IFTTT vs Zapier

IFTTT (Automations for business and home. 1,000+ of your favorite apps, services and devices. Save time and get more done.) and Zapier both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Zapier (rank #27) holds a meaningful lead over IFTTT (rank #430) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (64 vs 40). The gap of 24 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Zapier is clearly ahead of IFTTT. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Zapier is slightly ahead of IFTTT. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Zapier is slightly ahead of IFTTT. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Zapier is slightly ahead of IFTTT. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Zapier is clearly ahead of IFTTT.

IFTTT carries 15,307 GitHub stars across 75 public repos, with 1 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors on record. Zapier shows 6,768 stars across 296 public repos, 13 active in the last 90 days and 23 external contributors.

IFTTT is worth a look for teams already invested in its stack. Zapier looks better where momentum is the deciding factor. The table below breaks the scores down pillar by pillar; the linked profiles cover the underlying repos, docs and community signals in full.