@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ title: 'Best Dust Alternatives in 2026 for AI Agent Workflows'
 seoTitle: 'Best Dust Alternatives for AI Agent Workflows'
 description: 'Compare Dust alternatives for AI agent workflows: Sim, n8n, Gumloop, Relevance AI, Zapier Agents, and Glean on hosting and workflow depth.'
 date: 2026-10-19
-updated: 2026-10-19
+updated: 2026-10-20
 authors:
   - andrew
 readingTime: 7
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Sim is listed first for custom agent workflows, while Dust provides the knowledg
 | n8n | [€20/month billed annually (2,500 executions)](https://n8n.io/pricing/) | [Yes](https://docs.n8n.io/deploy/host-n8n), under a [source-available license](https://docs.n8n.io/n8n-community-license) | Visual workflows plus a [JavaScript and Python Code node](https://docs.n8n.io/build/code-in-n8n/using-the-code-node) | [Vector store nodes for RAG](https://docs.n8n.io/build/integrate-ai/understand-ai-components/retrieve-relevant-context) | [Over 500](https://n8n.io/) |
 | Gumloop | [Pro from $37/month after a 14-day free trial](https://www.gumloop.com/pricing) | No self-hosted plan listed; VPC optional on Enterprise | Agents run from schedules, app events, and webhooks | Company Brain | Connectors plus hosted MCP servers |
 | Relevance AI | [Enterprise custom](https://relevanceai.com/pricing); docs list [Pro from $19/month](https://relevanceai.com/docs/get-started/pricing) | [Hosted, multi-tenant; US, EU/UK, or AU region](https://relevanceai.com/docs/admin/security) | Agents, tools, and Workforces | [Knowledge bases that retrieve relevant information](https://relevanceai.com/docs/get-started/core-concepts/knowledge) | [2,000+](https://relevanceai.com/pricing) |
-| Zapier Agents | [Free (400 activities/month); Agents Pro $50/month](https://zapier.com/pricing) | Managed cloud | Runs capped at 10 activities (Free) or 40 (paid) | [Company knowledge](https://zapier.com/agents) | [9,000+ apps](https://zapier.com/agents) |
+| Zapier Agents | [Free (400 activities/month); Agents Pro $50/month or $400/year](https://zapier.com/pricing), migrating to task-based AI by Zapier | Managed cloud | [Runs capped at 10 activities (Free) or 40 (Pro, Enterprise)](https://help.zapier.com/hc/en-us/articles/26559132765325-How-is-Zapier-Agents-usage-measured) | [Company knowledge](https://zapier.com/agents) | [9,000+ apps](https://zapier.com/agents) |
 | Glean | Contact sales | [Glean Hosted or Customer Hosted](https://docs.glean.com/get-started/prepare/about-deployment) | [Agent orchestration](https://www.glean.com/ai-agents/agent-orchestration) | Enterprise search | [275+ connectors](https://www.glean.com/platform/connectors) |
 | Dust | [Free (500 lifetime credits); Pro €24/seat/month billed yearly](https://dust.tt/home/pricing) | Hosted; single-tenant deployment on Enterprise | Agent tools, multi-agent workflows, and triggers | Connectors to 20+ data sources | Slack, Notion, GitHub, Drive, 20+ more, and any tool via MCP |
 
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ Relevance AI's two official pricing pages disagree. Its [pricing page](https://r
 
 Zapier Agents fits you if you already use Zapier and want AI agents to act through your existing app connections. Its main draw is access to [more than 9,000 apps](https://zapier.com/agents), and you can equip agents with company knowledge. If you need long, custom agent workflows, check the run limits before choosing it.
 
