Automation

Official Red Hat Ansible free open-source IT automation platform for configuration management, application deployment and orchestration, with a strong YAML playbook format. Free open-source; paid enterprise. Best for IT automation and DevOps.

Official Home Assistant free open-source home automation platform that runs on Raspberry Pi, Docker or Home Assistant OS, with deep device support, Zigbee and Matter. 100% free, open-source. Best for self-hosted smart home.

Official Apple visual automation app that lets you chain together system actions, app steps and shortcuts on iOS, iPadOS and macOS, with personal automations that trigger on time, location or events. 100% free and pre-installed on modern Apple devices. Perfect for iPhone/Mac power users who want to automate their personal device without writing code.

Official Node-RED free open-source flow-based development tool for visual programming of event-driven applications, IoT and home automation, with a huge node ecosystem. 100% free, open-source. Best for IoT and visual flow programming.

Official free, open-source scripting language for Windows that lets you automate keystrokes, mouse clicks, hotkeys, macros and form filling, with a huge community library of scripts. 100% free and open-source (GPL). Best for Windows power users, sysadmins and developers who want to script repetitive Windows tasks at the OS level.

Official source-available workflow automation tool with a fair-code license, available as a free self-hosted Community Edition or as a managed cloud. Connects 400+ services and lets developers drop into JavaScript or Python nodes for custom logic. Ideal for technical teams who want full data control, self-hosting, and no per-task pricing.

Official open-source developer platform for turning scripts into scheduled jobs, webhooks, workflows and internal UIs, with a built-in code editor. Community Edition is free to self-host; Windmill Cloud has a free tier and paid team plans. Great for platform teams building internal tools and scheduled pipelines on their own infrastructure.

Official HashiCorp Terraform free open-source infrastructure-as-code tool to safely provision and manage infrastructure across cloud providers with HCL. Free open-source; paid Cloud. Best for IaC and multi-cloud provisioning.

Official low-code platform combining a spreadsheet-style database with views, automations, forms, interfaces and AI fields. Free tier includes up to 1,000 records per base and 100 automation runs/month; paid Team/Business/Enterprise plans unlock more runs, sync blocks, revision history and admin controls. Best for product, marketing and ops teams building lightweight internal systems.

Official scheduling automation tool that lets you share a link, sync with your calendar (Google/Outlook/iCloud) and let invitees book a time, with automated reminders, follow-ups and routing rules. Free tier covers 1 event type; paid Standard/Teams/Enterprise plans add unlimited event types, workflows, group scheduling and Salesforce/HubSpot integrations. Best for sales, recruiting and anyone who books lots of meetings.

Official no-code automation platform that connects 6,000+ apps so non-developers can build Zaps that move data, send messages and trigger actions automatically. Free tier includes 100 tasks per month; paid plans add multi-step Zaps, premium apps and faster polling. Ideal for small business owners, marketers and operations teams who want to glue SaaS tools together without writing code.

Official Apache Airflow free open-source platform to programmatically author, schedule and monitor workflows, with a strong Python ecosystem and DAG UI. 100% free, open-source. Best for data engineering and workflow orchestration.

Official Octopus Deploy paid CD and release management platform for .NET and beyond, with runbooks, multi-tenant deployments and rich approval workflows. Paid plans; free trial. Best for .NET CD and enterprise releases.

Official Crossplane free open-source Kubernetes add-on that turns any Kubernetes cluster into a universal control plane to provision and manage infrastructure across cloud providers. 100% free, open-source. Best for Kubernetes-native IaC.

Official openHAB free open-source home automation bus that integrates 200+ technologies for smart home control, with a strong add-on ecosystem. 100% free, open-source. Best for vendor-neutral smart home.

Official open-source no-code automation platform with a growing library of pieces (integrations) and a friendly flow builder. Community Edition is free to self-host; managed cloud has a free tier plus paid plans for teams. Great alternative to Zapier for developers and SMBs who want an open, extensible automation stack.

Official visual automation platform (formerly Integromat) with a drag-and-drop scenario editor for building complex multi-step workflows between hundreds of apps. Free tier includes 1,000 operations per month; paid Core/Pro/Teams plans add throughput, branching and team workspaces. Best for power users who need richer logic than Zapier offers, with fine-grained data shaping.

Official Pulumi free open-source infrastructure-as-code tool that uses general-purpose languages (TypeScript, Python, Go, .NET) instead of HCL, with strong state management. Free open-source; paid Cloud. Best for developers wanting real languages for IaC.

Official Prefect free open-source Python workflow orchestration platform with a managed Prefect Cloud, dynamic DAGs and rich observability. Free open-source; paid Cloud. Best for Python data pipelines and ML workflows.

Official Google cloud-based JavaScript platform for automating Google Workspace apps (Sheets, Docs, Gmail, Drive, Calendar) and connecting them to external APIs. 100% free with a Google account; runs on Google's infrastructure with generous quotas. Best for power users, finance teams and admins who want to script Google Workspace without standing up a server.

Official developer-first automation platform where each step is Node.js, Python, Go or Bash code with pre-built triggers for 1,000+ APIs. Free tier covers 100 invocations per day; paid plans add higher limits, longer runtimes, and team workspaces. Ideal for backend engineers who want real code plus a managed event bus.

Official Dagster free open-source data orchestration platform with asset-centric pipelines, rich typing and a strong testing story. Free open-source; paid Cloud. Best for data engineers and asset pipelines.

