Connect Your Apps So Work Moves on Its Own

Fifteen quote requests a week, four minutes each to copy into a spreadsheet and the team chat: that is an hour a week of typing a tool can do instead.

First automations tend to stall in one of three places. The job picked has a decision in the middle, so the tool cannot repeat it. The plan runs out mid-month, because nobody priced a month of runs. Or it breaks quietly in week two, and nobody notices the missing rows until a customer chases.

This course builds one automation on your own apps, from choosing the job to handing it over. You compare Zapier, Make and n8n on how you build, what the free tier allows and whether you can host it yourself, then price a month of your job in each tool's own unit. You build from a sample entry, test with one you made yourself, switch it on and read the first runs. Then you give it a plain name, a note inside the tool and an error alert that reaches a person. Every plan, limit and button name was checked against the vendors' own pages in October 2026.

You walk away with one automation running every day on your own apps, a note a colleague can follow, and a two-minute weekly check that catches a failed run.

Who it's for

Small-business owners: copy the same details between apps every week and want that hour back.

Operations and office staff: keep the forms, sheets and team chat in step and need something that holds when they are away.

Anyone choosing between Zapier, Make and n8n: want a straight comparison on price and effort before paying for one.