ElevenLabs
ElevenLabs
AI voice platform for text-to-speech, voice cloning, speech-to-text, dubbing, agents, and APIs.
Automation & Agents
Connect apps, automate workflows and run AI agents that take action.
Tools in Automation & Agents
9 tools
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Zapier
Zapier
Mainstream workflow automation platform connecting thousands of apps with AI-powered automation and agents.
Retell AI
Retell AI
Production platform for building, testing, deploying, and monitoring AI phone agents.
Fin by Intercom
Intercom
Intercom's customer-facing AI agent for support, sales qualification, and ecommerce conversations.
Deepgram
Deepgram
Developer speech AI platform for speech-to-text, text-to-speech, and real-time voice-agent infrastructure.
Make
Make
Visual automation and orchestration platform for multi-step workflows and AI agents.
Notion AI
Notion
AI capabilities embedded in Notion for writing, workspace search, reports, and knowledge work.
n8n
n8n
Developer-friendly workflow automation and AI-agent platform with cloud and self-hosted deployment options.
Vapi
Vapi
Developer-first platform for building real-time voice AI agents and phone-call applications.
Choosing Automation & Agents tools
Automation tools connect the apps you use and move data between them, so that one event, such as a new form entry or email, triggers a chain of actions. AI agents go a step further: they read instructions, decide on steps and act in other tools on your behalf.
The value comes from reliability. Before choosing, think about which apps you need to connect, how much control you want over each step, and what happens when something fails. Self-hosted options suit teams that need to keep data on their own servers.
Start small: automate one repetitive task, watch it run for a week, then expand. Keep a person in the loop for anything that sends messages to customers, spends money or deletes data, and check how the tool logs what each step did.
Who it is for
Operations teams, small businesses and technical users who repeat the same tasks across several apps every week.
What to compare
- The apps and services each tool can connect to
- Visual workflow builders versus code
- How AI steps and agents are added to workflows
- Hosting: cloud only, or self-hosted as well
- Pricing by tasks, runs or users, and free plan limits
Common uses
- Moving data between forms, spreadsheets and CRMs
- Sorting and answering routine emails
- Creating reports on a schedule
- Running agents that research or update records
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