Workflow automation developer tools
Every listing tagged workflow-automation, A to Z: 8 tools across 1 category. Listed in alphabetical order, not ranked.
Activepieces
Open-source workflow automation with flows, AI agents, tables and MCP servers across 770+ integrations, plus chat-to-automation building. A run costs 1 credit however many steps it has; AI steps cost more unless you bring your own keys. Free for 1,000 credits a month, Plus $20 a month for 10,000. Self-host the MIT-licensed Community Edition or use the cloud.
Dify
Platform for agentic workflows and RAG pipelines: a visual Workflow Studio, a Knowledge Pipeline for searchable knowledge bases, a marketplace of models and tools, and workflows started by schedule, webhook or plugin triggers. Free Sandbox with 200 message credits; Professional $590 per workspace a year. Self-host the Community Edition with Docker under Dify's modified Apache-2.0 license.
Gumloop
AI agent builder for teams: describe the work in plain language and get agents that connect to Slack, Gmail, Salesforce, HubSpot and 100+ MCP integrations, run on triggers and produce dashboards, documents and web apps, on any of 35+ models or your own keys. Its older workflow builder is now marked legacy. Pro from $37 a month with 20,000 credits; usage bills at list cost plus an 8% orchestration fee.
Lindy
AI employee that works in Slack, your inbox and your meetings: memory, 40+ skills plus your own, and routines that automate recurring work on a schedule, across 1,500+ integrations and MCP. Anything with outside impact, like sending an email, waits for your approval. $50 in free credits for 7 days, then $49.99 per user a month for 5,000 pooled credits.
Make
Visual workflow automation: build scenarios on a canvas across 3,000+ apps and add Make AI Agents, on every plan, with a Reasoning panel that shows each decision and manual approvals where you want them. Free for 1,000 credits a month; Core from $9 a month billed annually for 10,000 credits. Most actions cost 1 credit, some AI features more.
Microsoft Power Automate
Microsoft's low-code workflow automation: cloud flows across Microsoft 365 and other apps, desktop flows for RPA, process mining, Copilot to build flows from plain language, AI Builder document processing and generative actions in preview. Premium is $15 per user a month paid yearly; unattended bots on Process are $150 a bot a month. 30-day free trial.
n8n
Fair-code workflow automation for AI agents and workflows: a visual canvas with JavaScript or Python code steps, an AI Agent node, MCP server and client nodes, human approval for tool calls and 1,500+ integrations. Self-host the free Community Edition or use n8n Cloud from €20 a month billed annually. Billed per workflow execution, however many steps it has.
Zapier
No-code workflow automation across 9,000+ apps: Zaps for trigger-and-action workflows, AI by Zapier steps on paid plans, Zapier Agents that do work across the same apps, and Zapier MCP for your own AI tools. Free for 100 tasks a month on two-step Zaps; Professional from $19.99 a month billed annually. Agents are billed in activities, apart from tasks.