The Zapier Blog

JUNE 23, 2025

Get started These Zaps help you create anything from an accounting assistant that can answer employee questions in a specific Slack channel to an analysis assistant that can analyze blog performance or KPIs. The list of things ChatGPT can do is pretty much endless at this point. You can see the full list of models here. Want to know more?

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 11, 2025

As a database and spreadsheet (respectively), Airtable and Google Sheets are a lot like this, but with way less vitamin C. I spent a bunch of time in each of these apps, and here's how the Airtable vs. Google Sheets showdown went. It's also completely free.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 30, 2025

That's a lot of digital real estate, sparking the question: what exactly can you do with such a massive spreadsheet? What is the character limit for Google Sheets cells? What you need to know about the 10 million cell limit Ok, so you have 10 million cells. Here's what I found out: 1.

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Haystack

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

As a little tradition on this blog, I’ve singled out companies starting in 2013 with Stripe ; there was Snap back in 2014; Slack in 2015; took a break in 2016, as I wasn’t inspired to select one then; and last year, 2017, was Coinbase. (Had Here is the Google Doc where we tracked these.]

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 22, 2019

Upfront immediately wrote a check to back this vision and we later teamed up with their former colleague from Twitter turned VC, Rishi Garg of Mayfield and we’ve stayed quiet on what we were up to. What are some examples? Take a photo and make images rounded as the photo at the bottom of this blog post is? Yeah, this sucks.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Shubham Goel, co-founder, Affinity, said, “From what we see at Affinity, this is usually the #1 question new managers are asking — how do I get everything in one place with as little admin work as possible? Third, a modern backend. Fourth, easy no-code customizability. Salesforce) and a marketing platform (e.g., Hootsuite).

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 12, 2017

But what tools are they using themselves to automate their own processes? Clint Korver, Partner at Ulu Ventures , remarked: “I’d compare this technology transformation as akin to what happened in public company investing. VCs are at the forefront of technological disruption, funding many of the latest cutting edge productivity tools.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 23, 2023

Smart Charge America’s quote request workflow uses Zapier to connect Copper, Airtable, Google Maps, and Google Drive. Without Zapier, we would have needed over 100 employees today just to do what we’re doing, which would have been unsustainable. When every second counts, saving a few hours a day is a big deal. cities by 2025.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 6, 2023

Shawn Harris, Director of Product Services, HBO Shawn Harris, Director of Product Services at HBO , noticed that his teams were relying on two different sources of truth: Airtable and Google Sheets. Looking to connect Airtable and Google Sheets? Here's what their workflow looks like. The draft URL appears in Airtable.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2022

The same venture capital rounds that allowed companies to expand their idea of what a total addressable market could look like, are the same tranches that may have forced an overspending and overhiring spree that now requires a correction. In the rest of this newsletter, we’ll talk about Airtable, Plaid and all your darn AI avatars.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 13, 2023

But the process of finding the right images to accompany your blog articles or social media posts can be time-consuming, frustrating, and even expensive. In this tutorial, we'll guide you through making a Zap—Zapier's automated workflows—to create stunning visuals for your blog articles. I called mine "Blog Images."

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 18, 2023

Explore now And you might use a tool like Airtable to gather those briefs, especially when kicking off big projects (think designing new logos). You can create automatic workflows—what we call Zaps—that prompt OpenAI to generate images from briefs and send them to your Airtable's original records. New to Zapier?

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Haystack

DECEMBER 17, 2019

As a little tradition on this blog, I’ve singled out companies starting in 2012 with Stripe ; there was Snap back in 2013; Slack in 2014 (after prematurely saying there wasn’t one); took a break in 2015-16, as I wasn’t inspired to select one then; in 2017 it was Coinbase ; and last year, 2018, it was Airtable. It can save time.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 20, 2021

But what they did share this time ’round the earnings cycle were macro notes, or details regarding their forward financial guidance and what economic conditions they anticipate. Mader said in an interview that his company wasn’t hiring economists, but was instead simply listening to what others were saying. Sign up here.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 11, 2023

What have you done today? What makes a great online journal app? For more details on our process, read the full rundown of how we select apps to feature on the Zapier blog. They give you more context on what you've accomplished and where you might want to go. Hate every journaling app?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2022

What a news roundup we have for you today: China’s changing venture landscape, the power of passwords, no-code startups, and why women are still raising paltry sums compared to men. To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PST, subscribe here. Startups/VC. Autonomy is hot.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 18, 2023

Along the way, I've picked up a few tricks that have expanded what I automate. For example, I use Formatter's Compare Dates function in my writing assignment Zaps because Airtable sometimes triggers too often whenever my editors make changes. But what if you want to use the results from previous Zap steps instead?

