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The Zapier Automation Platform designed to integrate data between web apps. It is scaled for small to mid-sized businesses, with a functional but limited free version of the program.

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  • Monitoring console (74)
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$29.99

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per month 2k tasks per month

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$103.50

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Zapier Tutorial for Beginners (2022) - Set up Zaps and Automate Your Work!

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Cloud data integration software simplifies the task of integrating data from multiple different cloud applications

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Product Details

What is Zapier?

The Zapier Automation Platform is a platform designed to integrate data between web applications. Zapier automates the communication between apps by relying on “Triggers” within apps to catalyze pre-arranged actions, such as data formatting, and transfers of data between apps. The program featured pre-designed connections for more than 1,500 apps. It is scaled for small to mid-sized businesses and features a free version with limited connector complexity and quantities.

Zapier's goal is to enable automation for any process, allowing users to visualize and build advanced workflows with custom logic, conditions, and filters, with no code needed. Some features include:

  • Multi-step Zaps - Zaps that automate several tasks at once.
  • Paths - Zaps that perform different actions based on if/then logic.
  • Filters - These ensure Zaps run only when certain conditions are met.
  • Schedule - Zaps can be set to run whenever it's right for the process.
  • Formatter - Used to transform dates, currency, text, and more into any preferred format.
  • Webhooks - Can receive data from any service or send requests to URLs—without writing code or running servers.

Zapier's no-code automations include with 6,000+ app integrations from partners like Google, Salesforce, and Microsoft so users can collaborate across departments.

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The Zapier Automation Platform designed to integrate data between web apps. It is scaled for small to mid-sized businesses, with a functional but limited free version of the program.

Zapier starts at $29.99.

Reviewers rate Support for real-time and batch integration highest, with a score of 9.1.

The most common users of Zapier are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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Community Insights

TrustRadius Insights are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, 3rd-party data sources. Have feedback on this content? Let us know!

Users have found that Zapier is a versatile automation tool that simplifies complex problems and enhances efficiency in various industries. With its easy-to-use interface, users can create automation workflows and connect different apps and platforms seamlessly. This has been particularly valuable for businesses in the healthcare industry, as it allows them to connect HIPAA-compliant form solutions like Formsite with other tools like SharpSpring for tracking campaign results. Users in the healthcare industry appreciate how Zapier eliminates manual work and reduces errors by simplifying the process of moving and synchronizing data between different systems.

Zapier is also widely used by online marketing agencies to streamline workflows and reduce the need for direct API integrations. It has become an essential tool for freelancers, enabling them to integrate and automate their daily workflows without technical knowledge. Furthermore, Zapier serves as a link between different marketing software applications, automating numerous processes and simplifying tasks for sales teams, development and systems departments, customer service, and graphic design and art services teams.

The availability of real-time support, even for free users, has received positive feedback from reviewers who rely on Zapier to integrate various systems, such as Chargify for managing subscriptions and CA Flowdock for team chat and notifications. Its ability to integrate with various third-party software and sync data with CRM platforms like HubSpot has been highly regarded as it saves time and ensures data accuracy.

Overall, Zapier is a valuable solution for businesses across industries as it enables easy integration between apps without native integration, minimizes manual work, improves autonomy and productivity, and enhances workflow efficiency.

Users commonly recommend the following:

  1. Try out Zapier: Users suggest giving Zapier a try as it works great and can save time and money. They believe it is a worthwhile product, especially for those with a small marketing stack using various disjointed apps. Users recommend testing zaps and becoming familiar with the process.

  2. Research app compatibility: Users advise researching what triggers and actions are supported by current software solutions before using Zapier. They recommend making sure the apps you want to connect are supported by Zapier and suggest contacting support for specific app integrations.

  3. Explore available zaps: Users recommend checking out the list of zaps available on Zapier and comparing them to the tools you use to see if Zapier can automate some mundane tasks. They suggest connecting all eligible apps to Zapier and experimenting to understand its power. Furthermore, users suggest regularly checking back as Zapier is likely to add more apps over time and integrate with new projects.

