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TinyFish users hit limits that need a sales call: Agent starts at 2 concurrent runs and Browser at 5 sessions, and rate-limit increases are not self-serve. Past the $8 starting credit, Wallet top-ups need $10 and a card, and SSO, audit logs and the SLA are only on contract.
Perplexity is an answer engine with developer search APIs, a free tier, and Education Pro for verified students and faculty at $10 per month. n8n is a workflow platform, cloud or self-hosted, with a free tier and no price stated. Make is a visual no-code builder with a free tier and Core at $9 per month for 10k credits. Zapier connects 9,000+ apps, with a free tier and Professional at $19.99 for 750 tasks per month.
"Better suited" below is based on documented features and pricing from our verified profiles, not on a head-to-head test. Prices are USD as published by each vendor.
Taken from the documented limitations in our TinyFish profile.
| Tool | Starting price | Free tier | Platforms | Main limitation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TinyFish (this page) | Ab $0 (Browser) | Yes | Web, API | Agent runs start with only 2 concurrent runs and Browser with 5 sessions, raising limits requires talking to sales, and Enterprise features are contract-only. |
| Perplexity | $10/mo (Education Pro (consumer, verified students/faculty)) | Yes | Web, API | The consumer pricing page is blocked to automated checks, so the Pro price could not be confirmed here, and free-tier Pro Search and Research access are described only as 'very limited' / 'limited'. |
| n8n | Not published | Yes | Web, API | Cloud plans capped by monthly executions (e.g. 2.5K on Starter); Business plan self-hosted only. |
| Make | $9/mo (Core) | Yes | Web, API | Jede Modulaktion verbraucht einen Credit, daher zehren komplexe Szenarien Credits schnell auf |
| Zapier | $19.99/mo (Professional) | Yes | Web, API | Free plan limited to two-step Zaps and 100 tasks per month; AI agents and chatbots require separate purchases. |
| Alternative | Pick it when | Starting price | Watch out for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perplexity |
$10/mo (Education Pro (consumer, verified students/faculty)) | ||
| n8n |
Not published | ||
| Make |
$9/mo (Core) | ||
| Zapier |
$19.99/mo (Professional) |
AI answer engine that searches the web and replies with cited sources, plus developer search APIs.
Kostenlos bis: Practically unlimited basic searches, Very limited amount of Pro Searches
Geprüft perplexity.ai (öffnet die Website von Perplexity in einem neuen Tab)
Kostenlos · kostenpflichtig ab $10/mo US · geprüft Sep 30
Workflow automation platform for technical teams to build AI agents and integrations, cloud-hosted or self-hosted.
Kostenlos bis: Unlimited workflow executions, Unlimited concurrent executions (depends on server hardware)
Geprüft n8n.io (öffnet die Website von n8n in einem neuen Tab)
Preise US-Preis unbestätigt
Visuelle No-Code-Plattform zum Erstellen automatisierter Workflows und KI-Agenten, die Tausende von Apps verbinden.
Kostenlos bis: 1,000 credits/month, 2 active scenarios
Geprüft make.com (öffnet die Website von Make in einem neuen Tab)
Kostenlos · kostenpflichtig ab $9/mo US · geprüft Sep 29
No-code automation platform connecting 9,000+ apps via Zaps, with AI agents, chatbots, tables, forms and an MCP server.
Kostenlos bis: 100 tasks per month, Two-step Zaps only
Geprüft zapier.com (öffnet die Website von Zapier in einem neuen Tab)
Kostenlos · kostenpflichtig ab $19.99/mo US · geprüft Sep 29
Quelloffener Terminal-KI-Agent von Google, der Gemini auf die Kommandozeile bringt; laut Website wurden Nutzer ohne Bezahltarif und Google-One-Nutzer zur Antigravity CLI umgezogen.
Kostenlos bis: Verify current availability
Geprüft geminicli.com (öffnet die Website von Gemini CLI in einem neuen Tab)
Preise US-Preis unbestätigt
OpenAI's coding agent for the CLI, IDE extension, desktop app, web and iOS, included in ChatGPT plans or billed by API.
Kostenlos bis: Desktop app only listed, Usage limits apply
Geprüft developers.openai.com (öffnet die Website von OpenAI Codex in einem neuen Tab)
Kostenlos · kostenpflichtig ab $8/mo US · geprüft Sep 29
Das agentische Coding-Tool von Anthropic, das Ihre Codebasis liest, Dateien bearbeitet und Befehle ausführt, im Terminal, in IDEs, in der Desktop-App oder im Browser.
Kostenlos bis: Kein kostenloser Tarif: Claude Code ist in den bezahlten Claude-Abonnements (Pro, Max, Team, Enterprise) enth…
Geprüft code.claude.com (öffnet die Website von Claude Code in einem neuen Tab)
Ab $20/mo US · geprüft Sep 29
Private inference endpoint for open-weight models, built for coding agents, with zero request retention.
Achtung: Monthly plans cover estimated token totals, not fixed allowances, and agent tool calls (web search, fetch) ar…
Geprüft zro.moonmath.ai (öffnet die Website von Zro (by MoonMath) in einem neuen Tab)
Ab $20/mo US · geprüft Sep 29
Full-stack design-to-code platform for building and deploying software with AI agents and real-time team collaboration.
Achtung: No pricing is published and access is through an early-access waitlist.
Geprüft zoah.com (öffnet die Website von Zoah in einem neuen Tab)
Preise US-Preis unbestätigt
E-commerce purchasing API that lets developers and AI agents search, buy, track and return products across thousands of retailers.
Kostenlos bis: Search on the agent flow is described as free; agent sandbox with test keys.
Geprüft zinc.com (öffnet die Website von Zinc in einem neuen Tab)
Ab $1/order US · geprüft Sep 29
Perplexity, n8n, Make and Zapier all show a free tier. TinyFish itself has free Search and Fetch.
Default concurrency caps, sales-only limit increases, a $10 minimum top-up and contract-only enterprise features.
n8n is described as self-hostable alongside its cloud version.
Make's Core at $9 per month, then Perplexity's Education Pro at $10 and Zapier's Professional at $19.99.
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