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Alternatives to Cyclr
22 automation integration tools sit alongside Cyclr in this directory. Below is what separates each from Cyclr on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 22
- With a free tier
- 14
- Cheaper to start
- 12
- Cyclr starts at
- $1595/month
Why people look past Cyclr
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Cyclr entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
It costs more than the category median
Cyclr starts at $1595/month. Across the 13 automation integration tools listed beside it that publish a price, the median entry point is $100/month.
There is no free tier
The record for Cyclr carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 14 of the 22 alternatives below can be used without paying.
Cost climbs steeply across the tiers
Cyclr publishes 4 tiers, from $1595/month up to On request. Teams that outgrow the entry plan can find the next rung a large step, the Cyclr pricing page breaks each one down.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
The enterprise integration platform
- Starts $1496 a month cheaper, at $99/month.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than Per month by API call volume.
- 3 tiers to Cyclr's 4.
The intelligent integration platform
- Can be used without paying; Cyclr cannot.
- Starts $1545 a month cheaper, at $50/month.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than Per month by API call volume.
- 3 tiers to Cyclr's 4.
The iPaaS platform for mid-market and enterprise
- Starts $1195 a month cheaper, at $400/month.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than Per month by API call volume.
- 3 tiers to Cyclr's 4.
Managed Apache Flink and Debezium with credit-based pricing and a free tier
- Can be used without paying; Cyclr cannot.
- Sold on a Per credit by task hour model rather than Per month by API call volume.
- 3 tiers to Cyclr's 4.
Postgres-backed distributed task queue and workflow engine for Python, TypeScript and Go
- Can be used without paying; Cyclr cannot.
- Starts $1095 a month cheaper, at $500/month.
- Sold on a Per month by task run count model rather than Per month by API call volume.
Open source unified API and OAuth infrastructure for product integrations, licensed under Elastic License 2.0
- Can be used without paying; Cyclr cannot.
- Starts $1545 a month cheaper, at $50/month.
- Sold on a Per connection per month model rather than Per month by API call volume.
Every Cyclr alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cyclr (this page) | $1595/month | Per month by API call volume | 4 | |
| WorkatoIf you want an enterprise integration platform for internal automation rather than something embedded in a product you sell | $99/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Cyclr |
| Tray.ioIf you need a general purpose automation platform with an embedded option rather than an embedded-first product | Free, then $50/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Cyclr |
| CeligoIf your integration need is between your own business systems rather than exposed to your customers | $400/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Cyclr |
| Decodable | Free | Per credit by task hour | 3 | vs Cyclr |
| Hatchet | Free, then $500/month | Per month by task run count | 4 | vs Cyclr |
| Nango | Free, then $50/month | Per connection per month | 4 | vs Cyclr |
| Kogito | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Cyclr |
| Flowable | Free | Quote | 2 | vs Cyclr |
| Meltano | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Cyclr |
| jBPM | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Cyclr |
| Activiti | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Cyclr |
| Orkes | Free | Quote | 2 | vs Cyclr |
| Prefect | Free, then $100/month | Freemium with per-user and usage-based tiers | 4 | vs Cyclr |
| Dagster | Free, then $10/month | Free open-source core plus paid cloud platform | 4 | vs Cyclr |
| Windmill | Free, then $120/month | Open-source | 2 | vs Cyclr |
| Autonoly | Free, then $29/month | Freemium | 5 | vs Cyclr |
| HighByte Intelligence Hub | $18500/year | Per site per year | 4 | vs Cyclr |
| Alloy Automation | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Cyclr |
| IBM MQ | $312/month | Per virtual processor core per month | 3 | vs Cyclr |
| Camunda | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Cyclr |
| Mage AI | $100/month | Usage-based cloud platform | 4 | vs Cyclr |
| HighLevel | $97/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Cyclr |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Cyclr badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Cheaper than Cyclr (12)
Entry price under Cyclr's $1595/month. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
What you would be giving up
Cyclr is most often brought in for a mid-market saas vendor losing deals because prospects ask for a crm integration it has not built, a product team that would rather ship an integration marketplace this quarter than hire two engineers to maintain connectors, a european software company that needs its customers' integration data processed inside the eu for procurement reasons, a vendor whose customers each want a slightly different variation of the same integration and cannot be served by one hard-coded connector. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Cyclr is broadly right and the question is cost, the Cyclr pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Automation Integration category lists everything the directory holds, and best automation integration tools ranks them.
Cyclr runs on web, api. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Cyclr alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Cyclr?
- 22 other automation integration tools are listed in this directory, led by Workato, Tray.io, Celigo, Decodable. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Cyclr?
- 14 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Tray.io, Decodable, Hatchet, Nango, Kogito.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Cyclr?
- Yes. 12 of the alternatives below start under Cyclr's $1595/month: Workato at $99/month, Tray.io at Free, then $50/month, Celigo at $400/month, Hatchet at Free, then $500/month.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Cyclr?
- On the figures on record, 3 things stand out: it costs more than the category median; there is no free tier; cost climbs steeply across the tiers. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Cyclr?
- Cyclr is most often brought in for a mid-market saas vendor losing deals because prospects ask for a crm integration it has not built, a product team that would rather ship an integration marketplace this quarter than hire two engineers to maintain connectors, a european software company that needs its customers' integration data processed inside the eu for procurement reasons, a vendor whose customers each want a slightly different variation of the same integration and cannot be served by one hard-coded connector. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Cyclr?
- Windmill is recorded with an open-source licence model.
- How were these Cyclr alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Automation Integration, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Cyclr against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Cyclr covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every automation integration tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Automation Integration category, 22 tools beside Cyclr. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.