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Editorial · 5 Nov 2026

Best AI automation tools

Workflow runtimes for operators and for people building agents.

Automation here means a product that runs a process between systems. A chatbot that suggests a process is not on the list.

  1. 1

    n8n

    Own the runtime, including agent-style steps.

  2. 2

    Zapier

    The default when you will not self-host.

  3. 3

    Make

    Hosted scenarios with real branching.

  4. 4

    Dust

    Internal assistants over company tools.

Bottom line

n8n if you can operate it. Zapier if you cannot. Make for complex hosted scenarios. Dust when the thing you are deploying is an internal assistant rather than a pure integration.