Premium RPA features
This article lists the premium robotic process automation (RPA) features and benefits that are included in the Power Automate Premium plan (previously Power Automate per user with attended RPA) and are available to organization premium accounts.
Premium feature list
| Feature/Benefit | Description | Additional information |
|---|---|---|
| Automatic triggering/scheduling and integration with cloud flows | Trigger/schedule attended or unattended desktop flow runs from cloud flows. Integrate with cloud flows and connect to hundreds of cloud apps and services. | Learn how to trigger desktop flows from cloud flows |
| Flow triggering via desktop shortcut | Trigger local attended desktop flows through their desktop shortcuts. | Learn how to trigger a desktop flow via shortcut |
| Flow triggering via URL | Trigger local attended desktop flows through their run URLs from anywhere on your machine. | Learn how to trigger a desktop flow via URL |
| Flow triggering in Picture-in-Picture | Trigger attended desktop flows within a virtual window. | Learn how to trigger a desktop in Picture-in-Picture |
| Access to premium and custom connectors | Access all premium cloud connectors and create custom connectors. | Learn about premium connectors Learn about custom connectors |
| AI Builder capacity | Infuse AI into your cloud flows through custom or prebuilt models with AI Builder. | Learn about AI Builder |
| Access to process mining | Visualize and analyze your business processes with process mining. | Learn about process mining |
| Access to cloud connectors from desktop flows | Use cloud connectors directly in desktop flows. | Learn how to invoke the SharePoint cloud connector from desktop flows |
| Custom actions | Ability to use custom developed automation actions in desktop flows | Learn how to create and use custom actions in desktop flows |
| UI elements collections (preview) | Ability to create, share, and use groups of predefined UI elements in multiple desktop flows | Learn how to create and use UI elements collections in desktop flows |
| Sharing and collaboration | Share flows between team members and select access levels such as co-owner or user. View and manage the flows shared with you. | Learn how to share desktop flows |
| Access to multiple environments | Organize, store, and manage flows across multiple environments, and benefit from environment isolation and role-based access. | Learn about environments |
| Centralized flow management and reporting | Manage desktop flows and view their detailed run logs centrally from the Power Automate portal. | Learn how to manage desktop flows |
| Flow monitoring | Monitor all your desktop flow runs centrally from the Power Automate portal. | Learn about monitoring |
| Flow queues management | Monitor, manage, and visualize all your queued desktop flow runs and set priorities. | Learn about queues |
| Centralized bot orchestration and management | Manage the machines and machine groups that host your desktop flows and run unattended automation at scale with hosted RPA bots. | Learn about machine management |
| Desktop flow analytics | Access analytics for desktop flows in the Microsoft Power Platform admin center. | Learn about analytics |
| Customer support | Receive prompt technical assistance from a Microsoft support professional. | Power Automate support |
| Work queues | Use work queues to store, prioritize, distribute, and process work items. | Learn more about work queues |
Important
- Unattended desktop flow executions require the Power Automate Process plan (previously named Power Automate per flow).
- AI Builder is licensed as an add-on for existing subscription plans. A certain number of AI Builder credits are included in the Power Automate Premium plan (previously Power Automate per user with attended RPA).
Plans that provide entitlements for the premium RPA features
Trial plan
The Power Automate for desktop free trial plan is available for 90 days. Free users in an organization can sign up for this trial through the Start trial option found within the Go premium section of Power Automate for desktop or the desktop flows sections of the Power Automate portal. Free users are also prompted to start a trial while they attempt to add the Run a flow built with Power Automate for desktop action in a cloud flow.
Standalone plan
The Power Automate Premium plan (paid or trial, previously Power Automate per user with attended RPA) gives full access to all RPA premium features and benefits. Both Power Platform admins and individual users and makers can purchase licenses for Power Automate. You can find more information about purchasing Power Automate licenses in Buy Power Automate licenses.
Pay-as-you-go plan
Pay-as-you-go is a new way to pay for Power Automate using an Azure subscription. This allows you to get started building and sharing flows without any license commitment or upfront purchasing. Desktop flow users in a pay-as-you-go-enabled environment have access to most of the premium features listed above in the scope of that specific environment. You can find more information regarding the pay-as-you-go plan in Pay-as-you-go plan.