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Growth & Marketing Manager at a transportation company with 11-50 employees
Real User
A message posted to a particular Slack channel can become a to-do with the tool Trello.

What is most valuable?

Most valuable is the ability to connect many disparate tools, such as Google Sheets, Trello, Slack, Autopilot, etc.

How has it helped my organization?

One way it improved how we function is that a message posted to a particular Slack channel can become a to-do with the tool Trello. We also take alerts from Autopilot and use that to trigger a Slack message for our sales team to follow up with a particular customer. We also connect an Excel sheet with a Trello card for our car inspections. There are many uses for operations, marketing, and sales.

What needs improvement?

There are no areas for improvement that I can think of.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have used Zapier for 18 months.

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What do I think about the stability of the solution?

A few times our zaps would get turned off.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We have not had scalability issues.

How are customer service and support?

I rate support very high; excellent customer support.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We did not have a previous solution.

How was the initial setup?

Setup is fairly straightforward.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

It costs $45.83 for Professional.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We did not look at other solutions that I am aware of.

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reviewer1595568 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Content Writer at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
Real User
Easy to integrate with great automation and lots of tools
Pros and Cons
  • "The solution is a SaaS and does not require a complex setup."
  • "The pricing of the solution is quite expensive."

What is our primary use case?

We primarily use the solution for a Google Sheets integration.

What is most valuable?

Its integration capabilities and the kind of automation it provides to the user are fantastic. It has integration with lots and lots of tools. 

The solution is very stable.

Scalability is achievable. 

The solution is a SaaS and does not require a complex setup.

What needs improvement?

The pricing of the solution is quite expensive. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using the solution since I've been in this company - for maybe two years. It's my understanding we were using it before 2016.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The stability is great. There are no bugs or glitches. it's reliable. It doesn't crash or freeze. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution scales well. A company can expand it if it needs to. 

Since you can integrate most of your tasks, the scalability is there. You don't have to manually do it yourself. Zapier does it for you. There are immense possibilities to scale your business through Zapier.

In our organization, maybe around six to seven people have access to this product.

We might increase usage, although right now, that is not the plan. 

How are customer service and support?

I cannot say whether we have contacted technical support or not. So far, we haven't been in any situations where we feel difficulties or complexities. While we might have contacted them as an organization, I personally have never needed to. Therefore I can't speak to how helpful or responsive they are. 

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Before Zapier I don't know if we uses a different cloud data integration solution or not.

How was the initial setup?

It's a SaaS product. We don't have to install it on any device.

There is no technical team needed for the installation as there is no such installation required.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The cost of the solution is high. It's a bit costly as compared to Tableau or other solutions that are available in the market.

I've seen situations where there are individual users and they prefer to keep it on a monthly basis, however, our organization uses it under a yearly subscription. Companies, based upon the users, can increase or decrease the users as per their requirements.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

There's a tool called Tableau that is similar.

What other advice do I have?

I would highly recommend Zapier to people - especially if they want to scale their business or they want to automate most of their tasks. Zapier is highly recommendable.

I'd rate them at a nine out of ten overall. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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it_user676344 - PeerSpot reviewer
Quality Assurance Chapter Lead at a marketing services firm with 201-500 employees
Real User
Ability to connect almost any API to another API.

What is most valuable?

  • Ability to easily connect almost any API to another API. We can get synergy that wasn't available before.
  • Ability to use logical functions and multi-step algorithms for these connections, thus we can avoid triggering certain processes or workflows when we don't want to.
  • Customize the web-hook handler which allows us to easily connect our internal applications with all the third-party tools that we use for our business

How has it helped my organization?

Improved communication and efficiency through interconnection of instant messaging, email, CRM, ERP and ticket management systems is the main output of using Zapier at Glispa.

Glispa doubled its number of employees last year and this brought a challenge of scaled communication. It was easy to be on the same page when you work in one comparatively small team, but when you have two hundred people with different goals it is hard to be aligned and deliver the best for our clients. However, there are tools which can help teams to be on the same page such email, instant messaging services or CRM tools. The drawback of all these systems is that they are usually independent and updates in one of them will not be seen in another.

With Zapier we tried to connect them and it worked out really well. One of the basic examples can be automation that we use to onboard our customers and handover from sales to account management team. When a sales manager moves his or her deal to the "setup" stage in CRM system with Zapier we send notification to responsible account managers on Slack. If certain crucial information was omitted in a deal, another Zapier automation will send a pre-filled Google form to the sales manager with a request to fill the gaps. When it is done, the account manager gets a nice and shiny handover form and is able to act in a timely manner. Moreover, a respective account is automatically created for the new customer in our ERP system, thus saving the account manager's time.

