category · Automation
Automation software after AI
35 tools in this category. 2 are rated killed and 21 survived — together the non-survivors add up to $2,111 a month.
35
tools tracked
2
killed
21
survived
$2,111
$/mo at risk
most-voted in Automation
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UiPath
account_tree Automation
Robotic process automation, meeting robots that improvise.
why
Claude covers the headline feature free, so the $420/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
Anthropic · 2024-10 $420/mo
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Workato
account_tree Automation
Enterprise iPaaS, facing a cheaper way to connect things.
why
n8n covers the headline feature free, so the $830/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
Anthropic · 2024-11 $830/mo
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Browse AI
account_tree Automation
No-code scraping, meeting models that can just look at the page.
why
Anthropic's version covers the headline feature only, so the $49/mo is now paying for the workflow around it, not the AI.
Anthropic · 2024-10 $49/mo
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Tray.ai
account_tree Automation
Low-code integration, repriced by agents that write the integration.
why
n8n covers the headline feature free, so the $500/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
Anthropic · 2024-11 $500/mo
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Parabola
account_tree Automation
Visual data transformation, in the era of conversational data work.
why
ChatGPT and n8n cover the headline feature free, so the $80/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
OpenAI · 2023-07 $80/mo
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Octoparse
account_tree Automation
Point-and-click scraping, undercut by models that read the screen.
why
Anthropic's version covers the headline feature only, so the $99/mo is now paying for the workflow around it, not the AI.
Anthropic · 2024-10 $99/mo
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Landbot
account_treeAutomation· $45
YES
OpenAI · 2023-11 · Custom GPTs and assistants replace rule-based chatbot flow builders
Custom GPTs now covers the same core job on a free tier, so the $45/mo is optional.
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Read.ai
account_treeAutomation· $20
YES
Google · 2025-07 · Google Meet's Gemini and Zoom's AI Companion bundle meeting summaries for free into tools people already use
Fireflies.ai and Otter.ai now cover the same core job on a free tier, so the $20/mo is optional.
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Workato
account_treeAutomation· $830
KINDA
Anthropic · 2024-11 · MCP and agentic tool use changed how systems get connected
n8n covers the headline feature free, so the $830/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
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Tray.ai
account_treeAutomation· $500
KINDA
Anthropic · 2024-11 · Agentic integration undercut visual iPaaS
n8n covers the headline feature free, so the $500/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
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UiPath
account_treeAutomation· $420
KINDA
Anthropic · 2024-10 · Computer-use models perform the same desktop tasks without scripting
Claude covers the headline feature free, so the $420/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
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Octoparse
account_treeAutomation· $99
KINDA
Anthropic · 2024-10 · Vision models read pages without selectors
Anthropic's version covers the headline feature only, so the $99/mo is now paying for the workflow around it, not the AI.
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Parabola
account_treeAutomation· $80
KINDA
OpenAI · 2023-07 · Code Interpreter does data transformation conversationally
ChatGPT and n8n cover the headline feature free, so the $80/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
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Browse AI
account_treeAutomation· $49
KINDA
Anthropic · 2024-10 · Computer-use models navigate and extract without training a robot
Anthropic's version covers the headline feature only, so the $49/mo is now paying for the workflow around it, not the AI.
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Flowise
account_treeAutomation· $35
KINDA
Anthropic · 2025-11 · Agent frameworks and general automation platforms absorbing visual LLM app building
Langflow and Dify cover the headline feature free, so the $35/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
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Sim
account_treeAutomation· $20
KINDA
OpenAI · 2025-10 · AgentKit letting teams build and deploy agent workflows inside the OpenAI platform
n8n and Langflow cover the headline feature free, so the $20/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
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Bardeen
account_treeAutomation· $10
KINDA
OpenAI · 2024-05 · ChatGPT agents + operator-style browsing
Zapier and Make cover the headline feature free, so the $10/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
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IFTTT
account_treeAutomation· $3
KINDA
OpenAI · 2024-05 · Assistants doing multi-app actions natively
Zapier and Make cover the headline feature free, so the $3/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
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Langflow
account_treeAutomation· free
KINDA
Anthropic · 2025-11 · Code-first agent frameworks winning as teams outgrow visual builders in production
Flowise and LangGraph cover the headline feature free, and the workflow around it is why you would still open this.
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CrewAI
account_treeAutomation· free
KINDA
OpenAI · 2025-06 · Single strong agents outperformed orchestrated teams of weak ones
Mastra and LangGraph cover the headline feature free, and the workflow around it is why you would still open this.
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Secureframe
account_treeAutomation· $625
NOT REALLY
OpenAI · 2025-02 · AI compliance chatbots summarize SOC 2 requirements but can't automate evidence collection or satisfy auditors
OpenAI's version overlaps, but does not finish the automation job, so this one still earns its $625/mo.
