Every free workflow automation tier that clears our bar in 2026: 5 offers meet the criteria and 2 offers are demoted with a named reason. Recorded changes and a published ranking method. We could not confirm today's terms for 4 of them: on 1 the page we cite did not answer, and on 3 our own read did not confirm them. Each row says why.
Open-source durable workflow orchestration library (DBOS Transact) — free forever for TypeScript, Python, Go, Java, Kotlin. Self-host with PostgreSQL backend; community support via Discord. Managed DBOS Cloud is paid-only (Pro from $99/mo: 2 seats, 3 apps, 1M checkpoints/mo). Note — 2025-04-04: DBOS replaced its free DBOS Cloud plan ($0 a month, "Free forever": 100,000 requests a day, 1,000,000 ms of CPU a month, 1 application) with DBOS Pro at $99 a month with a 30-day free trial, between captures of 2025-03-21 and 2025-04-04. The open-source DBOS Transact library stays free. Source ↗
Developer-focused workflow automation — 100 credits/month, 3 active workflows, 3 connected accounts. Building/testing workflows in the editor is free
Electronic signatures with 5 documents/month free forever. When we last read the page we cite for this offer, on 2026-09-26, we found a change we could not reconcile with the terms we publish, so we cannot confirm these terms today.
Workflow automation — 100 tasks/month, unlimited Zaps but limited to 2-step only (one trigger + one action), 2,500 table records, 10 form pages Best for unlimited usage needs. When we last read the page we cite for this offer, on 2026-09-25, we refused the change we considered recording because it named no figure that had moved, and refusing a change is not a confirmation of the terms above, so we cannot confirm these terms today.
Appointment scheduling for 1 staff member, 1 service type, with calendar sync free. When we last read the page we cite for this offer, on 2026-09-19, we found a change we could not reconcile with the terms we publish, so we cannot confirm these terms today.
Visual workflow automation (formerly Integromat) — 1,000 credits/month (renamed from operations; each module action counts as one credit), 512 MB data transfer/mo, 2 active scenarios, 15-minute minimum interval between scheduled runs, 5 MB max file size, 5-minute max scenario runtime, 7-day execution log retention
Free OSS (AGPL-3.0). Self-hosted workflow automation (Zapier alternative). Connect services like Slack, GitHub, Google Sheets. No programming knowledge required Best for open source projects. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today.
| Vendor | Free Tier | Key Limits | Durability | Read / catalogue date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DBOS | Free (open-source library; managed cloud is paid-only) | Open-source durable workflow orchestration library (DBOS Transact) — free forever for TypeScript, Python, Go, Java, Kotl... | volatile effective 2025-04-04 |
2026-09-19 / 2026-08-20 |
| Pipedream | Free | Developer-focused workflow automation — 100 credits/month, 3 active workflows, 3 connected accounts. Building/testing wo... | — | 2026-09-24 |
| Zoho Sign | Free | Electronic signatures with 5 documents/month free forever | not published read not reconciled · 2026-09-26 |
2026-09-26 / 2026-09-10 |
| Zapier | Free | Workflow automation — 100 tasks/month, unlimited Zaps but limited to 2-step only (one trigger + one action), 2,500 table... | not published no difference measured · 2026-09-25 |
2026-09-25 / 2026-07-27 |
| Zoho Bookings | Free | Appointment scheduling for 1 staff member, 1 service type, with calendar sync free | not published read not reconciled · 2026-09-19 |
2026-09-19 / 2026-07-30 |
We publish no ranking of these. Nothing we record measures popularity or generosity, so naming a best or a top few would be our preference rather than our data. We hold 5 free workflow automation offers that clear our bar, each listed with the terms we publish and the date we last read them. Our ranking rule is published at /criteria.
5 offers meet our criteria for this category. Of those, 1 carries a recorded narrowing to the terms we publish, and we publish no durability signal for 4. The Durability column below says which offer is in which group, and links the dated record behind every change. We withhold the class where the pricing page does not resolve or states no amount, tier or rate we can read, where we refused the last read, or where the listing is gated. We do not rank these by how much you get, because the limits are not comparable without reading each vendor's page.
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