Unlimited users, one flat price.
Power Apps bills every person who opens an app, per user or per active user per app. Jestor charges one flat monthly price for the whole company: every employee, every client, every supplier, on every plan.
Your operations need more than a low-code toolkit. See why teams choose Jestor over Microsoft Power Apps.
Microsoft Power Apps is a low-code platform where makers build apps on Dataverse and Microsoft 365, licensed per user, per app or per active user, with storage, API requests and AI metered separately. Jestor is an operations system built by our team, changed by prompt, with unlimited users on one flat price.
The short version
Power Apps is Microsoft's low-code platform: your makers build canvas and model-driven apps on Dataverse, SharePoint and 1,400+ connectors, and every user who runs an app needs a license, per user or per active user per app. Jestor is an operations system built by our team, changed by prompt from any MCP client, with unlimited users on one flat price.
| Feature |  Jestor |  Power Apps |
|---|---|---|
| Unlimited users at a flat price | Yes | No |
| External users at no seat cost | Yes | No |
| Storage, API requests and AI not metered separately | Yes | No |
| System built and maintained by the vendor's team as part of the plan | Yes | No |
| Automations included without a separate license for standalone flows | Yes | No |
| Change the whole system by prompt from Claude, Cursor or any MCP client | Yes | No |
| Relational database with n:m, n:1 and 1:1 relations | Yes | Yes |
| Field-level permissions | Yes | Yes |
| Forms, approvals, SLAs and kanban | Yes | Yes |
| AI agents and document reading (OCR) | Yes | Yes |
| SSO, MFA and audit trail | Yes | Yes |
| Mobile app | Yes | Yes |
| Free developer plan and rights seeded in Microsoft 365 | No | Yes |
| 1,400+ prebuilt connectors and native Microsoft 365, Teams and Dynamics integration | No | Yes |
| Enterprise compliance portfolio (ISO 27001, HIPAA, FedRAMP, GDPR) | No | Yes |
The long version
Power Apps sits inside Power Platform with Power Automate, Power Pages, Copilot Studio and Dataverse, and is licensed three ways: a per-user license for unlimited apps and Power Pages sites (with a volume tier for large purchases), a per-app license (removed from the licensing guide for most channels in January 2026 and kept for CSP and existing Enterprise Agreement customers), and pay-as-you-go per active user per app through Azure. Each per-user license accrues Dataverse database and file capacity to the tenant pool, with extra capacity sold by the gigabyte; daily Power Platform request limits are set per license type, with the per-app and pay-as-you-go tiers receiving a fraction of the per-user allowance; flows are included only in the context of the app, and standalone automation needs its own Power Automate license; external users come through Power Pages capacity packs licensed per authenticated user per month; AI runs on AI Builder credits until November 1, 2026 and on Copilot Credits after that. On G2, Power Apps holds 4.3 out of 5 across 570 reviews, with "steep learning curve" (75), "slow performance" (71), "expensive" (61) and "licensing issues" (44) as the most-cited dislikes, and "ease of use" (152) and Microsoft 365 integration (103) as the most-cited likes. Power Apps is the stronger choice for organizations standardized on Microsoft 365 that have makers or a partner and need Dataverse, Teams and Dynamics 365 integration with Microsoft's compliance portfolio; Jestor is the stronger choice when an operations team of 5 to 500 people wants a system that runs the business, built for them, with no per-user, per-app or per-request meter. Below, dimension by dimension.
