9 Best Zapier Alternatives & Competitors in 2026 (Pricing & Features)

Powerdrill Bloom·September 3, 2026

Zapier connects apps and moves records between them, and for most teams that is exactly the right shape. People look elsewhere for three reasons. The pricing unit stops matching how they work. A workflow has to run on their own infrastructure. Or what they want at the end is a document, not a moved record.

This comparison uses only what each vendor publishes on its own pages: plan names, displayed prices, feature lists, and stated limits. Prices are the amounts shown on each page on August 31, 2026, with the billing basis noted.

9 best Zapier alternatives: At a glance

These nine fall into four shapes. Classic integration platforms priced by volume. Self-hosted or usage-metered platforms. Agent-first tools, where the unit of work is an assistant rather than a trigger. And one tool built around collecting web data.

Alternative	Best for	Starting price	Key advantage compared to Zapier
Powerdrill Bloom	Turning your own files into finished reports	$0; Pro $13.27/mo billed annually	Output is a finished document, deck, or analysis
Microsoft Power Automate	Teams standardised on Microsoft 365	$15.00/user/mo paid yearly	Attended and unattended desktop RPA in the same product
Activepieces	Teams that need self-hosting	$0; Plus $16/mo billed yearly	Every plan runs on-prem, including an open-source edition
Latenode	Workflows with many cheap steps	$0; then pay for runtime	Billed by execution time, so step count does not multiply cost
Gumloop	AI agent workflows	Pro from $37/mo	Unlimited seats on both published tiers
Lindy	One AI assistant per person	Plus $29.99/mo per user	Credit allowance scales with headcount
Bardeen	Collecting and enriching web data	Basic $10/mo	Scraper building included from the entry tier
Albato	Small teams wanting a low fixed price	$15/mo billed annually	Unlimited automations and steps at the entry paid tier
IFTTT	Personal and smart-home automation	$0; Pro $2.99/mo	Unlimited Applet runs on every tier, including free

Why people look for Zapier alternatives

Zapier's pricing page describes a platform covering Zap workflows, Tables, Forms, and an MCP layer, across more than 9,000 app connections. Its free tier includes 100 tasks per month and unlimited Zap workflows, with Professional starting from $19.99 per month and Team from $69. For a great many teams that is a complete answer, and switching would be a downgrade.

That said, four specific mismatches send people looking.

The unit of pricing. Tasks are counted per successful action, so a workflow with many small steps costs more than a workflow with few large ones. Teams whose workflows are step-heavy often prefer runtime or transaction billing.

Where it runs. A hosted-only platform has to clear review in regulated industries. Some teams need automation running inside their own network.

Per-user versus per-task. Zapier's page lists 1 seat on Free and Professional, 25 on Team, and unlimited on Enterprise. Teams that want everyone to have an assistant sometimes prefer per-seat pricing with its own allowance.

What comes out at the end. Automation platforms move and transform records. When the deliverable is a report, a deck, or an analysis, the last mile is still manual.

1. Powerdrill Bloom: Best for turning your own files into finished reports

Powerdrill Bloom is a general action agent rather than an integration platform. Its pricing page lists uploads for Excel, CSV, PDF, and docs, plus search across built-in open data sources. The free plan lists insights, charts, summaries, built-in agent skills, and creation of basic slides, docs, sheets, and images.

The Pro plan extends what comes out. It lists Claude Code and Codex-level agent tasks, advanced open-data search and retrieval, and deep analysis and reporting. Output covers slides, Office documents, Excel analysis, and Nano Banana images.

How it differs from Zapier

Input: a file you upload, rather than an app connection with a trigger.
Output: a finished artifact such as a report, deck, or analysis, rather than a record moved between systems.
Recurrence: a small fixed number of scheduled tasks, rather than a monthly task quota.

Pros

Excel, CSV, PDF, and doc uploads are listed on the free plan, alongside 1,000 daily refreshed credits.
Output includes slides, docs, sheets, and images on the free plan, with Office documents and Excel analysis on Pro.
Credit packages are a one-time purchase, stack on plan credits, stay valid for 12 months, and work on any plan including the free one.

