How to Best No-Code Platforms Zapier: A Practical Guide

import os
import time
import json
import logging
from typing import Dict, List
import requests
from dotenv import load_dotenv

# Configure logging for benchmark execution
logging.basicConfig(
    level=logging.INFO,
    format="%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s"
)
load_dotenv()

# API credentials from environment variables
ZAPIER_API_KEY = os.getenv('ZAPIER_API_KEY')
N8N_API_KEY = os.getenv('N8N_API_KEY')
N8N_BASE_URL = os.getenv('N8N_BASE_URL', 'http://localhost:5678')
MAKE_API_KEY = os.getenv('MAKE_API_KEY')
MAKE_BASE_URL = os.getenv('MAKE_BASE_URL', 'https://us1.make.com')

# Sample workflow: Sync new Stripe payment to PostgreSQL
# Prerequisite: Deploy sample workflows to all three platforms first
WORKFLOW_IDS = {
    'zapier': os.getenv('ZAPIER_WORKFLOW_ID'),
    'n8n': os.getenv('N8N_WORKFLOW_ID'),
    'make': os.getenv('MAKE_WORKFLOW_ID')
}

def run_zapier_workflow() -> float:
    """Execute Zapier workflow and return latency in ms"""
    start = time.time()
    try:
        resp = requests.post(
            f'https://api.zapier.com/v1/workflows/{WORKFLOW_IDS["zapier"]}/run',
            headers={'Authorization': f'Bearer {ZAPIER_API_KEY}'},
            json={'data': {'amount': 99.99, 'currency': 'USD', 'customer_id': 'cus_12345'}},
            timeout=30
        )
        resp.raise_for_status()
        return (time.time() - start) * 1000
    except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
        logging.error(f'Zapier workflow failed: {e}')
        return -1.0

def run_n8n_workflow() -> float:
    """Execute n8n workflow and return latency in ms"""
    start = time.time()
    try:
        resp = requests.post(
            f'{N8N_BASE_URL}/api/v1/workflows/{WORKFLOW_IDS["n8n"]}/run',
            headers={'X-N8N-API-KEY': N8N_API_KEY},
            json={'amount': 99.99, 'currency': 'USD', 'customer_id': 'cus_12345'},
            timeout=30
        )
        resp.raise_for_status()
        return (time.time() - start) * 1000
    except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
        logging.error(f'n8n workflow failed: {e}')
        return -1.0

def run_make_workflow() -> float:
    """Execute Make workflow and return latency in ms"""
    start = time.time()
    try:
        resp = requests.post(
            f'{MAKE_BASE_URL}/api/v2/scenarios/{WORKFLOW_IDS["make"]}/run',
            headers={'Authorization': f'Token {MAKE_API_KEY}'},
            json={'data': {'amount': 99.99, 'currency': 'USD', 'customer_id': 'cus_12345'}},
            timeout=30
        )
        resp.raise_for_status()
        return (time.time() - start) * 1000
    except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
        logging.error(f'Make workflow failed: {e}')
        return -1.0

def run_benchmark(platform: str, iterations: int = 100) -> Dict:
    """Run benchmark for specified platform"""
    latencies = []
    failures = 0
    for i in range(iterations):
        if platform == 'zapier':
            lat = run_zapier_workflow()
        elif platform == 'n8n':
            lat = run_n8n_workflow()
        else:
            lat = run_make_workflow()
        if lat == -1.0:
            failures +=1
        else:
            latencies.append(lat)
        if i % 10 == 0:
            logging.info(f'Completed {i}/{iterations} iterations for {platform}')
        time.sleep(0.5)  # Avoid rate limits
    return {
        'platform': platform,
        'iterations': iterations,
        'success_rate': (iterations - failures) / iterations * 100,
        'avg_latency_ms': sum(latencies) / len(latencies) if latencies else 0,
        'p99_latency_ms': sorted(latencies)[int(len(latencies)*0.99)] if latencies else 0
    }

if __name__ == '__main__':
    # Run benchmarks for all platforms
    results = []
    for platform in ['zapier', 'n8n', 'make']:
        logging.info(f'Starting benchmark for {platform}')
        result = run_benchmark(platform, iterations=100)
        results.append(result)
        logging.info(f'Completed {platform} benchmark: {json.dumps(result, indent=2)}')