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 13, 2023

If analyzing the efficiency and effectiveness of your marketing efforts falls on your shoulders, you're probably what people in the profession call—pardon the jargon—"really, really , busy." Zapier is the leader in no-code automation—integrating with 5,000+ apps from partners like Google, Salesforce, and Microsoft.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 23, 2025

But once a lead comes in or a question is answered, what happens next? With Zaps—what we call automated workflows—you can connect Botsonic to tools you already use. It's workflow automation software that lets you focus on what matters. And that's inefficient. New to Zapier? Having that information is just step one.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 20, 2025

Table of contents What is an email parser? Table of contents What is an email parser? How to parse emails Try an email parser workflow What is an email parser? I'm going to have Email Parser tell me about new posts on the Zapier Blog (meta, I know), so I'm forwarding a recent email from Deb at Zapier.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 2, 2025

It's workflow automation software that lets you focus on what matters. With Zaps, you can automatically send lead data from Google Sheets or Airtable to Clay. And this is just the start of what you can do when you connect Clay with Zapier. What will you automate first? New to Zapier?

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 3, 2025

We can't answer that question—we'll leave that to philosophers—but what we can do is help you make sure this never happens. It's a simple Zap—what we call our automated workflows—to set up. To get started with a Zap template—what we call our pre-made workflows—just click on the button. SMS is also an option.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 13, 2025

It's workflow automation software that lets you focus on what matters. For many freelancers, small business owners, and agencies, the dream setup is one where you can focus entirely on delivering great work without constantly managing invoices, chasing payments, or worrying about accounting deadlines. New to Zapier?

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 19, 2025

It's workflow automation software that lets you focus on what matters. Table of contents What is accounting automation? What are the benefits of accounting automation? Popular accounting automation software Accounting automation with Zapier What is accounting automation? Sign up for free. Faster month-end close.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 2, 2025

Table of contents Connect Browse AI with your spreadsheet app Send notifications for completed Browse AI tasks Pull summaries or reports with AI Update your website from Browse AI Connect Browse AI with your task or to-do list app To get started with a Zap template—what we call our pre-made workflows—just click on the button.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 9, 2025

It's workflow automation software that lets you focus on what matters. Generate blog outlines There's nothing worse than staring at a blank page, especially when you have a high-volume content calendar to keep up with. Sign up for free to use this app, and thousands more, with Zapier.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 7, 2025

But what if your form responses could analyze themselves? Here's what my test looks like: Step 2: Set up your Claude analysis step Click the + icon at the bottom of your Zap to add an action step. With Zapier's AI orchestration platform, you can connect Google Forms to Claude with a Zap—Zapier's automated workflows.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 24, 2025

It's workflow automation software that lets you focus on what matters. These Zaps instantly create detailed records or rows in Notion, Google Sheets, and Airtable whenever a Fathom recording is detected. Fathom is a powerful AI notetaker that records and transcribes your meetings automatically. New to Zapier?

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 25, 2025

It's workflow automation software that lets you focus on what matters. But while you can use Mailparser's native integration with Google Sheets , Excel , or Airtable , you may prefer the flexibility of Zapier's Mailparser integration instead. New to Zapier? Sign up for free. It only takes a few minutes to set it up.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 16, 2025

Table of contents: What is an MCP server? How to set up an MCP server in Claude MCP servers you can start using with Claude right now Start using MCP with all your favorite apps What is an MCP server? For a test, I connected Claude with all of Zapier's available Airtable actions. It's useful, but it can be inflexible.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 3, 2023

Web forms are exactly what they sound like. What are form blocks? Every website owner has an opportunity to engage with and learn about the people who visit the site. One of the most structured ways to initiate this interaction is through web forms. Squarespace includes a web forms tool called form blocks.

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