StitchOps vs Zapier
Zapier stops where the API stops.
Keep Zapier for fast API-to-API automation and a very large connector library. Add StitchOps for the rest.
Two different jobs.
Zapier
Zapier is the fastest way to connect two SaaS apps that both have an API. Thousands of connectors, a visual builder, and a pricing model that works well for light volumes.
StitchOps
StitchOps runs the systems Zapier cannot connect to: vendor portals, thick clients, terminals, and on-prem directories. An agent on a worker VM in your environment operates them the way a person would, with credentials vaulted and every step logged.
Side by side.
| Zapier | StitchOps | |
|---|---|---|
| Apps with an API | Strong. Thousands of connectors. | Supported through API actions, so one workflow can cross both kinds. |
| Systems with no API | Not supported. | Browser and desktop automation from an agent on a worker VM in your environment. |
| Desktop and terminal apps | Not supported. | UI Automation, image, OCR, and terminal actions in the same workflow as the portals. |
| Credentials in your vault | Stored in Zapier. | Referenced from 1Password, Keeper, or the StitchOps vault. Resolved on the worker. Never shown to the model. |
| Evidence per step | Task history per Zap. | Step-level status, timing, redacted inputs and outputs, and evidence references on every run. |
The difference
An agent inside your network.
Browser, desktop, terminal and directory actions run from a worker VM in your environment, with credentials referenced from your vault and every step logged. That is the part no API-shaped tool reaches.
How it executes →Worker
worker-01 · connected
- Windows Server 2022 · signed installer
- outbound only · TLS 1.3 · 0 inbound ports
- unattended session · dedicated VM
Capabilities
- browser
- desktop
- terminal
- file
- ldap / ad
Systems reached today
- DealerCONNECTbrowser14
- Dealertrackbrowser9
- DMS thick clientdesktop6
- On-prem ADldap22
- Report sharefile3
Secrets
31 references resolved on worker · 0 values sent to control plane
Better together.
Keep Zapier for the API-to-API steps. When a Zap reaches a system with no API, call a StitchOps workflow over the REST API and hand the result back.
Zapier and StitchOps, asked directly.
Can StitchOps replace Zapier?
Not for API-to-API automation, and it is not trying to. Keep Zapier for the apps with an API. Add StitchOps for the portals, desktop apps, and on-prem systems Zapier cannot reach, and call it from a Zap when you get there.
How does a Zap hand off to StitchOps?
Through the REST API. A Zap calls a StitchOps workflow with typed inputs, the agent on your worker VM runs it, and the typed result and evidence come back to the Zap.
Where do credentials for the no-API systems live?
In your vault (1Password or Keeper) or in the StitchOps vault, referenced by name in the workflow and resolved on the worker at run time. The model and the Zap never see a value.
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