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I am astonished at the valuation. I don't understand how there isn't more competition. It's not that difficult to wire up different APIs. This is great for ope

I am astonished at the valuation. I don't understand how there isn't more competition. It's not that difficult to wire up different APIs. This is great for open source software because it's highly modular, independent development with very low levels of complexity. I don't understand how Zapier has such high prices either. At some of the higher tiers, you could hire someone full time just to what Zapier does since they charge per task. Especially because it's not like people organizations are setting up different automations with completely different enough times to really justify the continuous cost. I really thought it would be a very niche product for a very specific type of organization.

droobles 6y ago
brand recognition, I haven't used Zapier but it king of looks like Microsoft power automation.
mrkurt 6y ago
Zapier is basically the biggest "no code" environment on the planet. The people who get the most value out of them don't care about per task prices. They've turned several million people into productive developers.
daniellarusso 6y ago
It is not difficult to wire it up, it is difficult to maintain it, upgrade it, monitor it, troubleshoot it (whose API broke), and keep it highly available, while still having time and mental focus to work on not wiring things up. If it is not a feature of the product, it is diverting a developer’s time, which makes Zapier’s price a bargain. It is for organizations that have non-developers needing integrations and cannot rely on their internal devteam to get the integration done in a reasonable time and/or cost.
CapnCrunchie 6y ago
There are competitors. https://n8n.io/ https://n8n.io/ is the open source version https://tray.io/ https://tray.io/ is more of an enterprise version, and better for people that are more technical https://www.integromat.com/ https://www.integromat.com/ is considered the cheaper alternative

droobles 6y ago

brand recognition, I haven't used Zapier but it king of looks like Microsoft power automation.

mrkurt 6y ago

Zapier is basically the biggest "no code" environment on the planet. The people who get the most value out of them don't care about per task prices. They've turned several million people into productive developers.

daniellarusso 6y ago

It is not difficult to wire it up, it is difficult to maintain it, upgrade it, monitor it, troubleshoot it (whose API broke), and keep it highly available, while still having time and mental focus to work on not wiring things up. If it is not a feature of the product, it is diverting a developer’s time, which makes Zapier’s price a bargain. It is for organizations that have non-developers needing integrations and cannot rely on their internal devteam to get the integration done in a reasonable time and/or cost.

CapnCrunchie 6y ago

There are competitors. https://n8n.io/ https://n8n.io/ is the open source version https://tray.io/ https://tray.io/ is more of an enterprise version, and better for people that are more technical https://www.integromat.com/ https://www.integromat.com/ is considered the cheaper alternative