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n8n for the volume. Zapier only for the connector nobody else has.

Automation Stack

One cheap workhorse, one long-tail catalogue. Teams that push everything through a per-task tool end up with an automation bill bigger than hosting.

Layers
01

5

 

Average score
02

83/100

 

Free tier
03

5of 5

 

Budget
04

$120 to $600 / mo

 

Team
05

One technical operator, part-time

 

[ 01 ]  Layer by layer

The tool, and why it is in this set.

  1. Layer 01

    Volume

    n8n

    n8n

    AutomationFreemiumFrom $0 self-hosted

    Per-execution billing. Deep workflows stay cheap. Self-host if you want them cheaper.

    Full reviewWebsite
    85/100
  2. Layer 02

    Long tail

    Zapier

    Zapier

    AutomationFreemiumFrom $0

    A small plan for apps n8n does not reach. Do not run volume here.

    Full reviewWebsite
    82/100
  3. Layer 03

    Branching

    Make

    Make

    AutomationFreemiumFrom $9/mo

    Routers and iterators for logic ops should own without writing code.

    Full reviewWebsite
    81/100
  4. Layer 04

    Records

    Attio

    Attio

    CRMFreemiumFrom $0

    Somewhere structured for automations to write, without a CRM tax.

    Full reviewWebsite
    82/100
  5. Layer 05

    Did it work

    PostHog

    PostHog

    DataUsage-basedFrom $0

    Events that show whether the workflow changed anything a user felt.

    Full reviewWebsite
    84/100

[ 02 ]  Other stacks

Different job, different set.

All stacks→
01$300 to $1,200 / mo

AI Agent Hub

First agent in production. You can replay a bad run, not argue about it.

02$0 to $400 / mo

B2B SaaS starter

Under 15 people. Free tiers that actually work.

03$150 to $800 / mo

Ops, no engineers

Nothing here needs a repo, a deploy, or someone's afternoon in GitHub.

04$400 to $2,500 / mo

Revenue signal

Clay in front of the CRM. Cap credits and domains in week one.

05$80 to $450 / mo

Lean AI support

The agent takes first contact. Plain, Notion, PostHog and Linear do the rest.