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If I'm optimizing for the biggest pre-built library so there's less to build by hand, one tool clearly owns it among productivity bots: Zapier.
- Zapier (4.5 stars, 2,083 reviews): Reviewers keep coming back to its raw scale, one cites "9,000+ connections," and the common refrain is that if you use an app, Zapier probably already connects to it. That breadth is its single biggest advantage, and gaps usually get solved with a webhook rather than a custom build.
A few others are strong depending on your stack:
- Make (4.6 stars, 332 reviews): covers a wide range of apps with a visual builder, though reviewers occasionally hit a missing connector.
- Microsoft Power Automate (4.4 stars, 1,094 reviews): deepest inside the Microsoft world (SharePoint, Outlook, Teams), but thinner outside it and with some connectors paywalled.
- Workato (4.7 stars, 777 reviews): pairs a large library with custom-connector building, aimed at enterprise teams.
Which tool already had the connector you needed, and where did you still end up building something custom?
The tools with the broadest pre-built libraries cover mainstream business apps without any custom work, though niche or internal tools are where gaps tend to show up. Webhooks are a reliable fallback when a native connector isn't available, so it's worth checking if your tool supports them before ruling it out.
Connector count alone can hide quite a bit. I’d compare how deep the commonly used integrations actually go, especially whether they support the triggers and actions a team needs without dropping into webhooks. Ten thousand shallow connectors may save less development time than a smaller library with strong coverage of the workflows you actually automate.
Zapier would be my first pick when avoiding custom connectors is the main goal. I’d still expect custom work around niche internal tools or unusual data flows, but for common SaaS apps, the pre-built coverage should remove most of that effort.
For a small business trying to stop hand-copying data between its CRM and its accounting tools, what matters most is how many of your apps a bot already connects to. Comparing the options on G2's small-business Grid, I'd shortlist Zapier and Integrately, with Make a strong, cheaper alternative.
- Zapier (4.5 stars, 2,083 reviews): The small-business Grid leader by a wide margin, with the biggest app library, so your CRM (HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive) and accounting tools (QuickBooks, Xero) are almost certainly covered without custom work. Reviewers love how fast it connects apps; the catch is task-based pricing that climbs as volume grows.
- Integrately (4.7 stars, 707 reviews): The other SMB Leader and the value pick, with higher reviewer satisfaction than Zapier (NPS 87 vs 66) and one-click prebuilt automations. Reviewers call the pricing competitive, though it's less proven at very high volume.
- Make (4.6 stars, 332 reviews): A visual builder small businesses like for wiring CRM and finance apps together affordably, with pricing reviewers call transparent. A little more hands-on to learn than Integrately.
For a small team, which one covered your CRM and accounting apps out of the box? And did the pricing stay sane as you added more automations?
Tools with the largest pre-built libraries tend to cover common CRM and accounting app combos without any custom work, which is the main thing to check before committing. Tools that bill per task can stay affordable at low volume but climb quickly as automations multiply, so pricing is the variable to watch.
Zapier's task-based pricing climbs as volume grows, which is why small businesses often hit a pricing shock once they add five or six automations. Integrately's flat pricing might look better once you're running real volume, even if the app library is smaller.
For the accounting side, it's worth checking what happens when a record fails to create, not just whether the connection exists. A failure that passes quietly turns into a mismatch someone finds at month end. Integrately's one-click prebuilt automations come up well partly because that handling is already set up rather than something you have to design.
Zapier would be my pick if covering the CRM and accounting stack out of the box is the priority, simply because of the breadth of its app library. For a small team, I’d keep a close eye on task volume as automations grow, since that seems like the point where the pricing equation can start to change.
Have anyone used HelpScout? Seems complicated. I tried to be oriented, but got lost. Wanted to get students after class satisfaction survey and could not yet make it happen. Can anyway assist in step-by-step Guide?