What needs improvement?

What I miss the most is the ability to share my Zaps with my teammates. If/Then/Else branching for multistep Zaps is the closest next thing. So far, you only have the filtering function "If criteria are met then continue, else stop the workflow", but I do want to define what should be done if criteria are not met.

Also I want to know a little bit more about my Zaps. Now I can see the history of the executed Zaps and see its status (If it is on or off). But I would like to know when it was last updated, if it has any tags (such as "beta" or "do not touch") and also get a quick summary re its performance for the last 7d (number of times it was executed, how many times it was successful).

For how long have I used the solution?

We have used this solution for two years.  

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Yes, I personally used for my private automations. I also had some experience with IFTT, but the latter looks significantly weaker in terms of functionality and usability. I also know of an open source project called "Node Red". It looks promising and can give additional flexibility and reliability. However, it requires programming skills.

What about the implementation team?

We did it on our own. I guess vendor's assistance is unnecessary.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

We define value by comparing the amount of time that we could have spent developing integrations on our own with the price of Zapier's licence. In casual cases, we saves the time of one full-time developer. It makes total sense to use the paid version of the Zapier. But when it comes to automation of actions that happen more than 5000 times a day, it makes more sense to invest time and money into one's own solution.

What other advice do I have?

If you want to save money on developer efforts and get quick automation, Zapier is the tool. And if your Zap runs more than 1000 times a day, it shows you where development efforts are actually required.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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it_user669339 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Project Manager
Vendor
Connections are made without code, only by field mapping.

What is most valuable?

I especially use the connection with Salesforce to integrate events from other platforms, such as Acuity Scheduling. Connections are made without code, only by field mapping.

How has it helped my organization?

Thanks to Zapier, I was able to integrate all the appointments into the Salesforce calendar. Thus, users have a complete 360° view and have only one application to consult.

What needs improvement?

I think the history of "zaps" could be improved. Zapier is not practical to produce indicators.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have used Zapier for nine months.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Zapier is very stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I have not had any scalability issues.

How are customer service and technical support?

Zapier is easy to set up and I haven't encountered any problem. So I never had to contact the technical support.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I didn't have a previous solution.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is easy. A “zap" starts with a trigger, then an optional filter, and actions that are offered. You just have to select.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The price of the license is very interesting below 50000 zaps per month. Then, the price increases quickly.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

I compared Zapier with another platform that was much more complex to use and required code. That's why I tried and kept Zapier.

What other advice do I have?

I advise to try Zapier on a test case. The implementation is very fast and cheap. Then you can decide to keep it with this feedback.

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Partnerships and Tech Marketing Manager at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Consultant
Some of the valuable features are requeue and collaborative functionality.

What is most valuable?

  • Requeue
  • Collaborative functionality
  • Wordpress integration

How has it helped my organization?

The time saved on messaging frequency and scheduling.

What needs improvement?

Some colleagues don’t find the chat/email channels that intuitive. I would really like a Slack integration for this. I would also like to know:

  • Comparative visibility of other times
  • Retrospective reports on best time vs. worst time
  • Percentage of max reach CS achieved for us on messaging on the requeue. In this way, the algorithm can be ‘proven and trusted’ more.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have used Zapier for two years at two employers.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We have not had stability problems.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We have not had scalability problems.

How are customer service and technical support?

I would give technical support a rating of 9/10.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We used to use Hootsuite where impressed CS had wider integrations than just social networks. So the blog plugin, for example, was convincing enough to justify the cost.

The calendar gives the department greater visibility on its output. Drag-and-drop scheduling was also attractive

How was the initial setup?

The setup was not complex.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

It is not cheap and there are other similar offerings (Nelio), but requeue is a time saver.

Although, as above, it would be nice to see an efficiency report on how well the algorithm did for us. Maybe even a prediction when we set up a fixed time for a post. CS advises us to put it later/earlier and how many more views we could get.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We didn’t look at other alternatives.

What other advice do I have?

It’s not totally "set and forget". Don’t spend your saved time watching the dashboard, but it will save you time.

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it_user666717 - PeerSpot reviewer
Your Online Marketing Manager at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Real User
We can set up marketing automation processes.
Pros and Cons
  • "The connection between Facebook lead forms and MailChimp integrations is the most valuable feature."
  • "Some apps are not available yet. For instance, a connection with Joomla! would be great. In general, all the most-used apps are available, but I bumped into Joomla! with a client."

What is most valuable?

