Orchestrators - n8n, cassidy, make.com, zapier, etc.. Tell us your observations and experiences with the ones you've used! The good, the bad, the ugly.

My general thoughts:

Cassidy:

Pros: The built-in plugins/tools are growing quickly and are neat, it's also truly no-code. I also appreciate how easy it is to see how many tokens a workflow is using
Cons: Feels anecdotally quite expensive to run complex multi-step workflows

n8n:

Pros: With the code modules, the extensibility feels nearly unlimited. I also like the layout and the way you attach tools to the AI Agents. Additionally, Claude does a good job providing guidance with n8n
Cons: Everything I've built in n8n runs SO SLOW and I've very concerned about the scalability of things. I want to build a subscription service with a chat interface but I'm very concerned that n8n won't be able to handle hundreds of customers using the chat that is powered by an n8n workflow
Pro/con: Tons of people on socials and tons of user templates to build from, but there is like zero quality oversight and I've wasted a lot of time with other people's stuff, but it's helped me learn as well ..

make.com:

Pro: So easy to create workflows. Probably the easiest of all of them that I've used
Con: Less robust AI Agent builder, but growing constantly
Caveat - I haven't used make.com for like 8 months so my intel is likely out of date

Zapier:

Pros: One of the few with established Enterprise trust and relationships - important for consultants wanting to sell services to Enterprise companies. Can build pretty much anything in Zapier, and they are one of the first that other companies build plugins and integrations for
Cons: Costly, and your functionality is very limited unless you're on a robust Team type plan - it's pricing models are definitely designed for Enterprise teams to use, not solo-practioners

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