Cons

The pricing page does not describe app-to-app integrations, connectors, webhooks, or triggers, so it is not a replacement for record-moving plumbing.
Scheduled tasks are capped at 1 on the free plan and 20 on Pro, which is a hard ceiling rather than a usage allowance.

Pricing

Free at $0, Pro at $13.27 per month billed annually, Plus at $26.60, and Premium at $132.67. Team Pro is $13.27 per seat per month, with members sharing Team Credits and each using one seat. To see what a file turns into, try Powerdrill Bloom.

Bottom line

This is the right fit when the repeating job is producing a document from data you already hold. If the job is moving records between hundreds of SaaS apps, Power Automate or Albato below are the better tools. The Powerdrill Bloom and Zapier comparison covers that boundary in detail.

2. Microsoft Power Automate: Best for teams standardised on Microsoft 365

Power Automate is Microsoft's automation product inside the Power Platform. Its pricing page publishes three paid lines plus a 30-day trial. The trial is described as a way to "experiment with UI-based cloud flows and standard connectors."

The Premium tier costs $15.00 per user per month, paid yearly. It lists cloud flows, desktop flows in attended mode, and process and task mining with 50 MB of data stored. Two heavier tiers are priced per bot rather than per user, for automation that runs unattended.

How it differs from Zapier

Licensing unit: per user, or per bot for unattended runs, rather than per task.
Scope: includes desktop robotic process automation, not only cloud API calls.
Entitlements: measured partly in Dataverse database and file storage.

Pros

Attended and unattended desktop automation sit in the same product as cloud flows.
Process and task mining is listed at the Premium tier rather than as a separate purchase.
Per-user pricing is predictable regardless of how many steps a flow contains.

Cons

Unattended automation requires the Process tier at $150.00 per bot per month, paid yearly, which is a steep step up from $15.00.
The pricing page displays a "this product is not available in your market" note against the plans in some regions.

Pricing

Premium is $15.00 per user per month paid yearly. Process is $150.00 per bot per month, and Hosted Process is $215.00. The last of those adds a virtual machine managed by Microsoft on Azure infrastructure.

Bottom line

If your data and identity already live in Microsoft 365, this is the lowest-friction option on the list. If you want per-task pricing across a wide catalogue of third-party apps, Zapier itself or Albato below will suit better.

3. Activepieces: Best for teams that need self-hosting

Activepieces publishes an unusually clear position on deployment. Its pricing page states that "every plan works on-prem — from the open source Community Edition for hobbyists to bank-grade governance for the enterprise."

The free tier is described as free forever with no card, including 100 credits a day, unlimited flows, API access, and 1 user. Paid tiers raise the credit allowance and seat count, and the catalogue is listed at more than 700 integrations.

How it differs from Zapier

Deployment: on-premises operation is available on every plan, including the free one.
Metering: credits, with a daily cap on the free tier rather than a monthly task pool.
Licensing: an open-source Community Edition exists alongside the hosted plans.

Pros

Self-hosting is available at every tier, which is rare among hosted automation platforms.
The Team tier includes 25 users, so cost per seat is low at scale.
The Plus tier allows you to bring your own AI keys rather than buying model usage through the platform.

Cons

The catalogue of 700-plus integrations is considerably smaller than the largest published catalogues in this category.
The free plan is capped at 100 credits a day and 1 included user, so it suits evaluation rather than team use.

Pricing

Free at $0, Plus at $16 per month billed yearly with 5 users included, and Team at $166 per month billed yearly with 25 users. An Ultimate tier is quoted on request and adds SCIM provisioning, custom roles, an app allowlist, full audit logs, and Git sync.

Bottom line

Choose this when data residency or self-hosting decides the question rather than feature breadth. If the app catalogue is the deciding factor instead, Power Automate above or Albato below are stronger.

4. Latenode: Best for workflows with many cheap steps

Latenode prices by execution time rather than by action. Its pricing page explains the model directly: you "pay for runtime (runs × seconds)," and "unlimited workflow steps do not multiply your bill."

The free tier includes 10,000 CPU seconds every month and 5 active workflows. All apps, AI agents, RAG, browser automation, and a database are available on it.

Beyond the allowance there is no base fee. Rates are published in brackets, so each band bills only the execution time inside it.

