Feltlab vs Zapier and Make

Automation you don't
have to build yourself.

Zapier and Make let you build automations yourself. Feltlab builds and looks after them for you, handles messy work like reading invoices and drafting replies, and takes requests in plain English in Slack. From $500 + GST a month.

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A private server for your businessYour data never trains AIYou approve what matters

The short answer

Zapier and Make are tools for building automations yourself. Feltlab sets them up and looks after them for you. With Zapier or Make, you design each step, connect each app and fix it when something changes. With Feltlab, you describe what you want in your Slack channel and an agent does the work across your systems, including the messy parts like reading a PDF invoice or writing a reply in your tone. Anything that matters waits for your approval.

Side by side.

Who builds itFeltlab: Set up for you, then the agent builds new workflows from what you askZapier or Make: You do, step by step, or you pay someone to
How you ask for a changeFeltlab: A message in your Slack channelZapier or Make: Edit the automation in the builder
Messy inputsFeltlab: Reads emails, PDFs and photos, and writes in your toneZapier or Make: Possible with AI steps, which you configure
When something breaksFeltlab: Watched and fixed for you on ManagedZapier or Make: You find out and fix it
One-off requestsFeltlab: Ask for almost anything across your systems, any timeZapier or Make: Built for repeating automations
PricingFeltlab: $500 + GST a month on Starter, AI within fair useZapier or Make: A plan priced by tasks or operations, plus your time
Where it runsFeltlab: A private server for your businessZapier or Make: The vendor's shared cloud

Being fair

When to choose Zapier and Make instead.

  • You enjoy building automations and have the time to keep them running.
  • You need a simple, fixed connection between two apps, like a form into a spreadsheet, and nothing more.
  • You need one of the thousands of niche app connections they offer and nothing else.

Existing Zaps and scenarios can keep running. The agent can work alongside them, and many businesses move the fiddly ones across over time.

Two ways to start.

Both are monthly, with nothing up front and no lock-in. Prices exclude GST.

Starter

$500 + GST a month

Your industry's workflows, ready to switch on.

  • Your agent in a private Slack channel
  • Workflows preconfigured for your industry
  • Connect your systems
  • Support by message
Get started

Managed

$5,000 + GST a month

New workflows built and looked after for you.

  • Everything in Starter
  • New workflows built to your process
  • Monitored and fixed if anything breaks
  • Priority support and a monthly review
Get started

Get things built on Managed, then drop back to Starter when you don't need all hands on deck. What's built keeps running.

Security and privacy

Private by design. Safe by default. Your customers, invoices and inbox are the most sensitive things your business holds. Every system is built to keep them private, keep you in control and show you exactly what happened.

Your own private server

Your automations run on a server set up for your business alone, never shared with another client.

Only what a step needs

Your records stay on your server. When a step needs AI, only the information for that step is sent.

Never used to train AI

AI requests only go to providers that don't train on your data or keep it, and any that would are blocked.

You approve what matters

Money, bookings and messages to customers wait for a yes from you or your team.

Every action logged

A plain-English record of everything it read, wrote and sent, so you can always check what happened.

Ring-fenced AI keys

Your business gets its own AI keys with spending limits, so usage is separate, capped and visible.

Questions

Is Feltlab built on Zapier?

No. Each business gets its own agent on a private server, connected directly to its tools through its own accounts.

Zapier has AI agents now. What's the difference?

Zapier's agents are still something you set up, connect and maintain yourself. Feltlab does that part: the connecting, the approvals, the monitoring and the support, in your own Slack channel.

Feltlab vs building your own AI agent
Can I keep my existing automations?

Yes. Nothing has to be switched off. The agent can work around them, and you can move them across when it suits.

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Jason Corbett, founder
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