The Zapier Blog

JULY 1, 2025

Even in a world where it's hard to command attention, the email inbox is still the place we trust to keep up with what matters to us. And with search engine algorithms and social media platforms constantly in flux, having a rich email list that you own and control is more important than ever.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 21, 2025

AI is bringing efficiency to small businesses as never seen before. Five top AI tools are presented that have directly increased the productivity of staffs and departments of small businesses. As artificial intelligence (AI) rapidly evolves, its no longer just enterprise-level companies reaping the benefits.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 17, 2025

It lets you create fully automated, AI-powered workflows to orchestrate your entire eCommerce business. Stripe is doing more with AI, but PayPal is catching up Admittedly, payment processors aren't exactly the most fertile software ground for AI features since so much of what they do depends on end users taking physical actions.

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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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Campaign Monitor

MAY 30, 2025

While Klaviyo offers decent tools for e-commerce-specific email marketing, online reviews frequently mention struggles with deliverability and support issues. Let’s dive into the best Brevo alternatives on the market today. Let’s dive into the best Brevo alternatives on the market today. (TL;DR)

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 25, 2025

Automation used to be the best way to do that. 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?

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Campaign Monitor

MAY 30, 2025

Ready to find your perfect email marketing match? TL;DR) ConvertKit alternatives at a glance Tool Best For Key Advantage Starting Price Reviews Campaign Monitor by Marigold Professional businesses needing on-brand emails Highly customizable emails and powerful prebuilt automated journeys Free Plan; Paid from $12/month 4.7/5

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 12, 2025

Supabase vs. Firebase at a glance Here's how Supabase and Firebase stack up at a glance: Supabase is best for vibe coders who prefer working with structured data and are already using modern development tools like Replit , Vercel , or Bolt —especially those comfortable with spreadsheet-like data organization.

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Campaign Monitor

MAY 30, 2025

TL;DR) ActiveCampaign alternatives at a glance Tool Best For Key Advantage Starting Price Rating Campaign Monitor by Marigold User-friendly email marketing with visual impact Intuitive drag-and-drop editor with superior design capabilities, transactional emails free plan; pricing starts at $12 USD/month 4.7/5

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 8, 2025

At first glance, Jasper and ChatGPT seem similar—they're both generative AI tools that can create content in a split second. But there's a big difference here: ChatGPT is an AI chatbot that's flexible enough to handle just about any task you throw at it, while Jasper is a specialized AI marketing tool.

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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

JUNE 15, 2025

Bigin Sales A simplified CRM for small businesses, covering basic CRM functionalities, like task automation and email notifications. Marketing Automation Marketing A platform to manage marketing activities across multiple channels like websites, social media, and email marketing campaigns.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 24, 2025

Meet your new AI teammates Try Zapier Agents Here, I'll show you the apps I built, the tools I used to build them, and how they actually work—in the hopes that you'll be inspired to build your own cool stuff. topics that include content marketing, AI, entrepreneurship). And some fun animations, because why not.

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Campaign Monitor

MAY 30, 2025

Ready to discover which email marketing solution might be a better fit for your needs? 5 (1000+ reviews) Mailchimp All-in-one marketing Comprehensive marketing stack with strong AI features Free (paid from $13/month) 4.4/5 5 (900+ reviews) Moosend Budget-conscious marketers User-friendly platform with AI enhancements $9/month 4.7/5

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 10, 2025

I tested both apps to see how their features compare and what teams they're best for. Zendesk for Service and Jira Service Management are two of the most popular help desk solutions on the market. Keep reading for my breakdown of Zendesk vs. Jira. user/month* Premium: $57.50/user/month* user/month* Premium: $57.50/user/month*

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 19, 2025

" If a call gets particularly negative, the system can alert a manager, who has the option of listening or joining the call to assist. These allow managers to listen in on calls, provide immediate assistance, coach agents, and get a bird's-eye view of call center activity in real time.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 25, 2025

For example, I used Collabwriting to save Ryan Baum's post about using AI as a creative partner rather than a replacement (shown below) so I could reference it later for a client's LinkedIn content strategy about responsible AI use. After testing lots of different LinkedIn marketing tools, here are the ones I liked the most.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 10, 2025

The others are downloadables—but they're all customizable, so find the one that suits you best, and then tweak it however you need. Interactive meeting minutes template Try the template Best for: taking action on your meeting minutes This meeting minutes template helps you actually do something with your meeting notes.

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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." That's why I set out to find the absolute best accounts payable software. There's no one single best AP automation software.

