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title: "Power Automate lists 1,572 connectors; 1,396 of them need the Premium seat"
summary: "TechBag's count of Microsoft's connector reference, set against Zapier, Make and n8n catalogues: what a low-code workflow can reach, and on which licence. September 2026."
url: https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/role-low-code-platforms-workflow-automation
format: Note
desk: "SaaS & business software"
published: 2026-05-27
facts_checked: 2026-09-30
author: TechBag (The TechBag Journal)
tags: ["low-code","workflow automation","Power Automate","connectors","Zapier","Make","n8n","Ezofis","pricing","DPDP","CERT-In"]
cover: https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/covers/role-low-code-platforms-workflow-automation.png
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# Power Automate lists 1,572 connectors; 1,396 of them need the Premium seat

*TechBag's count of Microsoft's connector reference, set against Zapier, Make and n8n catalogues: what a low-code workflow can reach, and on which licence. September 2026.*

Note · SaaS & business software · By TechBag · Published 2026-05-27 · Facts checked 2026-09-30 · Canonical: https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/role-low-code-platforms-workflow-automation

A low-code workflow is only as useful as the systems it can reach, and on Microsoft’s platform almost all of that reach is paid for: of 1,572 connectors Microsoft lists for Power Automate, 1,396 are Premium.[1] The 2024 version of this piece asked what role low-code platforms play in workflow automation and answered with one vendor’s brochure. The answer a buyer can use is that the platform’s role is the connector catalogue, and the first thing to check is whether the connectors your workflow needs come with the licence you already have.

## The catalogue is the product

Every workflow tool sells the same thing in different sizes: prebuilt connections to other applications’ APIs. Zapier said it connected more than 9,000 apps; Make said over 3,000; n8n’s directory listed 2,192 integrations; Microsoft’s Power Automate page said more than 1,400 prebuilt, certified connectors.[2] [3] [4] [5] Microsoft is the only one of the four whose full list marks which connectors a cheaper licence can use, so we counted it.

**Figure: Power Automate lists 1,572 connectors, but only 176 work without a Premium seat**

*Connectors or apps each platform says it reaches, and TechBag's count of Power Automate's connector reference by tier, September 2026*

Zapier, apps claimed

“9,000+”

9,000

Make, apps claimed

“over 3,000”

3,000

n8n, integrations listed

directory count

2,192

Power Automate, all connectors

TechBag count

1,572

Power Automate, standard only

usable without Premium

176

|  | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Zapier, apps claimed | 9,000 |
| Make, apps claimed | 3,000 |
| n8n, integrations listed | 2,192 |
| Power Automate, all connectors | 1,572 |
| Power Automate, standard only | 176 |

Source: Microsoft Learn connector reference (Internet Archive, 1 September 2026); Zapier, Make, n8n and Microsoft pages (Internet Archive, 20 to 29 September 2026) · as of 30 September 2026 · Zapier and Make are the vendors' own rounded claims, n8n its directory's count; they count apps, not connectors. Power Automate rows are TechBag counts

TechBag countTechBag count

Microsoft Learn’s connector reference listed 1,589 connectors on 1 September 2026; 1,572 carried the Power Automate mark, and 1,396 of those also carried the Premium mark, which leaves 176 standard connectors, about 11%. Only 254 of the 1,572 are published by Microsoft; the rest are built by the vendors at the other end or by third parties.[1]

## What the licence decides

Microsoft’s licensing page draws the line plainly. Work and school accounts get cloud flows on standard connectors free, without sharing; Premium, at US$15 a user a month paid yearly, unlocks premium and custom connectors and one attended desktop bot.[6] [7] A standard connector reaches Outlook, SharePoint or Teams; a CRM, a database or an HTTP call to your own system is usually Premium. Where no connector exists at all, the workflow falls back to a bot that drives the screen, and that is billed per bot, not per user: our [note on RPA pricing](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/role-rpa-interactions) sets out that gap.

Our view

Our view: before you choose a platform, list the five systems your first workflow must touch and look each one up in the vendor’s catalogue. If any of them is Premium on Power Automate, budget the seat for every person who will own or run the flow. If none has a connector anywhere, ask that system’s vendor for an API before buying a robot.

