Zapier pricing and review
Zapier connects thousands of apps to automate repetitive workflows without code, triggering actions across your stack from a single visual editor.
- Starts at
- $19.99 a month
- Free plan
- Yes
- Skills needed
- No code
- Our score
- 4.9 out of 5
By StackZen desk. Prices checked 20 October 2026.How we check prices
Zapier plans and limits
As listed by the vendor on 20 October 2026, in US dollars.
Free
Free
- 100 tasks/month
- Unlimited Zaps, two-step only
- 1 seat
Pro
$19.99 a month
- Billed yearly ($29.99 monthly)
- 750 tasks/month, multi-step Zaps
- Premium apps, webhooks
Team
$69 a month
- Billed yearly ($103.50 monthly)
- 2,000 tasks/month
- 25 seats, SAML SSO
Is Zapier right for you?
Good for
- App automation
- Lead routing
- Notifications
Skip it if
- You need heavy data transformation
- You have a developer team using APIs directly
Pros and cons
Pros
- Largest app integration library
- No-code automations
- Reliable triggers
Cons
- Task limits add up
- Complex flows get pricey
Integrations: gmail, slack, airtable, stripe
Questions
How many apps does Zapier connect?
Zapier integrates with thousands of apps, the largest library among automation tools.
Is the Zapier free plan useful or just a demo?
Useful, with a monthly task allowance that carries a couple of genuinely automated jobs — enough to prove the connection works and to feel how tasks are counted, which is the thing that decides your bill later. Its own listed drawback is that task limits add up, and they add up from here.
When is Zapier the wrong tool?
When you need heavy data transformation, and when you have a developer team already working directly against APIs — it names both. Its listed drawbacks point the same way: task limits add up, and complex flows get expensive. Zapier's argument is breadth of connections, not depth of processing.
Why does Zapier score 4.9 out of 5 here?
The score is computed, not assigned: 35 of 35 for documented capabilities, 22 of 25 for published pricing, 20 of 20 for free access and 20 of 20 for the integration list. It scores full marks on capabilities, which is rare. The number measures how much you can verify before paying, not how good the tool is to use.
Alternatives to Zapier
This is a deliberately short list, and the shortness is the point. Zapier's advantage is coverage: it connects the long tail of business software, and nothing in this directory comes close to matching that, so a list of ten alternatives would be padding rather than research. What people actually leave Zapier for is cost, because its own notes name task limits adding up and complex flows getting pricey, and heavy data transformation, which it names as a reason to look elsewhere entirely. Three tools answer those two complaints honestly. One is a direct replacement. The other two are not automation platforms at all: they are tools you may already pay for that can absorb the automations Zapier is currently billing you for, which is the cheapest fix available and the one almost nobody costs out.
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