| Dimension | Jestor | Power Apps |
|---|---|---|
| Users | Unlimited on every plan, flat price | Per user (unlimited apps, volume tier for large purchases), per app where still sold, or pay-as-you-go per active user per app via Azure. Every person who runs an app needs one of these; users with only Microsoft 365 can run apps that use standard connectors only |
| Best for | Operations teams (5 to 500 people) that want a running system for CRM, back office, field ops and approvals, built for them, without makers or a platform team | Organizations standardized on Microsoft 365 with citizen developers, IT or a partner, building internal apps on Dataverse, SharePoint and Teams at enterprise scale |
| Who builds it | Jestor's team builds the initial system (setup included) and reviews it on a fixed recurring cadence | Your makers, IT or a Microsoft partner. G2 reviewers report that building anything meaningful still requires formulas, logic and data connections (Senior Specialist, Software Engineering, February 2026) and that complex workflows need technical understanding (Product Design Manager, May 2026) |
| Changing the system | By prompt from Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT or any MCP client, or by Jestor's team at the next review. Changes are edits, not rewrites | Makers edit screens, Power Fx formulas, Dataverse tables and security roles in the studio, then save and publish; Copilot generates screens and tables from prompts; solutions move between environments through ALM pipelines |
| Data model | Native relational database with n:m, n:1 and 1:1 relations, lookups and roll-ups | Dataverse: relational tables with 1:N and N:N relationships, business rules, calculated and roll-up columns; SharePoint lists and Excel are common alternatives with delegation limits (500 records by default when queries are not delegable, per a G2 reviewer, Senior Ads Analyst, April 2026) |
| Automations | 380+ native automations, conditional kanban stages, SLAs, email and WhatsApp agents, OCR; Python, .NET and PHP for custom logic | Power Automate cloud flows in the app's context included; standalone flows, desktop RPA and process mining under separate Power Automate per-user or per-bot licenses |
| Permissions | Field-level permissions on all plans; who sees vs who edits per field | Dataverse security roles, business units, row-level sharing and column-level security profiles; SharePoint-based apps inherit SharePoint permissions |
| External users | Included; clients and suppliers get portals and forms at no seat cost | Power Pages capacity packs licensed per authenticated user per month (packs of 100) and per anonymous user (packs of 500), with a minimum per environment; guests in canvas apps need a Power Apps license |
| Apps and interfaces | Kanbans, tables, forms, docs, dashboards, app pages, mobile app; no coding | Canvas apps (pixel-level design, Power Fx), model-driven apps (forms and views over Dataverse), Power Pages sites, Teams-embedded apps, Power Apps mobile |
| AI | Chat-to-App, Ask Your Data, MCP server, agents for email, WhatsApp and documents; AI inherits the user's permissions and writes to the same audit trail as humans | Copilot in Power Apps for building screens and tables; AI Builder for document processing and OCR (credits retired November 1, 2026, replaced by Copilot Credits); Copilot Studio agents licensed by tenant with a monthly message pool; Dataverse MCP server for agents to read and write data |
| Reporting | Dashboards and metrics built in; Power BI and Looker connectors | Power BI (licensed separately per user or by capacity); model-driven dashboards and charts |
| API | REST API and webhooks included; no fee to export | Dataverse Web API and connectors; daily request limits per user by license type; extra daily requests sold as an add-on |
| Pricing model | One flat monthly price for the whole company, unlimited users, setup included; 30-day guarantee | Per-user, per-app or pay-as-you-go licenses, plus Dataverse capacity, Power Automate, Power Pages, Copilot Credits and Power BI as separate lines; free Developer Plan for non-production |
| Usage model | Every plan starts with an allowance for records and automation runs and grows with add-ons; when you need more, you activate an add-on for that resource without changing plan; users stay unlimited | Dataverse database and file capacity accrue per license and pool at tenant level, extra by the gigabyte; daily requests per user by license type; Developer Plan limited to non-production environments; Copilot Studio metered by monthly message pool |
| Security | SOC 2 Type I and Type II, LGPD, annual pentest | Microsoft Trust Center portfolio (ISO 27001, SOC 1/2/3, HIPAA, FedRAMP, GDPR); Entra ID, conditional access, customer-managed keys and Customer Lockbox with Microsoft 365 E5-class licenses; managed environments included with paid plans |
| Ownership and exit | Your data exports to CSV and via API at any time, no fee | Dataverse data exports to Excel, CSV, Azure Synapse Link and the Web API; apps export as solutions that run only on Power Platform |
Power Apps data from learn.microsoft.com (Power Platform licensing FAQs, Requests limits and allocations, Pay-as-you-go plan) and G2, accessed September 17, 2026. Features, plans and licensing change; verify with each vendor. Jestor data from jestor.com/ai, jestor.com/main-features and jestor.com/security.
Three reasons
We build it. You use it.
