CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEWS
2.3 Comparison of All Review Workflow Tools
Workflow
Tools/Platform Features
n8n • Open-source workflow tools
• Self-hosted, desktop app or cloud service
• Using API to integrate platform together de, no-code guided experience
Zapier • Cloud service
• Integrating app together automatically
• Low-code, no-code guided experience MS Power
Automate
• Low-code, no-code guided experience
• Synchronize files, receive notifications, collect data
• Using API to integrate platform together LambdaTest • Cloud-based cross-browser testing tool
• Real-time native application testing on emulator or simulator
• Low-code, no-code guided experience
• Using API to integrate platform together QMetry
Automation Studio
• Automated testing across multiplatform
• Makes use of open-source automated test frameworks
• Low-code, no-code guided experience
• Using API to integrate platform together Automate.io • Cloud/SaaS application integration platform
• Complicated workflows to automate sales, marketing, and business activities, according to the vendor
• Low-code, no-code guided experience
• Using API to integrate platform together Google Cloud
Workflow
• Combination Google Cloud service and APIs
• Real-time processing with low-latency, event-driven executions
• Low-code, no-code guided experience
Integromat • Provide visualize in real-time on how automation is executed and how data flows through scenario
• Operating in the background and requiring no maintenance
• Low-code, no-code guided experience
• Using API to integrate platform together
Tray.io • Customer-centric low-code automation platform
• Enables enterprises to sync all data, integrate deeply into applications, and establish customizable processes
• Low-code, no-code guided experience
• Using API to integrate platform together IFTTT • Automating tasks is achieved via applets
• Build your own applets or modify existing ones
• Connect to services from a variety of fields, including finance, subscription services, smart homes, and energy
• Create intelligent processes for use cases such as smart homes
• Low-code, no-code guided experience
• Using API to integrate platform together
Tallyfy • Provides automation on all your forms, workflows, tasks, processes, approvals and even documents
• Record and automate all of your company's processes without the need for coding, flowcharts, or complexity
• Simple and powerful by rapidly converting approval workflows, forms, and procedures into traceable processes
• Enables all members of your team to monitor the progress of a task or request at any time
• Low-code, no-code guided experience
• Using API to integrate platform together
WP Fusion • No-code solution that leverages plugins to enhance the functionality of your site
• Automates your linked marketing and CRM applications
• Supports a wide variety of WordPress plugins that enable you to link your store, membership site, customer relationship management system, and learning management system
• Low-code, no-code guided experience
• Using API to integrate platform together
Catalytic • Open-ended platform with rule-based processes
• Automation workflows without any coding knowledge
• Provides data security and predictive models to enable sophisticated automation
• Creates workflows that prioritize your team and users
• Low-code, no-code guided experience
• Using API to integrate platform together LeadsBridge • Marketing and advertising integration platform
• Connects your advertisements to your sales funnel
• Creation of automated sales and marketing workflows
• Seamlessly integrates your LinkedIn, Facebook, and Google accounts with your CRM
• Low-code, no-code guided experience
• Using API to integrate platform together
API Fuse • Mashup of an app store and a platform for integration
• Platform for embedded integration for SaaS companies
• Aimed towards certain user personas such as product managers and chief technology officers
• Opportunity to develop integrations for engineers and collaborations
• Low-code, no-code guided experience
• Using API to integrate platform together Coupler.io • Synchronizes data between apps in real time
• Enable the creation of live dashboards and reports, the transformation and manipulation of values, the collection and backup of insights in one location, and more
• Can automate the export of json data to excel
• Low-code, no-code guided experience
• Using API to integrate platform together Automation
Workflow
Tools/Platform Strength
n8n • Open source
• Simple interface (drag-and-drop layout)
• Learning curve (concepts are a bit tough and complicated)
• Workflow programmatically (Instead of developing workflow by hand, it would also be possible with API)
• Flexible designing node (for person don’t know JavaScript)
• Tutorial support
• Pre-built Workflow template
• Rich library
Zapier • Simple interface (click-flow designer layout)
• Excellent documentation and support
• Provides a complete job history (notifying the user if anything goes wrong)
• Certification
• Pre-built Workflow template