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Ramón Carmona Medina | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Zapier is the Swiss Knife every tech company should have. We use it particularly in the marketing department where we implement a lot of growth experiments and marketing automations. Before using Zapier we needed to wait until the developers team had time to implement our proposals, but nowadays we just run MVPs with Zapier for basic backend functions. If the growth or automation MVP is successful we can do 2 things: 1st it can keep running with Zapier, 2nd we ask the developers team to implement the feature that we already know is a successful feature. We use it from simple tasks like activating welcome emails, to almost building a mini CRM for certain apartments just with Zapier.
  • Zapier can integrate perfectly with almost every single app or service out there
  • Even if an integration is not developed you can always use the global integrations to connect with webhooks, emails, parsing, and build from zero your own custom integrations (you need more tech knowledge)
  • Zapier can run as fast as real-time, and with one of the paid options it gives you more than 75,000 tasks which is really good. They also have the free version which runs I think every 15 minutes and it has 100 tasks which is not bad for testing purposes. Actually, a few companies nowadays offer this kind of free tier.
  • The builder nowadays is really easy and friendly to use, they have implemented advanced features as paths and decision points and they continuously improve the platform.
  • Sometimes 75,000 tasks are not enough (believe it or not), and after that point, you start to pay per task it would be nice if they would offer more tasks under the same plan price.
  • It's supposed to work in collaboration with your team, but I feel there is plenty of opportunities here.
  • They have user communities for advanced and new users, but I think it could be done better
We did a retention/engagement strategy for users, so a user signs up and does a Trip. We automatically send an email saying if he did a 2nd trip, and he will obtain a discount for the 3rd trip. Once he gets the coupon we encourage him to complete a 5th trip with a minor discount. For every 5, 10, 15, 20, 30, and 40 trips, we offer a coupon or reward. We look to at least take our users up to 20 trips, and after that, it has become a habit for the users to use our platform. If we go to trip number 40, then they are an ambassador. All the automation was done with Zapier as backend plus webhooks, google sheets, mailjet, and other tools.

Thomas (TC) Riley | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Zapier is used for our most simple integrations and specifically for those were configuring for clients. Being in charge of all software/tools means that we’re often required to integrate the platforms we provide with the client's existing tech stack. A majority of these use cases are very simple configurations (I.e. converting a chatbot contact submission to a lead in CRM), which Zapier is perfect for. We are easily able to set the client upon a low-cost Zapier plan, make the simple configuration and know it will work.
Zapier is the perfect, affordable tool for simple integrations and triggers.
  • Low cost
  • Easy configuration
  • Tons of native integrations
  • User-friendly
  • Lack of customization options within integrations
  • Limited ability to execute outside of the core functionality
  • Inability to run large-volume integrations at a competitive price point
Zapier is perfect for simple integrations and setting up generally low-volume accounts that require very little configuration and maintenance. For a distributed structure where a client/outside party is responsible for billing, it’s easy to create an account, put them on a low-cost plan, configure a simple integration and teach them how to alter the setup. Its webhook-based setup is perfect for many simple use cases and there’s no reason to use a more complex or expensive solution.
However, if you have integrations that are increasingly complex (involve parsing, multiple non-linear steps, the integration of non-native APIs), significant in overall volume/data or require additional features (time delays for API limits), Zapier likely isn’t your best choice. Other integration platforms offer higher levels of customization and capability, though they’re typically significantly more complex and expensive.
Samantha Crawford | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I love using Zapier to minimize customer service tasks that I have to do on a daily/weekly basis. It helps save time and money, allowing me to save investments on additional employees. This also gives me more time to accomplish other business tasks and get more work done in the same period of time.
  • Workflows
  • Automation
  • Ease of use
  • More apps
  • More workflow options
Free accounts or paid--free for small businesses with less than five workflows; more allowed in paid account. I definitely recommend it for saving time and money. I have been using Zapier in my business for about five years now and it has been great. The software works very well and as expected.
Bryan McAnulty | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Zapier connects the many tools we use in our business quickly and easily ensuring that our data is easily accessible. Many tools offer native integrations with each other, but there are so many pieces of software that when there isn't a native integration, Zapier comes to the rescue to ensure we can share data back and forth.
  • Massive amount of supported apps
  • Reliable at getting data where it needs to be
  • Easy for non-developer team mates to setup integrations with on their own
  • Pricing is high depending on use case
  • Related to the above, if an app does not have the best trigger or action setup, it might take 2-3 zaps to accomplish what should really be a single zap, and this would could be prohibitively expensive, costing even more per month than the software tools themselves you are connecting
Zapier is great at what it does. Competitors have cropped up over the years, but Zapier's integrations are generally the most well done since they are done by each app's development team directly, rather than a third-party that might not keep up with the app platform's latest features.