-Agents use a separate billing unit called activities, which [does not affect your Zapier task usage](https://zapier.com/pricing). The Free plan includes 400 activities per month, and Agents Pro includes 1,500 for $50 per month or $400 per year. A single agent run is capped at 10 activities on the Free plan or 40 on a paid plan, and at the cap the agent asks before continuing. Those caps can constrain a long multi-step run even when you have activities left for the month.
+For now, Agents use a separate billing unit called activities, which [does not affect your Zapier task usage](https://zapier.com/pricing). The Free plan includes 400 activities per month, and Agents Pro includes 1,500 for $50 per month or $400 per year. Zapier is [migrating Agents to AI by Zapier](https://help.zapier.com/hc/en-us/articles/47402591569805-Migrating-from-Agents-to-AI-by-Zapier), which uses the same task-based pricing as the rest of Zapier, and has not set a date to turn off Agents. A single agent run is [capped at 10 activities on the Free plan or 40 on Pro and Enterprise](https://help.zapier.com/hc/en-us/articles/26559132765325-How-is-Zapier-Agents-usage-measured), and at the cap the agent asks before continuing. Those caps can constrain a long multi-step run even when you have activities left for the month.
 
 ### Glean
 
 
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ faq:
   - q: "Which no-code AI agent builder is best for Microsoft 365 teams?"
     a: "Microsoft Copilot Studio is the natural fit for organizations standardized on Microsoft 365, Power Platform connectors, and Microsoft admin tooling."
   - q: "Which no-code AI agent builder lets you sell your agents?"
-    a: "Pickaxe is built for that case: it lets creators bundle agents into Studios, collect subscription payments through Stripe, and keep 90% to 98% of Workspace revenue depending on plan."
+    a: "Pickaxe is built for that case: it lets creators bundle agents into Studios, collect payments from users, and keep 90% to 98% of Workspace revenue depending on plan."
 ---
 
 The best no-code AI agent builders in 2026 are Zapier Agents and Make for nontechnical teams automating SaaS apps, Gumloop and MindStudio for fast hosted agents, Pickaxe for creators who sell agents, and Copilot Studio for Microsoft shops. Sim, the open-source AI workspace for building, deploying, and managing AI agents, is a strong fit for mixed teams that also need code and self-hosting.
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ A no-code AI agent builder lets someone who does not write code connect a trigge
 
 ## What are the 10 best no-code AI agent builders in 2026?
 
-The ten tools below are ordered by how well they serve teams building production agents without writing code, with the trade-off for each stated plainly.
+Sim, the publisher, is listed first; the other nine follow, with the trade-off for each stated plainly.
 
 ### 1. Sim
 
@@ -106,15 +106,15 @@ The ten tools below are ordered by how well they serve teams building production
 
 **Limitations:** Sim's 270+ integrations are far fewer than Zapier's 9,000+ apps or Make's 3,000+, so teams with long-tail SaaS needs should check the catalog first and expect to use HTTP or API blocks for gaps. The Free plan's credits are one-time rather than monthly, and SSO and SOC 2 compliance are listed only on the Enterprise plan. Building multi-step agents in Sim also asks more of a nontechnical builder than a single-prompt assistant tool like Pickaxe.
 
-Compared with the vendor-hosted tools on this list, Sim is the option where the same agent can start as a visual prototype and move to self-hosted production without a rebuild.
+Compared with the vendor-hosted tools on this list, Sim lets the same agent start as a visual prototype and move to self-hosted production without a rebuild.
 
 **Sources:** [Sim pricing](https://www.sim.ai/pricing), [Sim cost documentation](https://docs.sim.ai/platform/costs), [Sim self-hosting docs](https://docs.sim.ai/platform/self-hosting), [Sim repository license](https://github.com/simstudioai/sim/blob/main/LICENSE).
 
 ### 2. Zapier Agents
 
 **Best for:** Nontechnical teams that already run Zapier and want agents that act across a very large SaaS catalog with no infrastructure.
 
-**Pricing:** The Agents Free plan includes 400 activities per month. Agents Pro is $33.33 per month billed annually ($400 a year) for 1,500 activities per month, and Enterprise is custom. An activity covers actions an agent takes, web browsing, and knowledge lookups, and the Agents allowance is currently separate from Zap task plans, although that changes as Agents moves into AI by Zapier (see Limitations).
+**Pricing:** The Agents Free plan includes 400 activities per month. Agents Pro is $50 billed monthly or $33.33 per month billed annually ($400 a year) for 1,500 activities per month, and Enterprise is custom. An activity covers actions an agent takes, web browsing, and knowledge lookups, and the Agents allowance is currently separate from Zap task plans, although that changes as Agents moves into AI by Zapier (see Limitations).
 