Official Kestra free open-source declarative data orchestration platform with a YAML DSL, plugin ecosystem and a managed Cloud offering. Free open-source; paid plans. Best for declarative data workflows.

Official modern automation tool built for collaborative workflows, with AI steps that summarise, draft and route work automatically across humans and apps. Free tier offers unlimited steps for solo users; paid Standard/Pro plans add team collaboration, AI credits and premium app connections. Suited for product, ops and marketing teams that mix human and AI steps in one flow.

Official Android automation app for triggering context-aware tasks based on time, location, app, gesture or sensor events, with a huge plugin ecosystem. Paid one-time purchase on Google Play (with a 7-day free trial); paid plugin packs add features like AutoVoice and AutoTools. Best for Android power users who want deep, local, no-cloud automation.

Official Salt (SaltStack) free open-source infrastructure automation and configuration management platform with a fast remote-execution engine and SaltStack Enterprise. 100% free, open-source. Best for config management at scale.

Official ioBroker free open-source IoT and home automation platform with adapter-based architecture, visual rule editor and Matter support. 100% free, open-source. Best for self-hosted smart home tinkerers.

Official Microsoft platform for building automated workflows between Office 365, Dynamics and hundreds of third-party services, plus attended robotic process automation (RPA) for desktop tasks. Free tier works with standard connectors and a Microsoft account; premium per-flow or per-attended-bot plans unlock premium connectors and AI Builder. Best for enterprise and Microsoft 365 shops.

Official Spinnaker free open-source multi-cloud continuous delivery platform originally from Netflix, with strong Kubernetes and AWS support and pipelines as code. 100% free, open-source. Best for multi-cloud CD and pipelines-as-code.

Official Apache NiFi free open-source data flow management system with a visual UI, data provenance, back-pressure and enterprise-grade scaling. 100% free, open-source. Best for data flow engineering and ETL.

Official browser-based automation platform that lets you scrape websites, copy data between apps and run AI actions (e.g. summarise, translate) on a schedule or trigger. Free tier includes starter credits; paid Pro/Team/Business plans add unlimited credits, premium integrations and shared workspaces. Great for growth, sales and ops teams that live in the browser.

Official Jotform add-on that turns form submissions into multi-step approval and notification workflows with conditional logic, assignments and PDF generation. Free tier covers a small number of steps and submissions; paid Bronze/Silver/Gold plans scale up steps, users and integrations. Great for HR, finance and operations teams automating approvals.

Official Rundeck free open-source runbook automation and job scheduling platform with self-service access control, audit log and a strong DevOps community. Free open-source; paid Cloud. Best for DevOps runbook automation.

Official enterprise integration and automation platform (iPaaS) for connecting SaaS, on-prem and legacy systems with enterprise-grade security, governance and recipes. Paid plans are quoted per recipe/connection/task with Starter, Pro and Enterprise tiers. Best for IT and ops teams in mid-to-large companies who need a governed, scalable automation backbone.

Official 'If This Then That' service that lets anyone chain together web services, smart-home devices and apps using simple conditional Applets. Free tier covers a small number of Applets; Pro unlocks multi-step Applets, queries, faster execution and developer features. Suited for personal automation, smart home setups and lightweight business triggers.

Official enterprise robotic process automation (RPA) platform with a visual studio for building attended and unattended software robots that mimic human UI actions. Community Edition is free for individuals and small teams; enterprise plans are paid per bot/user with advanced orchestration, AI Computer Vision and analytics. Best for large enterprises automating legacy desktop and web apps.

Official Google no-code platform for turning spreadsheets and databases into mobile and web apps with built-in workflows, automations and approvals. Free tier covers prototyping and small teams; paid Core/Enterprise plans add more app makers, users, automation runs and security features. Suited for ops and field teams that need custom apps fast.

Official Indian-built automation platform for connecting SaaS apps with one-time payment plans (no per-task overages on most tiers). Connects 1,000+ apps with multi-step workflows, webhooks, filters and formatters. Suited for Indian SMBs and freelancers who want predictable, lifetime-style pricing instead of pay-per-task billing.

Official one-click automation platform that comes with 15 million+ pre-built automations for popular apps so you can connect two tools in under a minute. Free tier is limited; paid Starter/Pro/Expert plans unlock more tasks, premium apps and team workspaces. Great for non-technical users who want fast, template-driven integrations.

Official Twilio visual workflow builder for building SMS, voice, WhatsApp and chatbot journeys with a drag-and-drop canvas, integrated with Twilio's communication APIs. Paid usage-based pricing per widget execution plus underlying Twilio communication costs. Best for contact centres, marketing teams and developers building IVR or messaging flows.

Official StackStorm free open-source event-driven automation platform with ChatOps, sensors, actions and a workflow engine. Free open-source; paid enterprise. Best for event-driven DevOps automation.

Official cloud-native RPA and intelligent automation platform with a bot store, IQ Bot for document processing and Automation 360 Control Room. Community Edition is free for learners and small tasks; enterprise editions are paid and deployed on AWS/Azure. Suited for mid-to-large enterprises standardising automation across shared service centres.

Official Zoho integration service that connects 700+ apps and Zoho's own suite into visual multi-step workflows with custom logic, webhooks and scheduled triggers. Free tier is included for Zoho users with limited runs; paid plans add higher task limits, premium connectors and team collaboration. Best for businesses already running Zoho CRM, Books or Desk.