Build apps, automate workflows, analyse data, and create portals — all with low-code tools that empower every team to solve their own business problems.
Microsoft Power Platform is a suite of four low-code tools that enable organisations to build custom apps, automate business processes, visualise data, and create external-facing portals — all connected to Microsoft Dataverse and the wider Microsoft ecosystem. Power Platform bridges the gap between what IT can deliver and what business teams need, enabling citizen developers while maintaining enterprise governance.
Every organisation that uses Microsoft 365 or Dynamics 365. Business teams that need custom apps but cannot wait for IT backlogs. Operations teams drowning in manual, repetitive processes. Analysts who need self-service BI without writing SQL. Organisations that want to extend D365 functionality without expensive custom development.
Build canvas and model-driven apps with Dataverse, on-premises, or third-party data. Includes Copilot for app generation from natural language descriptions.
Create cloud flows, desktop flows (RPA), and business process flows. Includes AI Builder for document processing, form recognition, and prediction.
Create interactive reports and dashboards with 500+ data connectors. Includes Copilot for natural language report creation and AI-powered anomaly detection.
Build responsive, data-driven websites for customers, partners, and employees. Includes authentication, role-based access, and Dataverse integration.
Power Platform licensing is flexible, with per-user and per-app/per-flow options. Many Microsoft 365 and Dynamics 365 licences already include Power Platform entitlements. Veriland Consulting helps you understand what you already have and what you need to add.
| Feature | Per User Plan | Per App / Per Flow Plan | Premium / Capacity Plan |
|---|---|---|---|
| Power Apps | ~£15/user/month | ~£4/app/user/month | N/A |
| Power Automate | ~£11/user/month | ~£75/flow/month | N/A |
| Power BI Pro | ~£7.50/user/month | N/A | N/A |
| Power BI Premium | N/A | N/A | ~£3,750/capacity/month |
| Power Pages | N/A | N/A | From ~£150/site/month |
| AI Builder | Add-on credits | Add-on credits | Included in some plans |
| Dataverse Storage | Included (limited) | Included (limited) | Additional capacity available |
| Copilot Features |
Prices are approximate and subject to Microsoft licensing terms. Many D365 and M365 licences include Power Platform entitlements. Contact us for a tailored quote.
Tip: Check your existing M365 and D365 licences — you may already have Power Apps and Power Automate entitlements included. Get a licensing assessment from Veriland.
The low-code platform market is crowded. Here is how Microsoft Power Platform compares with other popular platforms used by UK organisations.
| Feature | Power Platform | Salesforce Platform | ServiceNow App Engine | Mendix | OutSystems |
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| Citizen Developer Friendly | |||||
| Total Cost of Ownership | Lower | Higher | Higher | Mid | Mid |
Comparison based on publicly available feature information. Individual capabilities may vary by edition.
Power Platform enables you to modernise legacy tools and manual processes with low-code alternatives that are faster to build, easier to maintain, and fully integrated with your Microsoft ecosystem.
Rebuild legacy desktop and web applications as modern Power Apps with cloud data storage, mobile access, and integration with your Microsoft ecosystem.
Migrate Access databases to Dataverse-backed Power Apps with proper relational data design, multi-user support, and enterprise security.
Digitise paper-based and email-driven processes with Power Apps for data capture and Power Automate for workflow orchestration.
Replace manual spreadsheet reports with interactive Power BI dashboards connected to live data sources for real-time visibility.
Veriland provides full migration support including data assessment, application redesign, user training, and phased rollout to minimise disruption. Discuss your migration with us.
Power Platform connects to over 1,000 data sources and services out of the box. From D365 and SharePoint to Salesforce, SAP, and custom REST APIs, Power Platform can integrate with virtually any system in your landscape.
Power Platform delivers value across every business function. Here are the most common solution areas by team type.
Custom inspection apps, approval workflows, incident reporting, and task management built on Power Apps and Power Automate.
