Microsoft Power Apps is a low-code platform for building internal business applications around an organization’s data. It suits workflows such as onboarding, inspections, asset tracking and service requests.
What it does Create visually designed canvas apps or data-led model-driven apps, with Copilot helping turn natural-language requirements into solutions. Connect Dataverse, SharePoint, SQL Server and other cloud or on-premises systems. Apps run in browsers and on phones or tablets; developers can extend them with code, connectors and business logic. Administration, environments and permissions sit within Microsoft Power Platform.
Pricing — checked 21 October 2026 (USD) The free Developer Plan is for building/testing, not production: three developer environments, 2GB database capacity and 750 monthly flows. Premium is $20/user/month paid yearly, or $12 with a 2,000-seat minimum, for unlimited apps within service limits. Each Premium license contributes 250MB database and 2GB file capacity, pooled across the tenant. Extra database storage is $40/GB/month paid yearly. Azure-based pay-as-you-go is another option. Copilot Studio agents require an Azure subscription and separately metered credits; other services and capacity can add costs.
Their story Microsoft brought Power Apps to general availability in 2016 following a public preview. Its original aim was to let business users build useful apps without traditional software development, closely integrating with SharePoint and the data platform now called Dataverse.