form: work and school accounts can build their own flows with standard connectors at no cost. Sharing flows and premium connectors need a paid license.
Checked November 2026 on microsoft.com and learn.microsoft.com.
Microsoft Power Automate plans
| Plan | Price a month, billed yearly | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free license | $0 | Your own cloud flows and local desktop flows, standard connectors only, no sharing |
| Premium | $15 a user | Unlimited cloud flows within action limits, premium connectors, one attended bot, 5,000 AI Builder credits a month |
| Process | $150 a bot | One unattended bot, or one cloud flow with 250,000 actions a day |
| Hosted Process | $215 a bot | Process plus a virtual machine that Microsoft hosts |
Strengths and limits
Strengths
- • Cloud and desktop automation in one product
- • Basic use comes at no cost with work and school accounts
- • Desktop flows can drive old apps that have no connector
Limits
- • The free license needs a work or school account
- • Free flows use standard connectors only and cannot be shared
- • Process mining beyond the Premium allowance is a $5,000 add-on per tenant a month
Is Microsoft Power Automate free?
Yes, in a limited form. The free license comes at no cost with work and school accounts and covers your own cloud flows and local desktop flows, with standard connectors only. There is also a 30-day trial of the paid features.
How much does Microsoft Power Automate cost?
Premium costs $15 a user a month, Process $150 a bot a month and Hosted Process $215 a bot a month, all billed yearly. Microsoft notes that the checkout shows the final price.
Is Microsoft Power Automate included in Microsoft 365?
Partly. Microsoft says licenses across Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365 and Power Platform include a limited set of Power Automate features. Premium connectors still need a Premium or Process license.
What are the best Microsoft Power Automate alternatives?
Zapier has a free plan of 100 tasks a month and paid plans from $19.99 a month billed yearly. Make starts at $9 a month billed yearly. Both suit teams outside the Microsoft world.