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84 A general agent inside the app you may already use; ChatGPT Work shares usage with Codex.
🆓 Top free option🌱 Beginner-friendly
Free tier · Go $8/mo · Plus $20/mo
Chat, images, voice, deep research and Codex in one subscriptionLow-cost Go tier at $8Image creation, voice, deep research and Codex includedPlus has no annual billing optionAllowances are not published as fixed numbers, and ChatGPT Work shares usage with Codex
Score breakdown and plans
Free $0Go $8/moPlus $20/moPro $100 / $200 / $500/mo
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82 For builders: priced per run rather than per step. Self-hosting has no licence fee, but hosting and model costs are yours.
💰 Good value
Self-host free · Cloud from EUR 20/mo billed annually
Pay per full workflow run, not per step or userUnlimited users, workflows and integrations on every planNo free Cloud plan, only a free trial (1,000 executions)
More pros, cons and scores
- Pay per full workflow run, not per step or user
- Unlimited users, workflows and integrations on every plan
- Community edition is free to self-host; you pay for servers and model usage
- No free Cloud plan, only a free trial (1,000 executions)
- Cloud list prices are in euros
- Starter caps runs at 5 minutes
Price source: official pricing page
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79 Agents on top of Zapier's integrations, with a free tier to test; Zapier is moving agents into "AI by Zapier".
Free tier · Agents Pro $33.33/mo billed annually
Free tier to try agentsConnects to Zapier's large app catalogAgent activities are billed separately from Zapier tasks
More pros, cons and scores
- Free tier to try agents
- Connects to Zapier's large app catalog
- Agent activities are billed separately from Zapier tasks
- Zapier says it is moving Agents to AI by Zapier, so plans may change
Price source: third-party reports, so check the official site
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77 An autonomous agent with free daily credits on the Lite model; long runs consume credits fast.
Free daily credits · Pro $20/mo
Free daily credits to try tasksScheduled automations on paid plans (up to 20)Credit-metered, so long agent runs can burn through an allowance
More pros, cons and scores
- Free daily credits to try tasks
- Scheduled automations on paid plans (up to 20)
- Credit-metered, so long agent runs can burn through an allowance
- Free daily credits only work with the Lite model
Price source: official pricing page
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73 No-code agents with a 7-day credit trial, then per-user pricing from $49.99.
7-day free credits · Team from $49.99/mo
Credits are pooled across the workspaceNo-code setupNo permanent free plan
More pros, cons and scores
- Credits are pooled across the workspace
- No-code setup
- No permanent free plan
- Per-active-user pricing adds up for teams
- Top-ups cost $10 per 1,000 credits
Price source: official pricing page
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