The connection between Facebook lead forms and MailChimp integrations is the most valuable feature.

Furthermore, we started using the integration for Google spreadsheets. It is real handy!

For instance, using a lead campaign for our clients, we gather data, send it to MailChimp to use it in mail-automation campaigns, and also send it to a Google spreadsheet.  The sales team can then follow up on the leads.

Besides this, we send out an email to the people whom it concerns that there is a new lead that requires action on their part.

How has it helped my organization?

We can set up marketing automation processes for our clients in a much faster way. Our marketing personnel can do it. We don't need programmers to build complex code.

What needs improvement?

Some apps are not available yet. For instance, a connection with Joomla! would be great. In general, all the most-used apps are available, but I bumped into Joomla! with a client.  We would like to import new subscribers on the Joomla! website automatically into MailChimp. I requested this connection.

For how long have I used the solution?

I’ve used Zapier for about six months.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We have not had stability issues.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We have not had scalability issues.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was straightforward. We didn't need any assistance from Zapier.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Think your Zaps through to make sure you don't use more Zaps than you need.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We did not evaluate any other options.

What other advice do I have?

Just start!

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it_user669354 - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Data Officer at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
Vendor
Most of the time, if we want to implement a new system, we can find it associated with this product.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable aspect of this product is its great number of integrations between the systems.

Most of the time, if we want to implement a new system, we can find it associated with Zapier.

How has it helped my organization?

Zapier has automated so many of our back-end systems, saving us hours each day in reconciliation and data flow.

What needs improvement?

I would love to see the availability of logic into Zaps; not just a simple "if-then" but closer to the Excel-type logic.

For how long have I used the solution?

We have utilized Zapier for eight months.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We did see a few issues over a period of time with the Amazon failure where Zaps didn't fire, but that may have been on the trigger side of each event.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

In terms of scalability, we have found that we need to create multiple redundant Zaps in order to compensate for logic.

How are customer service and technical support?

Technical support is very helpful. However, I wish there was a chat window available, as well as some examples of how to script/develop our own Zaps.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Our previous solution was incredibly manual.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was very straightforward. The UI is incredibly intuitive and helpful. The more powerful aspects of Zapier took a minute to learn, but we were able to learn how to do those on our own, without much training.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

In terms of the utility offered by this product, I believe the pricing is fantastic.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We were not using any other solution previously. This product was advised to us by our Salesforce consultant.

What other advice do I have?

Do it! Zapier is INCREDIBLE! It has saved us so much time.

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Technical Marketing Manager at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
Vendor
We can make segments with users that show specific behaviour on the platform.

What is our primary use case?

We use Zapier to make connections between our tech tool stack. Google sheets, Hubspot, Totango, Slack, Promoter.io are some of the tools we connect.

How has it helped my organization?

Digging further into the tool integrations, we can use the data from one tool we use, connect it with Zaps to another tool to execute data-driven actions.

One example is the user behaviour on our SaaS-platform.

We can make segments with users that show specific behaviour on the platform. With Zapier, we can connect them to mailing tools for delivering specific, targeted content. This means no more mass mailing.

What is most valuable?

The countless integrations that Zapier makes possible are easy to set up and are valuable. As a SaaS provider, we use countless online tools for dashboards, tracking, and other metrics. Of course, those databases need to interact with each other. When there's no standard integration available, Zapier provides the answer.

What needs improvement?

In the past years, I've seen Zapier improve a lot in the user interface and in the amount of possible integrations.

I would like to have more integration with lesser known, local tools. Zapier serves all widely used global apps, but not all well-known local applications.

For how long have I used the solution?

Three to five years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Not all Zaps work perfectly the first time. However, most of the time it is the third-party application that is producing the errors. Some Zaps with custom fields are not easy to integrate on the first try.

How are customer service and technical support?

I only contacted support once, but from that experience, I can say that there was a fast analysis of the problem and a technically skilled support team.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I never tried a different solution. Zapier is the best known integrator with good pricing. It is probably the market leader in its sector. This builds a lot of trust. I see no need to look in the market to compare it with other tools.

How was the initial setup?

There's no real setup involved. Only the different integrations need a setup, which is really supported and guided by Zapier. It's hard to do anything wrong.

What was our ROI?

The ROI can't be calculated.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Regarding the pricing, start with a basic plan and go forward from there.

If you don't need a lot of integration, Zapier will cost virtually nothing.

Even going to the business plan, it's pretty cheap and you'll get a lot out of it. Only upgrade when you reach your limit of Zaps.

What other advice do I have?

Try the free version first, just to build and test your Zap. You have nothing to lose!

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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