PUNKU.AI vs Zapier

Two fact sheets from our own research, side by side — pricing, platforms, API access and status re-checked by us rather than quoted from the vendors.

The short answer

Free plan: Both have one
Public API: Zapier has one; not confirmed by us for PUNKU.AI
Higher Trust score: Zapier — 92 vs 79 for PUNKU.AI
Best fit: PUNKU.AI: Businesses in tourism, energy, or industrial sectors wanting automation without hiring developers · Zapier: Ops and marketing teams wiring SaaS tools together without engineering time
Platforms: PUNKU.AI: Web · Zapier: Web, Chrome extension, Slack app

From our own records as of each tool's last check. Anything we have not confirmed is left out rather than guessed. How we verify

PUNKU.AINo-code AI agent builder that automates customer communication and operations across 2,700+ integrations from a plain-English brief.

ZapierConnects thousands of apps and runs agent steps

Side by side

Fact	PUNKU.AI	Zapier
Category	AI Workflow Builders	Workflow Automation Platforms
Pricing model	Freemium	Freemium
Starts at	—	$19.99/mo
Public API	Not confirmed	Yes
Trust score	79 / 100	92 / 100
Platforms	Web	Web, API, Chrome extension, Slack app
Company	PUNKU.AI	Zapier Inc
Launched	2023	2011
Last verified	Oct 14, 2026	Sep 6, 2026

What our research says

PUNKU.AI

PUNKU targets industries like tourism and industrial services that are usually underserved by automation tools built for tech companies, and its 2,700-plus integration claim suggests real breadth of connectivity. Without published pricing, it's hard to know how the cost compares once the free credits run out.

Pros

Plain-English setup with no coding required
Claims over 2,700 integrations for connecting existing business tools
ISO 27001 and GDPR compliance claims support enterprise trust
Free credit balance to test before paying

Cons

No pricing is published anywhere on the public site
Verticals named (tourism, energy, industrial) are broad, so depth in any one sector is unproven from the site alone
One-time free credits, not a renewing free tier, so testing is time-limited

Zapier

Zapier is still the default when the job is 'connect these two SaaS tools and stop thinking about it': the app catalogue is the moat, and Copilot cuts setup time further for people who would never write a webhook. The cost model punishes volume — tasks are counted per step, overage on monthly plans is 2.5× — so once an automation runs thousands of times a day, Make or self-hosted n8n gets cheaper fast, and the AI Agents are a separately billed add-on rather than part of the plan.

Pros

More than 9,000 app integrations, the widest catalogue in the category
Copilot builds a multi-step Zap from a description, so setup needs no documentation reading
Free plan runs real two-step automations, not a time-limited trial
Published prices for every tier short of Enterprise, including the overage multipliers

Cons

Tasks are counted per step, so a five-step Zap burns five tasks per run
Overage costs 2.5× the base rate on monthly plans
Agents and Chatbots are add-ons with their own bills
Multi-step Zaps need a paid plan

Which one fits

Choose PUNKU.AI if you need

Businesses in tourism, energy, or industrial sectors wanting automation without hiring developers
Teams that want to test agent automation with a no-card-required free tier

Choose Zapier if you need

Ops and marketing teams wiring SaaS tools together without engineering time
Low-volume automations where the app catalogue matters more than cost per run
Teams that want AI steps and agents inside workflows they already run