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Fastn UCL
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Enterprise MCP gateway connecting AI agents to 1000+ tools while compressing context, cutting token costs, and enforcing guardrails.
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n8n
✓ verifiedFreemium
Popular source-available workflow automation platform for technical teams, blending a visual canvas, code steps and AI-agent orchestration.
6.7M visits/mo
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Zapier MCP
✓ verifiedFreemium
Widely used no-code automation platform connecting thousands of apps, now extended with AI agents, chatbots, and an MCP server.
6.0M visits/mo
Pricing
No public pricing
Starter: €20/mo billed annually (2.5K executions)
Pro: €50/mo billed annually (10K executions)
Business: €667/mo billed annually (40K executions)
Free trial available
No public pricing
Core features
- ✦Tool orchestration that filters tools/schemas by task intent
- ✦Tool composition that batches and merges chained tool calls
- ✦Result caching and schema adaptation to reduce latency
- ✦Usage, cost, and reasoning-path tracking for auditability
- ✦RBAC and compliance guardrails (SOC 2, ISO, GDPR, HIPAA-ready)
- ✦Access to 1000+ pre-built integrations via one MCP server
- ✦Multi-tenant support for embedding integrations into a product
- ✦Visual workflow builder with inline code (JS/Python)
- ✦500+ app and model integrations
- ✦AI agent and RAG workflow support
- ✦Self-hosting or managed cloud
- ✦Human-in-the-loop approvals and guardrails
- ✦Enterprise features: SSO, RBAC, audit logs, Git control
- ✦Zap workflows linking triggers and actions across 9,000+ apps
- ✦No-code AI agent builder for task-specific assistants
- ✦Chatbots for answering customer questions with AI
- ✦Canvas for visually planning and mapping workflows
- ✦Tables for storing data that workflows can read and update
- ✦Forms for capturing inputs that trigger automations
- ✦Zapier MCP server to connect AI chat tools to app integrations
Use cases
- →Enterprises connecting AI agents to many internal/external tools securely
- →SaaS companies embedding multi-tenant integrations for their users
- →Teams wanting to reduce token costs and latency in agentic tool use
- →Building and running AI agents
- →Automating IT and security operations
- →Connecting and syncing data across apps
- →Prototyping backends and internal tools
- →Teams automating cross-app workflows without engineering resources
- →RevOps/Sales teams routing leads and updating CRMs automatically
- →Support teams deploying AI chatbots for common questions
- →Developers connecting AI coding agents to thousands of apps via MCP
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