    # Save results to file
    with open('benchmark_results.json', 'w') as f:
        json.dump(results, f, indent=2)
    logging.info('Saved benchmark results to benchmark_results.json')

import { ZapierClient } from '@zapier/zapier-api-client';
import { N8nClient } from '@n8n/client';
import * as fs from 'fs/promises';
import * as dotenv from 'dotenv';
import { Logger } from 'winston';

// Load environment variables
dotenv.config();

// Initialize logger
const logger = new Logger({
  transports: [new Logger.transports.Console({ level: 'info' })]
});

// Initialize clients
const zapierClient = new ZapierClient({
  apiKey: process.env['ZAPIER_API_KEY']!
});
const n8nClient = new N8nClient({
  baseUrl: process.env['N8N_BASE_URL'] || 'http://localhost:5678',
  apiKey: process.env['N8N_API_KEY']!
});

/**
 * Export Zapier workflow as JSON
 * @param zapierWorkflowId - ID of Zapier workflow to export
 */
async function exportZapierWorkflow(zapierWorkflowId: string): Promise {
  try {
    logger.info(`Exporting Zapier workflow ${zapierWorkflowId}`);
    const workflow = await zapierClient.workflows.get(zapierWorkflowId);
    const steps = await zapierClient.workflows.steps.list(zapierWorkflowId);
    return { ...workflow, steps: steps.data };
  } catch (error) {
    logger.error(`Failed to export Zapier workflow: ${error}`);
    throw error;
  }
}

/**
 * Transform Zapier workflow JSON to n8n-compatible format
 * @param zapierWorkflow - Exported Zapier workflow
 */
async function transformToN8n(zapierWorkflow: any): Promise {
  // n8n workflow base structure
  const n8nWorkflow = {
    name: zapierWorkflow.name,
    nodes: [],
    connections: [],
    active: false,
    settings: { executionOrder: 'v1' }
  };

  // Map Zapier steps to n8n nodes
  for (const [index, step] of zapierWorkflow.steps.entries()) {
    let n8nNode: any = {
      id: `node_${index}`,
      name: step.name,
      type: 'n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest', // Default to HTTP request for unsupported steps
      position: [index * 200, 100],
      parameters: {}
    };

    // Map common Zapier apps to n8n nodes
    if (step.app == 'stripe') {
      n8nNode.type = 'n8n-nodes-base.stripe';
      n8nNode.parameters = {
        operation: step.action,
        resource: step.resource,
        ...step.params
      };
    } else if (step.app == 'postgres') {
      n8nNode.type = 'n8n-nodes-base.postgres';
      n8nNode.parameters = {
        operation: step.action,
        table: step.params.table,
        ...step.params
      };
    }

    n8nWorkflow.nodes.push(n8nNode);

    // Add connections between nodes
    if (index > 0) {
      n8nWorkflow.connections.push({
        from: `node_${index-1}`,
        to: `node_${index}`
      });
    }
  }

  return n8nWorkflow;
}

/**
 * Import transformed workflow to n8n
 * @param n8nWorkflow - n8n-compatible workflow JSON
 */
async function importToN8n(n8nWorkflow: any): Promise {
  try {
    logger.info(`Importing workflow ${n8nWorkflow.name} to n8n`);
    const response = await n8nClient.workflows.create(n8nWorkflow);
    logger.info(`Successfully imported workflow, ID: ${response.id}`);
    return response.id;
  } catch (error) {
    logger.error(`Failed to import workflow to n8n: ${error}`);
    throw error;
  }
}

async function main() {
  const zapierWorkflowId = process.env['ZAPIER_WORKFLOW_ID']!;
  if (!zapierWorkflowId) {
    throw new Error('ZAPIER_WORKFLOW_ID environment variable is required');
  }

  try {
    // Step 1: Export Zapier workflow
    const zapierWorkflow = await exportZapierWorkflow(zapierWorkflowId);
    await fs.writeFile('zapier_export.json', JSON.stringify(zapierWorkflow, null, 2));
    logger.info('Saved Zapier export to zapier_export.json');

