Zapier
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
2recommend
2warn against
Dec 9, 2025first mention
Aug 14, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“if you just need two SaaS apps glued together, Zapier's still the right call for that”
“if you just need two SaaS apps glued together, Zapier's still the right call for that”
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“I love Zapier, but it makes me question their product offering if they can get this so wrong.”
Caveats and dissent
“the thing is trying very hard to not be Turing complete and there's basically no easy way to express any logic without shelling out to code”
“It required many zaps, came with a lot of limitations too.”
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Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
- QuickFlo – I got sick of exporting workflows and everything that came with them 2 mentions
- I turned my RSS feeds into an e-ink newspaper to stop reading on my phone 1 mention
- Ballet – Workflow automation that writes integrations against any API 1 mention
- Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2026) 1 mention
- Ask HN: Does "Zapier for payment automation" exist? 1 mention
- Icons in Menus Everywhere – Send Help 1 mention
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All comments 7
“ifttt or zappier can subscribe an rss feed to Instapaper”
“the thing is trying very hard to not be Turing complete and there's basically no easy way to express any logic without shelling out to code”
“if you just need two SaaS apps glued together, Zapier's still the right call for that”
“if you just need two SaaS apps glued together, Zapier's still the right call for that”
“Build automations (Make, Zapier, n8n)”
“It required many zaps, came with a lot of limitations too.”
“I love Zapier, but it makes me question their product offering if they can get this so wrong.”