• Rich library MS Power
Automate
• Simple interface (click-flow designer layout)
• Test Flow function
• Error Guide
• Price-friendly
• Pre-built Workflow template LambdaTest • Detailed documentation
• Ease of cross browser testing
• Virtual devices (only have emulators and simulators, will not incurred costing for infra)
• Good Customer Service (24/7)
• Rich library QMetry
Automation Studio
• Multi-platform support (web, native mobile, desktop or web services)
• Various language support (Java, Python, Typescript and JavaScript)
• Pre-built Workflow Steps
• Workflow recorder functionality
• Good Customer Service (24/7)
• Good version control (able retain the version of your workflows that created previously)
• Rich library
Automate.io • Multi-platform support (web, native mobile, desktop or web services)
• Good Customer Service (24/7)
• Simple interface (drag & drops to setup)
• Intuitive Usage (able rebuild from scratch very quickly)
• Price-friendly Google Cloud
Workflow
• Excellent integration with other Google services
• Fast Input and output
• Facilitates easy collaboration
• Designed for cloud-native business
• Free Trial for every user
• Available with detailed documentation Integromat • Simple interface (drag-and-drop builder)
• Rich library (many apps that allowed the user for integration)
• Customization workflow
• Provides free usage
• Good documentation & tutorial
• Detail execution information provided Tray.io • Simple interface (click-flow designer layout)
• Rich library (contained many apps that allowed the user for integration)
• Good documentation & tutorial
• Good Customer Service (24/7)
• Easy to use and deploy & various functionalities (for newbie user)
IFTTT • Simple interface (click-flow designer layout)
• Easy to use
• Rich library
• Good documentation & tutorial
• Pre-defined applets (workflow template) Tallyfy • Simple interface (click-flow designer builder)
• Rich library
• Good documentation & tutorial
• Unlimited & free task (flow) assignment
• Easy decision making (approve or reject the workflow task by one click)
WP Fusion • Simple interface (click-flow designer builder)
• Rich library
• Provides free usage for Lite use
• Good documentation
Catalytic • Simple interface (click-flow designer builder)
• Rich library
• Provides free usage for explore use
• Good documentation
• Provide solution showcase (workflow template)
• Easy to manage API (governance is centralized and granular access restrictions, audit logs, publishing rules,
encryption, and data retention regulations can all be used to automatically enforce it)
LeadsBridge • Simple interface (click-flow designer builder)
• Rich library
• Provides free usage for explore use
• Blog community
API Fuse • Simple interface (click-flow designer builder)
• Rich library
• Blog community
Coupler.io • Simple interface (click-flow designer builder)
• Rich library
• Good documentation
• Blog community
• Free usage for lite use
• Automated schedule reporting
• Manage & share different insight/views to preferable person for decision making.
Automation Workflow
Tools/Platform Weakness
n8n • Lack of Phone support
• Messy documentation
• Unclear explanation (videos tutorial) Zapier • Expensive subscription fee
• Lack of Phone support
• No Desktop Apps
• Complicated CLI Usage
• Only support ordering workflow (cannot moving back step (A B C))
MS Power Automate
• Messy documentation
• Workflows Limitation
• Only support ordering workflow (cannot moving back step (A B C))
LambdaTest • Expensive subscription cost
• No Desktop Apps QMetry
Automation Studio
• Lack of Availability of Documentation
• Recorded functionalities hang up when processing high
Automate.io • Slow speed (needed quite a long time for it to load )
• No Desktop Apps Google Cloud
Workflow
• Expensive subscription cost
• No Desktop Apps
Integromat • Subscription high for extreme usage
• No Desktop Apps
• No community platform that helps for solving error
• Difficult master for newbie Tray.io • No free subscription for usage
• No Desktop Apps
• Option for choosing version of API calls (difficult for non-technical person)
• Debugging difficulties
IFTTT • Subscription high for extreme usage
• No Desktop Apps
• No multi-step support (not provide a multiple action for one trigger)
• No enterprise-level support (not support any sophisticated integration)
• Applets do not always perform as intended (certain version)
Tallyfy • Expensive subscription fee
• No Desktop Apps
• No pre-defined workflow template
• Limited customized on user dashboard
• Customer support only supporting Asian country WP Fusion • No Desktop Apps
• Mainly concentrate for WordPress usage Catalytic • No Desktop Apps
• Hard grasp on using the platform (hard for user to learn)
• Not free & expensive LeadsBridge • No Desktop Apps
• Not free
• No documentation
• Lagging usage (inexplicable latency between the user response and the lead magnet's delivery)
API Fuse • No Desktop Apps
• Not free & expensive
• No documentation - Coupler.io • No Desktop Apps
• Not free
Table 2.3 shows Table of Comparison of Various Workflow Automation Tools.