"Steep learning curve" is the most-cited dislike on G2 for Power Apps (75 reviews, September 2026). A Senior Specialist in Software Engineering wrote in February 2026 that the platform is "marketed as low-code, but to build anything meaningful, you still need to understand formulas." Power Apps assumes a maker, an IT team or a partner. Jestor's team builds your system during setup and keeps evolving it on a fixed recurring cadence.
Change the system with a sentence.
Power Apps has Copilot to generate screens and tables, and Dataverse exposes an MCP server so agents can read and write data. Changing the app itself still means a maker in the studio editing Power Fx formulas, security roles and flows, then saving and publishing; a Software Engineer noted in March 2026 that even small changes require republishing and waiting for updates to appear. Jestor exposes the whole system through MCP, so you can change a workflow, a field or an automation from Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT or any MCP client. The AI only sees what you are allowed to see, and every change, human or AI, lands in one audit trail.
Why unlimited users matter
Jestor includes unlimited users on all plans, at one flat price. Everyone involved in a process can have their own login, from the operations team to field staff, customers and partners. Permissions control what each person sees and edits. Per-seat pricing pushes companies to leave people out. The workarounds that follow, like shared passwords, public links and side tools, cost more in security, traceability and money than the seats they save.
Everyone in, nobody left out
Every employee can use the system, not just the few who justify a seat. Field-level permissions decide what each person can see and edit, so giving more people access doesn't mean giving everyone access to everything.
No more public links
When every user costs extra, teams share data through public links to avoid buying seats. Anyone holding the link can open it, it can be forwarded, and there is usually no way to know who opened it. When everyone has a login, access is tied to a person and can be revoked.
No more shared logins
A shared login turns five people into one user. You lose track of who created, edited or deleted each record. When someone leaves the company, the only safe move is to change the password for everyone. Individual users keep a clear history of who did what, and you can remove one person's access without affecting anyone else.
Easier to meet security standards
Security frameworks like SOC 2 rely on three core controls: unique user identification, least-privilege access and fast offboarding. Those controls also support the safeguards LGPD requires. Shared credentials and open links work against all three. Jestor is SOC 2 Type I and Type II compliant, and unlimited users make it practical to keep those controls in place for everyone.
Customers and partners get access too
Clients, suppliers and partners can log in to follow requests, submit information or approve steps. They see only what their permissions allow. There are no extra seats to budget for and no separate portal tool to buy.
The real cost is the people left out
The per-seat price is only part of the bill. When some people stay out, work moves to spreadsheets, email and WhatsApp, and data gets retyped. Companies often end up paying for a second tool to cover the people without access. A flat price removes the trade-off between cost and adoption.
The system works better when everyone is in it
Features built around people only work when the people are there. You can mention anyone in a chat, assign tasks and approvals to the right person, and send SLAs and notifications to whoever owns each step. The audit trail then shows who did what. Jestor's AI also follows each user's permissions, which only works when each person has their own user.
Which one should you pick?
Choose Power Apps if
Your company is standardized on Microsoft 365 and Teams, you have makers, IT or a partner to build and maintain apps, you need Dataverse, Dynamics 365 or Azure integration, or procurement requires Microsoft's compliance portfolio (ISO 27001, HIPAA, FedRAMP).
Choose Jestor if
You want the system built for you, your whole company and your clients need access without per-user or per-app licenses, you want automations, storage and API requests inside one predictable price, or you want to change the system by prompt instead of opening the maker studio.
FAQ
Is Power Apps a database?
No. Power Apps is the app layer; the database is Microsoft Dataverse, a relational store with tables, relationships and column-level security that requires a paid Power Apps license and is metered by capacity accrued per license and bought by the gigabyte. Many Power Apps run on SharePoint lists or Excel instead, with delegation limits. Jestor is a relational database and an operations system in one, so the data, the workflows and the interfaces live in the same place.
What is the difference between Jestor and Power Apps?
Power Apps is a low-code toolkit: your makers build apps on Dataverse or Microsoft 365 data, and every user who runs an app pays a license, with storage, requests, flows and AI metered separately. Jestor is a no-code operations system where Jestor's team builds and maintains the system, every plan has unlimited users at a flat price, and changes are made by prompt through MCP.
Is Jestor a Power Apps alternative?
