Zapier alternatives
Zapier: No-code automation across thousands of apps. From $19.99/mo, running on Web, API, iOS, Android, Chrome extension.
Every tool here shares a category with Zapier. For each: what it costs against Zapier, where it runs, and the one claim its own listing makes that Zapier's does not.
Where Zapier runs out of road
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.
Zapier's own listed limits, in its words:
- Task-based pricing gets expensive fast once workflows run at real volume
- Multi-step branching logic is harder to reason about than a visual canvas like Make's
- Premium app connections and advanced features are locked behind higher tiers
Alternatives to Zapier, by what they cost to start
Of the 3, 1 starts cheaper, 1 sits level on price and 1 costs more to start. 1 runs somewhere Zapier does not and 2 reach past its categories.
Cheaper to start than Zapier
Lower entry price than Zapier, a free tier it lacks, or both.
From $9/mo — $10.99 a month under Zapier.
Web and API only, where Zapier also ships iOS, Android and Chrome extension. Same Automation & Agents filing as Zapier.
- In its favour
- The visual canvas makes complex, branching logic far easier to follow than a linear builder
- The catch
- Smaller integration catalogue than Zapier for less common apps
Priced level with Zapier
Within a step of Zapier on entry price, so the rest decides.
No published entry price, against Zapier's $19.99/mo.
Adds Self-hosted; no iOS, Android or Chrome extension, which Zapier does have. Covers Automation & Agents like Zapier, and Code on top.
- In its favour
- Mixing visual nodes with real code covers cases pure no-code tools can't reach
- The catch
- Self-hosting means owning the uptime, updates and security of the instance yourself
A step up in price from Zapier
More to start than Zapier, so the difference has to earn it.
From $25/mo — $5.01 a month over Zapier.
Web and API only, where Zapier also ships iOS, Android and Chrome extension. Covers Automation & Agents like Zapier, and Data & Analytics on top.
- In its favour
- Every credit comes from one pool, so scraping, search, brand and extraction don't need four subscriptions to reason about
- The catch
- Credit-metered across six different products, so forecasting a month's spend takes more arithmetic than a flat seat price
Widen the search
Zapier sits in Automation & Agents (4 tools). Each page holds the full set, filterable by pricing and platform.