Relay.app alternatives

Relay.app is shutting down. 
Here are your best alternatives.

Relay's free workspaces will stop running on August 15, 2026, followed by all paid workspaces on September 14. We compared the leading workflow automation tools, from AI-native builders to enterprise-grade platforms, so you can find the right fit and migrate with confidence.
Compared in this guide
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Woodrow
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Gumloop
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Relevance AI
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n8n
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Stack AI
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Zapier
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Make

The best Relay.app alternatives, by team

There is no universal replacement for Relay. The right choice depends on the workflows you need to preserve, who will build and maintain them, and how much control the work requires. We grouped the leading alternatives by the teams and use cases they appear best suited to, based on their published product information, customer stories, integrations, and pricing.
For finance & operations
For sales & marketing
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Gumloop

Gumloop is an AI agent builder with published use cases across marketing, SEO, content operations, and sales.

For
Marketing and SEO teams building agents around content, research, and campaigns
Standout strength
Purpose-built marketing and SEO agents
Worth knowing
Published use cases are concentrated in marketing, sales, and other go-to-market work
Pricing
Free tier; paid plans from $37 per month; custom enterprise pricing
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Relevance AI

Relevance AI pitches an “AI workforce” with prebuilt agents for outbound prospecting, lead enrichment, meeting preparation, pipeline management, and other sales workflows.

For
Sales-led revenue teams assembling multi-agent go-to-market workflows
Standout strength
Sales agents available out of the box, supported by a large template marketplace
Worth knowing
Its most prominent published customer stories and use cases emphasize go-to-market teams
Pricing
Custom enterprise pricing
For technical teams
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n8n

n8n is the open-source option, offering self-hosted workflows, code-level extensibility, a large community template library, and detailed technical documentation.

For
Teams with engineers who want self-hosted, code-level workflow control
Standout strength
Open-source architecture and air-gapped deployment options
Worth knowing
Its templates and documentation assume a greater degree of technical fluency than most business-user automation platforms
Pricing
Free trial; paid plans from $24 per month; custom enterprise pricing
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Stack AI

Stack AI helps IT teams deploy secure AI applications for document analysis, contract review, compliance research, KYC, and other knowledge-intensive processes.

For
IT teams deploying governed document-analysis agents in regulated industries
Standout strength
Enterprise security stance, including SOC 2, HIPAA support, and on-prem deployment
Worth knowing
Rollouts are typically led by IT, and the platform's primary focus is document and knowledge work rather than end-to-end process execution
Pricing
Limited free tier; custom enterprise pricing
For general task automation
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Zapier

Zapier offers a broad connector catalog for automating everyday tasks such as notifications, data synchronization, lead routing, and simple handoffs between applications.

For
Everyday task automation across a wide range of business applications
Standout strength
Thousands of integrations and a large template library
Worth knowing
Task-based pricing can become expensive at higher volumes, and complex enterprise workflows may require additional tools or custom work
Pricing
Free tier; paid plans from $19.99 per month; custom enterprise pricing
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Make

Make offers visual automation across common workplace tools. It is a capable Zapier alternative for teams that want more visual control over how each scenario runs.

For
Teams building visual automations across everyday application stacks
Standout strength
Flexible visual scenario builder and a broad integration catalog
Worth knowing
Some enterprise apps and governance capabilities are restricted to higher-tier plans
Pricing
Free tier; paid plans from $10.59 per month; custom enterprise pricing
WHY WOODROW

Cross-system automation with a complete audit trail

Many automation platforms help move information from one application to another. Woodrow runs the broader process, from gathering inputs and applying your rules to completing approved actions and documenting every step along the way.

Work across your stack

Woodrow works across ERPs, billing platforms, banking systems, spreadsheets, portals, and the long tail of tools that traditional connectors do not reach. That means one workflow can continue across the systems your team already uses instead of stopping at every handoff.

Keep tasks moving

Woodrow can monitor for new work, run scheduled processes, complete approved actions, and escalate exceptions when human judgment is required. Your team stays in control without having to manually initiate every step.

See exactly what happened

Every action, input, output, approval, and exception is recorded. Your team can review how a workflow ran, investigate individual decisions, and produce a clear history for internal reviews or audits.

INTEGRATION WITHOUT LIMITS

Automate beyond the connector catalog

Traditional automation often stops when a system has no suitable connector or API. Woodrow can also work through browser interfaces, portals, documents, spreadsheets, and internal tools—allowing more of the workflow to run from beginning to end.
Core business software
Finance and operations tools
Banking, payments, and data
Essential files and documents
Team communications
And any other tools specific to your business.
SECURITY & COMPLIANCE

Enterprise IT standards from day one

Woodrow's security posture passes Fortune 500 security reviews with the controls enterprise teams expect, including SOC 2 Type II compliance, role-based permissions, and immutable audit logs on every workflow run. Your data is never used to train any underlying models.
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Common questions

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