Workflows.

Automate work between apps. Every article filed under this job, most read first, plus the pick and the one alternative worth comparing it to.

Productivity · Workflows

You're paying $30/month to move your own data

Zapier bills per task, which means the better your automations work, the more you pay. It's the only tool I've owned that charged me extra for succeeding, and I paid it for 2 years.

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Workflows: Zapier or n8n

Automate work between apps.

The Pick

Zapier↗ Most integrations, fastest setup, no code.

Non-technical operators connecting 2 apps in 10 minutes
The long tail, if a SaaS has an API it is probably already here
Automations that must keep running with no server to maintain

The Alt

n8n↗ Self-hosted, own it long term.

Technical operators who need branching, code steps and real error handling
Self-hosting: unlimited runs on your own box for the price of a VPS
AI work, agents, tools and vector stores are first-class nodes

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