WhichToUse

Best Workflow Automation AI tools

Apps and open-source skills for workflow automation that we opened, read up on, and ranked — with the reasoning behind every pick.

APP / SAAS7
1N
n8n
HighFreemium (self-host free; cloud from ~$24/mo)
9.4
2Z
Zapier
HighFreemium (paid from ~$19.99/mo)
9.1
3M
Make
HighFreemium (paid from ~$9/mo)
8.8
4G
Gumloop
MediumFreemium (paid, custom)
7.3
5M
Microsoft Power Automate
MediumPaid (from ~$15/user/mo)
7.0
6A
Activepieces
MediumFreemium (self-host free; open-source)
6.7
7W
Workato
LowPaid (enterprise, custom)
5.4
SKILL / REPO9
1N
n8n
HighFree / OSS (fair-code)
9.4
2A
Activepieces
HighFree / OSS
9.1
3N
Node-RED
HighFree / OSS
8.8
4W
Windmill
HighFree / OSS
8.5
5T
Trigger.dev
HighFree / OSS
8.2
6N
n8n-skills (Członkowski)
HighFree / OSS
7.9
7K
Kestra
MediumFree / OSS
7.3
8N
n8n Skills (official, n8n-io)
MediumFree / OSS
7.0
9N
n8n-skills (haunchen)
LowFree / OSS
5.4