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Zapier
by Zapier · zapier.com
The automation tool to reach for when nobody on the team writes code.
good for
Connects apps without code — the catalogue lists 9,000+ appsRunning a chain of steps on a scheduleChaining many steps in one workflow — up to 100 steps, paths included
bad at
Cost predictability at volume — every successful action is a task, and tasks past the plan limit are billed separatelyDeep branching — a path group takes at most 10 branches and a Zap at most 3 nested Path stepsAnything longer than two steps on the free plan — Free is limited to two-step Zap workflowsKeeping data inside the EU — there is no EU-only storage option
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- 01Zapier — Pricingzapier.com
- 02Zapier — Data Privacy Overviewzapier.com
- 03Zapier Help — How is task usage measured in Zapier?help.zapier.com
- 04Zapier Help — Zap limitshelp.zapier.com
- 05Zapier Help — Add branching logic to Zap workflows with Pathshelp.zapier.com
- 06Zapier Help — Schedule Zap workflows to run at specific intervalshelp.zapier.com
- 07Zapier — App integrationszapier.com