Comparison

Caddi vs. Power Automate Process Mining

Power Automate Process Mining is event-log process mining inside the Power Platform: it maps the process, then makers or IT build the flows. Caddi is end-to-end AI process automation: it discovers the work in the tools you already use, the person who does it builds the automation, and every run is governed.

The Caddi Team•September 23, 2026

What is Power Automate Process Mining?

Power Automate Process Mining is Microsoft's process mining, part of the Power Platform. It maps processes from event logs and a desktop recorder, then makers or IT build Power Automate flows to act on what it finds.

Best for Microsoft-standardized organizations with event-log data, Power Platform makers and a CoE ready to build and maintain flows.

How Caddi's approach is different

Caddi is the end-to-end process automation solution. It doesn't stop at discovering your processes: it also builds the automation that replaces them and governs every run.

Cheaper. Free to start. No six-figure contract, no data-volume pricing.
Faster. Findings in 15 to 30 minutes. No event logs, desktop agents or consultants.
Agentic first. The AI forms hypotheses about how your work runs and validates each one against your data.
Build it right away. The person who does the work builds the automation. No IT project.
Governed. Every run and decision is logged and reviewable. No black box.

Power Automate Process Mining shows you the map. Building the route is still a Power Platform project. Microsoft's process mining (built on Minit, formerly Process Advisor) reads event logs you prepare and, with task mining, recordings from people's desktops. The flows it points at are built by makers, IT or a Center of Excellence. Caddi runs the whole way: Discover finds the work in the tools you already use, the ops person who does it builds it in Automate, and Govern logs every run and decision.

Commercial facts: Power Automate Process Mining and Caddi
Fact	Power Automate Process Mining	Caddi
Pricing model	Included in Power Automate Premium per user, plus a per-tenant capacity add-on.	Plan-based: a monthly pool of credits and a number of active loops. Unlimited users on Team and above.
Published entry price	Premium $15 per user per month includes process mining with 50MB of data per user (up to 100GB per tenant). The Process Mining add-on is $5,000 per tenant per month for 100GB.	Individual $0. Team $250 per user per month. Business $6,500 per month. Enterprise custom.
Free tier or trial	Trial of Power Automate Premium.	Individual plan, free for one user with no time limit (200 credits and 10 loops per month).
Sign up without a sales call	Premium yes; the add-on through Microsoft licensing.	Yes, Individual and Team sign up online.
Who builds and maintains it	Makers or IT prepare the event-log data and build the Power Automate flows it points at; a center of excellence maintains them.	You teach the workflow once by screen-share; Caddi builds it as verified code and maintains it.

Facts checked September 23, 2026. Where a vendor does not publish pricing the row says so, and any figure given is a third-party report.

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Finding the work is step one

Microsoft gets closer to the build than most mining tools, because the mining sits next to Power Automate. From an insight you can start a cloud flow or a desktop flow. But somebody still has to build it: a maker who knows the connectors and expressions, or IT, or the CoE. And when the step runs through a desktop app, the flow is UI automation, which breaks when a screen changes. Governance covers the Power Platform environment, not a firm-wide view of every decision.

DiscoverFind the work worth automatingAutomateTurn the finding into a running automationGovernSee and review every run and decision

Power Automate Process MiningMines event logs you load, plus a task mining recorder in Power Automate for desktopYou can build flows and desktop RPA from it, but makers, IT or a CoE build and maintain themRun history and environment controls in Power Platform; no firm-wide record of AI and human decisions

CaddiReads the tools you already use, read only, and ranks the repeated work with its evidenceThe ops person doing the work builds it. No IT project, no RPA developerEvery run and every decision is logged and reviewable. No black box

Microsoft connects mining to a flow builder. Caddi connects the finding to the person who does the work, and logs every run and decision.

Event logs and desktop recordings vs. connected tools

Power Automate Process Mining needs data in a shape it can read: an event log with a case ID, an activity and a timestamp, exported from Dynamics 365, an ERP or a data warehouse, within the 50MB per user included in Premium or the paid 100GB add-on. For desktop work, task mining asks people to run a recorder on their own machines while they do the task.

Discover skips both. It connects to Outlook and Microsoft 365, Clio, NetDocuments, iManage, Salesforce, Wealthbox, Box and DocuSign under the access the user already has, read only, always. It forms hypotheses about the processes running, checks them against real activity, and shows only what the data supports, ranked by hours. No event-log export, no recorder on anyone's desktop, usually 15 to 30 minutes.

High confidence

Morning Inbox Triage and Matter Filing

Read each new message in Outlook, open any Docusign envelope, match it to the matter in Clio and file the executed copy to NetDocuments.

152hrs / yr5×/week · ~35 min each

Microsoft Outlook

Docusign

Clio

NetDocuments

What Caddi saw

1,204messages read in Outlook in the last 30 days
418Docusign envelopes opened from those messages
412matters matched in Clio and filed to NetDocuments
6exceptions raised for review in Teams

Why it’s worth automating

Every message already names the client and the matter. The four steps are the same each time, and the tools never talk to each other, so you carry the details between them by hand.

Reads the tools you already use, read only. No event logs, no desktop agents.

Microsoft Outlook
Gmail
Clio
NetDocuments
iManage
Salesforce
Wealthbox
Redtail
Box
Docusign
QuickBooks
HubSpot
150+ tools

A Discover finding, opened: what Caddi saw, why it is worth automating, and how often x how long over the window it observed. A ranking aid, not a forecast.

