The Zapier Blog

JUNE 15, 2025

For more details on our process, read the full rundown of how we select apps to feature on the Zapier blog. While most whiteboard apps are starting to implement AI-powered features, they aren't yet a major factor for inclusion. Stormboard also has a couple of handy AI features.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 9, 2025

As anyone who's ever seen a cartoon plumber knows, the best pipeline management tool is a monkey wrench. But if you want to know the best sales pipeline management tool, unfortunately, you should probably read the next several thousand words of in-depth software analysis.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 24, 2025

Whether you're learning to code, building a website, or experimenting with AI tools, GitHub helps you keep your projects organized and collaborate with others. GitHub is a web-based platform for creating, storing, and collaborating on coding projects. Repository : This is where all coding projects are stored.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 17, 2025

Keep in mind that I'm evaluating these platforms strictly as payment processors in the vein of merchant solution competitors like Shopify and Square —not for personal money transfers or even for particularly large invoicing projects (though both platforms do have invoicing tools, which I'll get to later on).

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 25, 2025

And while AI has since come on the scene, it hasn't replaced automation—it's made it better. Now, I delegate to AI automation. Try Zapier's AI features Discover how AI gives you automation superpowers. Table of contents: What is AI automation? Automation used to be the best way to do that.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 12, 2025

One example: backend-as-a-service (BaaS) platforms like Supabase and Firebase let me focus on solving problems instead of getting lost in server configurations and database management. But which platform should you use for your vibe coding projects? Do more with your data. Automate your database. inventory) and user data (e.g.,

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 11, 2025

I've worked on projects that had a distinct "No one knows what they're doing" vibe, and others that were so tightly controlled it felt like coming up for air whenever I left my desk. Frameworks give teams set guidelines, processes, and best practices for finishing projects on time and under (or at least within) budget.

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Campaign Monitor

MAY 30, 2025

5 (13,000+ reviews) Constant Contact Event marketing Built-in event management & ticketing $12/month 4.1/5 5 (200+ reviews) AWeber Small businesses AI-powered content creation $15/month 4.2/5 5 (13,000+ reviews) Constant Contact Event marketing Built-in event management & ticketing $12/month 4.1/5

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Campaign Monitor

MAY 30, 2025

5 (13,000+ reviews) Constant Contact Event marketers and nonprofits Built-in event management tools Free Plan; Paid from $12/month 4.1/5 5 (700+ reviews) AWeber Solopreneurs and bloggers AI-powered content creation tools $15/month 4.2/5 5 (700+ reviews) AWeber Solopreneurs and bloggers AI-powered content creation tools $15/month 4.2/5

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Campaign Monitor

MAY 30, 2025

5 (1000+ reviews) Constant Contact Event-focused organizations Built-in event management and ticket sales $12/month 4.1/5 5 (1,800+ reviews) GetResponse Course creators and membership sites AI-powered course creation and membership areas $19/month 4.3/5 delivery rate with AI-powered content creation $15/month 4.2/5

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StartupNation

JULY 22, 2025

It also increasingly involves using AI as a tool to handle mental effort and labor, dramatically reducing the time it takes to get things done. Instead of relying solely on one’s own capabilities, learning to delegate effectively using frameworks like the 5 W’s, whether to a person or to AI, has become crucial.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 17, 2025

" This guide will teach you everything you need to know about AI orchestration. ." " This guide will teach you everything you need to know about AI orchestration. Table of contents: What is AI orchestration? How AI orchestration works AI orchestration vs. related concepts What are the benefits of AI orchestration?

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 3, 2025

If you use an AI transcription tool like Grain , you know it can transcribe, summarize, and pull insights from recordings automatically in the background of every meeting. When you connect Grain with Zapier, you can orchestrate entire systems with AI and automation to streamline the way you hold meetings (and everything that comes after).

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 10, 2025

Zendesk for Service and Jira Service Management are two of the most popular help desk solutions on the market. Integrating Zendesk and Jira Zendesk vs. Jira Service Management FAQ Zendesk vs. Jira at a glance Both Zendesk and Jira offer ticket management solutions, but it's not really fair to compare the two platforms apples to apples.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 18, 2025

Most of us are visual creatures, and good workflow management is built on clarity. I've literally seen arguments about "how things are done" instantly settled by projecting the visual workflow onto a screen. Standardize processes: This is the core of business process management (BPM).

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 15, 2025

Investing in a unified platform—where all your apps are connected via a shared system—can simplify data management, prevent silos, streamline communication, and reduce operating costs. Category Description CRM Sales Manage your sales process and client communications, including leads, contacts, accounts, and deals.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 25, 2025

Other weeks, my LinkedIn marketing efforts get pushed to the back burner while I scramble to meet project deadlines. All saved posts end up in Collabwriting's Inbox, which you can organize further using themed boards and tags like "AI positioning" or "Thought leadership."

