MarketsAutomation & Agents
Automation & Agents
Platforms businesses use to automate workflows and build operational agents. Editorial classification
Not assessed 1 week of record — pace is assessed from 4 weeks. Market Heat →Limited tracking history — direct tracking began 28 Oct 2026. Comparisons with earlier periods appear once tracking covers them.How readings are derived
- Verified changes · 30 days
- 63 tools
- Tracking
- 28 Oct 2026limited history
- When direct tracking began in this market, and the first day it covers every tool — period comparisons start from that day
Readingsthis market's records only
- Last 30 days
- 6 verified changes across 3 of 7 tracked tools. No comparison with the 30 days before: direct tracking does not cover all of them.
- Last 30 days (evidence for last 30 days)Tracked tools (evidence for last 30 days)
- Last 7 days
- No verified change in the last 7 days. No comparison with the 7 days before: direct tracking does not cover all of them. Latest verified change: 26 Oct 2026.
- Last 7 days (evidence for last 7 days)Latest (evidence for last 7 days)
- Most changes
- No single segment logged the most: Agent builders, Business agents, and Workflow automation logged 2 each in the last 30 days.
- Agent builders (evidence for most changes)Business agents (evidence for most changes)Workflow automation (evidence for most changes)
- Kind of change
- Releases: 6 of 6. Pricing & plans: 0.
- Releases (evidence for kind of change)All 30 days (evidence for kind of change)Pricing & plans (evidence for kind of change)
Market structureobservable facts from the record · not financials or valuations
- Vendors on record
- 7 7 tracked tools
- Entered the record · 90 days
- 7 first observation dates
- Verified changes per tool · 90 days
- 2.3 16 changes · 6 in 30 days
- Open source or source-available
- 2 of 2 licence verified for 2 of 7
- Self-hostable
- 2 of 2 deployment verified for 2 of 7
Counts over ToolMarketCap's record of this market. They are not market size, revenue, valuation, or investment signals; an unverified licence is counted as unverified, never as closed.
Segments3 segments
- Workflow automationPlatforms that connect apps and run automated workflows, with AI steps.4 tools11 changes on recordPer plan $20–$29.99/mo
- Agent buildersPlatforms for building AI agents that act across business tools.2 tools5 changes on recordentry prices too few to range
- Business agentsReady-made AI agents for sales, support, and operations work.1 tool4 changes on recordentry prices too few to range
Tools
7 toolsOrdered by most recent verified change first · no ranking
| Select to compare | Segment | Delivery | The lowest verified paid plan billed monthly, in USD, read from the vendor’s own pricing page. Free plans and custom quotes are not entry prices. | Free tierYes when the vendor’s own pricing shows a plan that costs nothing to start — a verified $0 plan or a sourced free-tier fact. | ActivityThe Activity Index: 0–100 for how much verified, dated change was logged for the tool in the last 90 days. It measures activity — not quality, usage, or popularity.0–100 · 90 days | The most recent change logged from a first-party source — a price, plan, release, platform, availability, or ownership change — and how long ago it happened. | When the oldest current fact or price on this record was last checked against the vendor’s page. Everything in the row is at least this fresh. | How many of the standard profile facts are verified with a source. Gaps read “Not yet verified” — they are never guessed. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GumloopAgentHub | Agent builders | Web app | $37/moPro | No | Insufficient history | Release11 days ago Gumloop 13.1 opens agent artifacts in Google Workspace and Microsoft Office | 9 days ago | 9/10 | Agent builders9 days ago | |
n8nn8n | Workflow automation | Cloud service and self-hosted software | Not yet verified | Yes | 51 | Release2 weeks ago n8n 2.45 brings the Monday.com node V2 to full parity | 9 days ago | 9/10 | Workflow automationFree tier9 days ago | |
LindyLindy | Business agents | Web app | $49.99/moTeam (per user) | No | 47 | Release3 weeks ago Lindy gets its own phone number for calls | 9 days ago | 8/10 | Business agents9 days ago | |
ActivepiecesActivepieces | Workflow automation | Cloud web app or self-hosted | $20/moPlus | Yes | 39 | Release4 weeks ago Activepieces 0.92.2 moves template expressions to the legacy sandbox | 6 days ago | 9/10 | Workflow automationFree tier6 days ago | |
MakeCelonis | Workflow automation | Web app | Not yet verified | Yes | 24 | Release8 weeks ago Official Make plugin for ChatGPT released | 9 days ago | 9/10 | Workflow automationFree tier9 days ago | |
Relevance AIRelevance AI | Agent builders | Web platform | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | 11 | Release2 months ago New Invent can build agents, tools, workforces, and evals | 9 days ago | 6/10 | Agent builders9 days ago | |
ZapierZapier | Workflow automation | Web app | $29.99/moPro | Yes | Insufficient history | Pricing4 months ago AI by Zapier steps are now priced by model tier | 9 days ago | 9/10 | Workflow automationFree tier9 days ago |
Activity is the 0–100 Activity Index: verified change over 90 days, not quality. How it is measured →
Recent changes
- GumloopRelease
Gumloop 13.1 opens agent artifacts in Google Workspace and Microsoft Office
Release 13.1.0 lets users open agent-made documents, spreadsheets, and presentations in Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Word, Excel, or PowerPoint, and adds live dictation.
