Caddi vs. Power AutomateInstead of building a flow, show Caddi the process on a screenshare or describe it in chat, and it's built for you.
A direct comparison of Caddi and Microsoft Power Automate, how each builds automations, how they handle UI changes and documents, what they cost at volume, and which fits regulated back-office teams in law and finance.
- 99%of agent runs complete successfully
- ~45 minon average to build your first agent
- 1M+back-office tasks completed
Jason AlafganiUpdated Sep 23, 2026
Every flow waits on a maker.
When one maker or IT owns the flows, every new request and every fix lines up behind them.
Makers wire triggers, actions and connectors in the designer, or script desktop flows that click through apps.
Show Caddi the process on a screenshare or describe it in chat, and it's built for you. About 45 minutes on average to the first agent.
A screen update shouldn't stop the work.
Desktop flows click through apps like a person would, so a moved button or a slow page can break a run, and thin logs mean it can go unnoticed for days.
Desktop flows replay clicks on screen; cloud flows run through connectors.
Runs as code over APIs, so an interface change doesn't touch it. Every run and step is logged, so you can see exactly what happened.
The full price shows up after the pilot.
Premium connectors, per-flow plans and AI Builder credits for reading documents add up as a workflow goes from demo to daily use.
Licensed per user or per bot, with premium connectors and AI Builder credits for document reading.
Connects to 150+ tools and reads varied PDFs and inboxes natively, with no premium-connector tiers or per-action credits to budget around.
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Caddi and Power Automate?
Power Automate is Microsoft's DIY automation platform: you build cloud flows by wiring triggers, actions, and connectors in a designer, or desktop flows that replay clicks on screen (RPA). Caddi is an agentic automation platform: you record a workflow, Caddi writes it as deterministic code that runs over APIs, and Caddi maintains it for you. Power Automate assumes you (or IT) build and own the flow; Caddi builds and maintains it for non-technical ops teams in law and finance.
Is Caddi a good Power Automate replacement?
Yes, especially for document- and inbox-heavy back-office work outside the Microsoft stack. Teams adopt Caddi to replace brittle desktop flows that break on UI changes and tangled cloud flows that need premium connectors and ongoing upkeep. Because Caddi runs on APIs and is maintained for you, it removes both the build burden and the licensing and maintenance overhead that Power Automate carries.
Do I need premium connectors or AI Builder credits with Caddi?
No. Power Automate gates many real workflows behind premium per-user or per-flow licensing, premium connectors, and AI Builder credits for document reading. Caddi connects to 150+ tools and reads varied PDFs and inboxes natively, with no premium-connector tiers or per-action credits to budget around.
When should I use Power Automate instead of Caddi?
Power Automate can be the right choice if your work lives almost entirely inside the Microsoft 365 and Dynamics ecosystem, you already pay for the licensing, and you have makers or IT staff to build and maintain flows. Caddi is the better fit for regulated, document-heavy back-office automation that a non-technical business team should own without writing flows or maintaining bots.