The vendor our 2024 post profiled, Ezofis, offers a 14-day trial on its homepage and prints no price there.[8] The question for it, and for any low-code workflow tool, is the same: which of my systems does it reach, and on which meter? Our [runs-per-plan comparison](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/empower-no-code-solutions-save-time-money) and [seat-price survey](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/top-10-low-code-solutions-smbs-streamline) cover the meters.[9][10]

## Buying it in India

Power Automate lists in US dollars and is invoiced in INR through a reseller. At the ₹83 to the dollar TechBag’s guides use, Premium is about ₹1,245 a user a month, or ₹1,469 with 18% GST; ten flow owners cost about ₹14,690 a month with tax.[7] A flow that copies customer records between systems is processing personal data, and each connection’s stored credential is part of the security safeguard the DPDP Rules, notified on 13 November 2025, bring into force on 13 May 2027.[11] CERT-In’s Directions of 28 April 2022 already require ICT logs kept for 180 days within India and incidents reported within six hours, and a workflow’s sign-ins belong in those logs.[12]

How we did this

Figures as of 30 September 2026

TechBag counted the connector table on Microsoft Learn’s connector reference in the Internet Archive copy captured on 1 September 2026: every entry carrying the Power Automate icon, then those also carrying the Premium icon. Connectors in preview were counted as listed. Zapier’s, Make’s and Microsoft’s catalogue sizes are the rounded claims on their own pages, and n8n’s is the count its integrations directory printed, in Internet Archive copies of 20 to 29 September 2026; they count different things and are shown for scale. The Premium price is Microsoft’s US list, paid yearly; rupee figures convert at ₹83 to the dollar and add 18% GST, for scale, not a quote. Ezofis’s homepage is undated, so its trial and the absence of a price are as found, not as of a date.

Spotted an error? Write to us; corrections are published at the foot of the piece.

Sources

1. [Microsoft Learn, List of all connectors (connector reference), Internet Archive copy; TechBag count of Power Automate and Premium marks](https://web.archive.org/web/20260901183740/https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/connectors/connector-reference/) — captured 1 September 2026
2. [Zapier, Apps directory (“connects more than 9,000 apps”), Internet Archive copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260929010711/https://zapier.com/apps) — captured 29 September 2026
3. [Make, Integrations (“Explore over 3,000 apps”), Internet Archive copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260923033544/https://www.make.com/en/integrations) — captured 23 September 2026
4. [n8n, Integrations directory (“2192 integrations”), Internet Archive copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260920113141/https://n8n.io/integrations/) — captured 20 September 2026
5. [Microsoft, Power Automate product page (“more than 1,400 prebuilt, certified connectors”), Internet Archive copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260929120203/https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/products/power-automate/) — captured 29 September 2026
6. [Microsoft Learn, Types of Power Automate licenses](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/admin/power-automate-licensing/types) — updated 22 September 2026
7. [Microsoft, Power Automate pricing (Premium US$15 per user per month, paid yearly), Internet Archive copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260929055623/https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/products/power-automate/pricing) — captured 29 September 2026
8. [Ezofis, homepage (14-day free trial; no price on the page)](https://www.ezofis.com/) — undated
9. [TechBag blog, One five-step workflow: 187 runs a month on Zapier’s entry plan, 2,000 on Make’s](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/empower-no-code-solutions-save-time-money) — facts as of 30 September 2026
10. [TechBag blog, 8 of 10 low-code platforms print a price; only 2 print every tier](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/top-10-low-code-solutions-smbs-streamline) — facts as of 30 September 2026
11. [MeitY, Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 (G.S.R. 846(E))](https://www.meity.gov.in/static/uploads/2025/11/53450e6e5dc0bfa85ebd78686cadad39.pdf) — 13 November 2025
12. [CERT-In, Directions under section 70B(6) of the IT Act (six-hour reporting, 180-day logs in India)](https://www.cert-in.org.in/Directions70B.jsp) — 28 April 2022

**Disclosure.** TechBag is a software reseller: it earns a margin when a reader buys through it, including from vendors named here. The analysis is TechBag’s own; no vendor paid for or saw this piece before publication. Facts are labelled reported, TechBag count or our view.

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