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Make
Make

Trusted by 400K+ customers

Visual-first automation platform for business processes, app integrations, AI agents, and cross-team orchestration with strong template and enterprise support.

  • Workflow Builder
  • App Integrations
  • Scheduling & Triggers
visual
scenarios
no-code
8.5/10
From $9/mo
Zapier
Zapier

Used by 3M+ organizations

Mass-market automation platform for workflows, agents, chatbots, forms, and data-driven business systems across a very broad app ecosystem.

  • Workflow Builder
  • App Integrations
  • Scheduling & Triggers
popular
no-code
integrations
8.5/10
From $20/mo
Activepieces
Activepieces

379 pre-built integrations

Open-source automation platform for building app workflows and AI agents with human approvals, governance, and either managed cloud or self-hosted deployment.

  • Workflow Builder
  • App Integrations
  • Scheduling & Triggers
open-source
ai-builder
pieces
7.5/10
From $5/mo
Pipedream
Pipedream

Trusted by 1M+ developers

Developer automation platform for API workflows, agent builders, MCP-connected tools, and embedded integrations with built-in auth and deployable code steps.

  • Workflow Builder
  • App Integrations
  • Scheduling & Triggers
developer
code-based
apis
8/10
From $29/mo
Temporal
Temporal

1000+ active customers

Durable execution platform for failure-resistant workflows, human-in-the-loop orchestration, long-running processes, and critical backend automation.

  • Workflow Builder
  • App Integrations
  • Scheduling & Triggers
durable
distributed
reliable
8.5/10
From $100/mo
Inngest
Inngest

Trusted by scale-stage SaaS

Code-first workflow runtime for durable functions, AI agents, background jobs, schedules, and observable product automation without managing queue infrastructure.

  • Workflow Builder
  • App Integrations
  • Scheduling & Triggers
serverless
event-driven
reliable
8/10
From $75/mo
Trigger.dev
Trigger.dev

14.1K+ GitHub stars

Developer-focused runtime for long-running tasks, AI agents, media and browser jobs, retries, realtime streaming, and observable async application workflows.

  • Workflow Builder
  • App Integrations
  • Scheduling & Triggers
open-source
background-jobs
typescript
8/10
From $10/mo
Windmill
Windmill

16K+ GitHub stars

Open-source platform for scripts, flows, apps, and internal automation with real code, Git sync, self-hosting, and strong operational observability.

  • Workflow Builder
  • App Integrations
  • Scheduling & Triggers
open-source
scripts
developer
8/10
From $10/mo
Automatisch
Automatisch

Open-source Zapier alternative

Open-source workflow automation tool for connecting SaaS apps, webhooks, and APIs with a simple low-code builder and self-hosted control.

  • Workflow Builder
  • App Integrations
  • Scheduling & Triggers
open-source
self-hosted
zapier-alternative
7/10
Free
Power Automate
Power Automate

Used by 11,303 companies

Microsoft automation platform for enterprise workflows, approvals, desktop RPA, document handling, and cross-system business process automation.

  • Workflow Builder
  • App Integrations
  • Scheduling & Triggers
microsoft
rpa
enterprise
7.5/10
From $15/mo
Tray.io
Tray.io

Enterprise automation platform

Enterprise AI orchestration and iPaaS platform for governed agents, data movement, and cross-stack automation with strong approval and guardrail support.

  • Workflow Builder
  • App Integrations
  • Scheduling & Triggers
enterprise
ai-ops
complex
7/10
Free
Bardeen
Bardeen

Backed by HubSpot investment

Browser-based automation and agent platform for lead capture, research, enrichment, outreach prep, and repetitive go-to-market workflows.

  • Workflow Builder
  • App Integrations
  • Scheduling & Triggers
browser
ai-powered
chrome
7/10
From $10/mo
Relay.app
Relay.app

4.9 rating on G2

Agent-centric automation tool for non-technical teams to build reusable skills, app-connected agents, and business workflows with approachable setup.

  • Workflow Builder
  • App Integrations
  • Scheduling & Triggers
ai-steps
human-in-loop
modern
7/10
From $19/mo
IFTTT
IFTTT

Used by 30M+ individuals

Simple applet-based automation service for consumer and small-team workflows across smart devices, web services, and lightweight personal productivity tasks.

  • Workflow Builder
  • App Integrations
  • Scheduling & Triggers
simple
consumer
iot
7/10
From $3/mo
Huginn
Huginn

Since 2013, widely adopted

Self-hosted agent system for watching the web, reacting to events, scraping sites, sending alerts, and chaining actions across your own server.

  • Workflow Builder
  • App Integrations
  • Scheduling & Triggers
open-source
agents
self-hosted
7/10
From $4/mo
Kestra
Kestra

Trusted by industry leaders

Open-source declarative orchestration platform for data, infrastructure, AI, batch, real-time, and business workflows with strong eventing and deployment flexibility.

  • Workflow Builder
  • App Integrations
  • Scheduling & Triggers
open-source
orchestration
event-driven
7.5/10
Free
Apache Airflow
Apache Airflow

Used by 54,892+ companies

Python-first orchestration system for scheduled and event-driven data workflows, ETL, ML pipelines, and operational jobs across your own infrastructure.

  • Workflow Builder
  • App Integrations
  • Scheduling & Triggers
open-source
data-pipelines
scheduling
8/10
Free
Prefect
Prefect

10.3M+ downloads/month, 21.9K+ stars

Open-source orchestration stack for Python workflows, production automation, AI applications, MCP infrastructure, and managed cloud execution.

  • Workflow Builder
  • App Integrations
  • Scheduling & Triggers
python
data-pipelines
modern
7.5/10
From $100/mo
Dagster
Dagster

Used by 1,449+ companies

Unified control plane for data pipelines, AI and ML workflows, observability, lineage, and production data platform operations.

  • Workflow Builder
  • App Integrations
  • Scheduling & Triggers
data
ml-ops
assets
7.5/10
From $10/mo
Adaptive AI
Adaptive AI

Used by Boots, M&S, John Lewis

AI computer agent that automates workflows across Gmail, Slack, Sheets, and more. Describe tasks in plain English, no code needed.

  • Email filtering and response
  • Slack workflow automation
  • Data entry and spreadsheet updates
ai-agent
no-code
workflow
8/10
From $20/mo