Top 8 Zapier Alternatives for IT Teams in 2023

Zapier is an automation tool that streamlines business processes without the need for coding. It allows you to create Zaps, which are automated tasks that perform actions based on if/then logic. With Zapier, you can automate multiple tasks at once, making your workflow more efficient.

Zapier provides secure authentication, permissions infrastructure, and administration as your business grows. However, it has certain limitations, such as not allowing you to add actions to a list and execute them in a single step which makes automating multi-step IT tasks difficult. 

Zapier is a powerful automation tool that enables users to seamlessly connect different web applications, such as Gmail, Trello, and Salesforce, and automate various tasks and workflows between them. With Zapier, IT teams can easily create "Zaps," which are automated actions triggered by specific events in one app and perform actions in another.

This allows IT teams to streamline repetitive tasks, such as provisioning and deprovisioning or creating a new Trello card when a new lead is added to Salesforce. Additionally, Zapier allows you to receive data from any sent request or service to URLs without the need for running servers.

Despite its many benefits, Zapier does have certain limitations. For example, updating and deleting records can be challenging. Additionally, automating complex IT tasks can be difficult, and sometimes Zaps may break or lose connection while automating a workflow. Furthermore, Zapier may need help in triggering action features, making it difficult to add actions to a list and execute them in a single step.

However, your organization can use the available automation tool alternatives to automate its business processes effectively and efficiently. In this blog, we'll discuss a few of the best alternatives to Zapier that you can consider.

Here're The Top 8 Zapier Alternatives

The top 8 Zapier alternatives below will help improve your organization's productivity and streamline the IT process through automation.

1. Zluri

Zluri is a powerful SaaS management platform that offers advanced automation and integration capabilities. With seamless integration to over 800 popular applications, you can connect to the tools you need to streamline your business operations.

By using Zluri, you can eliminate tedious manual tasks and repetitive IT processes that can be prone to errors, increasing efficiency and productivity. The platform also enables you to set up conditional triggers to automate IT processes and monitor all activities in a centralized dashboard.

Additionally, Zluri allows you to streamline provisioning and deprovisioning procedures by creating custom workflows, granting, modifying, and revoking access with just a few clicks. Furthermore, it enables HR, and IT teams to work seamlessly by integrating HR systems with IT systems, ensuring smooth data exchange.

To discover how Zluri's automation features can revolutionize your organization, book a demo and experience it for yourself.

Pros

• You can integrate with different applications such as Bamboo HR to help you automate IT processes, saving time and reducing manual data entry. 

• You can customize the onboarding/offboarding workflow as per your need. 

• You get notified whenever there is unauthorized access to applications, eliminating potential security threats such as cyberattacks.  

• You can view the IT processes in a single dashboard that will help you keep track of it to streamline the workflow.

• You can view the issue of why the workflow failed to run and resolve it accordingly. 

• It provides you with transparency by keeping you updated on your workflow status.

Customer Rating 

• G2: 4.8/5

• Capterra: 4.9/5

2. Celigo

Celigo provides automation and integration solutions for businesses. Their platform, called Integrator.io, is an integration platform as a service (iPaaS) that allows businesses to connect and automate their various cloud-based software applications and systems. 

It also allows businesses to create custom integration solutions using their drag-and-drop integration builder. In addition, it provides many features, such as data mapping, data transformation, and real-time data syncing.

Furthermore, Celigo's solutions are designed to help businesses streamline their operations, reduce manual data entry and improve data accuracy by automating the data flow between their various systems. 

Pros

• It provides built-in integrations apps for quick setup that helps in improving productivity and efficiency.

• Enables real-time data syncing and updates between systems that help keep track of IT process status.

Cons

• Provide users with complex DV IT processes, due to which people with less technical knowledge won't be able to automate the processes.

• Pops up with multiple error notifications simultaneously, which becomes difficult to manage. 

Customer Rating 

• G2: 4.6/5

• Capterra: 4.7/5 

3. Microsoft Power

Microsoft Power Automate (formerly known as Microsoft Flow) is an automation and integration platform that allows users to create workflows to automate repetitive tasks and integrate different applications. It is part of the Power Platform, including Power Apps and Power BI. It is designed to help IT teams automate business processes and workflows across different systems and services.

Furthermore, Microsoft Power Automate allows IT teams to create automated workflows by triggering actions. Also, it makes custom connectors to interact with other systems using APIs. 

Pros

• You can automate workflows without any requirement of coding knowledge.

• You get the flexibility to manipulate data and automate actions that will increase efficiency.

Cons

• You cannot add more than ten if conditions in condition control make triggering actions difficult.

