Zapier
No-code automation across thousands of apps
A workflow automation platform connecting thousands of web apps through trigger-and-action "Zaps," with AI steps, tables and forms layered on top of the original integration engine.
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Zapier’s original idea — trigger in one app, action in another, no code — is still the core of the product, and its integration catalogue is the reason it’s the default answer when someone asks how to connect two SaaS tools. If an app has any kind of API, there’s a good chance Zapier already has a pre-built connection for it.
It suits operations and marketing teams automating routine handoffs between tools: form to CRM, CRM to Slack, spreadsheet to email. The barrier to building a first working Zap is genuinely low, which is why it’s spread so far beyond technical teams into general business use.
The pricing model is also the main complaint: task-based billing means the cost scales with usage in a way that’s easy to underestimate, and a workflow that seemed cheap in testing can get pricey once it’s running against real volume. For anything with heavy branching or iteration, competitors built around a visual canvas — Make chief among them — are often easier to build and debug.
Features
Zaps
Trigger-and-action workflows across thousands of connected apps, built without writing code.
Multi-step workflows
Paths, filters and formatter steps that turn a simple trigger-action pair into real branching logic.
AI-powered steps
Natural-language actions and AI fields that fill in workflow data automatically as a Zap runs.
Tables & Interfaces
Lightweight databases and forms that feed directly into Zaps, for building a small internal tool without extra software.
Paths and filters
Branch on a condition inside one Zap rather than maintaining two near-identical ones that drift apart.
Agents and chatbots
Point an agent at your own docs and connected apps, so the automation can answer as well as move data.
Use cases
- Pushing new form submissions into a CRM and Slack in one automated step
- Syncing data between apps that have no native integration with each other
- Building a simple internal tool from a Table, a Form and a few connected Zaps
- Branching a workflow on a condition without building two separate Zaps
- Standing up a chatbot on your own documentation without writing code
- Automating a process nobody wants to own without waiting on engineering
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