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Low-code backend builder giving teams a spreadsheet UI over Firebase/Google Cloud data plus scalable custom cloud functions.
Popular source-available workflow automation platform for technical teams, blending a visual canvas, code steps and AI-agent orchestration.
Widely used no-code automation platform connecting thousands of apps, now extended with AI agents, chatbots, and an MCP server.
No-code and AI builder for internal tools, admin panels, CRMs and customer portals on top of your existing databases.
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- ✦Spreadsheet-style UI over a Firestore database
- ✦Unlimited custom cloud functions written in-browser
- ✦30+ supported field types for structured data
- ✦Webhooks and extensions (Slack, SendGrid, WhatsApp, etc.)
- ✦Field-level access control and row auditing
- ✦Open-source codebase with self-hosting option
- ✦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
- ✦Drag-and-drop visual app builder
- ✦Auto-generated admin panels from databases
- ✦External data sync into a single source of truth
- ✦Workflow automation with 5,000+ integrations
- ✦Granular permissions and sharing
- ✦AI apps and AI agent builder
- ✦Self-hosted option
- →Startups building an app backend without heavy custom development
- →Non-developers collaborating on structured data alongside engineers
- →Automating workflows that trigger on data changes
- →Connecting external forms or APIs into a shared Firestore database
- →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
- →Internal tools for support, ops and sales
- →Custom CRMs and admin panels
- →Customer and partner portals
- →Approval and dashboard apps