If you have an Office 365 subscription, you may have come across Power Automate<\/a>, or you may already be using it for email or SharePoint automation. Now, you want to upgrade to the next level and use Power Automate in a more holistic approach within your company, which leads you to the Microsoft Pricing page, and you see the following:\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Now you wonder: what do I have for free, and what do I get if I pay for any additional licenses? What\u2019s the difference between each of them? Which one is the best for me?<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n First, let\u2019s confirm the license that you already have; go to your account <\/a>and see your subscriptions. If you have Office 365 E3 or Office 365 E5, you can use the Power Automate\u2019s Cloud Automations as an extension of your existing subscription for any of the non-premium connectors or features.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n This means that you can automate tasks with One Drive, SharePoint, Excel Online, Outlook, Teams, Planner, MS Forms, and many other external apps such as Twitter or Gmail. Suppose you open Power Automate\u2019s Connector page<\/a>, you\u2019ll note that some apps\u00a0do not<\/strong>\u00a0have the \u201cPREMIUM\u201d green badge. That means that you can automate tasks that relate to this app without paying any additional amount apart from your regular subscription.<\/p>\r\n When considering how to integrate Power Automate into your business processes<\/a>, working with a Power Platform consulting service<\/strong><\/a> can help you optimize automation workflows efficiently.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Ok, now we know what we can do with the \u201cfree\u201d Power Automate license<\/strong><\/a>, but let\u2019s suppose that you want to do some PDF transformations and you want to use Adobe service; if you search \u201cAdobe\u201d in the connectors\u2019 page, you\u2019ll see that it has the \u201cPREMIUM\u201d badge. That means that you will need to pay some additional amount to use it \u2013 pretty much most of the third-party services such Jira, Salesforce, Oracle DB are premium connectors.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n (Note that initially, a free trial will be available for 90 days or even more if you keep extending it, and you\u2019ll be able to use the connector with no issues, but in the long term, you need to consider additional licenses to access premium connectors)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Now that you know that you need to pay additional licensing, which one should you pick? 15? 40? Or 500?<\/p> Automatiza las tareas que te ralentizan<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Libere el tiempo de su equipo y conc\u00e9ntrese en el trabajo estrat\u00e9gico con la automatizaci\u00f3n digital y rob\u00f3tica.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t \u00a0<\/p>\r\n When you\u2019re expanding Power Automate\u2019s use in your business, the expertise of a Consultor\u00eda de Power Platform<\/strong><\/a> service can be pivotal. They provide insight into choosing the appropriate licenses and help streamline your processes for maximum efficiency. By working with seasoned professionals, you\u2019ll ensure your automation strategies fully align with your operational goals.<\/p>\r\n \u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Automate tasks with Cloud apps such as Adobe, JIRA, Azure or SQL Server, MySQL, Salesforce, (ie any connector that shows a \u201cPremium\u201d badge). Every user that will develop flows that include any of the premium connections will need a license. This license is mainly used to create automations that involve cloud services and APIs. This is an excellent fit if you will keep only in the Cloud apps side or API automations, and you don\u2019t plan to<\/strong> run any Desktop automation with legacy or old apps.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n This one includes the same type of automation as the $15 per-user plan + Desktop automation<\/a> development (RPA or Robotic Process Automation) and the ability to combine Cloud with Desktop automations in the same flow.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0Let\u2019s suppose you have an old system in your company (no API available), and you need to update some info in it based on emails you receive. Then, you create Jira cases based on open items you couldn\u2019t update: you can build a flow that listens to new emails in your inbox (cloud flow, good to go with the basic license), and then send this email info to the Desktop legacy app in your PC (desktop flow, so you need the RPA $40 per user plan) and then based on the results from the legacy app you create Jira cases (premium connector for cloud flows, so you need at least the $15 per user plan).<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Since this use case includes from regular connectors to desktop automations<\/a>, to build this end-to-end solution, the $40 per-user plan is the right fit. This license would allow the actual development of the automation and runs any flow if a user is signed in the computer that the automation will run \u2013 that is why It\u2019s called \u201cPer-user plan with\u00a0attended<\/strong>\u00a0RPA.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n It\u2019s a different story if you intend for this automation to run behind the scenes, with nobody directly monitoring it. If no user is signed in (meaning unattended<\/strong> RPA) for the desktop automation to run, you will need the \u201cUnattended RPA\u201d add-on, which is $150\/month per bot. Also, you need to consider any cost related to Virtual Machines or servers that will support this unattended bot.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Important: keep in mind that Power Automate Desktop is open at no cost for individual development, this means any person in the organization can build Desktop automations for free if they will run these automations locally their computer. If somebody is using this free capability, their flows cannot be used in combination with any cloud flow. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n If you have any large-scale process requiring more than 5000 actions in 24 hours (for an E3 subscription), you may consider this option. This also includes the ability to run unattended RPA desktop flows.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n If you get either the $40 per user plan or $500 per flow plan, you also get some credits to use the Power Platform AI Builder, this means that you can automate document processing, run predictions, text analysis and a lot much more. To understand how these credits work, go to this page<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Below are some examples of Power Automate use cases and how licensing would work for each scenario:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Save email attachments in SharePoint library<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Licensing needed: <\/strong>Both Outlook and SharePoint are regular connectors, you are good to go with the Basic license<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Total Cost:<\/strong> $0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n Receive MS forms responses from customers and save data in SharePoint list for follow up<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Licensing needed: <\/strong>Both MS Forms and SharePoint are regular connectors, you are good to go with the Basic license<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Total Cost:<\/strong> $0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n Automate onboarding process, approval of new users and adding them to Azure Active Directory<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Licensing needed: <\/strong>The approvals connector is a regular one, but Azure Active Directory is premium, so you need at least the $15 per user plan to support this automation in long term.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Total Cost:<\/strong> At least $15 per user per month<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n Create new orders in SharePoint from incoming emails, and add new customers in Salesforce and then connect to an API to validate data.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Licensing needed: <\/strong>Salesforce is a premium connector, and the HTTP API card is as well, so you need at least the $15 per user plan<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Total Cost:<\/strong> At least $15 per user per month<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n Create new orders in SharePoint from incoming emails, and add new customers in Salesforce and also check stock in the inventory web app that your company has,\u00a0 which can only be accessed through a Browser<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Licensing needed: <\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Salesforce is a premium connector, and you will need to run Desktop automation (RPA) so you need the $40 per user plan with attended RPA.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n If you want to run this automation while nobody is signed in, there is an additional cost of $150 bot\/month. 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