Zapier alternatives for sites with no integration
Maksim Norkin (opens in a new tab)Product
· Updated · 6 min read
The main Zapier alternatives compared from their own pages, and what to do when the site you need has no Zapier integration at all.
Most people looking for Zapier alternatives want the same kind of tool for less, or with different limits: something that moves data between two apps in the background. This guide covers the main ones, each from its own pages. It also covers the case those tools can't help with, when the site you work in has no integration at all, and what you can do then.
- Price and limits. Zapier counts tasks: one each time it successfully completes a unit of work for you. Its Free plan includes 100 a month, and its Zaps there are two-step and check for new data every 15 minutes.
- Self-hosting. Some teams want the automation to run on servers they control.
- Premium apps. Zapier keeps some apps for its paid plans, so a workflow can need a paid plan for one app.
- A missing integration. Zapier lists more than 10,380 apps, but the site you need may not be one of them. That's the case the second half of this guide is for.
When this happens
Do this
All four work the same way at heart: when something happens in one app, do something in another. Here's how each describes itself, in alphabetical order, from its own pages on 27 October 2026. Prices change, so check them on each pricing page.
| Tool | What it says it is | Apps it lists | Free plan, per its pricing page |
|---|---|---|---|
| IFTTT | A connectivity platform; an Applet connects two or more apps or devices | Not counted on its plans page | 2 Applets, with unlimited runs |
| Make | An AI automation platform | 3,000+ | 1,000 credits a month |
| n8n | Self-hostable, with a hosted version | 500+ | No free cloud plan listed; a trial of its paid plans, and a self-hosted version on GitHub |
| Zapier | Connects apps to automate work across them | 10,380+ | 100 tasks a month, two-step Zaps, checks every 15 minutes |
Each has a way in without paying, and each is shaped differently. IFTTT's free plan allows two Applets, with no cap on how often they run. Make's Free plan gives 1,000 credits a month. n8n's cloud plans start with a trial, and its self-hosted version is on GitHub, so the cost becomes your own server. Zapier's Free plan is 100 tasks a month. Which one is cheapest depends on how often your workflow runs, so count your runs before you count plans.
Connected
Every tool above needs both ends to be on its list, or to offer a way in it can use. Plenty of the sites people work in every day don't: an internal tool, a supplier's portal, an admin panel, a dashboard with no integration listed. Zapier's own help suggests six ways around a missing app:
- Ask Zapier to add the app.
- Use a different app that does the same job.
- Use the emails the app sends when something happens, and pass them to Email by Zapier or Email Parser by Zapier.
- Watch an RSS feed, if the app publishes one.
- Use webhooks, if the app can send them.
- Build a private integration on Zapier's Platform, which works for any service with a public API.
Zapier also notes that not every app works with API requests. Make says its Custom Apps connect it to virtually any application or service that provides a public API, and n8n lets you add your own nodes. If the site has no email notices, no feed, no webhooks and no API, none of these routes reach it, and you're back to the page in your browser, where the data is. When there's no integration there's often no export either; our guide to exporting data from a website to CSV or XLSX covers the ways to get a list out of a page by hand.
- You want the same thing, on different terms: compare the free plans above against how often your workflow runs, and look at how each counts a run: tasks, credits or executions.
- You want it on servers you control: n8n is the one here that offers a self-hosted version. Read its license first: n8n's README says it's distributed under its own Sustainable Use License and an Enterprise License.
- You want your phone and smart devices in it: IFTTT describes its Applets as connecting apps and devices.
- The site you need has no integration: try Zapier's six routes first. If none of them reaches it, the work happens on the page itself, which is the case we're building Tabless for.
Tabless is a browser extension that builds what you ask for from the sites you allow; nothing is typed or submitted without your OK. It isn't open yet.
It isn't an automation tool like the four above, and it doesn't connect integrations. It's designed for the site that has none: to read the pages you allow, through the session you're already signed in with, and build what the site is missing, such as a view of its records you can download as CSV or XLSX. It's designed so a row's button can run the clicks you'd make, including typing a row's value into a form on another site, after your OK, one row at a time, with daily limits for each site. No API keys or passwords; you sign in to Tabless with a Wix account. The sites' own rules still apply.
The usual answer is n8n, and its own words are more precise: its README calls it source-available and self-hostable, distributed under the Sustainable Use License and the n8n Enterprise License. Read those licenses to see whether your use is covered.
Sometimes. If it sends emails, publishes a feed, sends webhooks or has a public API, Zapier's help describes a route for each, Make's Custom Apps connect to virtually any service with a public API, and n8n lets you add your own nodes. If it has none of those, these tools can't reach it.
Not yet. Tabless isn't open, and the site with no integration is one of the cases we're building it for. Join the waitlist, and we'll let you know when you can try Tabless.