How it differs from Zapier

Billing: by runtime rather than per successful action.
Step count: adding steps does not directly increase the bill.
Free tier: an execution-time allowance rather than a task count.

Pros

Long chains of small steps stay inexpensive, because cost tracks duration.
The free monthly runtime allowance is substantial for testing real workflows.
AI agents, RAG, browser automation, and a database are listed as included rather than as add-ons.

Cons

Cost is harder to forecast, because it depends on how long each run takes rather than on a countable unit.
The free plan limits runs to 3 minutes, keeps 3 days of run history, and allows 1 parallel worker.

Pricing

Free at $0 per month forever with 10,000 CPU seconds included, then pay as you go with no base fee. Paid usage lifts the limits to unlimited active scenarios, 5 parallel workers, 10 minutes per run, and 30-day run history.

Bottom line

This is the best value when workflows are step-heavy and short-running. If you need one fixed number on the invoice each month, Albato or IFTTT below are easier to budget.

5. Gumloop: Best for AI agent workflows

Gumloop treats the agent as the unit of work rather than the trigger-action pair. Its pricing page lists two published tiers: Pro starting at $37 per month with a 14-day free trial, and Enterprise at custom pricing.

Pro includes unlimited agents, access to 35-plus models, and the option to bring your own API keys. It lists 20,000 credits per month plus unlimited seats and teams.

The same tier lists one hosted MCP server, a CLI, agent-scoped connector policies, 5 concurrent workflow runs, and 25 concurrent agent chats.

How it differs from Zapier

Seats: unlimited on both published tiers, rather than tiered by user count.
Cost structure: credits plus a published orchestration fee, rather than a task count.
Model access: 35-plus models with the option to supply your own keys.

Pros

Unlimited seats at $37 per month makes team-wide rollout inexpensive.
Bringing your own API keys keeps model spend under your own account.
Hosted MCP server and a CLI are listed on the paid tier rather than reserved for Enterprise.

Cons

The page lists an 8% orchestration fee in addition to credit consumption.
Concurrency on Pro is capped at 5 workflow runs and 25 agent chats, so bursty workloads may queue.

Pricing

Pro starts at $37 per month with a 14-day free trial. Enterprise is custom priced. It adds org-wide connector policies, role-based access control, SCIM and SAML support, audit logs, custom data retention, and optional virtual private cloud deployment.

Bottom line

Pick this if you think in agents rather than in triggers, and if seat count would otherwise be the constraint. For classic trigger-and-action plumbing across a broad app catalogue, Power Automate above or Albato below fit better.

6. Lindy: Best for one AI assistant per person

Lindy is priced per user with a credit allowance attached to each seat. Its pricing page publishes three self-serve tiers and an Enterprise tier. Use cases listed on the page include updating a CRM, monitoring ad spend, and chasing month-end items.

The credit allowance is what separates the tiers. Plus includes 3,000 credits per user per month, Pro 15,000, and Max 35,000. The page describes the Max allowance as roughly twelve times the Plus one.

How it differs from Zapier

Pricing unit: per user, with credits allocated per user rather than pooled.
Framing: assistants assigned to people rather than workflows assigned to accounts.
Compliance: HIPAA compliance and a signed BAA are listed at the Enterprise tier.

Pros

Allowances scale naturally with headcount, so growth does not require re-planning tiers.
Three published tiers make the cost of an upgrade predictable.
Enterprise adds audit logs, dedicated support, and onboarding alongside the compliance items.

Cons

The entry price of $29.99 per user per month is the highest starting point among the paid tiers here.
Credits are described per user rather than as a shared pool below the Enterprise tier, so uneven usage across a team can be wasteful.

Pricing

Plus at $29.99 per month per user, Pro at $99.99, and Max at $199.99, each with its own credit allowance. Enterprise includes everything in Max plus shared usage and bonus credits.

Bottom line

This suits teams that want every person to have their own assistant and a predictable per-seat cost. If your workload is a shared pool of tasks with uneven usage, Latenode above or Albato below make better use of the spend.

7. Bardeen: Best for collecting and enriching web data

Bardeen is narrower than the rest of this list, and its own page says so. Its pricing page opens with plans "to transform your GTM motion with AI," and describes adding AI to services, automating lead sourcing, and enrichment.

