# Microsoft Power Automate vs Windmill API + MCP (slim)

> Microsoft Power Automate scores 62 (B) on agent readiness against Windmill API + MCP's 55.9 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Windmill API + MCP leads on schema & documentation, payments & pricing and maintenance & community. Both do automation workflows. Category…

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Microsoft Power Automate scores 62 (B) on agent readiness against Windmill API + MCP's 55.9 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Windmill API + MCP leads on schema & documentation, payments & pricing and maintenance & community. Both do automation workflows.

- Microsoft Power Automate: B 62, rank #350 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/power-automate.min.md
- Windmill API + MCP: C 55.9, rank #498 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/windmill.min.md
- Microsoft Power Automate, 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 40; Transparency & trust, 76 against 65. Also No incidents deducted, where Windmill API + MCP loses 5 points for them.
- Windmill API + MCP, good for Engineering teams who'd rather write steps in Python, TypeScript, Go or SQL and expose them as tools. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 79 against 68; Payments & pricing, 35 against 25; Maintenance & community, 87 against 76. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; Open source.

| Category | Microsoft Power Automate | Windmill API + MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 63 | 40 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 68 | 79 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 69 | 73 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 61 | 60 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 25 | 35 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 76 | 87 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 76 | 65 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Microsoft Power Automate | Windmill API + MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Microsoft | Windmill Labs |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://app.windmill.dev/api` |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Licence | Proprietary service under the Microsoft Product Terms for Microsoft Power Platform | AGPL-3.0 (core), Apache-2.0 (clients and OpenAPI), commercial for enterprise-only parts |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-02 | 2026-10-01 |
| Terms last updated | no date given | couldn't be read |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-01 | no date given |
| Customer content may train models | yes | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Popularity | 11k PyPI/wk | 18k stars, 126k npm/wk, 218k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (2) |