“Tools like n8n, Zapier, and Make exist to connect the apps a business already uses, so information can move between them automatically based on rules you define.”
“I first thought okay, let's just connect the two with Zapier. Then I realized the booking system didn't have the trigger/action combination we needed.”
“Before choosing Zapier or n8n, identify the ERP write path. If it has an API or supported import, a safe first flow is: watched folder or mailbox -> extract PDF/Excel -> validate against a fixed field schema -> detect duplicates -> send low-confidence records to human review -> write to staging/import -> keep an audit log.”
“i save so much time by having emails that contain "invoice" or "receipt" auto-forward to a folder then zapier renames and saves the attachment in our shared drive. was spending like 20 mins a day just organizing those before”
“Gmail + Zapier + Claude - certain emails automatically get passed to Claude for a summary, then the key points and action items are saved into Notion. I mainly use it for long client threads so I don't have to manually sort through them every time.”
“i work on a custom ERP that made by company and spend hours to do manual data entry from pdf and excel sheets any tool like zapier or n8n that can save me from this hours of headache and please share the process......”
“i wonder how much are you paying for zapier per month and how big company is. but tbh it's all about pipeline efficiency, but pipelines are rarely pre-built, rather than built dynamically, but that's just life”
“We are paying zapier to pper over the fact our data lived in 8 different places. the zaps that were real logic, the ones worth having were maybe a third of the pile.”
“From ChatGPT, Canva & Perplexity to Midjourney, Runway, ElevenLabs, Gamma, Mistral AI & Zapier — this map shows the tools shaping the AI landscape. 🤖”
“Instead of manually copying data from emails, PDFs, and documents into a spreadsheet or database, you can set up a simple workflow that does it for you.”
“I have Zapier automations that are 60+ steps and first time I'm rate limited from data size is one where I'm creating images from templates? Prob should learn programming beyond vibecoding to understand (I will not be doing this)”
“I've considered a lot of additional services like automatic ingestion, ie every call transcript auto-ingested as a source article in the brain... but you can do that with routines or Zapier.”
“I have this really brittle Zapier integration that takes a Google Sheets updated by a partner a few times per week, and upon update, invokes my API to add a paid subscriber to my newsletter. So many clicks and onboarding to setup and learn Zapier. Costs $200/yr to run.”
“Any student on my timeline getting ready for NSS this year and has these skills
- Automations eg. Zapier, N8n
- Process mapping
- Systems thinking skills”
“This combo runs a real lead-enrichment and email triage flow in prod; Zapier/Make were fine for glue, but got brittle once I needed stateful branching.”
“Tools like n8n, Make, and Zapier are pretty straightforward for basic automation flows and integrations. They’re easy to set up, but start to feel limited when workflows get more complex or require more reasoning steps.”
“So our AI VP Revenue “10K" kept pushing up yesterday to use less Zapier and just push data into and across our other systems itself. It said “I’ll just be your harness and handle it all myself.””
“Everyone told you to use:
→ Notion for docs
→ Zapier for automation
→ Make for workflows
→ ChatGPT for writing
→ Buffer for scheduling
→ 14 other tools”
“Helium 10. Jungle Scout. Zapier. A support inbox. A media buyer. That's not a business — that's a tool stack duct-taping one together. Foxshelf replaces it with autonomous agents that handle inventory, pricing, replies, refunds and ad spend.”