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ClickRuntime

Power Automate alternative

A Power Automate alternative without per-user licences

Power Automate Premium is priced per user, and premium and custom connectors need it. ClickRuntime is one plan per workspace with unlimited users, and works with any app that has an API.
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Per-user licences

10 × $15 = $150 / month

ClickRuntime · one plan for the workspace

Plus plan, annual = $32.50 / month

Why ClickRuntime

Why people move from Power Automate

  • One plan for everyone

    Plans are per workspace, not per user. Add the whole team without buying licences.

  • No premium connectors

    Any app with an API works the same way on every plan.

  • Built from the assistant you already use

    Ask in ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor or any MCP client. It already has your context, writes the automation, tests it and fixes it.

  • Any logic you can describe

    Automations are real code, so loops, branches, parsing, calculations and several APIs in one run are ordinary. You think in outcomes, not nodes.

  • State and versions built in

    Each automation remembers what it saw last time. Every change is a new version, and a deploy that fails never replaces the working one.

  • AI included

    Automations can classify, summarise and extract with a built-in AI model, no API key needed, including on the free plan.

No workflow builder

A 14-step workflow becomes one sentence

Workflow builders make you place every trigger, filter, branch and formatter yourself, then fix it when one breaks. Here you describe the result and your assistant writes the code.
The usual wayStep 9 failed
Shopify trigger
Filter > $500
CRM: find
Router
Path A: new
Path B: existing
Formatter
AI: summarise
Text parser
Slack: post
CRM: add note
Error handler
Set variable
Delay 2 min
14 steps3 branches6 field mappings
With ClickRuntimeLive
When a Shopify order over $500 comes in, check the customer in HubSpot. If they're new, post to #sales with an AI summary of the order. Otherwise add a note to their contact.
Here's the automation. It runs on each new order.
Large order routingLive
When
Shopify · new order (webhook)
Uses
Shopify, HubSpot, Slack, AI

Side by side

Power Automate and ClickRuntime compared

Power Automate compared with ClickRuntime
Power AutomateClickRuntime
PricingPremium is $15 per user a month, billed yearlyPer workspace, with unlimited users
ConnectorsFree covers standard connectors. Premium and custom connectors need a paid licenceAny app with an API or webhooks, on every plan
Usage limitsDaily request limits per licence. Every action counts, including retriesMonthly runs. One run per execution, however many steps
BuildingFlow designer, with CopilotDescribe the outcome in the AI assistant you already use
LogicConditions, loops and expressions in the designerAny logic in Python, with packages
Inactive automationsFlows with no trigger activity for 90 days may be turned off on some licencesAutomations keep running until you pause them

See ClickRuntime pricing

Pricing

Pay for the work, not the people

With Power Automate Premium, each person who builds or runs flows with premium connectors needs a licence. A team of ten costs $150 a month before anything runs.

A ClickRuntime plan covers the whole workspace. Plus gives 7,500 runs a month for $32.50 billed yearly, for everyone on the team.

Per month, billed yearly, for a team of 10

Power Automate Premium10 users × $15
Annual$150
ClickRuntime Plus7,500 runs · unlimited users
Annual$32.50

Microsoft's listed price for Power Automate Premium. Enterprise agreements may differ.

Migration

Move from Power Automate in five steps

Your assistant does the rewriting, you check the result.

  1. Export the flow

    In Power Automate, export the flow as a package. It includes the flow definition as JSON. A description or screenshot works too.

  2. Ask your assistant to rebuild it

    Connect ClickRuntime to ChatGPT, Claude or Cursor, attach the export and ask it to rebuild the flow. It saves a draft you can read before anything runs.

  3. Add your keys

    Accounts connected in Power Automate don't move over. Save each app's API key as a secret in the ClickRuntime dashboard, or sign in through the app's own OAuth app. Keys never go into the chat.

  4. Test it

    Your assistant turns each automation on, sends a test event or runs it once, and fixes it until the run succeeds. You can run both side by side for a while.

  5. Switch over

    Where an app sends webhooks, replace the Power Automate URL with the automation's trigger link. Then turn off the flow in Power Automate.

approval-flow.zip
This is my Power Automate flow. Rebuild it on ClickRuntime.
It sends new requests for approval and logs the result. Here it is as one automation.
Request approvalsTrigger linkReady
Weekly status reportFridays 16:00Ready
SharePoint list syncEvery hourNeeds a key

Translation

Where each Power Automate piece goes

Power Automate features and their ClickRuntime equivalents
In Power AutomateIn ClickRuntime
Cloud flowAutomation
Recurrence triggerA schedule in plain words, in your timezone
When an HTTP request is receivedTrigger link, with signature checks for Stripe, GitHub, Shopify, Typeform and HMAC
Connector actionsCalls to each app's API inside one script
Conditions and SwitchOrdinary if statements
Apply to eachA for loop, counted as part of the same run
VariablesPython variables, plus state kept between runs
ConnectionsAPI keys saved as secrets, or sign-in through the app's OAuth app
Run historyRun log with output and errors, secrets masked

Migration help

Send us your flow exports. We'll help you move it.

Email it with a line about what each one does. A person reads it, tells you how it maps to ClickRuntime, and helps until your automations are running. Leave out API keys and other secrets.

Email hello@clickruntime.com

Moving from Power Automate

Does ClickRuntime work with Microsoft 365?
Yes, through Microsoft Graph and other Microsoft APIs. Add your own Microsoft app's OAuth details in the ClickRuntime dashboard and sign in, and automations can use Outlook, Teams, SharePoint and other services.
Is ClickRuntime cheaper than Power Automate?
For teams, usually. Power Automate Premium is $15 per user a month billed yearly, so ten people cost $150. A ClickRuntime plan covers the whole workspace, from free up to $299 a month for 100,000 runs.
Can I bring my flows over?
Yes. Export a flow as a package, or describe it, and give it to your AI assistant with ClickRuntime connected. It rebuilds the flow as a draft you review before it runs.
Do I need to know how to code?
No. You describe what should happen and your AI assistant writes, tests and fixes the code. You can read every version in the ClickRuntime dashboard if you want to.
Which apps can I use?
Any app with an API or webhooks. Save the app's API key as a secret in the ClickRuntime dashboard, or add the app's OAuth details and sign in. Public web pages and feeds work too.
Can my team use it?
Yes. Plans are per workspace with unlimited users, and everyone shares the workspace's connections and monthly runs.
Will you help me move my flows?
Yes. Email hello@clickruntime.com with what each flow does, or its export from Power Automate, and we'll help until it's running. Never send API keys or other secrets.

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