If a service already offers a native integration with the other service you need to connect, there is no point in using Zapier, but with tens of thousands of popular software tools out there, it isn't possible for every SaaS to integrate with every other, thus the need for Zapier.
Matthew Smith | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I have used this program to update multiple social media accounts all at once so I only need to make a single post from let’s say Twitter and it has a picture, and it will show up on Facebook and Instagram, and Pinterest without having to go on to each account to duplicate the post.
  • One post to all social media accounts.
  • Free program.
  • Lots of community support.
  • Lots of community made links.
  • It has a learning curve.
  • Need to be technically inclined.
  • You need to take time to troubleshoot.
If you are an up-and-coming business and you’re trying to get your content out there without wasting time posting to all social media accounts it will save you a lot of time. It may not be appropriate once you become a very large company—you would likely hire a person to ensure quality and screening before posting comments/pictures.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Our IT team used Zapier to build a connection between some applications we use daily to transfer data between those apps when certain conditions are triggered. And I must say automating certain parts of our workflow like that has saved my team a lot of time and effort. Prior to using Zapier all of that used to be a manual effort so it has freed up a decent chunk of time for our team to focus on other more important items. I also used Zapier in a similar capacity at a previous organization I worked with so I recommended our IT team to explore this and they tell me it was really simple to set it up and deploy it.
  • It is very easy to set up. Even for internal applications, you can get it up and running really quickly.
  • Automation rules are easy to create and deploy.
  • It is very reliable. I have never had it miss a trigger so far. Not a single crash.
  • Works with a majority of big apps like Gmail, etc.
  • For some applications, you will need an IT or Development team to work with the API. Not exactly plug and play.
  • I always found the pricing a little confusing.
If there are parts of your daily workflow that you feel could use automation, I cannot recommend Zapier enough. You will need a little imagination to set up the automation and you might need the help of a developer to use the API but once it's set up, trust me, you will not want to go back. Plus some of the Zaps are basically plug and play so if you are using stuff like Google Forms, Sheets or Excel, etc. you can set it up yourself very easily.
James Crook ☛ Business Coach for Massage Therapists ☚ | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Zapier to connect separate services and databases used for marketing, sales, and CRM.

For example, when running a webinar as a marketing funnel, our funnel software doesn’t integrate directly with our webinar software or our CRM. Luckily Zapie reintegrated with all 3 platforms so it allows us to functionally sign up registrants to our webinars using our designed funnel pages and store their details in our CRM.

