The Zapier Blog

JUNE 8, 2025

Make your own custom AI chatbot Try Zapier Interfaces I've spent countless hours using both apps in my personal and professional life. There have been major upgrades to both apps since I first started using them, so I dug into each one again to see how their features stack up.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 5, 2025

Based on all my testing, here are the vibe coding apps that'll make you feel superpowered—understanding of niche memes not included. Before this category came into shape, we had a loosely formed category named AI app builders. The editor windows were pretty basic, and you could only design simple apps with minimal functionality.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 20, 2023

I spent time talking to some of the best AI chatbots to see how they measure up. ChatGPT is an app created by OpenAI that lets users interact with its AI models: GPT-3 (on the free version) and GPT-4 (in early access for paid users). The app takes the prompts you write and passes them to the AI model. Chat experience.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 23, 2025

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 For example, say a lead visits your pricing page or connects through your live chat.

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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. Zoho has approximately one zillion apps that cover you across your organization, and here, I'll walk you through everything on offer.

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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

JUNE 12, 2025

Learn how These database tools store data: both associated app data (e.g., Firebase is best for vibe coders building flexible, real-time apps who want to work within Google's ecosystem. Do more with your data. Automate your database. inventory) and user data (e.g., favorited items).

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 21, 2025

Whether you’re a solo entrepreneur or managing a growing team, integrating AI tools can significantly reduce manual workloads and unlock new growth opportunities. Zapier AI Workflow Automation Best For: Automating repetitive tasks across apps Zapier, already a go-to for no-code automation, launched AI-enhanced Zaps in 2025.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 14, 2023

Explore now The Zapier ChatGPT plugin lets you connect thousands of apps (like Google Sheets, Gmail, or Slack) and automate tasks directly inside ChatGPT. This saves you the time and hassle of context switching, as you can just ask ChatGPT to perform a task in another app for you. You'll have the chance to review the copy.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 24, 2021

However, as I suspect most people reading this blog will likely be considering building an iPhone app or website, then you might not need to be that technical to do the first version. Sure, if you’re building an iPhone app it makes sense to team up with an iPhone developer. But there will be many more.

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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. There are some great native Mac email apps that make the whole experience better and more Mac-like. 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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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 8, 2024

Chai is one of the first large-scale AI language model compet itions —meaning that it allows competitors to submit language models and compete for user engagement on Chai’s entertainment app. Chai now touts its 4M+ active users, a proprietary dataset of over 4 billion user-bot messages and 100M+ chats this most recent month.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 6, 2021

Too often, brands focus on just showcasing products or services, but the best way to attract your target market is to focus on the benefits your product or service brings. Build a content website or add a blog. The best way to get started is to connect your website with your Pinterest business account and optimize for rich pins.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 3, 2023

But producing content, handling the posting schedule, and finding what your audience wants to read can be hard—even with a standard social media management app. Here are the eight best AI apps for managing your social media. Here are the main features I considered when choosing the best AI social media management software.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 3, 2025

Here, I'll show you how to record a video on a Mac (we all use MacBooks at Zapier), along with a few tips for looking and sounding your best. Or if you want to record your screen and your face at the same time, these screen recording apps will do the trick. Here are a few pre-made templates to get you started.

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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. Here's why: Zendesk for Service is better suited for customer support teams that require a user-friendly ticketing solution. Keep reading for my breakdown of Zendesk vs. Jira. user/month* Premium: $57.50/user/month*

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 6, 2021

But as I wrote here on my personal blog about all of this, what does matter out of the generally irksome pol is that there is bipartisan interest in limiting the ability of big tech companies to buy smaller companies. Jabal was clear that her team and investors are more focused on non-GAAP numbers. Best response gets Elon’s dogecoin.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 10, 2025

Our team has created thousands of custom Slack emoji to speed up communication. We use them so often, in fact, that it blows my mind that none of the major chat apps come with them by default. In no particular order, here are 22 of our team's go-to Slack emoji—you can download them all here.

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Hunter Walk

MARCH 11, 2023

Riffing Off VC Charles Hudson’s Blog Post, Here’s What I’m Trying to Answer a group of different robots running a race, digital art [DALL-E] If startup founders sometimes ‘Build in Public,’ is the analogou sventure capitalist motto to ‘Think in Public?’

