Zapier
- Free allowance
- Free: 100 tasks/mo; unlimited Zap workflows, Tables and Forms; two-step Zap workflows; 15 min polling
- Verdict
- caveatusable, with a named limit or an unprobed read path
- Cost
- free tier
- Identity
- emailno card, no phone
- Binding limit
- volume-quota100 tasks per month; 2 tasks per successful Zapier MCP tool call, from the plan's task allowance; a failed call uses none; 1 task per Zapier SDK action, fetch call or inbox-lease trigger outside Zapier, billed from December 1, 2026
- Evidence
- documented30 sources; a first-party page was read and the sentence quoted
- Freshness
- stale on 2026-12-03checked 2026-11-02 (live); stale on 2026-12-03
| Free tier | Free: 100 tasks/mo; unlimited Zap workflows, Tables and Forms; two-step Zap workflows; 15 min polling unit requests; metered on request-count; A task is a successful Zap step; each programmatic call through Zapier MCP also uses tasks. Multi-step Zaps, webhooks, filters and paths are on Pro. Code steps get 1 second of included runtime per step on Free. The allowance resets monthly. New accounts get a 14-day Professional trial with no credit card. |
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| Price | none stated |
| Limits |
Free Zaps are two-step (one trigger, one action). Code steps get 1 second of included runtime per step on Free. Copilot has a daily message limit on Free. |
| Binding | volume-quota 100 tasks a month runs out first for any Zap that fires more than a few times a day. |
| Identity | email The sign-up form asks for a work email, first name, last name and a password of at least 14 characters, or Google sign-in; the Professional trial needs no credit card. Whether an address at a public mail domain is accepted is unverified. |
| Egress | not applicable: actions call third-party apps; no traffic allowance is published |
| Per-object cap | not stated on the pages read |
| Retention | Zap history: a maximum of 60 days of Zap run data guaranteed, up to 10,000 runs displayed; Zap content and run metadata 7 days in logs and 29-69 days in the account |
| Interface | cli Zapier MCP takes the Model Context Protocol over Streamable HTTP only at one endpoint, with OAuth from the MCP client or a connection token; the TypeScript SDK and its CLI give programmatic access to 9,000+ app integrations. The interface vocabulary has no MCP or SDK term, so the list holds cli, which names the SDK CLI only. endpoint: https://mcp.zapier.com/api/v1/connect |
| Tooling | an MCP client against Zapier MCP; the Zapier TypeScript SDK and its CLI |
| Composes with | Moves data between hosted app accounts on a 15-minute poll within 100 tasks a month, so it fits low-volume glue between SaaS accounts, not a scheduler or a compute host. |
| Reliability | With pay-per-task billing off, usage stops at the task limit until the next cycle; the feature table lists pay-per-task billing for paid plans only. |
| Evidence note | documented Plan limits, retention and sign-up fields are read on first-party pages; a Zap run and an MCP call are not measured. |
| Parsed numbers |
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Evidence 30
| date | source | what it proved |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-30 | zapier.com/pricing | the free plan has 100 tasks a month, two-step Zaps and basic MCP access |
| 2026-10-30 | zapier.com/pricing | the free plan includes 100 tasks a month |
| 2026-10-30 | zapier.com/pricing | the free plan polls every 15 minutes |
| 2026-10-30 | zapier.com/pricing | Zap steps and MCP calls both use tasks |
| 2026-10-30 | zapier.com/pricing | the task allowance resets monthly |
| 2026-10-30 | zapier.com/pricing | multi-step Zaps, webhooks, filters and paths are Pro features |
| 2026-10-30 | zapier.com/pricing | part of the text of Limits, above |
| 2026-10-30 | zapier.com/pricing | Zapier MCP is on every plan, Free included |
| 2026-10-30 | zapier.com/pricing | new accounts get a 14-day Professional trial with no credit card |
| 2026-10-30 | zapier.com/pricing | with pay-per-task off, usage stops at the task limit until the next cycle; the feature table marks pay-per-task billing as not included on Free |
| 2026-10-30 | zapier.com/sign-up | the sign-up form asks for a work email |
| 2026-10-30 | zapier.com/sign-up | the sign-up password must be at least 14 characters |
| 2026-10-30 | zapier.com/sign-up | Google sign-in is offered as an alternative |
| 2026-10-30 | zapier.com/sign-up | the sign-up form asks for first and last name |
| 2026-10-30 | help.zapier.com/hc/en-us/articles/8496291148685-View-and-man | Zap history keeps at most 60 days of run data and shows up to 10,000 runs |
| 2026-10-30 | zapier.com/legal/data-retention-deletion | Zap content and run metadata are kept 7 days in logs and 29-69 days in the account |
| 2026-11-01 | docs.zapier.com/mcp/overview/how-connections-work | MCP clients connect to Zapier MCP at https://mcp.zapier.com/api/v1/connect |
| 2026-11-01 | docs.zapier.com/mcp/overview/usage | a successful Zapier MCP tool call uses 2 tasks at a fixed rate and a failed call uses 0 |
| 2026-11-01 | help.zapier.com/hc/en-us/articles/49965546559117-How-Next-Ge | SDK actions, fetch calls and inbox-lease triggers outside Zapier use 1 task each once billing starts on December 1, 2026 |
| 2026-11-02 | docs.zapier.com/llms.txt | the vendor lists a TypeScript SDK and a CLI for programmatic access to its 9,000+ app integrations |
| 2026-11-02 | docs.zapier.com/llms.txt | Zapier MCP has one endpoint, takes Streamable HTTP only and authenticates by OAuth in the MCP client or by a connection token |
| 2026-11-01 | docs.zapier.com/mcp/overview/how-connections-work | Zapier MCP supports only the Streamable HTTP transport |
| 2026-11-01 | docs.zapier.com/sdk/quickstart | the Zapier SDK needs a Zapier account, and a free-tier account works |
| 2026-11-01 | docs.zapier.com/sdk | the Zapier SDK is free in open beta until billing starts on December 1, 2026 |
| 2026-11-01 | help.zapier.com/hc/en-us/articles/8496197192461-Get-started- | a new Zapier account needs no payment method for its trial and does not auto-upgrade when the trial ends |
| 2026-11-01 | community.zapier.com/general-discussion-13/how-can-i-create- | a Zapier Staff reply dated 2024-12-11 says any accessible email address, not already linked to a Zapier account, can be used to create a test account |
| 2026-11-01 | ozenguner.com/2023/05/01/product-on-trial-1-zapier/ | a third-party review dated 2023-05-01 reports signing up for Zapier with a Gmail account, without saying whether through the work-email field or Google sign-in; the current form is not tested |
| 2026-11-01 | lascabritas.substack.com/p/decoding-zapiers-activation-flow | a third-party review dated 2023-11-23 reports signing up for Zapier with a personal email address on the email form; the current form is not tested |
| 2026-11-01 | zapier.com/pricing | the free plan has 100 tasks a month, two-step Zaps and basic access to MCP |
| 2026-11-01 | zapier.com/sign-up | the sign-up form asks for a work email |