Alloy Automation vs Nango (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Nango grades higher than Alloy Automation: 2.2 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Alloy Automation grades higher on ease of use. Nango grades higher on the free plan. They get the same grade on value for money, features and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Alloy Automation
Integration platform for internal workflows and embedded integrations
Paid
Nango
Integration infrastructure for products and AI agents
Free plan · from $50/mo
Which one is for you
Pick Alloy Automation if
- Fits if you run a SaaS product and want to ship customer-facing integrations
- Makes sense if you want internal workflows on the same connectors
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want a price: the pricing page asks you to contact the team
- Skip it if you want to try before paying, as there is no free plan or trial listed
- Not for you if you are an individual wanting a simple Zapier-style automation
- Watch out: discounts rise with volume, but the page gives no tiers
Pick Nango if
- Fits if you're building a product that must connect to your customers' other apps
- Works for teams building AI agents that call outside APIs
Look elsewhere if
- Tight on Free: 10 connections, 10 compute hours and 10GB, with hard caps
- Not for you if you want a no-code app, since it needs code to use
- Watch out: a connection is one user's account for one API, so cost climbs with customers
- Pricey if you want more: the Growth add-on is $450 a month
- Watch out: self-hosting is an Enterprise offer, priced through sales
How we grade them
| 2.0GPAAlloy AutomationFair | 2.2GPANangoFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CNo prices are published and the page asks you for a custom quote, so it sits in the middle by default. Volume discounts are mentioned without figures. | C$50 a month with $50 in usage credits, at $0.29 a connection, $0.72 a compute hour and $0.50 a GB. That's the start of the dearer quarter. |
| Free plan and trial | FNo free plan and no trial on record, so you pay before you see it. | CFree gives 10 connections, 10 compute hours and 10GB, with hard caps that reset monthly. You'll hit them. |
| Features | BWorkflows, embedded integrations, 350+ connectors, an API, MCP and error handling. Nothing in the listing shows a gap in the core job. | BManaged auth, tools, triggers and syncs, webhooks, an MCP server, logs and a unified API. The core job is covered. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. Building flows and embedded integrations takes developer time. | DNo store rating on record. It's a developer platform and needs code to use. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, an API and MCP, with connectors for NetSuite, SAP, Salesforce, Shopify and more. No desktop or phone app. | BWeb, with 6 integrations, an MCP server and an API. |
| Best for | integrations a SaaS company offers its customers | connecting your product or AI agent to outside APIs |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Alloy Automation and Nango. How we grade
Where they differ
- Nango is open source and self-hostable, according to its own site.
In commonWebPublic APIWorkflow automationAI agents
At a glance
| Alloy Automation | Nango | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Paid | Free plan |
| Starts at | Not published | $50 per month, with $50 in usage credits included |
| Free plan | None | 10 connections, 10 hours of compute time and 10GB of data transfer a month, with hard caps that reset monthly. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Alloy Automation | Nango |
| Price read from | Not confirmed | nango.dev |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Alloy Automation
- No prices are published: the pricing page asks you to contact the team for a custom quote.
- The page says discounts rise with volume, but it gives no tiers or figures.
- No free plan or free trial is listed on the pricing page.
Nango
- The Free plan has hard monthly caps of 10 connections, 10 compute hours and 10GB of data; usage beyond that needs the paid plan.
- A connection is one user's authorized account for one API, so costs scale with how many customer accounts you connect.
- A Growth add-on costs $450 per month, and self-hosting with support is listed under Enterprise.
- It is a developer platform that needs code to use, not a no-code app for personal automations.
Key features
Alloy Automation
- Alloy Flow
- Internal workflow automation for connecting business systems, built on the same infrastructure and connectors as Embedded.
- Alloy Embedded
- Embedded iPaaS that lets a SaaS product ship native integrations to its customers, including multi-tenant setups and white-labeling.
- 350+ prebuilt connectors
- Connectors are included on every plan, with NetSuite, SAP S/4HANA, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Shopify, Salesforce and Workday among those named.
- MCP and agent tooling
- The site lists MCP and an agentic toolkit for connecting AI agents to business systems, alongside a Connectivity API.
- Error handling and logging
- Capabilities listed on the platform page include error handling, logging, on-premise support and bespoke customizations.
Nango
- Managed authorization
- Pre-built authentication, secure credential storage and token refresh for more than 1,200 APIs and MCP servers, including a request proxy.
- Tools, triggers and syncs
- Thousands of pre-built tools, triggers and syncs are available, and teams can extend the templates or write fully custom ones.
- Webhooks
- Incoming webhooks from outside APIs are verified and routed, for use in syncs or as triggers.
- MCP server for agents
- A single MCP server exposes the tool library to AI agents, with permissions and scopes controlling what an agent may do.
- Logs and audit trail
- Built-in logs, metrics and alerting show every call, and traces can be exported in OpenTelemetry format on paid plans.
- Unified API and white labeling
- A unified API gives one schema across APIs, and white labeling plus custom OAuth apps remove Nango branding from the authorization flow.
Plans
Alloy Automation
Pricing could not be confirmed. See runalloy.com.
Nango
Free$0
API and MCP auth, tools and syncs with hard-capped monthly limits: 10 connections, 10 compute hours, 10GB of data.
Pay-as-you-go$50
per month, includes $50 in usage credits
Usage rates of $0.29 per connection, $0.72 per compute hour and $0.50 per GB of data transfer.
EnterpriseCustom
Commitment discounts, self-hosting, an MSA and SLA. Priced through sales.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Alloy Automation or Nango?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Alloy Automation has no price we could confirm, and Nango starts at $50 per month, with $50 in usage credits included.
Which has a free plan, Alloy Automation or Nango?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Nango has a free plan. Alloy Automation does not.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.