The best free AI workflow automation tools (17)

Every option in the catalog for when you need to wire apps together and let AI do the middle step — 17 AI workflow automation tools, 16 of them free or freemium, with the pricing tier printed on every row.

17tools listed
16free or freemium
2with no paid plan at all
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Best Free AI workflow automation tools — straight answers

What are the best free AI workflow automation tools?

Flocci AI Tools lists 17 of them, ordered free tiers first: Langflow, Windmill, Activepieces, Botpress and Chatbase. 16 of the 17 are free or have a free tier. Each entry states what it uniquely does rather than a score.

Which of these are completely free?

2 on this page are marked fully free with no paid plan at all: Langflow and Windmill. The remaining 15 are freemium, trial or paid, and each is labelled with its exact tier so nothing surprises you at sign-up.

How is this list ordered?

Free tools first, then freemium, then trial, then paid, and alphabetically inside each tier. Nobody pays to appear higher: Flocci AI Tools carries no ads, no sponsored slots and no paid listings, so the order reflects price and nothing else.

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Best Free AI workflow automation tools: pricing tier, category and the capability each tool is listed for.
ToolPricingTypeListed for
LangflowFreeWorkflow AutomationOpen source with 138k GitHub stars, free desktop app and free cloud account
WindmillFreeWorkflow AutomationOpen-source, self-hostable with unlimited executions on the free tier
ActivepiecesFreemiumWorkflow AutomationMIT-licensed, free-forever self-hosted Community Edition with unlimited runs/users/flows
BotpressFreemiumWorkflow AutomationFree pay-as-you-go plan with a monthly message quota and AI credit
ChatbaseFreemiumWorkflow AutomationFree plan: 50 message credits/month, 1 AI agent, 1 workspace member
CozeFreemiumWorkflow AutomationNo-code drag-and-drop bot/agent builder from ByteDance, distinct from Doubao's consumer chat app
DifyFreemiumWorkflow AutomationOpen-source Community Edition, free self-deploy via Docker
GumloopFreemiumWorkflow AutomationNo-code canvas for AI workflows
LindyFreemiumWorkflow AutomationBuild AI 'employees' from plain English
MakeFreemiumWorkflow AutomationVisual drag-and-drop automation
n8nFreemiumWorkflow AutomationOpen-source, self-hostable automation
PipedreamFreemiumWorkflow AutomationFree tier: 300 credits/month, 3 active workflows, 3 connected accounts, no card required
Stack AIFreemiumWorkflow AutomationFree plan: 500 monthly runs, 2 projects, 1 seat, community Discord support
Trigger.devFreemiumWorkflow AutomationOpen source (Apache 2.0) with a genuine free tier and unlimited tasks
VellumFreemiumWorkflow AutomationFree builder tier with hosted agent apps, no card required
ZapierFreemiumWorkflow AutomationConnect 8,000+ apps with AI agents
VoiceflowTrialWorkflow AutomationVisual design canvas for building both voice and chat AI agents from one flow

Langflow

Workflow Automation
free
  • Open source with 138k GitHub stars, free desktop app and free cloud account
  • Drag-and-drop visual builder for agents and RAG pipelines on top of LangChain primitives
  • Deep integrations across major LLMs, vector DBs and Google Cloud/Slack/MongoDB

Windmill

Workflow Automation
free
  • Open-source, self-hostable with unlimited executions on the free tier
  • Turns scripts (Python/TS/Go/Bash/SQL) into flows and full internal apps
  • Kubernetes/Docker/Fargate deployable with a hybrid seat+compute enterprise pricing model

Activepieces

Workflow Automation
freemium
  • MIT-licensed, free-forever self-hosted Community Edition with unlimited runs/users/flows
  • 700+ integrations plus AI-agent building blocks
  • Cloud Free plan needs no credit card, includes unlimited flows with daily credit resets

Botpress

Workflow Automation
freemium
  • Free pay-as-you-go plan with a monthly message quota and AI credit
  • Visual conversation-flow studio purpose-built for LLM-powered support/sales bots
  • May 2026 pricing update added unlimited bots and free AI spend on new workspaces

Chatbase

Workflow Automation
freemium
  • Free plan: 50 message credits/month, 1 AI agent, 1 workspace member
  • Omnichannel deployment across chat, email, voice, WhatsApp and Slack from one trained agent
  • Serves 10,000+ businesses for customer-support agent deployment

Coze

Workflow Automation
freemium
  • No-code drag-and-drop bot/agent builder from ByteDance, distinct from Doubao's consumer chat app
  • 60+ built-in plugins (search, travel, productivity) wired into published bots
  • One-click publish to Telegram, Discord, Slack or your own site

Dify

Workflow Automation
freemium
  • Open-source Community Edition, free self-deploy via Docker
  • Cloud Sandbox plan: free with 200 message credits, 5 apps, 50 knowledge docs
  • Visual builder combining agentic workflows with built-in RAG knowledge bases

Gumloop

Workflow Automation
freemium
  • No-code canvas for AI workflows
  • Web scraping, extraction and enrichment
  • Shareable automation templates
  • Free plan to start

Lindy

Workflow Automation
freemium
  • Build AI 'employees' from plain English
  • Handles email, scheduling and CRM tasks
  • Trigger-based autonomous workflows
  • Free starter plan

Make

Workflow Automation
freemium
  • Visual drag-and-drop automation
  • AI modules and agent scenarios
  • 1,000+ app integrations
  • Generous free tier

n8n

Workflow Automation
freemium
  • Open-source, self-hostable automation
  • Visual AI-agent and LLM nodes
  • Full code when you need it
  • Free to run yourself

Pipedream

Workflow Automation
freemium
  • Free tier: 300 credits/month, 3 active workflows, 3 connected accounts, no card required
  • Mixes visual workflow building with full custom code steps (Node/Python)
  • 2,000+ pre-built API integrations with fast event-driven triggers

Stack AI

Workflow Automation
freemium
  • Free plan: 500 monthly runs, 2 projects, 1 seat, community Discord support
  • No-code drag-and-drop builder aimed at compliant/regulated enterprise deployments
  • SOC 2, HIPAA and GDPR compliance options at the enterprise tier

Trigger.dev

Workflow Automation
freemium
  • Open source (Apache 2.0) with a genuine free tier and unlimited tasks
  • Purpose-built for long-running, failure-resilient tasks (ideal for multi-step AI agent jobs)
  • No server/timeout management — infra fully handled, pay per compute-second

Vellum

Workflow Automation
freemium
  • Free builder tier with hosted agent apps, no card required
  • Prompt-engineering playground for side-by-side multi-model comparison
  • Built-in evaluations framework with test banks and custom metrics for LLM apps

Zapier

Workflow Automation
freemium
  • Connect 8,000+ apps with AI agents
  • Natural-language automation builder
  • AI steps, chatbots and tables
  • Free tier for basic Zaps

Voiceflow

Workflow Automation
trial
  • Visual design canvas for building both voice and chat AI agents from one flow
  • Multi-client/agency workspace mode with white-labeling for agencies
  • Deployable across channels with real-time analytics and team collaboration

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