For operations teams that want a running system without makers or a platform team, yes. Power Apps remains the better fit for organizations standardized on Microsoft 365 that need Dataverse, Teams and Dynamics 365 integration, 1,400+ connectors, a free developer plan, or Microsoft's enterprise compliance portfolio.
Does Power Apps have unlimited users?
No. Every user who runs an app needs a per-user Power Apps license, a per-app license where still sold, or a pay-as-you-go charge per active user per app. Users with only Microsoft 365 can run apps that use standard connectors, not Dataverse or premium connectors. Jestor includes unlimited users of every kind on every plan.
Does Power Apps have granular permissions?
Yes, on Dataverse: security roles, business units, row-level sharing and column-level security profiles, managed by administrators in the Power Platform admin center. Apps built on SharePoint lists inherit SharePoint permissions. Jestor sets who sees and who edits each field directly on the data model, on all plans.
Does Power Apps have approvals and automations?
Yes, through Power Automate. Flows that run in the context of the app are included in the Power Apps license; standalone flows, desktop RPA and process mining require separate Power Automate per-user or per-bot licenses. Jestor ships approvals, conditional kanban stages, SLAs and 380+ native automations with an allowance that grows by add-on rather than by license.
Who builds the system in Jestor?
Jestor's team. Setup is included, and the system is reviewed and evolved on a fixed recurring cadence. You can also change it yourself by prompt from any MCP client.
Can I customize Jestor as much as Power Apps?
Not at the pixel and formula level. Power Apps canvas apps give makers control over every screen with Power Fx, plus custom connectors and code components. Jestor covers custom logic with Python, .NET and PHP inside automations, and everything else through configuration and prompts. If your requirement is a pixel-perfect custom app inside Teams, Power Apps is the better tool.
How does the Power Apps pricing model compare to Jestor's?
Power Apps is licensed per user, per app or per active user per app, with Dataverse capacity, Power Automate, Power Pages, Copilot Credits and Power BI as separate lines, and a free Developer Plan for non-production. Jestor charges one flat monthly price for the whole company, with unlimited users, setup included, usage that grows by add-on rather than by plan change, and a 30-day guarantee. For a small internal app inside an existing Microsoft 365 tenant, Power Apps is usually cheaper; for a company-wide or client-facing operation, a flat price is usually lower and predictable.
Can I import my Power Apps data into Jestor?
Yes for the data: Dataverse tables export to Excel and CSV or are read through the Web API, and SharePoint lists export directly, so data can be loaded into Jestor tables or through Jestor's API. Canvas apps, Power Fx formulas and flows are not portable; Jestor's team rebuilds the workflows during setup.
Is Jestor secure?
Jestor is SOC 2 Type I and Type II certified, LGPD compliant and runs an annual penetration test. Field-level permissions, MFA and audit trail are included on all plans. Power Apps runs on Microsoft's compliance portfolio (ISO 27001, SOC, HIPAA, FedRAMP, GDPR) with Entra ID; if you need those certifications, Microsoft has them and Jestor does not claim them.
Who owns the data?
You do, in both. Jestor exports to CSV and via API at any time, with no fee. Dataverse data exports to Excel, CSV, Azure Synapse Link and the Web API; the apps themselves run only on Power Platform.
What's included in each Jestor plan?
Jestor has no hard limits and no cap on users. Each plan comes with a starting allowance for records and automation runs, and you expand it with add-ons instead of switching plans. Add-ons can be activated or deactivated at any time, so the price grows with the resource you actually consume, not with headcount.
Can Jestor and Power Apps work together?
Yes. Jestor exposes a REST API and webhooks, and Power Automate's HTTP connector or a custom connector can read and write Jestor data, so a Teams-based Power App can surface Jestor records and a Jestor automation can trigger a flow. Teams often keep Power Apps for Microsoft 365-native utilities and run the operational system of record in Jestor.
Sources and legal
Jestor is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Microsoft Corporation. "Microsoft", "Power Apps", "Power Platform", "Dataverse" and "Microsoft 365" are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies. Information about Power Apps comes from learn.microsoft.com and G2, current as of September 17, 2026. Features, plans and licensing change frequently; verify current offerings directly with each vendor. Provided as is, without warranty, for informational purposes.
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