Zapier Reviews

I haven't looked up any other competitors. I used Zapier at a previous organization and had a good experience with it, so I just decided to use it again at my current org. Since I've been so happy with it, I haven't found a need to seek out other competitors.

We didn't evaluate any other IFTTT tools. Having said that, we know there are some competitors. Even Microsoft I think has an IFTTT tool similar to Zapier. Of course, Web Services, SOAP or REST are an alternative to Zapier, even competitors, but they require coding are much more complicated and expensive to deploy.

Zapier, in my opinion, is more user-friendly than Workato. Their pricing is also much better. I believe Workato's ability to handle complex steps may be superior to Zapier, but not by much. I chose and continue to choose Zapier because of its overall presentation, usability, competitive pricing, and strong support resources.

Zapier is a one of a kind product. It's the only SMB product that provides these kinds of integrations. A few other products do similar things (Segment, IFTTT), but those are a little different. Segment is a little more enterprise focused, and IFTTT is a free product for users, not companies.

I tried something called Tray.io which was similar to Zapier, but it didn't work as well as the newer Zapier. Tray.io's offering of apps that it worked with wasn't what I needed, and the support wasn't there when I ran into issues. It was a start-up so I'm sure it'll improve.

When I added support for Zapier three years ago, as far as I know it was the only system of its kind, and our customers were asking for it by name. So I did not evaluate other options at that time. Zapier continues to be well supported and is evolving, and I don't see a need to support other integration services at this time.

By adopting cloud-based tools like Zapier many companies can eliminate the need to invest in expensive IT equipment that is needed to run web applications and extract data from a service, transform it and use it in another. This also reduces the amount of people needed to develop, maintain and support these systems after deployment.

Microsoft Flow and Automate IO were both alternatives we looked into but fell short of our requirements. From a pricing and ease of use standpoint Automate IO definitely fit the bill but didn't integrate with Salesmate so that was a bust. As for Microsoft Flow it's also an excellent alternative and a very stable platform however it only offers a select amount of integrations ultimately pushing me to go with Zapier.

PieSync is another great bridge between systems, however, Piesynce offers 2-way sync and Zapier only allows you to push data or pull data in one direction at a time. There are times when Zaps are the best way to go and other times you need to keep data in sync.

Zapier is much more versatile as it allows you to have a lot more triggers, whereas PieSync, in our use, only allows you to sync contacts back and forth between software.

I use both PieSync and Zapier. They are very complimentary, although you have to be careful about making sure they don't conflict with each other. I like that Zapier does have a free version, whereas PieSync only has a free trial. Zapier is particularly useful in moving data around in applications but doesn't do a two-way sync between contacts. This is why I use both.

They are different in look and feel, I like IFTTT for social media sharing (as an alternative to Edgar) but for logistics, email marketing, and lead acquisition, I prefer Zapier. Actually, I do use both, because I'm a small business I like to take advantage of free help and programs.

Zapier is more robust than the other options - PieSync is more of a database normalization application; IFTTT seems to be more focused towards individual use.

HubSpot is more of an 'all-in-one' platform, with many of the tools you'll need for sales and marketing all in one place. It offers workflows, so you can create a HubSpot form, which triggers a HubSpot email when filled out etc.

Zapier offers a much wider array of integrations, which are easier to set up. If you're in the early stages of your business, Zapier is much more cost-effective, scalable and flexes with your needs.

I use Zapier for business-related tasks because their collection of apps is more conducive to this. I would use IFTTT for more consumer-related stuff like smart home automation, personal projects, etc.

Better, more professional, and easier to use.

Better range of integrations. Easier workflow building.
More B2B focus than IFTTT and faster time from trigger to action.
The Zapier utilities like formatter and data storage also have become a big differentiator for us - they've evolved since we started using but have become highly valuable.

Zapier is far and away better than any competitor.

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I didn't do as much research beyond Zapier because I was so satisfied with what I saw. Although, I have previously worked with or researched SnapLogic and Informatic. Both were ok, but way too expensive for what we needed in our Marketing department. At a previous position, I worked with SnapLogic and found it to be more cumbersome than Zapier.

Zapier is the only product I seriously evaluated for this purpose

The only other major alternative we've tried against Zapier is Workato. Workato was great and had a lot of features, but was a bit overkill for what we needed. It was definitely more feature-rich, but it was also 3-4x the price and we didn't really need all the features it offered. Zapier was a great solution for our small business.

Zapier versus IFTTT, in my opinion Zapier was much easier to get up and running faster without a lot of deep technical background especially with their zap making tool. Other API programs I have looked into had a higher cost, so that also made an impact with trying Zapier. We also looked at hiring outside developers to come in and build them on opensource/build them from scratch and that was too much of a hassle. We haven't looked too much into alternatives because they are such a good price, easy to use and their support is very helpful.