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Re:Show HN: An AI business analyst and process automation en... by 65 on Thursday January 30, 2025 @04:41PM (#42882454)
How is this better than Zapier?
Re:Show HN: An AI business analyst and process automation en... by taaron on Thursday January 30, 2025 @04:56PM (#42882575)
Because we started with a focus on orchestrating forms and tasks, I'd say we're more suited for complex, long-running workflows that involve a lot of stop/start steps assigned to different teams (e.g. review and approvals) mixed with automation in between.

We actually integrate with Zapier i.e. you can trigger a workflow from Zapier, and we can trigger a zap from within a workflow.

While Zapier has also done some great work in the AI space, I'd also say our Ai builder goes a lot further in being able to fully set up a workflow and then continue to help users edit, change and refine them at any point. We're able to do this because a lot more of the moving parts are internal to Workflow86 (forms, tables, tasks etc), so the AI has more context and control over what it can do.

Re:Show HN: An AI business analyst and process automation en... by chinathrow on Thursday January 30, 2025 @05:09PM (#42882667)
Looks like your product might be a perfect acquisition target for Zapier then ;)
Re:Show HN: An AI business analyst and process automation en... by ttul on Thursday January 30, 2025 @05:52PM (#42883021)
Oh god, anything would be better than Zapier. They are so laden with legacy bloat; their UX is slow and cumbersome. A classic case of enshitification.