lilAgents or Zapier?

Zapier connects your apps, and its AI steps can wait for approval if you switch that on. The difference is who builds it, who watches it, and who teaches your team.

ZapierThe automation platform you build on yourself

lilAgentsA team that builds it, checks it, and teaches yours

Who does each part.

The jobWith ZapierWith lilAgents

Build the agentsYou, or a Solution Partner you hire

We do

Connect your toolsYou

We do, in your accounts

Decide what needs approvalYou, tool by tool

We do, with you

Check the workYou

A person on our team

Fix what breaksYou, with support on paid plans

Someone you can reach by name

Teach your teamFree Zapier Academy courses

We do, at regular check-ins

Which one fits.

Choose Zapier if

Your apps are already connected through Zapier
Someone on your team already builds Zaps
You'll switch on approvals and keep an eye on the runs

Choose lilAgents if

Nobody has time to build and babysit agents
You want a person checking the work
You want your team to learn how it works

Question	Zapier	lilAgents
What it costs	Free for 100 tasks a month. Professional from $19.99 a month billed yearly, or $29.99 monthly; Team from $69 a month billed yearly. Agents is an add-on: free for 400 activities a month, or Pro at $33.33 a month billed yearly ($50 monthly) for 1,500.	Sign month one; if it isn't earning its keep within 14 days, cancel and pay nothing. Then a fixed price per automation, agreed up front, and one flat monthly fee for supervision. Software is billed to your own accounts at cost.
Asking before it acts	Yes, if you switch it on. In AI by Zapier, each tool has a "Require approval before running" setting, off by default, and you approve from an email link or the Zap history. Human in the Loop can also pause a Zap for review; on Professional, requests go only to you.	Built in. Anything with outside impact waits for a person, and a person on our team checks the work. For the first week, they check every write.
Setting it up	Self-serve, with a 14-day trial. Guided implementation is on Enterprise, and Zapier lists Solution Partners who build for hire.	Done for you, in your own accounts. If you leave, it keeps running.
Help and training	Email support on paid plans (Zapier aims to reply within 8 hours on Professional and 1 hour on Team), live chat on Team and up, and free Zapier Academy courses.	A person on our team you can reach by name, and regular check-ins where we teach your team how it works.
If you stop paying	Zaps run on Zapier. If you drop to the Free plan, Zaps with more than one action step turn off. You can export your Zaps as a JSON file.	Everything runs in accounts in your name, so it keeps running. We remove our access and hand you a one-page runbook of what runs where.

Zapier's details are from its own pages, checked October 28, 2026: pricing page, approval docs, support plans, and plan changes.

We don't just build it. We help your team adopt it.

We're consultants, not just builders. The goal is a team that knows how its own automations work.

1We build it with youIn your accounts, on the tools you already use, around how your team actually works.
2We check the workA person on our team watches what the agents do, and fixes what breaks.
3We teach your teamRegular check-ins and a written handover, in plain words, so you understand what you own.

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Questions.

Is lilAgents an alternative to Zapier?

For some teams. Zapier is a platform you build on yourself, and it's very good at connecting apps. lilAgents is a team that sets up AI agents in your accounts, supervises them, and teaches your team how they work, so it's the alternative when you'd rather not be the one building and watching it.

Can Zapier ask for approval before an AI step acts?

Yes, if you switch it on. In AI by Zapier, each tool has a "Require approval before running" setting, which is off by default; when it's on, Zapier asks for approval however the prompt is worded. Human in the Loop can also pause a Zap for review on paid plans. Checked October 28, 2026.

What is happening to Zapier Agents?

Zapier is moving Agents into the Zap editor as AI by Zapier. Its help center says it hasn't set a date to turn off Agents yet. Checked October 28, 2026.

Which is cheaper?

Zapier, if you count only the software: Professional starts at $19.99 a month billed yearly, and the Agents add-on has a free tier. With lilAgents you're paying for people too: the build, a person checking the work, upkeep, and teaching your team. You sign month one, and if it isn't earning its keep within 14 days, you cancel and pay nothing.

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