We also use Zapier across 20 or more similar scenarios for other marketing funnels where pieces do not connect natively, Eg our WordPress website, WooCommerce purchases, Typeform quizzes, ClickFunnels opt-ins, Asana project tasks, and ActiveCampaign email subscribers. It’s very versatile in how many different services it can connect with that otherwise would not be able to work together easily.
  • Connecting software and services that do not connect natively.
  • Passing data from one software system to another.
  • Using simple logic to trigger automations in specific situations.
  • You can only access logic pathways (ie perform different actions based on data received) on higher plans.
  • Sometimes when a zap fails it notifies me by email but they get lost in my inbox and I don’t notice.
Zapier is perfect when you have chosen other software for various different purposes, or are already using various different software packages, and you want to be able to connect data or statuses from one area to another. Zapier is not something you should use or rely on if you don’t need it! It doesn’t always have the level of integration or sophistication that a direct, native integration would have.
Juli Colotti M.S | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
My entire business uses Zapier. It makes everything seamless and automatic. All of my leads go through a zap so they are going into the right system. We also use it for Facebook ads, to make follow up and communication seamless. It solves the problem of chasing leads and the need for instant human contact.
  • They connect apps to one another.
  • The make Facebook lead ads flow right into your tracking sheet.
  • They allow the internal part of my business work together.
  • They could use a few more app integrations.
If you have a business where you are marketing online then Zapier is for you. When someone expresses interest on a form a zap will send them exactly where you want them to go.
Omri Friedel - CPA, CA | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Zapier is being used across the entire organization by multiple departments including finance, operations, sales, marketing, product & engineering. Zapier allows us to connect the different systems used across the organization, to transfer relevant data between these systems and enable different actions to be taken. Specifics problems addressed include data visibility, data mobility, workflow efficiency and creation.
  • Ease of use - multiple people in the organization can set up and run Zaps per their specific use cases without much training.
  • Connectivity - Zapier is able to connect to multiple applications we use on a regular basis.
  • Functionality - Zapier provides embedded functionality within the app itself (email, data conversion), but also appropriate triggers and actions for apps it connects to.
  • Versatile - Zapier can execute complicated and simple tasks and thus has many use cases.
  • Complexity - due to the flexibility it provides, this can introduce some complexity across the different steps being set up operationally.
  • Dependence - depending on the use case Zapier becomes a key tool and dependency and thus needs to be monitored, without internal control to fix things. If Zapier goes down (rarely, but can always happen), then this could present a problem.
  • Variability in pricing - pricing relies on the numbers actions being triggered and depending on how you've set up the zap, it could increase quickly, and thus needs to be monitored and understood.
Zapier has been great for us in many instances and allows us to create operational workflows and processes very quickly and without reliance on limited engineering resources. We've used Zapier to:
  • Highlight key activities in business (new sign ups, missing information, cancellations, key successful events of our users).
  • Post key events, as above to Slack or Email.
  • Efficient updating of parts of our in-house built applications and many more.
The simpler the process the better. If the process is more complicated with many conditions, then lots of thought and planning is needed prior to building and implementing a zap.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Zapier is used by a variety of my clients. It is the first option that we look at when trying to connect one or more pieces of software. It has really cut down on the number of custom APIs that we've had to build.
  • Zapier does a great job connecting multiple platforms to the CRMs that we use such as Keap and ActiveCampaign.
  • Zapier is easy to explain and set up for our clients.
  • Zapier allows our team to pay more attention to strategy than development.
  • I think the pricing structure could be made more clear to users.
  • Definitely more access to additional integrations and more options within those integrations would be helpful.
Zapier does a great job providing businesses with an option, other than custom web development, to integrate multiple platforms, trigger new actions, and assess incoming data.
Malessa Brisbane | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Zapier in our business to help our different apps/systems talk to each other. We were previously manually creating copies of records from one system to the other, copying and pasting data, and, as you can imagine, it was not only time consuming and tedious but error prone. We now use Zapier to move records between systems and keep their info synchronized. It also does things like automatic CRM updates and calendar entries for us.
  • Seems to have widest range of integrations compared to other vendors
  • Very clear and easy to use, from set up to testing and running
  • Some times the interface seems a little slow to load
  • Requires plugin for WooC integration that needs an admin login and password--would be better if just tapped directly into the API like other platforms can
  • Sometimes (though rarely) processes are delayed, which can interfere with business processes
Zapier is excellent for helping apps automatically talk to each other. It allows you to create a more unanimous business system, pulling in the strengths of multiple specialist apps into a customized system for your business. And it's a huge time saver and error reducer!
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We first started using Zapier when we adopted a new internal ticketing system from FreshService. At the time, the FreshService product was in its infancy but offered a good cost/feature value. It did not, however feature a native iOS app and/or push notifications. We started using Zapier as an intermediary between FreshService and our separate 3rd party SMS platform to deliver service request notifications to agents based on pre-defined rules. Eventually FreshService deployed a native iOS app which obviated this need. However, we had since learned how easy it was to define Zaps to plug feature holes in various platforms or make disparate services talk to one another. Eventually we gave access to it to those outside of IT so that they could experiment on their own. Now the majority of our departments have at least some type of Zapier usage even if it's as basic as pushing timesheet status reminders.
  • Comprehensive list of modern available apps.
  • No knowledge of coding is required unless you are automating dev scripting.
  • Cheap and scalable. Pay for the number of Zaps you use and adjust pricing if usage changes.
  • There is always one obscure app that isn't in their native support list.
  • No two way workflows/active synchronization. Some rule based automations require external services like IFTTT.
  • No native iOS app.
For various systems, Zapier is excellent at delivering notifications or triggering reports based on scenarios (uptime notifications from Pingdom, PagerDuty notifications for unsupported systems). It is also excellent for creating tickets based on events (bug reports create and assign helpdesk tickets based on rules). Essentially when events occur Zapier is a quick way to create a workflow that automatically subtracts a few manual steps from normal behavior. That being said, since there is no two way sync or complex modifiers, it is not useful as a reporting or analytics replacement.
April 13, 2021

Best in class!

