Zapier alternatives
At 1,000 workflow runs a month, Zapier costs $119.50 a month. 2 automation platforms cost less, from $10.59 (Make). The closest match, Make, covers 94% of what Zapier does. Each one shows how much of it it covers, capability by capability, next to the price.
What Zapier does
Core: Custom AI assistants, Schedules & event triggers, Prebuilt app integrations, Actions & customer data (partly), Multi-step workflows, Prebuilt app connectors.
Important: Human approval steps, Team workspace & sharing, Agent templates & gallery, AI answers for customers, Website chat widget (partly), Lead capture & qualification, Security & compliance, Logic and data tools, Webhooks and HTTP requests, Built-in AI steps, AI agents, AI workflow builder, Tools for external agents, Built-in tables and forms, Team collaboration and governance, Security and compliance (partly).
Also has: Autonomous multi-step tasks (partly), AI browser agent (partly), Code & file workspace (partly), Deep research reports (partly), Docs, slides & sites output (partly), Custom tools & MCP (partly), Company knowledge grounding (partly), Multi-agent orchestration (partly), Deploy via API & channels (partly), Multi-lab model choice (partly), SSO & compliance (partly), Grounded answers & guardrails (partly), Human handoff & escalation (partly), Runs in your help desk (partly), Email ticket automation (partly), WhatsApp & social messaging (partly), Conversation analytics (partly), Testing & answer correction (partly), Multilingual answers (partly), LLM model choice (partly), API & webhooks (partly), White-label & client workspaces (partly), Custom code steps (partly), Custom connector builder, Embedded integrations for SaaS (partly).
Alternatives to Zapier at 1,000 workflow runs a month, best match first
- Make: $10.59/mo Price grows with the credit tier (Core, 10,000 credits/mo). It covers 94% of Zapier; missing or partial: Human approval steps (partly), Tools for external agents (partly), Built-in tables and forms (partly). Free plan: Free plan: 1,000 credits/month, 15-minute minimum interval between runs.
- n8n: $27.84/mo EUR prices converted at ~1.16 USD/EUR (Starter (2,500 executions)). It covers 93% of Zapier; missing or partial: Prebuilt app connectors (partly), Built-in AI steps (partly), Tools for external agents (partly). Free plan: none. Last price hike: Oct 2026.
Other kinds of products that cover part of Zapier
- Copy.ai (AI writing): covers 48% of Zapier; missing or partial: Prebuilt app connectors, Human approval steps (partly), Logic and data tools (partly), Webhooks and HTTP requests (partly), AI agents (partly)
Prices at every size
- Zapier: 1,000 workflow runs a month $119.50/mo, 10,000 workflow runs a month $433.50/mo, 25 connected customer accounts no public price (Uses pay-per-task overage; 5k tier is $133.50)
- Make: 1,000 workflow runs a month $10.59/mo, 10,000 workflow runs a month $34.12/mo, 25 connected customer accounts no public price (Price grows with the credit tier)
- n8n: 1,000 workflow runs a month $27.84/mo, 10,000 workflow runs a month $69.60/mo, 25 connected customer accounts no public price (EUR prices converted at ~1.16 USD/EUR)
Prices are USD per month on monthly billing (annual-only plans divided by 12). Workflow platforms are priced at 1,000 and 10,000 runs a month of a four-step workflow (one trigger plus three app actions), converted into each vendor's own unit (tasks, operations, credits or executions); embedded and unified integration APIs are priced at 25 connected customer accounts.
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