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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) | From $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 | Every module action consumes a credit, so complex scenarios use credits quickly |
| 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.
Free stops at: Practically unlimited basic searches, Very limited amount of Pro Searches
Verified perplexity.ai (opens Perplexity website in a new tab)
Free · paid from $10/mo US · checked Sep 30
Workflow automation platform for technical teams to build AI agents and integrations, cloud-hosted or self-hosted.
Free stops at: Unlimited workflow executions, Unlimited concurrent executions (depends on server hardware)
Pricing US price unconfirmed
Visual no-code platform for building automated workflows and AI agents that connect thousands of apps.
Free stops at: 1,000 credits/month, 2 active scenarios
Free · paid from $9/mo US · checked Sep 29
No-code automation platform connecting 9,000+ apps via Zaps, with AI agents, chatbots, tables, forms and an MCP server.
Free stops at: 100 tasks per month, Two-step Zaps only
Free · paid from $19.99/mo US · checked Sep 29
Open-source terminal AI agent from Google bringing Gemini to the command line; site notes unpaid and Google One users moved to Antigravity CLI.
Free stops at: Verify current availability
Verified geminicli.com (opens Gemini CLI website in a new tab)
Pricing US price unconfirmed
OpenAI's coding agent for the CLI, IDE extension, desktop app, web and iOS, included in ChatGPT plans or billed by API.
Free stops at: Desktop app only listed, Usage limits apply
Verified developers.openai.com (opens OpenAI Codex website in a new tab)
Free · paid from $8/mo US · checked Sep 29
Anthropic's agentic coding tool that reads your codebase, edits files and runs commands from the terminal, IDEs, desktop app or browser.
Watch out: Not included in the Free Claude plan, and usage on subscriptions is capped by plan limits.
Verified code.claude.com (opens Claude Code website in a new tab)
From $20/mo US · checked Sep 29
Private inference endpoint for open-weight models, built for coding agents, with zero request retention.
Watch out: Monthly plans cover estimated token totals, not fixed allowances, and agent tool calls (web search, fetch) ar…
Verified zro.moonmath.ai (opens Zro (by MoonMath) website in a new tab)
From $20/mo US · checked Sep 29
Full-stack design-to-code platform for building and deploying software with AI agents and real-time team collaboration.
Watch out: No pricing is published and access is through an early-access waitlist.
Pricing US price unconfirmed
E-commerce purchasing API that lets developers and AI agents search, buy, track and return products across thousands of retailers.
Free stops at: Search on the agent flow is described as free; agent sandbox with test keys.
From $1/order US · checked 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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