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Zapier across the whole organization from finance, sales, marketing, development and support. We use Zapier to post messages or statuses to various applications such as Slack, email, CRM, internal apps and more. These integrations have helped us ensure people are notified about crucial events, can get the information they require and data is synced across multiple systems.
  • So many integrations! They integrate will all the systems we use.
  • Simple to use! The user interface is clear and guides you through what you need to do.
  • Many useful features such as webhooks, splits, formatters and more to ensure you send your data to the right place and in the right format.
  • Some integrations have limited 'triggers' or 'actions' although the app has many API endpoints available
  1. We use Zapier to automatically email relevant team members about events that are specific to their region. This data comes through our billing system and Zapier is able to decipher the region and based on conditions we have set up, forward emails to the relevant staff members.
  2. Zapier can capture webhooks and send these wherever you want. We have set up webhooks for errors in our application. These are immediately forwarded to message tools so our team know about the issue immediately, rather than having to log into our monitoring system.
  3. We have several apps that have similar information and we want to keep them in sync. However, they do not have native integrations with each other. Zapier can take events from one app and post these into the other app.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Zapier is used by every department at my B2B company. The Account Managers use it in [conjunction] with their support queue for project assignment, our Product Managers use it with Wootric to instantly be aware of any ratings given to our company. Sales use it to receive instant demos from various sources (i.e. landing pages, email campaigns, etc). Marketing uses it for all website and campaign needs. It allows us to be aware instantly of interested prospects and quickly mitigate any user issues.
  • Communication across multiple departments instantly
  • Data stored in Zapier as well as having it automatically link to any other necessary databases
  • Working with outside companies is easier with Zapier connections
  • Communication across multiple databases from Salesforce to Wootric to Google Sheets
  • Being able to turn off one leg of a Zap without having to delete it or turn the whole Zap off
  • Not all fields populate when using certain aspects of Salesforce, but that could be an SF issue
  • Communication when support is actually needed basically doesn't happen
If you use any sort of CRM and also have a website that captures data you need to have Zapier. The only way that data is useful is if it is actionable, which it certainly will be if you connect your website and CRM via a Zap. Any type of sales-oriented business needs this. Also, if you have multiple databases that you find yourself having to copy and paste information from one into another you can save time and decrease human error by automating the process. Even if you aren't using a CRM connecting your website forms to a Google Sheet is incredibly helpful. I'm not sure who I wouldn't recommend Zapier to. Perhaps extremely small businesses.
Aaron Parker | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
In a nutshell, Zapier is becoming the go-to application for so many processes in the organisation. We use a number of different marketing softwares that don't always have a direct connection between each other and Zapier becomes the link between them. We have automated a ton of processes through Zapier that would otherwise be done manually and it simply makes life easier.
  • Contact form emails and responses through google docs
  • Automated SEO client onboarding processes
  • Automated client setup in ClickUp
  • Email capture into Active Campaign from Chatmatic
  • Inbound and outbound emails from various software
  • Zaps can break sometimes when software changes
  • Zaps can break sometimes when Zapier has updates
  • The learning curve can be long if there is not a pre-set connection between two softwares
If you are using a variety of legacy software that doesn't have API connections then Zapier is your saviour. It can not only make a connection between them but you can also add extra steps and processes to get the most out of both pieces of software (or more). On the downside, the learning curve is a bit steep at times and it can be frustrating get a zap to work for the first time, so non-technical people may have issues. Most times it's easy, but when it's not, it's not.
Kurt Hoffmann | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We are a digital marketing agency in business since 1999. Our clients are primarily in healthcare. We had a challenge where we were using SharpSpring forms to capture new patients driven by our campaigns, however we also needed to make the forms HIPAA-compliant. We found a HIPAA-compliant form solution through Formsite, but still wanted to be able to track the campaign results. With Zapier we were able to easily connect the two. Prospects complete the Formsite form which keeps it compliant and then Zapier sends the data to SharpSpring (via what the call a "Zap") so we get both our needs met. It's extremely easy to set up - it took about 15 minutes.
  • Easily helps two different online programs (SAAS) talk to each other.
  • Very user-friendly and intuitive.
  • Easy to set up Zaps.
  • We have multiple forms on Formsite that we need to connect to SharpSpring. It looks like we're going to have to do some additional work to get it to filter them separately. This just came up, so we are still working on it.
  • I really have no other complaints. It's been a great, easy solution to what otherwise would be a complex problem. We also used it to send leads from Eventbrite to SharpSpring.
As described previously, we have used Zapier to send leads from a HIPAA-compliant Formsite form to SharpSpring to track leads. We also used it to send data on people who signed up for an event on Eventbrite to SharpSpring to track which marketing campaigns they came from and for future marketing. In both cases it was extremely easy to use Zapier to connect the two programs, something I have no idea we could have done otherwise, except by manually exporting the contacts, then importing them into SharpSpring.
February 18, 2020

