Best for
Best for teams on Google Workspace that want mobile and web apps over data already sitting in spreadsheets and cloud databases.
- Small and mid-sized
- Enterprise
AI App Builders Comparison
AppSheet vs. Microsoft Power Apps
At a glance
At a glance
Best for
Best for organisations already inside a Microsoft 365 tenant that want governed business apps built on their existing data.
- Small and mid-sized
- Enterprise
Cataleo does not name a winner. Both statements come from the vendors themselves.
Full Comparison
| Criterion | AppSheet | Microsoft Power Apps |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | lower value Free for prototyping; paid plans from $5 / user / month Starter $5, Core $10 and Enterprise Plus $20 per user per month. Core is included with most paid Google Workspace plans. Publisher Pro is priced per app instead, at $50 per app per month, and serves unlimited users. | Free Developer Plan; Power Apps Premium from $22 / user / month Annual billing. Premium falls to $14 per user per month with a 2,000 seat minimum. Extra Dataverse database capacity is $40 per GB per month, and Copilot Studio is bought separately as pre-purchased credit units. |
| Free trial | Free plan with full platform access for prototyping with up to 10 test users, with no time limit stated | Free Power Apps Developer Plan for non-production use; separately a 30-day trial of the per-user plan, extendable twice to 90 days |
| Output | Mobile and web business apps plus automations such as email, SMS and push notifications | Canvas and model-driven business apps that run in a browser and in the Power Apps mobile app on phone and tablet |
| API | Yes, a REST API for reading and writing table records in an app | Yes, Dataverse and Power Platform developer APIs, plus prebuilt and custom connectors |
| Hosting | Google cloud | Microsoft cloud, managed per environment from the Power Platform admin center |
| What it generates | Mobile and web business apps for work such as operations, field work, HR, sales and project management, plus automations sending email, SMS and push notifications; Gemini for App Creation generates the app from a described business process, proposing tables and columns before building | Canvas and model-driven business apps plus Power Pages sites; Copilot generates the Dataverse tables and relationships from a description, and Plans turns a use case in natural language, with images such as process flows, into a solution blueprint |
| Stack and frameworks | No-code throughout: apps are configured in AppSheet's editor rather than written in a framework, and logic is extended with Google Apps Script functions and the REST API | No hand-written framework code: canvas apps are laid out in Power Apps Studio, model-driven apps are generated from the data model. Developers extend them with JavaScript on the client, Azure functions and plug-ins on the server, custom connectors and virtual tables |
| Auth and database | Runs on existing data rather than its own: Google Sheets and Drive, Microsoft 365 and hosted Excel, Cloud SQL, Azure SQL, BigQuery, Salesforce, Dropbox, Smartsheet, OData, Apigee and REST APIs, with an AppSheet database included. Row limits per database scale with the plan, from 5 databases of 2,500 rows on Starter to 200 databases of 200,000 rows on Enterprise Plus. Enterprise data service connections and the stronger security, team management and governance controls are Enterprise Plus, which needs a Google Workspace administrator account | Microsoft Dataverse as the built-in database, or connectors to SharePoint, Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, SQL Server and on-premises sources; identity, environments, data loss prevention policies and auditing are administered centrally in the Power Platform admin center |
| Hosting and deploy | Google cloud only, with apps published to end users rather than deployed to infrastructure; there is no self-hosted option | Runs on Microsoft's cloud only, organised into environments; a US Government cloud meets FedRAMP High and DoD DISA IL2, and there is no self-hosted option |
| Payments | No built-in payments. No payment provider appears among the external services AppSheet documents, so a provider has to be reached like any other API, through a REST data source or a webhook step in an automation | No checkout of its own; a Stripe connector is available in the connector library to work with customers, orders and invoices, and Power Pages has a separate payments integration |
| Access to the code | Apps live in AppSheet rather than as an exportable codebase; Apps Script and the REST API are the extension points | Apps live in the platform rather than as an exportable codebase; they move between environments as solutions, and code enters through JavaScript, plug-ins and custom connectors rather than by exporting what was generated |
| Deployment | Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based | Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based |
| Support | Email helpdesk | Not stated |
