Commands.io vs Zapier
Zapier connects thousands of apps and is built around the Zap editor, where you pick a trigger, actions and fields. Commands.io starts from a sentence, and counts each run once however many steps it has.
At a glance
How they compare
| Commands.io | Zapier | |
|---|---|---|
| How you build | Write a sentence, then check the steps | Pick a trigger, actions and fields in the Zap editor |
| What’s billed | Runs: one each time a command fires | Tasks: one for each action step that completes |
| 10 action steps, run 500 times a month | 500 runs | 5,000 tasks |
| Free plan | 20 runs a month | 100 tasks a month |
| Paid plans from | $15 a month | $29.99 a month |
| Apps | 40+ apps, plus webhooks and REST APIs | Thousands of apps |
The difference
What changes day to day
You write the automation as a sentence instead of choosing each trigger, action and field.
Adding a step doesn’t raise the bill, because a run counts once however many steps it has.
Any command can wait for your OK before it sends, and you approve from the Inbox, email, Slack or Telegram.
Business Brain keeps your tone and client details, so drafts sound like you.
When Zapier is the better pick
If you rely on an app we don’t connect to yet, or your team already runs hundreds of Zaps and knows the editor well, Zapier’s catalogue of thousands of apps is hard to beat.
Who Commands.io is for
Small businesses and solo operators who’d rather describe an automation than build it, and want to see and approve what it does.
Write the first one and see how it runs
The free plan needs no card. Coming from Zapier? Import your export and keep going.