Compare .NET and Microsoft Power Apps 
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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (43.2% of reviews)
Enterprise (44.9% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$999 per year
Free 1 User
.NET
Star Rating
(132)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (43.2% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$999 per year
Browse all 3 pricing plansMicrosoft Power Apps
Star Rating
(489)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (44.9% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free 1 User
Free Trial is available
Browse all 3 pricing plans.NET vs Microsoft Power Apps
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found them equally easy to use. However, Microsoft Power Apps is easier to set up , while reviewers preferred administration and ease of doing business with .NET overall.
- Reviewers felt that .NET meets the needs of their business better than Microsoft Power Apps.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that .NET is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Microsoft Power Apps over .NET.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
.NET
BUSINESS
$999
per year
Includes everything that comes with Indie plus:
- Xamarin.Forms
- Xamarin Test Cloud Access
- Visual Studio Integration
Microsoft Power Apps
Power Apps Developer Plan
Free
1 User
Build and test unlimited apps across three environments to experiment before moving to production.
For full pricing and licensing visit https://aka.ms/PowerApps/Pricing
- Three developer environments
- Connect to data sources with prebuilt, custom, and on-premises connectors
- Microsoft Dataverse entitlement of 2 GB database
Free Trial
.NET
No trial information availableMicrosoft Power Apps
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.6
116
8.3
375
Ease of Use
8.1
120
8.1
380
Ease of Setup
8.0
74
8.3
299
Ease of Admin
8.3
41
8.2
169
Quality of Support
8.2
113
8.0
339
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.6
40
8.3
163
Product Direction (% positive)
8.8
115
8.9
367
Features by Category
Functionality
8.5
37
Not enough data
8.7
25
Not enough data
8.5
26
Not enough data
8.5
24
Not enough data
8.4
20
Not enough data
8.5
21
Not enough data
8.0
23
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Mobile Development Platforms
8.2
20
Not enough data
8.4
17
Not enough data
7.9
16
Not enough data
Generation and Interpretation - AI App Builder
Not enough data
7.7
19
Not enough data
6.8
19
Not enough data
7.2
19
Not enough data
7.7
20
Generated Application Quality - AI App Builder
Not enough data
7.4
20
Not enough data
7.3
19
Not enough data
7.3
20
Not enough data
7.5
21
Application Design
Not enough data
7.6
193
Not enough data
7.7
197
Not enough data
7.9
195
Not enough data
8.1
196
Not enough data
8.7
210
Data Control
Not enough data
8.2
201
Not enough data
8.2
190
Not enough data
8.4
190
Publishing
Not enough data
8.3
201
Not enough data
8.3
196
Not enough data
8.1
193
Agentic AI - Low-Code Development Platforms
Not enough data
7.5
73
Not enough data
7.6
77
Not enough data
7.7
75
User Interface Design
Not enough data
7.9
147
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
155
Not enough data
8.1
161
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
166
|
Verified
Data Control
Not enough data
8.2
154
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
157
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
152
|
Verified
Publishing
Not enough data
8.2
159
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
158
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
155
|
Verified
Agentic AI - No-Code Development Platforms
Not enough data
7.5
36
Not enough data
7.7
34
Not enough data
6.8
35
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
.NET and Microsoft Power Apps share no categories
Unique Categories
.NET is categorized as Mobile Development Platforms and Application Development Platforms
Microsoft Power Apps is categorized as No-Code Development Platforms, Low-Code Development Platforms, and AI App Builder
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
.NET
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Microsoft Power Apps
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Computer Software
24.0%
Information Technology and Services
22.4%
Hospital & Health Care
4.8%
Banking
4.0%
Financial Services
3.2%
Other
41.6%
Information Technology and Services
17.2%
Computer Software
7.5%
Financial Services
6.2%
Consulting
3.7%
Telecommunications
3.7%
Other
61.6%
Alternatives
Discussions
Is xamarin form good?
1 Comment
NS
Yes, Absolutely I prefere to develop Xamarin Form instead of all other hybrid and native application development toolRead more
Which is best MVVM framework for Xamarin.Forms and What is future of Xamarin?
1 Comment
SH
The best MVVM Frame work is FreshMVVM, sure the Xamarin have a great future in cross-platform development, in this lead the next step is MAUI, which will...Read more
.NET has no more discussions with answers
Are power Apps good?
5 Comments
BV
if you want to create a small scale application and keep in mind that it a enterprise application so external users can't use it.
So, it depends on your...Read more
What is Microsoft Power Apps used for?
2 Comments
BV
This is used to make to org level apps which can mostly used to manage CRUD operations on the data.Read more
When should I use Microsoft PowerApps?
1 Comment
VN
For low code and no code solution development.. example use cases: change request, incident management, surveysRead more
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