 **Strengths:** Zapier says agents can work across 9,000+ apps, the largest catalog in this roundup. Agents can browse the web, use live data sources, and run from a Chrome extension, and the free tier is enough to prove out a real use case.
 
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ StackAI is the better pick for enterprises that need a vendor-supported on-premi
 
 **Pricing:** Gold starts at $37 a month ($29 billed annually) with $15 a month in credits, three Workspaces, and up to three actions per agent. Pro starts at $147 a month ($116 billed annually) with $50 a month in credits. Business starts at $597 a month with a six-month minimum. One credit equals $1 of model usage.
 
-**Strengths:** Pickaxe describes itself as a no-code platform for building, deploying, and monetizing custom AI tools. Agents can be embedded on websites or deployed to Telegram, Discord, and email, with Slack and WhatsApp on Pro and above, and Studios let you collect subscription payments through Stripe while keeping 90% to 98% of Workspace revenue depending on plan.
+**Strengths:** Pickaxe describes itself as a no-code platform for building, deploying, and monetizing custom AI tools. Agents can be embedded on websites or deployed to Telegram, Discord, and email, with Slack and WhatsApp on Pro and above, and Studios let you collect payments from users while keeping 90% to 98% of Workspace revenue depending on plan.
 
 **Limitations:** Pickaxe agents are prompt-driven assistants with actions, not multi-step workflows, so complex back-office automation is out of scope. End-user usage draws on your credits, and Gold caps actions at three per agent.
 
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ Entry prices were checked on each vendor's pricing page in October 2026 (Make's
 | Builder | Best for | Entry paid price | Free tier | Billing unit | Deployment |
 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
 | **Sim** | Mixed teams that need code and self-hosting | $25/user/mo (Pro) | 1,000 one-time credits | Credits | Cloud or self-hosted (Apache 2.0 core) |
-| **Zapier Agents** | SaaS-heavy nontechnical teams | $33.33/mo billed annually | 400 activities/mo | Activities | Vendor-hosted |
+| **Zapier Agents** | SaaS-heavy nontechnical teams | $50/mo, or $33.33/mo billed annually | 400 activities/mo | Activities | Vendor-hosted |
 | **Make** | Visual SaaS routing on a budget | $10.59/mo monthly or $9/mo annually (Core, 10k credits) | 1,000 credits/mo | Credits | Vendor-hosted |
 | **Gumloop** | Managed agents with unlimited seats | $37/mo (Pro) | 14-day trial | Credits plus orchestration fee | Vendor-hosted; VPC on Enterprise |
 | **MindStudio** | Solo builders, many agents | $20/mo plus usage | 1 agent, 1,000 runs/mo | Plan plus model usage | Cloud; self-host on Business |
 
