Custom Business App vs Power Apps: Cost, Limitations & Best Fit
A spreadsheet has become a system and someone has to decide: build the replacement on Microsoft’s low-code platform or commission software you own outright. This guide puts real UK figures on both routes — the full Power Apps licence bill including Dataverse storage and premium connectors, custom build costs at current day rates, the delegation and request-limit ceilings that surface after the demo, a 40-user worked example (£44,676 vs £80,136 over three years), and the seat-count crossover calculation that tells you when the answer flips.