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Workflow automation

The plumbing: tools that move data between your ad accounts, sheets, CRM and AI models.

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n8n vs Zapier vs Make for marketing automation: the pricing unit decides it

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An AI creative testing workflow with Claude, n8n and Meta

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8 tools

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AutomationAgents

Open-source automation platform for flows, AI agents and tables, in the cloud or on your own servers.

Best for
Teams that want an open-source, self-hostable automation tool with a low-cost cloud plan.
Price
$20/month billed monthly (Plus, 10,000 credits/month)
Free plan
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Airtable

Automation

No-code database and app builder with automations, interfaces and AI agents.

Best for
Marketing teams that need a structured content calendar, creative tracker or campaign database with light automation.
Price
$20/user/month billed annually (Team)
Free plan
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Apify

AgentsAutomation

Marketplace of ready-made web scrapers and automation tools, called Actors, that run in the cloud.

Best for
Marketers who want data from a specific site or social platform without writing a scraper themselves.
Price
$19
Free plan
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Gumloop

AutomationAgents

Team AI agent builder that connects agents to business apps through MCP integrations.

Best for
Teams that want shared AI agents working across their CRM, inbox and spreadsheets.
Price
Pricing not published
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Lindy

AutomationAgents

AI assistant that works inside Slack and carries out tasks across your business tools.

Best for
Slack-based teams that want to hand recurring reporting and admin tasks to an AI assistant.
Price
$29.99/month per user (Plus, 3,000 credits)
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Make

AutomationAgents

Visual automation platform for building scenarios and AI agents across 3,000+ apps.

Best for
Marketers who want branching, multi-step automations at a lower entry price than task-based tools.
Price
$9/month (Core, 10k credits/month)
Free plan
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n8n

AutomationAgents

Workflow automation and AI agent builder that can run in the cloud or self-hosted.

Best for
Technical marketers and agencies running multi-step automations who want execution-based pricing or self-hosting.
Price
€20/month billed annually (Starter, 2,500 executions)
Free plan
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Zapier

AutomationAgents

No-code automation across 9,000+ apps, with AI agents, tables and forms.

Best for
Non-technical marketers who need a specific app connected quickly, since it advertises 9,000+ apps.
Price
$19.99/month billed annually (Professional, 750 tasks); $29.99/month billed monthly
Free plan
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