From process map to running automation

Both paths end in an automation. The question is how many people and licenses sit between the map and the first run.

Connect tools read only, and the ops person builds what Discover finds

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Connect your tools, read onlyDiscover reads activity in Microsoft 365 and the rest of your stack under the access you already have.
2
Review ranked findings with evidenceRepeated work ranked by hours, each finding open to what Caddi saw and why it is worth automating.
3
The ops person builds itBuild next on a finding, or teach Caddi once over a screen-share. Verified code over APIs, no selectors to break.
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Every run on the recordGovern logs every run and every decision, traceable to source. No black box.

Tap a tab to compare Microsoft's mining-to-flow lifecycle with Caddi's Discover, Automate, Govern.

Caddi vs. Power Automate Process Mining at a glance

	Power Automate PM	Caddi
How it finds work	Event logs you load, plus a desktop task mining recorder	Activity in connected tools, read only
Setup	Prepare and refresh event logs; install and run the recorder	Connect tools; first findings in 15 to 30 minutes
Who runs it	Process analysts and Power Platform makers	The ops team that does the work
What happens after the insight	A maker or IT builds a cloud or desktop flow	Build next on the finding, in the same product
Who builds the automation	Makers, IT or a CoE; desktop flows are UI automation	The ops person who does the work, as code over APIs
Governance of automations	Run history and environment policies in Power Platform	Every run and decision logged and reviewable, firm-wide
Pricing model	Premium $15 per user per month (50MB mining per user); add-on $5,000 per tenant per month for 100GB	Published: free Individual, Team $250 per user per month
Time to first finding	Days to weeks, depending on event-log prep	Usually 15 to 30 minutes
Free plan	Premium trial	Individual: free, no time limit, Discover and Automate

How they score where it counts

Microsoft wins on fit inside a Microsoft estate and on price per seat if you already own Premium. It also does real event-log analysis that Caddi does not. Caddi wins on who can build the result and on governing it.

CaddiPower Automate PM

Directional scoring (out of 5). Microsoft leads on event-log mining and ecosystem fit; Caddi leads on who builds, resilience and governance.

When Power Automate Process Mining is the right call

It is the right call if you are standardized on Microsoft 365 and Dynamics, already license Power Automate Premium, have event-log data worth mining, and run a Power Platform CoE with makers ready to build and maintain flows. It is also a reasonable way to add mining to an existing flow estate without a new vendor. Caddi Discover is not event-log process mining and does not do conformance checking.

When Caddi is the right call

Caddi is the right call if your work runs across Outlook plus tools like Clio, iManage, NetDocuments, Salesforce or Wealthbox, if there is no maker bench or CoE to hand findings to, if you would rather not put a recorder on people's desktops, and if you want every automated run and decision logged and reviewable in one place. For the broader platform view, see Caddi vs. Power Automate.

Which fits your situation?

Best fit

Power Automate PM

Your makers can turn Microsoft's process maps into flows, inside the governance model you already run.

Power Automate Process Mining is a good map for teams that already have Power Platform builders. But finding the work is step one. If the people who know the process are the ones who should automate it, Caddi finds the work in the tools you already use, lets them build it, and governs every run.

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See what Discover finds in your Microsoft 365 stack

Run Discover on the free plan, or compare plans on pricing. Book a demo for a walkthrough. For the wider market, see the process mining category page, our process mining software roundup, and how Caddi compares with Celonis and UiPath Process Mining.

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Do more with less

Discover, Automate, Govern

Skip the event logs and the desktop recorder. Find the work in the tools you already use and build it without an IT project.

Frequently asked questions

What is Power Automate Process Mining?

Power Automate Process Mining is Microsoft's process mining capability inside Power Platform, built on its Minit acquisition and formerly branded Process Advisor. It maps processes from event logs you load from systems like Dynamics 365 or SAP, and it includes a task mining recorder in Power Automate for desktop that captures how people work on their own machines. The results feed Power Automate cloud flows and desktop flows.

What are the best Power Automate Process Mining alternatives?

For event-log mining at enterprise scale, the usual alternatives are Celonis, SAP Signavio, UiPath Process Mining and IBM Process Mining. If you want the work found, automated and governed in one product without preparing event logs or recording desktops, Caddi is the alternative: Discover reads the tools you already use, read only, and the ops person who does the work builds the automation in Automate.

How much does Microsoft process mining cost?

Power Automate Premium is $15 per user per month and includes process mining with 50MB of data per user, up to 100GB per tenant. The Process Mining add-on is $5,000 per tenant per month for 100GB. Building and running the flows it recommends needs Premium licenses for the people who use them. Caddi Individual is free with Discover and Automate included; Team is $250 per user per month and adds Govern.

Does Power Automate Process Mining build automations?

It points you at them. From an insight you can create Power Automate cloud flows or desktop flows, but a maker, IT or a Center of Excellence builds and maintains them, and desktop flows are UI automation that can break when a screen changes. In Caddi the ops person teaches the workflow once over a screen-share and Caddi builds it as verified code over APIs.

Should I use Power Automate Process Mining or Caddi?

Use Power Automate Process Mining if you are standardized on Microsoft, have event-log data from Dynamics 365 or an ERP, and have makers or a CoE ready to build flows. Use Caddi if you are an ops team at a law firm, RIA, accounting firm or insurer whose work lives across Outlook, Clio, iManage, Salesforce or Wealthbox, and you want it found, built by the person who does it, and governed run by run.