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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

JULY 20, 2025

A lot of AI chatbots all feel the same. Sure, they use different models under the hood, but whether you're using ChatGPT , Meta AI , or Google Gemini , the experience is pretty similar. Prompt goes in, generated AI response comes out—which is why Perplexity AI is so interesting.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 18, 2025

Below are some best practices (with practical tips) to help you get the most out of your IT automation efforts. Pro tip: Use Zapier Canvas —a free AI-powered diagramming tool—to map out processes and workflows from scratch. Pro tip: As you expand, layer in AI tools to handle tasks that go beyond rule-based automation.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 23, 2025

Read more on how to effectively add AI to your Zapier workflows. Model Best for Inputs Outputs Context window Pricing GPT-4o Multimodal tasks (text, images, audio) Text, Audio, Images Text, Audio 128,000 tokens $10/M tokens for text; $80/M tokens for audio per output tokens GPT-4.1

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 25, 2025

Designed by Anthropic, Claude is a powerful chatbot that excels at summarizing text, writing code, and even creating content—everything you'd expect from an advanced AI assistant. Try Zapier Chatbots Create free custom AI chatbots to engage customers and take action with built-in automation. The best part?

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 30, 2025

How we evaluate and test apps Our best apps roundups are written by humans who've spent much of their careers using, testing, and writing about software. For more details on our process, read the full rundown of how we select apps to feature on the Zapier blog.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 20, 2025

AI note taking apps are fast becoming the standard because they remove the need to take hurried notes, allowing you to stay present in conversations. I use Fathom for all my client meetings, but while shopping for the best AI meeting assistant , I tried Fireflies—which, turns out, is a strong contender.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 11, 2025

For example, if you've got one table with defined contacts and another table with workflows that incorporate those contacts, whenever you update a record within the contacts table with a new email address, it will automatically update the workflow table to reflect that.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 3, 2024

Should I use AI to help with a blog? These are the questions on your mind when thinking about the best way to approach an inbound marketing plan— so let’s address them! Check out these 25 best explainer video examples. Get performance reports in your email at regular intervals. What about social media?

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 3, 2025

With all the hype around AI, it'd be easy to forget that AI tools have existed for a while now. One area where AI has been working its magic for years is in AI grammar checkers. For more details on our process, read the full rundown of how we select apps to feature on the Zapier blog. Style consistency.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 12, 2025

Here's everything you need to know about the best real estate CRMs on the market. Integration, automation, and AI: Realtors wear a lot of hats—marketer, negotiator, therapist (seriously, have you met some buyers?). After all that research, I've whittled down the list so you don't have to.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 3, 2019

At Flow Capital, we use HubSpot’s sequences and workflows functions to automate a bulk of our emails and internal tasks. is a virtual assistant which can coordinate your fundraising and other meetings. Coalesce address the more general problem of searching through large data sets for best fits. 4) Originate investments.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

We found these by looking through firms’ websites, social media , blog posts, etc. If your responsibility is just hitting “Forward” on emails you get and making an occasional intro, it’s less common to get a retainer. Interested in advanced AI in Europe. We list all of them below. Solo GP Training. Hawke Ventures.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 4, 2019

At Flow Capital, we use HubSpot’s sequences and workflows functions to automate a bulk of our emails and internal tasks. is an automated sales assistant which leverages a wide range of data signals to help managers identify new allocations and relationships. Nepfin focuses on lower middle market transaction activity.

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OurCrowd

JULY 4, 2021

Intuition Robotics: From elderly companion to medical assistant. Hailo launches next-generation edge AI solution with Vecow. He has 17 years’ experience in AI, image analysis, and intelligence-research systems dealing with sensors/data fusion. Intuition Robotics: From elderly companion to medical assistant.

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Andreessen Horowitz

JUNE 3, 2024

Over the past year, generative AI’s capacity for content creation has drawn most of the noisiest headlines: how AI models can instantaneously create Pixar-like shorts starring your pet chihuahua, or drum up the Drake-Kendrick Lamar diss track you never knew you wanted. Concurrently, the way companies view marketing is changing.

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Andreessen Horowitz

JANUARY 25, 2024

Even best-in-class products often feel either too inflexible and unsophisticated to do real work, or have steep, inaccessible learning curves (we’re looking at you, Adobe InDesign). On the most surface level, we believe AI will help users do their existing work more efficiently. What can be abstracted away with AI?

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 18, 2023

While email services haven't changed a lot over the past two decades, email apps keep getting better. Once niche (and expensive) features, like scheduling an email to send later or having a message reappear in your inbox in a few days, are now almost standard. Here's what I was looking for: The full email experience.

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