difference between model-driven app and canvas app

Canvas app in power apps helps developers to design and build apps as per the project scope. Microsoft canvas provides a comfortable environment to help developers create what they need.
The Canvas design app allows developers to drag and drop elements in Canvas and build an app.Throughout app development, developers can format the right conditions and settings needed to make an app work.
All this can be done by using Microsoft third-party sources that are highly compatible. Developing over 200 unique data integration sources including Dynamic 365, Office 365, SQL, CDS, and Sharepoint, one can create fully-customized apps that can be shared amongst any organization members.

If your app requires complex business logic, you need to build a “model app”. These apps can run either as a standalone app or as a backend to the canvas app. One of the major benefits of Model-driven apps is to generate data models that allow data input and defines a structure that confirms your information.
whenever you build an app, having a consistent business process can be a crucial deciding factor. These various steps that make up an entire process can prove to be fatal for the app’s successful creation.

Power Apps started as a visual tool to drag and drop components in a canvas and develop an App.
You can connect to a data Source, select elements such as search, contact, form, sort, etc. and edit, customize them on the canvas design app in your desired way.

Microsoft launched the Model-Driven approach to build a highly complex and challenging app with integration to the core Microsoft products like Dynamics 365.
Such type of app development composes of multiple components that include charts, forms, dashboards, views, business processes, etc.

Canvas App started with the user interface where a user can extensively design and build their app as per their need and requirements.
Canvas App, the design and interface are completely under the control.
While in Model Apps, they are controlled by data and operational workflow. Here, your input decides your outcome. The layout, design, and functionality are prototyped and variations are quite limited.
Model-Driven Apps are highly focused around the business model, logic, workflow, and data sources to build complex and streamlined navigation, forms flow, etc.
Model-Driven Apps are built for highly complex business apps where there is a multi-layered user-flow with complex business logic that have the ability to generate data models.

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