Budget tracking dashboards, expense approval flows, reconciliation tools, and financial reporting with Power BI.
Employee onboarding apps, leave request workflows, training management, and HR analytics dashboards.
Customer self-service portals, partner extranets, support ticket portals, and community engagement sites with Power Pages.
Veriland Consulting helps UK organisations unlock the full potential of Microsoft Power Platform — from initial assessment to enterprise-scale citizen development programmes.
Assess your existing Power Platform entitlements, identify high-impact use cases, and evaluate your organisation's readiness for citizen development.
Design Power Apps, Power Automate flows, Power BI reports, or Power Pages sites to meet your specific business requirements with scalable architecture.
Build, test, and deploy solutions using ALM best practices with environment management, version control, and automated deployment pipelines.
Train citizen developers, establish governance policies, and set up Centre of Excellence (CoE) toolkit for ongoing platform management.
“Veriland helped us replace five legacy Access databases with Power Apps in three months. Our team can now access data on mobile, workflows are automated, and IT has full governance visibility.”
Head of IT, Head of IT at UK Manufacturing Company
Microsoft Power Platform is a suite of four low-code tools: Power Apps (custom apps), Power Automate (workflow automation), Power BI (business intelligence), and Power Pages (external portals). Together, they enable organisations to build solutions rapidly without traditional development.
Most Microsoft 365 and Dynamics 365 licences include some Power Platform entitlements. For example, M365 E3 includes Power Apps for Microsoft 365, and D365 licences include usage rights for Power Apps and Power Automate within D365. Veriland can audit your existing entitlements.
Canvas apps provide a blank canvas with pixel-perfect design control, ideal for mobile and task-specific apps. Model-driven apps are built on top of Dataverse with auto-generated forms, views, and dashboards, ideal for data-rich business applications with complex relationships.
Yes. Power Apps is designed for citizen developers — business users with no coding background. The drag-and-drop designer, pre-built templates, and Copilot AI make it accessible. Veriland provides training programmes and governance frameworks to enable safe citizen development.
Power Automate includes desktop flows (RPA) that can automate tasks in legacy desktop applications that do not have APIs. Attended flows run with user interaction, while unattended flows run autonomously on virtual machines. This is useful for automating data entry in older systems.
Power BI is consistently ranked as a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Analytics and BI Platforms. It offers a lower total cost of ownership than Tableau or Qlik, with native integration across the Microsoft ecosystem and Copilot AI for natural language analytics.
Dataverse is the underlying data platform for Power Platform and Dynamics 365. It provides a secure, scalable, cloud-based data store with built-in business logic, security roles, and APIs. All Power Apps, Automate flows, and D365 apps share data through Dataverse.
Yes. Power Pages can build secure, external-facing websites for customers, partners, and suppliers. It includes authentication, role-based access, data forms, and integration with Dataverse. Common use cases include customer self-service portals, partner extranets, and application forms.
Microsoft provides the Centre of Excellence (CoE) toolkit for Power Platform governance. It includes environment management, DLP policies, usage analytics, and app lifecycle management. Veriland helps organisations set up governance frameworks that enable innovation while maintaining security.
Simple Power Apps can be built in days. More complex, data-rich applications typically take 2 to 6 weeks. Enterprise-grade solutions with multiple integrations, custom connectors, and advanced security may take 6 to 12 weeks. Veriland follows agile delivery practices for all Power Platform projects.
Abel & Cole upgraded from Dynamics AX 2012 to D365 Finance & Operations in 15 working days under Veriland's fixed-scope delivery model — one of the fastest ERP upgrades at this scale.
Browne Jacobson deployed Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations as the backbone of their Matter Management System — giving fee earners, partners, and finance teams a unified view of matters, costs, and profitability.
H2O America partnered with Veriland to unify fragmented operational data and deploy AI-driven predictive maintenance — reducing unplanned outages by 40%, cutting alert noise by 5x, and transforming asset reliability across critical water infrastructure.
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