Dynamics CRM Workflows VS Power Automate

Feature capability comparison

This table summarizes a comparison between Power Automate and classic workflows capabilities.

We are continuously adding new capabilities to Power Automate. We'll update information in this table as Power Automate gains capabilities; check back often! For information about upcoming capabilities that will help you replace classic background workflows with flows, see What's new and planned for Power Automate.

Microsoft Post: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-automate/replace-workflows-with-flows

 

Capability		Power Automate	Classic Workflow
Modeling	Conditional branching	Yes	Yes
	Looping	Yes	No
	Wait conditions on fields	No	Yes
	Parallel branch	Yes	No
	Out-of-the-box connectors to external systems (trigger and perform actions in external services)	Yes	No
Composition	Dynamic content	Yes	Yes
	Access to pre-image of event data	No	Yes
	Run child workflows	Yes	Yes
	Run Common Data Service actions (including custom)	Yes	Yes
	Run custom background workflow activities	No	Yes
	Group steps to run in a transaction	Yes (changesets)	No
	Approval workflows	Yes	No
Execution	Trigger on field changes	Yes	Yes
	Trigger conditionally on field values (For example, on a certain date in a date field)	No	No
	Trigger on multiple Common Data Service entity events	Yes	Yes
	Run on-demand	Yes	Yes
	Run-as scopes (for example, organization, business unit, user)	Yes	Yes
	Run on a schedule	Yes	No
	Run synchronously (real-time)	No	Yes
History	Auditing	Yes	Yes
	Run analytics	Yes	No
Authoring and portability	Solution support	Yes	Yes
	Modern designer	Yes	No
	AI-assisted authoring	Yes	No