Communication & Collaboration · head to head
Lark vs Zapier

Lark
Communication & Collaboration
The super app for team collaboration
- From
- Free
- Rated
- -
Zapier
All industries
Automate your work across 7,000+ app integrations
- From
- Free
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Lark lark's own pricing page description states it offers a free starter pack, a Pro plan, and an Enterprise plan, and directs buyers to Contact us rather than publishing Pro/Enterprise figures on the rendered page.; Zapier the free plan allows 100 tasks per month and only two-step Zaps, one trigger and one action
- They diverge on capability: Lark covers Team messaging, Zapier covers App integrations.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Lark and Zapier actually diverge.
Identical on both: starting price (Free), free tier (Yes), user rating (Not yet rated).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Lark
- Team messaging
- Video conferencing
- Collaborative docs
- Cloud storage
- Calendar
- Jira
- GitHub
- Google Workspace
Only in Zapier
- App integrations
- Workflow automation
- Trigger-based actions
- Multi-step Zaps
- Data formatting
- Conditional logic
- Error handling
- Team collaboration
Both cover
- Salesforce
- SOC2
- Cloud deployment
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Lark
- Team communicationnot Zapier
- Document collaborationnot Zapier
- Project managementnot Zapier
- Company intranetnot Zapier
Zapier
- Lead managementnot Lark
- Data synchronizationnot Lark
- Email automationnot Lark
- Social media postingnot Lark
- Customer onboardingnot Lark
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Lark
- Lark's own pricing page description states it offers a free starter pack, a Pro plan, and an Enterprise plan, and directs buyers to Contact us rather than publishing Pro/Enterprise figures on the rendered page.
Zapier
- The free plan allows 100 tasks per month and only two-step Zaps, one trigger and one action
- Multi-step Zaps, filters, paths, webhooks and the formatter all require a paid plan
- Premium app connectors are withheld from the free plan
- Free Zaps poll for new data every 15 minutes against 2 minutes on Professional and 1 minute on Team
- Paying monthly rather than annually costs 50 percent more, so the 2,000-task Professional plan is $73.50 a month instead of $49
Pricing, plan by plan
Lark
Free- StarterFree
- Up to 50 users
- 100GB storage
- Unlimited messaging
- Pro$12/month
- Unlimited users
- 1TB storage per user
- 24-hour meetings
- Enterprise$20/month
- SSO/SAML
- eDiscovery
- Custom retention
Zapier
Free- FreeFree
- 100 tasks/month
- 5 Zaps
- Two-step Zaps
- Starter$19.99/month
- 750 tasks/month
- 20 Zaps
- Multi-step Zaps
- Professional$49/month
- 2,000 tasks/month
- Unlimited Zaps
- Custom logic
Which should you pick?
Choose Lark if
- You need team messaging.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Web, Windows, Macos, Linux, Ios, Android.
- You also want video conferencing.
Choose Zapier if
- You need app integrations.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Web, Api.
- You also want workflow automation.
Questions people ask
- Is Lark or Zapier better?
- Neither clearly leads. Lark starts at Free and Zapier at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Lark or Zapier?
- Lark starts at Free and Zapier at Free.
- Does Lark or Zapier run on more platforms?
- Lark runs on Web, Windows, Macos, Linux, Ios, Android. Zapier runs on Web, Api.
- Can I use Lark for free?
- Both have a free tier, so you can try either at no cost before committing.
- What is Lark best used for?
- Lark is most often used for team communication, document collaboration, project management, company intranet. Of those, team communication and document collaboration are not what Zapier is typically brought in for.
- What can Lark do that Zapier cannot?
- Lark covers Team messaging, Video conferencing, Collaborative docs, Cloud storage. Zapier covers App integrations, Workflow automation, Trigger-based actions, Multi-step Zaps. Both handle Salesforce, SOC2, Cloud deployment.
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