{
    "title": "Gumloop Alternatives 2027: 9 Paid, Free & Open-Source",
    "url": "https://zekaiwork.com/alternatives/gumloop/",
    "summary": "The best Gumloop alternatives in 2027 are Zapier (best overall, $19.99/mo billed yearly), Activepieces (best free plan) and n8n (best open source, Sustainable Use License (source-available, not OSI-approved)). Gumloop itself starts at $37/mo. Zekai checked these prices on vendor pages on 13 Nov 2026; 6 more are compared below, including 2 with a free plan and 3 open source.",
    "tool": {
        "name": "Gumloop",
        "starting_price": "$37/mo",
        "free_plan": "No",
        "price_checked": "2026-11-13",
        "pricing_url": "https://www.gumloop.com/pricing"
    },
    "task": "AI workflow automation",
    "prices_checked": "2026-11-13",
    "date_modified": "2026-11-13",
    "alternatives": [
        {
            "name": "Zapier",
            "type": "Free plan + paid",
            "starting_price": "$19.99/mo billed yearly",
            "free_plan_limit": "Free plan: 100 tasks a month, two-step Zaps",
            "best_for": "Largest app catalogue, simple triggers",
            "difference": "Zapier's task-based plans start at 100 tasks a month on Free and connect 9,000+ apps through Zaps, Tables, Forms and MCP, where Gumloop meters agent work in credits.",
            "price_checked": "2026-11-13",
            "pricing_url": "https://zapier.com/pricing",
            "website": "https://zapier.com",
            "zekai_score": 9.1,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/ai-tools/zapier/"
        },
        {
            "name": "Make",
            "type": "Free",
            "starting_price": "Free plan; paid price not published",
            "free_plan_limit": "Free plan: 1,000 credits a month",
            "best_for": "Visual scenario builder with branching",
            "difference": "Make builds visual multi-branch scenarios and its Free plan includes 1,000 credits a month with 1 MB of data store; credits are bought in bundles of 1,000 or 10,000.",
            "price_checked": "2026-11-13",
            "website": "https://www.make.com",
            "zekai_score": 8,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/ai-tools/make/"
        },
        {
            "name": "Lindy",
            "type": "Free plan + paid",
            "starting_price": "$49.99/mo",
            "free_plan_limit": "$50 in free credits, lasting 7 days",
            "best_for": "Assistant-style agents for inbox and meetings",
            "difference": "Lindy bills every active user from $49.99 a month for 5,000 credits and ships inbox management, meeting recording and iMessage access out of the box, plus 3,000+ integrations.",
            "price_checked": "2026-11-13",
            "pricing_url": "https://lindy.ai/pricing",
            "website": "https://lindy.ai",
            "zekai_score": 5.5,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/ai-tools/lindy/"
        },
        {
            "name": "Power Automate",
            "type": "Paid",
            "starting_price": "$15/user/mo billed yearly",
            "free_plan_limit": "No free plan",
            "best_for": "Microsoft 365 and desktop RPA automation",
            "difference": "Power Automate Premium adds attended desktop flows (RPA) and process mining, with Dataverse storage of 250 MB database and 2 GB file; unattended bots are $150 per bot per month.",
            "price_checked": "2026-11-13",
            "pricing_url": "https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/products/power-automate/pricing",
            "website": "https://www.microsoft.com/power-platform/products/power-automate",
            "zekai_score": 8.5,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/ai-tools/power-automate/"
        },
        {
            "name": "n8n",
            "type": "Open source",
            "starting_price": "$20/mo billed yearly (hosted)",
            "free_plan_limit": "No limit (self-hosted)",
            "licence": "Sustainable Use License (source-available, not OSI-approved)",
            "best_for": "Self-hosted workflows with AI nodes",
            "difference": "n8n prices by workflow execution (2.5k on Starter) with unlimited steps and unlimited users, and the Community Edition can be self-hosted, which Gumloop's pricing page does not offer.",
            "price_checked": "2026-11-13",
            "pricing_url": "https://n8n.io/pricing",
            "website": "https://n8n.io",
            "repository": "https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n",
            "zekai_open_source_page": "https://zekaiwork.com/free-open-source/n8n/",
            "last_release": "2026-11-12",
            "zekai_score": 9.3,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/ai-tools/n8n/"
        },
        {
            "name": "Activepieces",
            "type": "Open source",
            "starting_price": "$20/mo (hosted)",
            "free_plan_limit": "No limit (self-hosted)",
            "licence": "MIT",
            "best_for": "Open-source flows, agents and MCP",
            "difference": "Activepieces has a permanent Free plan with 1,000 credits a month, unlimited flows and 5 users, and publishes its MIT-licensed core, while Gumloop's page lists no free tier.",
            "price_checked": "2026-11-13",
            "pricing_url": "https://www.activepieces.com/pricing",
            "website": "https://www.activepieces.com",
            "repository": "https://github.com/activepieces/activepieces",
            "zekai_open_source_page": "https://zekaiwork.com/free-open-source/activepieces/",
            "last_release": "2026-11-08",
            "zekai_score": 8.2,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/free-open-source/activepieces/"
        },
        {
            "name": "Sim",
            "type": "Open source",
