Frends review (2026): is it worth it?
European iPaaS for integration, APIs and AI orchestration
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Frends report card
Weak · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for enterprise integration and process automation
Frends is a low-code integration platform for process automation, API management and AI orchestration, in the cloud, on-premises or hybrid. No plan shows a price, and plans are set by processes and monthly executions. It's built for enterprise teams, and Frends MCP and AI need current contract terms.
Who Frends is for
- Fits if you're an enterprise IT team running integrations across cloud and on-premises systems
- Works for companies that want API management and process automation in one platform
Who Frends is not for
- Not for you if you want published prices, as every plan is quoted on request
- Tight on Growth: up to 25 processes and 0.5 million executions a month
- Watch out: hybrid deployment, SSO with Azure and the platform API start at the Business plan
- Watch out: Frends MCP and AI need current contract terms or an AI amendment
- Too heavy for individuals or small teams automating a few apps
Why Frends gets a 1.8
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for moneyNo plan shows a price: Growth, Business, Enterprise and Enterprise Infinity are all quoted on request.
- FFree plan and trialNo free plan or trial on the pages read.
- CFeaturesProcess builder, API management, long-running processes, MCP and AI, templates. Hybrid deployment and the platform API start at Business.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. A low-code builder still means building the processes yourself.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb, with 7 integrations and cloud, on-premises or hybrid deployment.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Frends's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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<a href="https://toolgpa.com/tools/frends#review"><img src="https://toolgpa.com/badge/frends.svg" alt="Frends: 1.8 GPA on ToolGPA" width="196" height="56"></a>Where Frends stands among automation tools
Frends's GPA of 1.8 is higher than 10 of the 134 other automation tools we grade, and level with 15.
It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 39 of 134) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0).
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 135 automation tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Frends’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 22 of 134, level with 82
- FFree plan and trialAbove 0 of 134, level with 24
- CFeaturesAbove 2 of 134, level with 83
- CEase of useAbove 27 of 134, level with 102
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 39 of 134, level with 95
Keep Frends, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Frends you would be making connections to other products, each kept working as those products change. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 109 of the 134 other automation tools grade higher.
What you could make
- Templates: an app builder makes this well.
What you could not
- Connections to other products, each kept working as those products change.
- A builder that other people can use without writing code.
- An AI agent, with the models and the safeguards behind it.
What this rests on. Frends’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Frends?
Frends is a low-code integration platform that combines process automation, API management, application integration and AI orchestration. It can run in the cloud, on-premises or in a hybrid setup, and the vendor positions it as a European platform for regulated industries and the public sector. Pricing is by quote.
Worth knowing
- No plan shows a price: Growth, Business, Enterprise and Enterprise Infinity are all quoted on request.
- Plans differ by processes and monthly executions; Growth allows up to 25 processes and 0.5 million executions a month.
- Hybrid deployment, SSO with Azure and the platform API start at the Business plan.
- Frends MCP and AI features need current contract terms or an AI amendment, per the pricing page.
Key features
- Process Builder
- A low-code, BPMN-style canvas for building integrations and automated processes, with a visual data mapper and CI/CD pipelines.
- API management
- Manages APIs alongside integrations on the same platform, with an optional API Portal add-on.
- Long-running processes
- Supports processes that run over long periods, with a Business Automation Portal add-on for people-facing steps.
- Frends MCP and AI
- Frends MCP and Enterprise MCP expose systems as governed tools to AI, and AI-powered workflows are billed against monthly AI credits.
- Integration templates
- Prebuilt integration templates, connectors and tasks speed up common ERP, HR and finance integrations.
- Flexible deployment
- Deployable in the cloud, on-premises or hybrid, and the top plan lists a fully air-gapped deployment.
Frends pricing
We could not confirm Frends’s current pricing from its own site, so we are not listing plans here. See frends.com for current prices.
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Common questions
Does Frends have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Frends is listed for Web.
Does Frends have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Frends is listed for Web.
Is Frends open source?
Frends is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Does Frends have an API?
Yes. Frends offers a public API, according to its own site.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026.