# Zapier alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 203 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Zapier holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/zapier/alternatives/

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Apache Airflow: 42
- Prefect: 31
- Dagster: 20
- n8n: 14
- Make: 11
- Temporal: 9

## Workflow orchestration

**Small business**: 49 of 84 answers did not name Zapier (Zapier is #4 of 12 at 15%).

- Prefect: first choice in 15 of those 49
- Make: first choice in 7 of those 49
- n8n: first choice in 7 of those 49
- Dagster: first choice in 4 of those 49
- Activepieces: first choice in 3 of those 49
- Apache Airflow: first choice in 3 of those 49
- Hevo Data: first choice in 2 of those 49
- Argo Workflows: first choice in 1 of those 49

**Mid-market**: 73 of 84 answers did not name Zapier (Zapier is #8 of 14 at 3%).

- Apache Airflow: first choice in 17 of those 73
- Prefect: first choice in 11 of those 73
- Dagster: first choice in 10 of those 73
- n8n: first choice in 7 of those 73
- Make: first choice in 4 of those 73
- Temporal: first choice in 2 of those 73
- Hevo Data: first choice in 1 of those 73
- HubSpot Marketing Hub: first choice in 1 of those 73

**Enterprise**: 81 of 84 answers did not name Zapier (Zapier is #16 of 16 at 0%).

- Apache Airflow: first choice in 22 of those 81
- Temporal: first choice in 7 of those 81
- Dagster: first choice in 6 of those 81
- Prefect: first choice in 5 of those 81
- BMC Control-M: first choice in 4 of those 81
- Camunda: first choice in 4 of those 81
- Workato: first choice in 3 of those 81
- Astronomer Astro: first choice in 2 of those 81

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