            "starting_price": "$25/user/mo (hosted)",
            "free_plan_limit": "No limit (self-hosted)",
            "licence": "Apache-2.0",
            "best_for": "Open-source agent canvas with 270+ integrations",
            "difference": "Sim is an Apache-2.0 agent canvas with 270+ integrations whose hosted Pro plan is $25 per user per month for 6,000 credits, and it can be run on your own infrastructure.",
            "price_checked": "2026-11-13",
            "pricing_url": "https://www.sim.ai/pricing",
            "website": "https://www.sim.ai",
            "repository": "https://github.com/simstudioai/sim",
            "zekai_open_source_page": "https://zekaiwork.com/free-open-source/sim/",
            "last_release": "2026-11-12",
            "zekai_score": 8.2,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/ai-tools/sim/"
        },
        {
            "name": "Dify",
            "type": "Open source",
            "starting_price": "$49.17/mo billed yearly (hosted)",
            "free_plan_limit": "No limit (self-hosted)",
            "licence": "Dify Open Source License",
            "best_for": "LLM app and RAG workflow builder",
            "difference": "Dify prices per workspace ($59 a month for 5,000 message credits, 3 members, 50 apps) and focuses on RAG apps with knowledge bases, where Gumloop prices per credit with unlimited seats.",
            "price_checked": "2026-11-13",
            "pricing_url": "https://dify.ai/pricing",
            "website": "https://dify.ai",
            "repository": "https://github.com/langgenius/dify",
            "zekai_open_source_page": "https://zekaiwork.com/free-open-source/dify/",
            "last_release": "2026-11-04",
            "zekai_score": 8.6,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/ai-tools/dify/"
        },
        {
            "name": "Langflow",
            "type": "Open source",
            "starting_price": "Free (self-hosted)",
            "free_plan_limit": "No limit (self-hosted)",
            "licence": "MIT",
            "best_for": "Visual builder for Python LangChain-style agents",
            "difference": "Langflow is an MIT-licensed visual builder in Python that you install with pip or Docker and extend with custom components, with no credit metering when self-hosted.",
            "price_checked": "2026-11-13",
            "website": "https://www.langflow.org",
            "repository": "https://github.com/langflow-ai/langflow",
            "zekai_open_source_page": "https://zekaiwork.com/free-open-source/langflow/",
            "last_release": "2026-11-10",
            "zekai_score": 8.8,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/ai-tools/langflow/"
        }
    ],
    "faq": [
        {
            "q": "What is the best alternative to Gumloop in 2027?",
            "a": "Zapier is the best overall Gumloop alternative on this page ($19.99/mo billed yearly). For no cost, Activepieces has a free plan (Free forever: 1,000 credits a month, unlimited flows, up to 5 users). To self-host, n8n is open source (Sustainable Use License (source-available, not OSI-approved))."
        },
        {
            "q": "Is there a free version of Gumloop?",
            "a": "No. Gumloop has no free plan; paid plans start at $37/mo, checked on 13 Nov 2026."
        },
        {
            "q": "Is there a 100% free alternative to Gumloop?",
            "a": "Yes. n8n, Activepieces, Sim, Dify, Langflow are open source and free to self-host. Zapier, Make, Lindy have a free plan with limits, shown in the table."
        },
        {
            "q": "What is cheaper than Gumloop?",
            "a": "Power Automate starts at $15/user/mo billed yearly, against $37/mo for Gumloop, as listed on each vendor's pricing page on 13 Nov 2026."
        },
        {
            "q": "How much do Gumloop alternatives cost for a team of 5?",
            "a": "If each of 5 people buys the entry paid plan, at the prices Zekai checked on 13 Nov 2026, the monthly cost is Power Automate $75/mo, Zapier $99.95/mo, n8n $100/mo, against Gumloop $185/mo for Gumloop. Team and business plans can cost more per seat. The Zekai Cost Finder on this page recalculates for any team size."
        },
        {
            "q": "Which is better, Zapier or Gumloop?",
            "a": "Zapier's task-based plans start at 100 tasks a month on Free and connect 9,000+ apps through Zaps, Tables, Forms and MCP, where Gumloop meters agent work in credits. Choose Zapier if you mostly need fixed trigger-and-action Zaps across thousands of SaaS apps and want a permanent free tier. Stay with Gumloop if your team builds agents that reason over company data and you accept credit-based metering."
        },
        {
            "q": "Why are people leaving Gumloop?",
            "a": "The documented reasons are: Gumloop's changelog says Solo and Team plans were merged into one Pro plan on 2026-03-09, with shared credits and no seat limits, changing what existing subscribers pay for (9 Mar 2026); Gumloop's changelog says plans now default to unlimited overages, with a configurable cap only for Enterprise customers, so usage beyond included credits is billed rather than stopped (19 Mar 2026). Each is sourced in the section above."
        },
        {
            "q": "What is better than Gumloop?",
            "a": "It depends on the job. Zapier suits simple app-to-app triggers, n8n and Activepieces suit self-hosted workflows, and Lindy suits ready-made assistants. Gumloop fits teams building agents on company data with unlimited seats."
        }
    ],
    "publisher": "Zekai (zekaiwork.com) — independently reviewed; prices read on vendor pages on the dates shown.",
    "licence": "Free to quote with a link to https://zekaiwork.com/alternatives/gumloop/. Bulk copying or republishing the dataset is not permitted."
}