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Skyvern
account_treeAutomation· $99
NOT REALLY
OpenAI · 2025-10 · Computer-use models from major labs performing the same workflows without a platform
OpenAI's version overlaps, but does not finish the automation job, so this one still earns its $99/mo.
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Gumloop
account_treeAutomation· $97
NOT REALLY
Anthropic · 2025-01 · Agentic assistants that plan multi-step work
Anthropic's version overlaps, but does not finish the automation job, so this one still earns its $97/mo.
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Dify
account_treeAutomation· $59
NOT REALLY
Anthropic · 2025-11 · Model providers offering assistant builders and custom GPTs at no additional cost
Anthropic's version overlaps, but does not finish the automation job, so this one still earns its $59/mo.
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Lindy
account_treeAutomation· $50
NOT REALLY
Anthropic · 2024-11 · General agentic assistants
Anthropic's version overlaps, but does not finish the automation job, so this one still earns its $50/mo.
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Apify
account_treeAutomation· $49
NOT REALLY
OpenAI · 2025-03 · AI agents can browse a site without a purpose-built scraper
OpenAI's version overlaps, but does not finish the automation job, so this one still earns its $49/mo.
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Browser Use
account_treeAutomation· $30
NOT REALLY
OpenAI · 2025-10 · OpenAI and Anthropic shipping native computer use inside their own consumer agents
OpenAI's version overlaps, but does not finish the automation job, so this one still earns its $30/mo.
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Composio
account_treeAutomation· $29
NOT REALLY
Anthropic · 2025-11 · MCP standardising tool access so every service publishes its own server for free
Anthropic's version overlaps, but does not finish the automation job, so this one still earns its $29/mo.
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n8n
account_treeAutomation· $20
NOT REALLY
Anthropic · 2024-11 · MCP + agentic tool use let assistants call APIs directly
Anthropic's version overlaps, but does not finish the automation job, so this one still earns its $20/mo.
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Relevance AI
account_treeAutomation· $19
NOT REALLY
OpenAI · 2025-03 · General agent platforms from the labs themselves
OpenAI's version overlaps, but does not finish the automation job, so this one still earns its $19/mo.
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Pipedream
account_treeAutomation· $19
NOT REALLY
Anthropic · 2024-11 · MCP and agent frameworks
Anthropic's version overlaps, but does not finish the automation job, so this one still earns its $19/mo.
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Windmill
account_treeAutomation· $10
NOT REALLY
Anthropic · 2025-11 · Coding agents writing internal tools directly, and n8n dominating open-source automation mindshare
Anthropic's version overlaps, but does not finish the automation job, so this one still earns its $10/mo.
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Make
account_treeAutomation· $9
NOT REALLY
Anthropic · 2024-11 · Agentic tool use threatens the connect-A-to-B glue
Anthropic's version overlaps, but does not finish the automation job, so this one still earns its $9/mo.
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Relay
account_treeAutomation· $9
NOT REALLY
Anthropic · 2024-11 · Agentic tool use
Anthropic's version overlaps, but does not finish the automation job, so this one still earns its $9/mo.
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Activepieces
account_treeAutomation· free
NOT REALLY
Anthropic · 2024-11 · Agentic tool use
Anthropic's version overlaps, but does not finish the automation job, so this one is still worth keeping open.
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Twilio
account_treeAutomation· free
NOT REALLY
OpenAI · 2025-10 · AI voice platforms bundling telephony so builders never touch a raw communications API
OpenAI's version overlaps, but does not finish the automation job, so this one is still worth keeping open.
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Telnyx
account_treeAutomation· free
NOT REALLY
OpenAI · 2025-10 · Voice agent platforms abstracting telephony away from the developer entirely
OpenAI's version overlaps, but does not finish the automation job, so this one is still worth keeping open.
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Stagehand
account_treeAutomation· free
NOT REALLY
Anthropic · 2025-10 · Frontier model computer use handling browser tasks without any automation library
Anthropic's version overlaps, but does not finish the automation job, so this one is still worth keeping open.
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Kestra
account_treeAutomation· free
NOT REALLY
Anthropic · 2025-11 · Airflow's entrenched position and cloud-native orchestration bundled into data platforms
Anthropic's version overlaps, but does not finish the automation job, so this one is still worth keeping open.
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Trigger.dev
account_treeAutomation· free
NOT REALLY
Anthropic · 2025-02 · Agent frameworks promise orchestration but not durability
Anthropic's version overlaps, but does not finish the automation job, so this one is still worth keeping open.
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Inngest
account_treeAutomation· free
NOT REALLY
Anthropic · 2025-02 · Workflow builders in no-code tools cover the simple cases
Anthropic's version overlaps, but does not finish the automation job, so this one is still worth keeping open.