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ title: 'Best Pipedream Alternatives in 2026 with Visual Builders'
 description: 'Pipedream Workflows shuts down March 31, 2027. Compare visual alternatives with AI agents: Sim, Zapier, Make, n8n, and Workato on pricing and hosting.'
 seoTitle: 'Pipedream Alternatives: 5 Visual Builders'
 date: 2026-10-19
-updated: 2026-10-19
+updated: 2026-10-20
 authors:
   - andrew
 readingTime: 9
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ As of October 2026, these are the main differences among the five alternatives:
 |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 1 | Sim | [Free](https://www.sim.ai/pricing), 1,000 one-time credits | Visual builder, Chat, and code | Yes, with the Apache 2.0 core; [enterprise features are separately licensed](https://github.com/simstudioai/sim/blob/main/apps/sim/ee/LICENSE) | [270+](https://www.sim.ai/pricing) | Agent blocks and an MCP server |
 | 2 | Zapier | [Free](https://zapier.com/pricing), 100 tasks/month | Visual, with optional JavaScript or Python code steps | No self-hosted edition listed | [9,000+ apps](https://zapier.com/pricing) | [Zapier Agents, Chatbots, and MCP](https://zapier.com/pricing) |
-| 3 | Make | [Free](https://www.make.com/en/pricing), 1,000 credits/month | Visual, with an HTTP app for any API | Cloud scenarios; an Enterprise [on-prem agent](https://help.make.com/on-premise-agent?v=2) reaches local systems | [3,500+ apps](https://www.make.com/en/pricing) | [Make AI Agents](https://www.make.com/en/ai-agents) in the same visual platform |
+| 3 | Make | [Free](https://www.make.com/en/pricing), 1,000 credits/month | Visual, with an HTTP app for any API | Cloud scenarios; an Enterprise [on-prem agent](https://help.make.com/on-premise-agent?v=2) reaches local systems | [3,000+ apps](https://www.make.com/en/pricing) | [Make AI Agents](https://www.make.com/en/ai-agents) in the same visual platform |
 | 4 | n8n | [Free self-hosted Community Edition](https://docs.n8n.io/deploy/host-n8n/community-edition-features) | Visual, with JavaScript and Python code steps | Yes | [Over 500](https://n8n.io/) | [Dedicated AI Agent node](https://docs.n8n.io/integrations/builtin/cluster-nodes/root-nodes/n8n-nodes-langchain.agent/) |
 | 5 | Workato | [Free](https://www.workato.com/free), 50K one-time credits | [Workflow orchestration](https://www.workato.com/free) | Cloud platform; an [on-prem agent](https://docs.workato.com/on-prem) connects private systems to Workato cloud | [Thousands of SaaS apps, databases, and ERPs](https://www.workato.com/integrations) | [Agent Studio and Genies](https://www.workato.com/free) |
 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ Anyone can self-host Sim's Apache 2.0 core for free with Docker Compose or Kuber
 
 **Cons** The [Free plan](https://zapier.com/pricing) is limited to two-step Zaps, so multi-step automation requires a paid plan. Zapier does not list a self-hosted edition.
 
-**Pricing** The [free plan](https://zapier.com/pricing) includes 100 tasks per month, and Professional starts at $19.99 per month. Paid-plan customers can use [pay-per-task billing](https://help.zapier.com/hc/en-us/articles/15279018245901-How-pay-per-task-billing-works-in-Zapier) to keep workflows running beyond the included task allowance.
+**Pricing** The [free plan](https://zapier.com/pricing) includes 100 tasks per month, and Professional starts at $19.99 per month billed annually ($29.99 billed monthly). Paid-plan customers can use [pay-per-task billing](https://help.zapier.com/hc/en-us/articles/15279018245901-How-pay-per-task-billing-works-in-Zapier) to keep workflows running beyond the included task allowance.
 
 ### Make
 
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ Anyone can self-host Sim's Apache 2.0 core for free with Docker Compose or Kuber
 
 **Cons** The on-prem agent connects your network to Workato cloud rather than hosting the platform on your infrastructure. The [Enterprise plan](https://www.workato.com/free) has no published price, so you need to ask Workato for a quote.
 
-**Pricing** Workato's [plans](https://www.workato.com/free) are Free with 50K one-time credits, Pro at $100 per month with 3.5K credits per month and up to 3 users per workspace, and Enterprise at custom pricing. Its pricing model uses Workato credits, so compare the included allowance and expected usage with a sales quote for enterprise requirements.
+**Pricing** Workato's [self-service plans](https://docs.workato.com/en/pricing/self-service/self-service.html) are Free with 50K one-time credits and Pro from $75 per month for 2,500 credits, rising through higher credit tiers to $1,275 per month for 50,000 credits; its [signup page](https://www.workato.com/free) shows the $100, 3.5K-credit tier with up to 3 users per workspace. Enterprise is custom pricing. Its pricing model uses Workato credits, so compare the included allowance and expected usage with a sales quote for enterprise requirements.
 
 ## Why Sim fits non-developers who need AI agents