What is Zapier?
Connect 9,000+ apps with Zaps, tables, forms and agents.
Who is Zapier best for?
Zapier is best for people and teams who want their apps and AI tools to work together without code.
Linking apps without code
An event in one of 9,000+ apps can start a chain of steps in others, such as sending every new lead to a sales rep in Slack.
Giving AI assistants real actions
Zapier MCP lets Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and 230+ other AI tools act in your apps, at two tasks per tool call.
Collecting and storing data
Tables and Forms come with every plan and their steps use no tasks, so a form, its records and the follow-up workflow live in one place.
Companies that need oversight
Team adds shared Zaps, folders and SAML SSO, and Enterprise adds admin permissions, app controls and one view of every agent action and workflow run.
How much does Zapier cost?
Zapier has a free plan with 100 tasks a month, and its paid plans start at $29.99 a month for Professional with 750 tasks or $103.50 a month for Team with 2,000 tasks, a third less when billed yearly.
- 100 tasks a month
- Unlimited two-step Zaps, Tables and Forms
- Checks for new data every 15 minutes
- Multi-step Zaps, webhooks and premium apps
- One user; 1,500 tasks cost $58.50 a month
- Email support, plus live chat from the 2,000-task tier
- 25 users with shared Zaps, folders and app connections
- SAML SSO
- Priority support
Paying yearly takes 33% off: Professional starts at $19.99 a month and Team at $69 a month. Prices rise with the task tier you pick, up to 2M tasks a month. Enterprise, with unlimited users and admin controls, is priced by sales. New accounts get a 14-day Professional trial with no card, and non-profits get 15% off paid plans. Agents and Chatbots are separate add-ons with their own free tiers; their paid tiers start at $400 and $160 a year. Full pricing on zapier.com. We checked these prices on .
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How do I connect Zapier to my AI agent?
Zapier MCP is Zapier's official MCP server. Add it to your agent once, then ask it to run actions in thousands of apps through Zapier.
Lets your agent pick and run actions across more than 9,000 apps connected through Zapier, while Zapier handles sign-ins and what each action is allowed to do.
$ claude mcp add --transport http zapier https://mcp.zapier.com
Claude Code connects to Zapier over the web.
Zapier's setup guide covers the sign-in.
Then ask your agent
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- On the web
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What are the best Zapier alternatives?
Three tools on Recaply do Zapier's job. All three are open source, so you can run them on your own server.
ActivepiecesOpen SourceChoose it when you want app-to-app flows running on your own server, free of per-task or per-credit billing
ByteChefOpen SourceChoose it when you want workflows and agents running on your own servers so app data never passes through a SaaS
WindmillOpen SourceChoose it when engineers want workflows written in code with retries and approvals, and unlimited runs when self-hosted
Articles about Zapier
Four of our articles name Zapier the best for a job, and one more covers it.
Named best for reaching other apps. The best MCP servers for everyday work start with Notion MCP. Eight compared, from Zapier and Slack to Figma, with the AI apps each one works with.
The best AI workflow automation tools in 2026, comparedBestNamed best for the most apps. The best AI workflow automation tools for most teams: n8n is our pick, since it counts a whole run as one execution. Zapier, Make and more compared on price.
The best AI agents for small business in 2026, by taskBestNamed best free start. The best AI agent for small business is Claude for Small Business, at $20 a month. Six agents compared by task: email, leads, support and the books.
n8n vs Zapier vs Make: pricing and limits for small teamsVersusNamed best for the most apps. n8n vs Zapier vs Make: n8n is our pick for most small teams, since it charges per run, not per step. Free plans, prices and one workflow's cost compared.
How to build an AI agent without code: an email agent in n8nHow toHow to build an AI agent without code, step by step: an n8n agent that reads new Gmail, labels it and drafts replies, on a 14-day trial with no card.
Questions about Zapier
What is Zapier?
Connect 9,000+ apps with Zaps, tables, forms and agents.
Who is Zapier for?
Zapier is best for people and teams who want their apps and AI tools to work together without code.
Is Zapier free?
Yes. Zapier has a free plan: 100 tasks a month.
How much does Zapier cost?
Zapier's paid plans are Professional at From $29.99 per month, 750 tasks and Team at From $103.50 per month, 2,000 tasks.
Does Zapier have an MCP server?
Yes. Zapier MCP is Zapier's official MCP server, so agents such as Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and GitHub Copilot can run actions in thousands of apps through Zapier. Zapier runs it on the web.
Is there an open source alternative to Zapier?
Yes. Activepieces, ByteChef and Windmill are open source tools that do the same job, so you can run your own.
What are the best Zapier alternatives?
The closest alternatives on Recaply are Activepieces, ByteChef and Windmill.
Where can I try Zapier?
On its official website, zapier.com.
What counts as a task in Zapier?
A Zapier task is one action a Zap completes, such as creating a contact. Triggers, checks for new data and failed actions use none, and neither do built-in steps like Filter, Formatter, Paths, Tables and Forms. AI steps and some apps use more, and a Zapier MCP tool call uses two.
What happens when I run out of Zapier tasks?
Zapier emails you as you near your plan's task limit. With pay-per-task billing on, your Zaps keep running at a higher per-task rate up to a set maximum; with it off, they pause until your next usage period starts.
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