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Campaign Monitor

MAY 30, 2025

5 (1000+ reviews) Mailchimp All-in-one marketing Comprehensive marketing stack with strong AI features Free (paid from $13/month) 4.4/5 5 (5000+ reviews) ActiveCampaign Advanced automation Deep customizable automation with AI enhancement $15/month 4.5/5 5 100+ reviews) What’s “wrong” with GetResponse? (TL;DR)

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 10, 2025

You can even use Zapier's built-in AI to add intelligence to the workflow. Detailed meeting minutes template Download template Best for: project-related meetings, small-to-medium-sized team meetings A more detailed meeting minutes template can help keep projects on track and hold members of a small team accountable for commitments.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 16, 2025

Zapier is the most connected AI orchestration platform—integrating with thousands of apps from partners like Google, Salesforce, and Microsoft. Use interfaces, data tables, and logic to build secure, automated, AI-powered systems for your business-critical workflows across your organization's technology stack.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 1, 2025

Over the past several years of updating this list, I've tested close to 50 different mind map tools, many multiple times as they've been updated and added new features—AI included. Pen and paper set a very high bar to clear, but these are the six best mind mapping apps that manage to clear it. From $45/6 months ($7.50/month)

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 18, 2025

Here's how to use Zaps—Zapier's automated workflows—to streamline your document management. With document automation, you use workflows and processes to create and/or manage electronic documents without human intervention. Manually managing documents is inefficient, error-prone, and difficult to scale. New to Zapier?

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 13, 2025

you're managing a handful of vendors, the next, your finance team is playing Whac-A-Mole with overdue notices, drowning in an inbox full of emails with the subject line "bumping this." For more details on our process, read the full rundown of how we select apps to feature on the Zapier blog. One minute.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 1, 2025

Until I can clone my brain and upload it to a computer (or to an agent ), I still need to attend meetings to move the needle forward on big projects. They take up a lot of bandwidth, and that bandwidth is better spent on more strategic projects and approval processes that require actual human thought. That's not really a problem.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 25, 2025

That means automation tools need to meet enterprise-grade security standards and offer transparency into how AI is being used. Here are a few of the most common approaches to enterprise automation (each of which might use a mix of BPA, RPA, integrations, rule-based automation, and AI). Access and permissions.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 26, 2025

Google's Gemini era has been in full swing over the past year, integrating its Gemini family of AI models into nearly every corner of its product suite—from Google search to Google Workspace and beyond. Of course, the most obvious place Google deploys AI is its chatbot (formerly called Bard). Instead, use Zapier.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 18, 2025

Most organizations use a patchwork of tools to manage processes. From CRMs to helpdesks, project management platforms, and beyond, it's down to IT to manage those apps, assign seats, and monitor their infrastructure. Look for automation opportunities Identify the low-hanging fruit. Where are the handoffs?

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 10, 2025

Connect your project management software to your other apps Make your job easier Add that to the "pudding will get hot when heated" warning and the trademark "shower cap fits only one head" disclaimer, and you've got yourself an era in which communication plans are not only a helpful organizational tool but a very necessary one.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 18, 2025

Despite the initial confusion, building a CRM in Google Sheets can be a surprisingly effective way to manage customer relationships (and slightly less terrifying than whatever Skibidi Toilet is). Create a customer relationship management database The core worksheet in your Google Sheets CRM will be the one housing your customer/lead data.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 23, 2025

Read more on how to effectively add AI to your Zapier workflows. Build—and interact with—AI assistants in other apps Ever wanted to have your own AI assistant that can chat with team members or customers and solve issues in other apps, like Slack or Gmail? You can use AI and automation to bridge that gap.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 12, 2025

I've been covering AI developments for almost a decade now, and the idea of AI tools that can be trusted to operate independently has always been exciting—and just out of reach. Agentic AI is the latest attempt to create a framework for what these tools would look like and how they could safely operate.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 7, 2025

Those on-call shifts can sneak up on you though, especially if you're in the midst of projects. Fortunately with Zapier, you can build, deploy, and scale AI-powered agents that handle recurring tasks in the background automatically. Get started with agents today and see what you can build.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 21, 2025

Straight-line forecast Formula Projected revenue = current revenue × (1 + growth rate) Best for: Simple, short-term growth projections The straight-line forecasting method proves that revenue predictions don't have to be rocket science, or even regular science. Just be aware: they cost a pretty penny.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 26, 2025

Connect your project management software to your other apps Make your job easier In the business world, this same kind of boundary-slipping shows up as scope creep—when a project quietly expands beyond the original plan, often without additional resources, timelines, or support. ." We've all been there.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 18, 2025

Plus, the Add Video to Playlist action makes content management easier than ever. Now, you can effortlessly search for all tasks within a project with the new Find All Tasks from Project action, making it easier to manage and process tasks individually. Perfect for speeding up dev workflows. 'm sorry, I'm sorry.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 20, 2025

Pick an API Automate your IT management workflows Learn how There are thousands of public APIs available for use. Install the pip package manager. Create a Google Cloud project. in the folder where you'll save all the files for this project. or a later version—it's up to 3.13.5 Save as sample.py

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 11, 2025

Google Sheets is simple, quick to onboard, and comparatively limited in its use cases, making it a good choice for teams that just want basic data management. While it can function in similar ways to a spreadsheet, in that it can manage various cells of data, that's just one element of what it's for.

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