Relevance AI vs Zapier Agents

Two AI agents tools side by side: what each does, what it costs and who it suits.

The verdict Side by side Plans and pricing Who each is for Other options

The verdict

On the data we hold, Zapier Agents comes out ahead. Here is why, point by point.

What the data says

Both cover 4 of the 5 features we compared.
Only Zapier Agents has a free plan to start on.
Relevance AI starts lower, at $19/mo against $33.33/mo.
Both have an API and an MCP server, so either works with AI employees.
In our AI agents ranking, Zapier Agents places 6 and Relevance AI 4 of 11.

Side by side

Relevance AI and Zapier Agents compared
9 points compared	Relevance AI	Zapier Agents
Starts at	$19/mo	$33.33/mo
Free plan	No	Yes
API	Yes	Yes
MCP server	Yes	Yes
Document/source grounding	Yes	Yes
Multi-agent workflows	Yes	Yes
No-code builder	Yes	Yes
Self-hostable	No	No
Team workspaces	Yes	Yes
Links	Visit	Visit

Plans and pricing

Relevance AI

Pro$29 monthly or $19 per month billed annually; 2,500 Actions and 2 build users per month.$29/mo
Team$349 monthly or $234 per month billed annually; 7,000 Actions, 5 build users, 45 end users.$349/mo

Zapier Agents

Agents FreeFree forever: 400 agent activities per month.Free
Agents Pro$400 billed annually ($33.33 per month): 1,500 agent activities per month.$400/yr

Prices as the vendors list them. They change often; the final price is on their sites.

Who each is for

Choose Relevance AI if…

Go-to-market and operations teams that want to build their own AI agents for research, outreach and follow-up work, and need triggers, integrations and oversight without writing a full application.

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Choose Zapier Agents if…

A team that already runs Zapier and wants AI agents to handle tasks such as lead qualification, ticket handling or research across its connected apps.

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