Relay.app vs Zapier
Relay.app and Zapier are both automation AI tools, tracked here on price, platforms, integrations, and capabilities. Every figure below is read from the vendor's own pages and dated. No score and no winner: the facts do the picking.
Relay.app
Workflow automation platform shutting down in 2026
Relay.app is a workflow automation platform that is permanently shutting down operations on August 15, 2026 for free users and September 14, 2026 for paying customers. Users can export their workflows, sequences, tables, and run history as JSON or CSV files.
Zapier
Connect apps and automate workflows across thousands of services
Zapier connects web apps and automates repetitive tasks between them without code. Workflows, called Zaps, run when a trigger event happens in one app and carry out actions in others. It integrates with more than 8,000 apps.
At a glance
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Checked against the vendors. Written from each vendor's own site and last re-checked there: Relay.app on July 31, 2026 · Zapier on July 29, 2026. Vendors change pricing and features without notice, so confirm anything that decides your purchase on the vendor's page.
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- Extracting structured e-commerce product catalogs and directory listings
- Monitoring competitor pricing or stock updates with automated alerts
- Building multi-level deep scraping workflows across subpages
Key features
Relay.app
- Export workflows, sequences, and MCP servers as JSON
- Export run history and table data as CSVs
- Automatic subscription cancellation and prorated refunds for annual users
- Technical support available during the wind-down transition period
Zapier
- Integrates with more than 8,000 web apps
- Creates automated workflows called Zaps
- Supports multi-step Zaps and conditional logic
- Offers pre-built Zap templates
- Provides task history and monitoring
What each one does well
Relay.app
- ✓ Exporting workflow data before platform shutdown
- ✓ Managing automated sequences and tables
- ✓ Transitioning processes to alternative workflow builders
Zapier
- ✓ Automating repetitive tasks between web apps
- ✓ Connecting SaaS tools that don't integrate natively
- ✓ Standardizing multi-step business workflows without code
People also ask
What is the difference between Relay.app and Zapier?
Both are tracked for workflow-automation, ai-agents. Of the capabilities they do not share, only Relay.app is tracked for ai-chat, task-management, and only Zapier is tracked for app-integration, no-code.
How much do Relay.app and Zapier cost?
Relay.app: free plan available. Zapier: free plan, then $19.99/mo.
Answers are generated from the tracked plans and capability tags shown above, so they move when the vendors' pages do.
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