    // Step 2: Transform to n8n format
    const n8nWorkflow = await transformToN8n(zapierWorkflow);
    await fs.writeFile('n8n_import.json', JSON.stringify(n8nWorkflow, null, 2));
    logger.info('Saved n8n import file to n8n_import.json');

    // Step 3: Import to n8n
    const n8nWorkflowId = await importToN8n(n8nWorkflow);
    logger.info(`Migration complete! New n8n workflow ID: ${n8nWorkflowId}`);
  } catch (error) {
    logger.error(`Migration failed: ${error}`);
    process.exit(1);
  }
}

main();

const express = require('express');
const axios = require('axios');
const dotenv = require('dotenv');
const { createClient } = require('redis');
const winston = require('winston');

// Load environment variables
dotenv.config();

// Initialize logger
const logger = winston.createLogger({
  level: 'info',
  format: winston.format.json(),
  transports: [new winston.transports.Console()]
});

// Initialize Redis client for caching metrics
const redisClient = createClient({ url: process.env['REDIS_URL'] || 'redis://localhost:6379' });
redisClient.on('error', (err) => logger.error('Redis error:', err));

// API clients for each platform
const zapierClient = axios.create({
  baseURL: 'https://api.zapier.com/v1',
  headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env['ZAPIER_API_KEY']}` }
});
const n8nClient = axios.create({
  baseURL: process.env['N8N_BASE_URL'] || 'http://localhost:5678/api/v1',
  headers: { 'X-N8N-API-KEY': process.env['N8N_API_KEY'] }
});
const makeClient = axios.create({
  baseURL: process.env['MAKE_BASE_URL'] || 'https://us1.make.com/api/v2',
  headers: { Authorization: `Token ${process.env['MAKE_API_KEY']}` }
});

const app = express();
const PORT = process.env['PORT'] || 3000;

// Cache TTL: 5 minutes
const CACHE_TTL = 300;

/**
 * Fetch Zapier workflow metrics
 */
async function getZapierMetrics() {
  const cacheKey = 'metrics:zapier';
  const cached = await redisClient.get(cacheKey);
  if (cached) return JSON.parse(cached);

  try {
    const workflows = await zapierClient.get('/workflows');
    const metrics = {
      platform: 'Zapier',
      total_workflows: workflows.data.length,
      active_workflows: workflows.data.filter(w => w.status === 'enabled').length,
      monthly_tasks: workflows.data.reduce((sum, w) => sum + w.task_count, 0)
    };
    await redisClient.setEx(cacheKey, CACHE_TTL, JSON.stringify(metrics));
    return metrics;
  } catch (error) {
    logger.error(`Failed to fetch Zapier metrics: ${error}`);
    return { platform: 'Zapier', error: 'Failed to fetch metrics' };
  }
}

/**
 * Fetch n8n workflow metrics
 */
async function getN8nMetrics() {
  const cacheKey = 'metrics:n8n';
  const cached = await redisClient.get(cacheKey);
  if (cached) return JSON.parse(cached);

  try {
    const workflows = await n8nClient.get('/workflows');
    const metrics = {
      platform: 'n8n',
      total_workflows: workflows.data.length,
      active_workflows: workflows.data.filter(w => w.active).length,
      monthly_executions: workflows.data.reduce((sum, w) => sum + w.executionCount, 0)
    };
    await redisClient.setEx(cacheKey, CACHE_TTL, JSON.stringify(metrics));
    return metrics;
  } catch (error) {
    logger.error(`Failed to fetch n8n metrics: ${error}`);
    return { platform: 'n8n', error: 'Failed to fetch metrics' };
  }
}

