Feature | Zapier | |
|---|---|---|
Best for | Critical business processes that must keep running | Small personal or team tasks |
Reliability | Durable execution, automatic retries, full audit trail | Best effort, limited error handling |
Complex logic | Real code, no limits | Limited by step builder |
Cost at scale | Predictable, not per task | Per task, gets expensive fast |
Data ownership | Your own database, full history | Data lives in Zapier |
Custom logic and integrations | Anything you can write in code | Limited to available apps and steps |