IFTTT
IFTTT is a cloud automation service that links apps, devices and webhooks through simple trigger-and-action applets. It is mainly used to run everyday cross-service tasks such as syncing tasks, posting RSS items to social accounts, and reacting to smart-home events.
#48 in Productivity ToolsWorkflow AutomationFree plan
Who it's for
Best for
Smart-home owners linking voice assistants, lights, and weather triggers
Creators cross-posting RSS feeds and syncing saved articles to task apps
Not for
Tinkerers running high-frequency applets that fire dozens of times a day
Subscribers who need fixed, predictable automation costs
Features
Trigger-and-action Applets
Automations called Applets link two or more services: a trigger fires and an action follows. Hundreds of ready-made Applets can be switched on as they are.
1,000+ connected services
More than 1,000 services are connected, covering business, productivity, AI tools, smart home, and both the iOS and Android ecosystems.
Large ready-made Applet library
Ready-made Applets cover small chores such as filing iPhone screenshots into an album, closing a garage door with a voice assistant, or forwarding SMS to email.
AI-powered Applets
AI Applets bring chat models into routines, for example emailing a weekly meal plan from ChatGPT or drafting Outlook replies automatically.
Widget and button triggers
Button and Note widgets start automations with a single tap, such as sharing a location to a chat or asking an AI agent a question.
What users say
Pros
- Applets keep running for years without attention, handling routine cross-app tasks in the background.
- Simple trigger-and-action setups handle everyday chores from calendar emails and task syncing to weather-driven lights.
- Publishing chains such as RSS to Instapaper or saved articles to a task manager run unattended once configured.
Cons
- A busy set of applets can drain a whole month of credits in a day, so automations stop mid-month.
- Working out which applet burns how many credits is guesswork, and the plan gives no per-applet breakdown.
- When the allowance runs out, applets simply stop, so camera arming and door alerts fail without warning.
- Simple webhooks, filters and button presses are billed at tens of credits per run, pricing ordinary automations out of reach.
- Promised unlimited and lifetime pricing was rewritten mid-term, and yearly subscriptions already paid ran on the new credit caps.
- Connected services break without notice, with a Lifx bulb and an Android SMS relay both stopping while the applet reported success.
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Global Traffic Rank
Top 500k
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ProReliable long-running applets, simple trigger-action setupsVisual debugging, cheap self-hosting, reliable unattended runsFast setup, visual builder, custom connectors, strong supportFast two-app connections, internal tools built on it
Better forSelf-hosting workflows on a private server or Raspberry Pi and visually debugging each stepEmbedding white-label integrations in SaaS apps and getting fast human support
Weaker atTurning on ready-made smart-home and mobile applets without scripting or low-code setupLinking smart-home devices and voice assistants without a steep initial learning curve