The published features match that framing: building your own scrapers, premium scrapers, enrichment, and team access. Listed solutions include recruiting, real estate, private equity, and event services.

How it differs from Zapier

Scope: built around web data collection and enrichment rather than general app integration.
Core feature: scraper building, included from the entry tier.
Metering: credit blocks chosen at purchase, rather than a task allowance.

Pros

A $10 per month entry point is among the lowest paid tiers on this list.
Scraper building is available from the Basic tier rather than gated to a higher plan.
An annual option is published at $480 per year, alongside the monthly prices.

Cons

The pricing page describes go-to-market use cases rather than general app-to-app automation, so it is a partial substitute at best.
Heavier workloads require larger credit blocks, so cost scales in steps rather than smoothly.

Pricing

Basic is $10 per month with 100 additional credits, and Premium is $50 per month with 1,000. A Premium annual option is published at $480 per year, and larger credit blocks are selectable on the page.

Bottom line

If the work is gathering and enriching data from the web, this is the most direct tool here. For general workflow automation across business apps, Power Automate above or Activepieces above are the sensible picks.

8. Albato: Best for small teams wanting a low fixed price

Albato publishes both a self-serve platform and an embedded offering for software vendors. Its pricing page meters usage in transactions and lists a catalogue of more than 1,000 apps.

The Pro tier is the entry paid plan and includes 1,000 transactions per month with a 7-day trial. Notably, it lists unlimited active automations and unlimited steps per automation. The same tier adds data migration, auto replay of data, Albato AI, AI Agents, parallel scenario execution, 30-day log storage, and a 5-minute update interval.

How it differs from Zapier

Metering: transactions rather than tasks, with volume tiers up to 2 million.
Steps: unlimited steps per automation at the entry paid tier.
Offering: an embedded iPaaS product aimed at software vendors sits alongside the self-serve plans.

Pros

Unlimited automations and unlimited steps per automation from the first paid tier.
More than 1,000 apps, plus a custom app integrator and custom webhook and API support.
A 5-minute automation update interval is listed at the entry paid tier rather than reserved for higher plans.

Cons

The entry tier includes 1,000 transactions per month, so cost rises with volume rather than with complexity.
Execution log storage is listed as 30 days at the Pro tier, which is short for auditing older runs.

Pricing

Pro at $22 per month billed monthly, or $15 per month billed annually, for 1,000 transactions. Higher transaction tiers are selectable on the page, and a free plan and Enterprise tier are also listed.

Bottom line

This is the least expensive full integration platform in this comparison, and the unlimited-steps allowance removes a common source of surprise bills. If you want per-user AI assistants rather than shared workflows, Lindy above fits better.

9. IFTTT: Best for personal and smart-home automation

IFTTT is the oldest shape of this idea and remains the simplest. Its plans page prices in Applets rather than tasks, and states that over 1,000 brands and services connect through it.

The free tier is unusual in one respect worth calling out. It includes 2 Applets but unlimited Applet runs, along with mobile app access and 30-day onboarding support.

How it differs from Zapier

Pricing unit: the number of Applets you keep, not the number of actions they perform.
Runs: unlimited on every tier, including free.
Audience: consumer and smart-home devices are first-class rather than incidental.

Pros

Unlimited Applet runs on every tier removes usage anxiety entirely.
Pro at $2.99 per month is the lowest paid entry price in this comparison.
Mobile app access is included on the free plan.

Cons

The free plan is limited to 2 Applets, so it is a trial rather than a working tier.
Multi-action Applets, webhooks, queries, and filter code start at the paid tiers.

Pricing

Free is $0.00 and Pro is $2.99 per month, or $35.88 billed annually. Pro+ is $8.99 per month, or $107.88 billed annually, and adds unlimited Applets, AI services, multiple account connections, and queries with filter code.

Bottom line

For personal automation and connected devices this remains the best-value option here. For business reporting workflows with audit requirements, Power Automate above or Albato above are the appropriate choices.

How we compared these alternatives

Every claim above comes from the vendor's own published pages. That means plan names, displayed prices, feature lists, stated limits, and the vendor's own descriptions of what a product is for. Prices are the amounts displayed on each pricing page on August 31, 2026, with the billing basis stated. Monthly and annual figures are not directly comparable.

