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The best Workflow Automation alternative to n8n is IFTTT, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to n8n and loads of them are Workflow Automation Tools so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Workflow Automation Tool alternatives to n8n are Zapier, Huginn, Node-RED and Sim Studio.

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  1. IFTTT icon
     449 likes

    IFTTT automates over 1000 apps, devices, and services with no coding needed, supports 27 million users, partners with 900+ brands, and offers powerful automation features like filter codes, queries, multiple actions, connections, habit tracking, and location-triggered events.

    157 IFTTT alternatives

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  2. Zapier icon
     214 likes

    Experience automation without coding by connecting 7,000+ apps with Zapier. Create advanced workflows using natural language and drag-and-drop, harness AI for personalized tasks, and customize apps with data tables. Collaborate and scale with enterprise solutions.

    239 Zapier alternatives

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  3. Huginn icon
     122 likes

    Huginn is a system for building agents that perform automated tasks for you online. They can read the web, watch for events, and take actions on your behalf. Huginn's Agents create and consume events, propagating them along a directed graph.

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Linux
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    • Slack
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  4. Node-RED icon
     41 likes

    Node-RED provides a browser-based flow editor that makes it easy to wire together flows using the wide range nodes in the palette. Flows can be then deployed to the runtime in a single-click.

    42 Node-RED alternatives

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    • Node.JS
    • npm
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  5. Sim Studio icon
     18 likes

    Sim Studio is a powerful platform for building, testing, and optimizing agentic workflows. It provides developers with intuitive tools to design sophisticated agent-based applications through a visual interface.

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    • Self-Hosted
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  6. UI.Vision RPA icon
     122 likes

    Open-source task and test automation tool and Selenium IDE. The UI.Vision RPA software is a browser extension that can do desktop automation as well! Use it for web automation, form filling, screen scraping and Robotic Process Automation (RPA).

    155 UI.Vision RPA alternatives

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    • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox
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  7. Activepieces  icon
     45 likes

    Activepieces is an open source no-code AI automation tool. The only AI automation tool loved by both technical and non-technical users. It's super extensible code-wise and super easy UI-wise. With Activepieces, you can automate your departments (marketing, sales, HR, legal...

    92 Activepieces alternatives

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    • Cloudron
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  8. Make.com icon
     73 likes

    Automate workflows and tasks using a visual, no-code platform that connects over 3,000 apps. Customize workflows, manage AI agents, enable collaboration, and ensure security with GDPR and SOC 2 compliance, SSO, and encryption for centralized business operations.

    172 Make.com alternatives

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    • Google Chrome
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  9. Automatist icon
     9 likes

    Automatist is a free, open source Android app for building and running AI workflows directly on your phone. Combine RSS feeds, web pages, REST APIs, weather, route times and saved notes, then process them with cloud AI using your own API key or with an on device model that needs...

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    • Android
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  10. Directus icon
     34 likes

    Directus, with over 20 million downloads, is the world's first Open Data Platform. It can transform any SQL database into an API and a no-code application instantly, providing equal data and digital file asset management access to all team members.

    229 Directus alternatives

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    • DigitalOcean
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