Great product!

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I use Zapier to coordinate Asana and GSheets for arranging product priorities. , we put several competing priorities as cards into Asana, and then they auto-push into a specific Google Sheet, which is then sorted for priority. It's been a beneficial tool to see in one single pane of glass which competing priorities we have.
  • Asana -> GSheets.
  • Easy to understand and set up.
  • Though it's easy to use, you do need to have a knack for critical thinking.
  • As the product gets older, more and more apps have easier connectivity to it, but at the beginning, it didn't have a lot of apps to connect easily. A lot has changed in the last few years!
  • Some applications work well, but some not. I couldn't find many Slack integrations, but I did see useful GSheets integrations.
  • It's also good for creative solutions; you may not think two or more apps can connect, but they really can. It takes someone with creativity, critical thinking, and a bit of time to tinker to do well with this product.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Zapier, in our organization, is being used as a tool to automate many different tasks in the sales and marketing department.
  • We use Facebook to register leads to our Mailchimp account, as well as triggering emails when a Facebook lead asks for information. We also use Zapier to create a database using google sheets from many different input platforms that could be linked by using Zapier as the router of the information
  • Connect many different platforms with each other
  • Routes information between platforms
  • Facilitated integration with Facebook Lead Ads.
  • Increase operations/tasks permitted in the free and 1st level of the paid subscription.
When you need to:
1.- Integrate different platforms to start the automation process on your business, Zapier is extremely useful.
2.- Import Facebook ads leads from Facebook to a CRM of place to make the follow-up.
3.- To automate and integrate simple processes that can be done using google apps.
5.- To help automate a workflow process in any department of your business.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Zapier is used within specific teams in our department to perform workflow automation. We wanted an easy way to perform automation without needing to code but also have a drag and drop interface to set-up easily. For example, we use it with Google Forms for our customers to fill and let Zapier perform the automated approval workflow, and integration to Jira to open a ticket for our team without manually performing it ourselves.
  • Ease of use.
  • Good integration options.
  • We couldn't get some zaps to work consistently.
There are many uses for Zapier that could be used in your environment, as there are numerous connectors available. In our environment we are connecting Google Forms, Google Drive and Jira to perform our workflow for customers.
Score 5 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
I currently use Zapier to connect apps that we currently don't have native connections with. One very useful one connects JIRA with my mailing system. If I put something in a folder, the Zapier connection will automatically create an issue for me.
  • Quick and easy to set up.
  • Good set of compatible apps.
  • Fairly quick if you are using a paid version.
  • It does break on occasion. You can't debug issues and sometimes have to recreate your connection.
  • Not enterprise ready.
Zapier is great for smaller-scale personal connections between two pieces of software in the cloud. It lets you do simple orchestrations based on compatible apps and lets you automate a common task that you would otherwise have to manually do in multiple steps during your day-to-day.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Zapier is being used by the technology department to assist the whole organization. We use Zapier to automate our social media postings to Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and others, and also to automate our RSS feeds and comment feeds to individual Slack channels, and to sync data across our marketing and sales platforms.
  • Large library of apps: Zapier supports most major platforms and softwares.
  • Zapier has a user-friendly design, especially for beginners.
  • Helpful testing features: Zapier allows you to test all automations before going live.
  • For active Zaps, their error messaging is not great. It would be helpful to have more data on why a zap has failed.
  • When connecting accounts, I wish they would allow you to sign-in separately, instead of using the accounts you are currently signed in on in your browser.
  • Accounts will occasionally disconnect for an unknown reason.
Zapier is well suited for syncing data across your different systems. For example, if you need to sync contacts or leads between Salesforce and your email platform, Zapier is an excellent, user-friendly option. It is also well suited for automating social media postings. You can hook your website's RSS feed to Zapier and send all posts to any number of different social media accounts, all at once and automatically. You can even automate these posts to your Slack.
Arnob Bordoloi | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Zapier is used by multiple departments across the organization to automate tasks. Graphic Design and Art services teams use Zapier to create and track cards in Trello. It has been used by Customer success department to track NPS scores from type form. Pipedrive integrations have been used to import leads on a daily basis.
  • Excellent automation services between business, productivity, and CRM applications.
  • Zapier has a wide range of integrations available for every business need.
  • User-friendly: it's easy to create and administer zaps.
  • It has very dependable monitoring and notifications in case of failures.
  • Field mapping can get tricky in certain zaps.
  • It has limited triggers in some integrations.
Integrations with Slack and Trello are excellent case scenarios where Zapier really shines. It has seamless integration with recording Typeform responses in Google Sheets. Recording Zendesk tickets in Google Sheets also works great.
Integrations with SQL server can be tricky to set up.
Hector Arritorena | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
In my department, we need to send information from our workflow to a Google Drive folder, and we do it through Zapier. It was easy to set up and solved a really complex problem if we were to use web services or other integration mechanisms.