| Onboarding | Documentation and knowledge base | more entries Documentation and knowledge base, Video tutorials |
| Company size | Small and mid-sized, Enterprise | Small and mid-sized, Enterprise |
| Integrations | more entries Google Sheets, Google Drive, Google Apps Script, BigQuery, Cloud SQL, Microsoft 365, Azure SQL, Salesforce, Dropbox, Smartsheet, OData, Apigee | Microsoft Dataverse, SharePoint, Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, SQL Server, Stripe, Microsoft Copilot Studio, Power Automate |
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The short version
Key Differences
- Starting price AppSheet Free for prototyping; paid plans from $5 / user / month Microsoft Power Apps Free Developer Plan; Power Apps Premium from $22 / user / month
- Free trial AppSheet Free plan with full platform access for prototyping with up to 10 test users, with no time limit stated Microsoft Power Apps Free Power Apps Developer Plan for non-production use; separately a 30-day trial of the per-user plan, extendable twice to 90 days
- Hosting AppSheet Google cloud Microsoft Power Apps Microsoft cloud, managed per environment from the Power Platform admin center
- Output AppSheet Mobile and web business apps plus automations such as email, SMS and push notifications Microsoft Power Apps Canvas and model-driven business apps that run in a browser and in the Power Apps mobile app on phone and tablet
- API AppSheet Yes, a REST API for reading and writing table records in an app Microsoft Power Apps Yes, Dataverse and Power Platform developer APIs, plus prebuilt and custom connectors
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The trade-offs
Strengths and Limitations
AppSheet
Strengths
- Gemini app creation is included in every paid licence rather than charged separately
- Starts from data a company already keeps, including non-Google sources such as Microsoft 365, Azure SQL and Salesforce
- Core is bundled with most paid Google Workspace plans, so many organisations already hold the licence
- Free tier has full platform access for prototyping with no stated time limit
Limitations
- Google cloud only, with no self-hosted option
- Apps are not an exportable codebase, so leaving the platform means rebuilding
- Enterprise data connections, machine learning modelling and the governance controls are Enterprise Plus only, and need a Workspace administrator account
- Database row limits are tied to the plan, so heavier data pushes the tier up
Microsoft Power Apps
Strengths
- Copilot builds the Dataverse data model, not just the screens, and keeps editing it conversationally
- Connects to SharePoint, Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365 and SQL Server through prebuilt connectors, so existing data stays where it is
- Central governance for environments, data loss prevention, access and auditing across the whole tenant
- Free Developer Plan with Dataverse for learning and non-production work
Limitations
- Microsoft cloud only, with no self-hosted option
- What gets built is not an exportable codebase, so leaving the platform means rebuilding
- Copilot app generation depends on Dataverse access and is limited by region availability
- Priced per user per month, so cost tracks how many colleagues run the app rather than how many apps exist
Plans
Pricing
AppSheet
- Free $0 Full platform access for prototyping with up to 10 test users. No time limit stated.
- Starter $5 Per user per month. Basic application and automation features, spreadsheet and cloud file storage connections, 5 AppSheet databases of 2,500 rows each.
- Core $10 Per user per month. Advanced application and automation features, application security controls, email support, 10 databases of 2,500 rows each. Included with most paid Google Workspace plans.
- Enterprise Plus $20 Per user per month. Adds enterprise data service connections to APIs, SaaS and databases, enhanced security, team management and governance, machine learning modelling, priority support and 200 databases of 200,000 rows each. Requires a Google Workspace administrator account.
- Publisher Pro $50 Per app per month rather than per user. For publicly accessible apps that need no sign-in, with unlimited users per app and the Core feature set.
Microsoft Power Apps
- Power Apps Developer Plan $0 Three developer environments, prebuilt and custom connectors, 2 GB Dataverse database and 750 flows a month. For building and testing, not for production.
- Power Apps Premium $22 Per user per month on annual billing. Unlimited Power Apps and Power Pages for the assigned user, prebuilt and custom connectors, 250 MB database and 2 GB file capacity, agentic features in model-driven apps and Microsoft 365 Copilot chat.
- Power Apps Premium, 2,000+ seats $14 Per user per month on annual billing at volume, with a 2,000 seat minimum. Same features as standard Premium.
What users say
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AppSheet
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Microsoft Power Apps
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Where this comes from
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