by Zapier, Inc.Workflow automation
An automation platform with 9,000+ app integrations, billed by tasks (successful actions), with a free plan for two-step Zaps and multi-step workflows from $19.99 a month.
Connect more than 9,000 apps in multi-step workflows without code, and pay only for actions that succeed.
Zapier’s value is reach: its directory lists more than 9,000 apps, so most SaaS tools a team already uses can be connected without writing an integration. A Zap is a trigger plus actions, and only successful actions use tasks; triggers, polling and built-in tools such as Filter, Formatter and Paths use none. Professional adds multi-step Zaps, webhooks, Paths, code steps, version history and replay of failed runs, all bought online.
Against 3 other products we reviewed in Workflow automation: what you pay for with each, the five access facts, the plan limits we recorded and each review's bottom line. The note under the table says how each one was checked.
| Metric | Zapier | Power Automate | Make | n8n Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What you're paying for | Built-in reachConnect more than 9,000 apps in multi-step workflows without code, and pay only for actions that succeed. | Compliance includedAutomation inside Microsoft 365, with HIPAA, ISO 27001, EU regions and Entra ID sign-in covered by Microsoft, from $15 per user a month. | Worth the priceA visual builder for branching, multi-step scenarios at a low price per action, with an EU data center on every plan. | Saves engineering timeWorkflows that mix visual steps with your own code, billed per run rather than per step, with a self-hosted edition as an exit. |
| Overall score | 5.4 | 8.5Best | 7.8 | 6.6 |
| Free option | Free plan | Free plan | Free plan | 14-day free trial |
| Card to start | –Not measured | –Not measured | –Not measured | No card needed |
| Getting access | Self-serve | Self-serve | Self-serve | Self-serve |
| Starter priceCheapest paid plan | $19.99/mo | $15/user/mo | $9/mo | $20/mo |
| Pricing model | Tiered | Per seat | Tiered | Tiered |
| Pricing page | Public prices | Public prices | Public prices | Public prices |
| Billing unit | Tasks: one per successful action; triggers, polling and built-in tools use none | Per-user licence with a daily request limit; per-flow or per-bot Process licences | Credits: most module actions use one, the trigger included; routers and error handlers none | Executions: one per run of a whole workflow, whatever its length |
| Free option | Free plan: 100 tasks a month, two-step Zaps, 1 user; 14-day Professional trial, no card | Free licence: standard connectors, no sharing, 6,000 actions a day; 30-day Premium trial | Free plan: 1,000 credits a month, 2 active scenarios; no trial stated | No free cloud plan; 14-day trial (1,000 executions), no card; Community Edition self-hosted |
| Reference scenario (2,000 runs, annual) | $129/mo on Professional, 10K tasks (8,000 tasks needed), computed | $15/mo for 1 Premium user (10,000 requests a month needed), computed | $9/mo on Core, 10,000 credits (10,000 needed), computed | $20/mo on Starter, 2,500 executions (2,000 needed), computed |
| Month-to-month price | $193.50 for Professional 10K tasks; from $29.99 for 750 tasks | Not published (paid yearly) | $10.59 for Core 10,000 credits ($18.82 Pro, $34.12 Teams) | $24 for Starter; $60 for Pro 10,000 executions |
| Usage past the plan | Pay-per-task at 1.25× the base rate (annual) or 2.5× (monthly), up to 3× the tier | Power Platform Requests add-on, $50 a month (licensing FAQ) | Extra credits at the plan rate plus 25%, manual or auto-purchase | Not stated for Cloud plans |
| Code steps | Code by Zapier on every plan; 30 seconds of included runtime per step on Professional | C# in custom connectors; PowerShell, Python, JavaScript and .NET scripts in desktop flows | Make Code App (JavaScript or Python) from Core, 2 credits per second of code | JavaScript and Python code steps on every plan |
| SOC 2 / ISO 27001 | SOC 2 Type II and SOC 3; ISO 27001 not stated | In scope of Microsoft’s SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 27001 | SOC 2 Type II and SOC 3; ISO 27001-certified security program | SOC 2 Type 2 and SOC 3; ISO 27001 not stated |
