# Kognitos vs Microsoft Power Automate

> Microsoft Power Automate scores 62 (B) to Kognitos's 57 (C) for workflow automation. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Microsoft Power Automate scores 62 (B) on agent readiness against Kognitos's 57 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Kognitos leads on security & auth. Both do workflow automation.

- Kognitos: grade C, 57/100, rank #708 of 1197. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kognitos.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/kognitos.json
- Microsoft Power Automate: grade B, 62/100, rank #507 of 1197. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/power-automate.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/power-automate.json
- Best workflow automation platforms with APIs for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/workflow-automation/index.md
- All 170 workflows comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/workflow-automation/index.md

## Which one, for what

### Kognitos (C)

Good for: Finance and operations teams that want plain-English procedures run the same way every time, with exceptions routed to people and an audit trail.

Ahead on:
- Security & auth, 74 against 61

Also in its favour:
- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install
- Free to start without a card
- Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.3 against 2.5 out of 5

Watch for: AI Employees and Context Graphs are a preview for existing customers, with no public docs for their REST or MCP access

### Microsoft Power Automate (B)

Good for: Organisations already on Microsoft 365 and Dataverse that want an agent to inventory, deploy or adjust flows inside existing roles and solutions.

Ahead on:
- Reliability, 63 against 58
- Agent ergonomics, 69 against 53
- Payments & pricing, 25 against 20
- Maintenance & community, 76 against 45
- Transparency & trust, 76 against 67

Watch for: Flows under My flows can't be managed in code, and Microsoft calls the `api.flow.microsoft.com` API unsupported


## Score by category

| Category | Weight | Kognitos | Microsoft Power Automate | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 58 | 63 | Microsoft Power Automate +5 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 71 | 68 | Kognitos +3 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 53 | 69 | Microsoft Power Automate +16 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 74 | 61 | Kognitos +13 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 25 | Microsoft Power Automate +5 |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 45 | 76 | Microsoft Power Automate +31 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 67 | 76 | Microsoft Power Automate +9 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| **Total** | | **57 · C** | **62 · B** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | Kognitos | Microsoft Power Automate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Kognitos, Inc. | Microsoft |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://app.us-1.kognitos.com/api/v1` | no (local only) |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Kognitos's Terms of Service (published 19 November 2025, California law, courts in Santa Clara). The OpenAPI file, the Node.js SDK and the coding-agent plugin repositories are MIT | Proprietary service under the Microsoft Product Terms for Microsoft Power Platform |
| Tools exposed | 19 | none |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-21 | 2026-10-02 |
| Terms last updated |  | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated |  | 2026-09-01 |
| Customer content may train models |  | yes |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 0 stars | 11k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3.3/5 (4) | 2.5/5 (4) |

## Verdicts

**Kognitos.** Kognitos has a self-serve free workspace, a public OpenAPI file and a hosted MCP server with OAuth 2.1 and scoped, expiring tokens. The 21 October AI Employees and Context Graphs are in preview for existing customers only, and their REST and MCP access isn't documented, so an outside agent can reach the automation platform but not the new parts.

**Microsoft Power Automate.** Cloud flows in a solution are rows an agent can read and write through the Dataverse Web API under Entra ID OAuth and security roles, with published limits and a 99.9 per cent SLA. Flows under My flows can't be managed in code, a flow's body is one hand-built JSON string, and setup needs a tenant administrator.

## Before you call either

### Kognitos

1. Don't plan on Context Graph or AI Employee calls. Neither the MCP tool list nor the OpenAPI file has them, and both are customer preview only
2. Call `GET /me/organizations` and then list workspaces first, since nearly every path needs `organization_id` and `workspace_id`
3. Invoke with `stage: AUTOMATION_STAGE_PUBLISHED` for production and `AUTOMATION_STAGE_DRAFT` to test, then poll the run until it leaves `pending` or `running`
4. Treat a `waiting` run as a question for a person. Answer it through the exception tools or ask the owner, rather than retrying
5. Use OAuth with callback port 3777 for the MCP server. Another port can fail with a callback URL mismatch

### Microsoft Power Automate

1. Filter `workflows` on `category eq 5` for cloud flows, and add `$select`, because `clientdata` holds the whole definition
2. Flows created through the API start with `statecode` 0 (off). The docs say to turn the flow on before use
3. Put the flow in a solution first. Flows that sit only under My flows are outside the supported API
4. On 429 wait the `Retry-After` seconds. Reads of `flowruns` count against the daily Power Platform request allowance
5. Treat an HTTP trigger URL with `sig=` as a secret, and prefer the tenant or named-user trigger modes with a bearer token for `https://service.flow.microsoft.com/`

## Questions

### Which is better for AI agents, Kognitos or Microsoft Power Automate?

Microsoft Power Automate scores 62 (B) on agent readiness against Kognitos's 57 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Kognitos leads on security & auth.

### Do Kognitos and Microsoft Power Automate need an API key?

Both take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.

### Can an agent call Kognitos and Microsoft Power Automate without installing anything?

Kognitos has a hosted endpoint at https://app.us-1.kognitos.com/api/v1. No hosted endpoint is listed for Microsoft Power Automate.


## For agents

- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kognitos-vs-power-automate.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kognitos-vs-power-automate.min.md
- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "kognitos", "b": "power-automate"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare kognitos power-automate`
- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/kognitos.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/power-automate.json

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