Compare .NET 4.5 and Microsoft Power Apps 
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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (36.6% of reviews)
Enterprise (45.2% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Free 1 User
.NET 4.5
Star Rating
(78)4.2 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (36.6% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about .NET 4.5Microsoft Power Apps
Star Rating
(497)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (45.2% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free 1 User
Free Trial is available
Browse all 3 pricing plans.NET 4.5 vs Microsoft Power Apps
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found .NET 4.5 easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with .NET 4.5 overall.
- Reviewers felt that .NET 4.5 meets the needs of their business better than Microsoft Power Apps.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that .NET 4.5 is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of .NET 4.5 over Microsoft Power Apps.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
.NET 4.5
No pricing availableMicrosoft 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 4.5
No trial information availableMicrosoft Power Apps
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.7
68
8.3
378
Ease of Use
8.6
67
8.1
383
Ease of Setup
8.6
33
8.3
302
Ease of Admin
8.6
21
8.2
169
Quality of Support
8.3
65
8.0
342
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.8
20
8.3
163
Product Direction (% positive)
9.3
66
8.9
370
Features by Category
Functionality
8.6
29
Not enough data
7.8
26
Not enough data
8.1
26
Not enough data
8.6
27
Not enough data
8.1
30
Not enough data
8.2
26
Not enough data
8.0
27
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
197
Not enough data
8.7
210
Data Control
Not enough data
8.2
201
Not enough data
8.2
191
Not enough data
8.4
190
Publishing
Not enough data
8.3
202
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
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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
155
|
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
8.1
159
|
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 4.5 and Microsoft Power Apps share no categories
Unique Categories
.NET 4.5 is categorized as .NET Integrated Development Environments (IDE) and Other Development
Microsoft Power Apps is categorized as No-Code Development Platforms, Low-Code Development Platforms, and AI App Builder
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
.NET 4.5
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
23.9%
Information Technology and Services
21.1%
Hospital & Health Care
5.6%
Insurance
5.6%
Telecommunications
4.2%
Other
39.4%
Information Technology and Services
17.1%
Computer Software
7.4%
Financial Services
6.4%
Consulting
3.7%
Telecommunications
3.7%
Other
61.6%
Alternatives
Discussions
.NET 4.5 has no 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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