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 25, 2023

From coffee chats to job pitches to meeting action items, productivity expert Jocelyn K. In a short-attention-span world, it's best to get right to the point immediately and do your explaining later. I can also put together a report to share what I've learned with the team after I return.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

AUGUST 22, 2023

Image: Created by author To keep close to the startup community, I chat with founders often. For bigger companies, this can be split even further, with each step of the funnel having a sub-team. Growth teams, pre-product market fit, will have a tough time scaling their efforts or getting their initiatives off the ground.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 4, 2023

These apps do the heavy lifting: you don't need to know what CSS is or how to tinker with HTML. I spent a few weeks testing all the free website builders I could find, and these are the seven best. 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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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

For me, it’s about simplifying complex tasks, streamlining processes, and ensuring the best use of resources: 1. They’re not just fancy software for fun chats. They offer insights into team performance, helping identify bottlenecks and areas that require attention. They’re there to make your remote operations hum.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MAY 13, 2021

since the moment my co-founders and I started building our first prototype at the end of 2017, to today in 2021, with a team distributed in 5 different countries. Yet you might wonder how to make sure you build the right environment and set up the right processes for your team to work efficiently. I am so grateful!

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2021

Rewatch has built a system that plugs into Zoom and Google Meet, two of the most-used video tools in the workplace, and automatically imports all of your office’s or team’s video chats into a system. Best practices for Zoom board meetings at early-stage startups. How to fundraise over Zoom more effectively. .

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 1, 2020

With much of today’s professional workforce going remote , it’s a good idea to get up to speed on best practices for video conferencing. Zoom, Google Meet, GoToMeeting, join.me, Webex, Microsoft Teams or Skype —oh my! Here are hotkeys in three popular video conference apps: • Zoom • Skype • Google Meet. DO lay ground rules.

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FundersClub

JUNE 12, 2017

Some of the key takeways from Mittal’s chat with Behrens Wu include: Silicon Valley is a surprisingly clubby ecosystem. Everybody likes a business that also achieves social good, but the best way to do that is to find a model that makes a ton of cash and also happens to achieve some good.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 25, 2023

Whether you're on the "assisting" or "being assisted" end of customer service, you know how painful a three-and-a-half-hour live chat about a software glitch that takes an entire SWAT team of reps to figure out can be. Nobody has time for that.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 1, 2020

Because we used our CoreVals to influence our hiring process, we were able to sustain a relationship as a team by utilizing technology. ” at the beginning of a conference call, it is important to maintain one-on-one check-ins from the CEO or another member of the leadership team. But it doesn’t stop with that.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

After researching many online groups (and joining many of them), I’ve concluded that niche online communities can be a startup founder’s best friend. First of all, the community becomes your marketing team and shares your content with other target customers who aren’t aware of your solution yet. Don’t know who your target audience is?

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 3, 2025

Whether you're just getting started or ready to orchestrate full systems across apps, data and teams, here are five workflows that will transform your work. Zapier is the most connected AI orchestration platform—integrating with thousands of apps from partners like Google, Salesforce, and Microsoft. Learn more.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 17, 2025

Whether you've got an all-hands chat that never sleeps or project discussions that stretch across time zones, nobody has the time to hunt through endless threads to find what matters most. Cut through the noise, stay in the loop, and keep your team moving forward without missing a beat. Here's how! New to Zapier?

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JULY 10, 2025

It's as simple as sending unsecured, unencrypted messages, so long as you use an encrypted message app that's designed from the ground up to keep your communications private. I looked at over 20 different texting apps that purport to be secure and found three standouts that keep your secrets (and dinner plans) completely safe.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 15, 2025

Cursor at a glance Here's the gist: GitHub Copilot is a versatile AI coding assistant that integrates into your existing IDE (integrated development environment) with powerful autocomplete, chat, and autonomous agent capabilities. But it's evolved quite a bit since then. Ask mode lets you ask Cursor questions.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 10, 2025

Let's make one thing clear: unfortunately, there's no one best texting app. Unless you absolutely require one or two specific features or are a real stickler for security , the best text message app will be the one that the people you want to text also use. And ideally on desktop too.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

MARCH 22, 2020

Start by hosting a test video chat with 2 or 3 friends or colleagues. So if you must use your phone, use the video conference provider's app so you can leverage the full power of video, chat and other features. It's best to use ear buds or a headset for the best audio experience. Best liked tools: Zoho Meeting.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 4, 2023

Gone are the days of manually updated spreadsheets or handwritten schedules pinned to bulletin boards: employee scheduling apps help you schedule workers quickly and more efficiently. I spent several weeks testing dozens of employee scheduling apps against rigorous criteria. Ease of use for employees. Integrations and exporting.

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