| HIPAA BAA | Not offered: Zapier says it cannot sign BAAs | Included by default through the Microsoft Online Services DPA | Not stated | Not stated |
| EU data hosting | Not offered: data stored on AWS in the United States | Environments in the Europe region | Every plan: US or EU data center chosen when the organization is created | Every Cloud plan: Frankfurt, Germany (the only stated region) |
| SSO | SAML on Team in the plan table; Enterprise in the FAQs | Sign-in through Microsoft Entra ID | Company SSO (OAuth2 or SAML2) on Enterprise | SAML and LDAP on Enterprise (Business is self-hosted only) |
| Workflow export | Zaps as JSON on Team and Enterprise | Flows as .zip packages or Dataverse solutions | Scenario blueprints as JSON on every plan | Workflows download as JSON on every plan |
| Self-hosting | No | No | No | Yes: Community Edition free on GitHub; Business and Enterprise licences |
| Bottom line | From its public pages, Zapier offers the broadest app directory here and a complete builder on Professional, priced per successful action. Costs grow with action volume, data stays in the US, and the audit log and Zap export start on Team. | From its public pages, Power Automate brings Microsoft’s compliance file, EU regions and high limits to one $15 per-user licence, plus desktop automation. It is licensed per user and paid yearly, and webhooks and premium connectors need that paid licence. | From its public pages, Make is the lowest-cost way to run our scenario, with branching, error handling, code and an EU region from the $9 Core plan. Every module run counts as a credit, and SSO and audit logs are Enterprise features. | From its public pages, n8n Cloud has the most predictable per-run price here, with code, AI and webhooks on the $20 Starter plan and a self-hosted edition as an exit. It has no free cloud plan, hosts in Frankfurt only, and keeps SSO and audit logs for Enterprise. |
Evidence: Zapier: facts checked 2026-10-16 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run; Power Automate: facts checked 2026-10-16 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run; Make: facts checked 2026-10-16 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run; n8n Cloud: facts checked 2026-10-16 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run. Prices in USD as listed, excluding tax. "–" means not recorded.
Review from public pages
Written from Zapier's public pages (pricing, security or privacy, and docs) as read on Oct 16, 2026. We did not sign up, and no hands-on run is published yet.
We read Zapier's US pricing page with its plan comparison table, the security and compliance page, the data privacy overview and the help center article on importing and exporting Zaps on Oct 16, 2026; we did not sign up, start the trial or build a Zap for this review. The pricing page is detailed: every task tier from 750 to 2 million is priced on annual and monthly terms, and the pay-per-task rule is spelled out with its multipliers and its 3× ceiling.
A few statements need a question to Zapier. The plan table checks SAML SSO on Team, while the security page FAQ and the pricing FAQ describe single sign-on as an Enterprise feature. The plan table caps Team at 25 users, while the pricing FAQ says Team allows unlimited users. The help center places Zap import and export as JSON on Team and Enterprise. Zapier hosts data on AWS in the United States, says it does not offer EU-only storage, and its data privacy overview says HIPAA-regulated data is not supported and it cannot sign BAAs.
The pricing FAQ counts 9,000+ apps, with premium apps included on every paid plan and a developer platform for private integrations.
vs Power Automate: Make lists 3,000+ apps and Power Automate more than 1,400 certified connectors.
Triggers, polling, Filter, Formatter, Paths, Delay, Looping and the other built-in tools do not use tasks, so adding logic to a Zap does not add to the bill.
vs Make: Make counts most modules as credits, including the trigger and tools that transform data.
Professional includes multi-step Zaps, Paths, webhooks, code steps with 30 seconds of runtime, AI by Zapier, version history, autoreplay and custom error settings.
Pay-per-task keeps Zaps running past the tier at 1.25× the base task rate on annual plans and 2.5× on monthly plans, up to 3× the subscription.
