No-code automation
Connect apps to each other and run workflows without writing code. What sets these tools apart: the unit they bill, the volume included and whether you can host them yourself.
- Tool profileActivepieces: how it works, credits, cloud vs. self-hosted, and limitsActivepieces bills one credit per flow run, however many steps, and can run on your own servers. Plans, MIT license, Frankfurt hosting and documented limits.
- Tool profileLatenode: how it works, per-second pricing, and who it suitsLatenode no longer bills credits: it bills compute seconds, with no base subscription. What the tool does, what it meters, its two plans and its limits.
- Tool profileMake.com: what it is, how credits work, and who it fitsMake (make.com) connects your apps with visual scenarios and bills one credit per module run. How it works, plans, AI features, data hosting, and limits.
- Tool profileWhat is n8n? How it works, what it costs, and who it fitsn8n connects your apps with node-based workflows and bills per execution. What it does, what n8n Cloud costs, and what the free Community edition leaves out.
- Tool profilePabbly Connect: how it works, what counts as a task, plans and lifetime dealsPabbly Connect counts actions only, not triggers or internal steps, and also sells one-time-payment plans. What its pages say, and where they disagree.
- Tool profileWhat is Zapier? How it works, what counts as a task, and its limitsZapier connects 9,000+ apps without code and bills one task per successful action. What it does, what it counts, its plans and its documented limits.
AI app builders
Describe an app in plain language and let AI build it. What sets these tools apart: the credits consumed, hosting, the database and code export.
- Tool profileBase44: what it is, pricing, limits, and who it suitsWhat Base44 is, who runs it (Wix), what its message and integration credits count, what the free plan allows, and which plan lets you export your code.
- Tool profileBolt.new: what it is, what it builds and what it costsBolt.new builds websites, web apps and mobile apps with AI, in the browser. What it hosts, what its tokens measure, and where the free plan stops.
- Tool profileLovable AI (lovable.dev): what it is, what it builds and what it costsLovable builds a web app from messages you write to an AI agent. What it produces and hosts, what its credits count, and what the free plan leaves out.
- Tool profileReplit: what it is, how Replit Agent works, pricing, and limitsWhat Replit is and what its AI agent builds, why its dollar-based credits cannot be converted into a number of apps, and the limits found in its public docs.
AI agents
Assistants that answer, sort or act on your behalf. What sets these tools apart: the models offered, the channels, the knowledge base and how conversations are billed.
- Tool profileBotpress: AI support agents, per-conversation pricing and limitsBotpress bills per conversation, whether AI or a human answers, plus model usage. Plans, automatic top-ups and limits, taken from its official pages.
- Tool profileLindy: what the AI assistant does, per-user credit pricing and limitsLindy (Lindy AI) is an AI assistant that works in Slack, email and your calendar, billed in credits per user. Plans, the 7-day free credits and the limits.
- Tool profileRelevance AI: AI agents billed per action, pricing and the end of the free planRelevance AI builds AI agents connected to your apps. No more free plan, prices published only in the docs, per-action billing plus Vendor Credits.
- Tool profileTidio: live chat, the Lyro AI agent, pricing and free plan limitsTidio combines live chat, ticketing, the Lyro AI agent and Flows automations. Three quotas sold separately and a permanent free plan, per its official pages.