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Zapier Agents ranks #6 of 38 in ai agent builders in the week of 19 October 2026, with a visibility score of 16 across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity. It was named in 31% of the answers we sampled.
sampled: 3 of 4 assistants this week
Across AI assistants, Zapier Agents scores 13 out of 100 overall, with Claude and Gemini rating it slightly higher at 15, ChatGPT at 13, and Perplexity at 12. It shows up in 17 of 71 answers, most often for questions about non-technical founders (3 of 4), automating business workflows with AI agents (3 of 3), and no-code AI agent building (3 of 4). It's named less consistently for general "best AI agent builder" questions, and never comes up for MCP tools, voice agents, developer frameworks, self-hosted setups, or production reliability. In short, assistants see it as a workflow-automation pick, not a technical or production-grade one.
Who's talking about you
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 20 | 30% of answers | #2.2 |
| Claude | 16 | 35% of answers | #8.7 |
| Gemini | not sampled this week | ||
| Perplexity | 16 | 28% of answers | #3.4 |
Questions you win
| question | named in | best spot |
|---|---|---|
| What's the best no-code tool to build an AI agent? | 3 of 3 | #1 |
| Which AI agent platform is best for a non-technical founder? | 2 of 2 | #1 |
| What's the best tool to automate a business workflow with AI agents? | 3 of 3 | #1 |
| Which AI agent platform has the best pricing for a small team? | 3 of 3 | #2 |
| What's the best tool to build an AI agent that answers customer emails? | 2 of 2 | #2 |
| What are the best alternatives to n8n? | 3 of 3 | #2 |
| What's the best AI agent builder in 2026? | 3 of 3 | #3 |
| What are the best platforms for building AI agents? | 2 of 3 | #7 |
| What are the best alternatives to CrewAI? | 1 of 3 | #9 |
Questions you lose
| question | who got named instead |
|---|---|
| Which AI agent framework should a developer choose? | LangChain, OpenAI AgentKit, Microsoft Agent Framework |
| What are the best open-source AI agent frameworks? | LangChain, Pydantic AI, CrewAI |
| What's the best platform to build and deploy AI agents for a startup? | LangChain, n8n, OpenAI AgentKit |
| What's the best tool for building multi-agent systems? | LangChain, OpenAI AgentKit, CrewAI |
| What's the most reliable platform to run AI agents in production? | LangChain, Amazon Bedrock AgentCore |
| What's the best platform to build an AI agent that connects to my company's data? | Microsoft Copilot Studio, Vertex AI Agent Builder |
| What's the best platform to build a voice AI agent? | Vapi, Retell AI |
| What's the best tool to build an AI agent that browses the web and does research? | OpenAI AgentKit, LangChain |
| What's the best way to give an AI agent memory across sessions? | LangChain |
| What's the best platform to build AI agents that use MCP tools? | LangChain, Claude Agent SDK, OpenAI AgentKit |
| What's the best self-hosted platform for running AI agents privately? | Dify, Langflow, n8n |
| What's the best tool to monitor and debug AI agents in production? | nobody in particular |
| What's the best platform for an agency building AI agents for clients? | n8n, Voiceflow, Relevance AI |
| What are the best alternatives to LangChain? | LlamaIndex, Pydantic AI, LangChain |
| What are the best alternatives to OpenAI AgentKit? | LangChain, CrewAI, Dify |
| What are the best alternatives to Pydantic AI? | OpenAI AgentKit, LangChain, Pydantic AI |
Assistants cited 10 pages for questions in this category that name your rivals and not you. See all sources for AI agent builders.
In their words
- ChatGPT“As of October 2026, my shortlist is Make for visual automation, Activepieces for self-hosting, Zapier for simplicity, and Windmill for code-heavy workflows.”
- Claude“Automatisch — Explicitly positioned as an open-source Zapier.”
- Perplexity“| Zapier | Beginners and broad app coverage | Easiest setup and a very large integration catalog.”
Closest rivals
- Zapier Agents vs Pydantic AI17
- Zapier Agents vs Microsoft Copilot Studio13
- Zapier Agents vs Dify12
- Zapier Agents vs Make12
- Zapier Agents vs Vertex AI Agent Builder12
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