Likelihood to Recommend Because of the multitude of options with IFTTT, it is hard to describe the best use scenarios, but I will share how I use the platform at this time. I use IFTTT to check Craigslist for certain IT equipment postings and email me if that occurs, turning items on and off with geo-fencing and WiFi network presence, and linking my calendar to my to-do list
Read full review Zoho Flow helps us greatly in connecting other Zoho apps. We use Flow to connect
Zoho Creator with
Zoho Books so an invoice is created when a record is entered into
Zoho Creator . We use Zoho Flow when certain fields containing data in Zoho CRM to send that data over to the
Zoho Creator record. We use it to add a contact from the
Zoho Creator record to a list in
Zoho Campaigns . Zoho Flow has proved very worthwhile.
Read full review Pros IFTTT manages a number of social media accounts quite well. Being able to login to one platform with access to all your accounts is great. IFTTT is easy to set up. IFTTT has a number of crowd sourced and created formulas that you can use, or if you're looking for something specific you can create your own. This allows for an endless number of combinations and ways to engage with the program. IFTTT doesn't require constant upkeep. Once you have things setup you can forget about it and it just works. Read full review Works with all other Zoho apps to connect them together and share data User interface and dashboard are nice. Gives you a detailed look into flow history and/or audit of your flows The ability to set logic responses and incorporate custom functions makes the app even more powerful Read full review Cons The website section "Activity" tends to get very crowded over time. It would benefit from some search and filter functionalities. Some services lack ingredients. "Ingredients" are attributes passed from one service to another to enhance IFTTT's power. However, some services (like Evernote's notes, for example) currently have too few ingredients available. It is not possible to link more than two services. It would be great, for example, to have an option to take a mail message and post in multiple social networks and blogs with the same applet. Read full review A deeper resources section, with more "how-to" videos More user functionality to tell you when an app fails, and not just after failing 3 or 5 times in a row. Maybe add some scenario flows connecting two apps with examples of how the flow works and benefits a user. Read full review Likelihood to Renew There is no better alternative and although Integromat is new and the GUI is slick, they make you pay per push and IFTTT does not. The rest of the competition make you pay per integration or are just not as seamless in usage or have the depth of catalogue. If you use
Zapier for instance, it is because they have an integration you have to use, not because
Zapier does a better job.
Read full review Usability For the most part, IFTTT is great but it does have its limitations. You may only do one thing at a time. If you want branching logic it can be cumbersome and clunky. This it where something like
Microsoft Flow does better. For simplicity, nothing can beat IFTTT for how easy it is to set up and use right out of the box
Read full review Support Rating I have had a few issues with apps over the years. Compared to other services, ITFFF is the best choice but no service is perfect unless you build it yourself for yourself. ITFFF needs more tutorials on how to create a custom platform, but overall I will recommend it as an easy to use, time-saving service.
Read full review I've reached out to the support team several times with assistance requests in Zoho Flow. Each time the team has answered my questions promptly and accurately. And because we are mainly integrating other Zoho apps their teams are perfectly positioned to solve our problems.
Read full review Implementation Rating Just try it for your own social media platforms. Then imagine how much money it can save/make.
Read full review Alternatives Considered I haven't used
Zapier extensively, but it seems that IFTTT is much simpler to set up. However,
Zapier appears to be a much deeper integration where you can sync a variety of fields of data and customize the sync more than you can with IFTTT.
Zapier may be more valuable for someone with a complex need and IFTTT is built for simple solutions for more basic apps.
Read full review I've used
Zapier and both programs are similar.
Zapier has deeper integrations or more apps to integrate with but considering Flow's association with other Zoho apps this does it for us!
Read full review Return on Investment We have not had to purchase a subscription to a social media automation tool. We have saved time sharing information between systems. We have been able to reach out to our clients faster because notifications are coming to our attention in more ways than just our inbox. Read full review It's part of our Zoho One package, so it's hard to comment on this one. Assuming we did pay full price, I would say the ROI would be justified. For our example of sending invoices to Books from Creator saves us a great deal of time. It takes a bit of time to configure each Flow but once you get the hang of it the flows really do save time and ensure data quality. Read full review ScreenShots