Pabbly Connect vs Zapier

Pabbly Connect

• High-volume automations where per-task pricing adds up
• Buyers who prefer a one-time payment to a subscription
• Small businesses linking marketing, sales and payment apps

Zapier

• Connecting a wide range of cloud apps, including less common ones
• Solo users with light needs who can stay within 100 tasks a month
• Teams that want shared workflows with single sign-on and admin controls

Pabbly Connect

• The Free plan stops at 100 tasks a month and limits workflows to 2 steps.
• The pricing table says the team member feature cannot be used on monthly plans.
• The Standard Lifetime plan is subject to feature restrictions, and one-time plans include customer support for 1 year only.
• Visitors in India are shown rupee prices; the dollar figures here are the US prices carried in the same page.

Zapier

• The Free plan is limited to 100 tasks a month and two-step Zaps, and checks for new data only every 15 minutes.
• Free and Professional include a single user; sharing workflows with colleagues needs the Team plan.
• Cost rises with volume: Professional runs from $19.99 a month for 750 tasks to $3,389 a month for 2 million, billed annually.
• Tasks beyond the plan limit are billed at 2.5x the base rate on monthly plans and 1.25x on annual plans.

Pabbly Connect

Workflow builder

A workflow has one trigger and one or more actions. Paid plans allow any number of steps, with path routers, filters, iterators, delays and scheduled runs.

Task counting

Only an action performed in an external app uses a task. Triggers, filters, routers, formatters and other internal steps are free, and checks for new data are not charged.

2,000+ integrations

Pabbly lists more than 2,000 app integrations. For anything missing, Action Builder turns an API into a workflow action and the API module sends custom requests.

Code and data tools

A JavaScript and Python module runs code inside a workflow. Built-in tools include text, number and date formatters, an email parser, a JSON extractor and custom variables.

AI Assistant and MCP

AI Assistant adds assistants that work from custom knowledge inside workflows, and the Pabbly Connect MCP server lets MCP clients such as Claude run workflow actions.

Approvals and team sharing

Human in Loop pauses a workflow until a team member approves. Workflows sit in folders and subfolders that can be shared with set access permissions.

Zapier

Zaps

Workflows that start from a trigger and run one or more actions. Free accounts are limited to two-step Zaps; Professional adds multi-step Zaps, filters, paths and webhooks.

App directory

Zapier connects more than 9,000 apps, including Google Sheets, Gmail, Slack and HubSpot. Premium apps are unlimited from the Professional plan.

Task-based billing

A task is counted when a Zap completes a unit of work; triggers, polling and built-in data tools are not counted. Extra tasks are billed at 1.25x the base rate on annual plans and 2.5x on monthly plans.

Tables, Forms and Canvas

Tables store the data that workflows read and write, Forms collect it, and Canvas maps out a process. Tables and Forms are unlimited on every plan, including Free.

Agents, Chatbots and MCP

AI agents take actions across connected apps, and Zapier MCP gives assistants such as Claude and ChatGPT access to them. Agents and Chatbots are optional add-ons with free tiers.

Team and admin controls

Team covers 25 users with shared Zaps, folders and app connections plus SAML SSO. Enterprise adds SCIM provisioning, app controls and custom data retention.

Pabbly Connect

• Free$0

  100 tasks a month and 2-step workflows, with unlimited operations and free internal steps. No credit card needed.

• Standard$16

  per month, billed yearly ($19 billed monthly)

  10,000 tasks a month with multi-step workflows. Longer terms cost less: $15 a month on 2 years and $14 on 3. Standard plans can be stacked for more tasks.

• Unlimited$69

  per month, billed yearly ($79 billed monthly)

  Unlimited tasks, access to all features and unlimited team members. $65 a month on a 2-year term and $59 on a 3-year term.

• Standard Lifetime$349

  one-time payment

  3,000 tasks every month, subject to feature restrictions. Shown as reduced from a normal price of $684, with no end date given.

• Ultimate Lifetime$799

  one-time payment

  10,000 tasks every month with access to all features. Shown as reduced from a normal price of $2,280.

• Ultimate Plus Lifetime$1,298

  one-time payment

  20,000 tasks every month with access to all features. Shown as reduced from a normal price of $4,560.

Zapier

• Free$0

  100 tasks a month for 1 user, limited to two-step Zaps, with unlimited Zaps, Tables and Forms and 15-minute polling.

• Professional$19.99

  per month, billed annually, for 750 tasks ($29.99 monthly)

  1 user. Multi-step Zaps, unlimited premium apps, webhooks, filters and paths, AI by Zapier and 2-minute polling. Task tiers run up to 2 million a month.

• Team$69

  per month, billed annually, for 2,000 tasks ($103.50 monthly)

  25 users, shared Zaps, folders and app connections, SAML single sign-on, priority support and 1-minute polling.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Unlimited users, advanced admin and app controls, SCIM provisioning, custom data retention and annual task limits.

Pabbly Connect

• Annual discount

  Save 15% to 25% on longer billing terms

  The pricing tabs take 15% off for yearly billing, 20% for 2-year billing and 25% for 3-year billing, compared with the monthly price.

• Lifetime license

  One-time lifetime plans from $349

  Three one-time plans give a monthly task allowance with no subscription: Standard at $349 for 3,000 tasks, Ultimate at $799 for 10,000 and Ultimate Plus at $1,298 for 20,000.

Zapier

• Annual discount

  33% off with annual billing

  Zapier's pricing page says annual subscriptions are billed yearly at 33% off the monthly rate: Professional is $19.99 a month instead of $29.99, and Team $69 instead of $103.50.

• Nonprofit

  Extra 15% off for nonprofits

  The pricing page lists an additional 15% discount for non-profit organizations. It does not apply to pay-per-task charges.