• At times the flow process gets slowed down while executing commands, thus consuming a lot of time. 

Customer Rating 

• G2: 4.6/5

• Capterra: 4.5/5 

4. Workato

Workato is a cloud-based automation and integration tool that allows businesses to connect and automate various software applications and systems. Workato's platform also includes a powerful automation engine that enables companies to automate complex business processes and workflows across different systems and services. 

Furthermore, it provides a low-code, drag-and-drop interface to build custom automation workflows, making it easy for non-technical users to create and manage automation.

Pros

• App actions are well organized in the data pill, which helps map data for different integrations.

• It provides you with a community library where developers publish various automation that you can use for your workflow.

Cons

• Limitations in bulk processing functionality, such as data replications, consume more time to automate a workflow. 

• Lack of debugging options for tracking variable values, step-by-step execution, and setting breakpoints.

• At times complex integration is not very clear, and it takes time to understand 

  the flow.

• Sometimes it cannot handle very high volumes of data or large numbers of automation, which impacts the productivity 

Customer Rating 

• G2: 4.7/5

• Capterra: 4.7/5

5. Make

Make, formerly known as Integromat, is an automation and integration platform that allows businesses to create automated workflows called "Scenarios" to automate repetitive tasks and integrate different applications. It features a visual, drag-and-drop interface to create automation and allows users to add conditions and filters to the data that flows through the scenarios. 

Furthermore, Make allows users to schedule scenarios to run at specific times and/or at regular intervals.

Pros

• It provides you with the flexibility to copy/paste action steps from one scenario to another, thus allowing you to create the workflow efficiently.  

• It always notifies you of the automation failure and thus will help you spot the error point.  

• You get to track all the IT-related tasks on one platform; thus, you no longer have to toggle between multiple dashboards. As a result, you end up saving a lot of your time. 

Cons

• It shuts the workflow completely, even due to a slight error in any of its steps. Thus, you have to start from scratch and look for the error manually, which wastes a lot of effort and time. 

• Unable to sync with an extensive database, and thus, you have to manually keep track of each database. 

Customer Rating 

• G2: 4.7/5

• Capterra: 4.8/5

6. Boomi

Boomi Low-code platform that enables organizations to connect, automate, and manage their business processes. It offers various capabilities, including data integration, application integration, and B2B/EDI management. 

Furthermore, Boomi efficiently automates your workflow with minimal coding. It is designed to be easy to use and can be used by businesses of all sizes. Some of the key features of Boomi include data mapping, data transformation, and integration with various systems and applications.

Pros

• It's a low-code platform, so with logical skills, you can develop integration solutions with ease.

• It requires minimal coding to automate a workflow that will help you streamline the IT process.

• It reduces the time of integration and human efforts that will enhance productivity.

Cons

• Limitation in debugging features as it becomes difficult to debug during the integration process.

• Limitation in functionality as it gets difficult to navigate issues in workflow.

• At times it generates error messages which can be misleading.

Customer Rating 

• G2: 4.5/5

• Capterra: 4.4/5

7. Tray.io

Tray.io is a low-code automation tool that connects instantly to over 600+ applications. It helps the organization eliminate manual work by automating IT tasks such as provisioning and deprovisioning. 

Furthermore, Tray.io's robust governance allows businesses to stay secure and compliant, which reduces security risks such as cyber-attacks, security breaches, and more.  

Pros

• You can quickly build and iterate automation with minimal coding knowledge to boost productivity and streamline the workflow.

• It helps you keep track of what's happening within the workflows to keep you updated.

Cons

• It is challenging to interpret failed steps in a workflow that disrupts the entire workflow.

• Unable to select multiple steps within a workflow instead, you have to move them individually, which consumes more time.

Customer Rating 

• G2: 4.6/5

• Capterra: 4.9/5

8. Pabbly Connect 

Pabbly Connect is an automation tool that allows organizations to automate repetitive tasks and processes by eliminating manual work. It is a web-based platform that can integrate with various applications such as Google Sheets, Salesforce, Mailchimp, and more. That helps is auto syncing data across applications, saving more time. 

Furthermore, Pabbly Automation's features include creating custom workflows, scheduling tasks, and receiving when tasks are completed.

Pros

• It allows you to customize automation to meet your needs, giving you more control over the process.

• It supports a wide range of integrations with popular apps and platforms, making connecting the tools you need easy.

Cons

• The absence of advanced reporting and analytics capabilities makes it difficult to track the performance of the IT process.

• Unable to handle complex workflows or automation that impacts productivity.

Customer Rating 

• G2: 4.4/5

• Capterra: 4.4/5