/**
 * Fetch Make workflow metrics
 */
async function getMakeMetrics() {
  const cacheKey = 'metrics:make';
  const cached = await redisClient.get(cacheKey);
  if (cached) return JSON.parse(cached);

  try {
    const scenarios = await makeClient.get('/scenarios');
    const metrics = {
      platform: 'Make',
      total_workflows: scenarios.data.length,
      active_workflows: scenarios.data.filter(s => s.is_active).length,
      monthly_operations: scenarios.data.reduce((sum, s) => sum + s.operation_count, 0)
    };
    await redisClient.setEx(cacheKey, CACHE_TTL, JSON.stringify(metrics));
    return metrics;
  } catch (error) {
    logger.error(`Failed to fetch Make metrics: ${error}`);
    return { platform: 'Make', error: 'Failed to fetch metrics' };
  }
}

// Dashboard endpoint
app.get('/', async (req, res) => {
  try {
    const [zapier, n8n, make] = await Promise.all([
      getZapierMetrics(),
      getN8nMetrics(),
      getMakeMetrics()
    ]);

    const html = `




        Unified Automation Dashboard

          Zapier
          ${zapier.error ? `${zapier.error}` : `
            ${zapier.active_workflows}Active Workflows
            ${zapier.monthly_tasks}Monthly Tasks
          `}


          n8n
          ${n8n.error ? `${n8n.error}` : `
            ${n8n.active_workflows}Active Workflows
            ${n8n.monthly_executions}Monthly Executions
          `}


          Make
          ${make.error ? `${make.error}` : `
            ${make.active_workflows}Active Workflows
            ${make.monthly_operations}Monthly Operations
          `}



    `;
    res.send(html);
  } catch (error) {
    logger.error(`Dashboard error: ${error}`);
    res.status(500).send('Internal Server Error');
  }
});

// Start server
app.listen(PORT, async () => {
  await redisClient.connect();
  logger.info(`Dashboard running on http://localhost:${PORT}`);
});

import http from 'k6/http';
import { check, sleep } from 'k6';

export const options = {
  vus: 10,
  duration: '30s',
};

export default function () {
  const url = 'https://hooks.zapier.com/hooks/catch/12345/abcde/';
  const payload = JSON.stringify({ amount: 99.99, customer_id: 'cus_12345' });
  const params = { headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' } };
  const res = http.post(url, payload, params);
  check(res, { 'status was 200': (r) => r.status == 200 });
  sleep(1);
}

addEventListener('fetch', event => {
  event.respondWith(handleRequest(event.request))
})

async function handleRequest(request) {
  const workflowVolume = await getWorkflowVolume(request.headers.get('X-Workflow-ID'));
  if (workflowVolume > 10000) {
    // Route to n8n
    return fetch('https://n8n.yourdomain.com/webhook/12345', { method: 'POST', body: request.body });
  } else {
    // Route to Zapier
    return fetch('https://hooks.zapier.com/hooks/catch/12345/abcde/', { method: 'POST', body: request.body });
  }
}

const Sentry = require('@sentry/node');
Sentry.init({ dsn: process.env['SENTRY_DSN'] });

try {
  // Workflow execution logic
} catch (error) {
  Sentry.captureException(error, {
    tags: { platform: 'n8n', workflow_id: '12345', execution_id: 'abcde' },
    extra: { payload: event.body }
  });
  throw error;
}

2024-zapier-no-code-compare/
├── benchmarks/
│   ├── zapier-vs-n8n.py
│   ├── cost-calculator.ts
│   └── load-test.js
├── migrations/
│   ├── zapier-to-n8n.ts
│   └── zapier-to-make.py
├── monitoring/
│   ├── dashboard.js
│   └── alerting.ts
├── case-studies/
│   └── saas-payment-sync.md
├── .env.example
├── docker-compose.yml
└── README.md