The business case is that we have an approval workflow, including several attachments, and when it is approved, we want to store all of them in a shared folder. The same business case could apply to send information when the workflow goes to a spreadsheet in Google Drive (via Zapier).
  • Easy of use to set up the connection
  • Stability - it has been working for a while
  • Reports when anything unpredictable happens
  • 100% cloud, no hidden surprises
  • Language support. I find it difficult to manage both languages at the same time.
  • Not too simple to log errors for improvement.
  • good: interconnecting web applications
  • good: sharing files between web apps
  • good: chaining actions between web apps and passing data between them
  • room for improvement: performing calculations with the data of one app before send it to the next
  • room for improvement: implementing loops with the information received from one, for example to "simulate" a "do while"
Usage Examples:
  1. Set up a workflow to write/revise/approve Tweets in a cloud BPM tool (i.e I use Flokzu)
  2. Have all your revisions and approvals in the workflow tool
  3. At the end, connect your workflow with Tweeter via Zapier to automatically publish the approved tweet.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I love using Zapier for a quick connection from one app to another app. It saves me from the headache of doing things manually. I love the freedom it provides.
  • Zapier is very intuitive. It instinctively grabs info from one app and asks me what I would like to do with it with the other app. It sometimes reads my mind!
  • I love how it just knows the unique features of each app and can suggest different ways of "communication."
  • I love the fact that it wants me to test the "zaps" to make sure that they are set up correctly.
  • Seriously nothing, but if I were to be very picky, I'm sure there are more lesser-known apps Zapier could connect to.
  • If I were to be even pickier, the range of zaps for some popular apps could be expanded.
Zapier is pretty much excellent for any professional who uses web apps for work. You can set up multi-step actions, searches, filters and even webhooks. It saves so much time and you don't have to do things manually anymore... or even remember to do those things for that matter! Zapier is the very definition of "set it and forget it."
Jeff Osness | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Zapier both internally and we help our clients use Zapier with our product "PhoneBurner" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwyW41fZsUE What a great tool. In our digital age, we have so much data in so many different systems that don't talk to each other. Zapier makes it easy to pull data from one system into another system. It is like an intelligent bridge between systems. We use it in several ways but here are a few examples. 1.) We have a Zap set up to hit our Slack Channel every time a client books a demo or training call. 2.) Our members often use other CRMs and they want to get the call outcomes sent to their other CRM for reporting pushed over in real time. Our members can easily add a Zap to their call outcomes (dispositions) to hit their Zap every time their team members make a call. I recommend you get familiar with Zapier and start using it right away.
  • Automate notifications
  • Trigger actions between systems
  • Simple interface
  • Pop up best use case examples when creating Zaps
I recommend Zapier to many of my clients because it is perfect when you need to push or pull information from one system to another
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