gumloop.com
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 26 Oct 2026Gumloop — official changeloghttps://www.gumloop.com/changelog ↗ - GumloopRelease
Gumloop 13.0 revamps the agent harness and adds artifact analytics
Release 13.0.0 lets agents handle longer work and message users in chat, Slack, Teams, iMessage, and email, and adds artifact analytics and organization-wide agent evaluations.
gumloop.com
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 23 Oct 2026Gumloop — official changeloghttps://www.gumloop.com/changelog ↗ - n8nRelease
n8n 2.45 brings the Monday.com node V2 to full parity
Version 2.45 ships Monday.com node V2 with full V1 parity, makes Kafka v2 the default for new nodes, and adds Text Classifier confidence scores.
docs.n8n.io
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 20 Oct 2026n8n — official release noteshttps://docs.n8n.io/release-notes/ ↗ - LindyRelease
Lindy gets its own phone number for calls
Lindy gets its own phone number for outbound calls and receptionist duties.
lindy.ai
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 14 Oct 2026Lindy — official changeloghttps://www.lindy.ai/changelog ↗ - n8nRelease
n8n 2.44 adds Google Vertex AI credentials and renames Foundry nodes
Version 2.44 adds Google Vertex AI credentials support and renames the Foundry nodes and credentials to Microsoft Foundry.
docs.n8n.io
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 13 Oct 2026n8n — official release noteshttps://docs.n8n.io/release-notes/ ↗ - LindyRelease
Watch and Learn teaches Lindy a task from a recording
Lindy can learn a task from a screen recording or written steps.
lindy.ai
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 12 Oct 2026Lindy — official changeloghttps://www.lindy.ai/changelog ↗ - ActivepiecesRelease
Activepieces 0.92.2 moves template expressions to the legacy sandbox
Version 0.92.2 evaluates {{ }} template expressions in the legacy sandbox instead of a Deno process per token, to relieve memory pressure on flows that map many expressions.
github.com
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 7 Oct 2026Activepieces — official GitHub releaseshttps://github.com/activepieces/activepieces/releases/tag/0.92.2 ↗ - n8nRelease
n8n 2.43 releases Browser Use to all users
Version 2.43 makes Browser Use available to all users and adds an Azure OpenAI deployment dropdown and a Databricks Job resource.
docs.n8n.io
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 6 Oct 2026n8n — official release noteshttps://docs.n8n.io/release-notes/ ↗
Pricing
4 of 7 tools have a verified monthly entry price — 4 per plan: from $20 to $49.99/mo, median $33.49/mo.
View as table
| Segment | Entry price | Tools |
|---|---|---|
| Agent builders | $37 | Gumloop |
| Business agents | $49.99 | Lindy |
| Workflow automation | $20 | Activepieces |
| Workflow automation | $29.99 | Zapier |
Activityobserved change activity, not quality
5 tools of 7 have an Activity value.
Comparisonssame segment
Evidence
- Every fact and price links to the vendor page it was read on, with the date. How verification works
- Segments and markets are an editorial classification. How segments are assigned
- Readings are counts and medians over this market’s records only. How readings are derived