Vellum suits individuals looking for an AI assistant to handle personal tasks across files, calendars, email, code, and computer controls.
Free plan Open source From $30 a month AndroidiPhone & iPadWebWindowsMacBrowser extension+2
Best Ai Automation 2026
Facts read 24 Sep 2026 – 19 Oct 2026
AI automation tools provide workflow builders, AI agents and AI model options. They are available through websites, APIs, self-hosted installations, browser extensions, and Windows or macOS apps.
The standings: top 10
| Name | In a line | Record score | Price from | Try it free | Runs on | Facts read |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 Vellum | Vellum suits individuals looking for an AI assistant to handle personal tasks across files, calendars, email, code, and computer controls. | 6.4 | $30 a month | Free plan | Android, iPhone & iPad, Web, Windows | 15 Oct 2026 |
| 02 Windmill | Windmill suits teams building internal tools and workflows, from developers who want to script in several languages to teams using low-code builders. | 6.1 | $120 a month | Free plan | Web, Windows, Linux, API | 15 Oct 2026 |
| 03 Dify | Dify suits teams building AI applications that need configurable workflows, knowledge retrieval or multiple publishing options. | 6.0 | $590 a year | Free plan | Web, Windows, Mac, Linux | 15 Oct 2026 |
| 04 Kestra | Kestra may suit teams coordinating workflows across different languages and external tools. | 5.6 | Free plan | Free plan | Web, Windows, Mac, Linux | 19 Oct 2026 |
| 05 Lindy | Lindy suits individuals and teams wanting connected workflow automation, scheduled routines, integrations, and conditional or webhook-driven tasks. | 5.5 | $29.99 a month | Free plan | Web, Browser extension | 8 Oct 2026 |
| 06 Flowise | Flowise suits developers and teams building agent or LLM workflows who want visual orchestration, deployment choices, and developer access. | 5.4 | $35 a month | Free plan | Web, Windows, Mac, Linux | 1 Oct 2026 |
| 07 Workato Agentic | It suits organizations building governed AI workflows across finance, sales, operations, and connected business systems. | 5.4 | Free plan | Free plan | Web, API | 30 Sep 2026 |
| 08 Bardeen | Bardeen suits go-to-market teams, including sales, customer success, revenue operations, sales engineering, and sales leadership, that want to automate repeatable tasks… | 5.2 | $10 a month | Free plan | Web, Browser extension | 5 Oct 2026 |
| 09 Activepieces | Activepieces suits teams that want to automate work across connected apps or build AI agents. | 5.1 | $20 a month | Free plan | Web, API, Self-hosted | 30 Sep 2026 |
| 10 Relevance AI | Relevance AI suits teams or individuals looking to build specialist AI agents and connect them to app workflows. | 5.1 | $19 a month, billed yearly | Free plan | Web | 28 Sep 2026 |
Use the listings to compare free plans, starting paid prices, execution allowances, self-hosting, and human-approval steps. The list is ordered by newest releases first, using figures makers publish, with no scoring.
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Windmill
Windmill suits teams building internal tools and workflows, from developers who want to script in several languages to teams using low-code builders.
WebWindowsLinux+2 Record6.1 Visit
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Dify
Dify suits teams building AI applications that need configurable workflows, knowledge retrieval or multiple publishing options.
WebWindowsMac+4 Record6.0 Visit
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Kestra
Kestra may suit teams coordinating workflows across different languages and external tools.
WebWindowsMac+3 Record5.6 Visit
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Lindy
Lindy suits individuals and teams wanting connected workflow automation, scheduled routines, integrations, and conditional or webhook-driven tasks.
WebBrowser extension Record5.5 Visit
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Flowise
WebWindowsMac+3 $35 a month Record5.4 Visit Flowise suits developers and teams building agent or LLM workflows who want visual orchestration, deployment choices, and developer access.
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Workato Agentic
WebAPI Free plan Record5.4 Visit It suits organizations building governed AI workflows across finance, sales, operations, and connected business systems.
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Bardeen
WebBrowser extension $10 a month Record5.2 Visit Bardeen suits go-to-market teams, including sales, customer success, revenue operations, sales engineering, and sales leadership, that want to automate repeatable tasks…
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Activepieces
WebAPISelf-hosted $20 a month Record5.1 Visit Activepieces suits teams that want to automate work across connected apps or build AI agents.
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Relevance AI
Web $19 a month, billed yearly Record5.1 Visit Relevance AI suits teams or individuals looking to build specialist AI agents and connect them to app workflows.
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Dust
WebBrowser extensionAPI €288 a year Record5.0 Visit Dust is aimed at AI operators in fast-moving companies, with use cases across engineering, customer support, sales, marketing, and data teams.
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Pipedream
WebAPI $99 a month, billed yearly Record4.8 Visit Pipedream suits teams connecting services for AI agents or building automated workflows with code or drag-and-drop tools.
15
Trigger.dev
WebAPISelf-hosted $10 a month Record4.7 Visit It suits developers building long-running workflows or AI agents in TypeScript, JavaScript, Node.js, Bun, or Python.
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Orkes Conductor
WebAPISelf-hosted Free plan Record4.3 Visit Orkes Conductor suits developers and teams building business processes that combine AI agents with workflow automation.
19
Moveworks
AndroidiPhone & iPadWeb+2 — Record4.2 Visit It suits organizations seeking enterprise search and task automation across business systems.
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Kore.ai
WebAPISelf-hosted — Record4.0 Visit Kore.ai is aimed at Global 2000 enterprises and teams building agent systems for sectors such as banking, healthcare, insurance, retail, and service operations.
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Questions
Do AI automation tools offer free plans?
Several entries—including Activepieces, Bardeen, CrewAI AMP, Dify, Dust, Flowise, Kestra and Automation Anywhere Automation 360—offer free plans.
Is a trial available before I purchase a paid tool?
A free trial is offered by an item on this list. IBM watsonx Orchestrate offers a 30-day trial.
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Across the list, deployments include web, API, self-hosted, extension, Windows and macOS.
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Why do human approval steps matter?
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