Six dimensions were checked for each entry. The unit of pricing, the entry price, and the breadth of the app catalogue or type of input accepted. Then what the product produces at the end, its self-hosting and governance options, and the limits each page states explicitly. Where a page does not describe a capability, that is written as the page not describing it. It is not written as a claim that the capability is absent. Every entry is held to that same standard, including the Cons block, and no third-party rating platform is cited anywhere.

Nine further tools were considered and left out, which is why this list is nine long rather than twelve.

Tool considered	Why it is not listed
Make	The pricing page returned an access challenge, so no plan detail could be read
n8n	The pricing page loaded, but no US dollar amounts could be read from it
Workato	The page explains the pricing model without publishing plan amounts
Pipedream	The pricing page returned no readable plan content
Tray.ai	The pricing page loaded with no dollar amounts present
Zoho Flow	The pricing page loaded with no dollar amounts present
Pabbly Connect	The Connect pricing URL redirects to a different product's pricing page
Integrately	The headline entry price is labelled first month only, so no stable price could be quoted
Relay.app	The pricing page states that the product is shutting down

The rule behind that table is simple. If a current price and plan detail cannot be read from the vendor's own page, the tool cannot be compared fairly. It is named here instead of being quietly dropped.

How to choose the right Zapier alternative

Work down from the constraint that is hardest to change: deployment and compliance first, then the pricing unit, then catalogue breadth, then features.

Choose this	If you…
Powerdrill Bloom	Need a report, deck, or analysis out the other end, built from files you already hold
Microsoft Power Automate	Already run Microsoft 365 and need desktop as well as cloud automation
Activepieces	Have to run automation on your own infrastructure
Latenode	Build step-heavy workflows and want cost to track runtime
Gumloop	Want unlimited seats and agent-shaped workflows
Lindy	Want one assistant per person with a predictable seat price
Bardeen	Spend most of your automation effort collecting web data
Albato	Want the cheapest full integration platform with unlimited steps
IFTTT	Are automating personal tools and connected devices

Final verdict

Four clusters emerge, and the honest recommendation depends on which one your problem sits in.

For classic integration work priced by volume, Albato is the value pick and Microsoft Power Automate is the enterprise pick. IFTTT covers the personal end. All three answer the same question Zapier answers, at different price points.

For teams with infrastructure or cost-shape constraints, Activepieces and Latenode are the two to look at. One solves deployment, the other solves the pricing unit, and neither asks you to give up the core workflow model.

The agent-first cluster is where the category is moving fastest, and it holds Gumloop, Lindy, and Powerdrill Bloom. All three treat a goal rather than a trigger as the starting point. They differ in what they hand back. Gumloop and Lindy return completed actions across your tools, while Powerdrill Bloom returns a finished document or analysis. The AI report generator and Excel to PPT pages show what that last shape looks like in practice.

Bardeen sits on its own, deliberately. It is the only entry here that is explicit about serving one function rather than being a general platform. That focus is the reason to pick it.

Frequently asked questions

What is the cheapest Zapier alternative?

Among paid tiers, IFTTT Pro at $2.99 per month is the lowest published price here. Bardeen follows at $10, then Albato at $15 per month billed annually. Zapier, Activepieces, Latenode, and Powerdrill Bloom all publish a $0 tier as well.

Which Zapier alternatives can be self-hosted?

Activepieces states that every plan works on-premises, including an open-source Community Edition. Gumloop lists optional virtual private cloud deployment at its Enterprise tier. The others in this comparison are hosted services.

Do I need an automation platform if I only need reports on a schedule?

Not necessarily. If the recurring task is producing a document from a file, an agent that generates the artifact directly is a shorter path. Check the scheduling limits first, since some tools cap scheduled runs.

Which alternatives charge by task, and which charge by user?

Power Automate and Lindy price per user, with Power Automate also pricing per bot for unattended runs. Albato meters transactions, Latenode meters runtime, and Activepieces and Gumloop meter credits. IFTTT charges by the number of Applets you keep.

Is it reasonable to use two of these together?

Yes, and it is common. Many teams keep Zapier or another integration platform for moving records between systems. They then add a separate tool for the reports that come out at the end, because the two jobs have different natural pricing units.