The security page states SOC 2 Type II and SOC 3 reports, audited annually by an independent firm; the SOC 3 report is public and the SOC 2 report is in the Trust Center under NDA.
Each successful action is a task, so the scenario’s 8,000 actions need the 10K tier: $129 a month on annual terms or $193.50 month to month.
Workaround: Filters and Paths use no tasks, so stopping runs early with a filter keeps task use down.
Data is stored on AWS in the United States, the privacy overview says EU-only storage is not supported, and Zapier cannot sign BAAs.
Professional is a single-user plan; the shared workspace, the audit log and Zap JSON export start on Team, and the pages disagree on whether SAML SSO is on Team or Enterprise.
Workaround: Team can be started from the product; confirm SSO with Zapier before buying.
Free covers 100 tasks a month in Zaps with one trigger and one action, without premium apps or webhooks.
Workaround: Every new account gets a 14-day Professional trial without a card.
Zapier bills by task tier. A task is one successful action; triggers, polling and built-in tools do not count. For our scenario, 2,000 runs × 4 actions = 8,000 tasks, which needs Professional’s 10K tier: $129 a month on annual terms or $193.50 month to month. The 5K tier ($89) plus 3,000 pay-per-task tasks at 1.25× its base rate would come to about $156 (our arithmetic). Team starts at $69 for 2,000 tasks and costs $169 at 10K; Enterprise is priced by sales. An MCP tool call uses two tasks, and AI steps can use more than one. Non-profits get 15% off paid plans, excluding pay-per-task charges.
On Team and Enterprise, Zaps can be exported as JSON from Settings and imported into another Zapier account; the account owner can export every Zap in the account. The JSON describes Zapier steps, so moving to another platform means rebuilding the workflows. Zap history is kept for the current and previous month (29 to 69 days); Company and Enterprise customers can set a custom retention of 7 to 30 days.
From its public pages, Zapier offers the broadest app directory here and a complete builder on Professional, priced per successful action. Costs grow with action volume, data stays in the US, and the audit log and Zap export start on Team.
| Limit | As recorded |
|---|---|
| Billing unit | Tasks: one per successful action; triggers, polling and built-in tools use none |
| Free option | Free plan: 100 tasks a month, two-step Zaps, 1 user; 14-day Professional trial, no card |
| Reference scenario (2,000 runs, annual) | $129/mo on Professional, 10K tasks (8,000 tasks needed), computed |
| Month-to-month price | $193.50 for Professional 10K tasks; from $29.99 for 750 tasks |
| Usage past the plan | Pay-per-task at 1.25× the base rate (annual) or 2.5× (monthly), up to 3× the tier |
| Code steps | Code by Zapier on every plan; 30 seconds of included runtime per step on Professional |
| SOC 2 / ISO 27001 | SOC 2 Type II and SOC 3; ISO 27001 not stated |
| HIPAA BAA | Not offered: Zapier says it cannot sign BAAs |
| EU data hosting | Not offered: data stored on AWS in the United States |
| SSO | SAML on Team in the plan table; Enterprise in the FAQs |
| Workflow export | Zaps as JSON on Team and Enterprise |
| Self-hosting | No |
Read from the vendor's public pages on Oct 16, 2026. No hands-on run is published yet. How we check
We have not published a sign-up run for Zapier yet. The access facts above were read from its sign-up and pricing pages on Oct 16, 2026.
We have not published API calls for Zapier yet.
Zapier lists 4 plans. The cheapest paid plan, Professional, 750 tasks (billed annually), costs $19.99/mo.
Prices as listed, USD, excluding tax; observed 2026-10-16.
Source: zapier.com pricing page. Prices change; the observed date above is when our agent read them.
We read the pricing, trust, help center and developer pages of three workflow automation platforms on the same day and scored them on the same six indicators. What 2,000 five-step runs cost in credits, executions and tasks, where code, SSO and EU hosting sit, and who should pick which.
