Apiant vs Workato (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Apiant if

• Fits if you want connections priced by usage rather than seats
• Works for small setups that stay under 2 connections on Free

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you need more than 2 connections or 7 days of run history on Free
• Pricey if usage grows, because connections, tasks and credits move you up a tier
• Watch out: credit packs cost $25 for 500 or $80 for 2,000 and expire after six months
• Watch out: apiant.com now points to apiant.ai, and the old pricing page redirects

Pick Workato if

• Fits if you're a larger company wiring together many business apps
• Makes sense if you want separate development, test and production environments for automations

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you want a price on the page: every edition is quoted through sales
• Tight if you're on the entry edition, with 1 concurrency in Standard
• Watch out: RPA, Private Link and advanced security are sold separately
• Not for you if you want a simple tool for one person, as it's built for company-wide programmes
• Watch out: the free sign-up button comes with no stated length or limits, so check before relying on it

Apiant

• Prices follow connections, tasks and credits, not seats, so heavy usage moves you up a tier.
• Credit packs, available on Pro and above, are $25 for 500 or $80 for 2,000 and last six months.
• The Managed plan lists 5 hours of consulting on the first build and 2 hours a month after, with more at $250 an hour.
• apiant.com now points to the newer apiant.ai site.

Workato

• No prices are published: every edition is quoted through sales, so no starting price is shown here.
• The page says plan structures can differ by contract terms and by when a customer joined.
• Concurrency, on-premise agents and log retention are capped per edition (for example 1 concurrency in Standard, 15 in Enterprise MCP).
• Optional add-ons such as RPA, Private Link and advanced security are sold separately.

Apiant

Ask for an integration

Describe the apps and what should happen; the AI agent writes a spec, builds the automation, tests scenarios and runs it after approval.

Works from your AI client

Any client that supports a remote MCP server, including Claude Code, can build and test automations on every plan, free included.

Plan-wide engine

Every plan includes unlimited steps per automation, real-time triggers, two-way sync, subroutines and scenario testing.

Assistant credits

One assistant message costs 20 credits; paid plans get a monthly allowance and packs start at $25 for 500 credits.

Managed service

At $1,000 a month billed yearly APIANT builds, runs and maintains the integration, with a full refund if it cannot be built.

Enterprise options

Enterprise adds a dedicated instance, multi-tenant accounts, an admin console and fleet deploys.

Workato

Application integration

The Standard edition covers application integration and process automation, with recipe lifecycle management and separate development, test and production environments.

MCP servers and gateway

Business MCP adds pre-built MCP servers, an AI/MCP gateway and an Enterprise Skill builder on top of Standard.

Data and API tools

Business MCP also lists data integration (ETL, ELT, reverse ETL) and an API platform; Enterprise MCP adds data pipelines and event streams.

Agent Studio

Workato ONE, the top edition, adds Agent Studio, a knowledge base and an employee assistant with enterprise search.

On-premise connectivity

Higher editions include on-premise agents (OPAs): 3 in Business MCP, 10 in Enterprise MCP and 30 in Workato ONE.

Security controls

SAML SSO, MFA and role-based access control come with Standard; Enterprise MCP adds data masking, activity audit and hourly key rotation.

Apiant

• Free$0

  2 connections, 1,500 tasks a month and 500 one-time assistant credits; no credit card required.

• Pro$29

  per month, billed yearly ($45 billed monthly)

  5 connections, 10,000 tasks a month, 500 credits a month and 30 days of history.

• Team$99

  per month, billed yearly ($149 billed monthly)

  10 connections, 25,000 tasks a month, 1,000 credits a month and 90 days of history.

• Scale$499

  per month, billed yearly ($749 billed monthly)

  25 connections, 100,000 tasks a month, 4,000 credits a month and 120 days of history.

• Managed$1,000

  per month, billed yearly ($1,499 billed monthly)

  APIANT builds and runs integrations for you; 250,000 tasks a month, with 5 hours of consulting on the first build.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Dedicated instance, multi-tenant setup, admin console and dev and prod environments.

Workato

Pricing could not be confirmed. See workato.com.

Apiant

• Annual discount

  Up to 34% off with yearly billing

  The pricing page says yearly billing saves up to 34% compared with monthly billing.

Workato

No public discounts listed.